"Natsume, I heard that you have a good relationship with the Tanuma in the next class recently."

"Tanuma? Kakashi-sensei, he can also see a little bit of a monster, maybe it's the same kind as me. ”

"Oh? In that case, I've heard that this Tanuma-san is somewhat similar to you. It's all so withdrawn. Kakashi laughed.

"Kakashi-sensei......"

Seeing Natsume's helpless look, Kakashi smiled and rubbed his head and said, "Natsume, it seems that you are having a good time here. There are more gentle people here who accept you than before. ”

Natsume nodded, this place is indeed very different from before.

Of course, the biggest difference is that there are more friends and the fat cat.

"By the way, Kakashi-sensei, I met someone yesterday."

Natsume seemed to think of something, and said suddenly.

"Huh? Who? Kakashi said curiously.

He also seems to be able to see monsters, and calls himself a demon slayer. It's called Natori Monday. ”

"Natori?"

"Kakashi-sensei knows him?" Natsume asked curiously.

"Well, it's really acquaintance. That kid is now a bit of a reputation in the demon slaying world, and he's much better than when I first met him. ”

Kakashi said, remembering what Natori had been like when he was younger.

At that time, he was really similar to Natsume.

Whether it's personality or ideas.

It's just that Natori is not as fragile as it used to be.

I heard that he has become a big star.

"Is the Demon Slayer going to destroy youkai?" Natsume whispered.

"Well, in the eyes of most demon slayers, there are only two kinds of monsters, one can be used to turn them into Shikigami, and the other can be destroyed."

"How can this be, it's too much."

"Anyway, the existence of the demon slayer is not wrong. Natsume, as you know, there are some evil youkai that will attack humans. And at this time, it is necessary for the demon slayer to take action. ”

"But no matter what, hurting youkai is too much."

Natsume's idea was naïve, thinking that it would be enough to expel the youkai.

But in Kakashi's opinion, it is not something incomprehensible that the demon has been exterminated.

Don't forget, Kakashi came out of the ninja world of the Mountains of Corpses and Blood.

"Natsume, this world is not as beautiful as you think. There is a saying in Chinese that people do not hurt the tiger, and the tiger harms people's hearts. There is also a saying that you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must not have the heart of preventing others. Before you want to do good deeds, you must also measure your own strength. Otherwise, more often than not, it will just make a mess of things. ”

"Even so, I don't want to hurt youkai......"

Kakashi looked at Natsume, this child has a soft heart, and this matter really can't be forced.

Besides, Madara protects Natsume, even if he is innocent, he will not be harmed, but there is no need to change in a hurry.

The original name has changed over time.

"Just follow your heart." Kakashi laughed.

"Well, thank you, Kakashi-sensei."

"What have you been up to lately? Are you still giving those monsters their names? Kakashi asked.

"Well, the news has spread among the youkai, and some of the youkai have come to me to ask for their names. Reiko's grandmother provoked a lot of monsters. Natsume laughed.

Sometimes Natsume doesn't understand why Reiko encounters so many strange monsters.

However, these youkai seem to be very gentle youkai.

"You still have to be careful when dealing with youkai."

"Well, by the way, Kakashi-sensei, I also met a youkai with a rope wrapped around her neck yesterday, and she seems to have received help from Mr. Natori when he was a child, so she is grateful to Mr. Natori. It's just that Mr. Natori accepted the commission to destroy this youkai. ”

"Oh? Did Natori know that this youkai had been rescued by him? ”

"I don't know, I'm going to ask Mr. Natori after school. He wanted me to be his assistant, so he told him where he was. ”

"Interesting. Natori wasn't a ruthless demon slayer, and if the monster was harmless, he wouldn't have killed the killer. ”

"Really?"

Kakashi nodded and said, "If you're not at ease, I'll come over after school too." ”

"That's great." Natsume laughed.

……

In the jungle near the school.

Kakashi was lying down on a tree and resting.

It took a long time for Kakashi to slowly open his eyes and seem to have a good night's sleep.

"It's a nice day. Oh, by the way, I promised to go with Natsume to see Natori, and I almost forgot. ”

Kakashi slapped his head and jumped off the tree.

Click!

Only a crisp sound could be heard, as if something was breaking.

Kakashi looked at his feet curiously.

"Hey, how come there's a rope here?"

Kakashi picked up the hemp rope that had been broken in two, a little curious.

I saw that there were some charms attached to this hemp rope.

Kakashi frowned and whispered, "There seem to be traces of a seal on this." Could it be some seal? ”

Upon closer inspection, Kakashi realized that the rope was still in a hidden position, and it was only by jumping from a tree that he stepped on a place where no one would normally walk.

At this moment, Kakashi clearly felt that a demonic force was rapidly disappearing.

"It seems that it's really a sealed monster, so it's troublesome, it can't be some kind of evil demon, right?"

Kakashi scratched his head, then gave up on tracking.

"Forget it, I still don't care about that guy. Judging from the demonic power, it doesn't seem to be powerful. The seal has not been completely unbroken, but the body has been released. And there is no evil spirit, it should not be some evil demon. Now let's go find Natsume and Nama first. ”

After Kakashi finished speaking, an instant disappeared in place.

Unbeknownst to Kakashi, after he left, a small figure emerged from behind the shadows of the trees.

A pair of funny eyes showed a thoughtful look.

He ...... Isn't it human? ”

……

In a courtyard somewhere.

"Mr. Natori can't!"

Natsume's angry shouts rang out, and Kakashi, who had just arrived nearby, was startled.

"Something's wrong?"

As soon as his feet moved, the speed increased a few points.

"Human boy, give up, it's useless to struggle."

Natori's Shikigami Guahime used his hair to bind Natsume to the tree and whispered.

But Natsume didn't pay attention to it at all, still opening violently.

"It's stupid." Guaji whispered.

At the door, a youkai with a rope wrapped around his neck slowly walked over, and in front of him, there was a thunder array that Natori had already arranged.

"Are you coming?"

Natori whispered, then folded his hands and launched a thunder array.

"Don't!"

Natsume exclaimed, and the power of his whole body exploded at this moment.

The black hair that originally bound Natsume was broken by him in an instant!

"Stop!" Guaji exclaimed.

But it was already too late.

Natsume rushed directly into the thunder array, trying to protect the youkai.

Natori was shocked when he saw this.

"Get out of there! There's no way I can stop the lightning strike! ”

At this moment, the cat teacher jumped out of nowhere and turned into the main body to wrap Natsume.

"Teacher Cat!" Natsume exclaimed.

And Madara's eyes, the golden light flowed, with a bit of firmness.

The thunder continued to condense and finally fell from the sky!

"Ahh

The silver-white figure appeared on the top of Madara's head in an instant, his right hand raised slightly, and a faint thunder light appeared.

Plover!

I saw that the thunder caused by the thunder array was actually grabbed by the right hand in his hand, and he couldn't move!

"What!"

Madara's pupils shrank, and he was horrified.

Natori was also horrified.

Kakashi frowned, and his right hand squeezed slightly.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the seemingly ferocious blue thunder disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Gone?" Natsume was surprised.

With a bang, the cat teacher returned to his original state and hung on Natsume's shoulder.

"I said, Natsume, you're really messing around. If such a thunderbolt hits you, you will die. Even if you have this cat to protect you, you will get hurt. Kakashi said helplessly.

"Right...... I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei. Natsume bowed her head apologetically.

Seeing that Natsume was fine, Natori also breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he saw Kakashi, Natori was also stunned for a moment.

"Is that you?"

Kakashi turned his head and smiled, "Yo, Natori, long time no see." ”

"It turned out to be you, Mr. Hagi. I thought you were missing, but I didn't expect you to be here. Natori was surprised.

Natori and Kakashi met seven years ago, and they have been together for a while since then.

Only then did Kakashi disappear.

Natori also went to Kakashi, but there was no news at all.

What I didn't expect was to see Kakashi here.

"Looks like you've become a good demon slayer. The thunderstorm just now is quite powerful. Kakashi laughed.

Natori smiled helplessly when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Qiki is the real unfathomable. With such an attack method as the thunder array, you can actually follow with your bare hands, but I am afraid that even if it is a field clan, it is not your opponent. ”

"You're too much of a prize."

Kakashi smiled faintly, not dwelling too much on it.

Kakashi touched the cat teacher on Natsume's shoulder and smiled, "Kitten, you are not qualified as a bodyguard, and you almost got hurt yourself." ”

"Hey, it's not like this guy likes to be nosy." Teacher Cat snorted coldly.

Natsume said at this time: "Mr. Natori, you once rescued this monster when you were a child, and in order to repay her kindness, she didn't complain even if she was killed by you, she is definitely not an evil demon." ”

Natori was stunned for a moment, and carefully looked at the youkai in front of him, but he couldn't remember it.

"Looks like you need my help."

Kakashi smiled, and his left eye condensed a scarlet color.

First he glanced at Natori, and then at Yokai.

All of a sudden, the youkai's memories of Natori came back to Natori's mind.

It took a moment for Natori to come to his senses.

"So she's the monster." Natori suddenly.

"Mr. Natori, since you understand, don't kill her again." Natsume said.

Na teased and said, "I didn't plan to kill her in the first place. ”

"What?"

Natsume was puzzled.

"If this formation is used successfully, there is a half chance that it can help her untie this rope. Of course, there is also a half probability that it will fail, and then the monster will die. But I think she's a yokai who is bound, and maybe death is also a relief. ”

"I see." Natsume whispered.

"I'm sorry, Natsume, I didn't want to involve you in this way. When I see you, it's like seeing my old self. So, I want to convey something to you. But now it seems that it is a bit redundant. Name teased.

"No, Mr. Natori. I'm glad I met you. I also want to communicate with my peers. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they both had a tacit understanding in their hearts.

Kakashi looked at Natori and Natsume, and the two did have a lot of similarities.

But it's not so much a similarity, it's better to say that Natori is more like another direction for Natsume's growth.

Natsume has experienced this, and Natori has also experienced it.

So, Natori was looking at Natsume as a passerby.

For Natsume, maybe Natori has more nostalgia.

It was like seeing another version of myself.

"But now the thunderstorm is not working, and I don't know if the rope can be untied." Natori said.

"Ropes?"

Natsume looked at the monster's neck.

The ropes had bruised her neck.

"Kakashi-sensei, do you have a solution?" Natsume asked.

"Lift this rope?"

Kakashi muttered, and walked over to the youkai.

The rope does have the appearance of a seal, and it is indeed a little difficult to solve it with ordinary methods.

But for Kakashi, it's not a problem at all.

Kakashi stretched out his right hand and gently grasped the rope.

"What do you do?" The youkai exclaimed.

"Nothing, bear with me."

Kakashi said, a burst of thunder in his right hand.

Tear and pull!

In an instant, the rope had broken.

"This ...... It's that simple? "Natori's worldview seems to have been refreshed again.

"Hey, this guy's existence is really breaking the rules." Teacher Cat whispered.

……

A farce, quietly ended.

"Kakashi-sensei, that youkai girl finally regained her freedom, why did she volunteer to become Mr. Natori's Shikigami? And was named after it? ”

At sunset, Natsume held the cat teacher and followed Kakashi on the way home.

"Well, it's like this kitten is following you, it's the same thing." Kakashi said with a smile.

"Huh?"

Natsume was stunned for a moment, and looked at the cat teacher in his arms.

But the cat teacher jumped up as if he had blown up.

"Kakashi! What nonsense are you talking about! I'm here to be this little ghost's bodyguard for a friend's account, so I'm different from that guy! ”

"Really? I thought you liked Natsume as much as you liked Natori. Kakashi laughed.

"Stupid! How can it be! ”