After resting and tidying up, it was already past eleven o'clock at night when Soya Yoshiaki and his party left the shores of Lake Biwa.
The last tram also stopped running twenty minutes ago.
Sugawara Kyoko, who was soaked all over, did not insist on walking home alone. Instead, she followed Soya, who was not only soaked but also lost her soul, to stay at Kirino's old house for a night.
She had many questions to ask him, but they still needed to be sorted out.
It was dark at night, and the sound of the waves lapping behind them gradually disappeared, and the four of them walked in silence.
Kyoko was thinking deeply. Asagiri Suzu was a taciturn person, but Tsukuyomi, who always talked a lot, never opened her mouth for some reason.
Soya walked in the front, and it took him a lot of time to break free from his heavy thoughts. When he turned around and wanted to say something, he first saw Kyoko holding her arms and shaking slightly.
"..."
Just thinking about things.
Zong Gu secretly felt ashamed and immediately took off his coat and gave it to her.
He took off his coat before going into the water. Although it was slightly wet at this time, for Kyoko who was still completely soaked in her thin miko uniform, it was like giving timely help.
"No……"
The miko lady was still being polite, so Souya stuffed it directly into her hand, and then looked at Tsukuyomi, who was walking at the back.
"Have you figured out the meaning of the sentence 'Destiny is determined, the sword cannot be moved, and the sword cannot be killed'?"
"..."
Tsukuyomi raised his eyes and looked at him, then shook his head.
"Then forget it." Zonggu glanced at him one more time, "It's hard for you."
"...I understand this sentence!"
Kyoko, who had already put on her coat, waited until Tsukuyomi finished complaining before speaking: "Sotani-san, I have some ideas."
Zong Gu was not surprised, "Tell me about it."
"I think this is an incomplete prophecy," Kyoko said.
He is tall and thin, and the coat he wears on Kyoko looks unexpectedly good...
Zonggu looked at it for a moment, moved her eyes upward, and looked at Jingzi before she continued:
"The content of the prophecy is that Soya-sama will be killed by a sword in the future, but he will turn the danger into good fortune and realize his 'destiny' to reorganize Huangquan."
"I also think this is a prophecy."
He thought for a while and then said:
"But Jingzi also said that the prophecy is incomplete. Are you sure that 'destiny' is what I am doing now?"
Jingzi nodded firmly, and soon realized that he must have his own opinion when he asked this question.
"What do Soya-san think?"
Sogu turned his eyes and looked at Tsukuyomi behind her.
"I agree with Jingzi's interpretation of part of the prophecy, but as for the object of the prophecy, I found that there is someone who is more in line with most of the prophecy than me."
Kyoko also turned around.
"..."
Facing the gazes of the two people, Tsukuyomi felt a little unnatural.
"I'm dead."
Soya looked at him, "The divine body is destroyed, but the spirit still exists. Can Master Tsukuyomi really be said to be 'dead'?"
"Or is it that Gao Tianyuan has a clear definition of the death of a god, which only refers to the destruction of the god's body?"
Tsukuyomi was silent for a few seconds.
"……No."
Soya looked at Kyoko again, "Another part of the content that I don't agree with is the so-called 'destiny', which should refer to Tsukuyomi-sama going to Yonohara to take office."
He paused.
"This is Lord Izanagi's assignment."
"..."
Jingzi was stunned, and suddenly understood Tsukuyomi's unnaturalness.
He was unwilling to accept such a "destiny".
"Of course, this is also my guess." Zong Gu turned around and continued forward, "The prophecy is inherently unreliable, not to mention that it was left by a mad god. Don't pay too much attention...it's so cold."
Kyoko wanted to return the coat to him, but he refused.
Chaogiri Ling stepped forward and held his hand.
Under the street lamp, Soya turned around and looked at Kyoko and Tsukuyomi.
"Let's talk about it after we go back first."
...
After returning to Kirino's old house, it was already late at night when Kyoko came out from the shower.
"……Awaited."
She lowered her head slightly, and her long, moist hair was draped over her shoulders, black and translucent.
Of course, the Kirino family didn't have Kyoko's change of clothes. She was currently wearing a plain-colored yukata that Soya spent some time finding, and it should have originally belonged to Kirino Akane's aunt.
"I cooked udon." In the kitchen, Sogu looked back at her and said, "If you don't mind, just eat some."
"good……"
He had just heard the sound of Kyoko coming out, and was already holding the noodles in his hands. At this time, he directly brought it to the table for her.
Steaming hot udon noodles, the bowl is piled with some vegetables picked in the backyard, soaked in soup, and there are two pieces of fried tofu next to the green onions cut into several sections.
"The preparations were a bit hasty."
"Where...I'm starting."
Jingzi picked up the fried tofu and took a bite. It was very chewy and the delicious soup flowed out of it. The taste was neither salty nor bland.
"Thank you...it tastes great."
"Yeah."
There was obviously a smile on Zonggu's face.
He took off his apron and brought another side dish, "If you think it's bland, there are some pickles here. I've just eaten some, so I'm going to take a shower first."
Jingzi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work..."
Soya left the kitchen, and after a while, Tsukuyomi walked in.
Judging from his appearance, he probably came here to eat noodles. Kyoko put down the bowl and chopsticks and was about to help him serve noodles. Sogu, who was holding clothes, poked his head out of the door.
"Let him do it himself."
"..."
Tsukuyomi just sat down and stood up again.
Asagiri Suzu was playing with her mobile phone in the living room, saying just now that she had no appetite. Souya turned around and went to the bathroom.
When he was washing his hair, he saw the high-end shampoo that Yoshikawa gave to Asagiri Suzu next to him, and he squeezed some of it into his hand.
After rinsing his body, he sat in the bathtub and let the hot water cover everything from his neck down, then closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
"..."
After soaking for a while, Zonggu opened his eyes and raised his left hand in the water.
Reflected in the goose-yellow light, the mark on his left arm was clearly outlined.
The black mark, as long and narrow as a willow leaf, only appeared tonight. It was neither painful nor itchy, and there was no sensation to the touch. Tsukuyomi said that he felt the flow of divine power in it.
"Is it Zhilei's divine power?"
Zongya put on the amulet he had just taken off, and the mark immediately disappeared without a trace.
He touched his arm and tried to recall what he had glimpsed in Zhilei's memory before, but he was still blank.
Zhilei's memory disappeared along with his soul, just like removing a seedling and taking away soil, and even his thoughts while watching were taken away. In the end, all that was left was the incomplete mark he carved on the ground with an arrow at the last moment.
prophecy.
"What is the last sentence that I can't remember..."
Really unable to recall, Zonggu gave up. The joy of achieving one-eighth of his goal could no longer bring out the smile he had at the beginning...
Snap, snap!
He suddenly patted his face.
"Don't be too greedy."
When he came out of the bath, the clothes he had just changed and the soaked miko uniform were still stacked in the dirty clothes basket.
After throwing the clothes into the washing machine, Soya returned to the living room. Kyoko and Tsukuyomi had also finished eating the noodles.
"I have washed the dishes and chopsticks."
"Yeah."
Sogu sat down next to Asaguri Suzu. The tip of her nose moved and she turned to look at him.
"I also washed Kyoko's clothes. There is a dryer here."
"..."
Kyoko raised her eyes and nodded after a while.
"I see."
It was late at night, and the four of them sat in the living room for a while. They all felt tired, especially Soya and Kyoko, so they went to rest.
The last thing Kirino's old house lacks is vacant rooms, and the room where Kyoko temporarily sleeps is next door to Soya.
The two separated at the door of their respective rooms.
"Good night."
Sogu looked at Kyoko. She held back her hair around her ears and slightly curved her mouth.