This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

The deep sea of ​​trees seems to be able to pull people's souls into it.

Beichuan Temple stared at this picture for a long time before turning to the next page.

I saw the information written like this——

'Yihui Day: It is said to be an important sacrificial activity on Yihui Island. During the Yihui Day, the entire island is closed. If any tourists enter the island, they will be kept for a few days and will not be allowed until after the sacrificial activity. leave. Residents on the island are not allowed to go out, and people from outside the island are not allowed to enter. This sacrificial activity seems to be to resist something. Through this sacrificial activity, it is used to resist some infringements from the island. ’

The so-called island closure day turned out to be the day of Yihui.

Beichuan Temple understood in his heart and continued to look down.

A bold headline jumped into Beichuan Temple's sight.

‘The sacred tree and the belief in it. ’

'The Godly Tree is a legendary tree believed by the people of Yihui Island. Based on Qianzhan's collection and various research materials, we found that most of the Yihui Islanders believe in the legend of the Godly Tree, probably because it has been circulated for a long time. Some legend on the island...'

Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro probably haven't investigated what the so-called legend is yet, so there is a big question mark behind it.

Just when Kitagawa Temple was about to continue reading, there was a movement from Mirai Kamiya:

"Okay, I understand, Mr. Maeda, um... I understand."

Mirai Kamiya seemed to have lost his soul and just nodded with a pale face. He nodded while answering in a low voice.

The other party's appearance made Kitagawaji feel that something was not right. He came to Kamiya Mirai and before he asked, Kamiya Mirai over there had already negotiated with the other party and then hung up the phone.

"Tera-kun." After hanging up the phone, Mirai Kamiya squeezed his palms together tightly and his body trembled slightly.

Under this expression, Mirai Kamiya still gritted his teeth and said word by word: "My father and mother's group temporarily lost contact, it seems because they explored too deeply... There is a team member here Lost in the deep sea of ​​trees, they went back to look for it, but they also disappeared in the sea of ​​trees."

She couldn't even form a sentence, but she still held back the sadness in her heart and continued to speak out the news she had just received:

"My parents have lost contact since yesterday. I heard that a search and rescue team seems to have been organized on Yihui Island..."

Originally, the university research team planned to conceal the matter and wait two days to observe the search and rescue situation before telling Mirai Kamiya the news. However, the other party never expected that Mirai Kamiya would take the initiative to call today to inquire. , which made them unable to hide their words anymore, and told Kamiya Mirai everything in detail.

The satellite phone communication is blocked, and the search and rescue team was organized yesterday. Logically speaking, the results should be available today, but——

No news has come through, and the search and rescue is still ongoing.

What is this?

Mirai Kamiya leaned against the desk limply, her nails scratching restlessly on the corners of the desk, and small scratches were made unconsciously.

With all these unstable factors coming together, how could she feel at ease?

If you think about it in an extreme direction, maybe your parents have...

As soon as he thought of that word, Mirai Kamiya felt that it was difficult to breathe, and even his vision was a little blurry.

She tried not to show weakness, but her facial muscles failed to respond at all.

Compared to Kamiya Mirai, Kitagawa Temple's expression changed slightly and he asked directly: "How many days of supplies does Uncle Kamiya carry with him?"

Mirai Kamiya took a deep breath: "About three or four days of food. Because of long-term investigations outside, my parents often bring a lot of drinking water and food."

This is why she still retains a sense of luck.

Kamiya Haru and Kamiya Chihiro will bring various emergency supplies when they go out, and water and food are their first considerations.

The current search and rescue results have not yet come out, and there is no bad news that the bodies of Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro have been seen. Therefore, it can be concluded that the other party may still be surviving in the vast sea of ​​trees.

But since Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro have lost contact, it is equivalent to them being isolated and helpless.

Fortunately, Kitagawa Temple reacted in time and asked Kamiya Mirai to call and inquire. Otherwise, if it had stayed up for another two or three days, even Kitagawa Temple would probably not be able to do anything.

Mirai Kamiya walked up and held Kitagawaji's hand.

This was the first time she showed such a helpless look in front of Beichuan Temple.

The usually eccentric Kamiya would show such an expression in the future. Kitagawaji stretched out his other hand and touched her little head.

Feeling Kitagawaji's movements, Mirai Kamiya could no longer bear it. He held Kitagawaji's hand tightly, lowered his head, and sobbed softly.

This action lasted for almost five minutes before Beichuanji opened his mouth and said:

"I will go to Okinawa tomorrow."

Mirai Kamiya’s palms squeezed tighter.

She lowered her head and made her more willful request to Beichuan Temple for the first time:

"I want to go too."

Mirai Kamiya knew that she would not be able to do anything if she followed Kitagawaji, but this time she wanted to be willful.

"good."

Beichuan Temple agreed without hesitation.

After all, Kamiya Mirai's parents were involved this time. Even Kitagawaji couldn't say no to Mirai Kamiya with such an expression at this time.

"Thank you, Tera-kun." Mirai Kamiya lowered his head and bowed, with a sloppy voice: "Really...really thank you very much, Tera-kun..."

She said a lot more in detail later, but Beichuanji could no longer hear clearly.

I only remember the endless sorry and the choking sobs.

Yihui Island...?

Beichuan Temple's eyes dropped.

...

This is a dead area, and the surrounding sea of ​​trees submerges people, making it impossible to distinguish between east, west, and north.

It is currently the second day of being trapped, but Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro are still looking for a way to escape.

"Zhi, can the satellite phone make calls today? I see that the resentment around me has dissipated a lot." Chihiro Kamiya's eyes flashed with light golden air. She glanced around and looked at Kamiya Ji next to the fire, and spoke directly. asked.

"..." Kamiyaji.

Kamiyaji did not answer his wife's question, but calmly threw the satellite phone to Kamiya Chihiro.

The satellite phone still doesn't work.

After trying a few times, Kamiya Chihiro put down the satellite phone and rubbed her temples, looking a little bored: "Zhi, I'm so bored, come and talk to me."

Regarding his wife's behavior, Kamiyaji, who had been sitting on the ground thinking about things, just raised his eyelids and said briefly: "I think that conserving our physical strength is the most important thing now, instead of spending it on useless things like talking. "

What he said made sense, but Chihiro Kamiya was very dissatisfied. She stood up decisively, lay directly on Kamiyaji's back, and said:

"Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me! Talk to me! Heal!"

"..." Kamiyaji.

He sighed deeply, obviously prepared for his wife's unattractive appearance.

They fell into this dead zone two days ago in search of missing team members.

It seems to be due to the magnetic field. In this strange space, the satellite phone signal cannot be transmitted at all. Similarly, this strange magnetic field also interferes with the compass, making it impossible for them to identify the direction.

The remaining food can last for at most two days. If they can't find a way to leave within these two days... then they will have to go to the place where the most resentment remains in this dead land to look for clues.

But that is undoubtedly very risky. If there is no certain certainty, Kamiyaji will not want to take his wife to take the risk.

As if sensing Kamiyaji's thoughts, Kamiya Chihiro's voice stopped, and after a while he spoke again:

"rule."

"Um?"

"We'll always be together, right?"

"...Um."

Kamiyaji nodded expressionlessly.

Chihiro Kamiya stared at Kamiyaji’s expression for a long time before smiling——

"you are lying."

"Yes." Kamiyaji nodded, and he held the palm of Kamiya Chihiro's hand around his neck: "That place is too dangerous for you, I don't want you to enter a dangerous place."

There was no change in his tone, but Kamiya Chihiro could hear the worry in his words.

She gently kissed the side of Kamiyaji's face and held her palms tighter:

"I know."

After leaving these words, Kamiya Chihiro raised her head.

At some point, several more swaying black figures dropped around.

His face was pale and filled with resentment, his blood-stained linen clothes had been dyed red, and black liquid was dripping from his naked feet that were curled with black flesh.

Wraith.

...

The next day, Kitagawaji took a nervous Kamiya Mirai to Tokyo Haneda Airport.

Fortunately, the weather was clear and cloudless, and the flight was not delayed.

After passing the security check and waiting for about an hour, Kitagawaji and Mirai Kamiya boarded the plane.

"It's still three hours away from here to Okinawa, you can take a break." Kitagawa Temple glanced at Kamiya Mirai with thick dark circles under his eyes and suggested.

"...I can't sleep, Tera-kun." Mirai Kamiya held Kitagawa-dera's hand and shook his head gently.

Kitagawa Temple looked at Kamiya Mirai: "I have arranged everything. You should get your mental state in order as soon as possible. Don't worry so much."

"...good."

Although he was still a little uneasy, Mirai Kamiya also knew that his current mental state was very bad. If he didn't keep his spirits up, it would actually hinder Kitagawaji.

Mirai Kamiya tightly held Kitagawaji's hand next to him and closed his eyes.

At this time, only Beichuan Temple could bring her some support and comfort.

After a while, the sound of Mirai Kamiya's steady breathing came, making Kitagawaji shake his head.

This little girl hugged him and cried all the time last night. She just managed to fall asleep when she was tired from crying. Then she got up earlier than him the next day, so it would naturally become like this.

At school, he has asked Ryoko Okano to help him ask for leave.

As if aware of the uneasiness in Kitagawaji's tone, Okano Ryoko didn't ask a single question. He just said in a teasing tone, "Please bring your little girlfriend to treat me to dinner next time, Kitagawa." He simply went to Beijing to help.

This woman is such a person, she will never be vague when it comes to helping, and it is not in vain that Beichuanji helped her so much.

As for Okinawa...

Just as Kitagawa Temple said, he had already arranged everything before Kamiya Mirai didn't know about it. She only needed to follow him there, and there was no need to worry about anything else.

He was not as anxious as Kamiya Mirai. After all, things had become like this, and no matter how anxious he was, it would not help.

Moreover, Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro are also people with special abilities, so at least self-protection should not be a problem.

Therefore, Beichuan Temple also has an optimistic attitude towards the safety of the two of them.

Seeing that Kamiya Mirai had fallen asleep, Kitagawaji also used his free hand to take out the information that he had not read yesterday.

Continuing from yesterday's legend of the sacred tree, it is the question of belief in the Ikishima tree.

For the villagers of Yihui Island, the deep sea of ​​trees is an inviolable sacred territory, and you can often see white ropes connecting the trees.

And it seems that due to the local geomagnetic conditions, many electronic devices cannot work properly in the sea of ​​trees. This is one of the reasons why no signal base station has been established there.

At the bottom of the information, there are also notes on many differences between local customs and outsiders.

For example, every time a child is born in the village, he will receive a humanoid representative made for him by the village elders.

Every household has a Ningyo Dai, and every household also enshrines a Ningyo Dai.

In some sense, these humanoids are another existence of the villagers of Ihui Island.

They believe that souls have a relationship of reincarnation. The purpose of making humanoid beings is to let human souls reside in them. People who successfully make their souls reside in humanoid beings are called "celestial beings" in the local area. Its main meaning is to successfully escape from the body. A person who achieves enlightenment in one body.

Beichuan Temple's eyes flashed.

In some sense, these Yihui villagers have indeed succeeded.

At least the emperor of Sansekiyuan is indeed attached to the human form, which is equivalent to being separated from the body.

The record should end here. After all, this is only the first half of the investigation data. It is understandable that it is not so detailed.

The legend of the Ningyo era, the legend of the legendary tree, the sacred tree, and the rituals held on the day of Ihui...

Until now, all this has only been spread among local residents, and it is difficult for outsiders to derive the specific meaning behind these activities from their mouths.

Now that they have all arrived in Okinawa, in addition to the rescue operations for Kamiyaji and Kamiya Chihiro, Kitagawa Temple is also very interested in these ritual activities.

His intuition told him that what was hidden behind this should not be underestimated.

Kitagawaji moved his fingers slightly and looked away from the information.

The plane is landing slowly and smoothly.

While Beichuan Temple was thinking and analyzing over and over again, the plane was about to land.

Thank you for the next chapter. One more chapter…