At the end of July, the first vacation of the third year of junior high school came as scheduled, and before the results were announced, Kyosuke Hojo received many contacts from private high schools, offering high scholarships to get him to study. But he rejected them one by one, and now he is not the one who will give an opening speech because of a scholarship.

After two years of growing up, he understood that money or something, many times, is not so important.

This year's junior high school kendo tournament was held in Tokyo, at the Neon Budokan Museum, in Kitanomaru Park near Chidorigafuchi, where Sakura and her sisters went to the cherry blossom festival when they were in the first grade. So although he no longer participated in the competition as a player, Kyosuke Hojo still went with the team as an instructor. Of course, if it was in Gifu or Hyogo or something, he might not be too lazy to go.

After the race, Kyosuke Hojo went home and stayed only for a week before rushing back to Tokyo. He still has a lot of things to do during the holidays, the serialization of two comics, and the final revision. The publishing house has already been chosen, that is, the parent company of "Weekly Shonen High", Yingjisha, although it is not a publishing house famous for publishing, but there is no need to worry about channels and operations at all. The point is that the two sides have a happy cooperation, and there is no need for Kyosuke Hojo to say more, the other party left him the copyright of movies and other things, and the share was also given to the highest 15 points in the industry.

Of course, he has not yet entered the publishing process, and the practice is to warm up, and even the publishing house wants to find a supervisor to cooperate with the play that is determined to start the production of the film before it is published.

However, Kasumigaoka Shiyu's new work, the third part of "Love Metronome" is about to be published.

"I SAW MY YOUTH IN IT - EGOIST"

This is the slogan given by Kyosuke Hojo, the kind of comment that will be printed on the waist or back of the book. After finishing writing, Senior Sister Shiyu stood up and pulled the wrinkled black silk, took out ten Fukuzawa Yuji from her wallet with her slender fingers, and placed them neatly on the table, saying that she was very satisfied with this comment and would continue to cooperate next time.

Kyosuke Hojo tearfully accepted the fee for this industry, and also invited Kasumigaoka-sensei to write a message for him.

"Suffocating Love - Kasumi Shiko"

For some reason, looking at those suffocating words, someone always felt a chill down their spine. Maybe it's because the senior sister didn't accept his money, so he has a troubled conscience, right?

During the holiday, Mr. and Mrs. Sawamura learned that he was not returning to his hometown and warmly invited him to live at home. Although it must have been comfortable to live in such a large green area of manor in the summer, Hojo Kyosuke firmly refused. How dare he go, if he wants to go, Kasumigaoka Shiyu was the first to not agree, as early as when he was not on vacation, the other party invited him to live in the apartment after learning about his holiday arrangement, saying that he had been practicing cooking skills for a long time.

Joke, is he the kind of person who will be seduced by food? You know, Miki Okuji asks him to try new dishes every week. Although those new dishes are often just an extra gram of salt or one less coriander or something like that.

Opening his eyes, Kyosuke Hojo propped himself up with his right hand, squinting at the sunlight shining through the glass door.

"Sanye, it's almost time to eat." Toshiki Miyasui shouted outside.

"Okay, got it." Kyosuke Hojo replied casually.

Gongshui Junshu outside turned pale when he heard this, damn it, that bastard boy is here again.

"Hurry up and get up, I have to go up the mountain today." The tone becomes unkind.

Someone in the house didn't reply.,Since Miyasui Sanye's father knew the truth about the exchange between the two,Every time he enters Miyasui Sanye's body,,The uncle always looks bitter and hateful.。

"It looks like it's going to rain in Tokyo today." Tidying up the quilt and enjoying the warmth of the sun shining on his body, Kyosuke Hojo found a tracksuit to put on and tie his favorite ponytail.

"Good morning, grandmother, sister."

"Good morning." Grandmother Gong Shui Yiye smiled and nodded.

"Sister, you're so slow!" Four Leaves muttered.

"Haha, because the morning sun shines on my body is too comfortable, I can't help but sleep longer." Kyosuke Hojo touched Yotsuba's head and said.

The head of the four leaves of Miyasui is not the simple pigtail before, but the delicate hairstyle composed of fine braids. Kyosuke Hojo knew that it was made up by Toshiki Miyamizu, and when he saw himself touching the head of the four leaves, the man was panting with anger again.

Really, how old a person is still so angry.

The simple breakfast was quickly eaten, and Kyosuke Hojo accompanied his grandmother to pack the things she needed to bring to the mountain. After getting up, he looked at Miyasui Mitsuba's mobile phone as usual, and the memo recorded what he was going to do today.

"Worship the shrine's deity."

The question that had plagued him for a long time was finally solved, why there was no main hall dedicated to the shrine at Miyasui Shrine. Because the deity of their shrine is enshrined on another mountain called Ryujin Mountain. The offerings are no longer fruits, vegetables, or "chewing sake" that has been fermented at the shrine.

Originally, Miyasui Toshiki wanted to go for his elderly mother for such a thing as climbing the mountain, but the fact was vetoed by Miyasui Kazuha and said that he was no longer a god. Looking at the old lady's appearance, Toshiki Miyamizu reluctantly went to work.

Mountain climbing?

Kyosuke Hojo looked at his grandmother, who was bent over and drinking tea and watching TV all day, and then looked at the four leaves of his little arms and legs, and then looked down at himself.

Hey? When did Shamrock's figure become so good? It is only now that Kyosuke Hojo recalls the scenery when he was dressed in the morning.

Before, Miyasui Sanye's body had the unique slenderness of a girl.,But there's still a little bit of flesh on the belly.,There's a lot of fat on the thighs.。 Now the abdomen is quite tight, although there are no abdominal muscles, the beautiful vest line is clearly visible, and even the chest seems to have become much more straight.

No, no, that's not the point, the old and young trio went to climb the mountain together? Do you want to carry your grandmother on your back? In that way, the next day, Miyasui Sanye is afraid that his muscles will be so sore that he can't stand up the next day.

So it's still ......

"Four leaves, do you think this kind of wine will taste good?"

Holding the steering wheel with both hands, Kyosuke Hojo asked in a low voice to the side holding Yotsuha with chewing wine.

At this moment, the three grandparents are sitting on a small agricultural tricycle, driven by Kyosuke Hojo, and his grandmother is sitting in the car body, with a thick futon under her buttocks. Still wearing the same brown kimono, with a faint smile on his face, squinting at the maple tree that was constantly being left behind by the three of them, only a cup of strong tea was at home.

"Huh!? Do you want to try it too, sister?! Miyasui Shiye, who was sitting in the driver's seat together, exclaimed, his face full of horror.

"Just a little curious? And, 'also'? Have you already tasted the four leaves? ”

After hearing the words of the four leaves, Hojo Kyosuke was stunned, but he didn't turn his head, the mountain path was not meant to be for cars, and he had to drive with full concentration. Fortunately, this was originally a three-wheeled mountain road, and the leather was very solid, otherwise it would have been impossible to walk.

Gong Shui Siye cautiously glanced back at his grandmother, and only after seeing that the other party had no reaction did he lean into his sister's ear and whispered:

"I tasted a little bit, it was super unpleasant, sour and astringent, it didn't look like something for people to drink at all, and after drinking it, my head was dizzy, as if I was dreaming. If this kind of thing is sold on the Internet, it will definitely be scolded! Absolute! ”

Hahaha

Kyosuke Hojo smiled in his heart, from the voice full of disgust, he could fully imagine the experience of the four leaves, but it's a pity that the little girl's business path was cut off before she started.

"That's not meant to be for people to drink." He said casually.

"Hmm~~ That's right."

Holding the schoolbag in his arms, feeling the weight of the two ceramic jars inside, Shiba began to wonder if the "shrine maiden costume blessed by the gods" could become a new product.

A huge tree root came out of the ground next to it and lay across the road, and when Hojo Kyosuke was thinking about whether to cut off the tree root with a firewood knife underneath, the grandmother in the back spoke.

"Alright, let's walk the rest of the way. Maybe the gods are telling us that the power of the machine ends there. With a slow voice, the old lady stepped out of the car with the help of her little granddaughter, and stood in place and stretched her body.

"Okay." Kyosuke Hojo pulled out the key, thought about it and gave up the idea of carrying a firewood knife in his school bag.

This is the chassis of the gods of the Miyasui Shrine, so there won't be any hurtful beasts, right? He thought uneasily.

took the schoolbag in the hand of the four leaves and carried it, and the two of them supported their grandmother left and right, and walked into the pine forest at the end of the road. Fortunately, the road in the forest is also gentle, and the old lady does not have much difficulty walking. The narrow dirt road is covered with thick pine needles and fallen leaves, and it would not be obvious if it were not for the trees on both sides that were tied with ropes.

Note: A rope is a rope made of straw with a zigzag coin hanging on it to show the boundary between it and the holy.

Kyosuke Hojo was guessing all the way about what Miyasui Shrine's body was. When he came to the front of the mountain, he guessed that it was "Kannabei", and he took the Mingxiu Mountain as the object of worship; When he came to the forest, he guessed that it was a "sacred fence", and worshipped the entire forest as a "forest of guards".

The old lady was old after all, and she was a little out of breath after walking for a while, but she refused the request of the eldest granddaughter to carry her on her back. Instead, he found a rock and sat down to rest for a while.

It may be that it is close to her own god's body, and her grandmother wants to give her two shrine maidens a good science about her own teachings. The connection between all things is knotted, which is the name of the god of the local land.

"But even if I catch the fish out of the water with my own hands and cook it with firewood, it still doesn't taste as good as Yukino's." Hearing that grandma began to say that set of words that she had memorized backwards, Siye muttered quietly.

"But after learning about the connection between barley tea and me, I instantly felt a lot sweeter." Kyosuke Hojo drank a cup of barley tea, and when you climb the mountain in such weather, only barley tea that is still cool in a thermos cup can give you comfort.

"Huh?! Are you sure! The four leaves, who also felt tired, immediately raised their little faces and asked excitedly.

"Of course." Kyosuke Hojo wiped the lid of the cup and poured her a glass.

"Hmm......"

Siye first took a small sip, smacked it, his thin eyebrows wrinkled, looked at his sister suspiciously, and then took another sip, and finally drank it all in one gulp.

"How can it be sweeter!" The little girl shouted.

"It must be because you are not tired enough, grandma, I drink it very sweet." Grandma also said with a smile.

"Really?" Siye, who was teased by the joint, said hesitantly, looking at the barley tea in her hand that was filled with her sister again, the amber tea rippled slightly in the sun, and she was so frightened that she quickly drank a little.

"Alright, it's time to move on." Miyasui Kazuha stood up.

Siye didn't have time to continue thinking about why his connection with barley tea was not as deep as his sister and grandmother, so he hurriedly drank the water and tightened the lid of the cup.

The next road, Kyosuke Hojo, still carried his grandmother, but it was unexpectedly relaxed.

"The knots we weave are techniques given by the gods to show the passage of time. It is the knot that connects the ropes, and it is also the knot that connects people, and the knot represents time, gathering, forming, twisting, winding, and this is time.

Therefore, today's worship is an important ritual that connects the gods and people. ”

The sloping slopes are covered with green moss, and rocks of all sizes are scattered irregularly. Kyosuke Hojo turned around, and the town was already covered in clouds. Not far from them were white clouds, and even the tallest peaks were a cut shorter than them.

The grandmother's voice in the ear was full of incredible persuasiveness, which made Kyosuke Hojo slightly in a trance, and he always felt that he had heard this sentence somewhere......

"Ah, look, look, I can already see it!"

The memory that was rolling forward came to an abrupt end, and Kyosuke Hojo raised his head, and the four leaves had already run to the top of the mountain, shouting excitedly.

The grandmother on his back gently patted him on the shoulder, and Kyosuke Hojo carefully put down the old man.

Suppressing his curiosity, he still carefully supported his grandmother and walked to the top of the mountain.

"It's ......"

What was supposed to be the top of the hill was a depression the size of a stadium and like a crater. If he hadn't known that this place could never be a volcano, Kyosuke Hojo would have turned around and ran immediately.

The huge depression was filled with fertile meadows, and streams crisscrossed by the blue of the sky. The main thing is that there is an impossibly tall giant tree in the middle. It's like a hanging garden.

Suddenly remembered what Yukino had told him, and it turned out that this was the place where the comet was first hit. With such a large mountain destroyed, it's no wonder that such a large lake can be created.

Thinking of this, Hojo Kyosuke stood at the edge of the depression like a path, and looked back at the location of Itomori Town.

"Hey, you can see your school, sister!" Four leaves called out in surprise.

The clouds that hung over the town were blown away by the wind, and the large yellow playground of Itomori Middle School stood out.

Miraculously, Kyosuke Hojo felt like he was looking at someone there.

I helped my grandmother to the bottom of the depression, and a small stream blocked the way in front of me. The familiar scene reminded Kyosuke Hojo of when he gave up the three-way car before, and he didn't want to give up something to cross this creek, right? Kyosuke Hojo thought wildly.

"The front is the 'hidden world'."

"Hidden?" Four leaves questioned, the little girl was already ready to jump over the stream.

"That's what the world means."

Listening to that ancient voice, Kyosuke Hojo instantly felt that the expression on his grandmother's face was unfathomable.

Hidden? Hidden? Went to that world???

I remember that someone who was afraid of death immediately wanted to give up the plan to cross the stream, and even such a thing as exchanging bodies would happen, and it was still very doorway to guard this place, and he wouldn't go to that world or anything.

"Wow! That world~~"

A cheer made Kyosuke Hojo's backward movement pause, and the four leaves were already jumping over the stones in the stream with a shout.

Really, Kyosuke Hojo had no choice but to hold his forehead, and then leaned down, ready to carry his grandmother over.

"If you want to return to the shore from the hidden world, you must leave your most important things in exchange."

As soon as he crossed the stream, Miyasui Kazuha suddenly said.

Hey, let's explain this kind of thing sooner! Kyosuke Hojo looked at the old urchin speechlessly.

"Hehehe, peace of mind, the old body is talking about chewing wine."

Grandma narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, this old lady is always chattering today.

As instructed, Kyosuke Hojo took out Miyasui Mitsuha's chewing wine from his school bag.

A white porcelain vase with a cap sealed with a red knot. Kyosuke Hojo recognized that it was a knot that he had also participated in compiling, but it seemed to be a disservice.

The smooth bottle shimmers with a round luster in the sun, and it does look like it is filled with good wine. If he hadn't heard Shiba's drunken testimonials, he might have really tasted it secretly, but for now, forget it.

"At the bottom of the deity, there is a small shrine, where the offerings are placed. And this wine is half of you. ”

While Kyosuke Hojo was munching on the wine, Grandma continued.

"Half-body?" Kyosuke Hojo repeated in a low voice, there are many weird things in neon Shintoism, many of which have no practical meaning, and they can't be explored so much.

took out his mobile phone and followed the road, he hunched over and walked into the shrine under the towering giant tree with four leaves.

Suddenly, a question appeared in his head: So, is the god body enshrined at Miyasui Shrine this big tree or the huge rock under the big tree? Or is it a tangled mixture?

There is a narrow staircase between the roots and the rocks, and further down is a space about the size of four tatami mats.

The two placed the white porcelain vase containing the chewing wine on the stone altar.

"Four leaves, have you been here before?" Raising his phone to take a picture of the "wall" of the shrine, Kyosuke Hojo asked casually.

"Uh-huh~" Shiye shook her head, and she was also looking around curiously: "It's my first time here." ”

"That's right."

"Huh, Comet?" Four Leaves exclaimed.

Kyosuke Hojo followed her line of sight, and sure enough, a pattern was being drawn on the top of the shrine, the bottom of the huge rock surrounded by giant trees.

The red and blue paints depict a comet with a long tail in a few simple strokes. I don't know what material the pigment is made of, but it looks particularly shiny under the light of the mobile phone, and it makes people feel that a comet really fell down.

It can't be some kind of psychedelic drug, right? Kyosuke Hojo speculated wildly, because some primitive sects often used some hallucinogenic plants as gifts from the gods?

"Speaking of which, I think I'll be able to see a comet today." Looking at the comet on the mural, Siye said excitedly.

"Comet?" Kyosuke Hojo's super brain spun in an instant, and there are no comets, right? Wasn't the most recent one more than two years ago? I'll have to wait another thousand years next time.

"Haven't you woken up yet? Isn't the comet long gone? He asked curiously, sure enough, what hallucinogens are here!

"Huh? Sister, you're dreaming, and you can only see the comet today. Four leaves puffed up his little face.

"Am I dreaming?" Kyosuke Hojo was stunned.

The conversation with Toshiki Miyasui once came to mind in an instant:

"Maybe you're not swapping bodies, you're dreaming. After all, people can't clearly understand themselves when they are dreaming, which is why when you say that you want to talk about yourself to the people around you, you will be stopped by a force......"

"Huh? Am I really dreaming? ”

It was dark in front of him, and Kyosuke Hojo only felt that he had fallen on the body of the four leaves.

……

During the holidays, Yamauchi Sakura, who returned to Watergate City, had nothing to do, and Yamauchi Sakura finally remembered the agreement he had with Miyasui Sanye. So,About the glass and the straight flower to go on a trip.。

"I'm sorry, but I can't leave the store." Station,Naoka said apologetically.

"Oops, I said you didn't use it for us." Sakura said nonchalantly, Glass and Naoka are working part-time in the same cat café, and it is definitely not possible to lose two people at once, so Naoka took the initiative to stay.

"Thank you, Naoka." Glass pulled the hand that straightened the flower.

"Get in the car, hurry up and bring Mitsuha back, let's go and scare Kyosuke together." Naoka smiled.

"Hmm!"

According to the original plan, the three of them found Miyasui Mitsuha, and then took Miyasui Mitsuha to Tokyo to scare Kyosuke Hojo. Now Sakura-sama has improved the plan and decided not to notify Miyasui Mitsuha, and to carry out a surprise attack to scare her first and then Hojo Kyosuke.

To board the Tokaido Shinkansen bound for Nagoya, they need to take two hours to Nagoya Station, then take a two-hour JR Takayama Main Line from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station, and then take a bus or taxi to Itomori. Well, it was because of this that Kyosuke Hojo gave up the idea of riding a bicycle to Tokyo with Mitsuha Miyamizu's body.

By the way, today's consumption is all paid for by Sakura-sama! She also worked with Glass and Zhihua, but she didn't need to save for tuition, nor did she have anything she wanted, so she took it out to invite friends to travel~

Coming off the Limited Express Wide View Hida, the two girls enter a small country station, which is not much better, although it is not at the level of an abandoned station for the exploration of secret places like neon popular.

"Itomoricho?" The clerk at the station looked at the two girls who didn't show them coming from the big city suspiciously, and looked puzzled:

"What are you going to do there?"

Huh? Are the people here in Gifu so welcoming? Looking at the aunt in front of him, Sakura thought he had returned to the Kansai region.

"It's to find a friend."

"Friends?!" The aunt raised her head and looked at the two girls carefully: "But there is no one living there anymore." ”

"Huh?" X2

Sakura and Glass were puzzled at the same time.,But two months ago, when Mitsuha and Kyosuke exchanged bodies, they invited them to play.,Said that Itomori in summer is very cool.,It's suitable for escaping the heat.。

That's right,Sanye also said,I don't know why.,Only I can tell them about my hometown.,At other times, whether it's a mobile phone or a pen, you can't say everything about Itomori.。 Saying this, she also experimented, and sure enough, although she could pronounce Itomori on her mouth, when she wanted to type it on her phone, she would lose her memory in an instant.

The girls classify this as a mystical force, but if Kyosuke Hojo is there, he will tell them that it is because the crumb system does not allow the power of the story that does not belong to the girl herself to interfere with them.

"Don't you know, the disaster that happened two years ago? The split comet destroyed half of Itomori. ”

"Huh?"

Glass and Sakura looked at each other, and after thanking the aunt, the two fools sat on the bench at the station, took out their mobile phones and searched for them.

"Meteorite direct hit! The town disappears from the map! ”

"Zero deaths for residents! A miracle unscathed! ”

……

"What the hell is going on?" Glass whispered, she always felt that the now empty station had become a little eerie.

According to the news, all the indigenous people of Itomori Town moved to Nara after the comet disaster. There are also some news reports that the inhabitants were able to be safe and sound, all thanks to the gods and shrine maidens who brought them the apocalypse.

"That god witch is the three leaves you are talking about, right?" Sakura hesitated.

"Hmmm......"

But,It doesn't make sense.,Two months ago, Sanye asked them to come to Itomori to play.,But two years ago, Sanye moved to Nara.。

Searching for the name of Miyasui Mitsuha, what appears on the screen is "Nara's female swordsman!" Two consecutive hits in the Teizuka Mountain High School Kendo Tournament! ”

The two looked at each other again, Sanye, aren't they born in middle school?

Although Teizuka Mountain High School also has a central part of the country, it is clearly written on the news that there is a neon high school student kendo competition.

"Anyway, let's go to Itomori first!"

Sakura, who also felt that things were weird, made a decision, although the words she said were full of vitality, but in fact, she inherited Kyosuke Hojo's always afraid of the wind of death, and she also had a little drum in her heart. But as soon as she thought that it was something to do with Kyosuke, she felt that she had to figure it out.

"Hmm!" Glass nodded, for the sake of Kyosuke-kun!

Because Itomori Town had been destroyed, there were no buses, so the two of them had to take a taxi.

"Be careful."

The taxi driver shouted at the two with a smile, and for the sake of safety, Sakura deliberately found a female driver who looked very kind.

"Well, thank you~"

This time, they didn't say they were looking for friends, they just said they wanted to see the crater.

The only thing that was destroyed was the place near the side of Lake Itomori, and the road on the side of Itomori High School mentioned on the news was still intact, so the two of them easily came to the school's sports field.

"This is the school of the three leaves?"

"That's Lake Itomori?"

The two of them corresponded the remaining buildings in front of them one by one with what Miyasui Sanye had said, but they didn't see the Miyasui Shrine that would shine in the sun on the top of the mountain.

Turning back, the two tried to find Miyasui Shrine in the surrounding mountains.

Until he saw a mountain shaped like a volcano, Sakura froze.

"Nitrate, nitrate-chan, do you have a feeling of being watched?" Sakura stammered.

"Ah~~~" The glass voice that also produced this feeling trembled, and he couldn't say a complete word.

Ding Ding Dong ~~

"Ah!!h

The phone rang suddenly, and the two girls were immediately frightened and screamed, startling a bird in the forest, but fortunately, the strange sense of gaze disappeared.

"It's Kyosuke." Sakura, who turned around, found that it was Hojo Kyosuke's exclusive bell ringing.

"Hello, hello, good afternoon, Kyosuke."

Sakura opened the release, she knew that the current glass was just like herself, and she urgently needed Kyosuke to comfort her.

"That, good afternoon, Sakura, I'm Miyasui Mitsuha."

Smack

The phone fell straight to the ground, and Sakura and Glass hugged each other.

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