What's Moriya Shrine doing? Aren't they usually all over this kind of thing?

I think I've heard about them having some sort of great power, but...

I see...

The scales, right? I honestly don't get it either. Everyone just suddenly started talking about them.

Well, whatever.

Suddenly?

A while ago, certain tengu started hyping up the benefits of mermaid scales and selling them for a high price.

So it's safe to assume that they caused all these youkai to head for the lake.

Clan Inubashiri was slow on the uptake, and we're actually still gathering information...