Mid to late April.
April is the beginning of the school season in Japan, and today is the day when the young apprentice Kanoya Yukino comes to Tokyo.
Regarding Xiaolu’s accommodation in Tokyo, Kamiya finally compromised and allowed her to live at home.
It's not the first time anyway.
Although Kanoya was only Kamiya's disciple in name, her identity as a disciple was now confirmed.
In fact, there are other considerations for letting the deer live at home——
First of all, the Ocha Middle School where the young apprentice studied was located in Bunkyo District, which was right next to Arakawa District. It was really not too far from Kamiya’s house.
If you travel by train, including walking time, you can arrive in half an hour at most.
If we let a hearse team take us there, it would only take seven or eight minutes.
Therefore, commuting to and from school is not a problem for the young apprentice.
Also, in addition to going to school, Xiaolu also has daily magic practice to do, so it is really not convenient to stay in school.
Moreover, after Xiaolu came to Tokyo to attend high school, Kamiya, the "master", had to ensure her safety to some extent.
If you live in a school building, it will not be convenient for the eight-foot girl to move around. And I don’t know if Kamiya’s protectiveness is a little too much. Anyway, he does think that in the current environment where ghost talk activities are intensifying, it is safer to keep his little apprentice by his side.
In addition, unlike last time, this time before Xiaolu came to Tokyo, Kamiya and her father, Mr. Kanoya, had two phone calls.
Although he didn't speak much on the phone, through communication, Mr. Kanoya gave Kamiyagawa the feeling that he was a loyal, honest, and not good at words.
Mr. Shikanoya had long known about the spiritual constitution that Xiaolu inherited from her mother through the Eight-foot Girl.
Moreover, it is estimated that the eight-foot girl has slandered this father to a certain extent.
"That Mr. Kamiyagawa is currently the best choice to help Yukino control his innate spiritual power, protect Yukino from backlash, and survive."
Something like this must have been said to Mr. Kanoya more than once by the Hachisha girl.
Therefore, although this father also had some unavoidable concerns, he treated Kamiyakawa, who was actually old enough to be his son, with unusual respect on the phone. A very sincere entrustment and thanks, please Kamiya to take good care of his daughter.
No father wants to see his daughter die early.
"Yukiono is a good child, but her personality is a little out of touch. If she does something bad in normal times, Mr. Kamiya, as a master, please don't worry about beating and scolding her, and I will teach her a lesson."
This is what Mr. Kanoya said exactly.
Finally, he extended a sincere invitation, saying that when Kamiya was free, he and his daughter must go back to Ouri Island as a guest.
In short, Kamiyagawa has been her true guardian during the three years that Mirai Xiaolu has been in high school in Tokyo.
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That afternoon, Kamiya's house.
Wearing a tight-fitting black leather jacket and a bright cat-eared helmet, Obara Hayami drove a ghost motorcycle and roared directly through the courtyard wall.
The two black-flaming locomotives swung their wheels and parked sideways in the garage, then released [Ghost Acceleration] that ignored volume collisions.
The movements are smooth and smooth, done in one go.
"Ugh!" Kanoya jumped off the back seat of the motorcycle, "Sister Hayami, your ghost motorcycle is so cool!"
This little girl became familiar with the members of the hearse group as early as last year.
"Hmm..."
Sister Xiao Yuan also got out of the car and raised her hand to hold down her helmet. Because the black motorcycle suit is tight, she can outline the graceful and soft body curves by raising her hands and feet.
Bo.
A soft sound.
The helmet was taken off along with her head.
Xiao Yuan held the helmet and swayed for a while, then took out the head and put it on her empty neck again. After being praised so highly, she seemed very happy: "Boss... said so too."
As she took off her helmet, the extremely cool motorcycle disappeared.
It took a while after the ghost motorcycle entered the garage before Toshima Oishi appeared in a ghost Mazda and also parked in the garage.
Kanoya arrived at Haneda Airport on a flight this afternoon.
However, Kamiya did not let her come by tram like last time. Instead, he ordered the hearse group to pick her up.
The young apprentice was quite interested in his master’s new car, so he came back directly on the ghost motorcycle.
This guy is a bit heartless to begin with, and he is really not that courageous.
Oishi and Takayama helped Kanoya get his luggage, and then everyone entered the house together.
Kamiyakawa was sitting in the living room reading a book at this time.
"Master!"
Kanoya, who was already very familiar with his home, changed into his slippers at the entrance and trotted into the room.
"Coming?" Kamiya closed the book in his hand.
"Hey, I've been looking forward to coming to Master! Where are you, Master? Have you missed your apprentice?" Xiaolu sat down close to Kamiya, his dark eyes shining with the wild yet docile light of a small beast.
"No."
"Eh? That's too much to say!"
Kamiya ignored the slightly exaggerated expression of frustration on his young apprentice's face and stood up from the floor: "Go and clean up. You'd better stay in the bedroom downstairs."
"Oh!" Lu Yewu nodded, then turned around and rummaged through his large and small luggage, "Master, did I bring you a gift?"
"Don't you think of this as your home? You don't need to bring it with you every time you come here."
"Dad asked me to bring it to you."
Just like last time, Xiaolu brought the specialty of Ouri Island, the beautiful sea urchin.
Kamiya had eaten this thing before and casually complimented it on how delicious it was. She probably took it to heart.
In fact, besides sea urchins, Kanoya also brought a second gift.
But she seemed mysterious about this thing.
"Master, Master. Please praise me. I succeeded in getting rid of spirits two days ago? I got rid of a dragon!"
Xiaolu said this, and then took out a tattered white cloth from his bag like a treasure and handed it to Kamiya.
Kamiya did not immediately see what the apprentice handed over, but asked: "Have you removed the spirit?"
"Yes, yes, awesome, right? I didn't embarrass Master. I will definitely be able to help Master in the future!"
Kamitani knew very well how much his apprentice weighed.
Although he is an innate spiritual fetus, he has an innate advantage in learning basic spells.
But when she was on Ouri Island, this girl could only play pendulum and tarot cards.
Even if he studied hard at Honganji Temple for several months, his strength would definitely not improve by leaps and bounds.
For now, the furthest Dharma can probably be used to solve F-level ghost stories at most?
"Is it made like a bachi?"
"That's right. It's mainly Master Hachiku who takes action, but I also have some help. Master can ask her when Master Hachiku comes over in the evening."
"When there are no eight-foot specimens around, don't come into direct contact with the Kaitan spirit body. Run away if you can."
Kamiya lectured his apprentice in this way, but his tone was quite gentle.
Since it was an exorcism activity carried out with a B-level Aragami by his side, Hachishako, who valued Kanoya, must have made an assessment on whether it was safe.
Without receiving any praise from his master, Kanoya's tone was slightly weaker: "I know."
"Your safety comes first. I don't want anything to happen to you." Seeing the change in his apprentice's expression, Kamiya sighed slightly and added.
After hearing this, Kanoya became obviously happy again.
This guy is really still a child...
Originally, he was fourteen or fifteen years old.
Only then did Kamiya turn his attention to the white mess of cloth in his little apprentice's hand.
There is indeed an extraordinary aura on this thing, but it's not very strong.
Moreover, experience and intuition tell Kamiya that there is a high probability that this ball of cloth is a strange relic.
"Tell me, where did this thing come from? What is a dragon?"
"That's it. I'm sure I've passed the Ocha High School. I went to Aomori with my friends a few days ago as a junior high school graduation trip. Oh, my friends are all girls. Including me, there are four Individually, together with Mr. Bachiku."
"...There is no need to stress this kind of thing to me."
"Yes!" Xiaolu shook his head with a serious expression, "Master Bachi said that disciples who invade the house should treat their master like their father. So this must be reported!"
Kamiyagawa:……
Strange persistence.
"Then what?"
"Then we stayed at a hot spring hotel on the last day of the trip. There was a strange story in that hotel, and it was such a big, white dragon!" Kanoya said while gesturing, and the size she showed with her hands was about two inches. About ten centimeters, "The white dragon was in the changing room and wanted to attack my friend. Fortunately, Master Bachiku and I discovered it and got rid of it in advance."
"dragon?"
Xiaolu nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, Master Bachi said, that is Fu Sangshen, what is his name, Bai Rongyi."
"Oh, no wonder."
The white ball of rags in the hands of the young apprentice does not look like it was produced by a powerful monster.
And if it was really a white dragon, it shouldn't be too weak no matter what.
But if it is a white person, then everything becomes reasonable.
White people.
As Bachi said, it is a kind of fusangshen.
It is generally considered to be a monster that has transformed into a rag or miscellaneous towel, and its posture is that of a rag transformed into a dragon.
After long-term use, the tattered cloth strips are hung outside the house without anyone paying attention. Late at night, they will turn into dragons and snakes, swim down from the rope, fly into the house and destroy the furnishings; there is also a saying that the white people will entangle people with disgusting mucus, and It emits a stench that makes people die from anger.
All in all, it's a strange story that has a certain degree of aggression, but isn't too strong.
"The rag's fusangshenguitantan relic, its own aura is not too strong, maybe it goes well with Kuuchang." Kamiya thought like this, raised his hand to take the white cloth ball from his apprentice's hand.
[Bai Rong Yi cloth group (excellent material): Bai Rong Yi's true body, a strange story formed from the resentment of using a rotten rag. ]
[A weird story with similar characteristics, if you can absorb the Bai Rong Yi Bu Tuan for your own use, your strength can be improved. ]
"It's really a strange relic."
Kamiya is quite satisfied, this is an unexpected gain from raising a disciple.
"Hey, hey." Seeing the satisfied expression on the master's face, Kanoya felt comfortable, "Because master, you said before that there was a lack of a Kaidan relic for Kuucheng to be promoted. Master Yatsuchi told me that this might be just right, so I'll bring it." Coming to you.”
It sounds like she will remember everything Kamiyagawa casually mentioned during the chat with his young apprentice.
It can be considered very filial.
Master's love for you is not in vain!
Okay...although I haven't hurt you much yet.
Kamiya accepted the [White Rong Yi Cloth Bag] unceremoniously and touched his [Mirage Cloth Bag]: "I also have something to give you."
He placed the two props [Wide-leaf Basho] and [Shentoku Incense Burner] on the table in front of him.
"All...all for me?"
Seeing the master taking out two props, although he didn't know what they were, Xiaolu was still so excited that he was a little incoherent.
"Well, you are my disciple after all. It's unreasonable not to have some props to defend yourself. This banana leaf has the effect of binding, but it can only be effective on weak or extremely weak monsters. The incense burner is actually a good thing, it It can strengthen the Buddhist spells you learned at Honganji Temple, and there are also..."
Kamiya was still explaining the uses of the two props.
Shikanoya, who was originally kneeling on the ground, suddenly burst into tears and hugged Kamiya with a snap.
He gave his master a big hug.
Xiaolu was already reckless, and it was rare for him to be cared about by his master who was always "cold", so he couldn't help but feel a bit rude.
"Hey, you guy."
Kamiya remained standing and spread his hands helplessly.
Because the weather is getting warmer and Tokyo is much hotter than Aomori, Xiaolu didn't wear thick clothes today.
The upper body is a loose long-sleeved white T-shirt, and the lower body is waist-cinched washed jeans. Simple and clean, matching her girlish appearance and figure, she looks youthful.
It felt weird to be held by her like this...
By the way, has this girl grown up a bit?
"Uuuuu——I knew Master loved me."
Xiaolu hasn't completely calmed down yet. Maybe in her opinion, this is a kind of recognition from Kamiya.
Although this child is heartless, he may still need the approval of the master he admires very much.
Kanoya hugged Kamiya for less than half a minute, and then suddenly shuddered.
The air around him seemed to be wrapped in two breaths, and the temperature dropped sharply by several degrees.
Kamiyakawa sensed this, and quickly raised his hand, pressed his apprentice's head, and pushed her away: "You are a big girl when you come to high school, no matter how big or small you are."
Lu Yewu finally realized his impoliteness. He pulled down his clothes in embarrassment and smiled coquettishly: "I'm so happy, I couldn't... couldn't hold it back."
Ladies, I'm sorry!
I got a little carried away, I really didn’t mean to!
Xiaolu's luggage was arranged in the bedroom on the first floor as usual.
The document carts originally placed there have been moved in advance to the smaller utility room leading to the basement.
Returning to this familiar room, Kanoya first saw the whiteboard painting hanging on the wall.
[...The treatment of ghost stories is more difficult than I thought. When you are tired, please be sure to take a good rest. It would be better if you can still remember to contact your apprentice occasionally. ]
The graffiti and writing that Kanoya left on the whiteboard are still preserved.
And the entire whiteboard is very clean, with no trace of dust visible.
Seeing this, Xiaolu, who was carrying his luggage, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Although the big rat Guchang has always been responsible for the cleaning of Master's house, this small drawing board has not been removed for so long...
Then the worries before are definitely unnecessary.
"Master is definitely not as cold as he appears on the outside. He also recognizes me as his disciple!"
On the first day of arriving in Tokyo this year, Kanoya felt unprecedented energy.
(End of chapter)
