Chapter 175, Chance Encounter on Prayer

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One day at the end of July, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City, Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine.

The girls of Nogizaka 46 are praying for their third single here today.

Sure enough, this kind of reward plan similar to going out to play, the girls on the bus were very excited, and kept telling their excitement today.

"Minami no Hachiman Great Bodhisattva !!" led by Rina Iikoma, the selection on the bus cheered.

"Tut-tut... It's so much fun ... Satomi Ichiro in the car thought to himself, is Sony too kind to these little idols?

Seeing these little idols so happy, he felt bored.

He thinks it's best to go to some haunted hospital and pray to see the little idols crying, which is what he likes.

"Hey, hey, don't be so excited, this prayer is not a joke!" Matsudaira Naohiro, who was from a Chinese samurai family, couldn't stand it anymore, and he came out and yelled.

The girls then fell silent.

"Have you read the pamphlets that were distributed to everyone?" Matsudaira Naohiro stood on the aisle of the bus and said loudly: "Remember, today's prayer is not a joke! This is Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, a sacred place for the samurai! We will pray in front of the chief priest in the main shrine! Please look carefully, if the prayer deviates at that time, we will be responsible!"

"Yes~" the girls replied one after another.

The fiery atmosphere dissipated, and the girls all picked up the booklet and looked carefully at the contents of the booklet.

Mai Shiraishi is sitting with Nanami Hashimoto: "Nanamin, it seems that this prayer was arranged for us by our predecessors!"

"Yes, the content of this prayer ... It seems to be more complicated than ordinary shrine prayers. Nana Hashimoto said with a flushed face as she flipped through the pamphlet in her hand.

The two girls went to other places to promote for two days before returning to Tokyo, and met Uesugi Soyuki who had something to do and went on a business trip for two days, but it was not until last night that the girl and the man were at home together, Uesugi Soyuki got two bottles of wine and drank with the girls, and after drinking, the faint Hashimoto Nanami was carried to bed by the man in a daze, and lingered until the early hours of the morning.

And what's even more shy is that Mai Shiraishi has been watching from the side under the banner of "learning", and even participated in some of it.

At that time, Nana Hashimoto, who was numb in her hands and feet, didn't even have the ability to resist, so she could only shyly passively "perform" in front of Mai Shiraishi's eyes.

"That... Mai sheep, can you be later... Don't show up when I'm doing that with Uesugi ... So shy. Nana Hashimoto said with a blushing face.

"Oh, Nanamin, what's there to be shy about! My birthday is coming soon, I have to be ready! Big deal, when I do that kind of thing with my seniors in the future, Nanamin, you can join us!" Mai Shiraishi grinned, seeing that Nana Hashimoto was embarrassed for a while, and sighed in her heart: she originally wanted to compromise first, and then monopolize that man by herself through compensation and persuasion, but now, if she really wants to do that, she will not have any confidence when facing Mai Shiraishi in the first place.

And... Three people together ... I'm having a lot of fun, too.

"By the way, didn't the seniors come with us?" Mai Shiraishi asked suddenly.

"He went first, and now he's adjusted over there, so he won't show up with us because we're going to have a full track today. Nanami Hashimoto said.

"Hey... What a pity. ”

"It's okay, there will be a chance in the future. ”

Yes, Uesugi Muneyuki had already arrived at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine ahead of schedule, and he got up early in the morning and arrived in Kamakura at about eight o'clock in the morning.

Early in the morning, he took his bodyguard Lance and walked into this center of faith that had a high status in the hearts of the samurai, the symbol of Kamakura.

After getting out of the car, I walked along the large stone-paved Wakanomiya Avenue and walked leisurely along the avenue where Uesugi Muneyuki walked leisurely.

There are already a lot of tourist groups nearby, and most of them wander the Komachi Street on the west side, where you can find everything from local specialty food shops such as natto and ham to craft shops such as Kamakura carving, and from long-established restaurants to western-style cafes. There are more than 200 restaurants and shops lining the sides of the road to the depths of the side streets, attracting many shoppers.

"Lance, you've been following me for a few years, haven't you?" Uesugi Soyuki bought two bottles of cold beer from the side of the street and handed one to Lance.

"Four years and three months, boss. Lance took the cold beer and drank half a can in one gulp.

"Hmmm... Are you still comfortable living here?"

"No problem, boss, I like to repair those little characters (Zhou Fangliang's horses). ”

"That's good. ”

The two of them walked to the front of Ichinotorii, Uesugi Muneyuki straightened up and bowed to the torii, and Lance bowed exactly the same.

This ritual means to say "excuse me" to the gods who are guarding the area.

Ichinotorii is a stone Myojin torii made of Mikage stone (granite) from Inujima in Bizen Province, with a height of 8.5 m and a column diameter of 92 cm, which was built by Tokugawa Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was completed after the three shoguns of Hidetada, Iemitsu, and Ietsuna collected stone for processing.

Then, Uesugi Muneyuki washed his hands with a wooden scoop in the kiosk, indicating the meaning of "purifying the body", and Lance did it together according to Uesugi Soyuki's practice.

The tour officially began.

A young man with black hair and a short-sleeved shirt, followed by a tall white man with a big back, walked down the wide avenue, the sky became brighter and brighter, the temperature began to rise gradually, and a trace of summer heat could be felt gradually.

The approach from the second torii gate to the third torii gate is called "dankuzu", and it is a pedestrian path that is rammed with earth that rises a little higher, and cherry trees and azaleas are planted on both sides of the road, and the tunnel becomes a flower when it is in full bloom in spring.

This section of the road is narrower, occupied by flower beds on both sides, and the road is so long that it is difficult to see the end at a glance.

"Spring, winter, autumn, it's nice to walk this road, but it's summer... It's a bit hot in this place... Uesugi said helplessly.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was high, and the weather had already begun to get hotter, and there was no shade in the Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in summer, and the weather was a little hot, which greatly reduced his interest in playing outdoors.

"Forget it, let's go to the shrine early!"

"Boss, there were two women behind us who followed us and pointed at us. Lance said suddenly, "One is younger, the other is older, and the younger of them is looking at you all the time." ”

Someone is following? Could it be the paparazzi? Uesugi Soyuki frowned, his identity is not the same as these public figures in the celebrity political circles, he is a capitalist, and many newspapers dare not use the means used against celebrities and politicians, and he doesn't care about the exposure of some things.

Unlike Koreans, who are extremely hateful of the rich, the Japanese may be deeply influenced by Europe and the United States, and their attitude towards the rich will be more tolerant.

So he turned around and looked behind him.

A woman with a ball-tied head, large sunglasses, and a mask, who couldn't see her face, was following behind them, wearing very simple short-sleeved jeans, white sneakers, and very tall, even if she couldn't see her eyes and face, she could feel that this was a very temperamental woman with a good figure.

The Japanese are very concerned about personal privacy, and thirty percent of the people have allergies and the like, so it is very popular to wear masks, but he does not have this habit, and he has no allergies, so he never wears a mask.

Uesugi knew who she was with just one look.

No wonder I have been following myself ...

He felt a little funny, and he met it by chance, and came up to say hello, and he wanted to come over and was afraid of what kind of trouble.

So he beckoned to the woman, "Come here." ”

Seeing the man take the initiative to beckon, the young woman hesitated for a moment, said a few words to the older woman next to her, and then took out a few banknotes, and the older woman took the banknotes, nodded and walked in the other direction.

Only then did Uesugi Soyuki notice that the woman who left should be a tour guide, with a sign and a small horn hanging on her chest.

Only then did the young woman walk up cautiously and say hello: "Zong Xianjun, good morning!"

It's just that the thick mask and large sunglasses make Uesugi Soyuki unable to see her expression clearly, and she also feels that her voice is muffled.

Looking around, there were a few tourists, not many, Uesugi looked at the woman for about ten seconds before saying in a mocking tone, "Why did you come here today?"

"I haven't had anything to do lately, so I just want to go out for a walk, after all, if I can't come out, the weather will only get hotter next. The woman said calmly, but the excitement in her voice could not be suppressed.

"It's also ... Come out and have fun, it's okay, it's just... You're so idle... Is it really good... Gakki?" Uesugi Muneyuki smiled a little awkwardly, but asked anyway.

This woman is none other than Yui Aragaki.

"Won't you go around with me, a descendant of the martial arts?" the woman took off her sunglasses and looked at him with a very meaningful look.

"I have something to do now, you can go shopping by yourself... If you want to go around with me ... It's not good to be photographed, but if you really want to hear me talk about these things, then we'll meet in this palace in an hour. Uesugi wanted to refuse, but when she saw the woman's hopeful gaze staring at her, she still couldn't give up for some reason.

Perhaps, there is something that I can't completely put down.