Dramatic Blade

This year's winter seems to be snowy. On the elegantly decorated trails in Ginza, there is light snow. Hyakuyaya, which sells custom-made kimonos, is open as usual. The proprietress is sitting in the shop with a cigarette between her hands. Looking at the scenery in the opened sliding door, I couldn't help but be taken aback by the demeanor of the people in the room.

The proprietress was not in a good mood today. He had a dream before getting up early to open the shop. In the dream, there was an ancient woman in twelve singles holding a cypress fan under the cherry tree and looking up leisurely, with a sad expression, and she seemed to be muttering something in her mouth.

Then he woke up, inexplicably feeling a sense of sadness in his heart at the same time.

It's weird...

In the empty store, the proprietress's thoughts gradually drifted away, she was unaware of the passage of time, until there was the sound of customers talking in front of the door, she suddenly came back to her senses.

Oops.The proprietress was secretly surprised, and got up in a hurry. Today is the day when he and Asahikawa made a temporary appointment to get a kimono.

The manga artist named Asahikawa Ichiji is a frequent visitor of his Hyakuyaya. He looks young but is proficient in various skills in drawing.

The proprietress looked up at the clock, adjusted her status, and opened the door with a smile: "Is it Mr. Asahikawa, sorry, I was a little busy just now."

The young yuzen dyer had a fellow traveler, and through the half-open door, the proprietress heard the two of them talking.

Asahikawa Ichimo: "This book uses my name entirely. If they are really approached, will the position of the Nuragumi be exposed?"

Nuliang Lusheng told him indifferently: "Don't worry, even if Nuliang's house is next door to your house, Oni Wu Tsuji Wucan can't find us."

Asahi Chuan nodded for a while. Originally, he was worried that they would be discovered because their addresses were relatively close, but the methods of monsters are much more mysterious than the blood ghosts of ghosts.

He was holding the wrapped kimono with both hands. The traditional Ofurisode is quite heavy, so he couldn't move his hands. Nuliang Rikuo walked beside him, holding a big dark blue umbrella between the two of them. On the head, there is a small golden flower on the umbrella that Asahikawa practiced for a while, hidden under the thin snow.

The wooden sliding door was slowly opened, and a little bit of snow fell from the eaves.

"Hi lady boss, I haven't seen you for a while."

"Hello, Mr. Asahikawa, hey, this is...?"

Asahikawa seldom brought people around for a while. The old cousin left a deep impression on the proprietress. People living in Ginza have extraordinary eyesight. youth.

In fact, such a young proprietress has seen quite a few, but because Asahikawa brought them here for a while, he took a few more glances.

In fact, he and Asahikawa had neither deep nor shallow friendship at the time, but they had been talking and laughing for nearly ten years.Others may not pay much attention to the subtle changes in the age of others, but apart from hearing that the other party had a serious illness seven years ago, the proprietress found that Asahikawa hardly changed at all.

The proprietress would not deliberately probe into each other's secrets, but everyone has a heart for gossip, and his curiosity suddenly emerged, just because the atmosphere between Asahikawa Ichimo and Nura Rikusheng seemed not quite right.

Ehhhhhh, could it be...

Asahi Chuan blushed for a moment, without any concealment: "I am a man."

Nuliang Lusheng's heart skipped a beat, and he was polite and polite: "Hello."

The attitude of the two made the proprietress smile coquettishly, "Oh, it's really enviable, it's nice to be young."

This is not something that needs to be beat around the bush. Asahichuan spread his hands for a while and said, "I don't know what relationship can hide it from your eyes."

The two exchanged a few words, and for a moment, Asahikawa saw that the proprietress acted tactfully as if she hadn't heard the conversation between him and Nuliang Rikusheng before, so she didn't say anything more, and handed out the kimono in her hand naturally.

"Mr. Asahikawa, won't you come in and have a sit?" The proprietress asked politely after thanking her.

"Not today, I still have to go to the shrine with my friends."

There was a look of doubt on the face of the proprietress, but she didn't ask too much, she nodded and said with a smile: "It's really a unique dating place."

Because the next ghost story happened in the shrine, Asahikawa Ichiji and Nura Rikusho are also investigating the shrines in Ukiyo-e Town recently. On the site of the Nuragumi Headquarters, most of the shrines’ Jizo and Jizo are formed by the power of wishes. He knew all the little gods, and Asahikawa, who is keen on monster culture, of course wanted to run and see for himself.

After saying goodbye to the proprietress, the two returned to the street where the snow was fluttering and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians.As long as it is not a place where shopping malls gather, Japan in winter is always quiet, and under the management of Kanto monsters, there will not be too many shadow-like filth in the shadows. The peaceful and quiet atmosphere makes Asahikawa feel relaxed for a while.

"The owner of the kimono house is the one who was targeted by the snake belt before... He has very strong spiritual power, no wonder there are monsters coveting." After walking for a while, Nuliang Lusheng said.

Chaorichuan was amused for a while: "Didn't I bring you to the Hyakuya House before?"

"No, but I heard you mention it." Nuliang Rikusheng replied, and then asked uncertainly: "And this 'proprietress' should be a man, right?"

"I thought you knew everything..."

Asahikawa smiled for a while, and then nodded: "'The proprietress of Hyakuyaya' - he can be said to be a legendary figure in Ginza, besides Ubuyashiki, he is also the first person I have ever seen who looks like a spirit .”

Nuliang Rikusheng said he was all ears.

"However, I've also heard about his experience before opening Hyakuyaya. After all, Ginza is also a place where people's material desires are rampant. The ladyboy club he runs not only gained a foothold in such a place, but also became a social place for the most senior people. I also have very literary and elegant hobbies, and I often go to Waka competitions... and so on, I can sing seventeen or eight songs for such a small snowy day, in short, it is very powerful."

Nuliang Rikusheng was surprised that he could talk so much, and couldn't help recalling the appearance of the proprietress.Although he is a man, he has a delicate and feminine appearance, and looks very gorgeous in women's clothing. With his sleek and sophisticated social skills, it is not an exaggeration to become a legend.

"It seems that he is a very good friend of Ah Shi. If I had known earlier, I would have gotten closer to him. What's his name?"

"Baiyetong. But this is his stage name. If it is his real name, I guess he will get it from the Yin Troop. In the past few years, there are not many people who have been in contact with me. After the comics have been opened, the Yin Troop has paid attention to it, so as to prevent ghosts. Find them."

Ghosts and ghost hunters are incompatible. Ghost hunters still have the ability to protect themselves, but their relatives and friends may not necessarily be related to them.

Chaorichuan raised his head and glanced at the sky for a moment: "After all, it's snowing now..."

This very soft exclamation hadn't fallen yet, and there was a gloomy and cold atmosphere in the deserted snowy street.

Cloudy and snowy days usually last for a long time. At this time, neither ghosts nor monsters have too many restrictions. Those who can sneak into the Kanto city without the eyes of the Nuliang group and the ghost killing team are often very targeted. the assassin.

Nuliang Lusheng raised his hand and threw it, and the green umbrella of the little golden flower flew up. The two of them turned into two shadows at the same time and swept away separately, and then swept back quickly, like a calm and smooth wind, even a drop of blood None were stained.

On a snowy day when even the sound of the sword was covered, Asahikawa, who had dealt with the assassin, took off the umbrella one step at a time, and looked in the direction of Nura Rikusheng's return.

"Is it a ghost?"

"Is it a monster?"

They asked each other at the same time, they were all taken aback, and then Asahikawa shrugged for a moment.

"It's smart to use ghosts to deal with monsters, and monsters to deal with ghosts, but why do they dare to appear when the two of us are together?"

Nuliang Lusheng laughed: "Have we ever been separated when we went out during this time?"

"..."

Asahikawa knew that he had already attracted a wave of hatred because of the manga. In order not to reveal his address, he had recently been using the ability of a sly ghost to hide his whereabouts when he went out and returned home, so he dared to visit the shrine unscrupulously.

Would Ghost Wuji Tsuji and the Hundred Monogatari team have imagined that they would be so inseparable? Of course not, but they will be punished if they don’t go back, so why not take a gamble!

That's what the monsters and ghosts in charge of the assassination thought, and they lost their bet.

For a moment, Asahikawa decided to play dumb: "I really hope that the weather will be warm when the strange talk comes!"

The topic turned so bluntly that Nuliang Rikusheng didn't know how to answer it, but he was in a good mood and took the handle of the umbrella.

There was a slight sound of cleaning up where the two assassins came to the end. The monster was cut off by Mimi Kiraru, but the ghost was in trouble. After Nura Rikusheng chopped off his head and limbs, he had already started to recover. The youkai of the Nura group were tied up.

Among the monsters, there are also monsters who are in charge of the sunshine ability. Although the power is not as strong as the sun itself, it is still possible to solve a ghost that is not a twelfth quarter moon. They will drain the ghost's blood and then slowly burn it with monster power.

Asahikawa heard about this treatment for a while, his face didn't change, and he still wanted to meet the monster with the ability of sunshine, and see if he could be hurt.

Nuliang Rikusheng did not agree.He couldn't stop Asahikawa from fighting, at least he had to prevent him from committing suicide.

Assassinations like the Lord of Kanto are no strangers. After the enemy cooperates with the ghosts, it intensifies, but on the contrary, it also makes the relationship between the ghost killing team and the Nuliang team more stable.

"But I think the new ghost stories of the Hundred Monogatari group will definitely avoid you. After all, you are the master of ghosts and monsters, the strongest monster in Kanto."

"I don't worry about you entering the ghost talk alone," Nuliang Rikusheng said bluntly and seriously: "Don't look at me like that, your strength has not recovered. I know the strength of the Hundred Monogatari group best. To create such a big ghost story, the cooperation between the new Kuanghuashi and Yuanchao must be stronger than the previous combination.

"Even ghosts can enter the ghost talk, so what about the other big monsters behind... and the onmyoji from Yumenyuan?"

Asahi Chuan endured it for a moment, discouraged: "That's the truth, but we can't stick together 24 hours a day, my lord."

Nuliang Rikusheng was worried about this problem, and heard Asahikawa say: "Unless..."

"what?"

Asahikawa was familiar with the content of the manga for a while, and he suddenly thought of a question related to the rules of ghost stories, but the Hyakumonogatari team might not have thought of it.

The painter didn't say it directly, looking at the snow curtain outside the umbrella, he suddenly said:

"White snow flies in the lead sky, and the accumulated land seems to disappear.

"The day of melting in the dark..."

Obviously thinking of the loneliness of the emptiness of the world and the unmelting snowfall, the painter smiled leisurely and reached out to catch a piece of snow.

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*The full sentence is "White snow flies in the lead sky, and the accumulated land seems to disappear. The snow melts in the dark, and the longing is at this time." It looks like a winter song but it is actually a love song

[Highlight] The cover was changed to Ah Shi, drawn by a friend (Oh my God, it’s so handsome, look at it! [Highlight]