travel frog

Half an hour before he turned into a pigeon, Kaito was using his own channel to help Akai Shuichi investigate Namorimachi and a person named "Men Raimitsu" in Yahara.

This is the name of an onmyoji thousands of years ago. Due to his great fame, there are many people with the same name and surname, but not many in these two places.

"There is no Namorimachi, but there is one in Yahara, but he passed away last year."

Kaito sat in front of the computer, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses resting on the bridge of his nose, the light reflected from the screen was reflected on his face, the lights and shadows were flickering, a little weird.

When the results of the investigation came out, he took off his glasses and put them aside, pinching the sore brows: "The only person in these two places named Yuan Laiguang has passed away, I don't know if it is the person he is looking for Forget it, send the information to him first."

As he spoke, he compressed the file and sent it to Shuichi Akai's mailbox as an attachment.

After doing this, Kidd breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed into the sofa behind him.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a gust of wind blowing outside the window, whistling against the window.

Kaito lifted his head and looked over, but before he could react, he heard the window pane shattered with a "bang", and the fragments splashed on the ground making a clanging sound, and he was startled.

"Is it windy today?"

Kaito muttered with question marks all over his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a cloud of purple-black mist rushing in from the broken window. There seemed to be a whirlpool in the mist, deep and dark, almost sucking in people's eyes and soul.

Kaito was so startled that he jumped up from the sofa, subconsciously took out the poker gun he was carrying and pointed it at it, and said coldly, "What are you?"

A deep voice came out of the mist: "Someone told me that you know where Minamoto Raiko is."

"Minaraikou?" Kaito looked at the mass of mist that was beyond the imagination of normal people, and his always witty little head suddenly couldn't turn around, "You...you want to find him too ?”

"Nonsense." The existence in the mist snorted coldly, "Human, tell me where he is, and I can spare you, otherwise—"

Its tail sound is cold and arrogant, accompanied by the sound of all the electrical appliances in the room exploding.In the suddenly dark field of vision, Kaito could see clearly only the mist with its own light source.

Does the world still operate according to the laws of science?

Thinking of this, Kaito stomped his feet vigorously, and found that he could still stand normally, indicating that the law of universal gravitation was still operating, so he relaxed a little inexplicably.

"That... Minamoto Raimitsu has passed away."

In line with the principle of a hero not to suffer immediate losses, after confirming the scientific nature of the world, Kaito stated the results of his investigation without hesitation-this is not something that needs to be concealed in the first place.

"I don't know if he is the one you're looking for. The Minamoto Raimiko I'm talking about is from Yayuan. He died there and was buried there," he added.

"..."

The fog was silent for a long time.

Its silence makes time stop, the air is like solidified turpentine amber, sticky and lifeless, so heavy that people can hardly breathe.

For a moment, Kaito thought he was being thrown into a vacuum and had trouble breathing.

"It turns out that he died again."

I don’t know how long it has passed, when Kaito felt that he might suffocate to death today, the mist made a sound again, but it was not as calm and low as it was at the beginning, but with emotion of vicissitudes and regret from nowhere .

"Human life is so fragile, but it can create the miracles shown in the hands of that person. If you are the creation of a god, then this god must be a contradictory person."

Kaito didn't know how to respond.

Fog's voice sounded young, but his tone of voice was as old as if he was already seventy or eighty years old.

"then you……"

Kaito was still holding the poker gun, and the muzzle of the gun kept pointing at it, tentatively trying to say something.

Wu Qi suddenly changed the subject, and said darkly: "I wanted to kill you, but for the sake of telling me such an important thing, I will forgive you once. Next time, don't spy on that person again." thing."

After gritting his teeth and saying the last sentence, the mist suddenly spread, and the deep purple invaded the entire house, and at the same time soaked into Kaito's body like water mist, making him feel a biting cold from head to toe, It was as if everything from the blood to the fur and flesh had condensed into ice and then shattered into pieces of ice crystals.

He lost consciousness.

"Cuckoo..."

——When I woke up again, I was on the platform outside, and my wings were scratched by something.

Kaito explained to Tamamomae in bird language.

"So that's how it is." Yuzao sat upright with her ears hanging down, her paws together, "Do you want me to tell you who you are just now?"

"Goo-"

Kaito quickly flapped the uninjured wing, and firmly refused.

"Why don't you want to tell him?" Tamazamo tilted his head curiously, "He can accept the existence of monsters, and he won't be afraid of you, and he may even find a way to transform you back."

Kaito's round black eyes blinked, and he buried his head under his wings with a guilty conscience: "Goo..."

— shame.

Although Kaito doesn't know Gin's true identity, he knows that Shuichi Akai is pursuing him.In case he accidentally leaked the truth and told Akai Shuichi about it...Of course, this possibility is unlikely, but he didn't want to take such unnecessary risks.

"Okay, I will ask him to help and find a way to change you back to your original appearance." Yuzao smiled tolerantly, calming his emotions gently, "Before that, you stay here temporarily with me and listen to him s arrangement."

Kaito nodded vigorously, and honestly rolled up into a ball, waiting for the gin to come up with the medicine box.

Ten minutes later, Gin arrived late with a medicine box in one hand and a takeaway in the other, with a fluffy rabbit squatting on his shoulder.

"The takeaway just arrived, so there was a slight delay."

Putting the bag of meals on the table, Gin picked up the medicine box and sat beside the bed, picking up the pigeon lightly to check the wound on its wing.

"Well, it's not very serious. It may be scratched by something sharp. The wound will heal after bandaging and resting for a few days."

After Gin's inspection, he opened the medicine box and took out sterilized povidone iodine, trauma ointment and clean bandages, and helped the pigeon treat the wound with ease.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kaito quietly raised his head and sized him up.

This face is almost exactly the same as the previous Gin, only the brows are a little more childish, and the sharp edges and corners tempered by blood and fire are missing a lot on the body.

Kaito has never faced "Gin" so close. In the previous battles that destroyed the organization, he took support cards and did not go to the frontal battlefield to confront Gin.Looking closer now, I always feel that Gin should not look like this, and I also think that maybe he really should look like this.

Kaito circled himself in a strange circle, until a sharp pain sent Nai to wake him up.

"Goo-"

Iodine disinfection is not as painful as alcohol, but it is not completely painless.In addition, after becoming a pigeon, Kaito's various nerves—especially the nerves on the wings have become highly developed, and the pain sensation has been magnified several times, making it even more painful.

The pigeon couldn't control his behavior well when he was in pain, so he struggled unconsciously and almost knocked over the iodine in Gin's hand.

Gin wasn't used to him either: "Tamamo, please hold it down for me."

Tamazamo looked at Kaito with a slight smile, stretched out his claws and exerted light force, Kaito was pressed so that he couldn't move.

"Hey, I'll treat your wound."

It soothed calmly.

Before the words fell, the cotton swab stained with iodophor in Qinjiu's hand fell again, Kuaidou was so painful that his eyes filled with tears, looked at Qinjiu pitifully, and let out an extremely weak voice: "Gu——"

"Hold it down, more pain is coming." Qin Jiu's cold and heartless voice came one after another.

Kaito was startled for a moment, then frightened and frightened, he stared wide-eyed at him for a new cotton swab, dipped it in ointment and applied it to his wound.

The moment the cotton swab touched the wound, he finally understood what heart-piercing pain was.

"Goo-!!!"

……

Yahara.

The release of the two great demons did not bring the slightest trauma to this land. The moonlight quietly fell on the fields, washing away the bright silver ripples, faint and ethereal.

Tanuma and Natsume held a cup of hot milk tea each, and walked silently on the way home. They looked at each other a few times, but they didn't take the initiative to speak.

At the fork in the road, Natsume stopped first, unable to suppress the worry in his heart, he held Tanuma's hand and said, "Tanuma, I'm still worried..."

"Worried that Tamamo-sama will hurt that gentleman?" Tanuma expressed his thoughts in one word.

Under the bright moonlight, Natsume's eyes are too clear to hide what's on his mind, so he can only lower his long eyelashes to cover up a little bit: "That's a big monster with countless legends and stories. It was broken because of me, and it was originally mine. responsibility."

Tanuma listened quietly, and waited for him to finish speaking before raising his hand to take off the amulet worn around his neck and handing it to him.

"What is this?" Natsume looked at Mimoru and then at him, with a puzzled look on his face.

"You once asked me why I was able to discover Master Tamamo-mae's seal and I could talk to it. That's the reason." Tanuma shoved the guard into his hand and sighed helplessly, "I'm not like you. It has powerful spiritual power and can negotiate with monsters. This ward can protect me from monsters, and it also gives me the ability to see some monsters, but for me, that's all. So, I want to send it to Here it is. In your hands, it may be able to play a greater role."

"No!" Natsume refused without hesitation, "Since it can protect you, it must be in your hands. I will find a way to negotiate with Lord Tamamo, at least...so that it will not hurt innocent people."

As he spoke, he tightly grasped Tanuma's wrist, and said seriously and firmly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"I don't worry. Tamamo-mae-sama is different from the youkai you met before." Tanuma's face darkened, this was the first time he spoke to Natsume in such a strong tone, "It's okay if you don't want it, just treat it as my borrowing Here you go, you can take it with you to..."

Tanuma paused for a few seconds before continuing: "Go to the mountain east of Yayuan to find a small courtyard. I have a... elder buried there, and his...friends are also among them. You take this , you can ask that adult to help you once."

"Elder? My lord?" Natsume frowned in confusion.

"It's all old stuff, I'll tell you when I have a chance." Tanuma shook his head, avoided Natsume's eyes as if evading, and forced him to put on the guard, "I can't enter that yard, tomorrow you Go, but I will wait for you at the foot of the mountain."

Natsume clenched his hands tightly: "...Okay."

……

"Minaramoto is dead."

After bandaging the pigeon, Gin snorted on its head, just as there was a new mail from Akai Shuichi, so he opened it to read, but the content was beyond his expectation.

As soon as these words came out, Rabbit and Tamamo, who were playing poker, turned their heads to look at him. Kaito was throbbing in pain and did not fall down, giving him a puzzled look.

"What?" Yu Zaoqian threw away the cards that were about to lose, and asked seriously, "How did he die? Where is he buried?"

"The one who died of illness, he was congenitally deficient, only lived to be 15 years old, and passed away last year." Qin Jiu frowned slightly, "Now...buried in a mountain in Yayuan."

The news came suddenly and completely disrupted his plan.

Gin originally planned to find Minamoto Raimiko, whether he was reincarnated or lived for 1000 years, as long as he is still alive, throwing all these difficult monsters to him, the task is almost completed.

But I didn't expect him to be dead.

"Congenital deficiency..." Yu Zaoqian smiled, probably feeling absurd, but also unbelievable: "The Great Onmyoji was reincarnated with congenital deficiency? It seems that he did not die easily in his previous life."

"Would you like to take a look?" Gin turned off the email and asked casually, "Maybe that person may not be him."

"...Go. If that person is by his side, then he is the Minamoto Raimitsu I know, go and have a look." Tamazamo pondered for a long time, although hesitating, he nodded, "I didn't wait 1000 years ago, Now, if it's really him... it's considered revenge, so we should go and see."

Gin is all you need: "Then leave tomorrow."

"I'm going too!" The rabbit stepped on the playing cards and jumped into his arms, "Be sure to let me go with you!"

"Goo—!"

--And I!

Kaito, with a weak body and strong will, also raised his wings tremblingly.

He finally understood what was going on. It turned out that Kurosawa Jin asked him to help find the "Minaramitsu" that Akai Shuichi was looking for, and the person he found was probably the onmyoji from 1000 years ago. Reincarnation, this excitement... must join!Must join!

"Why are you joining in the fun?" Qin Jiu squinted at Kuidou, "Do you want to hurt another wing?"

"Cuckoo!"

Seeing this, Kaito winks at Tamazamae.

Yuzao was disturbed by them in front of her, and her thoughts of sighing also faded: "Then take them, even if that person is really there, I can protect them."

Saying that, it didn't give Gin a chance to refuse, and greeted with a flick of its tail: "Little rabbit, little pigeon, come, let's play cards together."

Hearing this, Rabbit shook his ears and said, "Then you are not allowed to play tricks when you are about to lose!"

Yuzao felt baffled: "When will I..."

"Goo."

——You have played your cards twice.

Kaito calmly reminded.

"...Okay." Tamamo nods helplessly.

But the rabbit still refused to let go: "You swear!"

Yu Zaoqian was angry and funny: "Okay, I swear."

Hearing this, Rabbit jumped out of Gin's arms, happily sat in a triangle with Tamamomae and Kaito, and started fighting the landlord.

Standing by the bed, Qin Jiu watched the three poker intrigues, and suddenly had a strange premonition that might come true...

His Internet cafe will not become a gathering center for old monsters in the future, will it?