"There's another legend: if lovers cross Moon Crossing Bridge together and look back, they'll break up." Seeing the others laugh, Kokonoe added mysteriously.
Chen Fan smiled at Kokonoe. "Did you look back when you crossed Moon Crossing Bridge? You're so silly now—don't tell me you looked back then."
"When did I? I didn't look back! And Kokonoe is very smart, not nearly as silly as you say."
"I definitely won't look back!" Aisha said, clenching her little fists.
"Me neither. I definitely won't look back."
"I won't look back either." Like Aisha, Genoa and Irina wore serious expressions. It was impossible to tell whether they were afraid of becoming stupid by looking back or of being separated from their lovers.
Still, they stepped onto Moon Crossing Bridge together. The view from the bridge left the girls gasping in amazement. Looking down from above, they could take in the entire mountain scenery and all its most beautiful sights at a glance.
Chen Fan smiled at the girls' excited cries. Then, suddenly, black mist appeared around them without warning.
Chen Fan frowned slightly, while Azazel said gravely, "It's here!"
Azazel's words drew the girls' attention away from the beautiful scenery and toward the changes around them. The many tourists who had been on Moon Crossing Bridge had suddenly vanished, leaving only them behind amid the strange mist. "Ah! What is this?"
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the mist the Crow Tengu Guard mentioned. All of you, come closer. Don't stray too far from me," Chen Fan told the girls. They all gathered around him.
"Absolute Mist, one type of Tōki. I never expected it to appear here. When I heard that the Nine-Tailed Fox had been surrounded by mist and then disappeared, I had a feeling it was this, but I