The whole world knows that I crossed

Qiao Wen's consciousness has been ups and downs in the darkness for an unknown amount of time.

It seems to be only a moment, and it seems to be as long as a century.

In the strange, silent and profound world intertwined with darkness and broken dreams, without a single sound, he suddenly heard a burst of light laughter.

The voice was so sudden and clear that Qiao Wen regained his lost will almost immediately.

"You're awake."

said the master of the voice.

Qiao Wen felt as if he had no body, only his consciousness appeared here.

Consciousness probably has no vision...

Or maybe there is, but the darkness in front of him is too thick, so thick that Qiao Wen can't see his own existence clearly, nor can he see anything around him clearly.

Seeing that he was conscious, but the owner of the voice did not show any panic or fear in such a strange environment, his tone could not help but be somewhat strange:

"Aren't you afraid of the darkness?"

She (should it be her? Because it is a very obvious female voice, so the owner of the voice should be a female, right?) The words and sentences have a bit of ancient rhyme, which is the kind of Qiao Wen who feels distanced from herself. Very distant way of speaking.

Facing the other party's question, Qiao Wen didn't hesitate too much, and answered honestly:

"well enough……"

After all, he is also a man who has experienced many times under the hands of the card of darkness, and he is really not afraid of being in a dark environment.

The owner of the voice laughed again.

This time, there seemed to be a little more joy in the laughter.

"You are such an interesting person."

The other party said with a light smile.

"Wandering in this sea of ​​darkness and chaos for a long time, I have only seen you who have not collapsed after regaining consciousness..."

Qiao Wen wondered what this so-called "Sea of ​​Darkness and Chaos" was, what Naraku had done to him before, why he was sent to such a place inexplicably, and who was the owner of this voice ?Why did he feel a strange sense of familiarity...

While thinking about it, the owner of the voice paused for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile:

"Someone has come to pick you up...go back, son of man."

Accompanied by the voice that was even somewhat gentle, Qiao Wen suddenly felt a force trying to pull him, and "draw" himself out of the darkness.

He tried his best to turn around, and shouted loudly into the depths of the darkness, where there seemed to be something invisible:

"What about you? Aren't you leaving? You..."

--who is it?

The voice was silent for a moment, and then it sounded again, still smiling slightly:

"I will not leave. But... if you wish so, we will meet again. Until then, take care, son of man, I..."

Qiao Wen could no longer hear the following words as his consciousness gradually blurred.

And when his consciousness returned to his original position, Qiao Wen sat up abruptly, only to find himself lying at the bottom of a well that was both unfamiliar and familiar...

"This is……"

Well of Bone? !

However, above this bone-eating well is not an unobstructed sky, but... the ceiling of an old building...

"I... have returned to modern times?!"

Qiao Wen couldn't help but widen his eyes when he looked at the strange yet somewhat familiar environment.

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……

After leaving the Well of Bone Eaters, Qiao Wen visited Kagome's mother and grandfather in the Sunset Shrine.

Knowing that Kagome hadn't come back since leaving home for the Warring States Period last time, he sat down for a while under the hospitality of the two elders, drank a cup of tea, and left his contact information, please the two elders He helped convey to Kagome that she hoped that she would contact him as soon as possible when she came back, so she got up, said goodbye and left.

Standing on the busy street, Qiao Wen still had a strong sense of unreality—not long ago he was in the Warring States Period, and he was worried that a certain neurotic BOSS might attack and kill at any time, but now he has returned to this place. In some corners that people don't know, there are also dangers happening all the time, but in the end, most people can live in the sun with peace of mind, and don't have to worry about the peaceful era of sudden end of life...

Qiao Wen subconsciously looked down at his own shadow.

...Speaking of which, Xiao Baiyu is still at the other end of time and space, and did not come back with her.

It seems that I can only ask Kagome to see if I can bring it back later.

Qiao Wen sighed.

Just when he found out that he had returned to modern times, Qiao Wen took out the purified piece of jade of the four souls that Kagome and Inuyasha had kept in his custody from the dream world.

As expected, that didn't bring Qiao Wen a second experience of crossing the Well of Bone Eaters.

Just like in the Warring States Period, it also couldn't send Qiao Wen back to modern times.

Obviously, the jade fragments of the four souls are not omnipotent.

No matter how much Qiao Wen wants to know what happened before and after he lost consciousness, what Naraku did to him, and why he lay at the bottom of the bone-eating well after regaining consciousness, returning to modern times inexplicably...

but.

Those who can answer his questions are not in this time and space.

They are all on the other side of the Well of Bone Eaters, in the Warring States Period 500 years ago...

The moment he realized this, Qiao Wen suddenly felt an unspeakable sense of loss and sadness.

But wait.

Qiao Wen suddenly thought about it.

— Isn’t there Bawei?

Bawei was also there at the time!

If it was Ba Wei, he should know something, right?

Thinking of a blind spot that he had almost overlooked in the past, Qiao Wen was shocked. While walking to the tram station to buy a ticket to return to Mikage Shrine, he dialed the familiar number recorded at the top of the address book.

A continuous busy tone came from the handset.

For some reason, Bawei's mobile phone has been unable to get through.

Qiao Wen faintly felt some kind of not-so-good premonition, but then he felt that he might be worrying unfoundedly——that was Bawei!That Bawei!

What can happen to him?

With vague worries, Qiao Wen got on the tram and returned to Mikage Shrine.

It was late summer when Qiao Wen left, but now that he has returned, it is already late autumn. In the shrine courtyard, the ground is covered with golden leaves. Although the scenery looks beautiful, it also shows that the shrine’s The courtyard seemed to have been neglected for a while.

But how is this possible?

Ba Wei and the ghost fire boys have always been very diligent in cleaning the courtyard, and Qiao Wen usually helps out together. It can be said that since he started living in the shrine, he has never seen fallen leaves pile up in the courtyard...

Pushing open the gate of the shrine, someone announced loudly:

"Bavy! I'm back!"

Unfortunately, what responded to him was only the empty rooms, and the occasional soft sound of wind blowing fallen leaves in the silent air...

Jowin explored the entire shrine room by room.

Everything in the shrine was as usual, everything was neatly placed where it should be placed, the futons in Bawei’s room were neatly folded, and the wardrobe was full of his precious high-end kimonos of various colors.

There are many ingredients and raw materials piled up in the kitchen, and Qiao Wen even saw a large basket of dried persimmons drying in the courtyard—presumably he mentioned that he wanted to eat his own dried persimmons before, and the God Envoy fell in love with him. Secretly prepared something, it seems that I want to wait for him to come back so as to give him a "surprise"...

Qiao Wen searched the entire shrine, but not only did not find Ba Wei, but he did not even see half of the two will-o'-the-wisp boys who would never leave the shrine.

Qiao Wen felt deeply puzzled.

Bawei... where did he go?

He sat on the edge of the shrine for a while, then simply took out his mobile phone and asked the almighty netizens for help.

This is Qiao Wen's first live broadcast since his last trip to Bailing Mountain.

He took the time to post on Weibo before, explaining why he might not have the opportunity to live broadcast for a while-following Naraku, he really has no energy and nothing to live broadcast.

Netizens of course expressed their understanding of this, and they all supported Qiao Wen to get down to business, and don't worry about them for the time being—"With the replay of the previous live broadcast, we can rely on it to last until the New Year!"

Everyone said so.

So for the live broadcast that Qiao Wen suddenly started, the melon-eaters who flooded into the live broadcast room in an instant expressed their expectations and surprises——

"Yo? Qiao Xiaoer started the live broadcast? Happy to run~"

"Wait... Qiao Xiaoer said before that there is no opportunity to start a live broadcast for the time being because he is going to track down Naraku. Does the live broadcast now mean..."

"Naraku dead ball?!"

"Impossible, right? How long has it been? Naraku was so capable of getting a boss, and died suddenly after being chased for a few days? Really? I don't believe it.jpg"

"...No, don't you think...the background of Qiao Xiaoer's live broadcast...seems to be a familiar Yazi..."

"Not to mention the previous one, I really didn't pay attention... Isn't this the reception room of Mikage Shrine!"

"..."

Many viewers in the live broadcast room were very impressed with the reception room of Mikage Shrine.

After all, Qiao Wen's first live broadcast after time travel was held here.

And since Qiao Wen appeared in this reception room now, doesn't that mean...

"Fuck? Qiao Xiaoer, have you returned to modern times?!"

"What?! Qiao Xiaoer returned to modern times? When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"I don't know either! It feels like I missed more than a dozen episodes... Is it my illusion_(:з)∠)_"

"The previous one is not your illusion, the same face is confused, and strongly appeals to Qiao Xiaoer to explain in detail what happened during the interruption of the live broadcast!"

"Please explain!"

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……

Although Qiao Wen wanted to ask netizens whether the sudden disappearance of the jaw guard was due to some kind of "inevitability"—after all, he had never read the second half of the manga, and only vaguely read the final ending from Weibo. I am completely confused about the direction of other plots, so I can’t judge whether Bawei’s disappearance is related to the plot of the original novel, but netizens have discovered that he returned to modern times from the Warring States Period. If you don’t explain it, I’m afraid everyone should keep paying attention Scratching his liver, Qiao Wen first briefly explained his previous experience...

"...So I don't know what happened at the time, anyway, when I woke up, I was already in the Well of Bone Eater at Higurashi Shrine, and I heard from Kagome's grandfather and mother that she hadn't come back before. "

So I want to know from Kagome what happened after he lost consciousness. I guess she will wait until the next time she comes back to Hyundai and contact Qiao Wen.

Qiao Wen paused, looked at the "beautiful language" that condemned Naraku almost all over the barrage, and smiled - the sand sculpture netizens were as cute as ever.

"But I didn't start the live broadcast to tell everyone about this." He began to mention his main purpose of starting the live broadcast this time. "After I returned to Mikage Shrine from Higurashi Shrine, I found that Bawei was missing. I searched all over I didn't see anyone else in the whole shrine, and I couldn't get through the phone. Onikiri and Toru couldn't find anyone... I was a little bit concerned, so I wanted to start a live broadcast to ask everyone if it was because Bawei was here. I don't know Did you go to the original plot? Was he going to travel suddenly at this time?"

Hearing about Qiao Wen's question, he had been reading the barrage of "Naluo's scum begging for a die", so they all put down their diss on a certain boss, and turned to answer him:

"No... right? And what is the original story now... The whole story line feels completely wrong now, what's the 'plot' to go..._(:з)∠)_"

"That's right, since Bawei won't meet Nanasheng, naturally there shouldn't be a series of subsequent plot developments! Besides, he didn't turn against King Eluo this time, right? The boss Yeniao was also killed by Joe Xiao Er solved it easily... I really can't think of any reason for Ba Wei to repeat the original plot!"

"And even if he left the original story line, Ba Wei shouldn't suddenly disappear at this moment, right? I remember that if it was the original book's world line, Mikage should also appear at this moment, right?"

"So Bawei went to find Yuying?"

"If it is necessary to say that there is a certain possibility, only this possibility is the greatest..."

"I don't think so... After all, it's a comprehensive world. Maybe Bawei has some other urgent matters at the moment? After all, Qiao Xiaoer is not at the shrine recently. If Bawei has something to go out, he doesn't need to report anything to anyone... ..."

……

……

Netizens discussed it very enthusiastically, but most of them were just their own guesses. Qiao Wen saw that some of them seemed quite reasonable, including the theory of looking for Yuying, the theory of temporary affairs, and the theory of visiting old friends...

He thought for a while, and decided to wait. If Ba Wei and the ghost fire boys didn't show up by tomorrow, he would find a way to find someone.

After chatting with netizens for a while, the live broadcast of the lottery (the previously scheduled lottery draw for Wangcheng Dim Sum has been delayed until now because of Naraku’s affairs), announced the result of the lottery draw, and congratulated the 50 lucky winners, Qiao Wen closed live streaming.

It doesn’t matter when netizens are accompanied by gags. When the live broadcast stops and Qiao Wen is left alone in the entire shrine, it’s not like he didn’t spend time alone in the shrine when Ba Wei occasionally went out, but Qiao Wen still felt a certain loneliness inexplicably.

"Maybe it's still too quiet..."

As he thought about it, he casually released a few Clow cards to accompany him.

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……

For dinner, Qiao Wen used the shrine's kitchen to make fried rice with eggs.

Qiao Wen's cooking skills are not bad.This is not forced by life because of the death of parents, but a skill taught by Qiao's parents and Qiao's mother when their parents were alive.

The reason Joe's father and Joe's mother taught their son to learn this skill is, as Joe's mother said, "to give you the ability to make other choices when you occasionally don't want to eat takeaway."

Qiao Wen doesn't think cooking is a troublesome thing, and he doesn't reject learning to cook. After all, although Qiao's parents are both scientists, surprisingly, both of them are good cooks. art.

So if Qiao Wen lives alone, even if he doesn't rely on takeout, he won't starve himself to death. Every time he fills his stomach with his own craftsmanship, he will feel that his parents are really very foresight.

It’s just that Qiao Wen is a little tired today. Although it’s the first day back to modern times, it’s actually worth celebrating with an opening banquet, but there’s no one in the shrine. Wei and Guiqiehuche, Qiao Wen still felt a little deserted, so he just took a bite to fill his stomach, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and then went to bed early.

Qiao Wen's room was kept very tidy.

Even though he hadn't come back here for a while, when he spread out the bedding, he still smelled a familiar and warm smell that belonged to the sun.

Qiao Wen fell asleep peacefully in the familiar room.Then the next morning, he found two teary-eyed will-o'-the-wisps at the door of the room...

Before Qiao Wen could breathe a sigh of relief—the appearance of the ghost fire boys proved that there was a high probability that something bad happened to Ba Wei's sudden disappearance. The little guy cried miserably:

"Wow! Master Qiao Wen! You are back!"

"Woooo! Master Qiao Wen!"

Qiao Wen was softened by the crying of the two little guys. He reached out and touched the heads of the two ghost fire boys, and he said softly:

"Don't cry, I'm back now... By the way, where did you go yesterday? I searched the shrine and couldn't find you and the Bawei people... What about Bawei? Didn't you go with you?"

It's okay not to mention Bawei, but as soon as Qiao Wen mentioned the name "Bawei", Guiqie and Huche looked at each other and cried even harder!

"His Highness Bawei...His Highness Bawei..."

Qiao Wen's heart skipped a beat.

"What happened to Bawei?"

he asked hastily.

"His Highness Bawei, he...he..."

The will-o’-the-wisps were sobbing.

"—he ran away from home!"

Qiao Wen: ...

Qiao Wen:? ? ? ? ?

……runaway?That Bawei?

During the 20 years when the "irresponsible" (Bawei language) god ran away from home, he kept guarding in the shrine, silently waiting for the god to return, no matter what happened, it was absolutely impossible for Bawei, who really abandoned this shrine, He ran away from home? !

It wasn't that Qiao Wen suspected that Onikiri and Kotoru were lying, but that he really couldn't believe that Bawei, who had an extraordinary trust and dependence on Mikage (although he himself would never admit it), would actually runaway!

"Is there some misunderstanding..."

He moved his legs with difficulty, and brought the two will-o'-the-wisps back to his room, seated them at the table, poured tea to replenish the water for the two little ones, and spoke in deliberation.

The two little fellows, who were still sobbing while holding the teacups given to them by Jovan, looked pitiful.

Qiao Wen had never seen them look so listless.

In his impression, these two little dolls are always full of energy, and they walk around the shrine with smiles on their faces every day, as if nothing can make them sad...

Qiao Wen touched the heads of the little dolls again.

"What's going on?" He asked, "How do you know that Ba Wei ran away from home, and didn't go out temporarily for something urgent..."

"Because His Highness Bawei left this behind!"

Onikiri took out a letter paper folded in three from his pocket.

Qiao Wen took it over and unfolded it, and was immediately dumbfounded.

He thought, no wonder Onikiri and Huche felt that Bawei had run away from home.

Because there is only one sentence written on the letter paper:

[I'm leaving, don't read. ——Ba Wei]

...Who doesn't think it's strange that the person who wrote the message ran away from home without warning!

Qiao Wen used a lot of perseverance to restrain his urge to tear up the message on the spot.

"Besides this, Bawei didn't leave anything else?"

he asked again.

Onikiri and Torachi shook their heads in unison.

"Then what happened before he left the book? Did anything strange happen?"

"No...His Highness Bawei is still the same as before. He will go out to drink and visit friends occasionally, and he is still handling the daily paperwork of the shrine..."

There was no sign at all. When I woke up one morning, two ghost fire boys found this message on the low table in the living room.

I searched the shrine and found no trace of the god envoy. I waited at the shrine for three full days and nights, but I did not see him return...

"Usually, even if His Royal Highness Bawei wants to stay overnight with friends, he will return to the shrine the next day to deal with the work left over from the previous day..."

Guiqie whispered.

So he didn't come back for three days and three nights, which means that Bawei really "gone", left...

"So you weren't in the shrine yesterday, but went out to find Bawei?"

Qiao Wen tapped the table with his fingers, wondering what he was thinking.

Hu Che nodded, "We went to the tavern frequented by His Royal Highness Ba Wei, as well as a few other streets near the shrine..."

But no trace of Bawei was found anywhere.

"Lord Qiao Wen, is His Highness Ba Wei really going to leave the shrine?"

The two little guys are pitiful and look very helpless.

Qiao Wen could also understand their feelings.

After all, in the 20 years since Mikage disappeared, it was Ba Weiyi who supported the entire Mikage Shrine.

For the two ghost fire boys who are only Mikage Shikigami, Bawei is equivalent to their half master. If there is no Bawei, they may not be able to spend the past 20 years in such a peaceful and comfortable way...

Qiao Wen pursed his lips against the trusting and pleading eyes of the two little guys.

"Bavy won't really never come back."

He said to the two will-o'-the-wisp boys.

"He will not abandon Mikage's shrine."

Compared to "Ba Wei finally couldn't bear the boredom and loneliness of guarding the shrine and ran away from home!", Qiao Wen was more inclined to believe that Ba Wei had a temporary urgent matter that could not be resolved immediately, and he didn't want to implicate the two fragile ghost boys Go in, and more importantly, he didn't want to implicate Qiao Wen who might return to the shrine at any time after he left, so he didn't explain his whereabouts in detail, leaving only the words "I'm leaving" to express his desire Leaving is completely out of my own will, so "Don't read", there is no need to look for him, he will come back naturally when the matter is resolved...

This is Bawei's awkward, unspeakable tenderness and consideration.

Qiao Wen has experienced it countless times before, hasn't he?

But he won't always let Bavey get his way.

——Not only Ba Wei regards him as a friend, Qiao Wen also attaches great importance to Ba Wei.

Therefore, even if "don't meddle in this matter" was a hint left by Bawei, Qiao Wen didn't intend to be obedient.

Taking out the phone and clicking on the address book, Qiao Wen quickly dialed the number of a certain god...

The author has something to say: Qiao Wen: What about a demon fox as big as I put here?Where did it go?

Bawei: .........

Onikiri & Huche: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Bawei, the big villain QAQ

Bawei: .........

Ba Wei: The wind comment was murdered [confirmed]