Whether it's the arrival of winter or the influence of a shift in spiritual energy, though it's afternoon, the daylight within Horror Mountain already seems somewhat dim.
Kesshou Makenyu and his group left Yuantong Temple to search for the exorcist Ueda Ayatsuki who has gone missing again. The sealed-off temple gradually receded behind them, the stone lanterns at the mountain gate still silently residing in the gloomy forest, while the vermilion temple gate stood out especially in this gray-white world.
Walking along the path towards the crater, the volcanic gravel underfoot made a crunching sound.
Nagatomo Masao carried the Long-Handed, Long-Footed Stone Hammer, proceeding in the middle of the group, when suddenly he heard a voice behind him that only he could hear, "senpai":
