Yotsuya Miko looked in the direction the other person pointed, and saw that a white wooden door was standing quietly not far away.
"Is this a 'door'? No...it feels different."
Yotsuya Kenko frowned slightly, looking at the white door in the distance, wondering if this was also a "door"?
Why is the appearance and the feeling it gives her completely different from that of an ordinary "door"?
At this moment, the white door was suddenly pushed open.
Under the shocked gazes of Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna, a huge red and black vortex cloud gushed out from the crack in the door and flew high into the sky.
Along with the appearance of the red and black vortex cloud, filaments of golden light emerged on the ground and converged towards the vortex cloud in the sky.
"What... is this?"
223 The Man Who Closed the Door, Terror in the Black Mist
As more and more golden threads poured into the black and red vortex cloud in the sky, Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna felt the ground beneath their feet begin to shake.
At first, they just thought that it was an illusion caused by the shocking scene before their eyes, which made them dizzy.
But then...
The earthquake began to become more and more obvious, and the ground even began to shake.
"This is!?"
Yotsuya Miko was holding on, looking at the open white door, with a look of disbelief in his golden eyes.
"The earthquake...was caused by this thing?"
As the black and red vortex clouds gathered in the sky, Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna could also feel the ground shaking beneath their feet becoming more and more violent.
The two girls came up with an idea at the same time.
This black and red vortex cloud is the culprit that caused the earthquake, and this thing was emitted from the white door.
Just closing the door will stop the earthquake.
Yotsuya Miko didn't hesitate at all. She forced herself to rush towards the open white door, putting her hands on it and trying to close it with force.
She clenched her teeth, her golden eyes sparkling with light. The Mikazuki Munechika sword, which had been sheathed at her waist, seemed to have sensed something and automatically unsheathed it. The light golden blade was also placed against the door.
"hateful..."
Yotsuya Miko mobilized all the spiritual power in her body and tried to force the door closed, but the white door did not move at all, and her already limited spiritual power was being consumed at a terrifying rate.
“Do I need to use a key to close it…”
Yotsuya Miko realized this when she saw the keyhole on the white door.
But even if you realize it, what can you do?
She doesn't have the key.
Not to mention the key, Yotsuya Miko had never seen or heard of such a mysterious door that could cause earthquake disasters before.
"See you!"
Seeing Yotsuya Miko struggling to hold on, Amano Haruna ran to the white door without hesitation, leaned her whole body against it, and pushed hard.
But the next second, Amano Haruna found that she didn't feel any effort at all.
It's like leaning against a wall. No matter how hard you try, it doesn't make any difference.
"Hina, you have no spiritual power in your body, get out of here!"
Yotsuya Miko immediately discovered the reason.
Amano Haruna is not a psychic in the true sense. At most, she is talented and has a physique that may awaken psychic abilities.
She changed the weather and summoned lightning by praying and making part of her body invisible in exchange for the intervention of the God of Weather.
Amano Haruna herself does not possess any special powers for the time being, except for her Yin-Yang eyes that can "observe" evil spirits and ghosts.
“Damn it…Damn it!”
Realizing that she was unable to provide any help to Yotsuya Miko, and seeing her expression of gritting her teeth and trying hard to hold on, Amano Haruna felt deeply powerless.
I... can only watch the other party trying their best to hold on, and can only watch as the earthquake becomes more and more severe, until finally, it destroys the entire city of Kyoto?
"Absolutely not..."
A look of determination appeared in Amano Haruna's eyes. She loosened her hands and walked away more than ten meters away.
Just when Yotsuya Kenko breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the other party had listened to his advice and was about to evacuate to a safe place, he saw Amano Haruna raised her head, staring directly at the dark clouded sky, and shouted in a firm voice.
"Hey, you guy, give me the power!"
As expected, there was no response from the clouds.
But this time, Amano Haruna did not intend to pray, but spoke in an unquestionable tone.
"This is not a plea... I am ordering you to fulfill the treaty in the name of the contract!"
The moment Haruna said the word "contract", the air around them seemed to tremble.
The next second, a blinding flash of lightning flashed through the clouds.
Amano Haruna's body radiates colorful spiritual light like a rainbow.
She breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself.
"it is as expected."
Amano Haruna had already made such a guess.
Why can I gain the ability to change the weather and summon lightning through prayer?
And why is it that after every prayer, a part of my body would turn translucent and colorful?
Because this is the price for the help of the Weather God.
Price and conditions.
There is only one way to achieve this between humans and evil spirits.
Sign the contract.
No matter what kind of contract is signed, as long as the other party does not violate it, the other party must perform the contract, regardless of the strength of the two parties.
simply put.
Amano Haruna doesn't actually need to pray.
It was just that the weather god had been misleading her, making her believe that only through sincere prayers could she gain his help.
In fact, this was originally part of the contract. It was an ability that Amano Haruna obtained in exchange for gradually changing her body until she finally disappeared.
"Hina, you..."
"Jianzi, pay attention."
Amano Haruna didn't say much, but just went back to the white door again, took a deep breath, and covered the door with her hands.
After she joined, Yotsuya Miko could clearly feel that she felt much more relaxed.
only....
"I can't push..."
No matter how hard Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna tried, the white door remained motionless. Or rather, the combined spiritual power of the two women was just enough to match the strength of the door, preventing it from continuing to open outwards.
The key issue is that this is not the "door" to the inside world. Even if it does not continue to open, the black and red vortex clouds in the sky are still growing larger, and the shaking of the ground is becoming more and more violent.
At this rate...
Meaningless.
At this moment, strands of red silk threads suddenly appeared in the air.
Although Yotsuya Miko had never seen this thing, Amano Haruna knew that it was the red line representing the god of Itomori Town.
After the red thread appeared, it did not make jokes or say strange and funny words like in the past, but directly covered the white door.
"Thank you."
Amano Haruna knew that the guardian god of Itomori Town was on her side.
Yotsuya Miko also clearly saw that after the other party joined, the white door, which had been motionless, began to gradually close inward. Although the speed was very slow, it was indeed closing.
"Too late...too slow...too late..."
Although the door was indeed gradually closing with the combined spiritual power of Mikazuki Munechika, Amano Haruna, the suddenly appearing red thread, and her own spiritual power, Yotsuya Miko realized that this speed was still too slow.
Judging from the speed at which the ground is shaking more and more, in another twenty seconds... no, in another ten seconds, an earthquake strong enough to destroy the entire city of Kyoto will erupt.
Just when Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna realized that at this speed it would be too late even if the door was closed, a faint golden light appeared in the air.
"Roar!!!"
With a deafening roar, a golden goat head suddenly appeared and hit the white door directly.
Although it is not a kind god, it is still a god in Kyoto City and has its own shrine.
If Kyoto was destroyed, the golden goat head would be no different from an ordinary ghost.
Besides, it is still worried about one thing.
But we still don’t know where Lord Yexing is.
If the other party knew that I did not help at the critical moment, but stood by and watched...
The golden goat head was scared.
It doesn't want to be eaten alive by that horrible human.
After the golden goat head joined the ranks of those pushing the door, the white door was finally about to close.
There's only a crack in the door.
However, this tiny gap, not even one centimeter in size, was like an insurmountable chasm, and once again created a stalemate with the person and spirit who pushed the door.
“Almost there…”
Seeing Yotsuya Miko, who looked a little painful due to excessive consumption of spiritual energy but was still gritting her teeth to persevere, Amano Haruna's eyes showed a complicated look. She finally made up her mind and prayed silently in her heart.
The next second, the colorful light on Amano Haruna's body suddenly became more dazzling.
"boom."
It was just the slight sound of the door closing, but to Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna, it sounded like pleasant music.
The two took a few steps back and saw that after the white door closed, it exploded and dissipated like fireworks, without leaving even the slightest trace.
As the black and red vortex cloud exploded and turned into showers of rain, the violent shaking of the ground finally stopped.
"Won..."
Finally, Yotsuya Miko couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground, a look of relief on his face.
Finally...
Won.
No one, not even the smartest Rio Futaba, thought that cutting off Kyoto's power supply and mobile phone signal communications were actually just auxiliary means to make Kyoto citizens panic.
The real highlight is the earthquake just now.
Although it took some time to close the door that appeared from nowhere, Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna could feel that the magnitude of the earthquake was not high. For the Sakura Province, which has earthquakes all year round, it was just a small earthquake.
The buildings in Kyoto have strict earthquake prevention and control standards, and it is absolutely impossible for them to collapse in an earthquake of this magnitude.
Most likely, there were no casualties.
..........
Later, inside another power station.
"The earthquake just now..."
Futaba Rio and Sakurajima Mai were standing not far away. They learned from the intercom that Yotsuya Miko and Amano Haruna were safe and sound and were already heading towards where they were.
This is the first good news.
The second good news is that I heard from Soichiro Yagami that the emergency repair of this power station is nearing completion and it will be back to normal operation in less than five minutes.
