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A heroic spirit who regained his difficult life after n years of death, after a painful reflection, finally regained his spirits and walked out of the social affairs office.

Outside the social affairs office, Hong A immediately saw Xiao Jieyue, who was looking up at the starry sky, under the god tree.

He walked over, and before he actually came to Xiao Jieyue, he heard the child say softly in her soft voice: "Father, mother and everyone... will not come back, right?"

Red A was startled, and looked at Foxnosuke.

Foxnosuke smiled awkwardly, and kept waving his paws, expressing that he really took the child away from the social affairs office, and didn't let her hear things that were not suitable for children to hear.

Xiao Jieyue looked at him and smiled slightly: "It's okay, Dad, don't blame Fox Nosuke, I heard it here."

As a newborn demon, Xiao Jieyue's ability far exceeds Hong A's imagination.Even if she was standing under the sacred tree so far away from the social affairs office, she could clearly hear the conversation between Hong A and Toru Amuro.

Hong A was silent for a moment, thinking about how to comfort the child, but he didn't expect that before he spoke to comfort, he would be comforted by the child instead.

"Are you sad, Dad? Don't be sad!" Xiao Jieyue grabbed the hem of his clothes and smiled brightly at him, "Although I seem to forget many things, I remember my mother said that in the face of When you die, the last emotion you need is sadness. Because those who love you know that you are sad, they will only be more sad, even after death, they will not be at peace, and those who do not love you are not worthy of your sadness for them, but more importantly yes……"

More importantly, in the face of disaster and death, it is useless to be sad and cry.

Crying cannot call back the one who left.

She said softly: "You should face life with a smile, no matter what it is."

Hong A looked at the child, knelt down in front of her, and looked at her face.

"Is Jieyue sad?"

"I... I'm not sad. I know that my mother is actually a person who is very afraid of seeing others sad. She is very afraid that I will cry. If I cry, she will be very sad... I don't want to make my mother sad... ..."

Higurashi Jieyue thought of a lot, and he remembered it without any obstacles.

Because these things have never been forgotten by her, they are just temporarily "locked" in the depths of her memory.

However, when those key words floated into her ears, she remembered again—those events that took away everything before the age of 12 from "Sunset and Moon".

So at the same time, she also understood another thing, that is, "the sun sets and the moon ends" shouldn't be sad about it.

Because as early as Higurashi Shino showed her that smile and disappeared in front of her, she had already realized something: as Higurashi Yuyue, she was the center of all these storms.

——All disasters started because of her.

Rather than saying that this is an innate intuition, it is better to say that this is a hunch in the dark.Just like fate before it "shows" its fangs, the prey locked by it will always get an omen.

So she shouldn't be sad.

The disaster of fate was obviously the disaster and consequences that she should bear, but in the end it was shared by her relatives, so she shouldn't be sad—she has no right to be sad!

If she, the culprit, was crying because of such a thing, it would be too shameful, too hypocritical, and too ugly!

So she must not cry.

She must face all this with a smile, as if she is invincible, as if she is absolutely invincible!

This is exactly what my mother wants to see her!

but……

"Sorry……"

"I...I just..."

The young child stood under the starlight, still smiling, but tears rolled from her eyes.

"sorry."

I am sorry.

"I'm really... very sorry..."

She didn't want to cry, she didn't want to show weakness, and she didn't want her family members who passed away to worry about her.

only……

It's just that the tears just poured out.

After the age of 12, Higurashi Jieyue never cried again.Because she wants to face her life with a smile like a truly strong and invincible person.But it was too difficult for her to do it.So after that, she rarely smiled anymore.

"You should face life with a smile, no matter what it is." This is what Higurashi Mao told her.

"Death is a moment of courage, but it takes a lifetime of courage to live. Be a brave child, Jieyue!" This is what my grandmother said to her.

"If you don't know what you want, just keep going. As long as you are alive, you will understand one day." This is what Aunt Kagome told her.

"Death is the source of beauty. Although there are such words, I also feel that it would be a pity to die meaninglessly." This is what Uncle Sota said.

But...it's too difficult.

It's all really hard.

Even if she ordered herself to live well and maintain her own life, if she opened her life and went deep inside, she would find that the life of Sunset and Moon had already been filled with guilt.

It was a sense of guilt for being the only one who survived the disaster.

Even if there is no value in living, death must be meaningful—this is the deepest thought that Sun Mu Jieyue himself did not realize.

Therefore, Naraku's evaluation of her is actually correct in a certain sense: people who have no wishes at sunset and at the end of the moon.

Her so-called wish, dismemberment is nothing but guilt.

That's it.

Hong A looked at her silently, without saying a word.

It wasn't until her tears slowly stopped and the 15-year-old Higurashi Jieyue fell asleep again that he opened his mouth and said to the six-year-old Higurashi Jieyue:

"Do you have any wishes?"

Six-year-old Higurashi Jieyue stared blankly at him, her tear-stained face was blank.

"Jieyue... Let's make a promise."

"..."

"When you finally discover your true wish, come and tell me... At that time, no matter what, I will definitely fulfill it for you."

·

The days at the modern Higurashi Shrine passed by carelessly.

Six-year-old Xiaojieyue is carefree, with a sweet smile on her round face, sweet and cute like a little angel.

Although she was very surprised why she was only willing to come out for activities in the evening and dawn, and wondered why her mother and everyone were not at the shrine, but when her father gave the reasons of "Yueyue is sick" and "Everyone is out for a trip" After that, she easily accepted it all.

She obediently chose the way of sleeping during the day and waking up at night, and obediently did not ask "when will everyone come back?"

But when Hong A asked her what she wanted to eat, the little devil in her heart started to move around.

"That..." The child bit his nails, a little embarrassed, "Dad, can I choose what I want to eat?"

"……What do you want to eat?"

The kid smiled shyly, then pulled Hong A's clothes, led him all the way to the shrine, pointed down, and happily said, "I want to eat this!"

Hong A only glanced at the bottom of the well before falling into a subtle silence.

"Jieyue wants to eat...this?" He said with some difficulty.

Summary Mooncrazy nodded.

"But the source of this strange meat is very suspicious..."

In the past few days, Combining the introduction of Fox Nosuke and the information leaked by Xiaojie Yue, he has already figured out the daily life of this shrine, so he also knows clearly that this well It is a very peculiar place, similar to a singularity.

The meat that appears in such a special place, and it is such a strange and suspicious meat... Sorry, as a generation of chefs, Hong A refuses to include such things as ingredients.

Hong A turned to Xiao Jieyue and said, trying to persuade her: "This strange meat contains many bacteria, parasites and infectious diseases. Jieyue is still young and your resistance is not good, so it's better Don't eat these weird things..." Facing Xiao Jieyue's face that was about to cry, Hong A got stuck.

He frowned, trying to organize words that could convince the kid without scaring him.

But unfortunately, no.

Foxnosuke on the side tugged at the corner of Hong A's clothes, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, my lord. Now that Yuzuki-sama has the physique of a demon, ordinary food can't provide her with enough energy!"

Hong A sighed.

Yes.

Almost forgot.

This kid now is not an ordinary human kid, but a monster.

--demon.

These were the words that Hong A heard the most after being summoned.

Judging from the common sense poured into the world that was first summoned, monsters generally refer to ghosts that eat people.

Ghosts are human beings at first, but after being transformed, they will forget their previous memories, become afraid of the sun, and feed on humans. When they are driven by appetite and eat the first person, they will completely break away from "human beings". " range, become a real ghost.

This is the definition of "ghost" in that world.

However, in getting along with Xiao Jieyue these days, Hong A discovered that Xiao Jieyue's current state did not match the common sense about "ghosts" given to him by that world.

The first point is that Xiao Jieyue is not afraid of the sun.

The biggest weakness of ghosts is sunlight.No matter how strong a ghost is, they can't bear the sunlight. Under the sun, they will quickly turn into ashes, but Xiao Jieyue will only feel pain from the sun, and will not be hurt by the sun immediately, but will last for a long time. A "buffer period" of time.And when the "buffer period" is over and she has not left the sunlight, she will be continuously burned by the sun-but it will not be fatal.

This is the most critical point.

Second, the Summary Moon does not feed on humans.

The only recipe for ghosts is human beings.But Xiao Jieyue is different, she doesn't eat people, she doesn't even need food at all.Although the child does not refuse food, and is very greedy for food, he is very appreciative of his meals, but from the energy changes observed by Honosuke, the food of ordinary people does not help her much, let alone stimulate her. grow.

In other words, ordinary food cannot raise this little girl!

And finally, Xiao Jieyue has not forgotten about herself.

The retrogression of her memory and behavior patterns is not so much a loss of memory as a kind of self-protection, a kind of psychogenic amnesia.This kind of amnesia, it is actually very simple to make Rimu Jieyue recall it again, but as a father who has been absent for 15 years, he does not have the heart to order her to wake up immediately from the dream of "nothing has been lost". , so he just chose to be silent about it, and took good care of the summary month during this period.

Therefore, based on the above anomalies, Red A can quickly discover one thing, that is, although Sun Mu Jieyue was transformed by ghost blood, she did not become a ghost because of this, but became another kind of more strange, different from ordinary people. A very different creature that looks like a ghost but is not a ghost.

Such creatures are collectively referred to as demons.

So, how would he raise a little guy whose life attribute is a monster?

Hong A, who was suffering from daily headaches, handed over the decision of ingredients to Jieyue, a child.Presumably, based on this child's instinct, he will probably give a constructive answer.

but……

but……

The point is... she did give the answer, but the answer is really a bit creepy.

Take a look, the vines piled up at the bottom of the well, no, tentacles, no, lumps of meat...they are entangled and intertwined, like the tentacles of evil gods, a gust of evil wind blows towards us!

Can something like this really be eaten?

Red A was 12 skeptical about this.

After all—even if it grows a little slower, it is better than eating a bad stomach!

However, when Red A met the child's teary eyes, Red A couldn't say anything if she refused.

"……Alright alright."

In the end, a certain dad relented on it.

"If you really want to eat."

Xiao Jieyue burst into laughter instantly, and rushed into Hong A's arms, rubbing against each other like a cat.

"Father is the best!" The little girl acted sweetly.

Red A's face was a little red, she coughed lightly, picked up the coquettish little girl, and put it aside.

"Okay, be careful, don't fall."

Although she knows that Xiao Jieyue in front of her is just a child's appearance, and she is far from being comparable to a normal person in terms of ability, but Hong A will subconsciously tell her when the opponent's movements are erratic, as if at the same time. Served as both daddy and mommy.

Xiao Jieyue nodded obediently, sat on the edge of the Well of Bone Eaters, and looked at Hong A curiously.

Red A jumped down to the bottom of the well, and began to examine the pile of tentacles with the eyes of a chef.Putting aside prejudice, if these tentacles are only used as octopus feet, then there are still many cooking methods to choose from. Of course, the most common method is roasting, and stewing is also possible, but the latter will test the skill of making dipping sauce. .

Hong A decided to try both methods, so she picked out meat with more culinary value, and Xiao Jieyue was also unexpectedly insightful, and gave him many valuable suggestions.

Red A is very pleased about this.

"It seems that Jieyue must be a good cook when she grows up!"

Xiao Jieyue nodded cutely, looking super proud.

Fox's help: "..."

Foxnosuke: As long as you are happy :)

After selecting the ingredients, Hong A quickly chopped them up and packed them away.

But the moment he led Xiao Jieyue out of the shrine, he noticed something, his face changed, and he looked back suddenly.

Behind him, everything is as usual: whether it is the shrine or the sacred tree, whether it is the worship hall or the main hall... everything, from the appearance, is exactly the same as when he stepped into the shrine!

But Hong A saw the problem at a glance.

"This is... a shadow?!"

He stretched out his hand to press the door of the shrine, but his fingers passed through the phantom of the door.

"really……"

Just as he and Jieyue were entering and exiting the shrine, everything around them turned into a phantom, and it was enough to confuse the real phantom!

But such phantoms quickly solidified, turning into real objects at an incredible speed!

With a serious expression, Hong A retreated step by step with Xiao Jieyue in her arms, and retreated under the Royal God Tree.

Around him, everything in the shrine is centered on Xiaojieyue in his arms, and it is rapidly being filled, from nothing to reality, from emptiness to reality.

In the sky, the sun and the moon alternate at an incredible speed, the white clouds gather and disperse, and the wind rises and stops.

Outside, countless landscapes change, sometimes it is a mountain, sometimes it is the sea, sometimes it is a town, and sometimes it is a wilderness.

Time loses its meaning at this moment, and space has no reference value at this moment.

They seem to have fallen into the gap between time and space together with the shrine, and it seems that the whole world is being restructured centered on the sunset and the moon in his arms!

Such a scene is so grand and so unbelievable, just like the shock from the heart when human beings look up at the universe, even if they only see an insignificant corner, it is enough to produce a suffocating sense of insignificance!

Foxnosuke stood at Red A's feet, looking at all this, the fox's face seemed to be nostalgic, but also emotional.

"Such a scene, no matter how many times I look at it, I will be shocked." It said.

"But this is not the ability of Tsukino Mao." Hong A said in a deep voice.

Foxnosuke said that Tsukino Mao transferred his ability to Higurashi Yuzuki before disappearing, and Tsukino Mao's ability called "Top Player" is indeed an almost unsolvable, super auxiliary ability Yes—but this ability definitely does not have the ability to directly modify reality!

Foxnosuke said: "Yes, this is not Master Shino's ability, but... the meaning of our existence..."

What does it mean?

Red A glanced at Fox Nosuke, but the latter fell silent.

The change seems to have lasted for a long time, and it seems to be only a short moment.

When such staggered changes stopped, Hong A stood at the entrance of the shrine again, looking out.

At this time, the shrine was no longer in Shizuoka Prefecture.

It stands in a dilapidated desert, except for the calm sea behind it, there are abandoned bungalows and dilapidated streets everywhere.If you look a little farther away, you can see a huge semi-circular basin-shaped street, which seems to be unnatural at the mouth of the sea, and farther away, it stands in the port like a Five dark buildings of landmark buildings.

Red a thoughtfully, walked out of the shrine, and took two steps outward along the approach.

Then he saw—

A nearly 14-year-old boy was dying and grazing on the side of the road.

This boy has short hair that gradually changes from black to white. He looks cold, like an unintentional doll. The clothes on his body are a bit worn out, but not too dirty. It can be seen that it should be a lover. Clean good boy, but...

But now he is grazing.

Red a: "..."

juvenile:"……"

Clang——

Suddenly, the boy's jacket turned into a sharp blade, attacking Red A.

The red face did not change its color, projected a sword, stopped it with one hand, and looked down at the boy.

"What a dangerous guy." When Hong A's words were not deliberately restrained, the irritating irony was easy to catch, "If you can use this sharpness to find a job, I want to come to you There is no need to lie here and eat grass at this time."

But the boy's icy face didn't change a bit because of this taunt, and he was going to attack again without saying a word.

But before he could do it, a furry little friend suddenly appeared in Hong A's arms.

She poked her head to look at him, her beautiful eyes were like a young kitten's, and the sound from her mouth was like a kitten's soft meowing: "Brother, daddy means that I can provide you with a Work! Do you want to come to our shrine to work?!"

juvenile:"……"

Red a: "..."

"It's delicious! Let's have dinner right away!"

Red A stood up for herself: "I never said such a thing!"

The boy also refused bluntly: "I don't need your pity!" He turned to ask, "Who are you? Why did you suddenly appear here?!"

The boy remembered clearly that just 3 minutes ago, there was no shrine here, but 3 minutes later, there was this weird building here... What is this? !Do ghosts appear? !

"It's not pity! It's work!" Xiao Jieyue automatically filtered out what she didn't want to hear, smiled happily, and waved to the cute boy, "Come on, today's dinner is adzuki bean soup and omelet rice, do you want to eat with us? ?”

The boy was taken aback for a moment, and after hearing a certain term, there was a loud noise in his stomach.

He gritted his teeth and stared at Xiao Jieyue unhappily, but his face slowly turned red from shame.

Xiao Jieyue blinked and suddenly understood what was going on.She jumped out of her father's arms, thoughtfully not saying anything about the matter, but instead pulled the struggling teenager into the shrine, rambling about tonight's menu in her soft and sweet voice.

It is worth mentioning that this teenager is obviously a difficult character to deal with, so he struggled endlessly when he was dragged away by Jie Yue.However, whenever the boy couldn't help but want to use his abilities to struggle away, Jieyue would smile sweetly and comfort him easily with a soft "brother". The boy is no match for Xiao Jieyue at all...

and so……

Hong A watched the boy being dragged all the way into the shrine by her young daughter, with a particularly delicate expression.

This is really...how should I put it?

He thought for a while, and finally sighed patiently:

Forget it, they're just children... don't think too much about it.

But I must teach Xiao Jieyue well in the future, and tell her that in the future, she must never just pick up a good-looking child and bring it back to the shrine!

Absolutely not! !No matter how good-looking it is!

……

A few kilometers away, in the black building of Yokohama's iconic landmark building, a handsome young man wrapped in bandages was staring at the documents in his hand, feeling a little headache because of the ability of the mimic leader Gide.

And at this moment, he seemed to feel something suddenly, and looked in a certain direction.

"Oh?"

The young man was thoughtful, showing a smile of unknown meaning.

"So it's my turn?"