When she mentioned the matter of helping, Yunju Qingxiang's expression turned serious.
Her boyfriend's matter really gave her a headache.
"Thank you for coming, Xiaoying."
"Yeah, that's pretty much it." Onizuka breathed a sigh of relief, "Also, Achuan is also here to help. Sister Haruka, you know, he is very powerful."
When the little miko said the second half of the sentence, she felt an inexplicable sense of pride, and even raised her chin a little.
"Thank you too, Kamiya-kun."
"You don't have to be so polite. Qie Ying regards you as a sister, so you are also my sister." Kamiya waved his hand.
"Haha, you two have such a good relationship..."
Yunju Haruka was still planning to say something to Onizuka and Kamiya, but at this time, there was a sudden commotion at Takiguchi's house.
The three of them turned to look at the same time.
In the courtyard behind them, someone was arguing.
"...I have nothing to do with that bad old woman."
"Grandma has passed away! At this time, at least at this time, cough cough cough... can't you put away your bossy expression!"
"..."
A young man had an argument with a middle-aged woman. Many people in the yard were trying to comfort both parties to prevent further intensification of the conflict.
"Is that Takiguchi Takashi?"
Kamiyakawa narrowed his eyes, and his eyes fell on the young man who was being pulled, who looked about 25 or 26 years old.
He was basically certain that the young man was Miss Yunju's boyfriend Takiguchi.
This conclusion cannot be reached based on anything else but the other party's current state——
With the help of the [Autumn Hair Cut] technique, Kamiya could see a thick and ominous black energy lingering on his body.
This is definitely not what a normal person should look like.
"Researchers of incense magic probably use their sense of smell to judge abnormalities...and Ms. Yunju said that she could smell disturbing smells on Mr. Takiguchi's body. It must be those." Kamiya continued to think in his mind. With.
The dispute in the courtyard ended quickly, and the two parties probably broke up on bad terms.
The middle-aged woman, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and didn't look like she was attending a funeral at all, only left one sentence: "Do whatever you like!"
Then he walked out of Takiguchi's yard without looking back, got into a black Mercedes-Benz parked at the door, and drove away.
"Abba."
But before the woman left, a little old man's body quickly appeared next to Kamiya.
Under the signal from his master's eyes, the scout clone acted quickly, got into the Mercedes-Benz and followed him away.
Kamitani didn't see anything wrong with the middle-aged woman.
But the little Old Man Mini that is available for consumption does not need to be used in vain. There is no loss in following up.
This trip was originally to check for abnormalities in Takiguchi Takashi, and Kamiya got into work very quickly.
"Sorry, excuse me."
Miss Yunju apologized to Kamiya and Onizuka, bowed slightly, and then walked quickly back to the yard and went to her boyfriend's side.
"Is that Haruka-san's boyfriend?" The little miko touched Kamiya with her elbow, leaned closer and asked softly, "Agawa, what do you think?"
"There's something wrong with the aura about him. He does look like he's in big trouble."
"I feel it too."
The two agreed.
About ten minutes later, Kamiya and Onitsuka met Haruka Kumoi again, this time with Takashi Takiguchi.
The latter seemed to have calmed down.
"Takashi, this is Onizuka, and this is Kamiya, they are both my friends. Oh, Onizuka is the divine son of Kanagawa Juqiong Shrine. Their shrine is very powerful." Miss Yunju introduced them like this.
Mr. Takiguchi probably doesn't know that his girlfriend is a very powerful spiritual exterminator, but he already knows to some extent that Miss Yunju has contact with some unexplainable extraordinary powers.
In addition, this was not the first time that Yunju Haruka mentioned Takiguchi's physical condition to him.
In addition, this time he went to the countryside of Saitama, and his body was obviously weaker than usual. Find someone with a shrine background and come here directly to see it, and you have already greeted Takiguchi in advance.
"Hello everyone. Sorry, I made you laugh. The person just now was my mother, and the relationship between her and grandma has not been very good. Ahem, cough, cough..."
Takashi Takashi forced a smile listlessly. His face turned a little pale, and he started coughing violently after saying a sentence.
In fact, he was slightly resistant to his girlfriend's arrangement.
That is, why must we choose now?
The most important thing now should be his grandma's funeral.
However, Takiguchi did not refute Yunju Haruka's good intentions. After all, he was also considering his health.
As long as these two young and mysterious friends didn't interfere with the funeral, he could still remain polite.
"Mr. Takiguchi, is there really nothing wrong with your health?"
Kamiyagawa asked, but in fact this was just asking knowingly.
When you get closer, you can see not only the ominous black aura, but also the thick aura of death between Takiguchi Takashi's eyebrows and forehead.
If possible, Kamiya would like to say something——
"Sir, I see your hall is dark."
"Ahem... It's an old problem. I've always been a bit frail and sickly. But after I returned to Saitama yesterday, I seemed to have become even weaker. I'm really frightened that you came all the way for something like this."
"You are Haruka-san's boyfriend, this is what we should do." Onizuka began to say some necessary polite words.
Yunju Haruka, who was standing next to her, interrupted at this time and went straight to the point: "Takashi, can you tell them about your situation?"
"Um."
Mr. Takiguchi nodded.
…
Takashi Takiguchi actually didn't know what happened to him.
However, Miss Yunju speculated that his abnormality was probably related to Saitama's hometown, so he roughly told some things about himself and Shenshui Village.
Takashi Takiguchi spent his childhood in Shenshui Village.
He was raised by his grandmother.
Takiguchi's father died when he couldn't remember, so he didn't have much impression of his father.
But maybe it’s because they are separated from each other by generations. Grandma has always taken great care of her grandson.
In his impression, his mother remarried very early and basically didn't care about him. Moreover, the relationship between his mother and his grandmother was very bad.
As for Shenshui Village, Takiguchi couldn't tell anything unusual about it.
In his memory, he just spent his childhood here normally.
"I have been sicker than other children of the same age since I was a child. My grandmother often took me to the village shrine to pray for blessings. Maybe my grandmother's prayers really worked. Although I am sick, I still live successfully until now."
"Later, even if I grew up and left Shenshui, grandma... she would definitely still be here silently praying for me."
"Maybe it's because grandma is gone now, and no one prays to the gods for me anymore. Maybe it's because of this that my already bad body started to collapse like this?"
Takashi Takiguchi said this, with some choking in his cough.
My father passed away when I was young, and my mother was not very responsible.
Takashi Takiguchi, who was raised by his grandmother, must be full of attachment to his grandmother.
The death of that old man must have brought him great sorrow.
After all, according to his original words, grandma is his only true relative in the world.
"Where is the shrine for praying?" Kamiyakawa asked.
"It's on the back mountain side, which is a bit far from home. It takes a long time to walk there every time." Takashi Takiguchi said while recalling.
I still have a very fond memory of going to the shrine to pray with my grandma when I was a child.
Takashi Takiguchi remembered that he had always been held by his grandma's rough, warm hands. When he got tired from walking, he could lie on her back and act coquettishly.
When we arrived at the shrine, grandma was praying inside, while Takiguchi stayed outside and played by himself.
The wild flowers in spring, the chirping of cicadas in summer, the fallen leaves in autumn and the fine snow in winter, everything in the mountains made Takiguchi feel sincerely happy and joyful as a child.
He still remembers that the end of his grandmother's prayers was always accompanied by a "bang bang bang" sound similar to that of a wooden fish or a drum head.
Bang bang bang——
As soon as this sound comes out, it means you can go home.
Takiguchi liked the sound of it.
Because every time on the way home, grandma would take him to a snack shop and buy him a fruit cake for ten yen.
"Grandma has always hoped that I could grow up healthy, ahem..." Takashi Takiguchi became sad.
Afterwards, perhaps because he was speaking emotionally, the things he told mainly revolved around his grandmother who had just passed away.
He said that his grandma would always fry delicious tempura for him; that his grandma would always give him a haircut in the yard, and the haircut was rustic but very cute; that during holidays when he was a child, he would always go to the fields with his grandma...
At the end of the sentence, Takiguchi Takashi finally reacted and raised his hand to rub his red eyes: "Sorry, I seem to have said a lot of irrelevant things."
The little miko Kamiyagawa and Onizuka both shook their heads and told him to be sad and resigned.
After a few people talked, Mr. Takiguchi returned to the lobby. Although he was sad, he still needed to continue to handle grandma's funeral.
Yunju Haruka stayed with Kamiya and Onizuka for the time being. She watched her boyfriend's back enter the house, and then she said softly and sadly: "You can feel it, right? His condition is not good."
"Um."
Yunju Qingxiang: "I feel that the source of his aura must come from Shenshui Village, but now I don't dare to leave him and go out to investigate. I always feel that if he gets out of my sight, something terrible will happen."
really.
Judging from the strong aura of death lingering between Mr. Takiguchi's brows, even if he suddenly died suddenly in the next second, Kamiyagawa would not be too surprised.
"Sister Haruka, Achuan and I are here. We will investigate in Shenshui Village and Mr. Takiguchi will be fine." The little miko comforted him.
Kamiya and Onizuka had no intention of staying at Takiguchi's house, but said they wanted to take a stroll around the village to see if they could find any useful clues.
"Thank you for your hard work, I will definitely thank you well."
Miss Yunju bowed to the two of them, but the worry on her face did not diminish.
She then followed her boyfriend back to the house.
At this time, Miss Yunju still felt uneasy about letting Takashi Takashi out of her sight.
…
In Shenshui Village.
Kamitani River and the little miko Onizuka go round and round.
"Abba, Abba."
The body of the little old man follows the owner's feet, telling something.
Basically, I reported on the situation on Takiguchi’s mother’s side.
Takiguchi's mother drove towards Tokyo after leaving Shenshui. There was nothing abnormal so far.
"Achuan, what do you think?" the little witch beside asked.
Kamiya just shook his head: "It's hard to say, I have no clue at all. But I also feel that the abnormality on Mr. Takiguchi has something to do with this village. But it seems that everyone else here is normal, and I haven't seen anyone with a similar ominous aura. .”
"Yes. The aura on Mr. Takiguchi's body is so strange that it seems like a miracle that he can grow up smoothly. Maybe it's really her grandmother's prayers that have been working?"
"Maybe."
"Next, would you like to visit the shrine here in Shenshui?"
In Mr. Takiguchi's self-narration, the only one that may involve some supernatural power seems to be the shrine where he has been praying.
Onizuka's thoughts were the same as Kamiya's. Now he could only go somewhere to check the situation.
Let’s take a look at what the shrine that has been protecting Mr. Takiguchi since he grew up looks like.
Shenshui Village is very big, and the so-called back mountain is quite far from Takiguchi’s home.
Walk along the dirt road in the countryside and breathe in the smell of green grass and soil in the countryside. After asking for directions several times, the two of them arrived near the back mountain.
"Aba whined."
As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, the little old man raised his head, looked around, and gave a warning.
Not that he sensed danger.
With the strength of Kamiya and Onizuka, there is no problem in climbing this mountain.
My own scout felt an uncomfortable aura coming from the mountain. However, as a ghost without any "god" nature, the little old man would also feel uncomfortable when he was near other shrines and temples.
After briefly communicating with the scout for a while, and seeing that the little old man seemed to have no intention of hiding in the Nagiya Copper Coat, Kamiya asked him not to leave too far away from him, and then he and Onizuka climbed the stone steps of the back mountain.
The little old man felt the breath and walked in front, climbing upward for a long time.
An abandoned shrine appeared in front of me.
The stone torii gate looks a little pale, with greasy moss growing in the shade.
Not far from the torii gate is the shrine.
It was small in size, just a small room, and it looked in disrepair. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time.
"Eh?" Onizuka circled the shrine, "Is the Kifune Daimyojin enshrined here?"
"Kifune Daimyojin?"
"Yes." The little witch looked at the totem symbols in the shrine and said, "They are the water god, the dragon god, and the god of darkness and beauty."
Kifune Daimyojin is the god of darkness and beauty.
Kamiya had an impression of this god, but it wasn't a good impression.
Because when he was active in the other world, he had heard about it from the Spider Mother Goddess of Ainnu——
The Shinto dragon god Anyu Kamikami, who was born from the blood of the fire god Kagutsuchi, is one of the representatives of the gods of Takamagahara who fell to the side of the land of the underworld in the war of gods.
