Chapter 39: Inari Shrine
Soon, shochu and yakitori came up one after another.
"Let's try it, the yakitori here is really good." Yanagi Jianghuo didn't do it first, but recommended it to Natsuki.
"Okay, then I'll try it." Natsuki nodded, picked up a skewer of grilled chicken skin, and put it in his mouth.
Immediately, the soft touch fills the mouth, and the fat but not greasy explodes in the mouth, and the delicacy fills every taste bud.
"Well, it tastes really good." Natsuki nodded and said.
For him, who has always been introverted, being able to say two good words is really quite good.
Although Yanagi Jianghuo has not been in contact with Natsuki Kazama for a long time, he can be regarded as understanding Natsuki Kazama's character, because he himself is this kind of character, so he is already very satisfied with being able to get such an evaluation from Natsuki.
So he raised his wine glass and signaled, Natsuki also raised his wine glass, and the two touched it and drank.
The two of them were drinking and eating yakitori, sometimes chatting, sometimes silently drinking.
In addition, the appearance of sitting side by side in front of the counter makes it look like two lonely customers have met by chance in the store.
However, the two of them like this feeling very much, and they don't have to care too much about each other's existence, they drink their own and chat occasionally, which is good.
There is a good saying, the so-called friends are not together and there are endless topics to talk about, but even if they don't say a word together, they will not feel embarrassed.
At this time, Xia Shu and Liu Shengjianghuo actually have this tacit understanding.
It's good to drink together without being noisy, but just silently thinking about their own things, without the loneliness of being alone, and not being noisy with many people.
"Speaking of which, you've been wandering around the neighborhood all this time, can you ask, what are you looking for?" Natsuki asked a question in his mind.
"What are you looking for, sort of! I'm looking for the weakness of the gods. Liu Shengjiang was so angry that he didn't hide it, and said with a smile.
"The weakness of the gods? What is that? Natsuki Kazama was puzzled.
"Do you know, Xia Shujun, a god, it's not worth believing!" Liu Sheng Jianghuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said.
"Aren't gods worth believing? Indeed, gods are not worth believing. Although Natsuki didn't understand why Yanagi Jianghuo said this, he simply agreed with this sentence.
In the last life, I saw a lot of so-called gods, although it is not excluded that there are some good guys, but gods are not essentially on the same position as human beings, and in the terminology of this era, this is a matter of class position.
As the saying goes, there are only individuals who betray the class, and the class that consciously betrays the class.
So, gods are not worth believing.
And Yanagi Jianghuo obviously didn't expect that such a complaint-like sentence would be able to resonate with Xia Shu, and he suddenly glanced at Xia Shu with a surprised face.
"Does Natsuki agree with me too? What an accident. Liu Sheng Jianghuo said happily.
"Of course, I'm not an atheist, but I would never do anything to believe in a god or anything." Natsuki smiled and said, after all, he had seen all kinds of gods, so he wouldn't think that there were no gods in this world, but in his opinion, the so-called gods were just aliens who were stronger than humans, and some of them were simply human beings, and they weren't even as strong as him, so naturally they wouldn't believe in it.
"So, for the sake of what we have in common, let's have a toast." Yanagi Jianghuo looked very happy, as if he had met a bosom friend, and raised the shochu in his hand.
"Here, cheers." Natsuki also raised his glass and said.
In this way, the two of them clinked glasses, drank wine, ate yakitori, and chatted, and time flew by, and soon it was time for office workers to come to the izakaya one by one to get drunk.
And Natsuki and Yanagi Jianghuo also finished drinking and prepared to leave.
"I have some things to do next, so let's leave it here." Standing at the door of the roast bird restaurant, Yanagi Jianghuo said to Natsuki.
"Okay, we'll see you later." Natsuki nodded and said.
"Well, I'll see you again, I'll go to that café to eat pork chop rice in the future, maybe try omelet rice, if I can meet it, then goodbye." Yanagi Jianghuo finally nodded at Natsuki and turned to leave.
And behind him, he is still silently following his Shikigami, the cow ghost Daigoro, but ordinary people can't see Daigoro after the spirit transformation.
The two said goodbye, and they didn't leave any contact information for each other, as Yanagi Jianghuo said, they would meet again if they were fated.
If it is not fate, then it will never be seen again, and it is quite a bit of the free and easy temperament of the children of the rivers and lakes, and it is very much of Xia Shu's appetite, maybe this is one of the reasons why the two can talk happily together.
So Natsuki returned to Rugetsuso, while Yanagi Jianghuo was still wandering in the streets and alleys at night, and soon came to a small hill, standing at the mountain gate at the foot of the mountain, looking at the stone steps and the lights of the shrine on the mountain not far away.
That's right, this is the foot of a shrine.
If Natsuki could still stand with Yanagi Jianghuo at this time, he would definitely recognize that this was the Inari Shrine where he had met Nanami, the student council president, the last time he came.
Yanagi Jianghuo stood at the foot of the shrine for a long time, staring at the shrine torii gate above that was suddenly exposed, and his eyes were full of contemplation.
Until a figure appeared behind him.
It was a figure dressed in a student uniform, carrying something that looked like it had just been procured, and preparing to ascend the stairs leading to the shrine.
If Natsuki was here, he would definitely recognize that it was Nanami Hinata.
And at the same time that Yanagi Jianghuo found Hinata Nanami's figure, Hinata Nanami also saw Yanagi Jianghuo.
"Sir, are you here to pay homage? I'm a shrine maiden at this shrine, do I need any help? Hinata Nanami had an expression on his face that he had met business, and skillfully accosted Yanagi Jianghuo.
"Yes, I know. But I'm not here to visit. Yanagi Jianghuo glanced at Hinata Nanami, nodded lightly and said.
"Huh? Did you know I'm a shrine maiden? So you've been here before? But why don't I have an impression of you? And you're not here to worship? What are you here for? Hinata Nanami looked at Yanagi Jianghuo curiously, and he didn't have any impression of this person.
Although there are so many people coming and going at the shrine every day, it is impossible for her to remember everyone, but a person as impressive enough as Yanagi Jianghuo, Hinata Nanami does not feel that she will easily forget.
However, maybe it was really a busy day, so I didn't remember it, and Hinata Nanami could only explain it to himself in the end.
"What am I here for? Just passing by. Yanagi didn't say anything more, just nodded kindly to Hinata Nanami, and then turned around and left.
"What a weirdo." Hinata Nanami looked at Yanagi Jianghuo's back and muttered, and then continued to carry the ingredients up the mountain.
Soon, I forgot what had just happened, and it wasn't until a few days later that I remembered it again because of something.