[Go Soul Natsume's Book of Friends] Guang Xia

"Don't be too sad."

Regarding the sudden departure of Teacher Cat, Qing Lan said so, and Guang also said the same.What Qinglan wrote was "Maybe Madara-sama just wanted to test Shinto-kun." Guang said "Maybe Teacher Cat just wanted to steal food from my house, after all it is not convenient to find food in the hospital."

...It seems that both statements are reasonable, although it sounds embarrassing...

"Don't worry too much." Qing Lan wrote empathetically.

"Don't worry, it won't starve to death." Guang said half-jokingly, "When you recover from illness, I will return Mr. Kitty to you intact, if he doesn't eat to death at my house."

You don't need to be too sad.Natsume thought so, or rather, Natsume told herself so.

He can find three reasons for the departure of Mr. Cat:

1. The current self does not need the bodyguard of Mr. Cat for the time being.

2. The hospital does not allow pets.Every time the nurse saw Mr. Cat, he would rush away, which made Mr. Cat furious (I am not a cat! I don’t know how noble my body is!).

3. Shindo Hikaru has spiritual power.Teacher Cat wants to test him and even eat him.

No matter how you look at it, every reason is impeccable.What's more, it's not that Teacher Cat won't come back.One day he will bring "Book of Friends" back to Yayuan, and when that time comes, Mr. Cat will automatically follow him.

However, my heart seemed to be scratched by a thin piece of paper, revealing thin scars.

Last night, Natsume's fever reached 39 degrees, and the cough that had finally stopped started again.

Qing Lan noticed his strangeness and called the nurse in.Qinglan wasted a lot of time last night because of this, but Natsume didn't even have the energy to apologize to her.

The nurse was not surprised that he had a sudden fever, but just said briefly, "Chronic pneumonia is like this", and gave him a fever-reducing injection.

Most antipyretic injections have a hypnotic effect.He felt drowsy, and his heavy head seemed to be pushed into the deep sea.

This feeling is actually familiar.When the monster invaded his consciousness, he had the illusion of drowning, so that he would consume a lot of energy every time.

The difference is that he could always see some pictures before, memories related to Grandma Reiko, or stories about monsters.

And last night, there was only darkness.

Natsume, who was imprisoned in the darkness, seemed to see the shivering self before.On the black and white negatives are distorted figures, one after another "liar".At that time, there was a loud, numb pain all over my body.Just like how the body behaves now.

It must have started from then on.

I became cowardly and no longer had the courage to approach others.

Even though he has been speculating about Sai's affairs, he dare not take another step towards Shinto Hikari's heart.Afraid of hurting him, and afraid of being hurt by him.Afraid of the only friend in the city, also called himself a "liar".

But this kind of subconscious guard against human beings does not exist at all when facing Mr. Cat.

The day he met Madara for the first time, he was able to look directly into the bright eyes of the huge monster and said firmly, "I hope you can witness all this with me."

Witness it all with me.

Natsume remembered that at that time, Madara made a deep sound, and the rolled up air lifted Natsume's hair, like a sigh.The boy smiled gratifiedly, and put his profile on Madara's face.

So from then on, every morning when I wake up, I can always see the fat face of Mr. Cat.

How lucky to have met you.Natsume always thought so.

When returning the names to the monsters, the ink-colored characters flowed out from the washi paper, like the whistling of the wind.Madara is always watching all this calmly by his side, his dark eyes are cold and silent.

Madara is a monster that has lived for hundreds of years.Natsume sometimes thinks that a human being like himself is just passing by in Madara's eyes.Madara's long life gave Natsume a sense of security.He was used to having Madara by his side with peace of mind.

After the fever subsided, Natsume opened his eyes, and a golden figure came into view.Light sat there quietly.This is simply not normal.In normal times, whenever the light appears, Mr. Cat will always rush forward and grab his golden bangs.

This is the start of my third week in the city.After waking up, there was no sign of Mr. Cat.

The fat cat that promised to witness his life was nowhere to be found, but instead he was a strange boy who met by chance and never left him.

"I don't understand what I did wrong." In response to Hikari's questioning, Natsume just said this softly.His throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he was too worried to speak.

Light was silent.After a while, he said, "Regarding Sai's departure, I don't understand what I did wrong."

Sai?Natsume looked at the light questioningly.

"That guy... just like Mr. Kitty, he left without saying a word." Guang laughed at himself, "At that time, I searched for him all over the world, and even went to Indo Island. I almost Crazy, I don't understand what I did wrong. Maybe it's because I refused to play chess for him. So, I lost my hand for the whole summer."

Natsume was stunned, and soon became stunned.He originally thought sai was a heavy topic, but Hikari's tone was too relaxed.He couldn't help murmuring: "...I'm sorry."

"Why do you say I'm sorry?" Guang looked at him amusedly, "You didn't do anything wrong. It's just that I suddenly wanted to say it."

"Shinto-kun..."

"Natsume, I envy you." Hikaru said, his amber eyes glistening, "Mr. Kitty is with me. It hasn't gone anywhere. It hasn't left without saying goodbye like Sai — except for Go, I don't know anything about it." , where to find him."

Natsume was silent sadly, saying sorry in his heart.Sorry, sorry... He should have found out earlier.It is impossible for Hikaru to say such words as "sai is real" and "I will be grateful" for no reason.Just having spiritual power like himself, it is impossible not to have dealt with ghosts.

Light has been playing chess hard.Whenever he went for a lung examination, Guang waited outside as a "relative and friend".And whenever Natsume came out of the inspection room, he always saw Hikari studying chess records there.I used to think it was unbelievable that such a powerful person was so diligent, but now, Natsume understands: he is just using his own chess power to prove the existence of Sai.

"So, promise me," Guang took a breath, showing a dazzling smile, "don't be sad about this matter anymore. Cooperate with the doctor to treat the illness, and I will help you take care of Mr. Cat."

Natsume smiled reassuringly and nodded.

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When Hikari left, Natsume felt that his golden backpack seemed a little bulging today.Are there so many chess records in it?

"Hey, you can come out now."

Walking to the station, Hikaru opened his mouth in a dull voice, and unzipped his backpack.The big fat cat inside raised its paws in the signature pose of a beckoning cat, and its eyes were strangely curved into semicircles.At first glance, it looks like a plush toy, very cute.

It's a pity that the light doesn't give it face at all.He turned the backpack over, and the lucky cat inside fell to the ground with a bang, almost smashing a hole in the ground.

"You—meow!" Teacher Cat was about to burst out and scold him, but fortunately he stopped in time and changed into Fat Cat's signature cry.

"It's dead." Guang took his nostrils to despise it, turned around and left.

"Meow!!" Damn humans!It's an honor for you to be able to carry me back, how dare you complain? !

The angry cat teacher jumped up behind Hikari with a whoosh, and hit him on Hikari's shoulder.This blow almost shattered Guang's shoulder blades, and he shook the lucky cat away with a grin.The beckoning cat jumped onto his shoulder again.Just so many cycles...

"You bastard tsundere cat—"

"Meow!" This uncle is not a cat!Also, you are the proud one, your whole family is arrogant!

"To make Natsume so sad—"

"Meow!" It's not me who caused Natsume to be sad, okay?It was caused by chronic pneumonia!

"In order to comfort your Natsume, I even told Zuowei's secret—"

The beckoning cat, who was thinking about it in his heart, jumped onto his shoulder again.This time, Hikari held it in his arms and got on the tram.The tram door creaked shut behind the boy.

The river of cars in the city flows outside the window.

"Hey, Teacher Cat..." Lucky Cat heard the sound of light, deep and shallow, like orange spots on the floor of the car, "You still miss Natsume very much. Otherwise, you wouldn't get into my backpack gone."

This morning, when Hikari said to his mother, "I'm going to see Natsume today, save me a piece of sashimi for him to burn", Mr. Cat just got into Hikari's backpack and squeezed the chess record into crumpled pieces.No matter how much Hikari called it out on the way to Tokyo Hospital, it just maintained the signature posture of that lucky cat, pretending to be a doll.

Staring at it with black lines all over his head, he felt that this big fat cat was duplicity (the cat teacher was furious: How could I ever speak in front of the yellow-haired boy!) The level has really reached a level, it is even better than Ta Yaliang back then. Be smart.

But - let's see how long you can bear it!