"She doesn't seem to remember me."

Kamiyagawa thought to himself.

In the past, either to facilitate his actions or to gather intelligence, he often took [a thousand silver needles] to weave lies to others.

Kamiya knows how to lie too well.

The confusion on Sakura's face didn't seem like it was pretending to him.

This grass girl really doesn't seem to recognize herself.

I only saw it "yesterday".

If the last time we saw each other by the river was really yesterday......

According to Sakura's reaction, Kamiyagawa had a vague conjecture in his heart.

So, he spoke, "I live in Hyuga Castle and know your parents. I've seen you before, maybe you don't remember. ”

"Oh, you're a friend of Daddy and Auntie?"

"Hmm."

"Then it's no wonder."

Kamiyagawa was particularly sure, without any hesitation, and seemed to make Sakura accept this statement: "Daddy and Auntie are also coming back to Tsukushi City today." Did you come to see the festival here too? ”

"Well, I've heard that the millennium celebration in Tsukushi City is more lively than Hyuga City."

"Yes, of course!" Sakura chuckled, and then she remembered something, "I'm sorry, I can't make small talk to you." I promised today that I would go to help the silkworm aunt weave cloth outside the city, and I would like to pick some wildflowers to prepare for the celebration later. Since you are a friend of Daddy and Auntie, remember to come to my house at night. ”

The Grass Maiden said this, waved her hand at Kamiyagawa, and walked towards the outside of the city with hurried but rather joyful steps.

Kamiya just stood at the gate of the city, watching the other party leave.

"It seems that the millennium celebration has begun again......"

Things seem to be the same as just guessed.

"Is this place in reincarnation? Just like the sea country before it...... Could it be that this place is also affected by the breath of the Night Eater? ”

If Tsukushi Castle is caught in an endless cycle of reincarnation, then there are some things that can be explained.

For example, the millennium celebration.

Izanagi's purification ritual should not have happened thousands of years ago, and this time is completely incorrect.

But if the time of Tsukushi City has always been reincarnated in that celebration day I don't know how many years ago, and has never moved forward, then the strangeness of the timeline can be understood.

Because of his experience in attacking the Sea Country, in the face of an area caught in reincarnation, the first thing that came to Kamiyagawa's mind was the power of the Night Eclipse.

However, he had visited Chikushi Castle and even Apogihara "yesterday", and he didn't feel a similar aura.

Moreover, the reincarnation of Tsukushi City is not exactly the same as that of Haiguo.

When he was in Haiguo, Kamiyagawa, who held the Celestial Tail Hahari, was indeed able to stay outside of reincarnation. But like the little old man, there is no strange talk about the contract between him and him, but it will also be affected by reincarnation.

But now the situation is that the little old man also knows what happened "yesterday".

Just as Kamiyagawa was thinking about what was going on in this Tsukushi Castle-

"Poof!"

A vague rainbow light like a dream diffused around him, and the dream-eating tapir trembled its body and appeared with its proboscis held high.

……

As the sun rises, the vast river valley is awakened to life under the light of daylight.

On the Apogi plain, somewhere away from Chikushi Castle.

There is no grass activity here, only Kamiyagawa, the little old man, and the dream-eating tapir.

"Poof, poof!"

The tapir continues to tell its owner about its findings.

After a long time, Kamiya finally fully understood and digested its words.

"Little tapir, are you saying that we are not in a reincarnation similar to the Sea Kingdom, but in a dream?"

"Poof!"

The dream-eating tapir's nose swings up and down, and its paws constantly slap the ground.

A dream where reality and fiction overlap.

This is the little tapir's judgment of where he is now.

It was only in the process of reversing the original space of Apoqi, which was immersed in a celebratory atmosphere of "last night", and then changing time to "this morning", that I finally realized this.

Before that, no clues were found.

When the dream-eating tapir is in the dream world, it basically has a home advantage.

Compared to all the other strange stories with dream abilities that I had encountered before, it was almost like the master of dreams.

And now the "Celebration Dream" of Zhuzi City was finally recognized by the little tapir when the dream was reversed. This shows that the master who controls this dream is far stronger than the dream eater tapir who is the aragod.

"Could this dream be controlled by the Great Immortal Peach God?"

Kamiyagawa couldn't help but think of the situation in the peach forest on the Yellow Springs Hirasaka.

He had guessed before that Peach Fairy seemed to have a strong ability to control the illusion.

Further, it was speculated that he might have used this ability to help Izanagi escape from Yellow Springs' pursuers.

"And when did we enter into this celebratory dream?"

Kamiyagawa couldn't judge this.

Even the little tapir can't say it.

Maybe it was the moment when I left the peach forest along the stream and arrived at Apogihara.

"Without us knowing, we entered the dream...... If the Great Immortal Peach God is an enemy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with. ”

Follow the information provided by the tapir.

The current Kamiya group is not a consciousness entering a dream.

This dream overlapped with reality and fiction, and he broke in completely in the flesh.

Such a strange dream, if only explained by "dream", is not comprehensive enough, perhaps it should be regarded as a space between the virtual and the real that traps everyone.

It's not like Kamiyagawa doesn't have a way to deal with this situation.

As long as he takes out the Heavenly Tail Feather Zhang and the Tiando Bronze Mirror, he can split any illusionary dream.

Merely......

Before Wu fell asleep, it was clearly stated in the text guide he left.

As long as you enter Hirazaka, you can't use these two god utensils under any circumstances.

"I'll just say that such a thing as taking a feather and cutting a thousand stones can't happen anyway. But Satoru reminded him several times on this point...... It was waiting for me here. ”

Because of the prompt of Satoru, Kamiyagawa had no idea of using Habari to cut the dream at all.

I don't even know when I entered the dream, maybe the "reality" outside the dream is still Hirasaka?

"But, little tapir. Last night, after I helped the winged grass girl on her back, what was the power of Huangquan and the Yin soldiers that appeared? Is that part of the dream too? ”

"Poof!"

The Dream Eater Tapir shook its head.

It can now be convinced that it was not a dream.

That's "reality".

It was because "reality" invaded the dream that this celebration dream was forced to be suspended and restarted.

"If that's the case...... The scene behind the gap in the Yellow Spring is the reality. ”

Kamiya remembered the two-pair winged grass girl again.

Why did the reality related to Huangquan invade the dream realm after coming into contact with her?

Is there a connection between that girl and Yellow Springs?

Could it be that she is the one who dreames?

I can't figure it out yet.

But how to try to get out of this dream without using the Celestial Tail Feather Zhang, there are already two possible ideas at the moment.

One is to find the Great Immortal Peach God.

The second is to find the person who can relate to the reality outside the dream, the grass girl.

……

Tsukushi Castle is still immersed in a festive atmosphere of peace and joy.

The people of the city are making all kinds of preparations for the evening celebrations, such as setting up river lanterns and weaving bouquets.

Kamiyagawa tries to find the location of the god Osenmo.

But it still didn't work, and there was no smell of gods in this place at all.

In the afternoon, however, he saw the winged girl again in Tsukushi Castle.

The girl, like the rest of the grass, was busy making beautiful river lanterns.

But unlike the others who were in a joyful atmosphere, the girl seemed lonely and had always been alone. The other people seemed to be a little afraid or jealous of her, so they were reluctant to contact her.

Considering that touching the girl seems to alarm the dream.

Now that the situation is not clear, Kamiya did not approach her, but just fixed his eyes, stayed in the distance and quietly observed, and did not move.

"Whew-"

The beautiful little colorful boat was finally tied.

The eight birds breathed a long sigh of relief and held the colorful boat in front of him to admire.

Imagine it floating on a river after lighting it up.

Imagine the beautiful scene of colorful boats and river lanterns carrying other people's wishes, shining and converging together.

"I'm serious about making river lanterns. Izanagi-sama must send my wish tonight to Izanagi-sama. ”

Yachiko was silent for a while.

I don't know how long it took for someone to knock on the door of her house.

Tuk-tuk.

The heavy little black robe trembled, and trotted to open the door.

Outside the door was a kind old woman.

The old man was full of white hair, with a rickety figure, and trembling on crutches.

She looked so weak, like a waning day.

The keen Yachiniao didn't feel much life power on the other party's body, but more of a familiar and sad dead air.

"Granny Huai, why are you here?" The little eight-bird held the old man up.

"Come and see you." Granny Huai reluctantly squeezed out a smile and followed Yachiniao into the house, "After all, it may not be too long, and you will have to trouble Xiaohachi." ”

"Granny Huai, are you in pain? I can hear ...... in your body Fear, and crying. ”

"It's a little painful. You can tell, Hachi. The mother-in-law is leaving, or in a few days, she will be the same as Father-in-law Huai. ”

"Hmm......"

"Ho...... Ahem. Heh, little eight, why are you flattening your little mouth? Birth, old age, sickness and death are all normal things, and my mother-in-law has been alive for a long time. It's good now, mother-in-law, I can still see the millennium celebration, and I have nothing to regret. Little Hachi, when my mother-in-law leaves, can I come and sing to my mother-in-law? Just like you did before, say goodbye to Grandpa Huai. ”

“…… I will. ”

"That's good, that's good. It's so good, there's a little Hachia in Zizhu City. ”

Granny Huai said.

But Yachitori was a little depressed and didn't speak.

Granny Huai: "Little Bachi, do you know?" In fact, my mother-in-law was very scared...... But when I thought that Hachiko would come to see me off, I didn't seem to be so afraid. ”

"Are you really not afraid?"

"Mother-in-law, I'm a little bit of a fan of Father-in-law."

The grass is not a god, nor is it a demigod.

There may be some special human grass that belongs to the long-lived species, but for the vast majority of this race, birth, old age, sickness and death are still the norm.

And the eight birds are also an extremely special one in the human grass.

Extradition the dead and appease the souls of the dead, this is her innate ability.

That's why she'll be near the dying when the people in the city pass away.

She will use her still immature singing voice to guide the way to farewell, to appease the spirits of the undead who are about to dissipate, to soothe their fears, and to give them a final moment of peace.

But for the human grass, death is controlled by the filthy and terrifying Yellow Spring.

And the eight birds who lead the way for death, she is like a messenger of death, and she is naturally feared by most people.

Even if many of them knew that she hadn't done anything bad.

Not everyone can face death more open-mindedly like Granny Huai.

……

Night falls.

The grand millennium celebration also began as scheduled.

Yagashi came to the uninhabited location of the Apoki River to sacrifice the river lantern.

After that, it was the same as "yesterday".

A group of urchins such as Oak II appeared, and they threw stones and smashed the small colorful boat that carried the wishes of the eight birds.

Then he shifted the target of the stone projection to the body of the eight birds by the river.

This time, Kamiyagawa didn't stop again.

Considering that everything in front of me was a dream, it was probably only a long time ago that the events of the millennium celebration were repeated.

And in order to get out of the dream, Kamiya must understand what happened to Yachika after that.

Find out why this girl was able to awaken the dream.

Boom! Boom!

Sharp or blunt stones, it hurts the same when they hit the wings.

"I'm not! You guys are talking nonsense! ”

The wings of the Eight Birds trembled, and her choked and argumenting was completely swallowed up by the screams and scolding of the children.

All the way to—

A pink bud appeared on the bank of the river.

The petals bloomed, and the thin stamens trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a dignified and beautiful woman with a bright body stopped in front of the eight birds.

"Momoxian-sama?"

"Quick, let's go!"

Oak and the other children stopped what they were doing, like birds and beasts.

And the Great Immortal Peach God just watched the naughty boys run away, shaking his head helplessly.

In His capacity, he really can't do anything with these children.

However, it seems that these children in the city really need to inform their parents and educate them.

"It's all right."

The peach fairy spoke gently, and his palm gently stroked the wings of the eight birds, and a soft force like a spring breeze healed all the small wounds on the four wings.

The eight birds, which were curled up on the ground, finally spread their wings and stood up......

……

"That's the Great Immortal Peach God?"

Kamiya River sees everything that happens on the banks of the river.

But it's strange that he didn't feel the breath of a god from Peach Fairy's body.

Is that really the peach fairy who I have been looking for for two days?

"Since there is no breath of the gods, that peach fairy is just a phantom in a dream?"

Just as Kamiya hesitated, he suddenly felt a strange aura approaching.

It was a sad, bleak breath of death.

Boom!

The boy cut Angang out of the sheath in an instant.

A few seconds later, Kamiya saw a figure appear more than ten meters away from him.

It seemed to be a tall woman.

Dressed in a heavy black robe with a hood, two pairs of large, beautiful jet-black wings grew on his back, which naturally spread out in the pale moonlight.

The opponent held a long-handled war scythe in his right hand, and in his left hand he held a lantern that emitted a ghostly light.

"Don't go over."

The black-robed girl spoke like this, her voice a little gloomy, with a sense of weakness and numbness.