After choosing a big adventure at Lupine's Bar

"I don't know who you are, but farewell."

Mingyin raised her head, something flickered in her dark eyes.

Here we go again, feeling the consciousness sinking.

With the muzzle of the gun so close to the forehead, there is no doubt that it is a near-death situation, but Mingyin is not looking for that chance, or running away directly without giving up thinking.

Just like when you are in a daze, dissociation occurs.

The body and consciousness are gradually separated, and there is no real sense of being here.

"It's... an unpleasant look."

Like the dead.

same as them.

Just when Gide was about to pull the trigger, the barrel of the gun was hit by a bullet from an uninvited guest, and he took off his hand under the huge impact and fell to the ground.

It was not an attack to take his life, the "narrow gate" was not launched.

He became excited in a mental state that seemed crazy but not crazy, and immediately knew who was coming——

Oda Sakunosuke.

The man who has the same superpower as him.

But before he immediately instinctively drew out his spare gun to deal with the next attack, he was hit by a completely unexpected cold light on his neck, reaching the position of the carotid artery, and retreated reflexively to avoid it.

It is a utility knife.

The boy propped himself on the ground with one knee. Seeing that the surprise attack just now was dodged, he swayed to his side and stood up. Pushing the button with his thumb, the blade extended a little.

He has a natural smile on his face, and it feels like he suddenly danced in a serious meeting, or fell silent at a lively banquet.

Completely changed a person.

"Justifiable defense, right?"

The weird feeling came with a chill that pierced the spine.

Gide touched the side of his neck.

A cut was made in the epidermis, and blood seeped out.

However, the ability was not activated.

He escaped completely by relying on accumulated experience and instinctive reactions.

Does the "narrow gate" have no effect on this kid?

But the characteristics of the invalidated supernatural power user don't match him.

Just when Gide was about to fall into doubts about his life, the uncomfortable kid opposite made a movement.

His eyes suddenly became hollow, and then, his eyes changed back to their original dark look, as if he was not awake at all.

"Hey, when...?!" He wondered when he had an extra utility knife in his hand.

"Sir, did you just take it out of the bag? I always feel like I lost consciousness for a moment..."

[Yeah, it's a weapon anyway. 】

"..." Mingyin was noncommittal.

He originally wanted to complain about the use of an old utility knife that sometimes doesn't even work well with pencil sharpeners, but he was silent because of the sudden increase in their sense of distance before.

When I lost consciousness for a short time, the feeling was different from when I was forcibly exchanged body dominance by my roommate.

Could it be...another person?

If this is the case, the husband's acquiescence can only explain one thing, what agreement they reached.

There is a subtle loneliness of being alienated from friends.

Although they are not friends at all.

From Gide's point of view, he just changed back suddenly and started talking to himself.

It seems to be talking to some invisible existence.

Ghost?

This is hilariously funny.

"May [-]th—!"

Oda Sakunosuke rushed into the house holding the gun in both hands, and went a few steps to block Mingyin. A small silver snake came out from his collar, shifted its position, and wrapped itself around Mingyin's wrist. Jump to the old position on the neck and set up.

Mingyin was a head shorter than Odasaku, and was blocked by him, so he couldn't see much of the front, only the sand-colored coat and short reddish-brown hair that he hadn't seen for a long time.

Familiar breath.

There is a feeling of being in a small room full of fireworks, soaking in just the right amount of warm water.

The peace of mind of hometown.

It seems to be back to where it came from.

Mingyin shook her head, throwing out the strange thought.

The little snake tightened its circle a little to prevent itself from being thrown out.

"The children and the boss have been sent to a safe place, don't worry, Odasaku-san."

The red-haired man looked at him sideways, his beautiful blue eyes shimmered, and he said something that sounded like he was complaining in a flat tone.

"I was worried about you."

"May [-]th."

"Can you understand?"

A nail household mansion in a certain ward of Tokyo.

"You are always on call, Yato-san. Are you finally back?"

April [-]st was smiling, and with those round-rimmed glasses, he looked like Crow Rido.

Like a sinister four-eyed boy.

"Hi, first time meeting, I'm May [-]th Xiaoyu."

Xiao Yu's upper body slightly bent, and performed a simple courtesy.

"Baimugui is quiet." Baimugui pinched the teacup with his thumb and forefinger, and took a sip, expressionless as always, with a low voice.

Yato put one hand on his waist and the other on the back of his neck, rubbed his cervical spine, sighed, took off his shoes and stepped onto the wooden corridor, and sat cross-legged on the empty seat the three of them had left for him.

"It's become lively here too." With a calm face, he turned his head to look at the courtyard and said with emotion.

"Does that seem to you?" April [-] asked instead.

"Yeah..." The corners of his mouth curled up, and he took the teacup handed to him from Mokona's head, "...ah, thank you."

Mokona walked step by step back between Xiaoyu and April [-]st, sat down on the cushion, drank the colorless and transparent liquid that seemed to be shochu in the glass, with a suspicious blush on his face.

"That snake, is it really with Yuri-chan... There is a residual breath here."

"That's right, but I think the lord probably didn't intend to do anything."

Yato frowned, falling into irritability.

"Even if he doesn't do anything... just staying with Yuri-chan is already an unstable factor that may explode at any time."

"I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing."

Yato fell silent.

"Is it the result of your divination?"

"No, I'm not good at divination. It's just that...the child is still in a state of chaos and ambiguity. There are various possibilities for the outcome of what we are worried about."

"So, Mr. Yato," Xiao Yu tilted her head, "Well, Mingyin's real name is a secret that only you know."

"Now, this secret, are you willing to tell us?"

Ordinary artifacts have two names, real name and pseudonym.

The real name is the name given as the real name when he was alive, and the pseudonym is the name given to him by the gods he follows.

Sacred Gear has forgotten the past of being alive, and "lives" as a "human being" by virtue of the pseudonym it was given.

But once it is called by its real name, the contract between the artifact and the gods will be polluted, and the memory before death will be recalled, infected with An Wu, and at a rate of erosion that is too late to recover, it will degenerate into a demon and lose its original personality and personality. reason.

So far, there is no solution.

Once the above situation occurs, the name can only be removed and obliterated before the gods are also irreparably affected.

Yato cast his gaze aside, remained silent, opened his mouth to make a sound, as if he was blocked, and then talked about another matter.

"At that time, I thought I was fine, it was impossible to be called out, and that guy was so happy, so I let it go."

"But the reality is like this. Things that were not expected to happen, that were thought to be impossible, just happened suddenly."

"On that day, six years ago."