This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Yes...what on earth is Kitagawaji thinking?

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi are completely confused.

From the beginning to the end, he only asked a few questions, said a few more sentences, and did nothing else, right?

"So what's going on...what's going on? I don't understand at all..." Inari Kazuhime wanted to continue, but was stopped by her brother Inari Keiichi.

Inari Keiichi shook his head at her:

"There's nothing we can do about this."

Yes, there is nothing we can do about it.

As Kitagawa Temple said, he has no mind-reading ability and is not a god. How could he solve the matter so easily?

And there are indeed too few clues now. It is impossible for them to convict Adachi Yoshiko just based on their own assumptions.

"But I still didn't expect it... I didn't expect that even Brother Si couldn't solve this matter when he came over."

Inari Keiichi said with some sigh.

Originally, he thought that Beichuan Temple would be able to solve everything easily when he came over.

But now it seems...

It seems that there is no hope for Beichuan Temple to solve the problem. We still need everyone to work together——

"You seem to have made a mistake."

Kitagawaji, who had already entered the elevator and had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

He raised his gaze, looked at Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi, and said without changing his tone: "The matter has been resolved. I just want you to come over tomorrow to see Yoshiko Adachi's condition."

"????" Inari Kazuhime, Inari Keiichi.

These two spirit exterminators from the Inari family could not suppress their surprise at all, and the completely unbelievable voices came out:

"The matter has been resolved?!"

No...how did you solve it? Why haven't we seen you all this time?

The two of them were completely confused and had no idea what was going on.

But Beichuan Temple admitted calmly:

"It is indeed over."

"But what happened...?" Inari Kazuhime and Inari Kei looked at him in confusion.

As the elevator continued to move downwards, Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi became more and more confused.

Finally, amid their confused expressions, Beichuanji finally began to explain: "Actually, the whole thing is not that complicated, and I expected it to be solved."

It's not that complicated...

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi couldn't help but rub their temples.

Their faces were burning now, and they just felt uncomfortable all over.

Just now they were saying that Beichuan Temple did not resolve the matter... but now?

People had already solved everything before they knew it.

"You're really... worthy of being Kitagawa's eldest brother." Inari Keiichi said simply.

Now he only feels that his blowing Beichuan Temple is becoming more and more straightforward and does not require any thought.

But Kitagawa Temple didn't pay attention to Inari Keiichi's words. He just took out a folded square note from his pocket.

"This is...?"

Inari Kazuhime blinked her eyes in confusion.

"This is what I took out from Adachi Yoshiko's guard." Kitagawa Temple did not hide anything and said directly.

"Wait!" Inari Kazuhime stretched out her hand, and then said in an incomprehensible tone: "...Is this, is this something taken out of the guardian?"

"Yes."

Beichuanji nodded.

"...Is it something from the relic left by Miss Anda's mother?"

Inari Kazuhime added something more.

"So what?" Beichuan Temple responded again.

"...You took this out of someone else's mother's belongings? Is it really okay?"

Inari Kazuhime wanted to emphasize the seriousness of the problem.

And when exactly did Beichuan Temple take out this small note?

Could it be——

Inari Kazuhime suddenly remembered the vase next to the TV table that suddenly exploded.

Could it be that Beichuan Temple made it?

Just when she was about to ask a question, Kitagawaji's answer came:

"It's just what you thought. I used my ability to break the vase, and then took the things out when you were attracted... In fact, I don't think there is any problem."

Kitagawaji replied expressionlessly.

This overly confident attitude made Inari Kazuhime speechless for a moment.

At this moment, Keiichi Inari's voice suddenly came from next to him:

"Yiji, please take a look at it with kind thoughts first."

"Forehead..."

Inari Kazuhime looked at her brother, and when she found that he was nodding to her, she also covered her eyes with kind thoughts in doubt.

Under the vision of kind thoughts, the surface of this small piece of paper is wrapped with subtle resentments.

Because this resentment is so solid, you can't even see it if you don't look carefully.

"This is--"

Inari Kazuhime's pupils shrank, and she made an unbelievable voice: "How could this happen?"

She has seen many things with resentment, and she has even seen items with even stronger resentment.

But...but this is what was left among Yoshiko Adachi's mother's belongings.

Why is there such a thing hidden in the royal guard that symbolizes peace?

Wearing this thing close to your body every day... No wonder Yoshiko Adachi has nightmares every day.

"But why?"

Inari Kazuhime came over and subconsciously hugged Kitagawaji's arm, her beautiful big eyes full of incomprehension.

"I should have said it before, don't underestimate the relationships and emotional changes between people."

Kitagawa Temple looked at her disbelieving expression and continued to explain:

"Actually, one of your ideas is right. This whole thing was actually caused by the resentment of Yoshiko Adachi's mother."

"...Isn't that what we inferred? Adachi Yoshiko's mother was killed by Adachi Yoshiko...and then she was resentful in her heart, and this resentment turned into resentment..." Inari Kazuhime became increasingly confused. .

Things are becoming more and more confusing now, and her little head seems to be a little tired.

but...

Although their own brains are not enough, they still have Beichuan Temple.

Kitagawa Temple should sort out everything clearly.

"First let's confirm one thing."

As they wished, Kitagawaji began to explain his ideas.

"From the beginning to the end, Adachi Yoshiko is actually innocent. She really wanted her mother to enjoy life before taking her on a trip. She did not want to kill her mother as you think. Her mother The fall off the cliff was indeed an accident.”

Yes, as Kitagawa Temple said, Adachi Yoshiko was innocent from the beginning.

After she was admitted to the Art University and found a job, she always wanted to repay her mother.

"But if that's the case, why did Adachi Yoshiko's mother treat her like this? Hiding this kind of prop in the guard... doesn't it mean that their relationship is very good?"

Inari Kazuhime couldn't understand it at all.

Kitagawaji shook his head and denied her statement: "In fact, the conflict between Yoshiko Adachi and her mother has been buried for a long time. Have you forgotten what Yoshiko Adachi once said?"

What Yoshiko Adachi once said...?

Before Inari Kazuhime could speak, Inari Keiichi on the other side had already reacted:

"Brother Beichuan, do you mean going to college?"

Kitagawaji nodded and confirmed Inari Keiichi's statement.

"Yoshiko Adachi has said before that she has basically never had any disputes with others and gets along well with her colleagues. The real dispute happened seven or eight years ago. She and her mother argued about whether to Don’t go to college.”

Kitagawaji said as he led Inari Keiichi and Inari Kazuhime out of the apartment building where Adachi Yoshiko lived.

"Yoshiko Adachi also said that because her father died in an accident at an early age, her family's financial situation was not good when she was a child... But even in this situation, her mother raised Yoshiko Adachi by herself. She even provided for her. After studying in junior high school, high school, and university... In addition to the huge tuition expenses, we also have to calculate the living expenses that Yoshiko Adachi needs to spend in daily life."

He turned his head and asked Inari Keiichi and Inari Kazuhime: "Can you imagine how much pressure Yoshiko Adachi's mother endured in raising her?"

Inari Keiichi and Inari Kazuhime looked at each other.

As the heirs of the Inari family, one as the great priest, and the other as the Inari shrine maiden, they naturally have never worried about money.

This led them to subconsciously ignore the 'economic' considerations.

"In the process of supporting Yoshiko Adachi through high school, the dissatisfaction in Yoshiko Adachi's mother's heart has been accumulating, but she still persisted and supported Yoshiko Adachi through high school. But -"

The next point of conflict erupted.

Beichuanji looked at the night sky.

There is no moon or stars in the night sky today. It looks gloomy and brings an inexplicable psychological pressure to people.

Kitagawa Temple continued:

"Yoshiko Adachi, who has completed high school, is not willing to stop there. She also wants to enter a higher-level institution for further study. But how much pressure will this put on her mother?"

"The conflicts accumulated in the past broke out. Yoshiko Adachi must have had a big fight with her mother."

If the conflict was very small, just an argument, why did Yoshiko Adachi think of the quarrel she had with her mother seven or eight years ago after asking questions at Kitagawa Temple?

The final result of the quarrel was that Yoshiko Adachi won.

She earned the right to go to college, while her mother toiled in silence to keep working for her.

"This is the source of everything... But times have changed. After studying hard, Yoshiko Adachi gained professional knowledge and a diploma, and also found a job."

Kitagawa Temple's eyes were calm: "As Adachi Yoshiko said, she wanted her mother to live a better life precisely because she knew how much pressure she had put her mother under... She also knew that her How much did her mother pay for her to successfully complete college."

Kitagawa Temple raised his head and continued: "Yoshiko Adachi, who wanted to repay her kindness, took her mother to travel around, hoping to make her live a happier life..."

His voice paused.

"Whether Yoshiko Adachi's mother is satisfied with this process...actually I don't know."

Yes, Beichuan Temple doesn’t know either.

Maybe the other party still harbors a trace of resentment towards Yoshiko Adachi, or maybe he has forgiven his daughter and focuses on enjoying life.

"Let's ignore the change of mood of Yoshiko Adachi's mother for the time being... In this case, in May of this year, Yoshiko Adachi's mother fell off a cliff and died. Originally, her death was not important... but she was alive during her lifetime. But this thing was left behind.”

Did you leave this thing behind...?

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi followed Kitagawaji's gaze.

He was looking at the small note lying quietly in his palm.

This is the note from the 'qualified guardian' that Yoshiko Adachi's mother begged for her.

"The guardian represents people's wishes."

Kitagawa Temple turned to look at Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi: "You two run a shrine at home, so you should be very clear about this, right?"

"...Clear is clear." Inari Kazuhime nodded hesitantly.

She seemed to understand what Kitagawaji was going to say next.

"This is the wish of Yoshiko Adachi's mother..." Kitagawaji put his hand on the edge of the small note and then spread it out.

This little piece of paper that Yoshiko Adachi has never seen contains this content——

'My life is already very difficult, but I still want to go to college... Go die, die, die, die, die, die, die! ’

'Death' is written densely on the paper, and just looking at it makes people feel terrified.

Through these fine words, Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi could even see Yoshiko Adachi's mother, whose face was full of resentment, and she was constantly cursing, writing their own curses from the heart word by word.

"This sky-high resentment remained on paper. After Yoshiko Adachi's mother died, these words turned into the purest curse... subtle and solid, and isolated by the guardian skin, let us also Undetectable.”

When Beichuan Temple said this, his voice deliberately stopped.

Keiichi Inari, who understood what he meant, immediately made a brief summary:

"But if you can't find out, you can't find out. Because Adachi Yoshiko carries the guard close to her body, it is equivalent to direct contact with resentment. It is very normal to have nightmares every day."

This is why Yoshiko Adachi has nightmares every day.

This too deep feeling of resentment allowed Inari Keiichi and Inari Kazuhime to be baptized again.

They live in a harmonious and happy family, and their future has been determined and bright.

But ordinary people are completely different from them.

They will struggle for life, and they will collapse under the pressure of life.

Some people are exhausted just by living, and the ‘missing’ and ‘emotions’ born during this period——

"That's all we need to know."

"You have asked me before about the role of investigation data, and I can tell you now. Some things cannot be solved by 'simple removal of spirits'. As people who remove spirits, of course you must also understand the information left behind by the deceased. message below.”

Kitagawaji ended with a calm tone.

"..."

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi took a deep breath.

Then he spit it out again.

The two of them looked at Beichuan Temple, truly convinced this time.

but--

"Kitagawa...brother." Inari Kazuhime swallowed and continued: "Why don't you tell these things in front of Miss Adachi...just for her consideration?"

Yes...

Kitagawaji didn't say these things in front of Yoshiko Adachi, maybe because he didn't want to ruin the relationship between her and her dead mother, right?

That's why Beichuan Temple didn't speak.

Maybe this is Beichuan-style tenderness?

While she was still thinking, Kitagawa Temple had already spoken:

"No, I don't think so."

Kitagawaji turned around and looked at the apartment behind him, his black eyes filled with a sinister aura of death.

He withdrew his gaze and explained to Inari Kazuhime:

"I've said it before, don't underestimate Yoshiko Adachi."

"She has actually been vaguely aware of it for a long time, but she just doesn't want to make all these things clear."

Yes.

In fact, Adachi Yoshiko had already noticed...that there was something wrong with the guard her mother had given her.

But she couldn't accept it.

She loved her mother deeply, so she subconsciously didn't want to think about it in that aspect.

That's all.

He obviously noticed it, but he didn't want to expose it.

This is...human emotions that are both simple and complex.

...

Yoshiko Adachi, who had packed away the vases, was sitting in front of the shrine.

She looked at the empty room and took a deep breath.

This is the house she worked hard to buy.

The reason is to let my mother live a better life.

but...

Yoshiko Adachi pinched the qualified guard at the chest tightly.

After a while, she stood up gently and held the black-and-white photo of her mother in her arms.

She lowered her head and hugged the photo of her mother tightly.

After a while, some faint sobs came out:

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...Mom."

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