On the afternoon of the manifestation of the spirit, Jing was taken away by two members of the Board of Education who had returned to the temple, where he was supposed to be, and there was a venerable monk named the Venerable Master Wumi. Jing has to go to the temple to perform the rites of passage conducted by the monks of the temple, which takes about three to five days.

Kamisu 66 is a religious town, and the people in the town often grew up with Buddhist allusions, and in this case, even if they are not devout Buddhists, they must be Pan-Buddhists. Therefore, in the town, the status of priests such as monks is very high.

I have seen several times when monks gave lectures to the villagers, and although the atmosphere was not very fanatical, everyone seemed sincere, and no one dared to whisper or make small gestures underneath.

After Jing left, I went back to my room and slept all afternoon, waking up when my mother had already prepared dinner, and when it was over, it was completely dark. At about seven o'clock, the fluorescent lights ran out of energy and went out, and the room fell into darkness, so I could only choose to close my eyes and pretend to sleep.

Then I finally tasted the bitter fruit of sleeping too much, tossing and turning in bed for hours without feeling sleepy at all. When the midnight bell rang downstairs, I got up and went to the living room on the first floor to get some water.

The corridor on the second floor of my house is L-shaped, and my room is at the end of the second floor, which is the bottom of the long section of the corner of the L-shaped corridor, and the staircase is located on the short part.

There was a short distance from my room to the staircase, which separated a quiet room and an empty room for storage. And just opposite the empty room, there is a window with inlaid glass, through which you can see the view outside.

As I passed by the window, something flickered in the dark fields outside. I subconsciously stopped and looked out, only to see a huge shadow on a ridge more than 100 meters away from the window, and its body silhouette looked like a feline.

By the rare bright moonlight of this winter, the face of the thing on the ridge gradually became clear in my eyes, accustomed to the darkness; Its body was three or four meters long, its huge eyes glowed red like a pair of small flashlights, and its limbs looked slender and stood up like a small hill.

The monster was alive because it was moving, and it was keeping its head down and not knowing what it was gnawing on.

I stood silently at the window and watched, the giant tiger-like feline that didn't notice my gaze, its long tail waving in the air, as if it were a life of its own.

Adults once told such a story, and the story was about cat deception. The content is that there is a huge strange cat, which is as tall as an adult, with various tail fins and long, powerful limbs. At night, it will keep an eye on the late child, and when the child is alone, the cat will attack from behind, pressing the child's shoulders with its forelimbs, as if climbing behind the child's back.

At this time, the child is like being hypnotized, motionless and allowing the cat to open the blood basin and bite the head, and then drag the child's entire body away, not even a drop of blood will be left. Afterwards, the child seemed to have disappeared, and not even a single bone could be found.

At first glance, the story resembles ridiculous urban weirdos and ghost stories that scare children. However, at this moment, I had to believe it, because what I saw in my eyes must be the protagonist of this story.

What exactly is it eating? I don't know about it, but I don't think it's a vegetarian diet, and the reason why I don't think of the most obvious answer is just because I don't want to let my mood continue to be bad - I've been stressed a lot by the recent quiet events.

The feeding lasted for ten minutes, and I watched it for ten minutes, until it bounced a few times after eating and disappeared into the dark field. At this time, I continued to walk downstairs and poured a cup of hot water, which was obviously water from a thermos kettle, but when I sipped it, there seemed to be a faint smell of rust in the cup. It's psychological effects and fantasies.

I finally fell asleep that night, and fell asleep in an unknown depression.

I was a little dizzy during the early morning meal, and I finished my breakfast under the worried eyes of my parents and walked out of the house early. First, I went to the hill to clear the snow from the cabin, and after a while there, I walked to the Tone River, where I planned to spend the day on a fishing boat.

The location of the fishing boats is not far from a stone arch bridge that spans the land of gold and watermills, and there is a small bay with wooden piles buried deep on both sides of the bay, and it is believed that the town adults used this bay as a small dock for mooring some public boats.

When I reached the edge of the small river, I was somewhat surprised to find some white smoke floating from the fishing boats moored near the side of the bridge, which indicated that the small stove inside was burning firewood. Didn't I put out the fire the last time I left?

I shook my head in denial of my suspicions, because it had been five days since I had last been to the fishing boat, and even the coal in the stove wouldn't last that long, not to mention that most of the coal I burned was just dry firewood.

Since it wasn't that I didn't put out the fire, it was the fishing boat that was almost unused by someone who took over the magpie's nest, and someone took possession of it during the few days I hadn't been there. From this point of view, it is most likely that the same group of children who used to play by the river and saw me renovating fishing boats were the most likely.

It didn't work to keep guessing, I'm going to take a closer look.

"Jue, you can't catch fish like this, you have to calm down and don't move."

As soon as I approached the renovated fishing boat, I heard an energetic cry, and the girl who made the sound must have a lively personality.

"Early season, don't shake me. You see, the fish are scared away by you! It's all your fault. ”

"Early season, Jue, you two don't make trouble, be careful of falling into the water."

"Don't worry, fish won't eat people."

Judging by the sound, there were several children on the fishing boat, and they were a gang. I approached with silent footsteps, and the planks of the dock beneath my feet were sturdy, at least not creaking loudly.

The fishing boat is tied to a wooden stake on the pier with a thick hemp rope, and the stern of the boat is only forty or fifty centimeters away from the plank, so that even a child can easily jump on it.

When I walked to the fishing boat, I saw a girl of the same age sitting on the stern plank and swaying her legs, the tips of her shoes paddling across the water from time to time, and the wisps of pale white spray. Her long, fiery red hair was blown by the wind, emitting a golden red glow under the rare winter sun, like a raging flame, which was particularly eye-catching.

As soon as I approached, the girl spotted me, and she tilted her head to look at me in confusion, as if she was silently asking me what was the matter.

As a gesture of kindness, I smiled as softly as I could at her: "Hello, my name is Shiraishi Orizu. Can I get on the boat and have a look? ”

As soon as I finished speaking, the girl's skin, which was whiter than the other children, was suddenly stained with a flush, like a boiled shrimp. She scrambled to her feet, almost knocked over by the jolts of the fishing boat, until I reached out and held her arms.

"You, hello...... Truth Ya, my name is Akizuki Maria. Please take care of your first meeting. ”

She may have misunderstood what I meant, and tried to bow to me with a panicked expression, but my hands were still holding her, so she could only blush, tilt her head to the side, but the corners of her eyes still kept peeking at me.

"I'm not the real owner of the ship, so you don't have to worry about it."

I smiled dumbly, but kept a gentle smile to soothe her, and didn't let go of her arms until I made sure she was on her feet.

"That's right."

She was visibly relieved, but soon became nervous again: "Jue said that this ship was modified by a child several years older than us, is it ......?"

"Yes, it took me three days to get it done. But I'm only six years old, so I'm probably not much older than you. ”

Actually, she doesn't look younger than me, but I'm growing faster than other children my age and now look older than other children my age.

"Eh, are you six years old too?"

Maria was surprised, and after receiving a confirmed answer, she held her chin in her right hand and looked at my face, and muttered as she watched, "No matter how you look at it, it feels a lot bigger than us." ”

"Who are you talking to?"

A girl with brown hair walked around the bow of the fishing boat, dressed in a thick plush light pink coat, and stood on the waist of the boat to look over to me and Truth. When she saw me, she changed her tone and asked me, "You, who are you?" ”

"In the early season, his name was Shiraishi Fold. The ship was modified by him. ”

Maria answered the girl's question for me, and I smiled politely at the girl known as the early season. She touched her hair twice in embarrassment after hearing Maria's words, and then folded her hands and bent down slightly towards me: "Hello, my name is Watanabe Hayaki." We saw that no one came to this boat for a few days, and we only came to rest on it today, so we are really sorry. ”

"It's okay, this ship wasn't originally mine, I just remodeled the cabin. If you find it interesting, feel free to come and play. ”

Although I feel a little familiar with Watanabe's name, I didn't express it, but I just replied politely. I don't think these kids will come back today, after all, staying on the fishing boat is just a novelty, and after a while, it will be boring.

"Really? Can we come and play from time to time? ”

Although it was just polite, Watanabe believed it easily, and she looked at me with wide red eyes, a look of joy and excitement on her face. This made me feel a little guilty, even though I was reborn, but as an adult, I still couldn't abandon the habit of not being able to speak sincerely, and even when I was a child, I was used to using a disguised mask to deal with.

"Of course."

The words had already been spoken, and I could only smile and nod my head to confirm again. But if these kids really come too often, I might have to change my home. I've ...... There's no longer a desire to expand social relationships.,Even now, Sawa and Mamura are more disguised than friends.。

After all, no matter how much I disguise it, my mentality is also that of an adult, and there is no such thing as a common language that cannot be disguised at all.

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