In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 222 No one's heart is static
Kai Uesugi woke up at 10:[-] in the morning, and spent the next half an hour staring blankly at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling above.

After a long time, I touched the side with my right hand, except for the bedding, there was only empty air.

It's really gone.
Uesugi Kai opened his eyes and groped around for a while, stretched his hand before finally holding the phone beside him.

He held the phone in front of him, pressed the power button with his thumb, and stared at the wallpaper of the group photo, her cute smile was in a daze.

The screen went off and on again and again.

After another period of daze, Uesugi Kai put down the phone, turned sideways and propped himself up from the bed.

I lazily got up and walked to the window where it was still raining, listening to the patter of raindrops that washed the town under the mountain.

Use a wooden stick to prop up the large window, put your hands on the wooden frame and stick your head out to take a deep breath.

The breath of the morning in the rain is overflowing, which makes the brain very refreshing.

Kaoru Uesugi, who wasted another day, couldn't help thinking, what should he do today?
Forget it, let's read a book for a while.

When reading a book, when Uesugi Kai took the book out of the suitcase and flipped through it, he couldn't read it no matter what.

He can fluently understand every picture constructed in the book, but at this time, it is as if he encountered the least favorite subject in the movie.

No matter how well-known and smooth the film is made.

It is also difficult to continue to appreciate it.

Unintentionally looking up, Kaoru Uesugi found the PS5 game console that had not yet been ashes in the corner.

He intends to find a random game to experience this boring hot summer.

There is an LCD TV in this room, neither new nor old.

After messing around for a long time, Kai Uesugi finally turned on the console, saw the TV icon lit up, and suddenly found that he had no account and no game.

Besides, the handle is something that has not been used for many years, and the keys are not fully recognized, and there is no habit of using it.

It just so happened that Uncle Sakakihara came over at this time, and he temporarily stopped playing games.

Walking on the veranda, the sound of rainwater falling to the ground and splashing fills the small courtyard next to it.

"Ahem, did my lover get to know Hanamaru Yuki well yesterday?"

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"Well, I know a little bit, it seems that he is a swordsman who shows his skills, and he is also a policeman."

"That's right!"

Uncle Sakakibara held Shi Yingying's umbrella with his hands behind his back and walked ahead to lead the way. Water dripped from the head of the umbrella from time to time. "His moves are characterized by quick strikes. If he can beat his opponent with one move, he will never use a second move."

"What if there is a third trick?"

"If there is a third move, it is also a situation where you are under pressure."

Uesugi Kai admitted that what the uncle said made sense.

But his current mentality is similar to that of some retired hermit swordsman, and he has no interest in the goal of being first or second.

"I always feel that you seem to have changed." Uncle Sakakibara, who walked around the corner and glanced behind him, said abruptly.

Uesugi felt that the tone of this sentence was a bit flat, and the uncle suddenly didn't look like an uncle:

"Have it?"

"You still know better than me." Uncle Sakakibara turned around, "Is it because of your little girlfriend who left?"

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silent.

Kaoru Uesugi admitted that he missed her, and what he tossed and turned at night was all about her peaceful and steady breathing in front of him when he was sleeping.

Walking under the eaves of the gate, Uncle Sakakibara opened the umbrella, and Aoi Uesugi walked into the umbrella.

The cold raindrops in the morning covered the curved blue umbrella surface.

"Hey, although uncle can't give you very good advice in this regard, I still hope you can think more about what you really want."

"Won't that be selfish?"

"You also need to think about this for yourself. Uncle, I am just an uncle who can teach swordsmanship."

Walking up the stones surrounded by green grass, Kai Uesugi stared at Isshin Sakakibara's face for a long time:
"Speaking of which, why did uncle go to that Hachiman Shrine in the first place?"

Sakakibara Yixin didn't look back, he looked ahead, and his tone became full of memories: "It should be my home.

"After leaving Tokyo, I have been looking for this place for more than ten years. Hokkaido, Kanto, Kansai, Kyushu, searched all over the country, and I only came to Shikoku Island two years ago."

With just a few words, Uesugi Kai also heard a little taste of the story from the uncle.

"But wasn't the Hachiman Shrine destroyed by an earthquake decades ago?"

"I didn't know any of these things before, and I only remember a few features in my memory: torii gates, ancient clocks, shrines, big ropes, a young and promising father, and the smile of a very beautiful woman in a priestess costume .”

After saying this, Sakakibara shook his head wholeheartedly.

"Forget it, let's practice kendo first. Although you don't seem to have a goal, it's always good to keep fit."

Enter the warehouse from the side along the grass and stone path, where my cousin has already started practicing here.

Uncle Sakakibara put away his umbrella, leaned against the door, picked up two wooden knives, and handed one of them to Kai Uesugi.

"How about some actual combat training today?"

Kai Uesugi took the wooden knife from him without any objection.

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"Kill the knife!"

"Killing skills!"

"murderous look!"

Sakakibara Yishin shouted three times in a row, the wooden sword in his hand back and forth to suppress Uesugi Kai's attack, "The Chiba clan of Beichen Yidao style relies on this so-called triple kill method to defeat the opponent's spirit!"

"Killing knife! It is to suppress the opponent's swinging attack!"

Uesugi Kai's upper section of the slash was slickly provoked by Sakakibara from about 10 centimeters from the base of the blade.

The lower half of the blade was pulled away, and the tip of the blade became wobbly.

"Killing technique! It is a swordsmanship technique that seizes the opportunity to destroy and block the opponent."

Sakakibara Isshin sent a step first, and put on a posture of a quick attack, Uesugi Kai reacted quickly.

But this is seme (probing), before Uesugi reacts to his attack, first.

See through the intention, seize the opportunity to attack early, and attack with a knife.

"Murderous! It is against the situation, and we must not lose the slightest advantage!"

Kai Uesugi tried to use the demonstration of his father-in-law to make a move, but he imitated the cassock cut with all his strength.

The sound of wooden knives clashing echoed in the air.

The two who were facing Ewan took back their posture.

"If you were said to have the absolute sword skills bestowed by heaven last time, then you are just a very powerful swordsman genius now."

Uncle Sakakihara is not stupid, he can see the difference between his current strength and his previous strength.

The defense is okay, the uncle has not been able to break through his defense once.

But in terms of offense... it's very, very much worse.

"Can you tell me why?"

"It's good and bad."

When the richest man in the world suddenly turned into a sloppy beggar asking for money at his doorstep, and said: My money is in good or bad state.

Can you believe this?

"Forget it, it is completely wrong to follow logic with a human being who is not like a human being like you."

When he hit a dozen or so people alone, Uncle Sakakibara had already given up thinking, "I'll just ask again."

"Well, let's talk." Uesugi Kai had already sat back on the low stool to rest.

"Which one is your usual strength?"

"Now."

"Then uncle, can I understand that your previous state is the swastika?"

Swastika is something in "Reaper", and Kai Uesugi roughly knows that it means to untie the power.

"That stuff is from anime, how could it exist in reality?"

Uncle Sakakibara, who was holding the wooden knife, widened his eyes, "Then how can you explain your attack? You were able to overwhelm your opponent with one move before."

"Actually, it wasn't my sword skills that defeated them before." Uesugi Kai said.

"what is that?"

"Personal talent," Uesugi Kai said, "isn't there a place on the neck to regulate blood pressure? Just pat there, and people will faint. Patting the neck is a very simple thing, right?"

"how can that be."

"Uncle, you can search on the Internet."

Uncle Sakakibara immediately took out his old mobile phone that he had used for several years.

Kaoru Uesugi added: "Beforehand, that's just a principle. I don't know if others can do it, but I can do it anyway."

It means that there is a basis in reality. Believe it or not, there is no way to believe it or not.

Uesugi Kai didn't want to argue with his uncle about his own strength.

The cousin knew very well, knowing that he was very talented and very powerful, that was completely enough.

Explain that it is a realistic thing, there is no need to worry about this thing.

"Really!"

Then, Uncle Sakakibara, who seemed to have discovered the new world, was going to follow the script and wanted to stab himself in the neck with a wooden knife.

But then I saw a big red font on the phone:

[Hitting the carotid sinus hard can easily cause cervical atlas injury, medullary injury, brain contusion, cerebral hemorrhage, concussion, deep coma, brain herniation, paralysis, death, etc. Don't try it lightly! 】

If the feeling goes down, it will still kill people.

Uncle Sakakibara touched his neck, no wonder his neck was still aching when he woke up that day.

However, when he saw his lover silently eating oranges in a daze, he didn't want to talk.

People are always looking for something, and he has a deep understanding of this.

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In the afternoon after lunch, Kai Uesugi found a chance to make a video call to Hanabi.

While waiting in the darkness of the phone, it was connected.

Her image was blurred, as if covered with a torn mosaic filter, and her voice froze.

But she can be vaguely recognized through the background by a lake surrounded by red maples.

She still wears the beanie she gave her and calls out his name into the phone camera.

But just shouted, the network card dropped.

Both sound and picture stopped abruptly.

Uesugi Kai leaned on the pillar under the eaves, waited for a long time, and then Hanabi sent a message to herself.

[Sorry Kai, the internet here is not very good, but Huahuo is sketching outside now, and there are many, many swans in the lake in front. 】

Behind the message, there is an emoji asking for forgiveness.

[Huahuo is over there, are you having a good time? 】

Uesugi Kaoru's finger that clicked alternately after typing this sentence, frowned for a while, then directly deleted it and changed it to:

[It's okay, you are busy first, if you can, take a picture of the painting and show it to me at night]

After clicking the send button, Uesugi Kai's hands couldn't help but hang down, and the rain falling on the dome outside the eaves seemed to be a bit colder.

"棹."

Uesugi Kai turned his head to the side, "Mom."

Uesugi Noriko smiled and said, "Are you texting Hana Huo again?"

"Ah."

"How does it feel to be apart?"

"I'm not used to it."

"That's right. After all, you have never quarreled since you were young, and you have never been away from each other. When a person who has been with you all day and night leaves, you will be in a daze just looking at her old things."

Uesugi Noriko's voice seemed to be overshadowed by a layer of melancholy.

"When your grandma left, I was like this. Even when I was walking on the street and saw someone whose back was similar to her, I couldn't help but go up and talk to her. I was often regarded as crazy."

After speaking, she smiled again.

Kaoru Uesugi seldom saw such an expression on a very strong mother.

"Mom, do you have any good answers to the question that my aunt told me before?"

"[What is love]?" Noriko Uesugi said, "Of course you have to think about this kind of thing on your own. Your father was rejected by me sixteen times and he didn't give up.

"Of course some people will laugh at him, but some people may also appreciate him. Everyone's point of view is different. At least I have seen your father's sincerity.

"You and Hanabi have been in a relationship for almost 13 years. I don't even need to say how familiar we are with each other, but Kai, there are always times when you can't understand each other.

"You have to think about how to better handle your current relationship."

Only one person was left to watch the rain.

Uesugi Kai understood that his mother was enlightening himself, and wanted him to think in a better way.

But he didn't want to work hard at all, so there was nothing to distract him.

When I am used to being alone, I feel like I have her.

He walked back to his room.

Push away the shoji.

If she was still there, she would definitely be kneeling at the coffee table and drawing with her legs, and she would smile slightly to herself who had just entered the door and say, "Mr. Kai, have you finished your kendo practice?"

But now, no, no, only an empty space, only the sound of cold rain outside the window.

There are only bedding that has not been folded when I wake up in the morning, and the plate of oranges that my grandma brought last night but I haven't eaten.

Kai Uesugi lay on the bed again, and picked up the big shark that Hanabi liked so much.

On the white belly of the fish, there is still the scent of lilies from her body.

The more you sniff, the more you miss it.

I don't want her to leave
What's more, it will take more than three years in the future.

I got used to her smell, got used to her voice, got used to her frailty, got used to that weak little girl who used to call me Brother Zhao.

The fetters of 12 years were pulled far away at once, to the far away England.

There seemed to be a hole in my heart because of this, only the silk thread on the edge was still painfully pulled.

There were dark clouds over the mansion, and it had rained continuously for several days, and it seemed to be soaking his chest all the time.

Kai Uesugi stretched out his hands, held the big shark above his head, and murmured to it:

"I. Should I call her back?"

(End of this chapter)