"It's a beautiful ceiling. Soon after, Sakuruma gradually woke up, but what greeted her was a picture of a forest with a ceiling dotted with lush trees, which did not look like wallpaper or other decorations, but as if they were carved with a pen full of real feelings.

"This is what I asked Xiaoyan to paint, lying here when there is nothing to do, and unexpectedly being able to gain a bit of peace. Wasuka looked up, and the delicate brushstrokes made it as if he were in the middle of a forest, "Sakurama agent, do you feel uncomfortable in any way, and if you don't have anything important to do in the afternoon, please take a good rest here." ”

"I must have not had a serious rest in the past few days......

"Yes, I just asked Dr. Tenma to come, and he also told Sakuruma to take a good rest for a while. ”

"In that case, there's no way about it. Sakuruma smiled helplessly, and suddenly remembered what Wasuka had just said, "Is the Xiaohiko you said the brown-haired boy downstairs?"

"Well, yes, how did Sakuruma agent know?"

"He was the one who sent me here before, because I saw that there seemed to be an oil painting in the documents he was holding, so I guessed that the two works were painted by the same person, and that a teenager of that age could really draw this kind of thing. ”

"Hehe~" Wassuka sat in front of Sakura, covered his mouth and smiled: "That child's name is Jintanihiko, although the level of painting is not super-first-class, but first-class is still considered first-class." When I asked him to come, I didn't know very clearly, but he was able to paint this scene beyond my expectations, as if he could guess what I wanted to see. ”

The breeze blowing from the mountains brings the fragrance of tulips, and when you look at the ceiling, you can close your eyes again as if you are in a fairyland. Looking at the entire Kyoto headquarters, it seems that there is no more comfortable place than here. If I could, I'd love to make this my own office!

"Agent Sakurama, may I ask a question?"

"Ah, yes. ”

Wasuka folded his hands over his thighs and asked with a sad face, "After Kamiwa is gone, who does the headquarters plan to let be the third horseman?"

……

Hokkaido, Shin-Nippon High City.

Hanayamain stood alone at the station in Shizunai, a little unsure of where to go.

Since his resignation as the Black Rider, he has been working in a ranch in the Silence, and no one has looked for him for a long time for several years, and it seems that everyone has forgotten that he once existed, except for the legends that circulate in the dragon bones.

"Although I was hot-headed and agreed, I don't know if Mr. Orimoto will see me, if I can't find him, how can I have the face to go back......" In order to avoid bringing a bad impression to Origome, who has not been seen for many years, Hanayama-in deliberately didn't even use the portal, starting from Kyoto, taking a ferry and finally transferring to a bus to get here.

"Anyway, let's go to the ranch where the teacher works first. Hanayamain took a deep breath and stretched out his hand to stop a taxi.

"Whew-"

The black shadow swept in front of him like a wind, the corners of Huashanyuan's clothes and hair fluttered slightly, and the whole person seemed to be petrified in place, and his expression was almost frozen.

In about half an hour, Hanayama-in found a ranch located in the northern part of Jingnai, which leaned against a small hill with a river on the east and west, which was really good in terms of the environment, and it was no wonder that Zheben chose such a place to work.

"What? Are you looking for a person named Orimoto Ori?" A chubby person in charge of the ranch didn't seem to have any impression of the name said by Huashanyuan, and quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know, are you looking for the wrong place? ”

Huashanyuan muttered in his heart, even if he didn't know anything about his life after quitting the keel, he at least knew that he was indeed working in this ranch, but why did the person in charge say that he was not there?

"I'm sorry, can you please let me in and have a look?" Hanayamain folded his hands and bent down to plead.

"No, no, the horses are going to be raced tomorrow, and I have to take care of their health, and I can't just let people from unknown sources in. The uncle in charge suddenly came to Huashan Courtyard with bright eyes, put up his index finger and thumb and rubbed it back and forth a few times, and said with a smile: "Unless...... Hey hey ......"

"Oh, I see!" Huashanyuan immediately took out his wallet from his pocket, looked through the money inside, and finally took out a few tens of thousands of yuan and slapped it on the hand of the person in charge, "These are enough, right?"

The face of the person in charge immediately bloomed, and he hurriedly put the money in his pocket, nodded and pointed out the way to Huashanyuan, and he happily ran to the car, started the car and left the ranch, it seemed that he was probably going to have a big drink.

"What a money-loving uncle. Hanayamain put away his wallet and followed the path pointed out by the person in charge and entered the ranch.

The pasture was very open, with many stables on the vast meadows, and some houses like civilian dwellings scattered around, and a lot of vegetables were planted behind the houses, and the wranglers lived a comfortable and idyllic life here, and it seemed that they were not planning to touch the outside world anymore.

The arrival of Huashan Courtyard attracted the attention of several ranch employees, but none of them were in charge.

"Well, may I ask...... Do you know a person called Orimoto?" Hanayama walked quickly to the staff, but they showed the same expressions on their own questions as the person in charge before.

"Can you elaborate on what that person looks like?" asked an old man with a gray beard, patting Hanayama-in on the shoulder.

"Oh, that person is about fifty years old, with straight black hair, a height of one meter eighty-three, and a tall and thin body. I thought, by the way, the biggest feature should be that there is a red scar like lightning on the left eyebrow. ”

Seeing that the old man's eyes widened slightly, Huashanyuan hurriedly asked, "Do you remember?!"

"Senzo. ”

A low but steady voice sounded from behind him, and Huashanyuan turned around in surprise, only to see that the middle-aged man who was not much different from his description was already standing in front of him!

After many years, there are more traces of vicissitudes on Oriben's face, many silver strands have grown between the original black hair, and a beard has grown on the chin, but the body still seems to be as strong as before.

"Hmm......"

"After being in the keel for so long, have you become unable to speak?" Orimoto took off his gloves and stuffed them into his pocket, and carefully looked at the Huashan Courtyard standing in front of him, "Heh, the second rider of the keel, how is it, can you still adapt to that position?"

"Teacher Orimoto, I'm ......" Huashanin didn't know where to start, so he continued to say in Orimoto: "Well, it's time to get used to it." By the way, Mr. Orimoto, why did everyone say they didn't know you just now?"

Orimoto walked to the depths of the ranch with Hanayama-in, and finally left through the back door, all the way to the back mountain.

"After I quit the keel, I asked Miss Shimizu to help me change my name and ID, and now I am an employee of a small ranch in Shizunai, Ken Wada. The old Orifice Rite is no longer there, and I will continue to live in this capacity. ”

Hanayamain nodded, but still didn't know what to say to get the book back into the keel.

"Your personality seems to be a lot more restrained than before, and it seems that time really sharpens a person. "Orimoto followed a gravel path up the mountain, and from the bottom of the mountain, there seemed to be a small cabin halfway up the mountain.

"Mr. Orimoto, is that your residence?" asked Hanayamain, with some disbelief.

"When you're home, come in and sit with me. ”

"Teacher Zheben, how can you live here? Didn't Miss Shimizu put a lot of money into your account? It should be no problem to buy this ranch!"

Orimoto stopped in front of the door, sighed and said with a wry smile: "I originally thought that time could also make your mind more mature, but it seems that it can't be done." ”

"Mr. Orimoto, have you always lived in this kind of place?" Hanayama-in walked into the wooden house, where the light was blocked by the trees overhead, and even during the day, an oil lamp had to be lit to see the surroundings clearly.

"Qianzao, this is the life of the people at the bottom, here is different from the days when you were clothed and fed in the keel, human beings are human beings, those who have the ability to make money, and those who are not able can only do some manual work, and in the end it is like this. Orimoto opened the window, and the gentle breeze blew into the room, and he seemed to be a little more angry when he heard the birdsong in the treetops, "As for the money that Miss Shimizu gave me, I donated them to those in need, and I am too old to use them here." ”

"How can Mr. Orimoto not be capable? Do you have to rely on this kind of life to get by?"

"Chizo, don't forget what gave you the life you have now. Think about it, if it weren't for Obsidian and that experience, what kind of people would we be?, and how would we survive in this sinister human society?" Orimoto took out a box of cigarettes from the small cabinet next to him, it was a box of cigarettes that he didn't know how long it would take to smoke one cigarette, "I used to be just a lumberjack, and my life was not much different from what I am now, even if I had the ability to turn the sky in the keel, I was just an ordinary mortal after losing the aura of the black rider and removing that power. ”

"Are you really willing to go on like this?" asked Hanayamain.

"There's nothing to be reluctant to, life is supposed to be like this, but there have been some changes that shouldn't belong to me. Orimoto let out a puff of smoke and watched the flames in the oil lamp dance.

"That's not an ordinary change, that's an opportunity, it's an opportunity to prove yourself again!" Huashanyuan revealed his obsidian bracelet, and his voice almost shook the entire mountain forest!

Orimoto silently snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, raised his head and asked, "You want me to return to the keel." Chizo, I don't yearn for that kind of life anymore, I used to work for the status and the money, but after that day I realized that it was just begging like a family dog. I don't have any reason to be the second rider right now. ”

Huashanyuan paused, and said softly: "Teacher Zheben, please go back and not serve as the second horseman. ”

"Rather...... Third ride. ”