Chapter 1024

"You...you are, the last time you jumped off the crater and got picked up with a girl in your arms!"

Walking closer, seeing someone's sinful face and the faintly visible hexagram marks on his temples, Priest Yamakari suddenly remembered something: "I remember it was called... Huang... Huang or something..."

"My name is Araki Sousuke!"

Seeing this gray-robed priest, Araki Sousuke bowed to him as if seeing the younger brother of a cadre: "It's embarrassing that the old priest still remembers me. I was grateful for your care last time!"

A few months ago, after being rescued from the crater by the rescue team, he and Mai Hanyu were rescued from hypothermia so quickly thanks to the warm hearth and scalding hot water in the temple.

"Well... After all, in my life, I've seen you jump off Mount Fuji and be rescued safe and sound, and you're the only one."

Patting the respectful Araki Sousuke on the shoulder, Priest Yamakari glanced at the detectives who came out of the cabin one after another with live ammunition, and said solemnly: "Tell me, why are you mobilizing so many people to climb the mountain?"

"Well, because it involves confidentiality..."

Just when Takeshi Iwata was scratching the back of his head and seemed to be thinking about what to say and what not to say...

"As the owner of this place, Asama Taisha has the right to know, but it doesn't matter."

Tokimoto Ichiro, wearing samurai armor, just stepped out of another helicopter.

"This is... the Bronze Corpse of Hundred Battles..."

Seeing this bronze corpse wrapped in dark red armor, Yamakura felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy at first, and then his face relaxed: ""Could it be that the old boy Ichiro has also come, where is he?

"Long time no see, but things are different, Yamakari."

Seeing the old gray-robed priest in front of him, Ichiro Tokimoto's eyes behind the mask became a little complicated.

"Well, this hundred-war copper corpse, how could he be able to speak...Could it be that he was over-raised by Shiben in some special way, and became Fusangshen?"

Stretching out his hand and groping indescribably on the "Bronze Corpse of Hundred Battles" in front of him, Yamakari looked into the helicopter cabin curiously: "Tokimoto, there is no need to hide, I know you are manipulating the Copper Corpse to speak, come out!"

"Ahem...well, this old man is right in front of you..."

"ah?"

…

Five minutes later, Asama Taisha Okunomiya.

"I lived in the mountains for a long time and didn't care about the world, but I didn't expect that so many things happened in Tokyo in just a few months."

Beside the warm hearth, Priest Yamakari poured a cup of hot tea for Sousuke Araki and Takeshi Iwata with a sigh.

"I didn't expect that old man Yamakari and President Tokimoto are old acquaintances... Hiss, it's so hot..."

Araki Sousuke spat the scalding hot tea back into the cup, sticking out his tongue and blowing out the hot air.

"To this day, there are not many soul-killers who continue the inheritance, and those who are the same generation as the old man and are still alive are even rarer. After entering the Austrian Palace in the first few years, Tokimoto and I have been exchanging letters occasionally. "

"Speaking of which, this bronze corpse of hundreds of battles also went down the mountain to practice when it was young, and met Shiben by chance, and hand in hand to surrender together."

Filling the teapot with water, Priest Yamakari lowered his head and struck the firewood in front of him.

"Well, Tokimoto, even though you're not afraid of the cold anymore, it's good to go inside and have a cup of tea..."

Immediately, he glanced at the door with complicated eyes: "This is the newly picked Shizuoka Gyokuro at the beginning of the year. You asked me to send it every year."

"No need, my evil body is not good for contaminating the domain of God Asama... Besides, if I get too close to Araki boy, my legs and feet will not work well. If I accidentally bump into it, I will become a Buddha and ascend to heaven. The loss outweighs the gain .”

Standing outside the torii, Tokimoto Ichiro, whose red armor was whitened by the wind and snow, shook his head lonely: "The tongue of this hundred-war bronze corpse can no longer taste the taste of your good tea."

"Um."

Hearing Tokimoto Ichiro say this, Yamakari glanced at Araki Sousuke who was immersed in drinking tea in surprise, his wrinkled face drooped: "It seems that extending life in another form will also lack a lot of fun. "

"At your age, you don't have to worry about life and death, but just do what you want without breaking the rules."

Seemingly a little uncomfortable with the heavy vicissitudes in the air, Ichiro Tokimoto turned his back silently: "I told you just now why we came here... What do you think about this 'uninvited guest' in the mountains?"

When Ichiro Moto got to the point, Sosuke Araki and Takeshi Iwata looked at Priest Yamakari seriously.

According to the instructions of the "Yin Yang Sixiang Tian Astrolabe", after the target disappeared under the "Chichi", it ran all the way into the Fuji Mountains along the underground water veins.

Because of this, everyone took a helicopter to land on the Jianfeng Observation Deck on the top of Mount Fuji.

"It's no wonder that the large formation on the mountain has changed a lot today, and it must have something to do with the unexpected guest you mentioned."

"However, the foot of Mt. Fuji occupies an area of ​​1,200 square kilometers. Even if you have a sense of the formation in the mountain, it will be difficult for me to help you find him..."

Glancing at the topographic map on Takeshi Iwata's tablet, Yamakari scratched his head in distress: "If you have a broken compass, maybe there is a more accurate direction..."

"The target is fast and the route is tortuous. It would be good if the "Yin-Yang Sixiang Astrolabe" still has a sense at such a distance. Otherwise, why would I bother to ask you for advice..."

Taking out the compass from his pocket, Tokimoto Ichiro's face changed: "Wait, according to the current direction, the target seems to have stopped moving... And, it's right below us?"

"Down, down?"

Hearing this, Takeshi Iwata looked down subconsciously, as if he wanted to pry the floor open: "Is there a tunnel or something under this shrine?"

"No~lightnovelpub.net~ Below the Austrian Palace, there are only mountains... Is there something wrong with your compass?"

Yamakari shook his head, denying the other party's idea.

"No, it's not that close. Judging by the reaction, there is still a long distance!"

All the way to the center of the viewing platform, Tokimoto Ichiro started pacing back and forth with a compass in his hand.

"But, looking at it from here, there is nothing but volcanoes..."

After following from the shrine, Sousuke Araki's eyes fell on the edge of a certain viewing platform: "Could it be that guy is in the crater?"

"That's right, that man dived into Chihu Lake and came all the way by water, if he just wanted to go up the mountain, wouldn't it be unnecessary."

After comparing the direction indicated by the compass, Tokimoto Ichiro looked thoughtfully at Priest Yamakari standing at the entrance of the temple: "Yamakari, is there anything special under this crater?"

"Under the crater...the one..."

When asked this question, the priest Yamakari suddenly became hesitant: "Asama Shrine has been established for more than 1,300 years, and there is no record about the interior of Mount Fuji..."

(end of this chapter)