Lonely Rock for the Blind.

"Ugh..."

When Yuyuko Otsuki woke up, it was already late at night.

"Awoo!"

Before him stood Kita Ikuyo, dressed in a white robe and wearing a white triangular crown, trying his best to appear fierce as a ghost.

"…what you do?"

Yuuko Otsuki frowned.

"Let's play the courage test!"

Kita Ikuyo said with a smile.

"…I'm going to go to bed."

Yuyuko Otsuki shook her head, then lay back down to prepare for sleep.

"You'll be paired with a senior colleague."

"!"

Yuuko Otsuki suddenly sat up.

She looked at Kita Ikuyo and asked.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

Kita Yukiyo nodded.

"Let's go find our senior now."

"Wait a minute, you need to put this on first."

Kita Ikuyo took out her red and white shrine maiden outfit.

Why...?

Looking at the shrine maiden outfit, Ootsuki Yuyuko frowned and asked.

"Do you still want to leave with your senior?"

"Tsk! I'll wear it."

Yuuko Otsuki clicked her tongue, instinctively sensing that something was amiss.

But at that moment, all those odd things were put to the back of their minds.

After all, being with him would be...

Before long, the two arrived at Nekoyashiki Haru's room.

Kita Ikuyo opened the door and looked at Nekoyashiki Haru, who was fast asleep.

"Wake up~ Wake up~"

Kita Ikuyo gently shook Nekoyashiki Haru awake.

"Yu Dai?"

Nekoyashiki Haru raised her head in a daze.

"...What's with your outfit?"

"A ghost! Isn't it obvious?"

Kita Ikuyo went around in circles.

"After a unanimous discussion, we've decided that tonight's activity will be a test of courage!"

Kita Ikuyo laughed.

"...Aren't you sleepy?"

Nekoyashiki asked, only to be utterly ignored.

The ghost lady in front of me spun around a few times.

"And what about your teammates, senior...?"

Kita Ikuyo pushed the shrine maiden Otsuki Yuuko in.

"It's decided, it's Ms. Otsuki!"

Good evening.

Yuyuko Otsuki extended a hand in greeting.

Good evening, Yoyoko.

Nekoyashiki Haru stood up, and Otsuki Yuyuko quickly stepped forward and grabbed Nekoyashiki Haru's hand.

Kita Ikuyo looked at the two of them, then coughed softly.

"Ahem, from now on, this is not a villa, but a haunted house left over from the Meiji era. As a lost person who has strayed into this place, you will be targeted by all kinds of demons. They will undoubtedly want to devour you. The only person you can rely on is the shrine maiden beside you. As long as you successfully reach the distant forest, retrieve the key item from it, and return, you will be free from the demons' harassment."

"Uh…"

Nekoyashiki Haru opened her mouth.

"...I...I'll protect Senior Haru?"

Yuuko Otsuki opened her eyes wide.

"That's right, Miss Shrine Maiden, can you do it?"

Kita Ikuyo smiled and asked Otsuki Yuuko.

"No...no problem! Leave it to me!"

Yuyuko Otsuki was in high spirits.

"Don't worry, Senior Haru! I won't let you get hurt by any weirdos!"

"...Please, I'm begging you, priestess."

Haru Nekoyashiki decides to immerse herself in the story.

"Alright, let's head this way next~"

Kita Ikuyo pushed open the door.

crunch...

The darkness outside the door slowly seeped in.

"...It's so dark...Was it this dark just now?"

Yuuko Otsuki opened her eyes wide.

"Don't be afraid! Senior Qing, just come with me!"

As Otsuki Yuuko spoke, she pulled Nekoyashiki Haru along and stepped towards the door.

Strange noises could be heard from time to time in the dark corridor.

There was even some inexplicably terrifying and mournful music...?

Yuuko Otsuki glared at Kita Ikuyo, who was playing music beside her. Kita Ikuyo smiled and turned off her phone.

"Anyway... let's just go to the entrance first, I..."

Yuuko Otsuki took a step forward, and the next moment, something slapped her from the darkness.

Splat~

The cool, soft touch made Ootsuki Yuuko's pupils shrink sharply.

"Quack! What! What is that?!"

Yuyuko Otsuki cried out in surprise, and was then pulled into Haru Nekoyashiki's arms.

"It's nothing, it's just a prop."

"Ugh..."

"It's sorcery!"

Kita Ikuyo explained with a smile.

"In short, you two, if you don't find the item in time, you'll be stuck here forever!"

Kita Ikuyo smiled.

"You certainly didn't want this to happen, did you?"

Yuuko Otsuki gritted her teeth.

"Damn it... I'm not going to get scared anymore!"

Yuyuko Otsuki pulled Haru Nekoyashiki towards the outside, but suddenly, a strange sound came from beside them.

Yuyuko Otsuki subconsciously looked to the side and saw a huge blue demon face emerge from the darkness, then suddenly rush out.

"!!!"

Otsuki Yuuko's body trembled violently, then her eyes rolled back and her body went limp as she collapsed into Nekoyashiki Haru's arms.

"...Oh dear...how did you faint so easily?"

Kita Ikuyo exclaimed in surprise.

"Yuyuko? Yuyuko?"

Haru Nekoyashiki tries to wake up Yuyuko Otsuki.

"Alas, you lost soul, your priestess has fainted. What should you do now?"

Kita Ikuyo asked with a wicked smile.

"...Um, can I take the shrine maiden and run back?"

"Nekoyashiki Haru asked."

"No, you can't! The shrine maiden has been defeated by a monster. Now you'll face your fate!"