[Comprehensive] Light and Shadow

Natsume has never understood why he has what the gods want.

But when I saw the account of friends in my hand, I felt faintly that this might be the answer I was looking for.

"Mr. Cat, do you know Lord Wushen?" Natsume looked at the beckoning cat who was eating watermelon.

"Sorcerer God?" The cat raised its head and squinted its eyes, "You mean the Sorcerer God of Pingxi Village?"

"Hmm." Is it Pingxi Village?Natsume didn't know, but still nodded.

"What do you want to know about this? Do you have a wish for the witch god to fulfill?" The cat gave Natsume a disdainful look, and then continued to gnaw on the watermelon.

"My lord, the Sorcerer God, will you really fulfill the wishes of human beings?" Natsume's words were a little anxious. If the Sorcerer God is really a god to help humans achieve their wishes, why would the Sorcerer God deceive himself.

"No, it won't." The cat looked at Natsume who was anxious, and then sat on the ground thumping, as if deliberately wanting to see Natsume's disappointed expression, "Pingxi Village no longer exists, and the witch god will naturally not exist. gone."

Natsume was startled, he never thought it would be such an answer, and he did know from Mr. Wushen that Wushen moved here from the original village, "Then Wushen can also move to the shrine here."

"Why are you more whimsical than Reiko?" The cat paced on the ground, and then sat in front of Natsume with a knowledgeable look, "Sorcerer gods cannot leave the shrine in Pingxi Village, the spiritual power of gods and human beliefs The degrees are closely related, if the villages are all gone, the witch god will naturally disappear."

Natsume opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he could only grab the friend account book.

So, is the person in the shrine really still the Sorcerer God?

Witch God, is it also fake?

"If you have a wish that you want to achieve, I can help you achieve it." The cat's eyes were bent, and it seemed to reveal an evil light. "As long as you give me your friend account."

"I met Lord Wushen at the shrine south of the Qingmu River." Natsume said slowly in a low voice.

"Are you ignoring my words on purpose!" The cat, who was waiting for Natsume's answer, jumped up angrily when he heard the wrong answer, but then suddenly discovered something, "Know the Sorcerer God? How could the Sorcerer God be here! "

"He said he was, so I believed it." Natsume smiled. In fact, until now he still believes that he is a witch god who helps people achieve their wishes.

"Then, are there any human beings to worship?" The cat was stunned, and did not immediately refute Natsume's words, but just asked another question.

"Me." Natsume pursed her lips and smiled, then raised her finger and pointed at herself.

"How can a god survive with only one human worshiping!" The cat was a little furious this time.

Yeah?Is it impossible for a god to survive by worshiping a human being?

The smile at the corner of Natsume's mouth gradually faded, so the witch god who has been staying at the shrine is not actually the real witch god?

In fact, there has never been any evidence, but the witch god said he was, and Natsume believed it so firmly.

Even though he failed to fulfill the wishes of human beings and cursed them with nightmares, Natsume still believed that he was a god.

"Mr. Cat, I have something I want to ask for your help." Natsume thought for a while, then looked at the cat who continued to eat watermelon.

"Huh?" The cat raised its head, watermelon seeds were still standing at the corner of its mouth, and stared blankly at Natsume.

When Natsume basically explained to the cat what happened with Lord Wu Shen this month, the cat was a bit surprised.

"So, the one in the shrine is not actually the real witch god?" Natsume asked the cat for confirmation with some disappointment.

"It's also possible...it's really a witch god." This time, the cat didn't immediately refute, but was a little uncertain.

"Why do you say that?" Natsume looked at the cat with some surprise, obviously it was the cat teacher who said that the witch god no longer existed.

"The prototype of the witch god is a puppet, which is placed in the shrine. One day a week is called a blessing day. People in the village will line up to express their wishes to the witch god in the hope that the witch god will fulfill their wishes. Because the human beings in the whole village sincerely believe in The witch god, that's why the witch god has the power to fulfill the wishes of human beings." The chubby cat paced slowly in the room.

"If this is the case, why is Pingxi Village still in decline?" Natsume looked at the cat puzzled.

"The decline of Pingxi Village is due to leaving the protection of the witch god." The cat squinted his eyes, a bit conceited and knowledgeable, "The power of the witch god will naturally be coveted by greedy humans, and the humans in some villages secretly gather I got up and robbed Pingxi Village, and at the same time robbed the dolls in the shrine. Since then, Pingxi Village has declined, and finally fell completely after a plague."

"So now the shrine is a real witch god?" Natsume looked at the cat with vague expectations in his pupils.

"Maybe it's just using the name of the witch god to trick you into asking for a friend account." The cat looked at Natsume contemptuously, and then aimed at the dark green friend account book, "And even if it is true, that guy can't be God knows."

【Have you ever thought that those humans didn't die just because that ugly monster had other purposes? 】

Natsume recalled the words of the witch god again. At that time, the deep purple eyes of the witch god were cold. Natsume didn't understand it at the time, but now he understands it a little bit.At that time, the Witch God was talking about ugly monsters. Is this how he described himself?

Ugly, monster?

The emotion in the witch god's eyes at that time was probably disgust.

Is he loathing himself?

"Gods, will they also become monsters?" Natsume's hands trembled slightly, and his golden-brown pupils were filled with anxiety.

"Gods naturally don't bother to become monsters." The cat said this, and it seemed to disdain the existence of gods. "It's just that if there are really strong obsessions..."

"Maybe the shaman god you said wants to take revenge on humans, that's why he wants the account of friends, so that he can command all the monsters in the account of friends to make humans restless." The more the cat talked, the more reasonable his deduction became. He nodded his round head and looked at Natsume.

"Master Wu Shen wouldn't do that!" Natsume subconsciously refuted for Wu Shen.

"Natsume, the danger of the Book of Friends and the attraction to monsters are beyond your imagination." The cat said slowly, "So you still hand over the Book of Friends to me, and I will take care of the witch god."

"I'm going to find Lord Wushen." Natsume paused, then stood up.

The cat who was waiting for Natsume to hand over the friend account obediently saw Natsume stand up suddenly, and stared at Natsume with some surprise in her round eyes. After hearing Natsume's words, the cat immediately frowned, "What are you going to do! Hand over the friend account Give it to that monster! You might as well give it to me!"

"I won't hand over the friend account to Lord Wushen, I just want to ask some questions." Natsume opened the door and walked out of the room with the friend account.

"Isn't it dangerous for you to go to that monster with the account of friends?" The cat jumped on Natsume's shoulder at once, roaring angrily in Natsume's ear, while patting Natsume's face with its paw.

"I have a cat teacher here." Natsume reached out and patted the cat, a gentle smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"..." The cat stopped for a moment, what do you mean by that?What does it mean to have me here?Wait, although I did say that I want to be the bodyguard of this human being for the time being, but it's just to solve the trouble, not to take the initiative to get into the trouble!

When Natsume trotted to the shrine, the cat sitting on Natsume's shoulder looked around, and then said to Natsume in a tone that everything was expected, "This shrine has no barriers, even monsters can enter This shrine."

"However, every time I enter the shrine, the monsters who follow me will not continue to chase me in." Natsume paused as he stepped on the bluestone steps, looking at the crimson torii with a sudden feeling of depression.

"That's because there are monsters in this shrine that low-level monsters dare not mess with." The cat snorted softly. If it sits in the shrine by itself, no other monsters will dare to mess with it.

In fact, Natsume has a very strange feeling every time he walks into the torii—like stepping into another world.

The breeze seems to be surging around the body, and the cherry blossoms are dancing in the air like light-colored butterflies. They always involuntarily look up at the tall cherry tree, and the white robe among the flowers is always the first sight steal people's attention.

"Natsume, I didn't expect you to come so early." The witch god sat lazily on the branch, and there was no surprise in his eyes when he saw Natsume coming, and he didn't even float down from the branch to approach Natsume this time.

"What the witch god wants is the account of friends?" Natsume looked up at the witch god, and then stretched out his hand holding the account of friends.

"Are you really going to give him the account of your friend!" The cat sitting on Natsume's shoulder became restless and shouted at Natsume angrily.

Natsume did not answer the cat, but continued to look up at the witch god after comforting the cat.

The man sat quietly on the cherry blossom tree, his long purple hair draped softly over his shoulders, and the dark purple patterns on the white robe looked extraordinarily coquettish and gorgeous under the gloom of the pale pink cherry blossoms.

The man looked down at the dark green book from a distance, raised the corners of his mouth in an inexplicable way, then stood up and landed in front of Natsume from the air, looking down at the brush writing on the friend's account.

"A book of friends?" The wizard looked at the book of friends and stretched out his hand, but when his fingertips were about to touch the book, he slowly backed away, and finally fixed his eyes on Natsume, "Natsume, this book of friends is very important to you." Is it important?"

"Yeah." Natsume paused, then nodded slowly, "Book of Friends is an important relic of Grandma Lingzi. Although Grandma has a bad relationship with others, almost no one remembers her because she passed away at a young age. So The only one who is related to her by blood, I hope to have a common connection with her."

"It's very important." The witch god looked at the friend's account and muttered to himself, then a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "If it's important, then destroy it. Destroy the friend's account, and I will lift the curse."

Natsume and Mao Mao were both stunned at the same time, never thinking that the witch god would say such a thing.

"No, the account of friends cannot be destroyed!" The cat squinted its eyes and looked at the witch god fiercely. In the next second, its chubby body became huge, covered with silver-white hair all over its body, and there was a walking stick on its fox-like head. The red pattern is now baring its teeth and facing the witch god fiercely, as if it will bite the witch god off in the next second.

"Ms. Kitty!" Natsume looked nervously at the huge Mr. Kitty, vaguely afraid that the witch god would be hurt.

"Actually, it's a good deal for Natsume. Originally, the account of friends is dispensable to you." The witch god looked at the fierce Madara in front of him, and he didn't have any fear. He still stood calmly, but his eyes fell. On Natsume.

"No." Natsume looked at the witch god for a while, then frowned slightly and shook his head.

"Hmm, isn't an insignificant account of friends worth the life of your favorite family?" The witch god raised his eyebrows and looked at Natsume in surprise, with a frivolous arc at the corner of his mouth.

"Since it's an insignificant book of friends, then... the Lord Wushen doesn't want this book of friends, right?" Natsume took the book of friends back and stared at Wushen seriously.

The smile on the corner of Wu Shen's mouth froze for a moment, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Then, what do you want, Lord Sorcerer God?" Natsume stared quietly at the Sorcerer God with shallow eyes.

In addition to the account of friends, what else can you get from me?

Such a weak voice, rather than asking, seemed more like talking to himself.

The witch god looked at Natsume quietly, and finally his frivolous smile became somewhat self-deprecating and dim.

"Sorry, Lord Sorcerer God, for disturbing you tonight." Just like the last time at the night market, the last time the Sorcerer God asked Natsume his last question, he disappeared. Natsume didn't wait for the Sorcerer God's answer, but just reached out and patted the huge Madara beside him, " Teacher Cat, let's go."

After Madara frowned and gave the witch god a fierce look, he also turned into a beckoning cat and jumped onto Natsume's shoulder.

"Do you believe what that guy said! Are you really looking for what he wants?" The cat whispered angrily in Natsume's ear, showing its paws as if it was annoyed that there was no war just now. Said that the account of friends is insignificant!"

"I actually feel a little lucky." Natsume looked at the account of friends, but seemed a little relieved, "At least I know that Lord Wushen didn't get close to me because of the account of friends."

"You still call him Lord Sorcerer God! Maybe he is lying to you, even if he is just a high-level monster!" Cat is very dissatisfied with the title of Lord Sorcerer God, and feels that the grade seems to be several times higher than himself .

"I just think that even the gods have wishes that they want to fulfill." Natsume held up the book of friends, but if it wasn't the book of friends, what else could the god of witches want from him?

Natsume stopped suddenly and stared at the account of friends.

"Why didn't you leave?" The cat looked at Natsume strangely.

"Is the name of Lord Wu Shen also in the account of friends?" Natsume flipped through the account of friends, but he couldn't recognize the words of the monster.

"How is it possible! If the contract paper with the name written on it is destroyed, the monster himself will be seriously injured accordingly! If the name of the witch god is in it, how can it be possible for you to destroy the friend account!" The cat thinks it is impossible, and even thinks The matter of destroying the account of friends should not be something that the monster said, "What's more, if she really used to be a witch god, can Reiko defeat a god?"

Natsume held the account of friends in both hands. Indeed, if it was the shaman god who was once admired by the whole village, how could grandma defeat him and give him a name that meant submission?And if it is really in the account of friends, it is impossible for the witch god to ask to destroy the account of friends, right? Wouldn't that also destroy the witch god himself?

However, he obviously felt that it was impossible, and such thoughts still flooded his mind.

Recalling what Mr. Cat said about the account of friends, Natsume took a breath, imagined the appearance of the witch god in his mind, and then opened the account of friends, "My guardian, show his name."

At the same time, both Natsume and Kitty's eyes widened, looking at the friend account that had been turned page by page, and finally stopped and stood upright.

Natsume paused, opened his mouth slightly but failed to utter a word, looking at the strange handwriting written with a brush on the white page.

Is this the name of Lord Sorcerer God?

"It turns out that Reiko really knows the witch god." Although the cat has never admitted that the shrine is a witch god in front of Natsume, it has confirmed its identity.The cat had a somewhat sighing tone, knowing that Reiko likes to run around, but he didn't expect Reiko to have run as far as Pingxi Village and even defeated a god.

"Ms. Kitty, does Grandma Suzuko really look like me?" Natsume slowly closed the friend account.

"Reiko, it's just that the hair is longer and the figure is better." The cat jumped off Natsume's shoulder, and then looked at Natsume carefully on the ground.

"Actually, when I went to the night market last time, I always felt a little strange when Lord Wushen looked at me." Natsume recalled that colorful night market night, but he was a little stunned, "At that time, Lord Wushen's eyes were very strange. Gentle, but not looking at me."

"Master Wu Shen said that he once liked a human being."

[I once liked a human being, she wanted to leave that village, but I couldn't leave the shrine, so I made a wish, hoping that she would not leave.I know human life is short, but I still like her. 】

"Master Witch God's wish must be related to the woman he loves."

【I am very good at patience, so I will never take her away from humans.I want to see her daily life, to see her marry and have children, to see her gray hair, and to accompany her until death. 】

"I was wondering... Could it be that Reiko is the one that Lord Wushen likes?"

Natsume slowly raised his head, the dim light of the stars was shining in the dark sky, but he could vaguely see the dark purple pupils of the witch god.On that night, the purple pupils of the witch god seemed to be scattered with fragments of light in the night sky, staring at him with all the remaining tenderness and gleam in the dark night.

[Natsume, can you not leave? 】

But now, Natsume couldn't tell the difference.

At that time, the name called by the witch god was Natsume Takashi or Natsume Reiko.