Beichuan Temple had just come to Hachiyama City, and he didn't want to cause too much trouble, so he soon came to the B&B hotel he had booked in advance on the Internet, and after eating under the enthusiastic leadership of the proprietress, he took a hot spring.

Of course, during the bath, Nishikujo Pitiful, who had been lying on his shoulder, was left in the room by him to play.

So far, he has no idea of persecuting minors.

"Whew..."In the smoke of the hot spring, Kitagawa Temple exhaled heavily, and he began to sort out his thoughts as usual.

Now that he is in Hachiyama City, the next thing to do is very simple.

Kitagawa Temple's thoughts are flying.

First of all, the abandoned Sucha High School is a must to step on it, if you can, it is naturally the best to enter it during the day, after all, the visibility is good, and he doesn't need to carry a flashlight, his hands are free.

The second thing is that Kitagawa Temple is going to meet the old teacher of Sucha High School.

He asked Ryoko Okano to investigate the file that day, and naturally it was not only about the fire at Sucha High School, but also about the contact information of the teachers who dispersed to other schools after the emergency school was closed.

Ten years have passed, and everything has long been different.

Beichuan Temple contacted through various means, but the only one who could be contacted was an old teacher at that time.

The old teacher now lives in Hachiyama City, and he also saves time for Beichuan Temple to go to other places.

The third thing is a survey about the graduates of Sucha High School.

Since Sucha High School was closed after the fire, some paper information at that time may have been left in the library of Sucha High School, and Kitagawa Temple is now investigating in the past, and maybe there will be other unexpected gains. Therefore, going to the library to check it out is already an inevitable option.

Just as Kitagawa Temple was thinking to himself, there was a sudden sound of something jumping into the hot spring.

Kitagawa Temple looked intently and found that at some point, a little girl's puppet with a small white cloth wrapped around her body was floating on the surface of the hot spring.

The eyes that looked like living creatures seemed to sense that Kitagawa Temple had discovered itself, and the puppet's body trembled, and it actually floated quickly on the surface of the water towards the depths of the hot spring.

Her speed has the feeling of riding the wind and waves.

"......" Kitagawa Temple.

Kitagawa Temple pulled his bath towel from the small bench behind him expressionlessly and wrapped it around his waist.

After doing this, Kitagawa Temple got up and came to Nishikujo Pitiful's side, grabbed her little puppet ear with one hand, stepped out of the hot spring, pulled the door open, and threw her out with a blank face.

After quickly completing this set of actions, Kitagawa Temple had no intention of continuing to soak in the hot springs, so he roughly wiped his body, wiped his hair, and changed the yukata in the changing basket.

By the time he opened the door again, Nishikujo was pitiful enough to disappear into the hallway.

Beichuan Temple doesn't care about this, after soaking in the hot springs, he now just wants to sleep well and prepare for tomorrow's stepping point.

He opened the door, only to find that Nishikujo was leaning against the wall, and the puppet's little head was watching the red and white song party that had been replayed on the TV for an unknown number of times, and he was soaked.

Although there is heating in the room, this appearance is not good for the body.

Kitagawa Temple touched his chin.

He didn't know if the spirits would catch a cold or show other symptoms, so he simply carried a hair dryer to the poor puppet of Nishikujo.

It seems that he is aware of the movements of Kitagawa Temple, and Nishikujo is pitiful as if he is awkward, and the little head of the puppet is humanely biased-

Then it was lifted by Kitagawa Temple and blown with a hair dryer.

From a distance of a few centimeters, Kitagawa Temple seemed to be able to feel the stunned look in Nishikujo's pitiful gaze.

He didn't care, and said while holding a hair dryer to blow a warm breeze for her:

"Your mother asked me to take good care of you, and since I promised her, I must do it."

"Maybe you don't approve of me in your heart now, but that's already a fact, so whether you hate me or not, I won't let you grow into a waste... Ghost. I'll teach you the way I did with my sister. ”

"Of course, no one but me can bully you."

"I promise."

Kitagawa Temple sits on a tatami mat with clear eyes and a serious gaze without the slightest element of sophistry.

His back straightened, and he let go of his pitiful palm that was gripping Nishikujo, staring at the other party with blazing eyes, waiting for her reply.

Under the gaze of Kitagawa Temple, Nishikujo's poor puppet's little head slowly turned, and his round little feet stood up awkwardly, walking towards him step by step.

She slowly climbed up Kitakawaji's thighs, pulled the long neckline of his yukata with difficulty, kicked her legs, climbed to his shoulders, and finally her round little hands slowly hugged the side of Kitakawaji's face.

Kitagawa Temple's face snuggled up to Nishikujo's poor little face.

Kitagawa Temple could feel the puppet tremble slightly.

Her mother disappeared and she followed Beichuan Temple alone, and she couldn't feel at ease no matter how she thought about it.

"......" Beichuan Temple was silent.

He knew that it was useless to continue to say anything at this time, so he could only reach out and touch Nishikujo's poor little head.

After a long while, Nishikujo pitifully let go of the round puppet's little hand and lay on the right shoulder of Kitagawa Temple with a click.

"Sleep." The flat voice of Kitagawa Temple sounded.

This made Nishikujo even more relaxed, and the whole little puppet lay quietly on his stomach.

After the puppet was completely quiet, Beichuan Temple put her into the quilt on the other side, and there was some sigh in her heart.

Nishikujo is undoubtedly very pitiful, and her mother, Mika Nishikujo, disappeared after completing her revenge, leaving her alone.

The wicked have been punished, but the scars left behind cannot be erased by time.

Kitagawa Temple rubbed his temples and looked sideways at the time.

It's ten o'clock in the middle of the night, and the wind is blowing outside the window, and the heating in the room makes people can't help but fall asleep.

Whether the world is warm or cold, these Beichuan temples can't care.

He stretched—

I just want to rest quickly.

......

The next day, Kitagawa Temple got up according to the custom, stuffed the pitiful Nishikujo who didn't know when he was lying on top of him into the closet, and only after changing her clothes did he take her out who was knocking on the closet door.

Feeling the little expression of complaint on the face of the other party's puppet, Beichuan Temple did not change his face.

You must know that he is going to change his clothes, which must not be seen by a poor little girl like Nishikujo.

So in this regard, he is justified enough.

"Let's go." Kitagawa Temple said, tucking Nishikujo pitifully into his scarf, revealing only a part of her small head.

From a distance, you can't see what is stuffed in the scarf of Kitagawa Temple.

After doing all this, Beichuan Temple took his wallet, opened the Japanese-style sliding door, and left decisively.

Today's goal is straightforward and simple.

Let's go to Sucha High School!