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Asagami Fujino suddenly raised her head.

The mirror revealed a woman with a blurred face and skin that appeared as bluish-purple as a corpse.

She wore a fiery red chihaya embroidered with gold patterns, and a golden tiara on her head, with a red veil hanging down from the tiara to cover her face.

Even through the veil, Asagami Fujino could feel a cold gaze fixed on her from behind.

Asagami Fujino forcefully shook her hand, finally managing to break free from the red-clad shrine maiden's grasp.

The next second, the red-clad witch in the mirror vanished.

Asagami Fujino was taken aback, and then she felt a cold aura coming from behind her.

The red-clad shrine maiden suddenly appeared behind Asagami Fujino, reaching out her arms to wrap her arms around Asagami Fujino's neck from behind.

A strange whisper came from beside my ear.

"Burn it, burn it with me..."

If Asagami Fujino were just an ordinary girl, all she could do at this moment would be pray that she would die without pain.

Too bad she isn't.

Asagami Fujino suddenly grabbed the shrine maiden's wrist, then turned her head to look at the shrine maiden behind her. Their faces were almost touching, just centimeters apart.

If you were to take a picture of the two of them at this moment, you would preserve a beautiful scene of lilies in full bloom.

The mysterious red-clad shrine maiden embraced the aloof and elegant Yamato Nadeshiko from behind, their beautiful faces, like lilies, gazing deeply into each other's eyes, as if their pink lips would meet in the next moment...

However, the dangers here far exceed what outsiders can imagine.

Asagami Fujino clearly felt waves of dark, yet intensely hot, negative energy coursing through her arms like a tsunami, flowing into her body as if to set her on fire.

A fierce glint flashed in Asagami Fujino's eyes.

Her eyes instantly shone with a rainbow-like brilliance, a blend of red and green.

Boo!

With a soft sound, an invisible wave flashed through the air and instantly struck the red-clad witch on the head.

A flash of red and green light streaked through the air, and the power of the rules pulled the priestess toward the center of the light.

"Ah~!"

The red-clad shrine maiden let out a shrill scream, covered her face with her hands, and staggered back from behind Asagami Fujino.

When she lowered her hand, her crown and veil were knocked off, revealing a beautiful, pale face.

The red-clad shrine maiden's expression appeared cold, but flames seemed to burn deep within her dark eyes; she had clearly been thoroughly enraged by Asagami Fujino.

Suddenly, she forcefully flicked her long sleeves.

Ah ~!

A strange roar immediately came from all around.

One by one, pale figures slowly crawled out from the gaps in the surrounding tombstones.

A dozen or so eerie green will-o'-the-wisps suddenly appeared in mid-air.

Asagami Fujino suddenly felt something grab her ankle.

I looked down.

A man with only an upper body, his whole body was deathly pale, and his eyes were two dark, empty holes. He was reaching out and grabbing her ankle.

Upon noticing Asagami Fujino's gaze, the vengeful spirit raised its head and gave her a sinister smile.

The figures emerging from behind the tombstones were dressed in old linen clothes, some missing limbs, and of various ages.

They slowly surrounded Asagami Fujino like zombies.

Asagami Fujino's expression remained cold as she coldly surveyed her surroundings.

The red-clad witch stared at her through the vengeful spirit, seemingly with no intention of launching an attack for the time being.

Asagami Fujino suddenly closed her eyes, then abruptly opened them.

The twisted demonic eye suddenly shone with unprecedented brilliance.

Mwah!

Soon, a faint sound of bubbles being popped could be heard in the air.

The next second, more than a dozen small red and green orbs of light appeared around Asagami Fujino at the same time.

These orbs of light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, an invisible twisting force pulled the surrounding vengeful spirits toward the nearest ball of light, then crumpled them into a ball like waste paper.

For a moment, shrill screams filled the air.

A large number of vengeful spirits were forcibly twisted into pieces by Asagami Fujino and turned into ashes.

Asagami Fujino unleashed a large amount of twisting power in succession.

She quickly swept away all the vengeful spirits in the vicinity.

Chapter 388 We Are All the Same (Bonus Chapter)

Asagami Fujino and the red-clad shrine maiden confronted each other once again.

call!

With a wave of her hand, the red-clad shrine maiden unleashed a torrent of green will-o'-the-wisps that rained down upon Asagami Fujino.

Asagami Fujino glared wide, and red and green lights intertwined and flashed, radiating an even more dazzling rainbow-colored brilliance, instantly releasing an invisible twisting power.

This time, the power was far greater than before, as if even the air itself was being distorted.

The will-o'-the-wisp had barely reached mid-air when a flash of red and green light disappeared.

It was as if a small black hole had suddenly appeared in the void.

All the will-o'-the-wisps were instantly sucked in and vanished into thin air.

"Ah~!"

The red-clad shrine maiden seemed enraged, letting out a mournful cry as she extended her fiery claws and pounced on Asagami Fujino.

She appeared in front of Asagami Fujino in the blink of an eye, as if she could teleport instantly.

Not to be outdone, Asagami Fujino glared fiercely, and an invisible wave collided head-on with the red-clad shrine maiden.

Flames and twisting forces collided in mid-air, instantly creating a spectacle like a comet hitting the Earth, with sparks flying everywhere.

But the flames were quickly consumed by the twisting force.

The twisting force continued its momentum, slamming violently into the red-clad priestess's chest.

A flash of red and green light appeared on the priestess's chest, and the red-clad priestess was instantly pulled and twisted into pieces by the twisting force, like a puppet on strings.

Ding!

A red magatama fell to the ground from where the shrine maiden had disappeared.

Click!

The mirror in the center of the huge tombstone suddenly cracked in the middle, and then shattered with a loud crack!

As the mirror shattered, the gloomy atmosphere that had been hanging over the ancestral altar vanished instantly.

Asagami Fujino returned to the tombstone and picked up the stone carving.

This time, no one stopped her.

She turned around, preparing to leave, when her gaze suddenly fell on the magatama on the ground, which emitted a faint red glow.

After hesitating for a moment, Asagami Fujino walked over and picked up the red magatama.

The instant her fingers touched the red magatama.

A large number of fragmented images suddenly flooded her mind.

This is the story of a shrine maiden named 'Gurene Yukinoshita', whose life was short.

She was raised from childhood to be a priestess of the Flamefall Ritual.

While other children played, she could only study the dry and boring classics over and over again, and practice the Kagura dance and the rituals for worshipping the gods, so as not to make any mistakes during the festival.

She had no friends, and the old witch who taught her forbade her to make friends.

Their bodies, minds, and even souls were dedicated to this Flamefall Mountain from the moment they were chosen as priestesses.

As priestesses, they are not allowed to have any personal feelings, as these unnecessary emotions would only endanger the sacrificial ritual.

Sixteen years passed in a dull and uninteresting life.

However, it seemed that fate was playing a trick on her.

She prepared for sixteen years to become a qualified 'gift girl'.

But in the end, it was discovered that she was not qualified to complete this important task.

She could only become an insignificant 'assistant maiden', sharing the pressure of the seal with the 'gift maiden'.

In the end, my life was meaningless…

The images in Asagami Fujino's mind slowly faded, leaving only this voice filled with regret.

Asagami Fujino lowered her head, pressed the red magatama to her chest with both hands, and murmured to herself.

"So you're just like me..."

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While still in mid-air, Haruyuki Arita contacted Xu Ming telepathically.

'Xu Ming! I got the offering!'

After a while, Xu Ming replied.

'Well done.'

Haruyuki Arita quickly noticed that Xu Ming's voice sounded slightly tired, and hurriedly asked with concern:

'How are you?'