This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Kitagawa Temple and Gango Ryoko chatted for a few more words and then left.

It's just that he didn't go to visit the Inagaki family, but came to the 'Inagaki's long house' again.

In the sight of Kitagawa Temple, the short and short Kamishiro Kari with a ponytail was still standing by the path of the long house.

The other party was still wearing the red and white tattered cotton-padded jacket, and his eyes did not stop glancing around.

Even though there weren't many people coming and going here, she didn't stop looking for a certain figure at all. The figure holding a tattered 100-man-one playing card looked a little lonely.

Then--

She saw Beichuan Temple approaching from a distance.

Kamishiro Kaori's expression changed, and she turned around——

Snap! ! !

She fell heavily to the ground again with a familiar movement, and it hurt just to look at it.

The song cards fell all over the floor, and Kamishiro Kaori tried hard to pick them up. Like a poor little girl trying to escape from Kitagawa Temple, she didn't even bother to pick up the song cards that had fallen a little further away.

Then she felt herself rising into the air, and when she reacted again, she found herself being lifted up from the ground by Beichuanji like a kitten.

The other party's cold gaze made Kamishiro Kaori's short body tremble.

When Kamishiro Kaori stared at him with a pale face, Kitagawaji just put her down and explained: "Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything to you. I came here just to return something."

"Return...things?" Kamishiro Kaori, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Her round face was wrinkled pitifully, her neck was curled up, and she still looked very scared.

"Yeah. Return the things."

Kitagawaji picked up the singing cards scattered on the ground and handed them to Kamishiro Kaori along with the singing card in his arms.

Kamishiro Kaori also obviously noticed this.

Not only was she not happy that the lost song card was back in her hand, she even pursed her lips and stood there and cried.

"Big brother... Big brother just wants to get rid of Xiangli! Xiangli knew it from the beginning! That dark thing on big brother's body... is so scary!"

While she was crying, her little shoulders were still shaking, looking extremely sad.

No wonder she ran away from Beichuan Temple when she first met him.

It turns out that Kamishiro Kaori has long noticed the death aura in Kitagawaji.

Afraid of being expelled by Beichuan Temple, she naturally ran away when she saw Beichuan Temple.

And yesterday she scared Beichuanji's 'friends' in the longhouse, and now she feels even more guilty when she sees Beichuanji.

"I don't have that idea." Kitagawa Temple said in a gentle tone as much as possible.

Although the words were still strong, they did make Kamishiro Kari realize that the young man in front of her did not have any malicious intentions.

She hesitated for a while, and finally nodded gently, holding Gepai in her arms again.

That pitiful look will soften anyone who looks at it.

Kamishiro Kaori took the song card handed to her by Kitagawaji, but felt that it was not good to misunderstand others, so she put the song card in her hand on the ground, stretched out her little hand and patted the tattered little cotton-padded jacket she was wearing, and said seriously I really bowed to Beichuan Temple.

"I'm sorry, big brother."

She hesitated and said: "Yesterday, yesterday... I scared your friend. I'm really sorry."

Kamishiro Kaori also knew that Kitagawaji was the one who came to return the song card to her even after knowing that she was the scary spirit yesterday, so she did not hide her identity and admitted it directly.

But what Kamishiro Kaori didn't expect was that Kitagawaji in front of her waved her hand and said indifferently: "You don't need to apologize."

"Huh?" Kamishiro Kaori opened her mouth wide, as if she didn't understand the situation.

"I'm not the one you're scaring, why do you have to apologize to me?" Beichuanji asked.

"B-but--" Kamishiro Kaori's face turned red.

Can this be said?

The young girl couldn't help but scratch her head.

"If you really want to apologize, it's them who are apologizing to you. After all, they entered the longhouse without your permission in a playful manner." Kitagawa Temple continued.

This moment completely confused Kamishiro Karin.

While waving her hands, she muttered, 'It's not like this, it's not like this, it's not my longhouse, it's Jing's longhouse...'

quiet?

Hearing this name, Beichuan Temple's expression moved slightly.

Could this person be the one who made a pact with Kamishiro Kaori?

While Kitagawaji was thinking about it, Kamishiro Kaori here finally figured out her thoughts. She bowed to Kitagawaji again: "In short, I'm really sorry. I scared you, big brother. My friend, big brother is willing to return the song card to me...Thank you so much, big brother."

Kamishiro Kaori's little body bowed down, shaking with her shabby red and white cotton-padded jacket, making her look even more pitiful.

Kitagawa Temple waved her hand to signal her not to mind and asked: "My name is Kitagawa Temple, what's your name?"

In fact, Kitagawaji knew Kamishiro Karin's name, but considering that this was the first time he communicated with her, it was a bit abrupt to suddenly call her name, so he asked knowingly.

"My name is Kamishiro Kaori." The little girl answered weakly.

After the two introduced themselves, Beichuanji began to reveal his purpose. He asked:

"Xiangli, right? You should know your current state, right?"

Kamishiro Kaori paused for a while, then responded lightly: "...Hmm."

There was a sad expression on the little face:

"I should...be dead a long time ago."

Yes, he was already dead. This is already an established fact.

Kitagawa Temple nodded: "Now that you understand your situation, it will be easier to say what follows. The reason why you died, Xiangli... do you remember what it was?"

"...I forgot." Kamishiro Kaori replied, shaking her head.

"Then why are you standing at the door of this abandoned longhouse holding the song card?"

Beichuan Temple asked again.

"...Forgot." Kamishiro Kaori stared at Kitagawaji's shadow without raising her head to meet him.

Her voice unconsciously became very weak.

"I forgot..." Beichuanji groaned.

Under his sight of death, Kamishiro Kariri had a strong obsession.

And it was this obsession that caused her to be trapped in this long house, unable to break free.

It is different from the "Earthbound Spirit" in novels or comics. This obsession was imposed on herself by Kamishiro Karuri. It is different from the coercive and inescapable effect of the Earthbound Spirit. As long as she gets rid of herself The obsession in the spirit body will naturally leave.

As the master of obsession, Kamishiro Kaori should know what her obsession is.

It was by no means 'forgotten' as she said.

Combined with the fact that her ears are red, her eyes are moving around, and her hands and feet are trembling slightly, she seems to be ashamed of her lying... She is indeed hiding something.

It’s just that Kamishiro Kaori didn’t want to tell Kitagawaji.

To be more precise... I didn't want to tell Beichuanji, who I just met.

"That's right. I understand. It's normal for it to be easy to forget after a long time." Kitagawa Temple nodded.

Kitagawaji didn't want to expose the other party's lies. Even if Kamishiro Kariri was really bad at lying, Kitagawaji didn't want to expose the other party's lies.

It might be rude and rude to forcefully clarify all the topics, but that would be disrespectful to Kamishiro Kaori.

"...Big brother..."

Seeing that Kitagawaji really 'believed' in herself, Kamishiro Kari pursed her lips.

She didn't know what to say.

Under Beichuan Temple's gaze, the corners of this overly honest little girl's red eyes were filled with pale golden tears of shame and uneasiness.

This kid is too honest.

Beichuanji couldn't help but think.

Just lying.

This is behavior that everyone does.

People who don't lie don't exist in this world.

As for a little girl like her who looked like she was about to cry when she lied, this was indeed the first time Kitagawa Temple had seen her.

Such a cute and honest little girl should have enjoyed the fun of childhood at this age.

Instead of standing by the gloomy long house like now, wearing a tattered red and white cotton-padded jacket, looking at the passers-by alone, to abide by that illusory agreement.

"No matter what, I hope I can help you." Beichuan Temple's eyes slowed down: "If you remember something, you can also try to ask me for help."

Having said this, Beichuan Temple also stood up and said goodbye: "Then it's almost time for me to leave. Xiangli, I will come again when I have time."

"Ah...goodbye. Big Brother Kitagawa." Kamishiro Kaori reacted.

She actually seemed to have something else to say, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally just waved her palms in farewell.

Perhaps the only thing that impressed Kitagawa Temple particularly deeply was her figure, which looked very small under the sunset, and her expression of biting her lower lip, feeling ashamed for lying.

This was also the result of the first meeting between Kitagawaji and Kamishiro Karin.

...

What kind of agreement can make a child who is no more than nine years old stay in the same place day and night, waiting for the person who fulfills the agreement?

Beichuanji, who was lying on the bed, didn't understand, and he didn't understand either.

That child named 'Jing'... No, according to time calculation, the other person should be at least ten years old now, considered a little girl.

So why has this little girl never been to the longhouse?

Did he forget that he still had an agreement with Kamishiro Kaori?

No...the worst considerations are here too.

Beichuan Temple stood up.

"It's not that I won't go, it's that I can't go." He murmured to himself.

Hopefully it's not what he imagined.

Kitagawa Temple shook this thought out of his mind, and at the same time glanced at Nishikujo, who was lying on the table and busy sewing clothes.

She held the steel needle in her round hand and stepped on the area where she wanted to cut it with scissors, looking very serious.

But it seemed that it was due to excessive force. When Asamiya Nagase helped pull up the fabric and cut it short, Nishikujo was pulled over and turned over. At the same time, the steel needle in his hand was fiercely pierced into her buttocks.

At that moment, Nishikujo jumped two to three meters high.

Beichuan Temple looked at it and nodded.

This is the mental outlook a nine-year-old child should have.

Kamidai Kaori's life experience is too heavy.

I also experienced that kind of pain when I died...

The reason why Ryoko said, 'I really don't know what kind of mood Kamishiro Kari felt when she looked at the camera with such a smile. ’ This sentence is precisely because the other party is really...

But despite that, the nature of Kamidai Kouri's spirit body is still mostly good spirits, with the wandering spirit nature in the middle.

There was no trace of resentment in her spirit body.

"No matter what, I'm going to visit the Inagaki family tomorrow. I want to ask you what the agreement is about."

Since Kamishiro Kaori doesn't give an answer, then go to Inagaki's house and ask.

Who is the person who made the promise with Kamishiro Karin?

Why is Kamishiro Kaori always obsessed with the song card of the game "Hundred People One Piece"?

How can her obsession be eliminated?

These are all things Beichuan Temple needs to understand.

Only by understanding this can we complete the task.

Kitagawa Temple was deep in thought, and then a little puppet crawled directly next to his face.

The steel needle inserted into the butt of this little stuffed animal has almost completely gone in, leaving only a tiny end outside.

The shining luster made Kitagawaji blink.

"Pitiful?"

Nishikujo just held Kitagawaji's collar tightly while pointing his round fingers towards her butt.

Asamiya Yongse's somewhat embarrassed voice also sounded at the same time: "Tera-kun, I'm really sorry, but the... steel needle on my butt... I really can't pull it out. The harder it goes, the deeper it goes in. So I wanted to rely on your 'dead air shaping' skill to help."

She looked a little embarrassed.

From the perspective of a lady from a well-known Asamiya family like her, saying words like 'butt', 'can't pull it out', 'the harder it goes in, the deeper it goes in' are simply unqualified as a woman.

But for the pity of Nishikujo, she had to say it.

"I'm really sorry for making you see such a rude look, Lord Temple."

Asamiya Yongse gritted his teeth, knelt down directly on the ground, and apologized to Beichuanji.

"..." Beichuan Temple.

"fine."

Kitagawaji shook his head, and at the same time glanced pitifully at Nishikujo.

The little guy was still staring at him with bulging button eyes.

"Be careful next time." Kitagawa Temple reminded Nishikujo pitifully.

After hearing Beichuanji's words, the little puppet turned his head and pointed to the clothes on the table with some resentment.

It was a set of doctor's clothing, a white coat made according to Beichuanji's size.

It was deliberately tattered and had blood splattered on the edges.

These are clothes made for Beichuan Temple!

In other words, Kitagawaji, the steel needle on Nishikujo's poor ass, must bear at least half of the responsibility, right?

When he thought of this, the little guy puffed up his chest, and a confident look appeared on the little puppet's face.

That look made Kitagawaji couldn't help but poke her face, and then he took out the steel needle——

It seemed like too much force was applied.

The little guy jumped up again, holding his buttocks.

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