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"Aba Aba... Aba wuwu..."
"...Alright, Little Grandpa. Okay, I got it."
Kanoya had a brief conversation with the little old man's apparition.
The content of the conversation was, of course, the scout contacting Kamiyagawa still in Kyoto; now Kamiya already knew that the two apprentices had encountered unexpected situations in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Earlier, Kanoya and Tsurumi attempted to explore the surroundings that had become indescribably strange.
Not in the direction of the Hundred Treasures House, but towards the festival street, towards those places that had turned into blurry light points.
Those places where the lights were, as time went by, gave people a feeling of "getting closer," yet were completely untouchable and unreachable.
Moreover, no matter which way they went, the distinctly outlined Hundred Treasures House always stood neither too far nor too near.
Shouka understood that she and Little Aoi seemed to be trapped now.
