Chapter 161 Tsukimine Shrine
"By the way, speaking of amulets..."

Just when Li Xiaolang was about to explain further, the real big liar suddenly came over.

"In ancient times, there was a custom in China to put amulets for protection into bags. This is the origin of amulets."

Suddenly, they heard another piece of popular science. Sakura said "Oh" in understanding, and Chiharu did not come over to grab Yamazaki's neck, because this piece of popular science did not seem to have any flaws and seemed a bit like it was true.

Seeing that no one refuted him, a smile flashed across Yamazaki's narrowed eyes, and he continued to talk nonsense.

"Also, the talismans used to be very large, more than 10 meters long. It was inconvenient to carry, so a bag was made specifically to hold it."

Although Sakura felt a little strange about this obvious lie, she still believed it and couldn't help but ask curiously, "B-but, something that big would be huge even if it was folded, right?"

"Well, the bags that contained the talismans were also very large, and everyone had to drag them along..."

“There is no such legend!”

Li Xiaolang, who was not fooled by Yamazaki's lies, suddenly interrupted and interrupted Yamazaki's lies.

Realizing that Li Xiaolang was not fooled by him this time, Yamazaki smiled helplessly: "Alas, Mr. Li knows about China, he can't be fooled."

"what?"

Sakura, who had begun to believe it, was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Yamazaki's science popularization just now was also fake?

“That’s why I said you can’t trust the serious Yamazaki.”

Qianchun sighed helplessly. She had clearly emphasized this so many times, but there were still people who believed the outrageous lie, and those who believed it fell for it every time.

……

Afternoon, school time.

Gekmine Shrine, in front of the torii gate.

"I never knew that the amulets here had the power to grant wishes."

Sakura looked at the entrance of the shrine in front of her and couldn't help but say that in order to get the amulet related to love, she called her two friends as soon as school was over and rushed here.

"Because Naoko is very interested in this kind of thing. She knows a lot about shrines and temples." Tomoyo said with a smile.

"But Sakura rushed here in such a hurry, maybe it was for the love amulet."

"in love……"

As Sakura muttered these two words, the image of Yukito appeared in her mind, with an expression of longing and a slightly blushing face.

Seeing Xiaoying already caught up in the girlish romance plot, Xia Yu sighed: "Brother Xuetu is really causing a lot of harm to others."

He is obviously just a good-looking and gentle high school boy, but people from high school students to elementary school students, regardless of gender identity, are deeply attracted to him. It's scary.

"Hehe~ Doesn't classmate Xia like Brother Yuecheng?" Zhishi suddenly chuckled, looked at Xia Yu and asked with a smile.

"Like it."

"what?!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Sakura, who was still daydreaming, came back to her senses instantly. She looked at Xia Yu in surprise, her eyes full of disbelief.

Xia Yu: "..."

As for such a big reaction...

"Don't worry, it's not the kind of love you think, it's just normal love for a friend."

In order not to be misunderstood as a love rival, Xia Yu still explained.

Hearing this, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. She thought she would have another love rival.

"Well, let's go buy an amulet quickly. If we're late, the amulet shop at the shrine will probably be closed."

After realizing that she had misunderstood, Sakura said something shyly, then quickly walked towards the stairs leading to the shrine.

Seeing Xiaoying's appearance, Xia Yu shook his head with amusement and followed her.

But the moment she stepped into the shrine, Sakura was suddenly stunned and felt something rushing towards her.

"Strange..." "What's wrong?"

Seeing Xiaoying suddenly stop, Zhishi walked forward in confusion, and Xia Yu also stopped.

"I have a strange feeling." Sakura looked around in confusion, as if she had just sensed something.

"what?"

Hearing this, Chiyo looked around and replied, "I don't think there's anything wrong."

"Could it be the Clow Cards again?" Xia Yu also asked. After all, according to the usual routine, when Sakura had a strange feeling, she usually sensed the Clow Cards.

Hearing this, Sakura shook her head and said, "I don't know, it could be an illusion."

"Since it could be an illusion..."

Xia Yu raised his fist and affirmed, "That must be the Clow Card."

"Eh? Why?"

Sakura was surprised. She said it might be an illusion, so why was she still so sure it was a Clow Card?

"Because you, Sakura, feel something is wrong, so if nothing goes wrong, it must be the Clow Cards." Xia Yu said as a matter of course.

Even if an accident happened, it must be related to the Clow Cards. In any case, the possibility of it having nothing to do with the Clow Cards is extremely small.

Xiaoying expressed her incomprehension of Xia Yu's strange logical relationship, but classmate Xia was weird to begin with, and it would be abnormal if she could understand Xia's thoughts.

"Oh right, the amulet!"

Sakura remembered in time why she came to the shrine and hurried to the place where amulets were sold.

Just as she arrived, she saw Li Meiling and Li Xiaolang arguing with each other.

"Eh? Li-san, Meiling-san?"

On the other side, Li Meiling was pulling Li Xiaolang to buy a pair of amulets of the same style to strengthen the relationship between her and Xiaolang.

However, just as she was pulling Li Syaoran, a voice suddenly came from the side. She turned her head and happened to see Xiaoying and others walking towards her.

Li Meiling, who was originally a bit carefree, was a little shy for a moment. Just when she was about to explain herself, Li Xiaolang had already walked over and stood in front of Xiaoying.

"Did you feel anything strange when you walked into this shrine?"

"Huh? Did Li feel it too?"

When Sakura heard Li Xiaolang's question, she was stunned. She thought the feeling just now was just her illusion.

But before the two of them could talk further and exchange information, the torii gate at the shrine entrance suddenly rang with an ethereal bell, as if triggering some necessary conditions.

噔——!
The ringing of the bell echoed in all directions, causing Sakura and the others to turn their heads to look.

But before they could discover anything, a twisted green maze appeared around them in the blink of an eye.

In a few seconds, the twisted maze expanded, directly enclosing the five people inside the shrine and separating them.

Looking around, there are light green walls in all directions. Looking down, the end of the maze is blurry and even the horizon is emerald green.

Obviously, this space is no longer real.

Inside the maze, Li Meiling looked around in surprise and found that she was the only one left here.

She couldn't help but put her hand to her mouth and yelled, "Little Wolf! Where are you?!"

Where - where where - where where where -

Listening carefully, no one responded, only the echo that was gradually getting smaller could be heard.

Looking at the maze walls that blocked her view on all sides, Li Meiling punched the wall with a feeling of grievance and anger.

Damn it, why is she the only one left now?

(End of this chapter)