The sharp hairdressing scissors are wandering around the head, acting recklessly and decisively.
Accompanied by a crisp sound, every opening and closing means an irreversible change.
Strands of black hair slipped along the scarf and fell to the ground, or fell on the slippers. Kirino Akane stood on tiptoes, knocked on the ground, and moved half a step to the side.
Surrounded by her, Zonggu sat in front of the sink, looking at himself in the mirror, motionless.
Little by little changes are gradually accumulating, and the outline of the future has been vaguely outlined.
The lights were turned on brightly, and the only sound left in the bathroom was the sound of scissors.
After a while, Kirino Akane stopped.
"alright!"
She took another mirror and looked at the back of his head, "How is it?"
Zonggu turned his head and looked left and right.
"The progress is very obvious..."
"Of course. I cherish every opportunity and practice hard."
"How many times have you practiced?"
"If you include this time... it's the third time, right?"
When their eyes met in the mirror, she tilted her head slightly proudly and smiled at him again.
"If Kirino becomes a hairdresser in the future, remember to thank me now."
"Okay. If Zonggu asks me to cut my hair, it will always be free."
Akane Kirino untied her scarf, Soya stood up and looked at the broken hair on the ground.
"I'll take care of it."
"Then trouble Soya."
After cleaning the ground, the two of them had no intention of staying at Kirino's house any longer. On the way back to the old house, the rain suddenly started falling again.
None of them brought umbrellas.
"Hahaha--"
After escaping into the entrance hall, Kirino Akane was still in high spirits with her hair soaked a lot, and then she noticed an extra pair of shoes on the ground.
"Hey, Yuezi is back."
"Um."
Zong Gu responded, finding it earlier than she did.
He touched his head again and looked at the wet palms, which were stained with a lot of short short hair.
Sure enough, I still need to wash my hair.
And just when he was changing his shoes and considering whether to wash his hair first or go upstairs to encourage Tsukuyomi, the latter came down from upstairs holding a change of clothes.
"..."
Their eyes met, Tsukuyomi looked at his shorter hair and yawned again.
"I'm back."
Zonggu came closer, and soon stopped with a frown on his face. The god's body was exuding an indescribable strange smell.
"Thank you for being able to take the train back...how many days have you not taken a shower?"
"Only three or four days."
"'Only three or four days'? In this season?"
"I'm busy making money. I used to do it for thousands of years..."
Noticing some changes in Kirino Akane's eyes next to her, Tsukuyomi suddenly coughed twice and promptly interrupted the topic.
"I'm going to take a shower first."
Zong Gu nodded, and after he took a few steps, he confessed: "Wash yourself clean, I'll see you later if I have something to do."
"Kyoko has already looked for me." Tsukuyomi looked back at him, "She was the one who drove me back."
Zong Gu was not too surprised and just asked him to take a shower first.
And when Tsukuyomi came out of the bathroom and was about to go to his room to talk in detail, Akane Kirino followed him.
"Hey, can't you?"
At this time, it would be more effective for her to adopt a straightforward attitude.
"Well, I need to discuss some important personal matters with Yuezi."
"All right."
As expected, she didn't force herself and stayed alone in the living room.
Soya went to the kitchen and poured two glasses of orange juice. When he came upstairs, Tsukuyomi was standing by the window, looking left and right at the tomato seedlings that had been set up.
"Did you do this? Why did you tie it up?"
"Well." He glanced at it and put down the drink he was holding, "It's a warning."
"Eh?" Tsukuyomi looked over.
"It means that if Tsukuyomi-sama continues to slack off, I will treat you like this."
"..."
Tsukuyomi immediately lost all thoughts of continuing to study the tomato seedlings, returned to the low table, and sat down.
"This is not something I can solve with my hard work."
"I see."
Soya handed the drink to him, "But little hope and no hope are two different things, and Tsukuyomi-sama has completely given up trying now, right?"
He stopped talking again.
Zonggu sighed, picked up his own orange juice, and drank more than half of the glass in one breath.
Putting down the cup, he slowly said: "Tsukuyomi-sama doesn't care about the passage of time, but Kyoko and I can't wait. We will grow old, die, and one day we will completely disappear from this world."
"One hundred and fifty years, for Tsukuyomi-sama, is just a blink of an eye, but for us humans, it is already a lifetime... We really can't wait too long."
"..."
Tsukuyomi held the cup and looked at him for a while.
"Of course I know that human lifespan is short...but even if you say so, I can't find the remaining seven guys for you right away."
"I understand too." Soya nodded, "I just want to remind Tsukuyomi-sama again that I have my own reasons."
"Eh?" Tsukuyomi was startled.
"It is also so that when I use some rude means in the future, Tsukuyomi-sama can understand my urgent mood more deeply." Soya sighed softly, "By explaining it this way, I can feel more at ease myself."
"..."
Another threat.
Tsukuyomi picked up the orange juice and drank it all in one gulp. When he put the cup down, he smashed it on the table with a little force.
"You might as well kill me."
He was really intimidated, and Tsukuyomi had entered a stage between being a loser and completely indifferent.
After all, Soya has always been rude, but he has never really done anything to him - except occasionally when he is really annoyed, he will write "Izanami is here" in ketchup on the omurice rice he gives him.
.
As he gradually understood modern society and common sense, his dependence on Soya in daily life became much less than when he first arrived.
——In other words, he already has the confidence to "disobey".
Zong Gu just looked at the glass, and then looked at him for a while, his eyes still calm.
"By the way, what are Tsukuyomi-sama doing at the shrine these days?"
"……what?"
"Just chat."
Tsukuyomi glanced at him suspiciously, "Didn't Kyoko tell you?"
"Kyoko has been busy taking care of herself these past few days, and she doesn't know very clearly about Tsukuyomi-sama's specific movements."
"Yes, what happened to her?"
Soya raised his eyes and looked at him, "Hasn't Tsukuyomi-sama been staying at the shrine these days? Don't you know anything about what happened to Kyoko?"
"I only know that she seemed to have had a quarrel with a man...I was busy making Yushou."
As Tsukuyomi said, he suddenly became energetic, "Help me be a Sunny Day doll guardian, and I can get two hundred yen!"
"..."
Zonggu shook his head and asked casually, "What is the external price?"
"One thousand two hundred yen."
"...so expensive."
"well enough?"
Under the inducement of generous rewards, he has completely sided with the shrine.
Soya didn't have the intention to look down on him, "Then Tsukuyomi-sama should have gotten a lot of money these days."
"That's right. Plus the money I saved before, it's enough to buy a computer."
"It's not enough."
"Huh?" Tsukuyomi was stunned, "That's enough, I've done the math."
Zonggu said nothing and picked up the orange juice again.
Tsukuyomi lost confidence due to his sudden move and started counting money instead.
The rewards he got from the shrine were still the same. He had counted them several times, and he went to look for the money he had saved before.
"Eh?"
When I opened the tin can where the money was hidden, it was empty inside.
"Gone..."
Ta, da, da.
Tsukuyomi turned around and saw Soya holding his head with one hand and tapping lightly on the table with the other hand.
In front of him, there was a stack of very familiar banknotes.
"Now, Tsukuyomi-sama, can you feel a hint of the urgency of ordinary humans?"
"..."
Tsukuyomi realizes it.
More than just a trace, he was already completely anxious.
"Thief!"
"Um."
"I'm going to call the police!"
"Look at what you said...just go ahead."
He rushed towards him, but Sogu grabbed the banknote and easily avoided it.
Chased and escaped, the two of them circled the room several times, making the wooden floor squeak.
"Um?"
Kirino Akane, who stayed in the living room, looked up at the ceiling.
"How could you do this to me!" Tsukuyomi panted, "I'm so disappointed!"
Soya hid calmly, "If you want to be disappointed, my disappointment in Tsukuyomi-sama can build a bridge between Takamagahara and Huangquan."
"But I can't do it!"
"I have said that there is little hope and no hope are two different things. Tsukuyomi-sama directly chooses to give up, which is hard for me to accept... even if you spend a few minutes every day."
"I only have this little magical power left, and the range I can sense and project is very limited."
Soya stopped, "Is this the reason why Tsukuyomi-sama just gives up?"
Tsukuyomi could no longer catch up. He held on to the wardrobe and panted heavily. He took a moment to recover.
"Why do you have to find those guys? Haven't you been living a peaceful life during this period of time? As long as you wear that amulet, the Daughter of Hell will never be able to find you!"
"That's right..."
Instead, Zonggu walked towards him again, holding the banknotes in his hands and holding them in the air.
"But now, someone is expecting me to save the world."
Tsukuyomi raised his feet and grabbed it a few times, but to no avail.
Zonggu no longer has him in his eyes.
"She thinks I can do anything, and I don't want to live up to her expectations."