Because I slept late the night before and also consumed a lot of energy because I wiped out my spirits in Kyoto, the next morning, Zong Gu slept until the sun was noon before he woke up, and Hongzi had been here for a long time.
“Insult.”
"Then don't stand next to my pillow in a short skirt."
“…”
Pressing the hem of the skirt, Hongzi took two steps back.
Withdrew his gaze, Zong Gu turned over and buried his face in the pillow.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the girl's skirt, which didn't make him energetic for too long. He still wanted to sleep for a while.
"Why did Sogo sleep here again?"
"You should ask her why she slept in my room again."
"Akane said she was waiting for Soya to come back."
"I'm back, the room is occupied, and I'm here."
Hongzi squatted down and poked his face, "Songgu should also try to let Akane go back to sleep, instead of just exchanging rooms with her."
"Why don't you tell her this?"
"How to say it, tell Akane that I am actually envious and jealous."
“…”
Zong Gu turned his head and looked at her for a while, "If you can let her go back to her room to sleep, that's fine."
Hongzi poked hard, "Tell me you."
Although the two just exchanged rooms and had no substantial intimate contact with each other, in her opinion, this was another more intimate tacit understanding, like... flirting.
What's more, this is just something she can see. When she can't see, only they know what the two of them actually did...
Thinking about it, Hongzi pierced harder and harder until Zong Gu shouted.
"Ah, sorry..."
She came to her senses and rubbed her twice as compensation.
"Hongzi really feels sorry, then go out now and let me sleep for a while."
“It’s almost ten o’clock.”
"It was already one or two in the morning when I came back last night."
"Ah, so late... Has the matter in Kyoto been resolved?"
"It's been solved." Sonogu looked at the ceiling, "and it's completely solved."
"Then there is no need to go on duty after Zonggu?" Hongzi asked again.
"Um."
She was sincerely happy, "That's great."
Soya turned his head to look at her, "Hongko can go to Kyoto with Sister Aoko to buy clothes."
"What else can I buy?" Hongzi sat down and put her legs on her face. "Sister has already returned to Tokyo. I came here after I took my sister to the tram."
Only then did he remember that Akane Kirino once mentioned that Aoko Yoshikawa would probably leave today.
"So, didn't you buy clothes?"
"I bought it. Because Soya said that I couldn't go to Kyoto, my sister and I went to Otsu."
Zong Gu responded and then sat up.
"Are you not sleeping?"
"Hongzi refused to go out again." He turned his head and looked at her, "and I've almost had enough sleep."
Hongzi pretended not to hear the first half of the sentence, "There is a breakfast left by Akane in the kitchen."
"Where are hers?"
"I'm back home, come here later."
Zonggu stood up, Hongzi folded the bedding for him, and suddenly picked up the pillow and sniffed it.
"The tastes of Soya and Akane are mixed together..."
"I've given that pillow to Hongzi, whatever you want."
“…Don’t say strange things!”
"Who said it first?"
When the two walked out of the room, someone came out of the innermost room.
"Mr. Yuedu."
Tsukido was yawning, and obviously just woke up, and asked, "Do you have any food?"
"No more!" Hongzi said immediately.
"Didn't breakfast be left in the kitchen?"
"That's for you, no confinement...no confinement is my duty."
"Hello."
Yue Du also directly expressed his dissatisfaction with this distinctive treatment in front of the face.
Hongzi said: "Isn't there a tomato planted on the windowsill of Lord Yuedu? It's almost ready to pick it, when breakfast is just right."
“It’s not cooked yet.”
Hongzi told Sonoya again that because she missed supper, all the tomatoes that Kirino Akane picked yesterday were taken to eat by Tsukiku.
"Why don't you order takeout?" He was a little surprised. With Yuedu's luxurious style in recent times, he should order takeout directly. "Anyway, it's not the money that you spend on Yuedu."
It was fine if he didn't mention this matter. As soon as he mentioned it, Yue Du's tears were about to come out: "Cai Cai stopped that card!"
“Wow.”
Zong Gu laughed out loud.
"To celebrate the end of Master Yuedu's first soft rice career, let's have cold noodles for lunch."
"Eat cold noodles again..."
"What does Hongzi want to eat?"
"Forget it, it's so hot that I can't eat anything else. Just cold noodles."
No matter how much he joked, it was almost noon, so Soya still distributed half of the breakfast that Akane Kirino to Yuedu.
"Did Miss Huatian say why she stopped that card?"
Yue Du looked up at him, "Naicai said I should cheer up and go out to find the meaning of my life."
"That's really the hope of the wrong person."
"It's so rude."
"Have you found that Lord Yuedu?"
"I am the son of Yuezhi..."
"—'I am one of the three noble sons born from the Creation God Yin Xie Naqimuhe.'" Soya took over the conversation, "I will say it."
“…”
"This is just the identity of Lord Yuedu - now it should be said to be the identity of the past - not the meaning of your life."
Yue Du looked at him, "What should that mean?"
Sonoya thought for a while, "Found the Eight Thunder Gods for me."
"I know." He rolled his eyes and started to eat breakfast again.
"After that being said, I have been busy with institutions recently. Has Master Yuedu persisted?" asked Sonoya.
Yue Du was silent for a moment, looked up and said, "I don't know if it's my illusion... those guys seem to have completely disappeared."
Zong Gu originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect to get such an answer: "What does it mean?"
"At the beginning, although I could not sense the specific location of those guys, there was still a faint connection between them. But recently, this feeling has completely disappeared." Yue Du said.
Explained.
He thought for a while, "Can this mean anything?"
"They were all killed, or they simply abandoned their bodies and hid in the state of gods."
Zong Gu was stunned for a long time.
"Why?"
"How can I know?"
Yuedu continued to eat, "This is just my guess. It may be that they have mastered something I don't know, and cut off this faint connection. After all, you have killed the two brothers one after another, so you are alert.
It's normal, too."
Zong Gu nodded slowly, stopped Kuaizi, and remained silent.
"If you don't eat..."
When Yue Du reached out halfway, she was beaten back by Hongzi.
Zong Gu came to his senses, smiled at Hongzi, and continued to eat breakfast.
After breakfast, Yuedu returned to the upper floor, and Zonggu washed the plates in the kitchen.
"What's going on now?" Hongzi asked, "I can't understand what you said, but it doesn't seem very good."
"It's really not great." Zong Gu looked at the rushing water, "What's even worse is that I don't seem to have any solutions at all."
Hongzi thought for a moment, "What are the consequences that are not very good?"
"This world continues to function as it is now."
“Eh?”
Soya smiled at her, "Nothing will change."
"Is Sonogu originally planning to destroy the world?"
"It's not entirely wrong to say that... I want it to start over to be precise."
"Start again, means going back to the Big Bang?"
"No... it's not a restart in this sense. It's about letting Huangquan return to its original state and restore the original order of death."
Hongzi was silent, and after a while, she sighed again: "I really can't understand."
"I only know the appearance."
Putting down the plate, Zong Gu washed his hands under the faucet, "These are all told by others, and I have never seen them."
"What if Zonggu is cheated."
“…”
Zong Gu smiled and quickly restrained, "I think she shouldn't lie to me in such a thing."
"Does she care about the original senior sister?"
"No, it's me and Ling's teacher."
"Ah, sorry. I thought..."
She instinctively doubted what she could not understand, thinking that he was also deceived and was pursuing some illusory existence, but she also knew very well his trust in that teacher.
Zong Gu shook his head, "It's hard to say anything."
[What anyone promises you does not count. Only what you can do is to make the right decision.]
“…”
For no reason, he suddenly remembered the words of Emperor Orange last night.
Do you make your own decision...
Seeing him dazed, Hongzi approached a little, "Zonggu?"
"nothing."
"It's coming again, it's 'nothing' again."
"I'm thinking, I'm so happy that Hongzi has thought so much about me."
“…”
She clenched her fist and gently pounded his arm.
"The genius believed."
A moment later, Akane Kirino also returned here.
"Ah, Soya has already gotten up."
"Um."
"I don't feel anything about when did you come back last night."
"One or two o'clock."
She also asked about the matter in Kyoto, so Soya explained to her again.
Akane Kirino was also very happy to hear that he didn't have to go out on duty anymore.
While chatting, the phone rang in the corridor outside.
"Hey, someone actually makes this call..."
Akane Kirino got up to answer the phone, and after a while, she returned to the door of the living room.
"Look for yours."
Zong Gu was stunned and stood up and went over.
"Hello……"
"Mr. Soya."
"It's me."
"I am Ashiya Moto from the Headquarters of the Kinki Lingjue Institution, the Personnel Inspection Department. Given your outstanding performance in Kyoto last night, I would like to talk to you about the essence of the job of Lingjue."
“…”
Zong Gu immediately understood the other party’s purpose.
Although it has been expected, this is too fast. The Soul Sacrifice Society just ended last night.
"I wonder if it's convenient for you?" Ashiya Tsuna continued to ask.
"You might as well be more direct." Soya replied, "Mr. Ashiya is planning to invite me to join the special operations team of the headquarters."
The other party was not surprised, "Has anyone greeted Mr. Sonoya?"
"No, I guessed it based on my feelings."
"Mr. Tomiya has a very clear understanding of himself, but what we can give is more than what Mr. Tomiya thinks. If it is convenient, I would like to chat with Mr. Tomiya in person."
"I don't have this plan. The Soul Sacrifice Society has just ended and I have a rare vacation. I don't want to go out, so I'd better forget it."
Ashiya Toru directly ignored his first half of the sentence, "Mr. Soya doesn't need to go out. I have already come to the neighborhood of the noble house. If it is convenient, I will come to the door to Mr. Soya... Hum? You are..."
The sound in the microphone suddenly became much deeper and became much deeper.
Already here?
Have you met anyone?
"Mr. Ashiya?"
Without a response, Sonogu looked at the door and looked at Akane Kirino who had been standing next to him.
"Who?" she asked.
He pointed upwards.
"Hey...oh, the person above?" She quickly understood what he meant and couldn't help laughing.
"Um."
"Is Zonggu going to be promoted?"
"That's what they mean, but I don't have that plan."
Akane Kirino blinked, "Why?"
"because……"
The door of the entrance door suddenly opened.
Kirino Keiko stood outside the door, behind her was a strange man in a suit and ties.
"Please come in."
"I've been disturbed."
He walked in, hung up the phone in his hand, and lowered his head slightly to Zong Gu who was looking at him.
"It's a shame. When I first met, I'm Ashiya."
“…”
"I heard that he was Soya's colleague, so I brought him here." Kirino Keiko said, and walked to the other side, "Mom is going to the back, you guys talk."
After entering the door, I couldn't drive people away now, so Zong Gu had to ask him to sit in the living room.
Suddenly a stranger came, and Hongzi felt a little uncomfortable. Soya signaled her and Akane Kirito to stay in the room upstairs.
"If I hadn't met Mr. Soya's mother at the intersection, I might have to look for it for a while." Ashiya said.
Soya didn't remember whether he wrote his parents' information when filling in the information, so he was too lazy to explain at this time, "Mr. Ashiya, I already know your purpose. Unfortunately, I have no plans to join the headquarters at the moment."
"Mr. Tomogu doesn't need to be in a hurry. It's not too late to say anything after listening to me... Thank you."
After pouring glasses of water for both of them, Akane Kirino left the living room.
She wanted to hide behind the door and listen to a few words, but Kirino Keiko, who came back to get the tools, stared at her and had to go upstairs.
After drinking water, Ashiya Mono said, "I want to know what was the motivation for Mr. Soya to join the Lingjue Organization at the beginning."
Before Zong Gu could speak, he continued.
“I think there are only two reasons:
First, the organization provides all-round assistance to spiritualists who are determined to fight against spirits and maintain peace in Kinki. No one can be more professional than us;
Second, you can also get absolutely excellent rewards when fighting spirits and working for institutions."
He paused intentionally and asked, "Let me take the liberty to ask, are Mr. Sonogu satisfied with the current treatment and working environment?"
Finally getting the opportunity to speak, Zong Gu nodded and said only two words: "Satisfied."
"And at the headquarters, this is only the treatment of the primary foreign operation team."
"Um."
“…”
Ashiya Tsuna was a little disappointed without seeing the expected expression on his face, but it did not affect his continued conversation.
"Just joining the Special Operations Team of the headquarters can double the starting point for Mr. Sonoya to receive compensation. Today, I am here to invite Mr. Sonoya to join the Special Operations Team and serve as the deputy leader of the Sixth Group."
"The treatment of deputy team leader is for ordinary team members..."
He paused again, but unfortunately he still couldn't see curiosity and expectation in Zong Gu's eyes, so he had to raise his emotions: "Fine times!"
Sonoya took a sip of water, "Wow."
“…”
Seeing that his reaction was so calm, Ashiya Yuan couldn't continue to speak, so he stopped tempting and said directly: "What does Mr. Zonggu think? I've prepared the procedures. As long as you nod, you can do it before noon today.
Go through the entire process.”
Even if Zong Gu refused, he was not surprised.
High returns mean high risks. Most peripheral spiritualists will show hesitation or refuse directly when they are invited by the headquarters for the first time.
After rejection, it is the time when he truly starts to display his work ability.
"I still said the same thing, I have no intention of joining the headquarters."
really……
Ashiya Yuan was ready to perform.
"Mr. Soya..."
“——Mr. Ashiya.”
Ashiya didn't mind his interruption, "Please say."
Zong Gu put down the water cup, "Let's go back to the original question, I haven't answered it yet."
"The initial question...is Mr. Soya's motivation for joining the institution?"
He nodded and continued, "Does Mr. Ashiya know Kyoko Kobaya?"
"certainly."
"I joined the institution to manage Kyoko Hara."
Ashiya Mono opened his mouth.
"When I first met Kyoko, I fell in love with her hopelessly. Whether it is her appearance and figure, or her serious personality, they happen to be in my good football area."
“…”
"Because she is a witch who belongs to the organization, in order to get to know her more and to get close to her, I joined the organization under the introduction of Miss Noma Nan and chose to be stationed in Fuyun Shrine."
Ashiya Tsuna was silent for a while, "Even if that's the case..."
"It's better to say that I don't want to leave her," Soya said. "I have no interest in the so-called treatment. Guanhara Kyoko is everything I want."
“…”
Ashiya Monroe didn't speak for a long time, just drank water.
Seeing that the cup was empty, Zong Gu was about to pour another glass of water for him, but he raised his hand and refused.
"I was abrupt this time."
Ashiyamoto stood up and prepared to say goodbye, "However, it is a pity to let a pearl like Mr. Soya be covered in dust in the corner. I will come to visit Mr. Soya again in a while."
"Then I have to quit the institution."
“…”
Ashiya Tsubasa was so big that he quickly said that he would not disturb him again.
He finally believed that the high school student in front of him only had the dazzling witch lady in his eyes.
"I'll say goodbye first."
When Soya sent him out, Akane Kirino and Hongko also came down from the upper floor.
"I almost forgot to say..."
Ashiya Moto turned around and looked at the three of them, "Thanks to Mr. Soya's outstanding performance, this year's Kyoto Soul Sacrifice Society can end successfully. Please enjoy tomorrow's festival and bring these two lovely ladies with you."
Zong Gu was stunned, "Can anyone outside the organization participate?"
"The festival is divided into two areas: internal and external areas, which restricts identity within the interior, but it is still more lively outside."