Anyone who sees this face in the middle of the night will probably be startled.

But in the same way, the owner with a miserable white face was also startled when she saw Kitagawa Temple, her body shook instinctively, and the things she was carrying also fell to the ground.

This is a perfectly normal woman-

......

The woman's name is Nanasaka Maaya, and she is a resident of the nearby Otaka Mountains, and she came here to pay tribute to her family at the abandoned Miki Doll Factory.

Only the local residents know about the path that leads to the abandoned Miki Doll Factory, so she can bypass the people who gathered here because of the live broadcast.

"My father used to be one of the missing workers in the abandoned factory of Miki dolls..."Maaya Nanasaka explained to Kitagawa Temple beside her, lighting a long incense.

"After my father disappeared, my mother worked hard to bring up my brother and me, and it was really a difficult time."

There was a hint of memory in her eyes, and her voice was a little ethereal under the night breeze.

"My mother, who has no education, has to go to the fields every day... Ahem, ahem..."

Nanasaka Maaya suddenly coughed violently twice, and after wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, there was a thick helplessness in her tone.

"Everything in life has been put on the right track, and time has healed the scars caused by the puppet factory..."

"But my brother Ming... I left a letter, and a person came to the Miki doll factory again. He told me in the letter that he felt that there was something absolutely strange about his father's disappearance, and that it must have something to do with the Miki Doll Factory..."

A touch of gloom appeared in Nanasaka Maya's eyes:

"Naruto also disappeared in the Miki doll factory after that, because of overwork in his early years, and in his later years, he suffered such a blow, and his mother died of illness..."

"It's an unpleasant story."

Beichuan Temple, which had been silent, opened his mouth to answer.

The words spoken by Nanasaka Maaya were full of bloody helplessness.

"I'm now moving back to my hometown, hoping to keep an eye on the ruins."

Nanasaka Maaya's expression was solemn, and she wanted to laugh a little, but she couldn't:

"Under this rubble, two of my relatives are buried."

She spoke very lightly, and her sentences sounded very light, but the heavy weight in them made Beichuan Temple can't help but raise his head.

Beichuan Temple felt that in the face of such a woman, all the truth should be confessed to her.

She has the right to know where her family is going.

But Nanasaka Maaya seemed to sense Kitagawaji's thoughts, and she shook her head:

"Everything from yesteryear... It doesn't matter anymore. ”

There is unspeakable despair in the plain words.

Yes, it doesn't matter anymore.

Now, I don't care if it's true or not.

The long years are like a long river, polishing and precipitating a heart, which is also a kind of silent despair.

Even if we know the truth, what can we do?

Everything in the past has been swept away by the wind, and the empty puppet abandoned factory is still full of tourists today.

The bloody and cruel truth came to an end with the complete disappearance of the puppet workshop.

Without saying a word, Kitagawa Temple watched as Nanasaka Maaya carefully and little by little overlapped the oranges in the convenience bag, and then, she took out one white paper flower after another from the small bag on the side.

"Naruto said that he likes to see my ingenuity the most... So I've never bought real flowers..."

Nanasaka Maaya didn't cry or make trouble, she looked at the doll factory with her limbs limp and said in an unusually flat tone.

Her eyes were hollow, and she looked silently alone.

"Naruto... Father... Mother..."

I'd love to see you...

I think about it... Look at you guys again.

Teardrops, unconsciously emerging from the edge of the eye sockets, are connected into a string of pearl-like threads.

Kitagawa Temple does not speak.

He was not needed to speak from beginning to end.

In his sight, two crystal soul fires had already stopped in front of Nanasaka Maya.

They faintly exude mysterious and magnificent colors, flickering with a little bit of soul crumbs, as if they are remembering, and they seem to be comforting Nanasaka Maaya.

In those two soul fires, Beichuan Temple seemed to see a young man in a refreshing dress and a strong young man in a worker's hat...

Their faces were pale, and they looked at Nanasaka Mayaya, with black tears hanging from their eyes.

But all this is not visible.

Nanasaka Maaya is the living, they are the dead, and those who do not have the ability of Kitagawa Temple cannot be seen.

Maaya Nanasaka covered her mouth and cried silently.

It's really lonely to be alone in this world...

I'm so miserable... Mom...

Toll... Sister misses you so much.

In the haze of tears, Nanasaka Maaya seemed to see the scene of the year again.

She was playing with her younger brother on the ridges, pinching her ears and being reprimanded by her mother when she came home, while her father was on the other side, holding a glass of sake and laughing and playing a round -

Wait until Nanasaka Maaya has laid out all the things used for the sacrifice.

She folded her hands reverently, her body trembling slightly, and her pale lips muttered a few words, intermingled with a few violent coughs.

Her handkerchief was bloodshot.

But even so, she sat on her knees as if on a pilgrimage, and read all the words.

Beichuan Temple listened to the past and was nothing more than a sporadic prayer for relatives to live better in heaven.

But is there really a paradise in this world?

"Perhaps... Yes. ”

Beichuan Temple tilted its head slightly.

On the other side of the sky, two soul fires were piercing the sky, heading in an unknown direction—

......

Kitagawa Temple sent the stumble Nanasaka Maaya home, and then called Eisuke Yamaguchi and told them not to worry before returning to the guesthouse.

During the conversation along the way, Kitagawa Temple also learned that Nanasaka Maaya was suffering from severe liver cancer.

This disease cannot be solved with dead air treatment,

But Nanasaka Maaya has an indescribable open-minded attitude.

Fate has brought too much injustice to this woman, but she still chooses to carry the weight forward.

The time of death is approaching, and it seems that it will no longer be able to bring any fluctuations to her Gujing Bubo's state of mind.

According to her, she actually has a husband, but when she was diagnosed with liver cancer, she took the initiative to divorce the other party.

I don't ask for more than half a piece of property.

She just wants to spend the rest of her life in the Otaka Mountains, quietly waiting for her hometown alone, quietly waiting for the ruins of the Miki doll factory.

"Anyway, it's all over, and if you have a chance in the future, you can visit her again."

Kitagawa Temple put pity on the other side, leaned on the pillow himself, squinted his eyes comfortably, and planned to rest.

But it didn't take long for the cell phone to ring.

Beichuan Temple frowned, turned over and grabbed the phone into his hand.

Who else is calling themselves so late?

"Hello?"

"Hey... Feed! Is it Kitagawa-san? Oh?! ”

It was Hitomi Asamiya's voice, but strangely, she screamed in fear as if she was frightened by something.

“... It's me? What's the matter? Kitagawa Temple struggled to get up.

"That said... Kitagawa-san, you should be able to see that, right? ”

That one?

Which one is that?

Kitagawa Temple didn't quite understand: "What do you want to say?" Asamiya-san. ”

"In other words, Kitagawa-san... You should be able to see spirits too... Right? Hitomi Asamiya's voice slowed down, showing that she was very scared.

"Also...? Asamiya-san? Can you see the spirits? Kitagawa Temple's tone was a little surprised.

"I don't know why... I was able to see some of them from time to time after I was separated from you that day, but I thought it was an illusion. Asamiya Hitomi cried in a mournful voice, sounding pitiful.

"......" Kitagawa Temple.

Will you be able to see something after being separated from him?

But Hitomi Asamiya's previous inspiration was not so high-

“... Could it be the reason why the gods are stationed in Maki-e? Kitagawa Temple touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Maki-e had been possessed by Hitomi Asamiya for a while, and maybe it was at that time that Hitomi Asamiya's inspiration was raised, so that she could also see spirits.

And Hitomi Asamiya, who encountered this kind of thing for the first time, didn't know what to do, and after confirming that it was not an illusion, he hurriedly called Kitagawa Temple.

"Don't worry, Asamiya-san." Beichuan Temple continued to speak: "Just because you can see them doesn't mean they can hurt you, and you probably won't be able to see much in a day, right?" ”

"Hmm... That is true. Asamiya Hitomi gradually calmed down under the voice of Kitagawa Temple, and she stammered: "I have only seen one or two in the past two days, and they didn't hurt me... It's just a little scared. ”

That's for sure.

One or two in two days is still a very high chance.

If there were so many resentful spirits in this world, the world would have been in chaos a long time ago.

And not everyone has the same physique as Kitagawa Temple to walk to the lair of the resentful spirit.

"Calm down. Don't panic, if Asamiya-san, you can come to my house tomorrow if you are free, and I can see for you what went wrong. ”

Beichuan Temple appeased two sentences.

Hitomi Asamiya, who was only wearing pajamas, took two breaths hard.

"Well... I see, thank you, Kitagawa-san. ”

Beichuan Temple immediately spoke: "Well, it's not too late, let's rest early, and I'll talk about this matter tomorrow." ”

"Okay."

Ma Gong Hitomi's voice was weak.

The phone hangs up.

Taking this opportunity, Kitagawa Temple also saw the time on the mobile phone.

It's past two o'clock in the morning.

It's too late, let's rest.

Kitagawa Temple lay down.

The phone rang again.

"......" Kitagawa Temple.

Beichuan Temple got up expressionlessly and grabbed the mobile phone into his hand with a 'clatter'.

Keeping a blank face, he connected the phone:

"Hello?"

"Temple-kun! Is it Temple-kun?! ”

Kamiya Miku's voice of nowhere to release his energy came through the other side of the phone.

"It's me, Kamiya, don't be so loud."

Kamiya Mirai immediately lowered his voice several times and asked:

"Si-kun, are you alright? I've been watching the live broadcast on YouTube just now, but I didn't expect there to be a supernatural event in it. ”

This girl is really not so easy to fool.

Kitagawa Temple originally thought that Kamiya would not think of investigating the live broadcast room in the future, but who knew that this little girl was too shrewd, she had long expected that Kitagawa Temple might appear in the live broadcast room between Eisuke Yamaguchi and Takashi Tanaka.

But it's nothing, as a large studio in the major supernatural talk forums, it's normal for Eisuke Yamaguchi and Takashi Tanaka's live broadcast to be found by her.

No matter how domineering Beichuan Temple is, it is impossible to deprive her of the right to watch the live broadcast.

"There's something, but I've fixed it."

"Was it solved so quickly?" Mirai Kamiya's voice was full of incredulity, "That's one of the hottest spiritual spots in Tokyo right now. ”

"It's not that the name is big, the more powerful the things in it." Kitagawa Temple replied briefly.

The resentful spirit is a mutated species of people's thoughts, and things like fame don't improve them much.

"Hey, hey, Sijun is really the most powerful, by the way, it's so late now, Sijun should be going to sleep, right?"

Regarding the heartless laughter of Kamiya Future, Beichuan Temple just asked rhetorically:

"What do you say?"

"Then I won't bother Sijun!"

After the other party said this, he immediately hung up the phone, and the action was so fast that Beichuan Temple couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

But... Never mind.

Sleep has to be slept.

Beichuan Temple simply set the mobile phone to silent, and the whole person lay down in the bed.

Nothing to say all night -

The next day, Kitagawa Temple rushed to Otaka Station after paying the money for the homestay in a refreshed state.

From there, take the train and transfer to another station to return to Bunkyo Ward.

He walked all the way and thought about what he was going to do today.

Excluding the fact that Kamiya might suddenly come to his house in the future, he still has two things to do today.

The first thing is about the fact that Hitomi Asamiya can see spirits.

To be honest, Beichuan Temple thinks that it doesn't matter if you can see the spirit body or not, it's like that for him anyway.

And to be honest, you can see the strange talk of the spirits, which in a sense can also be good luck and avoid evil.

But Hitomi Asamiya is a girl, and it's normal to be afraid of these Shinto things, and what Kitagawa Temple has to do is simply comfort Hitomi Asamiya and let her adapt to life after the inspiration is improved as soon as possible.

The second thing is about Chiba Hotaru's legs.

If nothing else, Hotaru Chiba should come to his house today and let herself help treat her legs.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Temple pulled the hair on his forehead: "I don't know how Eri learned from her." ”

Kitagawa Temple wasn't at home yesterday, so I don't know how Eri Kitagawa is studying, so I have to ask when I go home today.

Kitagawa Temple also needs to work hard today to prevent his sister from becoming a salted egg.

After changing cars and walking another distance, Beichuan Temple finally saw his home.

And next to the door of the house of Beichuan Temple, there is a black car parked.

Chiba Kura and Hotaru Chiba, who was on crutches, just got out of the car.

Seeing this scene, Beichuan Temple walked up and said hello without saying a word:

"Miss Hotaru."

“... Yes... Kitagawa seniors? Chiba Hotaru didn't expect Kitagawa Temple to come out from behind. She was taken aback and felt that she was rude, so she bowed her head and said:

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine."

Kitagawa Temple waved his hand and said hello to Chiba Cang again.

"Miss Cang."

"Good morning, Kitagawa senpai." Chiba Kura also bowed his head.

After the three of them saluted each other, Kitagawa Temple raised his hand to open the door and invited Hotaru Chiba and Chiba Kura into the house.