After Kabeyoshi stepped down, Tsukasa Kurihara approached him and explained that he would join the investigation team. Beiji is naturally happy.

"Kurihara-san, it's great that you can participate." Beyoshi breathed a sigh of relief.

"When will the investigation begin?" Tsukasa Kurihara asked.

"I can do it whenever I want, but the others will need time to prepare, probably in two days."

"Hmm." Tsukasa Kurihara nodded in understanding, "You can contact me then." ”

"Okay."

While Tsukasa Kurihara was chatting with Beiyoshi, on the other side, Jinhiro Kamo was talking to an old man with short body and gray hair.

Tsukasa Kurihara noticed Kamo Shinhiro's movements.

Part of the purpose of his visit was to see what the palace priest would do, but the whole exchange meeting Kamo Jinbo basically only played the role of the organizer, and did not put forward his own ideas about the strange talk, and the only one who stood up to take a stand was Beiji.

However, due to the death of Yasumo Shouyi, Beiji's position has been predetermined in the hearts of the public without being indicated, but Kamo Jinhiro did not say anything, which made Tsukasa Kurihara a little confused.

Kamo led the old man up to the second floor, and the two disappeared around the corner of the stairs, and Tsukasa Kurihara could see the smiles on their faces, and it seemed that the conversation was very pleasant.

"Is there anything on the second floor?" Tsukasa Kurihara asked Beiyoshi.

"Second floor?" "It's a storage room and a guest room, but we don't need it for communication." Any questions? ”

"Nothing, just a little curious." Tsukasa Kurihara's mind moved, and Tsukasa Kurihara, who was crawling on the side of the chair, pricked up his ears to look at the stairs, and after receiving Tsukasa Kurihara's instructions, he trotted up to the second floor and disappeared.

Tsukasa Kurihara looked at Beiyoshi again: "Then I'll see you in two days." ”

"Well, see you in two days."

Tsukasa Kurihara said goodbye to Beiyoshi, and was stopped by Katsuko Okami when he was leaving, and the two talked on the side. After a polite opening remark, Katsuko said, "Kurihara-san, the investigation team of Hieda Shrine, will you participate?" ”

Tsukasa Kurihara nodded in affirmation.

"Sure enough." Katsuko said to herself.

"What's the matter?"

"If you don't mind, bring Akane with you."

"Huh?"

"She's going to have to deal with this sooner or later." Katsuko said that she didn't want Tsukasa Kurihara to be separated from Akane in case the same thing happened again·····

Tsukasa Kurihara raised his eyebrows, but he didn't say much, only replied with a "good" word.

Tsukasa Kurihara went back to the foggy house first, and when he got home, the hairball hadn't come back yet, and he saw Akane sitting alone on the sofa next to him.

"Good evening." Tsukasa Kurihara's nature returned, and he said hello to her normally, only to see Akane's body trembling.

Tsukasa Kurihara sat on the sofa and lay back on the cushion, closed his eyes, and collapsed in an indecent but comfortable position, without saying a word.

Akane glanced at Tsukasa Kurihara several times, opening her mouth to say something, but each time the words came to her mouth and swallowed again, repeating this several times.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Tsukasa Kurihara said with his eyes closed.

In Tsukasa Kurihara's voice, Akane unconsciously sat up straight, and the whole person looked particularly well-behaved and dignified, which was in great contrast to her appearance and temperament.

"Kuri, Kurihara-sama."

Hearing her name, Tsukasa Kurihara woke up all of a sudden and sat up to look at her.

Akane's ears were a little red because of fear of being nervous, and her hands on her knees were clenched, forcing herself to calm down, recalling her previous conversation with the Great Shrine Division, as well as the words of the furball······ Her eyes grew firm.

"Kurihara-sama, I want to be your Shikigami."

Tsukasa Kurihara really didn't expect her to say this, and coughed twice unconsciously, but remembering the words of Katsuko Okami in the afternoon, he realized and said, "Have you thought it all through?" ”

"I've been thinking about it for days." Akane replied seriously, "What happened before made me understand a lot, how strong I think I am, but in fact I am just a puppet." ”

Speaking of this, Akane's eyes were slightly gloomy, but she quickly sorted out her mood and continued: "I didn't completely lose consciousness when I was controlled, I probably understood what happened to me, but I didn't have control over my body, so I could only be at the mercy of others. There's another world, right? The strange story is also real, and it is only stronger than the one I met. There is also Qingqiu······ I don't know what they want to do. ”

Tsukasa Kurihara had a strange expression: "What do you know?" ”

"I've talked a lot with Maoqiu-san. I know you're an onmyoji, it's your shikijin, but in fact, at the beginning, hairball-san wasn't what it is now, and it was by your side that it slowly evolved····· Kurihara-sama, I want to be strong too. ”

Tsukasa Kurihara touched his chin and guessed that Maoqiu had said something to Akane to make his identity as an Onmyoji more stable.

Looking at a very shrewd little girl, I didn't expect it to be so easy to fool, a hairball can fool her and be lame.

After a pause for a few seconds, creating an atmosphere in which the other party learned the truth, Tsukasa Kurihara spoke: "Follow me, then it has nothing to do with Inari Shrine." ”

This time Chang Qian was silent.

She thought about it a lot, she thought about Katsuko Okami, who raised her, and she thought about the days she spent at Inari Shrine in Tokyo. There is also a shot of Katsuko Okami entrusting her to Tsukasa Kurihara. Her memories eventually fall on the picture of herself dancing Kagura on Mt. Inari. Tsukasa Kurihara saved himself.

Does she belong to Inari Shrine or to Katsuko Okami?

When she was growing up, Katsuko didn't put too much of the mark of Inari Shrine on her, but only taught her how to be a human being and how to live in this world in a different capacity.

She remembered Katsuko Okami's helpless face under the threat of Kitaliang.

If you continue to stay at Inari Shrine, you can't get stronger, and the only opportunity that can be seized at the moment is Tsukasa Kurihara. In addition, she also talked to Katsuko Okami about this matter, and the other party didn't say anything, only told her not to regret it no matter what the situation was after making a decision.

Because it is the path I chose.

"Kurihara-san, if there is a critical situation at Inari Shrine in Tokyo in the future, I will not hesitate to stand up. It's just Inari Shrine in Tokyo. To be precise, it's the Great Shrine Division. All I care about is the Great Divine Palace. Akane said without avoiding Tsukasa Kurihara's eyes.

Tsukasa Kurihara shook his head: "It's not something you can say. However, if it's the Great Shrine Division, I'll help within the best I can. Like I did to you now. ”

Akane lowered her head, thought for two seconds and then spoke, "I see." ”

"Do you want to be my Shikigami again?"

"How to do it." Akane replied very simply.

"Give me your origin story."

Silent.

“······ What is that? ”

Because it's different from ordinary weird talk, Akane doesn't know some common sense things that are weird talks, and naturally she doesn't know how to take out her own origin power.

“······” Tsukasa Kurihara was also silent for a moment, "When the furball comes back, it will teach you." ”