Tomo-sama's Rescue Plan - Hell Chapter

As a result of working too hard, when I returned to the city, Mitsukoshi Department Store had already closed.

According to human time, it was already midnight, and it was the time when all ghosts walked at night, so I dragged a ghost and squatted on the side of the road in Asakusa to eat oden.

I eat, he watches.

Master Tong Mo has been served by believers as a "god in the world" for 200 years since the Edo period. He probably has never been to this kind of roadside stall at all, so he looks fresh when I see what I eat.

"Would you like to try it? This radish and salmon is delicious!" I opened the take-out box that had already been cold, "I saw that the water column ordered this, so I tried to order one, but I didn't expect it to taste very good."

"People don't want to eat that kind of thing. When I was a human, I hated fish the most." The ghost watched me eat while resting its chin, while complaining, "It's as bad as the brain of Your Excellency Yuhu."

"You are too picky eater...and don't bring up His Excellency Yuhu's brain when others are eating, thank you." I looked around at the stalls, "Yes, you wait."

After a while, I brought back two skewers of sweet soy sauce dumplings and handed him one.

"Try this."

The ghost looked at me indifferently: "Xiaoran did it on purpose, ghosts can't eat human food."

"Master Tong Mo, this is a matter of your guts." I said solemnly, "You can even eat seven hundred times the wisteria flower poison if you want to, and you won't die if you eat a soy sauce dumpling."

Tong Mo narrowed his eyes, held the fan and tapped on my head lightly, "It's useless to provoke me."

"That's right, you ate so many messy things in hell, and the blue Bana flowers..."

As he said that, he saw that the ghost really took a bite of the dumpling.

I quickly said: "It's okay, even if you can't taste it..."

"It's sweet."

he said suddenly.

"It's... sweet."

He looked at me in surprise and repeated himself.

I don't know if it's just catching up with the full moon, or for some other reason, there is a certain kind of extremely vivid color in those calm eyes like ice.

At that moment, it seemed that the darkness of no top finally receded, and the time went back to 200 years ago. At the night market in front of the Arakawa Shrine, a seven-year-old boy was holding a bunch of soy sauce dumplings. For the first time in his life, he knew what sweetness is.

"Yes, this is the taste of sweetness."

I looked at him and smiled.

"There are still many flavors in the world. We have enough time to taste them slowly."

The corner of the ghost's mouth was raised slightly, as if trying hard to give me a real smile.

Like the kid back then, he said:

"Okay."

The moonlight reflected on the son of god's long, clean and clean hair, and the last touch of blood on the top of his head disappeared at some point.

"Hey! If that's the case..."

In the next second, this guy suddenly seemed to remember something great, and he waved to the stall owner with a smile and shouted:

"Boss, do you have any wine?"

Even if I have lived for hundreds of years, I have never seen such a drinking ghost.

While saying "this wine is too bad", he forced me to drink until almost dawn, which made me completely unconscious, and I didn't know how I got back to Kek Lok Si.

It’s not my fault, whether I’m a man or a god, I’ve never drank alcohol, but I couldn’t resist the temptation of that ghost, I was drunk one cup after another, and finally almost fell into the unfinished oden.

When I woke up, it was already daylight, and the room was scented with Jialuo incense.Fortunately, the gods won't get a hangover, but they can feel the smell of alcohol all over their body, even their hair.

I am a god of water... If it rains now, will it be wine rain?

Thinking of this, I shivered, and immediately sobered up a lot.

It's okay, it's okay, it's in my own room, and the clothes are...

Where did this bathrobe come from? !

Just as I was desperately remembering how I changed my clothes yesterday, Yamada's voice came from outside the door.

"Miss Arakawa, are you awake?"

"Ah... wake up, wake up, please wait a moment!"

I quickly tidied myself up to a decent appearance, put on the two-foot furisode and the lantern hakama, and then stood up and opened the door.

Mr. Yamada was kneeling on the porch, holding a large painted lacquer plate covered with light yellow washi paper.Beside him was a little girl who looked childish, and there was a steaming wooden basin on the ground in front of him.

"Please, please come in, both of you."

Yamada took the girl into my room. The girl sat down in front of me and handed me a hot towel with both hands shyly.

"This is…"

"Sorry, I forgot to introduce you. This is Mustard, a child who grew up in the temple. Her parents passed away long ago. It was the leader who took her in. The leader said that Miss Arakawa lacked a maid, so I brought her here gone."

I frowned: "I don't need any maids, I am also here to serve as a maid for the leader, why bother you?"

Yamada respectfully said: "Master Master said that Akuko is a pure and pitiful girl who lost her parents since she was a child, please ask Ms. Arakawa to show her kindness and accept her, or she can only be sent to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. "

...Who is this? !

"And this," he brought over the exquisite lacquer plate with flowers and birds, and uncovered the washi paper on it, "the leader said, since Miss Arakawa is going to work for the order, she should have a job." It’s inappropriate to wear schoolgirl clothes all the time, so please accept this.”

Inside the lacquer plate was a dark red Furisode, and the belt was made of extremely gorgeous Nishijin weaving, embroidered with golden and silver threads full of flying thousand cherry blossoms.

"This... This dress is too expensive, I can't take it." I stammered, "And I don't plan to live here for too long, the university has already started, and I will go back after work in Kagurazaka... "

Yamada didn't speak, but handed me an envelope respectfully.

What is this again?

Puzzled, I took out a folded piece of paper from the envelope, opened it, and saw the words "land coupon" on the head, and "Arakawa Shrine" on the second line.

It is a land deed of Tokyo Prefecture, with the scarlet seal of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Ultimate Bliss at the end.

"The leader said, this is the money you owe the church, so please be sure to work hard and try to pay it off as soon as possible."

"..."

I couldn't help it, and laughed like a fool as I beat the ground with the land deed regardless of my image.

After I finished laughing, I remembered to ask, "Where is the leader?"

"Master the leader went to listen to the prayers of the believers after presiding over the morning class. It's not over yet. He said that you should get up and go to work when you wake up. He also ordered me to go with you so as to urge you not to be lazy."

... This preoccupied ghost!

I deeply felt that I had been calculated by that clever and kind son of god, so I could only look up to the sky and sigh.

"Then I...be respectful rather than obedient."

I, a god, never imagined that one day I would be reduced to the point where I would fight with the owner of the rice shop with my abacus.

It's almost like a debt collector in Huajie, the kind made by Taro the hooker!

"One... two... and five more..."

When I got back to the side of the road, I saw Mr. Yamada slowly following in that rather eye-catching red foreign car, and I couldn't help sighing from the bottom of my heart.

That's right, just when I lamented that this ghost has been separated from human life for too long at first glance, and that he couldn't walk on the mountain road with such a suit of clothes, Mr. Yamada took me around a few turns from the small path, passing through a dense maple forest, and unexpectedly I found a stone road going down the mountain, and this is what was parked by the side of the road. There were four metal letters on the shiny front of the car.

ford.

I saw foreigners driving cars in the city, but when I looked at the unsmiling Mr. Yamada beside me, I still sweated silently.

"Mr. Yamada...have you even learned this...?"

Mr. Yamada nodded solemnly: "The leader said that in order to treat the injured believers, this skill is also necessary for the duty of a guardian. In this way, it will be more convenient if you need to call a doctor or something. It can also reflect the mercy of the gods to believers."

...Yamada-kun, do you believe such nonsense?Who asked the doctor to need such a gorgeous convertible with brass headlights? !

By the way, how much does this ghost like red? !

Fortunately, the result of collecting the bills is not bad, probably because of the backing of foreign cars, and the fact that Kagurazaka's stores are all old, and they pay attention to honesty, so they will not default on their debts.The remaining few stores that cannot be opened have agreed with me in writing on the date of payment of accounts, and the whole day has not been wasted.

I asked Mr. Yamada to take me to Roslyn Cafe, and resigned from my foreign boss.

The business of the cafe is still booming. Paul was behind the counter wiping glasses with the new waitress. When he saw me, he froze for a moment and then showed a big smile.

"Miss Arakawa, I almost didn't recognize you, this dress is so beautiful!"

I bowed to him a little embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I'm actually here to resign..."

"New job?" Paul raised his eyebrows. "With all due respect, Ms. Arakawa, you don't look like you've found a new job, but more like you're in love."

"Eh? How, how could there be such a thing..." I said awkwardly, "Yes, it is a monastery, and it is far away in the mountains, so it is inconvenient to run around every day..."

"Miss Arakawa, I really want to persuade you not to give up your university audit and not to become a canary raised by men."

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind me, I looked back and exclaimed in surprise:

"Mrs. Mingzi, are you here today?"

Mrs. Akiko wore a very western beige lace haori today, and she sat there smiling and nodding at me.

"The children at home are too noisy, so I come to the coffee shop to write a manuscript for the newspaper." She laughed, "Look, even a new woman like me can't escape family life."

"I don't intend to give up listening, I will go to university after I've been busy for a while." I said seriously, "But because the place where I live is too remote now, even communication is difficult, so I can only go to the city when I have the opportunity in the future Come to visit you."

"Miss Arakawa, may I take the liberty to ask... what kind of man is the other party?" Paul said, "After all, you seem to be a smart girl, and you don't seem to be easily deceived by a few sweet words."

I looked at the foreign boss and said seriously:

"A rich man."

Paul froze for a moment, then laughed loudly:

"You are so interesting, Ms. Arakawa, I didn't expect you to be a money worshiper!"

"Really rich..." I tried to explain, "and willing to pay to hire me..."

"Paul, stop teasing this girl," Miss Mingzi interrupted in English, "She doesn't even know that she smells of love all over her body."

"Eh? What are you talking about!"

It was getting late, Paul sent me out from the store, and saw the car waiting for me parked on the side of the road at a glance.

"Oh, God, Ford's Model T, that color isn't in production yet."

He smiled narrowly at me:

"It seems that he is indeed a rich man. Go, Ms. Arakawa, and taste the taste of love."

My face was hot, and I got into the car as if fleeing.

The shops on the side of the road are lit up with warm lights, and the lingering female voice on the gramophone can be heard from the half-open door of the cafe:

Life is too short

girls fall in love

Before the red lips fade

before the blood cools down

time gone forever

The spring of the seventh year of Taisho came just like that.