After checking the room, the group of four left the hotel.
After missing the bus, I walked towards the nearest subway station, Jueyuan.
Akane Kirino and Yoshikawa both knew that Soya had other arrangements and only asked him to take him to the subway station. He said that the itinerary was not set and there was still plenty of time, so he walked along the way.
After getting off the subway, the two sides separated on the platform of Kyoto Station.
Akane Kirino got on the tram and watched Sonoya pull up outside and turn to Mizure and leave, missing his whereabouts.
"Where is Soya going?" Yoshikawa also looked at him.
"I don't know." She shook her head and withdrew her gaze. "He said just now that he wasn't sure."
"Anyway, I'm going to find that Master Jue."
"That's right."
"It's really mysterious..."
"The people who appear around Zong Gu are like this."
The number of passengers in the carriage gradually increased, and after a while, the tram leaving Beijing slowly started.
Kyoto Station disappeared behind, announcing the end of a day and night excursion, while the Golden Week has two days left today and tomorrow. Unlike before, the feeling of loss affected Yoshikawa before the end of the holiday.
When she came to her senses, she found that Akane Kirino was looking at her, as if she had something to say.
"Ani?"
"Is Hongzi thinking about Sonya?"
“…”
When he was guessed, Yoshikawa's breathing stopped and subconsciously wanted to deny it.
But soon, she nodded and admitted.
"Um."
She didn't forget that in front of Akane Kirino, she was "caring" about Sonoya.
In contrast to her previous deliberate attention, what she needs to do now is to let the overflowing emotions continue to restrain themselves to the level of "caring" on the surface.
"so……"
Akane Kirino got closer, "Does Hongko have a conclusion?"
The so-called conclusion is naturally her intention to Zong Gu, which is also the motivation for this trip.
The boundary between "caring" and "like" is so blurred that she is ignorant after she crosses it. When she looks back, she only feels that every moment she is with him is filled with ambiguity.
Yoshikawa was careful and wanted to express his feelings:
"I care more about Soya."
"Is it just that?"
Although she asked this, Akane Kirino was not surprised by this. She had already learned Yoshikawa's plan last night: to extend the unknown ambiguous period infinitely, and then give a conclusion when graduation is approaching.
"I don't know either……"
Yoshikawa murmured again, with a little real confusion on his face.
Since it has been made true, why not admit it directly?
She already knew the answer before asking herself - because she couldn't see Sonoya's thoughts clearly.
He seemed to have no interest in love, but he was surrounded by Kyoko Sugawara, Akane Kirino, and an outstanding girl like himself, as well as Qingmei who offered her first kiss to follow him;
He generously admitted that he had liked the female teacher in the welfare home before, without any concealment, but he did not mention anything at the moment.
Faced with her or other girls' occasional temptations, he could always deal with them with ease. Although most of the time he was careless and perfunctory, he would shift the topic to the sky without paying attention.
——In terms of this calm and composed attitude, he was clearly a veteran who wandered through flowers, that is, one of the several types of men whose sister Qingzi reminded her to be extra careful.
But she understood that Zong Gu was not such a person. This was just the "survival skills" he had honed when he was with girls of all ages day and night in the children's welfare home.
["Because I am the 'Everyone's Zonggu'. Apart from the bell, no matter who you get too close to, it will affect her... Girls are very troublesome."]
It sounded interesting at that time, but it was my turn to be a member of the way I was treated like this, Yoshikawa felt only upset.
Because she could not clearly grasp his attitude, she had to keep her favorable feelings.
"Is that... Is it still impossible to be sure."
Akane Kirino seemed to sigh, but she smiled strangely, "But yesterday I was just shopping in the mall, and Hongzi and Soya didn't have much time to spend alone."
"Um……"
Yoshikawa came to his senses and did not mention that she and Soya actually had some time to spend alone last night.
She thought about it and asked again: "What does Akane think? Can you see something?"
"I can't see it either."
Akane Kirino shook her head, "But, I think this kind of Hongzi is cute."
“Hey…thank you.”
She looked at her, her eyes curled into the moon.
"No matter what Zong Gu thinks, I like Hongzi like this anyway."
“…”
Without resistance, Yoshikawa fell again.
"Me too!"
......
After seeing off Yoshikawa and Akane Kirino, Soya and Asakiri were turning around in the station for a moment, they got on the tram and headed to Exitokiri.
Go north along Kasugawa and arrive at the Machiriya Station. The two got off the bus and transferred and got on the Kazuyama tram to Atsuma.
Last night, I was drunk and stayed in Anma Mountain. After waking up, Emperor Ju remembered the agreement with Chaowuling and Zonggu, so I asked them to go to Anma Hot Spring to find her.
The Kazuyama Moon Line and the Ankyo Ma Line operated in a co-line manner are divided into two at Baochi Station, and the eastern line is heading towards Hirashiyama Pass and the western line is heading towards Ankyo Ma Mountain.
Most sections of the Anma Line are built on elevated iron bridges. Sitting in a tram traveling west, it crosses the narrow river channel upstream of the Yachuan River, with low houses on both sides.
After looking for a moment, Zong Gu retracted his gaze and looked at the silent Chaowuling beside him.
"Lin seems to have something to worry about."
She looked at him with a look of no movement, neither admitting nor denying it.
"What's wrong?"
"I didn't sleep well."
"Yeah."
After carrying Akane Kirino who was pretending to be sleeping back to the room, Soya was extremely tired. Not long after lying down, she fell into a deep sleep. I don’t know if she did anything to interfere with the sleep of others.
Just looking at her condition this morning, it seems that only Yoshikawa was harassed.
Zong Gu didn't ask much, and grabbed Chao Wuling's hand. She leaned forward and closed her eyes temporarily.
The tram is heading towards the mountains.
After passing Ichihara Station, fewer houses on both sides of the railway tracks and denser trees.
"I've entered the mountain." Zong Gu whispered.
He closed his eyes and nodded slightly.
The tram traveled through the mountains, turning one bend after another. The branches on both sides stretched out, and there was only a gap left in the sky. The sunlight penetrated the overlapping green leaves, reflecting the shadows.
"Your ship entrance, we're here-"
At the front stop of the terminal, the passengers on the tram went down and went to visit the Kyuki Shrine.
Zong Gu is also interested, but now it is not the time to visit, and he only looks out from a distance on the tram.
A few minutes later, the tram arrived at the end of the Unma Station, where the two got off.
Walking out of the station, there was a long nose and red faced monster in the small square outside, namely the Tengu.
And this Tenggou has its own name.
"Is the ghost a magic eye..."
Zong Guduo looked at him twice, and when Chao Wuling saw that he seemed interested, he told him about the origin of Tiangou.
The Tengu, which was first seen by humans, is no different from the monsters in other myths and legends, and is a spirit of some kind of distortion.
After being seen by the spiritual practitioner who was not systematic at the beginning, he spread rumors and his image became more and more exaggerated, and eventually became what he is today.
“…It’s really nothing new.”
There is a free shuttle bus from the station to Anma Hot Spring. It's just that the time is still early and the hot spring is open, so the two of them can only walk there, but fortunately it's not too far.
On the road, I passed a long step between cherry trees. At this time, the cherry blossoms faded, leaving only greenery.
At the top of the stairs is the temple gate. The stone tablet below has been mottled after storms and rain, with the words "Anma Temple".
The courtyard of Anma Temple is distributed throughout the mountain. After climbing Anma Mountain, you will find the Kibuki Shrine from the west gate. Soya and Asakiri are also looking at each other for a few glances from a distance, without going deeper.
After walking along the shallow Anmachuan River for a while, the two finally arrived at their destination.
Before the opening hours were open, the reception hall of the Hot Springs was empty, with only a female operator in her fifties and sixties standing behind the counter.
After Zong Gu entered, he realized that it was not because it was too early.
“Is business suspended today?”
“I’m really sorry…”
The boss of the hot springs has a sincere attitude and just doesn't mention the reason for the suspension of business.
Zong Gu was too lazy to say more, so he stood a step to reveal the Chaowuling behind him.
"Oh, Miss Ling..."
“He is my mother’s guest.”
Chao Wuling said concisely, and the boss's wife probably had already received the order and took the two of them directly there.
According to her, the Orange Emperor was soaking in the open-air hot spring "Fenglu Soup". The Fenglu Soup is located on a high place next to the main hall, surrounded by pine and fir, and you have to climb an ancient stone staircase to go up.
It was not until he walked into the locker room that Zong Gu realized that Emperor Jue meant that he and Ao Muri were going to the open-air hot spring together.
While hesitating, Chao Wuling had already taken off her clothes, her petite body wrapped in a bath towel, looking at him.