[h3]Yuudai[/h3]
simply watched on as more people arrived. Some were yokai from the shrine there, like the paper dragon named Kyorinrin, who seemed to care for the books immensely. He was a bit annoying, but it was good to be careful.

After deciding that the others were at least decent people, he waited by listening to the sounds around them. The wind, the leaves, distant clangs, and loud screeches of twisting metal. Interesting, to say the least.

As soon as everyone assembled, alarms suddenly sounded. He didn't really think that the air-raid siren fit in with the aesthetics of the shrine, but he supposed that it was only natural to adapt to the times. For a bell to be loud enough, it'd have to be several times larger; the siren was the better option. After realizing that he was left behind, he began walking to catch up. Yuudai missed the first part of what was going on, but it seemed that he was working with Niko and someone named Takemi to secure the area they were heading to.

The giant wolf-dog outside was probably Inugami.

Yuudai was about to jump onto his back since the Head Priestess had said that they would be riding him, but paused when Inugami said [color=red][b][i]”Are you all related to snails? Hurry up.”[/i][/b][/color]

He walked up to Inugami's face and stared at him.

[sub]-staaare-[/sub]
[sub]-staaare-[/sub]
[sub]-staaare-[/sub]

Niko called out to hurry up.

[sub]-staaare-[/sub]

Yuudai gave Inugami a swift chop in the snout before vaulting onto his back.[hr]After landing, Niko gave them the words to start their mission. Hearing her command, Yuudai rummaged around in his brown side-bag for a few seconds before pulling out a disproportionately large barrel-magazine shotgun.

Yuudai found his new abilities convenient.[hr][h3]Kuharu[/h3]finally arrived at the entrance of the path to the shrine. He had taken his time walking over, greeting every animal he saw along the way and helping people he passed by. However, before he could begin making his way up the path, Inugami suddenly flew past overhead.

[color=6ecff6]"Hmm, that can't be good."[/color] Chasing after them on foot, he called out, [color=6ecff6]"Ei! Wait for meee~!"[/color]