It is better to offer sacrifices to gods sooner rather than later.

Moreover, according to the elders of the Ozaki family, the sacrificial ceremony must be performed at night.

In other words, now is the right time.

Several elders of the Ozaki family finished sharing the gold on the dining table, and seemed a little unsatisfied. But in order to do business, they still got up from their seats and decided to lead Long Yi to the place of sacrifice.

That place is located in the mountains to the north of this village.

The mountains at night are shrouded in light mist, and the mountains are rolling under the pale moonlight.

Entering the mountains, Ozaki Ryuichi gradually lost sight of the outline of the village where his old house was located. The scattered lights that represented human society were left behind, and were soon submerged in the silence unique to the undeveloped deep forest.

The vegetation on both sides of the mountain road became rich and dense as the trek progressed, with layers upon layers, like a huge, inescapable cage trapping the Ozaki people in it.

The light cast by several flashlights swayed back and forth in the darkness, and the mountain path seemed to have life and consciousness, winding through the cage made of branches and leaves.

Above this maze of trees are majestic and steep mountains and cliffs. Small pieces of shrubs cover the exposed rocks like hair, and they rustle and sway in the night wind, making these steep cliffs

The mountain looks like it is part of some mysterious, sneaky and huge creature.

Continue walking towards the mountains.

There is no longer a path that can be called a "road" beneath our feet.

In Ozaki Ryuichi's memory, he had never entered the primitive mountain forest north of his hometown.

It seems that even the people in the village are not willing to go deep here.

But for some reason, after entering this deep mountain, he felt a vague sense of familiarity.

Several elders in his family seemed to have a complete understanding of the environment here. Even his elderly grandfather moved unusually fast in the mountains and forests.

"Zhizhi."

In the hidden places around the Ozaki family's route, some mountain rats followed or spread out to explore the surrounding area.

This is the swarm of rats released by Beauty.

The activities of the rats were not noticed by the elders of the Ozaki family, probably not.

But Ozaki Ryuichi, who is a beautiful onmyoji, naturally knows.

At this time, he actually couldn't completely trust his family, but the presence of those mice made him feel more at ease.

In such deep mountains and dense forests, electronic equipment has become unreliable. In Ozaki Ryuichi's imagination, if something unexpected happens during this sacred ceremony, he will try to use the rats to

, bypassing the elders in the family and directly communicating with the outside world.

The mountain forest can also be regarded as the territory of rats.

They can undoubtedly do this.

After trekking and climbing in the mountains for several hours, it was already past midnight.

Ozaki and his party arrived at their destination.

This is the bottom of a steep cliff, surrounded by mountains like airtight high walls. It is majestic and wild, leaving only a palm-sized sky above everyone's heads.

On the mountain in front of everyone, there is a huge dark cave with an irregular oval entrance. Standing at the entrance of the cave, you cannot get a glimpse of the specific environment inside.

"This is it, Long Yi. The cave is very big, and the deepest part is the palace of Jinshan Pigu God. As long as you keep going down, you will find it. Then you have to go in by yourself."

"You have to complete the ritual before dawn. Well... there is still enough time. Don't forget the ritual process we told you. It is not difficult."

Obviously, the elders did not intend to enter this cave with Long Yi.

Long Yi walked into the cave under the watchful eyes of the elders. The moment he entered this dark and mysterious place, he hardly hesitated at all.

If we say that I agreed to the commission of the divine sacrifice in the first place, it was out of selfish motives and a dubious attempt to preserve the considerable wealth in the family.

So until you actually come to the cave of the so-called "Kanayama God's Mansion", what drives and tempts Ozaki Ryuichi to think and act is something else.

An irrational instinct.

It was like something was calling him from inside a deep cave with no end.

Like invisible slimy tentacles, they curled up in his chest, teasing and teasing his heart.

After submerging into the darkness, Ozaki Ryuichi walked to a distance where he couldn't see the flashlight beam behind him. He called out the beauty and gave the final and reasonable explanation:

"Let some of your rats leave the mountain. If we have not left the cave before dawn, or are cut off from the outside world... then find a way to tell the countermeasures room what happened here."

…

"Boss, this compass..."

In the ghost car, Takayama Mai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around again and showed Kamiyagawa the [Ore-Seeking Needle].

It can be seen that the pointer on the ancient compass finally no longer swings back and forth, but stably points to a fixed direction.

Now, this thing finally has the function of guiding the way in an absolute sense.

"Continue walking in the direction indicated by the [Looking for Ore Needle] and speed up as much as possible."

Kamiya couldn't tell whether this final change was a joy or a sorrow, so he could only give this order first.

"Leave it to me, boss!"

Oishi Junma was about to step on the accelerator to speed up, but he immediately stopped.

Although I don't know exactly what will happen tonight, I always feel that the situation is very urgent.

So Dashi turned his head and looked at the last row of the ghost car——

In the back seat, Obara Zaiwei was holding her head and sitting quietly with an innocent look on her face.

That's right.

Sister Xiao Yuan, the strongest driver of the hearse group, also came out tonight.

"Otherwise, you would have come to open it earlier?"

With Obara Hayami in the driver's seat, and the path direction already clear, the ghost car ejected directly from the spot and started.

Amid the lightning speed, Kamiya and others confirmed the direction again.

The conclusion can now be drawn.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From a rough look, the location pointed to by the [Prospecting Needle] should be the Gifu Prefecture area of ​​Nagoya.

As soon as the ghost car entered Gifu Prefecture, Kamiya received a call from Kensuke Yukinari.

With Wu's help, this call was extremely stable.

On the phone, Uncle Jiecheng delivered an urgent message to Kamiya——

Just tonight, strange things happened at the Chukyo Industrial Park and Hanshin Industrial Park at the same time.

Almost at the same time, a large number of residents in these two locations began to eat metal materials in sight without any warning.

Humans gnaw at metal, chew it and swallow it. This is a scene that is difficult to describe unless you see it with your own eyes.

Due to the large scale of such a strange incident, covering two large industrial areas, the countermeasures room immediately dispatched surrounding manpower to intervene.

Kensuke Yukisei himself is currently on his way to Hanshin Industrial Zone.

According to the descriptions of the spirit exterminators who were already at the scene, they did not feel any obvious fluctuations of evil spirits around the people who were greedily eating metal.

Moreover, some out-of-control people chant the name of a god while swallowing metal.

Jinshan Pigu God.

In addition, according to the description of the spirit exterminators who are already at the scene, the metals eaten by the out-of-control people seem to be mainly silver, copper, iron, tin, and related alloys.

But one metal is absolutely excluded.

gold.

They don't seem to swallow gold within sight.

It is not yet known whether this behavioral trend carries a specific meaning.

"I see."

Kamiyagawa picked up Zashiki in his arms and placed it on the empty seat next to him.

He glanced out the car window with his eyes staring at the rapidly changing scenery. As an Aragami, he could clearly feel that just now, there was a thick cyclone in the dark cloudy night sky that ordinary people could not see.

They gathered together and roared towards Gifu Prefecture.

That is a huge "spirit", or a power similar to the incense of faith.

Kamiyagawa: "I should be rushing towards the source of what happened."

Uncle Jiecheng did not ask on the phone why Kamiya had been so coincidental in tonight's emergency. He even felt relieved the moment he knew Kamiya was dealing with the matter.

"Be careful and stay in touch."

Jiecheng finally said this and hung up the phone.

On his end, he is probably very busy right now.

"Jinshan Pigu God...what exactly is going on with this god?"
To be continued...