Kamiya Mirai ended up staying to cook.

It seems that this little girl came with this idea in mind from the beginning.

But if she wants to do it, Beichuan Temple is also happy to lay a hand next to her.

"Speaking of which, Eri-chan hasn't come home yet?" Kitagawa Temple, who was frying herring, asked Kitagawa Temple, who was squinting at herring.

The herring has a browned skin and makes an enticing sound when it is fried in olive oil.

Beichuan Temple replied without raising his head: "I said that I was going to participate in the art exhibition." ”

As he spoke, he put the sliced cubes of tender tofu into a small bowl, cleaned the cutting board and kitchen knife, and then began to change the knife for the small shiitake mushrooms.

This scene is as harmonious as a newlywed, but Kamiya Miku doesn't care much about it.

After all, she is not a thin-faced girl, and she is actually quite happy to have this opportunity to cook with Beichuan Temple.

"Eri's sister seems to be working hard lately, and she's been soaking in the exhibition all day long. It's just that Eri's sister seems to be a little slow to come home today. ”

Beichuan Temple's subordinates paused, and glanced at Kamiya Mirai: "How do you say this?" ”

"Hmm... Usually at this point in time, my sister is almost back.,It's really a little abnormal that she hasn't come back yet.。 ”

Kamiya Mirai is entrusted by Kitagawa Temple to come over every day to see the situation in Kitagawa Eri.

It stands to reason that Eri Kitagawa should go home at about five or six o'clock every day, but it's almost seven o'clock and it's a bit strange that she hasn't come home yet.

As soon as he heard this, Kitagawa Temple put down the knife and dialed the phone number of Eri Kitagawa .

Toot-toot-toot-poof.

The phone was not answered and hung up.

Kitagawa Temple's expression moved slightly, he took off his apron from his body and hung it on a hook attached to the wall on one side, and turned back and asked:

"Kamiya, you should know where Eri is participating in the art exhibition, right?"

I know, it seems to be at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. There was a budding painter who held an exhibition there, and it was said that it was a painting that showed the theme of life and death... The painter's name was Hotaru Chiba. ”

"I'll go and I'll leave it to you at home, Kamiya." Kitagawa Temple said as he put on his coat.

Uh-

Home handed over to me?

This sentence made Kamiya Miku's mood rise all of a sudden, and she nodded vigorously: "Hmm! I cook and wait for Ji-kun to come home. ”

Kitagawa Temple answered, took his wallet and left.

......

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is a famous museum located not far from Kiba Park in Koto Ward.

Kitagawa Temple boarded the train, arrived at Koto City after a while, and immediately followed the map and walked all the way to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.

The night had fallen, and the street lights flickered a few times and turned on.

Perhaps because it is officially February, the cold of winter has faintly dissipated, and the night breeze has become refreshing.

As you walk down the street, you can see foreign visitors from the Museum of Contemporary Art from time to time.

Eri is right there...

Kitagawa Temple was in good spirits and walked briskly towards the Museum of Modern Art.

When passing by the gate, Beichuan Temple saw a concise and inexplicable poignant color propaganda print.

It is a poignant picture composed of vermilion, national beauty orchid, ultramarine, and deep black.

A great hole was opened in the vault, and angels fell from the vault.

On the black and red ground, countless blue and white ghost hands stretched out, as if they wanted to tear apart the angels in mid-air.

And at the bottom is a line of promotional word art.

'Rookie painter on the theme of life and death! Hotaru Chiba will hold a three-day exhibition today! ’

Beichuan Temple looked at this painting, and in his heart he just thought it was very good-looking, but he didn't have any other feelings.

He kept the architectural flowchart next to him in mind, and was just about to follow the flowchart to enter the exhibition-

"Kitagawa-san?"

Suddenly there was a cry of surprise behind him.

Kitagawa Temple looked sideways.

I saw a surprised girl leaning over to him with a student's purse.

"Tsukishima-senpai." Kitagawa Temple said hello.

This surprised girl is none other than Tsukishima Risa, who has not been seen for a long time.

"Well, long time no see, Kitagawa-san." Tsukishima Risa first responded, and then asked with some curiosity:

"Speaking of which, what has Beichuan been doing during this time? Why haven't I seen you for so long? ”

Beichuan Temple hadn't appeared at school for nearly a week, and if he hadn't had barely enough credits, he would have been repeated by the school a long time ago.

"There are some things to deal with in my hometown, and now they have been taken care of, and I will go to class after spring break." Kitagawa Temple lightly brings this topic over.

"Really? Tsukishima Risa glanced at Kitagawa Temple with some suspicion, and continued: "Kitagawa-san's coming here this time to visit Hotaru... Is there an exhibition of Chiba Daishi's paintings? ”

Kitagawa Temple was sensitive to her blunt re-mouth.

It's just that he didn't care, shook his head and replied: "My sister hasn't been home for a long time, and she hasn't answered the phone, so I don't worry about coming over to see the situation." ”

"That's what happened... But Kitagawa-san, don't care.,It's very rude to answer the phone in the exhibition.,I guess it's Eri's sister who hung up the phone.,That's it.,I'll go in with you to find Eri's sister.。 Risa Tsukishima said thoughtfully.

This is no problem at all, Kitagawa Temple just felt that he lacked a guide, and Tsukishima Risa came just in time, he nodded and thanked:

"Then it's troublesome."

The two walked into the museum side by side.

On the way, Risa Tsukishima also explained why she came to the Museum of Modern Art so late.

It turned out that her father, Tsukishima String, and Chiba Hotaru were acquaintances, so she was specially asked to come over to greet her.

"Actually, Master Chiba is actually not very old, and I am friends, and I came over just after class after hearing that she came to Tokyo."

Risa Tsukishima also raised her student purse.

After spring break, she was officially a senior in high school, and she also signed up for extracurricular cram classes in the past ten days of spring break, working hard to get admitted to college.

"Hmm." Kitagawa Temple nodded.

But there is also something strange about him.

That Chiba Hotaru, why is he still able to paint paintings on the theme of the intersection of birth and death at such a young age?

This is undoubtedly a very strange thing.

Even if there is a genius in this world, it is basically unrealistic to draw something that you have never seen, right?

With some doubts in mind, Kitagawa Temple and Tsukishima Risa finally entered the exhibition area of the Chiba Hotaru Art Exhibition.

Paintings hang in the corridor.

This Chiba Hotaru seems to be fond of combining crimson and deep black to create a hellish feel similar to that in Dante's Divine Comedy.

And the color is combined with the illusory blue and white of the resentful spirit, revealing an indescribable sense of mystery.

An innocent girl who is eaten by evil spirits, a pure woman who falls into the infernal purgatory, a girl who looks up to heaven in hell...

The living and the dead, the hidden and the present.

It is outlined by Chiba Hotaru in an extraordinarily delicate way.

The paintings themselves seem to have a bizarre, psychedelic appeal that makes one can't help but get involved in them.

Are there any ghosts and ghosts in this world?

Looking at these paintings, it seems that I can get the answer in my heart.

But the more I looked at Beichuan Temple, the more strange I felt in my heart.

The owners of these paintings seem to have seen real spirits.

The spirits came to life, as if they were about to come out of the paintings.

And while he was thinking about it in Kitagawa Temple, Tsukishima Risa beside him let out a low cry:

"Beichuan-san, is the one in front of you your sister?"

Kitagawa Temple looked in the direction of her finger.

I saw Eri Kitagawa discussing with the girl in a wheelchair next to her.

That salted egg sister will also show such a serious expression?

To be honest, Kitagawa Temple was still a little surprised.

But soon, Kitagawa Temple turned her head to look at the girl who was talking to her on the other side.

The girl looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with long black hair that was shoulder-length and wore a small painter's hat on her head.

She looked delicate, with a soft feeling.

But compared to her appearance, Beichuan Temple cares more about the other party's eyes.

There is an intellectual charm in her long, narrow and penetrating eyes, and the faint flickering pupils seem to be able to see the essence of what is in front of her.

The appearance and temperament are very perfect.

But if you insist on saying something bad about it, it is probably that the other party is sitting in a wheelchair.

That's right, such a good-looking girl is a disabled person.

"Is that her?" Kitagawa Temple recognized the other party at a glance, and he was a little surprised.

Isn't this the last time the shinkansen was going to steal the poor girl Nishikujo?

But he remembered that the girl at that time should not be in a wheelchair.

It should just look alike.

Kitagawa Temple didn't believe that it would take a week to change the personality and temperament of the girl on the Shinkansen to such a thing.

Kitagawa Temple thought about it and walked over, followed by Tsukishima Risa.

"Eri."

Kitagawa Temple said hello.

Eri Kitagawa, who was discussing with the girls, turned her head and saw someone she had definitely not expected.

Why did your brother come here?!

"Brother Si... How did you get here? ”

"I called you, and I was a little worried, so I came over to have a look. It's fine if you're okay. ”

Ay?

Eri Kitagawa was stunned.

She remembered that she hung up the phone, but she didn't expect that the call to be from Beichuan Temple.

Eri Kitagawa shrank her head without courage, took two steps back and tried to change the subject:

"Tell me, introduce to Brother Temple, this is Chiba Hotaru, Chiba Sensei."

Her ability to change the subject is not as deep as Kamiya's future, but she still likes to be smart.

Beichuan Temple couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In the end, the salted egg sister is still the salted egg sister.

And just when he wanted to say hello to Chiba Hotaru who was in a wheelchair, the other party suddenly stretched out his hand and stared at him with eyes shining brightly:

"Hello, I'm Hotaru Chiba."

“... Kitagawa Temple. ”

How is this Chiba Hotaru's attitude a little subtle?

After the two shook hands and introduced themselves, Tsukishima Risa said with a gentle expression in the back: "Hotaru, it's been a long time." ”

"It's been a long time, Risa, how is Ling Zun's recent health?"

"It's still the same, nothing has changed." Risa Tsukishima smiled.

Seeing that these two girls looked like they hadn't seen each other for a long time and were about to start catching up, Kitagawa Temple gave Kitagawa Eri a look and planned to leave and go home-

Hotaru Chiba, who was in a wheelchair, suddenly looked over and said with a smile:

"Please wait a minute, Kitagawa-kun."

Kitagawa Temple replied politely:

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and staying here with two outsiders will also hinder the two of you from catching up."

"You don't have to see outside, Kitagawa-kun, I personally have something I want to ask you."

Hearing this, Beichuan Temple looked puzzled.

He and this Chiba Hotaru should have just met, so how could Chiba Hotaru have something to ask him?

This kind of development is really a bit inexplicable, so that Beichuan Temple is a little unclear.

At this moment, another voice came from behind Chiba Hotaru:

"Sister Hotaru, why are you here alone again, didn't you say? I'll push you - it's you? ”

From the other side of the gallery, another girl walked briskly.

This girl's appearance and hairstyle are exactly the same as Chiba Hotaru, the only difference may be that she does not wear a painter's hat on her head.

At this time, the girl who came out from the other side was looking at Beichuan Temple with the same face with a surprised face.

Seeing this girl, a flash of sudden realization flashed in Beichuan Temple's eyes.

"You're the one on the Shinkansen?"

Seeing the two of them react like this, Chiba Hotaru introduced the two of them in a soft voice:

"Kitagawa-kun, this is my sister, named Chiba Kura. Cang, this is Kitagawa Temple. ”

“... Hello. Chiba Cang nodded at Kitagawa Temple, but his crystal clear eyes were constantly scanning Kitagawa Temple, as if looking for a pitiful trace.

But it's a pity that Kitagawa Temple didn't take Nishikujo out this time, and that little guy is probably still doing aerobics in front of the computer screen.

Regarding the matter of Chiba Kura and Chiba Hotaru, Kitagawa Temple is not particularly surprised.

After all, their looks and ages are so similar, and it is easy to understand that the two are sisters.

Hotaru Chiba spoke again, this time to Risa Tsukishima.

"Lisha, I will visit Ling Zun in the near future, and we will catch up with the old days then."

"Okay, then I won't bother you."

The intelligent Tsukishima Risa glanced at Kitagawa Temple, and then at Chiba Hotaru with a smile like a spring breeze on her face, nodded and took the initiative to leave.

In this regard, Eri Kitagawa is still confused, not knowing what is going on.

Isn't she going to go back with Brother Si? Why did Chiba Teacher suddenly keep her brother? What's going on here?

Could it be that Brother Cheng Temple has always known Chiba Sensei?

Eri Kitagawa gave up thinking -

On the other side, Kitagawa Temple looked at the back of Risa Tsukishima leaving, turned his head to look at Chiba Hotaru, and already had a little guess in his heart.

But he didn't take the initiative to expose it, but just asked rhetorically:

"What do you want to say to me? Chiba-sensei. ”

"Let's go to the reception room." Chiba Hotaru's eyes flashed with an inexplicable brilliance, and she simply invited.

"It's fine."

Kitagawa Temple nodded.

He had nothing to fear.

After all, they are just two little girls, could it be that there are still some conspiracies?