"Nuo Nuo Gu Gu, left with three stars, right with three prisons, heavens overturned, nine paths sealed... the North Star shines, feet closed for a thousand miles, the Six Jia reversed, calamities unavoidable."
The group from Kyojin Shrine, led by Onizuka, chanted the "Enter Shikigami, Witness Illusion" curse.
Their clothing swayed in the wind, fingertips brushing against floating talismans, each touch igniting an invisible force.
As the incantation rose, within the chaotic halls of the Thirty-Six Chambers, the rhythmic sound of faint drums seemed to echo, as if mimicking the beat of a heart. Each drumbeat synchronized perfectly with the cadence of the curse.
The surrounding air began to shudder, and an unseen force started to coalesce around Onizuka and her companions.
The ghosts in the temple remained frenzied and fraying at the seams, their eyes glinting with crimson light, faces grotesquely twisted, emanating an unbearable stench.
