Chapter Ninety-Five: Back to Tokyo
The Battle of Kyoto had a huge impact on Japan and the whole world.
Kyoto, devastated and ruined, makes everyone afraid of the destructive power of the feathered fox. In just half a day, at least 1,000 houses were destroyed and more than half of Kyoto's residents were displaced, resulting in thousands of casualties and hundreds of missing people.
This was comparable to the disaster of the 311 earthquake in 2011, which shocked the whole of Japan and made the whole world focus on this eastern island country.
The existence of yokai, humans with special abilities, and the magic circle covering the entire Kyoto, all of which subvert the human perception of the world, make people eager to learn more. Even the U.S. military stationed in Japan had to assess the combat effectiveness of the feathered fox and launched a series of countermeasures and response exercises.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department also took the opportunity to announce a series of yokai incidents and brought the existence of the Special Disaster Countermeasures Unit into account.
However, the lack of a response to the Battle of Kyoto put a lot of pressure on the cabinet, and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had to resign after meeting with the emperor, and many relevant government departments were criticized for this. After Yoshihiko Noda's resignation, the new prime minister entered the midst of a tense election.
All this has little to do with the Senya group who have returned to Tokyo, and it has nothing to do with Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi and others. The only connection is that Haruka Tsuchigomon joined the Special Disaster Countermeasures Force under the arrangement of Thousand Nights and became one of the important members of the Action Team of the Countermeasure Room. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the addition of a real onmyoji from a famous family has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the countermeasure room, even though Haruka Tsuchigomon is just a young girl who has not yet left the school.
For Nogizaka 46, all these events had nothing to do with them in the first place, and at most they were just some casual conversations. However, Nogizaka 46's new program has received huge ratings because TV Tokyo continues to broadcast the special news immediately afterward. knows the real yin and yang arts, and can subdue demons and ghosts, and the young and beautiful girl idol suddenly became the focus of public opinion. The four of them, Nanami Hashimoto, Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, and Kazumi Takayama, also suddenly became popular figures and received great attention, and the Thousand Nights and Taisha here, who taught them Yin-Yang and Guryu swordsmanship, were also revealed in front of the eyes of ordinary people.
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After learning that Senya had returned to Tokyo, Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi couldn't wait to come to the main shrine here, and while visiting Chiya, they also wanted to ask him what was going on in the Battle of Kyoto.
When the two of them walked into the torii gate of this main shrine, they happened to see a group of people coming out of this large shrine. These people were all blonde and blue-eyed, and some of them were wearing the uniforms of the US military stationed in Japan, and several people who looked like they were government officials were accompanying them, but their faces were very ugly.
Nana Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi glanced at each other, not knowing what these Americans were doing here, but they wisely stepped aside and avoided these people, after all, the reputation of the US military stationed in Japan in Japan can be said to be very bad.
The group didn't notice Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, and after leaving the Taisha shrine, they got into a car and left.
When Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi came to the underground dojo of the shrine, Senya was sitting in the tearoom sipping tea, and the person serving him tea was not Honey Worm or Wakadie, but a mature woman that Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi had never met. The attentive Nana Hashimoto quickly recognized that she was a feathered fox, and although she looked different from the Battle of Kyoto, her appearance was not much different. Thanks to the journalists who put their lives on the line, the appearance of the feathered fox and the thousand nights is now well known, and it is not too difficult for Nana Hashimoto to not be able to recognize the feathered fox.
At this point, the left sleeve of the feathered fox was no longer empty, and a prosthetic leg made of wood was mounted on the left shoulder of the feathered fox. The wooden prosthetic leg looked no different from a normal arm, and the feathered fox was manipulating the prosthetic limb and was concocting matcha for the thousand nights.
Seeing the arrival of Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, Chiya smiled and beckoned the two to sit down.
"Chiya, what's going on in Kyoto?" As soon as he sat down, Nanami Hashimoto couldn't wait to ask Qianye a little impatiently, and while asking the question he was most concerned about, Nanami Hashimoto also asked Qianye in a low voice: "Also, that's the feather fox, right?" Didn't you kill her? How did she end up here? ”
Ge Ye glanced at Nanami Hashimoto, covered his mouth and chuckled: "Little girl, you don't have to be so quiet, the concubine can hear it." ”
The words of the feathered fox made Nanami Hashimoto blush, and lowered his head to his chest, not daring to look at Kuzuha and Qianye.
Qianye smiled and said, "Okay, Nanamin, don't be embarrassed. Aunt Ge Ye is my elder, and she won't take your little offense to heart. ”
Hearing Qianye say this, Nanami Hashimoto raised his head a little shyly, looked at Kuzuha in front of him, and said embarrassedly: "Hello Auntie, my name is Nanami Hashimoto, and I am the ...... of Qianya"
"She's one of my wives." Chiya picked up the teacup and added, which made Nanami Hashimoto's face flush and almost drip blood, but she still reluctantly raised her head to look at Kuzuha.
Ge Ye looked at the shy Hashimoto Nanami with a smile and said to her, "Hello Miss Hashimoto, concubine Ge Ye, Qingming's mother. Xiao Xuanyi called the concubine an aunt, and she was his elder. Ge Ye looked at Mai Shiraishi on the side before introducing himself to Nana Hashimoto, and asked Qianye: "Shouldn't this young lady also be Xiao Xuanyi's confidante?" The concubine smelled the smell of Yuzao on her. ”
"She's my other wife, Mai Shiraishi." Qianye glanced at Mai Shiraishi, who was a little apprehensive in her eyes, and introduced: "She is the nine-tailed fox of this generation. ”
Mai Shiraishi waited for Qianye to introduce herself and said to Ge Ye: "Hello, Aunt Ge Ye, I am Mai Shiraishi, Chiba's wife, please take care of me." Although she was as shy as Nana Hashimoto, Mai Shiraishi still introduced herself generously.
Looking at Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, who were shy but still polite in front of them, Ge Ye nodded with satisfaction and said to Qianye: "Xiao Xuanyi, I haven't seen you for four hundred years, your good fortune is not shallow." It seems that since a thousand years ago, you have been more pleasing to girls than that stinky boy of Qingming. Do I remember the little apprentice you followed four hundred years ago, what was her name? Tamako? ”
Looking at Ge Ye Nuoyu's eyes, Qianye felt two scorching glances, shook his head and said, "Aunt Ge Ye, Yuzi has been dead for four hundred years, why do you mention her again?" ”
"No, Tamako has been reincarnated, and her current name is Nanase Nishino, so she hasn't appeared with you again." Nanami Hashimoto muttered, turning the expression on Chiya's face into a wry smile.
"Qianye-kun, do you still have any feelings for Nanasai now?" Mai Shiraishi looked at Qianye with unkind eyes, although there was a smile on her face, Qianye felt that there was black qi coming out of Mai Shiraishi's body.
"Tamako is Tamako, Nanasai is Nanasai, they are different." After Chiya smiled bitterly, she still solemnly explained to Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi: "Even if Nana Sai is the reincarnation of Tamako, even if she has recovered her memories as Tamako, she is still Nanase Nishino, not Meiji Tamako." Just like Aunt Ge Ye, you are now Ge Ye, not a feather fox. ”
Qianye's words made Ge Ye nod involuntarily, and said approvingly: "That's right, the name is a spell, and if you are given a name, you will conclude a spell." Since she is Nanase Nishino, she is no longer Tamako. ”
"Qianye, what do you mean by that?" Nana Hashimoto looked at Chiya with some puzzlement, confused by what he and Kazuha said.
"I taught you, Nanamin." Chiya smiled softly at Nanami Hashimoto and explained, "The name is a spell, and the spell is a bondage. When a being is given a name, then there is a binding between it and that name. For example, the name Feather Coated Fox, when Aunt Ge Ye was called Feather Coated Fox, she was bound by this name, not Ge Ye, but Feather Coated Fox. When I killed her demon body and let the feather-clothed fox die, this shackle was also untied, and at this time, it was the feather-clothed fox who died, not Ge Ye. ”
After listening to Chiya's explanation, Nana Hashimoto's eyes lit up and said, "So although you killed the feathered fox when you were in Kyoto, it was only the feathered fox that died, and Aunt Kazuba survived instead?" Nana Hashimoto didn't finish her guess, but looked at Chiya with sparkling eyes, looking at him expectantly.
Qianye looked at Nana Hashimoto's unanticipated eyes, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Nanamin, you guessed right, it was indeed only the feathered fox that died, and it was Aunt Ge Ye who survived." ”
Ge Ye on the side also looked at Nanami Hashimoto with approving eyes, obviously satisfied with her ability to understand.
Mai Shiraishi was already confused by the words of the three of them, she looked at the three of them in a bit of confusion, and whispered to Nanami Hashimoto, "Nanamin, what are you talking about?" Why can't I understand? ”
Mai Shiraishi's words made both Chiya and Kuzuha laugh, and just as they were about to explain, Honeyworm walked in with a plate of grilled sweetfish.
"The sweetfish of the Kamogawa River, the craftsmanship of the honey worms is still so good, and the grilled sweetfish is still so fragrant." Qianye sighed, picked up a grilled sweetfish and handed it to Mai Shiraishi: "Okay, don't think about Mai, let's eat fish first." ”
Mai Shiraishi turned out to grill fish, and she could only give up thinking about the topic that the three of them said, and lowered her head to bite the grilled sweetfish in her hand.
"It's delicious!"