The bell tolled incessantly, showing no sign of stopping.

The monks in the temple—who had been each busy with their respective duties, all dropped everything and headed over to the main hall when it rang more than thirteen times.

The bell of Rokuon-ji rarely rang, only tolling to mark important occasions and was never rung more than twelve times.

But if it was, it was the rule for every monk to stop whatever they were doing and proceed to the main hall.

After all, the bell was tolled eighty-