After dealing with Touyamayan and releasing the strangers trapped in the inner world, Kamiyagawa's life has become much more relaxed recently.
Even the young co-master of ghosts and gods needs a rest.
These days, his main activities in the inner world are more leisurely. They mainly clean up the remaining mobs and explore the map. When he is tired, he hangs up in the spirit dojo in Takamagahara to gain proficiency in [Spirit Taming Technique].
The Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees is so big that it will probably take a lot of time to clear out the main exploration missions.
In addition, while doing the exploration mission, Kamiya would also take Fu Bao and the little old man to look for minerals at the mark of the [Aokigahara Mineral Deposit Map (Inside World)].
[Aokigahara Mineral Deposit Map (no rating for special props): A map marking the location of a special mineral deposit in Aokigahara. The map itself is the key prop to unlock the mineral deposit.]
This mineral deposit map should be a good thing, but it is too abstract.
Kamiya has not yet found the correct corresponding location of the marker point in the sea of ​​trees.
But this is not a big problem.
[Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees] is big, but the area will not increase. If you spend more time looking for it with a mineral map, you will always find it.
As for the real world, Kamiyagawa rarely lived a normal male high school life for a few days.
However, he did not relax in his daily physical exercise. He also found time to ride a ghost horse to the special investigation and countermeasures room to practice gun shooting.
Then I chatted with Onizuka Miko on Line every day to connect with each other, and at the same time, I also asked for some theoretical knowledge related to Japanese mythology.
Since acquiring "The Broken Divine Remains of Konohana Kaiyahime", Kamiyagawa has begun to consciously understand Japanese mythology.
Also, taking advantage of his recent free time, his plan to move to a new home finally started to be implemented.
Because there are more and more shikigami monsters under his command, and several of them like to do activities at home, Kamiyagawa has long wanted to move to a new home.
Recently, I have been actively looking for houses for rent or for sale near Tokyo that are extremely cheap.
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Today is Saturday.
During the day, Kamiyagawa went to the Special Investigation and Countermeasures Room and got a copy of the "Return of the Stranger from Kisaragi Station" file from Uncle Yuki.
Later, I went to the training ground on the second floor of the countermeasures room to practice shooting, and shot targets for two hours.
When he got home, the first thing he did was to take out the [Gao Tianyuan Shenhu] and go to the other world.
The sea of ​​trees in the underworld is dark and quiet.
Kamiyagawa rode on the Inugami, which had the advantage of moving in the mountainous terrain, and spent some time arriving at Yamama's residence.
The mountain lair's residence, which once looked like an old hot spring hotel, is now only a ruined building.
"I'll stay here for a while, and you go back to the shikigami statue."
Kamiyagawa skillfully jumped off the dog's back and patted the dog's hard head.
"Woof woof."
The dog god gave a low bark, then gently nudged his master with his head, and disappeared obediently.
From the perspective of completing exploration missions, the area around Shan Lao's Residence has actually been explored, so there is no need to come back again.
But Kamiya’s trip here was not for a mission.
He walked through the ruins of his grandmother's house on the mountain and came to an open space behind the original house.
This is the place where the strangers who stayed here before held a ceremony to worship the mountain grandmother.
There is a Fuji Mound in the open space. The surrounding vegetation is withered and decadent, making it look lonely and desolate.
The Fujizuka, which is about five meters high, is completely made of black volcanic rocks. On the "top of the mountain" stands a small shrine about half a meter high.
The nomination above is "Asama Ogami, Ogosho's Servant God".
This is the former shrine of Yamala.
Thinking back on what happened in Aokigahara——
It seems that the relationship between Yamabiko, "Hasumi" and Yamala is very complicated, and there are some details that Kamiyagawa still does not fully understand.
But he knew that when Shan Yan and "Hasumi" destroyed Shan Lao's residence and caused the monsters in the sea of ​​trees to massacre the strangers, Shan Lao kept his promise to "Lord Thunder God" and stood up in time to provide protection to the strangers.
The little old man has already reported this matter.
Kamiyagawa stood under Fujizuka for a while without much expression on his face.
After a long silence, he stepped up to the top of the tomb.
And he took out a small requiem candle from the [Mirage Bag], gently bent down, and placed the candle in front of the Yamalao Shrine.
The candle wick was lit silently.
The bright white candle flame rose slowly, with a heavy and quiet feeling, not moving at all, just burning quietly.
A transparent candle flame came out, but it was quickly blown away by the forest wind.
This requiem candle was not lit next to the shikigami or shikigami statues, nor was it offered to anyone to drink. Kamiyagawa simply allowed it to be consumed.
This behavior seems a bit wasteful and pointless.
"Hehe-haha"
"Kaka——"
Because the scent of the candlelight from the burning requiem candle was not absorbed at all, but was blown away by the wind.
In the sea of ​​trees, some small monsters wandering near Shan Lao's residence were attracted by the smell.
Kamiyagawa jumped down from the Black Tomb Mountain in two steps, stood still and took out [The Banshee].
The muzzle of the pitch-black musket was pointed at the sky.
A piercing gunshot sounded like the wail of a banshee, and iron pellets carrying a huge thunderous aura broke out of the air, exploding into a ferocious purple and white light in mid-air, roaring and roaring.
After the surging thunder exploded, silence returned to the forest.
"It's a pity that I can't bring in the file information that Uncle Yuki gave me, otherwise it could be burned here."
Kamiya put away the musket and thought this way.
A clearing with withered vegetation.
Kamiyagawa, wearing a black patterned haori with a letter hanging on his waist, stood quietly with his head bowed. The wind blowing from the surrounding mountains and forests rustled his sleeves and hem.
Behind him, there were ruins and ruins, leaving only a desolate mountain aunt's residence.
In front of him was a mound mountain made of black volcanic rocks, with the Yamara Shrine standing on the top of the mountain.
In front of the red door of the shrine, there is a white candle. The rope bells that decorate the shrine are swaying gently in the wind, but the bright white candle the size of a rice grain is not moving at all, just burning quietly, thick and peaceful...
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That night, Kamiyakawa stayed for a long time next to Shan Lao's house.
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"?A real man, a real man, a real man..."
The phone rings.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mr. Kamiya?"
"Ah you are?"
"This is Doi, Doi Kazushi. We talked on the phone before. This time I'm calling you to ask if you have time to look at the house?"
"ah……"
Taking advantage of the school lunch break, Kamiyagawa was sitting on the rooftop enjoying the breeze while eating a hand-made Hannya bento. He picked up the phone that he had just picked up without looking carefully and looked at the notes. It was indeed a property that he had contacted before.
intermediary.
These days, he is preparing to move and has frequent contact with the real estate agency.
I also took the time to look at a few houses, but I was not satisfied with anything yet.
Agents are very glib and make fantastic claims when selling properties on the phone or online, but when you go to see the house in reality, you will find that it is not the case at all.
They say that a house that "lives near a lake, interpreting a romantic style" may just have a small pond next to it; they say that a house that "lives in a forest oxygen bar, a secret place for longevity" may just have a few trees around it.
To be continued...