After choosing a big adventure at Lupine's Bar

After Oda Sakunosuke changed jobs, he still lived at his own pace.

When there is work, finish it. When there is no work, play with the children, go to the bookstore to search for books, drink at the bar or sit at the desk, racking your brains to conceive the novel word by word. There are always more scraps than satisfaction. .

Progress is slow and yields are extremely low.

【When will your novel be finished?Be sure to let me be the first to appreciate! 】Dazai has been busy with some transactions with the Supernatural Secret Service recently, so he can only see him occasionally at Lupin Bar.

【...I don't know either, anyway, let's write slowly. 】Oda Saku scratched his head, took a sip of his wine, and delivered the pigeon declaration with righteous words.

【Hahaha, I will wait. 】

One day, when he held the pen between his fingers and rested his chin to think, he remembered something very slowly.

Said on May [-]th that he would go to Yayuan tomorrow.

Earlier, when Lord Snake God found him who was going to visit the children in the western restaurant, and told him to speed up to save people, he mentioned such a thing on the way.

[Afterwards, if he takes me to Yayuan with him, you'd better follow him one step later, otherwise that guy might not be able to come back. 】

[Can't come back mean...? 】

[Just like when he left Yokohama 6 years ago. 】

【…】

[Do you wish to see him again?Or, forget it like before? 】

[...I don't hope it's the latter. 】

[Then let's go. 】

Therefore, the next day, after going to the detective agency to confirm that Akane had already set off, he took the next main line and headed for Kumamoto Prefecture.

Kumamoto Prefecture, Yahara, Fujiwara's house.

"Aunt Tako, I'm back." Natsume said "I'm back" which is now very proficient while slipping off her shoes.

"Welcome back, Kishi-kun," Toko leaned out half of his body with a smile, "I have a guest, I came from Tokyo to look for you. It's about your age."

Natsume made a move.

Tokyo?

He recalled that there was no unfreedom, and there was no excessive bullying, but it was not a happy childhood either.

Anyone of the same age you met at that time...

But Natsume didn't want the family he finally had to worry about him, so he replied with a smile: "Really? I'll come right here."

Walking into the living room, I saw the guest that Aunt Tazi mentioned was sitting at the dining table, and there was a half-eaten taiyaki on the seat.

And when his gaze shifted from Taiyaki to the person, he froze.

Light-colored hair, tied with a dark red rope at the back of the head, has a bright face, but because of the expressionless face and pale complexion, there is an ethereal inhumanity, like a doll.

Seemingly noticing him, she put down her teacup, turned her head, and just smiled lightly.

Like the breeze blowing in the bamboo forest, it brings the breath of fireworks in the world, but it is located in a mountain shrine far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

At this moment, Natsume overlapped the appearance of this guest with Grandma Reiko in his memory.

He thought, this is really rude, and shook his head to put the thought aside.

"That..." Natsume didn't have any impression of this classmate he met in Tokyo when he was in elementary school. He wanted to say hello first, but was interrupted by the other party's mouth.

The other party said silently with mouth shape, friend account.

Xia Mu was stunned for a moment.

Is it the monster who came to ask for the name again?

Until now, he still can't tell the difference between human monsters and humans.

A little lost.

However, if it is a youkai that can be seen by Aunt Toko, who is an ordinary person, and enter this house that is said to be enchanted by Mr. Kitty, it should be a very powerful existence.

Although a little disappointed, he still said to Aunt Tazi in a considerate manner: "Aunt Tazi, I will take him to my room to play."

"Okay, you must have a lot of things to talk about, May [-]th, do you want to stay for dinner? Auntie will cook for you what you like."

"Thank you, but no need, I've already made an appointment with another friend." Mingyin declined with a smile.

Of course, this is a lie.

He just didn't want to disturb the family's dinner time.

"Ah, is that so... that's fine, I hope you guys can have a good time."

The warm smile, as well as the gentle tone that seemed to be inclusive of everything, made Mingyin think of such a word that did not exist in his memory - mother.

If only Xiaoyu's mother was such a gentle and tough person.

He knows that this cannot be forced.

He just hoped so.

Following Natsume Takashi upstairs, after entering his room, Akane sat on the tatami mat obediently and cautiously.

Natsume threw out the cat teacher in the bag, took out the berries given by the intermediate level, carefully placed them on the desk, and smiled inadvertently.

Seeing this, Mingyin unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth when he thought of the foolish looks of the middle-level students.

"Hey, Natsume! Don't let the account of friends become thinner, so when I get it, there will be nothing left?!"

Natsume completely ignored the lines that Mr. Cat had to say almost every time he returned the name, took out the friend account and spread it out in front of him.

"That... Mr. May [-]th?"

"Just call me May [-]th."

"Okay, um, I'll start then."

With that said, Natsume was about to start chanting the mantra.

"Wait, it's not!" Akane crossed her arms, preventing Natsume from continuing, "It's not me."

"Ah, but the one that came with me is gone, such a thin, silvery little snake, with eyes as red as ripe berries."

After hearing the previous words, Natsume felt a little ashamed at first that he had misunderstood, but immediately became vigilant.

He exchanged glances with Teacher Cat, who was also alert.

The fat three-colored cat walked to the closet with short legs and sniffed, its nose flaring.

"Sure enough... I thought it was just an illusion caused by nervous tension, but after looking at it this way, it really is..."

His three white eyes became sharper.

"Hey, how long are you going to hide, get out of my territory!" His voice suddenly became deep and deep, and the deep demon power overflowed and entrenched around him.

After 3 seconds of silence, the cabinet door was pushed open from the inside, and a small snake came out with a photo in its mouth.

He took a sip, put the photo on the ground, and put it on the tatami.

"Wait! Where did you go before? You broke into a private house and messed around with other people's property...!"

Before Ming Yin finished speaking, Deng Guo rushed forward, wrapped his small body around his head and covered his eyes.

"??? What's the matter, have you been bullied?" Mingyin turned to Teacher Mao, this small movement was full of suspicion.

"Huh——? My uncle didn't do anything!" Mr. Cat was furious. Not only was his private domain trespassed, but he also had to bear unwarranted accusations.

Of course, Natsume would complain if he found out, this is his room.

However, at this time, Natsume Takashi was frightened by Dengguo's sudden appearance. He looked at the little snake's white body and ripe red eyes, and recalled the huge white snake six years ago.

That day, he was lying on the big snake's icy scales, with the cold wind blowing high above his back, he was so cold that he almost died.

Now that I think about it, it is really a blessing in misfortune that there is no major problem with freezing.

He fell into memory, and when he came back to his senses, he knelt on one knee and picked up the photo on the ground.

This should be a relic belonging to Grandma Reiko, put in a box.

But he had never found a photo when he rummaged by himself before.

Maybe it was randomly caught by grandma in some library book that had already passed the minimum return deadline.

Thinking so, Natsume turned the photo over.

What caught the trembling pupils was a group photo of the three of them.

Two men, one woman.

The boy placed in the center has exactly the same appearance as Mr. May [-]th.

He just had short hair and no earrings on his ears.

And he and the boy on the far right have very similar faces.

Natsume suddenly thought of a lot in his mind, but because he received too much information at once, he couldn't think at all.

The faces of the parents, which had been almost forgotten for a long time, gradually became clear.

The two people on the left and the right are probably what his parents looked like in high school.

In the white border below the photo, there is a sentence written.

He hurriedly scanned, under extreme tension, his brain did not process the information, but was only attracted by a name.

The name is empty.

"Na...ku...?" There was no pinyin, but Natsume pronounced the name correctly.

"Hey! Natsume's brat, you...!"

Deng Guo shouted loudly, but Natsume couldn't hear the outside voice at all because of his excessive concentration.

His eyes lost focus, thinking about something, he murmured a name.

"Natsume... Nakara."

It was the name of his uncle, whom he supposedly had never met, who was legally dead 11 years ago.

The moment she heard this pronunciation, Mingyin froze.

It seems that a long time has passed, and it is only a moment.

In the dark field of vision, there is a dark red that does not belong to the real world.

The pain was so painful that even speaking and breathing were extremely laborious, the biting cold, the blood flowing from the corner of the mouth, and the hands that were stained with their own blood were tightly clenched.

Behind are cloud-shrouded cliffs.

[Famous space——! ! ! 】

A heart-piercing call that I don't know who it belongs to echoes in my ears.

Ah, so it is.

He understood everything at this moment.

The black mist wrapped around the little finger of the right hand suddenly became thicker and gradually expanded. The black Anwu spread from the clean little finger at a speed visible to the naked eye, polluting the entire hand, and even continued to spread upward.

"Deng Guo, don't touch me!" With his left hand, he took away the little snake wrapped in front of his eyes, and threw it far away.

Under conscious repulsion, Mr. Ghost escaped from his body and was ejected.

"Ming Yin-jun!" He panicked, but then calmed down and clenched his fists.

This should be something Ms. Natsume expected.

Mingyin didn't care about the reaction of the people behind him, he just wanted to go to an empty place while he was still conscious.

Under the cover of the clothes, dark red lines appeared on the originally smooth right waist and abdomen.

——That is "Ming" written in ancient characters.

Yato put down Yukine, hopping around the house, looking for Akine's trace.

"Hey——! Yato, what happened to you all of a sudden?" Xue Yin, who was already Zhu Qi, followed blankly, but couldn't catch up at all.

"Don't follow me! Private matter!"

Yato clicked his tongue, ignored the artifact behind him and let out a confused "Huh—?", covered his face with one hand, and followed the contract, and hurried on the road.

Half of his own face was also infected with Anwu, and it spread visibly to the naked eye.

super painful.

hateful!Please, make sure to catch up!

[Give the displaced, return to the place where you return to the uncertain. 】

If I knew it earlier, I should have gone straight to the door and kidnapped the snake.

[My name is Yato. 】

That guy's words, yes, the ego will not be swallowed immediately.

[Obtaining a taboo name ends here. 】

Just like that day.

[Order you under a pseudonym to be my servant. 】

Please, work harder, don't think about it, don't go there!

[From now on, honor the name, and the sound of its dish, listen to my order, and transform my divine weapon. 】

Don't die again, please...

[The name is Ming (Aka), and the device is Ming (Mei). 】

Don't cross that line!

【Come on, Meiki! 】

"Mingyin (Akane)——!!!"

Most of the red text was soaked by An Wu, and it was almost unrecognizable.

The color is getting lighter and lighter.