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After listening to Yukino Yukinoshita's account, Yukino's mother seemed to suddenly become very nervous, completely losing her previous strong and capable demeanor.

"Yes……"

Yukino Yukinoshita showed a hint of surprise on her face, somewhat puzzled by her mother's sudden change in attitude.

You are not going anywhere right now!

"Take Yukino back to the main family immediately!"

"It's snow mother," she said hurriedly.

Yukino's confusion deepened, and she seemed to detect a hint of fear in her mother's tone.

“Mother, but…”

"No buts! You must bring Yukino back as soon as possible! Do you understand?"

This concerns the safety of you sisters!

Yukino hesitated slightly before answering, and then Yukino's mother's stern voice came from the other end of the phone again.

"And your answer!"

"I see!"

After hanging up the phone, Yukinoshita Haruno's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

Judging from the mother's words, it didn't seem like she was exaggerating.

My mother must know some secrets that she doesn't.

What could it be?

"It's been a long time since I've been back to my ancestral home. It would be good to go back..."

Yukino Yukinoshita muttered something to herself and began packing her luggage.

There's really nothing to pack, just some frequently used clothes to change into, since it's my own home.

After Yukino finished packing her things, she gritted her teeth, made a tough decision, and dragged her younger sister Yukino out of bed, pulling her downstairs with her.

The Cadillac was already waiting at the apartment entrance.

Just as Yukino was putting her luggage into the trunk with the help of the butler, her younger sister Yukino suddenly spoke up.

Do you want me to go back to that cage?

Yukino Yukinoshita was taken aback. She looked up at her sister, only to find that her sister's expression was indifferent, which she couldn't understand.

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Yukino immediately put on a serious face and reached out to grab Yukino's hand.

"Now is not the time for you to be willful!"

Who knew that Yukino Yukinoshita would suddenly shake off her sister's hand.

"My affairs are none of your business!"

She left those words behind and ran across the street without looking back.

"Yukino!"

Yukino Yukinoshita quickly threw down her suitcase and was about to chase after him.

Just then, the traffic light on the side of the road changed, and the traffic roared past, like a wall, keeping Yukinoshita Haruno outside.

She could only watch helplessly as her sister's figure disappeared into the alley across the street.

After finally waiting for the traffic light to turn green, Yukinoshita Haruno hurriedly took the butler to chase after them, but they couldn't find them anywhere.

It was as if her younger sister, Yukino, had vanished.

On the other side, Yukino Yukinoshita impulsively ran away from her sister, burying her head and running wildly.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but when she stopped, panting, she looked up and realized that she had found herself on a completely unfamiliar street.

People passing by cast curious glances at her.

Yukino looked around and saw scenery she had never seen before.

She was about to take out her phone to check her location on the map.

Just then, she suddenly noticed a stone staircase leading up the mountain to her left.

The mountain was covered with bamboo, and through the gaps in the bamboo grove, a deep red torii gate could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

That's... a shrine?

Yukino Yukinoshita stared at the approach to the mountain that stretched upwards.

A mysterious whisper seemed to reach her ears, as if calling to her.

Just thinking about the terrifying things she encountered at dusk made Yukino Yukinoshita feel cold and she hugged her arms tightly.

Go up and take a look; perhaps you can get something to ward off evil spirits.

This thought suddenly popped into Yukino Yukinoshita's mind.

So she immediately stepped onto the steps leading to the shrine on the mountain.

A couple happened to be passing by at the foot of the mountain. When the man saw Yukino Yukinoshita's back, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Hey! That shrine..."

In the blink of an eye, Yukino Yukinoshita's figure crossed the torii gate and suddenly disappeared.

"Huh...?"

The man scratched the back of his head in confusion and looked at his girlfriend beside him.

Did you see someone go up there just now?

Chapter 366 Shrine Horror (Part 1) - Bonus Chapter

Her girlfriend glanced casually up at the mountain.

"Wasn't that shrine abandoned a long time ago?"

Besides, it's almost eleven o'clock; what respectable person would go to a shrine to pray at this hour?

"That's...indeed."

The man nodded in agreement.

The couple soon left the street.

The wind blew, and the bamboo forest on the mountain immediately emitted a whistling sound, as if someone was crying in the bamboo forest...

Yukino Yukinoshita walked up the stone steps.

This path to the temple seems to be quite old; many of the steps are broken, the edges are worn rounded, and weeds stubbornly sprout from the cracks.

Stone sculptures, each about the size of a child, stand on both sides of the approach.

These stone carvings have been weathered by wind and rain, and their features and shapes have become blurred and indistinct, only vaguely resembling human figures.

The stone carvings have uneven surfaces, and some are even covered with dark green moss.

As Yukino Yukino walked up the approach to the temple, passing by these stone sculptures, she wondered if her thoughts were disturbed by what had happened that day.

She always felt that these indistinct stone sculptures were looking at her with a strange gaze.

This strange feeling made Xuexia Xueshi shudder.

She quickened her pace and swiftly arrived at the torii gate along the narrow approach.

In the darkness, the torii gate appears an eerie crimson, its surface seemingly smeared with scarlet blood.

The torii gate made Yukino Yukinoshita feel extremely uncomfortable. She hesitated for a moment, but still stepped onto the stairs.

The moment she stepped over the torii gate, it was as if she had stepped over a layer of icy water.

The biting cold penetrated the body, from the outside in, from the skin to the internal organs.

She even felt as if the blood in her body had frozen.

Silk!

Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but shiver and exhaled a puff of white mist.

After crossing the torii gate, the view suddenly opens up.

An ancient shrine appeared before Yukino Yukinoshita.

In front of the quiet worship hall, there was a donation box with a huge bronze bell hanging above it, and a thick scepter rope hanging from the crossbeam.

The palace doors were tightly closed, and the scene inside could not be seen.

To the right is a handwashing station for people to cleanse their hands, with water flowing gurglingly.

Next to it was a large wooden board with many ema (votive plaques) hanging on it, with various blessings written in crooked handwriting.

The thin string on the ema had faded. Hanging there pale white, it swayed in the wind, making a soft clattering sound, as if an invisible hand was manipulating it.

Yukino Yukinoshita quickly sensed something was amiss.

This shrine is so quiet.

Forget about priests and shrine maidens, we didn't even see a single person.

Large areas of buildings were completely dark.

Yukino Yukinoshita cautiously surveyed her surroundings, and a thought of retreat suddenly arose in her heart.

The fear in my heart gradually overcame my obsession.

However, just as she was about to turn and leave.

Welcome!

A faint voice suddenly came from beside me.

Yukino Yukinoshita was startled and instinctively assumed the starting stance of Aikido in the direction from which the sound came.

Only then did she see a small figure standing silently not far from her in the darkness.

It was a hunchbacked old woman dressed in a black shrine maiden outfit.

Her face was covered in wrinkles, like dried tree bark, and she held a strangely shaped bronze staff in her hand.