Chapter 22: Religion

Uesugi Kiyoshi persuaded softly to soothe Nohara Kyoko, and after her tears stopped, Uesugi Kiyoshi pushed the lunch box in front of her - Nohara Kyoko didn't eat a bite of food when he came from the rooftop, he was really afraid that this little white rabbit would faint from hunger.

Kyoko Nohara was very obedient, Uesugi Kiyoshi asked her to eat something, and stuffed the juice into her hand, she didn't politely refuse, just ate the food reservedly, and her movements were very slow - she was afraid of revealing an unpalatable appearance in front of Uesugi Kiyoshi.

Uesugi Kiyoshi sat on the chair next to him, and when he saw that Nohara Kyoko's mood was stable, he was sure in his heart, and began to think about the strange things that Nohara Kyoko said.

He concluded that the key points of the matter were the "idols" and the "great change of temperament".

The reason for the drastic change in temperament is not difficult to guess, for ordinary people, the most tricky ability of "ghosts" is the illusion that confuses people's hearts, and Kyoko Nohara said that his uncle has been in contact with that idol for three months.

Three months is long enough to completely change a person, that is, if Kyoko Nohara's uncle has now turned into a demon in human skin, Uesugi Kiyoshi is not surprised.

As for the headless idol...

Uesugi Kiyoshi turned on his phone and searched the Internet, but unsurprisingly found nothing.

Japan is a country where religion flourishes, where Buddhism, Christianity, and the indigenous Shinto religion are all three strong, dividing up the country's adherents.

Religious power in Japan is very large.

Corporations, political corporations, associations, and religious groups control more than 99 percent of the country's wealth.

Consortiums are chaebols, political groups are political parties, associations are extremists, and religious groups are various religious forces.

Therefore, basically every household in Japan enshrines shrines and statues of gods, and the specific enshrinement depends on what the family believes.

Those who believe in Buddhism worship Buddha statues, and those who believe in Shinto worship statues of different gods.

But you have to count the gods of Japanese Shintoism...

This is simply an impossible task, Japanese folklore claims to have 8 million gods, of course, this 8 million is not a real number, but an imaginary finger, which can also show how huge the number of gods and legends in this country is.

Just now, Uesugi Kiyoshi searched for the keyword "headless god", and found a lot of ghost stories, he took a cursory look at it, and found nothing reliable.

"A kimono, naked, male, headless..."

Uesugi Kiyoshi recited these words in his mind again, sighed, and shook his head.

Forget it, I really can't think of any clues, let's go and take a look tonight.

If it was before, he would probably still have some concerns, but now he still has two newly acquired Baiwen cards as hole cards, even if he encounters any powerful characters, he can consciously pass a few moves.

Besides, the sword in his hand was not so afraid of those ghosts.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, he can't just ignore and push Nohara Kyoko back into that fire pit.

Although the amount of mirage on Nohara Apricot is not huge, but it really exists, he feels a little scared when he thinks about it now, Nohara Apricot is still safe and sound, it is really lucky.

Dispelling his doubts and making a decision, Uesugi Kiyoshi breathed a long sigh of relief.

I asked Master for a leave of absence tonight, so I won't go to the dojo, so I'll settle this matter first.

He is in desperate need of a mirage now, and this is a great opportunity!

After Nohara Kyoko chewed slowly like a hamster, packed up the lunch box and napkins, the two returned to the classroom together and started the afternoon class.

Haicheng Middle School only had two classes in the afternoon, and the time passed in a flash, at half past three, after the evening meeting, the school officially ended.

Uesugi Kiyoshi is waiting for Kyoko Nohara at the door of the classroom with a sword bag and a school bag, and he wants to accompany Kyoko Nohara home to deal with the evil spirits that may exist.

Kyoko Nohara was still packing up her books, but it was Uesugi Kiyoshi's good friend Yuichi Kudo who walked out of the classroom first, and when he saw Uesugi Kiyoshi, he said hello with a smile.

"Yo, Qing, who are you waiting for?"

"Are you going to the dojo? There's a car to pick me up today, and I'll drop you off at the dojo? ”

He knew a lot about Uesugi Kiyoshi and knew that he would go to a dojo on the side of Shiba Park after school to practice swordsmanship, so he said that.

Uesugi Kiyoshi shook his head and rejected Yuichi Kudo's kindness.

"Forget it today, thank you, I still have something."

"You go first, see you tomorrow."

When Kudo Yuichi heard this, his beautiful eyebrows raised, carefully studied Uesugi Kiyoshi's expression, and then glanced at the classroom, and sighed.

"You don't go to the dojo a handful of times in a year, and your expression is so serious, it seems that there is something big."

"I saw you go to the rooftop with Nohara at noon today, and when she came back, her expression seemed like she had cried, but she was in a good mood."

"So, a little speculation... Are you dating? Going on a date tonight? ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi rolled his eyes, a little helpless, but he was used to the logic of his friend's thinking.

In a sense, Kudo Yuichi's reasoning can't be wrong, leaving aside the link of "slaying ghosts", his visit tonight can even be called "meeting parents".

"When did you gossip like this, don't guess, you haven't dated yet."

"I have some things to ask Nohara-san to help me with, so we have to go together after school today."

"Don't spread rumors!"

Yuichi Kudo nodded thoughtfully.

"Nohara can help... Your business? ”

"Interesting..."

"If you don't want to say it, I won't ask..."

Without asking, the smile on Kudo's face did not decrease, and he suddenly spoke.

"So, are you going to her house?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi was stunned for a moment when asked, thought about it, and felt that there was nothing to keep secret from Kudo Yuichi, as long as he didn't mention the evil ghost, so he nodded affirmatively.

"That's right, I'm going to visit Nohara-san's house."

"That's right..."

Kudo Yuichi's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit, and his eyes were a little obscure.

He groaned for a few seconds, then suddenly patted Uesugi Kiyoshi the shoulder.

"Qing, we're good friends!"

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't know why his friend suddenly said such a sensual thing, but he still nodded subconsciously.

He's known Yuichi Kudo for more than a year, and he thinks he knows him better, this person is mature, sincere, has no obvious shortcomings, and is interesting enough to friends, and belongs to the kind of helpful friends who don't come too much.

Receiving an affirmative answer, Kudo Yuichi was in a somewhat happy mood, he chuckled softly, waved his hand to Uesugi Kiyoshi, said goodbye, and walked to the staircase.

"Since we are friends, then you can rely on me more~"

"If you run into any trouble, you might as well let me know."

"In Tokyo, I still have some connections... Please be careful not to be polite with me. ”

"Aren't we friends and friends helping each other?"

Kudo Yuichi's figure had disappeared at the staircase, but his clear voice was faintly floating, making Uesugi Kiyoshi a little baffled.

Well... I'm very impressed, yes...

But why all of a sudden so sensational?

Before he could come up with a result, the somewhat shy Nohara Kyoko came out of the classroom slowly, said hello to Uesugi Kiyoshi glutinously, and then followed him like an obedient little daughter-in-law.

Uesugi Kiyoshi's thoughts were interrupted, and he simply stopped thinking about it.

Let's solve the problem first!