Chapter 18: Mirage
The moonlight is dark, and the boundless darkness eats away at the sanity of Kyoko Nohara.
The strange figure of the uncle in the living room who kept bowing mechanically, and the bizarre smile of the headless god emanating from the soul.
It's all a big stone that weighs on her heart.
An icy cold wind blew in through the cracks in the living room window, and made a terrible whining sound, like a demon wailing.
Her breath stopped, and her heart seemed to stop beating.
She was originally timid, so she could only cover her mouth at this time to prevent herself from screaming out.
She turned her head desperately, huddled under the stove in the small kitchen, and kept her breathing to a minimum, lest her uncle in the living room find out.
Although she didn't know what was going on, her sixth sense told her that it was better not to be alarmed by her uncle at this time.
Time passed little by little, and Kyoko Nohara lived like a year, and the fear in her heart swelled infinitely, but she didn't come up with any way.
She was scared, sleepy, and a little cold - she was wearing only a thin nightgown, and the kitchen tiles were still cold, but it all didn't add up to the horror of what happened in the living room.
What the hell is wrong with my uncle?!
Why did the very gentle and kind uncle in the past become like this!
Becoming so numb and only religious to a headless idol?
That... What the hell is that strange idol?!
Kyoko Nohara, whose mind was like a mess, suddenly uncontrollably appeared in her mind with the smiling side face of Kiyoshi Uesugi - when people are afraid, they always subconsciously think of something that will reassure her.
For the current Nohara Kyoko, there is nothing more secure than the back of Uesugi Kiyoshi.
It's muddy, I don't know how long it has been.
There was already a hazy morning light reflecting through the living room window.
Sky... lit up.
Kyoko Nohara's mind suddenly woke up from the chaos, and she secretly glanced into the living room to find that her uncle's figure had long since disappeared.
The small door of the shrine was tightly closed, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and with a strong willpower, she drove her legs, which were already numb from the cold, and hurried back to her cabin.
She closed the door tightly, holding the bento box for Uesugi Kiyoshi in her arms, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in her dimly lit nest.
What she didn't know was that a second after she just walked through the door.
A crack opened in the door of Yokotano's room.
There was a pair of eyes staring through the crack in the door, staring at the door of Kyoko Nohara.
These eyes are bloodshot, full of malice and resentment, and with a strange smile, not like human eyes, but like the pupils of evil spirits...
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It's Wednesday and the weather is a bit overcast, like it's going to rain.
It's the beginning of April, and the high school has just started, so it's winter and early spring, and the temperature is not too high, but it's the cherry blossom season.
Uesugi Kiyoshi is not in the mood for cherry blossom viewing.
His complexion was as bad as yesterday - his master had given him a box of swordsmanship books, and he had gone back last night and hurriedly flipped through them.
As a result, he was fascinated at first sight, and when he came back to his senses, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and he still had to practice "no knife taking" in the mirage building, which made him feel a little mentally stressed.
This trick is "no knife to take", and he is indeed quite interested.
After all, it is the secret technique of Yanagi's new Yin Stream, although it seems to be just an ordinary empty-handed white blade, but there are still many exquisitenesses.
The master has already given himself the seal of the new Yin Stream, but if he is not good at learning, he will lose the master's face when he goes to Dongwenhui, and he will not be able to explain to the master - he is a very strong person, and if he does this, he will not even be able to pass this level himself.
Without a knife, it is not easy to say, but it is not difficult to say.
It is clearly written in the "Knife Snatching Method, Three Potentials" that there are three key points in learning the art of snatching the knife without a knife.
First, you must have the courage to face the sword in your hand, if you are afraid when you see your opponent slashing with a sword, don't mention anything to grab the sword, run for your life.
Second, it is necessary to have the appropriate technique of grabbing the sword and exerting power - Hidekawa Kamiizumi demonstrated this trick, combining the palms of the hands, creating a fulcrum on the opponent's sword, and then using the principle of leverage, fighting big with a small one, grabbing the knife to kill - the one-in-one twist of the two palms is learned.
Third, you must have rich experience in actual combat, the opponent slashes with a sword, you must at least know that his sword is going to cut you, and what changes you have to make next, otherwise as soon as you stretch out your palm, you will be changed by the sword, and you will be chopped with a knife, and you will not be able to see it.
Well, these three points, what Uesugi Kiyoshi lacks is only some practical experience.
He's killed ghosts, but he hasn't really killed anyone, and in the past year, the kendo opponents he has encountered are only Kamiizumi Hidekawa and Kamiizumi Rin, the quality is good, but the quantity is too small.
Killing skills, there is no life-and-death struggle, how to practice it.
Therefore, he can only grind this little by little in the mirage building with water grinding work.
He has perseverance, talent, and the belief to do it, and success is not very difficult for him.
Now he is walking on the way to school, his heart is constantly pondering the key points of the knife to take, yesterday after a night of practice, he has already touched a little trick, and give him another day, he is sure that he can initially master this secret technique.
Around the corner just one street from the school, Uesugi Kiyoshi turned with his head down, and after he stepped out, the keen senses he had cultivated over the years of sword training alerted him.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and as soon as he turned around, he was bumped into the arms by a petite figure - he recognized who it was, otherwise he would have avoided the comer.
It was Kyoko Nohara who looked flustered and hurried, she didn't know why, she was in a hurry, she didn't look at the road at all, and when she turned the corner, she bumped into Uesugi Kiyoshi in front of her.
Nohara Kyoko exclaimed, seeing that she was about to fall, and a bento box wrapped in a cute pink tablecloth in her hand was about to fall aside, Uesugi Kiyoshi sighed helplessly, stretched her arm, took Nohara Apricot in her arms, and picked it up with the sword bag in her other hand, the lunch box was like having eyes, and the tied knot was just stuck by the wooden knife wrapped in the sword bag, avoiding the fate of falling into pieces.
He is good, this set of actions is smooth, and by the time Nohara Kyoko reacted, he had been stabilized by Uesugi Kiyoshi and handed the lunch box into her hands.
"Nohara-san, good morning."
"It's not class time yet, you don't have to be in such a hurry..."
Uesugi Kiyoshi smiled gently, and greeted Nohara Kyoko unhurriedly.
He still has a certain fondness for this little white rabbit as weak as the legal Lori.,He's really not interested in seeing it.,Last night he looked through the information provided by Kudo Yuichi a few times about Nohara Kyoko.,I think this little white rabbit can grow into such a kind and gentle character in that environment.,In a sense, it's really a miracle.。
If you change someone else, maybe you will give up on yourself a long time ago, and you will completely degenerate yourself - isn't that how those bad little sisters who are full of bad deeds come to us?
There are also some who may be oppressed by the dark reality to commit suicide and give up their lives, this is not alarmist, the suicide rate of the Japanese, needless to say here, everyone who understands understands.
Since she has grown up so tenaciously until now, it must be incumbent on her to help her, and he doesn't know how to take back Yingcao's demon soul now! He can't do it if he wants to!
Just as he looked at Kyoko Nohara with a smile, suddenly, a trace of consternation flashed in his eyes, and then his face became gloomy.
I don't know why...
In the sight of his "heart's eye".
Nohara Apricot's body is wrapped around a faint, but real... Mirage!