Kiyomi Ruri was very disappointed, and Nanahara Takeshi pondered all night and didn't figure out what treasures could be hidden in that nameless mountain, and it seemed that he couldn't solve this puzzle for a while, but of course the investigation had to continue.

The next day, she changed into sportswear and sneakers at school, carried the hiking bag she had prepared long ago, and followed Kose and Takeshi Nanahara to the nameless hill of the Iwato family—they might spend the night in the mountains tonight, bring some daily necessities, and maybe take a day off if they can't get back to class tomorrow.

But it is said to be a nameless hill, but this "small" is compared with the "brothers" behind it, its altitude is also more than 900 meters, it is a part of the Yubari Mountains, covers a large area, and it is in the late spring and early summer, the vegetation on it is luxuriant, the bushes are deep and dense, people drill into it, feel that the light is dim.

This mountain has not been seriously developed, the mountain road is steep, and the twists and turns are not easy to walk, Kiyomi Ruri was worried that Nanahara Takeshi would not be able to climb at first, and he needed to drag the dog to death, but it didn't take long to find that he didn't seem to be as weak as he seemed on the surface, and he walked along the mountain road, with a brisk pace, looking around, quite leisurely, but Kose's physique was not very good, and he didn't have much experience walking mountain roads, and he didn't go far and began to be out of breath.

They entered the mountain at 4:40 in the afternoon, and spent almost an hour going around and around before they walked halfway up the mountain road, and when they arrived here, the mountains and forests were a little sparse, and the terrain was not as steep as at the beginning.

Qiyuan Wu looked at this road sign and couldn't help but smile: "This is really a paradise built on someone else's territory!" ”

Yes, this is really the highest level of white prostitution, a single dollar is not spent, and he occupies a mountain for nothing, he has never encountered this kind of fat sheep.

Kiyomi Ruri ignored him, and helped Kose Aimi to look forward: "Is it almost there?" The front seems to be flat. ”

The mountain road was too steep, dragging a person and carrying a big bag, and she was a little hungry.

Kose wiped her sweat, feeling that the mountain was not as easy to climb as she imagined, there was still a mountain road, and she might die if she really went rock climbing, and sighed: "Yes, according to Iwato-san, it's just ahead." ”

This nameless hill as a whole is a bit like a "convex" character, they raised their heads and advanced in a zigzag shape for an hour, and now they have climbed to the middle of the left side, and when they turn their heads, they can no longer see the small cottage at the foot of the mountain.

"Let's go!"

Nanahara Takeshi followed the signs and continued to walk, Kiyomi Ruri helped Kose Aimi to walk behind, and walked for another seven or eight minutes, the ground became more and more flat, and I really saw a small mountain village - here is almost a mountain platform, one side is a vertical steep mountain wall, there is a small waterfall flying down from top to bottom, but the water flow is not large, there is no sound. The shrubs and land have been consciously leveled, and from a distance, you can vaguely see more than 20 large and small wooden houses, some new and some old, which really look like a village.

"It's so beautiful!" Under the sunset, the waterfall flies down, the mountain breeze blows, the fog is hazy, and the birds return to the forest in the distance, the sound of crows is a piece, a group of mountains and wilderness interest, Kiyomi Ruri only glanced at it and liked it a little bit here, and couldn't help but sigh.

She was sighing, and a thin man of twenty-eight or nineteen years old suddenly came out of the mountain forest next to her, carrying a bamboo tree on his back, holding a digging hoe, and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri was taken aback and almost kicked it with a side kick, but Nanahara Takeshi had already heard that someone was coming, and smiled without surprise: "Hello, we are here to see Master Sugao." ”

The thin man looked them up and down, frowned, and said, "I'm sorry, Master Kano hasn't been accepting visitors recently, please come back!" ”

Kose Aimi handed over the business card and said politely: "I am Iwato-san's personal lawyer, Kose Aimi, and I was entrusted by Iwato-san to bring two friends to meet Master Sugao, not an outsider." ”

Nanahara Takeshi insisted on seeing Sugao Man, and she couldn't help it, after all, she invited someone to investigate, and at least she should have cooperation, so she could only accompany her.

The thin man glanced at the business card with disgust, didn't take it, and his attitude didn't ease much, and asked directly, "What about the rock vine?" Why didn't he come himself? ”

Kose was stunned for a moment, as a "lawyer teacher", no one had spoken so unkind to her for a long time, but she still smiled and said: "Iwato-san is in the period of assisting in the investigation, and he needs to keep communication open at all times, so it is not convenient for me to go out, so I will come on his behalf." ”

After a pause, she asked rhetorically, "Who are you yet?" ”

The thin man still spoke hard, "Takaaki Terano, you can call me Terano, a disciple of Master Sugao." ”

Kosemi immediately said, "Then can we go over now?" ”

Takaaki Terano couldn't make the decision for Sugao after all, so he hesitated for a moment, turned his head and left: "Then come on, but whether Master Sugao will see you or not is up to the master himself." ”

He was very accustomed to walking mountain roads, and his speed was very fast, so he had no intention of accompanying the three of them to the mountain village, so he went straight to the small mountain village.

Kosemi was a little unhappy, and Nanahara Takeshi smiled at her: "It seems that these 'tenants' don't take Iwato-san's 'landlord' in their eyes at all, and they are not polite when they meet the landlord's representatives." ”

Kosemi shook her head: "They are all people who have cut ties with society, maybe they are disgusted with us to disturb them!" ”

Nanahara Takeshi looked at Terano Takaaki's back and smiled: "Probably, but they are indeed not wealth-collecting sects. ”

The clan group for the purpose of accumulating money hates to turn everyone they know into fat sheep and slaughter them, so cold-voiced, showing a clear attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, there is a high probability that they are really a group of guys who yearn for the "Peach Blossom Spring".

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The three of them chatted casually, and walked for another five minutes before entering the small mountain village, and Takaaki Terano had already "warned" in advance, and as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, a strong man in his forties greeted them, with a good attitude, bowed and saluted, and introduced himself with a smile: "Teacher Kose, and these two...... Hello classmates, and welcome to Izumi Village. I'm Arashi Island.,Kano-sensei's official disciple.,We've made it clear what you're here for.,Please come here.。 ”

It seems that Sugao is in the same opinion of them, Kose Aimi is in a slightly better mood, politely, followed him to the village, and by the way, he briefly introduced the three of them on his side, and Arashima heard the name of Takeshi Nanahara, and subconsciously looked at him more.

Nanahara Takeshi was very keen, and immediately smiled and asked, "Arashi-san has heard my name?" ”

Arashijima smiled, "It sounds familiar. ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled, didn't brag about himself, looked around as he walked, and asked with interest, "The environment is very good, how many people are there in the village?" ”

"Now?" Arashi Island didn't hide it, and this kind of thing couldn't be hidden, "There are thirty-three people living there now, and there are more than a dozen people who come here occasionally. ”

Nanahara Wu exclaimed: "There are a lot of people! ”

Arashijima smiled, "We are all followers of Sugao-sensei. ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled again and asked, "Then just now I heard Arasis-san say that he is an official disciple, and Terano-san said that he is a disciple, is this still a grade between you?" ”

Arashijima smiled: "No, everyone is equal, it's just that some people have followed Sugao-sensei for a longer time, and some people have followed for a shorter time, and their cultivation levels are different, so they call Kano-sensei differently." ”

"I see." Nanahara Takeshi looked at it for a while, and he probably had an impression of this. The huts were well planned and seemed to live in communal groups, and now most of the "villagers" were gathered in a large hut, as if they were ready to eat—he smelled it from afar, and the food turned out to be good.

He retracted his gaze and asked with great interest, "How many formal disciples are there?" ”

Arashima smiled, "Six or seven!" ”

"Six or seven?" Nanahara Takeshi thought for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Have you seen Miss Daduan?" ”

Arashishima nodded and smiled, "Of course, Iwato-san has brought her here a few times. ”

Nanahara Takeshi asked, "Then in addition to coming with Iwato-san, have you seen her?" ”

Arashi Island shook his head and smiled: "No, the mountains are bitter, she doesn't like it here, and we rarely go out, so we don't have the opportunity to meet." ”

Nanahara Takeshi nodded, smiled and said, "That's right", and began to ask about other aspects, including his perception of Daduan Dai, the daily life of the mountain village, and the life of Sugao Mitsu, anyway, the east is a hammer and a stick in the west, just like chatting nonsense, and Arashi Island has to answer all questions, and he has been smiling all the time, and he looks very honest.

As they spoke, they came to the innermost part of the mountain village near the cliff waterfall, only to see a two-foot stream, from narrow to wide, falling from the sky, falling straight into a stone pool, splashing a little broken jade flower beads, and there is a gap in the stone pool, as the water level rises, the extremely clear pool water slowly flows into a square stone well.

This is also a small spectacle, and the three of them couldn't help but stop and watch, and Arashishima smiled and introduced to them: "This is the origin of the name of our village, the spring well." ”

Kiyomi Ruri looked closer into the well, and by the light of the setting sun, he found that the well was not deep, and he could see to the end at a glance, and he felt that people jumped into it and drowned their thighs, and there seemed to be a few thin cracks at the bottom of the well, and the spring water flowing into the well seemed to flow back into the ground from here.

She wondered, "Is this the spring well that is said to be a cure?" ”

Arashi Island leaned on the well and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Kano said that this is the essence of the mountain, long-term drinking can nourish the body and purify the soul, and we usually get water from here, so many years, almost no one has ever been sick." ”

Kiyomi Ruri looked at the reels and barrels on the well, and wanted to taste the taste of this well water, thinking it would be very delicious, and Nanahara Takeya also probed to look at the spring water, and sniffed the water vapor, and felt that the water quality was really good, if the road was not too far, maybe you could consider changing the water point here - it is too cruel to let the Tibetan fox climb the mountain and carry the water back and forth, it will cause the Tibetan fox to riot, or continue to order the previous mountain spring water!

If he can't save money, he is not very interested, and his eyes quickly turned to the waterfall pool, carefully looking at a black and gray boulder in the waterhole, and his expression was thoughtful.

Kiyomi Ruri soon saw it too, and said in surprise: "Eh, this stone looks like a big bear standing up, it looks so powerful!" ”

It's really too similar, it's completely nature's magic workmanship, a big stone is straight and straight in the pool water, the whole is black, resembling a giant bear standing up, head, claws, mouth, eyes are there, and what's even better is that the "bear" chest is stony gray, but also in the shape of a "heart", very much like the bear's heart hair, so that this "bear stone" appears more vivid.

Arashi Island smiled: "It does look like a bear, we all call it 'Water Bear-kun'." ”

Kiyomi Ruri regretted a little that she didn't bring a camera, but she didn't expect that there would be such a fun scene in such a remote nameless hill, and she should take a photo and take it back for her mother to see.

Kosemei wasn't interested in "Mizuma-kun", she had a lot to do, and she didn't have time to travel, so she looked at a wooden house not far away and asked, "Master Kano lives there, right?" ”

Arashima smiled, "Yes, everyone, Master Kano is already waiting for you." ”

(End of chapter)