Luohou folded her arms and disdainfully remarked without a care.
"..."
Yingcao and Kaede merely looked on adorably...
Following the mikoshi, they soon left the town and headed toward Taira no Masakado's head mound...
The town was not far from Taira no Masakado's head mound, so it did not take long before they saw the structure.
As the procession drew closer, a strange wind suddenly blew in broad daylight. Though the weather was not cold, everyone felt a chill after being struck by the eerie gust.
Everyone on the outskirts could not help breathing into their hands several times...
"This weather is ridiculous. The sun's still out—why did it suddenly get so cold?"
Feeling the chill, a young man could not help moving his limbs around. Looking at the sun overhead, he complained.
"Could there be ghosts...?"
"What ghosts? What are you thinking? It's broad daylight. And this is Lord Taira no Masakado's head mound. Even if there were paranormal incidents... they'd be Taira no Masakado's..."
"Shh, are you trying to get yourself killed? Don't discuss that kind of thing here." The people beside the young man hurriedly cut off their conversation.
"There are so many people here, and it's broad daylight. What ghosts could there possibly be...?"
The young man sounded unconcerned.
"What's that?"
At that moment, someone suddenly pointed in a direction.
"What is it? Don't tell me it's a ghost... G-Ghosts...!"
When everyone looked west... they were utterly petrified with fear.
Ghosts...
So many ghosts... densely packed ghosts, like Hyakki Yagyō... no, this was Hyakki Daytime Procession...
Under the sun, countless demons approached in a wild, chaotic dance.
"Demons..."
"Hyakki Yagyō... ghosts...!"
Watching the demons steadily approach in the distance, the ritual attendants and onlookers finally could not take it anymore.
No one knew who shouted