What kind of guy is a monster who uses sentences from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" to talk to me?

"Tsukiha," Tsubaki said, "I feel like this piece of paper... It's fragrant?"

"Incense?" I put the letter close to my nose and sniffed, indeed, there was... The taste of orange juice?

Strange, how can something sent by a monster smell like orange juice? But if it's not a monster, where does this demonic aura come from?

"When I think about it again, I always feel that I have missed something, this handwriting, I always feel that I have seen it somewhere," I said, "If I can't think of a reason tomorrow, I plan to meet that Zhongshan God in person, and it just so happens that I can't always stay in the store, it will attract too many monsters." ”

Tsubaki burst out laughing, "I feel like you've really changed." ”

“... What are you laughing at?"

"Didn't you answer before, this kind of thing is not something I can help, where can I do it, or rather, I'm still very busy in the store, and I don't have time to care about so many monsters. Anyway, as long as the requesting youkai doesn't find your door, you're definitely not willing to take care of it yourself," Tsubaki said, "but you see that you're going to venture so far away because you don't know who wrote a sentence." ”

"Uh... How was I before?" I asked.

Tsubaki's head is the same as a metronome.

“... I don't even remember," I said, "I feel like my life has been completely infiltrated by youkai, and it seems that after a long time, I don't hate youkai so much." ”

"Hmph, youkai are much cuter than humans. Tsubaki gave me a blank look, "But sometimes, you're pretty cute, too." ”

"To change the adjective," I said, "it's not a pleasure to be described as cute." ”

"Haha, then be well-behaved!"

"This won't work either!"

"So... Silly?"

"You're enough. ”

......

Until the evening, I didn't find a clue, lying on the bed and looking at this unknown letter, beautiful and neat handwriting, the smell of orange juice, the words of the Book of Mountains and Seas, what does this monster want me to do?

"The god of Zhongshan, called Candle Yin, is regarded as day, blind as night, blown as winter, and called as summer. I read it out loud, but my mind ran far along the line.

O god of Zhongshan, if you really exist, tell me the source of this letter, you who are called Candle Yin, you who are worshiped by people and monsters, and you who protect Zhongshan, will you feel lonely on the mountain?

When you open your eyes, the world is day, and when you close your eyes, darkness covers the earth, and you want to see the stars at night?

If you blow hard to bring winter, and if you exhale softly, the flowers bloom in midsummer, will you also carefully replace the four seasons?

If you really exist, then you might be the god who can rule over the world, right?

Do you like to drink orange juice? Do you know how people describe you in the Classic of Mountains and Seas? Who is the monster who brought your name to me? Who wrote that beautiful handwriting for you?

Thinking of this, I rolled out of bed.

Tsubaki is right, this letter was ghostwritten, and I have indeed seen this handwriting, but it is a person I never dreamed of, after all, that person is not far from me, how could he be involved with the monster? No, no, no, he couldn't have seen the monster, but how to explain the letter in front of him?

I rummaged through the drawer for a long time and finally pulled out a small card with Happy Birthday written on it.

There was also a custom calendar that came with the card, which was given to the convenience store opposite my birthday, after all, am I a premium member...

I compared the handwriting on the card with the letterhead, and yes, it was really the same person.

Gao Lang,It's a student at the same school as me.,I've been working part-time at a convenience store opposite Tianbei groceries.,I'm not friends with him.,But we often meet.,So the relationship is not bad.,And that birthday card was written by him.,If I'm extremely proud of my handwriting.,The only person who has praised me for the beautiful font is Gao Lang.。

But how could it be him?

"Hey, Tsubaki," I touched the white cat's head with my hand, it slept soundly, turned over and ignored me, I could only poke her belly with my fingers, "Tsubaki, wake up, wake up, I need your help with something." ”

The white cat reluctantly opened her eyes, and when she saw that it was me, she instantly turned into a girl and punched me in the face.

“... Tsk, do you want to be so ruthless!" I covered my face, "If you don't agree with someone, how can you be the same as an old man." ”

"Uh, I'm sorry," Tsubaki remained on guard for a few seconds, "I had a dream that a youkai took the form of you, and as soon as I woke up, you were in front of me, and I was a little sleepy so..."

"Am I that much like a youkai?" I shook my head, "Forget it, for the sake of asking you for something, I won't bother with you." ”

"Hey, it turns out that there is something looking for me," Tsubaki's dazed expression quickly changed to a wicked smile, "Dried fish or canned beef?"

"All right," I said, "sit down, I think I've found the owner of the handwriting." ”

"Really, who is it?"

"Gao Lang. I said, "He wrote it." ”

Tsubaki frowned, reached out and touched my forehead, "I don't have a fever..."

"Don't make a fuss," I swiped her hand away, "I'm serious, no kidding, you see for yourself how the two handwriting compare." ”

Tsubaki took the letter and card and looked at it for a while, "Wow!

"Hmm..."

"But no," the white cat cried, "I've seen that boy many times, he must not have seen a yokai, otherwise what would he have done when I stole oden from a convenience store—" She suddenly covered her mouth with her hand.

"Hmm, what's going on?" I asked, "why didn't I know you still had a habit of sneaking oden across the street?"

"Oops, oops, this doesn't matter," Tsubaki looked away, pretending to be pensive, "The problem is, he really can't see youkai." ”

"I think it's strange too, but the handwriting is really a person," I said, "so I need you to help me dig deeper at the convenience store and maybe find some clues." ”

"Why don't you go by yourself?" Tsubaki looked reluctant.

"It's okay if you don't go, I'll take you to the other side tomorrow to apologize and tell them that you stole the oden. ”

"It's despicable!" Tsubaki said, "Forget it... Good cats don't count villains, you say, what do I have to do when I go?"

"Go and see if there are any strange guys in the convenience store, and most importantly, take a look at the surveillance video of Gao Lang when he was on duty yesterday while the clerk was napping at night. ”

"It's not difficult, but can you just look at yesterday's day?"

"Well, it should be okay, it was still a little damp when we got the letter, and it smelled of orange juice, eighty percent of the orange juice was spilled and not dried. ”

"So, the youkai who wants to give you this letter must have only written it for a short time," Tsubaki said, "Okay, I see, I'll go over now." ”

I watched as the girl turned back into a white cat and was about to jump out of the window.

"Don't steal oden this time," I said, "I'll buy it for you when you get back." ”

"Meow!" seems to be dissatisfied.

After several hours, Tsubaki finally returned.

"How's that?" I asked anxiously, "did you find anything?"

"Wait, let me catch my breath," Tsubaki sat down in his chair and gulped several sips of water, "You guessed it, it was indeed written by Gao Lang." ”

“... And then what? Who told him to write it?"

"Nobody," Tsubaki said, "to be exact... This was written by Gao Lang, but it was not written by Gao Lang. ”

"Don't play pantomias, okay..."

Gao Lang suddenly put down his work and began to write letters, and accidentally spilled orange juice in the middle, judging from the video later, Gao Lang didn't know how the orange juice spilled on the ground after putting the letter outside the door, as if he had come back to his senses. ”

"What did youkai do?" I asked.

"Well, even though it's very careful, I still recognize it, it's a headache, it can get into people's minds and control the person's actions, at most for about five minutes, and the person who is invaded will have no idea what happened after this youkai leaves," Tsubaki said, "It's a mirror demon, it's not very powerful, but it likes to play tricks on people." ”

(End of chapter)