Chapter 217: Jade Village
The people stood in front of the torii gate of the shrine and looked down the mountain.
It is also ten o'clock at night, and unlike the bright lights under the mountain in the world, it is pitch black under the mountain here, and there are only two scattered lights in the distance, but it is also in a trance as if it is going to go out at any time.
"That's the Jade Village over there, it's where everyone usually lives, this time is already the time for everyone to rest, and when it's just night, the Jade Village is also very lively." Probably wanting everyone to look down on their homeland, Kappa Jiumu Lian worked hard to open his eyes for Yucun.
However, recalling the brilliant lights of Tokyo, even if Jiumu Ren wanted to say good things for himself, he gradually became unable to say it, because the gap was too big.
"Very, very rural, too rural." Natsuki made a satisfied expression and said as he looked into the distance.
It's not that he's pretending, it's that his mind actually sees it.
"So how do we get out of here? Didn't you say that you could enter the Inari Great Barrier? Konoe Chiaki stretched out his finger and poked the transparent light curtain in front of him again.
"Actually, it's very simple.,Just wait until dawn.,Usually at dawn.,The Inari Great Barrier is not blocked from the connection between the shrine and the inside of the barrier on this side.,It won't be closed until night.,Mainly to avoid being destroyed by some wild monsters living in the mountains and forests.。 Jiumulian said.
"So, are we going to spend the night here?" Igarashi Kazuka turned her head to look at the houses that were a little dilapidated like the Inari Shrine in the world, but there were no houses that could live in it at all.
"It's really not good, and I can only spend the night here, but it may be a little harder." Chiaki Konoe said the same.
"It's hard work, but it doesn't have to be too hard, I have a sleeping bag here, do you use it? I can still sleep well, and I can predict that there will be many things tomorrow, and I don't have the energy to face it if I don't have a good rest. Natsuki said.
"Sleeping bag? I want it, I want it. Igarashi Kazuka was the first to respond.
The rest of the people also expressed their need.
In this way, when Natsuki waved his hand, a pile of sleeping bags appeared on the ground, so several people each took a sleeping bag, and did not go far away, just lay down on the ground under the torii, and prepared to deal with it tonight.
"You should sleep too, or you will probably not be able to resist tomorrow." Natsuki looked at Nanami Hinata, who was the only one who didn't move, and handed her a sleeping bag and said.
"Thank you Xia Shujun, but I may not be able to sleep." Hinata Nanami shook her head and said with a wry smile.
"Do you need me to knock you out?" Natsuki asked seriously.
"It's better to be hypnotized than to be stunned." Hinata Nanami was suddenly amused by Natsuki's serious appearance, and then said.
"That's right, that's right, in fact, I can't sleep either, I'm too excited, why don't Xia Shujun give everyone a collective hypnosis." Kazuka Igarashi, who was already lying on the ground, shouted.
The rest of the people also looked at Natsuki with a look of anticipation, and even the kappa Jiumuren, who also got into the sleeping bag and was facing the novelty of the sleeping bag, also looked at Natsuki with great interest.
Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Natsuki had no choice but to shrug his shoulders in agreement.
"Okay, you lie down first, and then I'll do a group hypnosis." Natsuki hands the sleeping bag to Nanami Hinata again.
This time Hinata Nanami took it, and got straight into the sleeping bag, also lying on the ground.
So in everyone's sight, Natsuki sat on the pillar of the torii gate and began to sing.
It was a song that no one had ever heard, as if it had traveled through the ages and flowed to the present.
With the singing, everyone couldn't help but start to recall the good old days.
At the same time, his gaze shifted from Natsuki's body to the sky.
And only then did everyone suddenly realize that the starry sky here was so clean and clear, it was like countless gems inlaid in the sky.
"The starry sky here is so beautiful." Igarashi Fenghua couldn't help but say.
"yes, it's clean and bright, it's so beautiful." Hinata Nanami also said.
"Is it because the lights in Tokyo are too bright? Or is it because of pollution? I feel like I've never seen a starry sky like this since I was a child. Konoe Chiaki also said.
"The eldest sister is talking about light pollution, I didn't expect it to be so beautiful without a lot of lights." Mitsuki Hatsuhashi also said.
Kappa Kumu on the side listened to what everyone said, and didn't make a sound, in fact, if he had a choice, he would prefer the brilliant lights of Tokyo than the starry sky that he had seen from a young age.
Sure enough, this is true for anyone, and what you don't have is the best.
At first, everyone discussed two sentences out loud, but as Natsuki's singing continued to come, everyone's eyes became heavier and heavier, and finally they slowly closed their eyes and fell asleep.
Even Nanami Hinata, who couldn't close her eyes at all before, fell asleep.
Seeing that everyone was asleep, Natsuki's singing also stopped.
He didn't make a sound, but looked up at the familiar starry sky.
It was a familiar sight that could often be seen in the summer trees of a thousand years ago, when there were no bright lights in big cities, no light pollution, and you could see the starry sky very clearly.
"It's beautiful." Natsuki also sighed, then closed his eyes, and just sat on the pillar of the torii gate, and fell asleep as well.
In this way, as time passed, the hours passed quickly, and the sky began to shine little by little, until the whole sky became brighter and brighter, and the sun was below the horizon, jumping out at any time.
And under this bright light, Natsuki naturally opened his eyes.
As for the rest, they were also awakened by the light.
One by one, everyone opened their sleepy eyes, or rubbed their eyes there, or was getting up, or they were looking left and right to observe the difference between the Inari Shrine in the early morning at this moment and the other side of the world.
It turned out that there was no difference.
And Hinata Nanami is a person who is obsessed with observing the difference between the two shrines.
In this way, everyone got up from the ground in a hurry, and Igarashi Fenghua was the first to come to the barrier in front of the torii gate last night, and gently stretched out her hand to touch it, but the invisible barrier was still there.
"What's going on? Isn't it already dawn? Igarashi Kazuka looked at Jiumu and said puzzled.
"The sun hasn't risen yet." Kappa Kumeren replied.
So Igarashi Kazeka saw that she could already see a little bit of the sun, so she put her hand directly on the barrier, waiting for the sun to rise.
At first, there was still only Igarashi Kazeka, but soon, Hinata Nanami also stood by Igarashi Kazeka's side and also put his hand against the barrier.
"Nanami-senpai?" Igarashi Kazuka was a little surprised.
"I also want to see what kind of changes will happen." Hinata Nanami replied with a smile.
"I'll do it too." So Konoe Chiaki also stood on the other side of Igarashi Kazuka.
"Add me." Immediately after that, Miki Yatsuhashi also put her hand on the barrier.
Natsuki next to him shook his head at what the four girls were doing, and he wasn't going to care about them.
In this way, the next moment, with the slow rise of the sun, the heavens and the earth became brighter and brighter, and the sun suddenly jumped above the horizon.
And at that moment, the four people with their hands on the barrier really felt it, and at that moment, the barrier disappeared from existence to nothing.
Igarashi Kazeka, who stretched out her hand to push the hardest on the barrier, even had an unstable center of gravity and almost fell forward, but fortunately, Konoe Chiaki and Hinata Nanami reacted quickly and clamped her left and right, so it was okay.
"Wow, that scared the hell out of me! Why are you all right? Igarashi Kazuka was puzzled after standing up straight.
"Because they didn't use force, they didn't need to use force, why are you working so hard?" Natsuki opened his mouth and complained.
"I, I just want to feel it carefully, who knew it would be so sudden." Igarashi Fenghua said with a bitter face.
Everyone else is fine, but I almost fell down by myself, which is really not a good experience.
"Alright, it's time for us to go." Natsuki took a step and said as soon as he stepped out of the confinement of the torii.
"Let's go and see what it's like here." Hinata Nanami also walked out of the torii gate and stepped on the stone steps down the mountain.
It's exactly the same path as the stone steps you walk every day, but it's not the same road, and this feeling of being both familiar and unfamiliar is really awkward.
However, Hinata Nanami was also a strong-willed person, but after a brief distraction, she regained her spirits, took a deep breath and stepped on the stone steps to chase Natsuki, and headed down the mountain.
And behind her, Kazuka Igarashi, Chiaki Konoe and Miaki Hatsuhashi and the contract Kumeren, everyone followed at once, moving towards the unfamiliar place.
When I came to the foot of the mountain, everything around me became more and more different, and the streets at the foot of the Inari Divine Mountain, which had been in the human world, were naturally gone, and only a variety of lush plants grew here.
And here, the stone steps are finally gone, and there are only a few paths that look like they have been stepped on by your feet, leading in different directions.
It was here that Hinata Nanami finally breathed a sigh of relief when she looked at the surrounding scenes, because the strange scenes around her could finally dissipate the sense of disobedience that had always filled her heart, this was indeed not the world, not the Inari Shrine where she grew up, but another place in another space.
Natsuki discerned the direction, recalled the location of the Jade Village he had seen last night, and determined the direction he was going to take.
That's right, Natsuki is planning to go to Tamamura, after all, if you want to get more information about the Inari Great Barrier now, it is the best choice.