Japan, Harada District.
Lisa, dressed in a comfortable hoodie, with a camera hanging around her neck and a backpack on her shoulders, looked like an American tourist out to enjoy Japan.
She gazed at the shrine within the high walls, where she felt a distinctive presence.
"Miss Lisa, that shrine is a private domain, and it's off-limits for touring!" the guide, emerging from somewhere, said softly.
Lisa nodded, "I got it, I'm just going to use the restroom."
She didn't head for the restroom, though, but turned and slipped into a secluded corner. She looked around to make sure no one was there and took a palm-sized metal box out of her backpack.
The metal box opened to reveal only two things: one was a golden needle a half-inch long; the other was an iron plate full of bronze rust marks.
Both items came from the church. Xu Yi had sought help from Ed, and the church lent out these two Magic Artifacts because of their relationship.