[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Reiko fell into a brief silence. In her memory, it seemed that she had never seen this unscrupulous monster.

"Meow?" Reiko pointed at the beckoning cat that was holding Natsume's calf and refused to let go, and looked at Natsume suspiciously.

Natsume shook her legs, trying to throw Madara down, but who knew that Madara hugged her tighter and tighter.He strongly suspected that if it was winter and he was wearing long trousers, Madara's claws would snag the trousers.

"Well, actually..."

"Meow~meow~" Before Natsume finished speaking, Madara began to rub his leg with his head, the numb feeling made Natsume want to kick this unscrupulous cat into the river.

"Okay, Teacher Kitty's name is... Meow Meow." In the end, Natsume compromised.

"That's right..." Of course Reiko wouldn't believe such nonsense, but since the monster didn't want her to know his true identity, she didn't need to force it.

"Speaking of which, I also met a monster who refused to give me its name no matter what. It claimed to be Madara. Of course, this should not be its real name."

Madara hugged Natsume's body suddenly stiffened, it almost thought that Reiko had recognized it: "This...that..."

"I thought you were Madara for a moment just now! But, really, isn't it? Madara can't do such a rascal behavior." Reiko squatted down, stretched out her fingers and poked the lump of fat on Madara's stomach. smile.

Madara felt that her mood was very complicated at the moment: "Reiko, what do you think of Madara?"

"Well... Actually, I quite like it." Reiko dragged her chin and fell into deep thought.

Madara's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his short tail couldn't help but curl up.

"After all, it is such a comfortable pillow, it would be a pity to lose it."

Madara's tail drooped again, looking listless.

"Pfft!" Natsume, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, couldn't help laughing out loud. He felt that what happened today was enough to laugh at Mr. Cat for the rest of his life.

Natsume bent down and hugged the hit Madara into his arms, stroking its fur.

The overly strong sunlight shone on his body, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, glistening in the sunlight.

Seeing Grandma Reiko today was like a dream.

After taking off her familiar student uniform, Reiko in kimono seems to have softened her whole body—there is no alienated eyes, no loneliness that rejects people thousands of miles away.

Grandma Reiko, has she also found her own happiness?

"Ling... Miaomiaozi, are you finished talking?" Qingming walked over with Yuko, with a smile on his face.

"Huh? Sure enough, there is only one Meow Meow. It looks like my eyes are really dazzled. But, was this cat there just now?" Yuko, who was fooled by Seimei, was once again in a tangle.

"Maybe they ran over just now." Qingming rounded things up casually, "Yuko, you're looking for Ling... isn't Miao Miaozi doing something?"

"Ah!" Yuko just remembered the business, "We must hurry up, or we will miss the train bound for Tokyo! I have already bought the tickets for Natsume-kun and Miaomiaozi in advance. Mr. Qingming, when the time comes Just make up one ticket at the automatic ticket machine.”

"Mr. Seimei?" Natsume looked at the man who appeared with Reiko curiously.

"Is Reiko's grandson right?" Seimei had a proper smile on his face. During the process of communicating with Yuko, he had already understood the ins and outs of the matter—although the appearance of this grandson made him feel extremely complicated. .

"I'm Seimei Abe, nice to meet you."

"An, Seimei Abe!" Natsume was taken aback by this thunderous name. This "Seimei Abe" couldn't be the "Seimei Abe" he knew, right?

"Natsume-kun was also startled, right?" The lively Yuko led the way while bouncing around, talking about her previous conversation with Seimei, "Mr. Seimei seems to have the same name as the great man in history. However, when I saw Mr. Seimei, I wondered if the Abe Seimei in history would be like this, hehe!"

It turned out to be the same name...

Natsume breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but sneak a look at Abe Seimei.By the way, how did Grandma Reiko know such a person?This Seimei-san... Can you see monsters too?

Could it be that Mr. Seimei himself is an exorcist, and Mr. Seimei taught those weird spells that Grandma Reiko knows?

The relationship between Grandma Reiko and Mr. Qingming seems to be very close. Could it be that they...

Wait!

Natsume stopped in place suddenly, and made up a frightening story in his mind.

Could it be that Grandma Reiko and Mr. Seimei were in love with each other, but Grandma Reiko was raped by Yuko's grandfather... Then the grandma returned to Yayuan unmarried, gave birth to her mother and died like that? !

"Hey, Natsume, why are you in a daze?" Madaraichi slapped Natsume's face with a pad of flesh.

Natsume swallowed with some difficulty, and whispered, "Mr. Cat, I suddenly have an idea..."

Madara's eyes widened instantly when he heard this, and his claws stretched out from the pads: "I'm going to kill that human being!"

"Please, please calm down, Mr. Kitty!" Natsume hurriedly hugged Madara who was about to throw himself away, "This is just my guess, not necessarily the truth!"

"What are you two doing?" Reiko heard the movement behind and turned around, "I seem to have heard the truth just now. Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"No, absolutely not!" Natsume and Madara shook their heads in unison.

Reiko looked at the nervous expressions of one person and one cat, and she knew that they were lying to her.

"Speaking of which, I was a little concerned just now. Why do you know me but not Qingming? Why did I die so early, and who is your grandfather?"

After Qingming heard this, her pace involuntarily slowed down, and her eyes drifted towards Reiko from time to time.

Natsume became more and more convinced of his guess, what should he do, should he tell Grandma Reiko the truth?

If you tell me, once grandma returns to her own time, her mother will not be born, and then she will not exist.

Is this really good?

"The station is ahead, Natsume-kun, Miaomiaozi, Seimei-san, come here quickly!" Yuko, who was leading the way, shouted loudly to the people behind who were in extremely complicated moods.

"Here we come!" Natsume who was rescued hurriedly responded, and strode over.

Qingming looked at Natsume's back and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Natsume has no blood relationship with him, which is basically certain.

So here comes the question, who is Natsume's grandfather?

Seimei doesn't think that ordinary human beings can force Reiko to do anything, let alone consider the possibility of Reiko's empathy.

So, either the person who said "I'm sorry Reiko" is beyond imagination, or this time and space is not the future of Reiko he knows - Reiko here has not gone to Heian-kyo, so naturally there will be no intersection with him.

Or... Natsume is Reiko's blood, but she was not born by Reiko.

Once you get blood, you can change into the owner of the blood at will, a monster with thousands of faces, but no self, to some extent, it is really very sad.

Although he has his own guesses about Natsume's life experience, it doesn't mean Seimei doesn't care about Grandpa Yuko's "I'm sorry Reiko" behavior. If those behaviors are really too much, Seimei doesn't mind expressing his anger for Reiko.

The tram speeds past in the wilderness, Qingming looks at the scenery outside the window with novelty, feeling the greatness of this era.

In the past, it might have taken several months to travel by horse-drawn carriage, but it took a few hours to get there, which is simply unbelievable!

"Tokyo, I've never been there before!" Reiko was also looking forward to this trip to Tokyo.

"Huh? Outside... Hasn't Meowko been there?" Natsume thought of Yuko who was sitting on the side, and quickly changed his words, although this kind of conversation still seemed very unnatural.

"No! When I left Yayuan, I was almost in my third year of high school. At the beginning, I thought about going to far away places after graduation, but to a certain extent, my wish has been fulfilled." Reiko said that she had arrived. Heian-kyo, Heian-kyo is obviously far away.

Grandma Lingzi really left Yahara!

Natsume was secretly vigilant in his heart, and at the same time was a little curious about Reiko's whereabouts, but because of Yuko, it was difficult to ask directly, so he could only vaguely say: "Have you thought about where to go to university, Miaomiaozi?"

"I'm a notoriously problematic student, how could I get into university?" Reiko said as a matter of course.

So he was abducted by Yuko's grandfather!

Natsume roared in his heart.

……

During a series of conversations between Natsume and Reiko, the tram slowly entered the station in Tokyo.

At this time, the sun has slanted to the west, and the day has entered dusk.

"It's probably too late for you to go back today. I have prepared rooms for you at the hotel. You can go back tomorrow morning, is that okay?" Yuko asked thoughtfully.

Natsume scratched her head in embarrassment: "Actually, I told Aunt Toko that I wanted to come to Tokyo to visit the university here, and I might go back in a few days, so it doesn't matter."

Yuko breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. In fact, I also think it's inappropriate to ask you to come to see grandpa, but grandpa... I don't want grandpa to leave with regrets, so please!"

Natsume nodded solemnly, a little bit as if he was facing a big enemy, but also a little apprehensive.

After all, if his guess is completely correct, isn't Yuko's grandfather his grandfather?

Yuko led Natsume and others through the streets and alleys, sometimes walking, sometimes taking the subway, and soon came to the hospital.

She came to the building where she was hospitalized and reported her name at the front desk. After a while of discussion, she brought Reiko and others to the front of the ward.

"The nurse said that only one person can go in because of Grandpa's condition. Natsume-kun said that Miaomiaozi and Grandma Reiko look very similar, so I'm counting on you." Yuko bowed seriously to Reiko.

Reiko waved her hand at Yuko, and then walked in.

Lying on the bed was a very frail old man. The quilt only covered his chest due to the hot weather, and rows of ribs could even be seen under the hospital gown.

Sensing someone coming in, the old man half-closed his cloudy eyes, but the moment he saw Reiko, his eyes widened instantly.

"Ling, Lingzi?"

"I am, and then, who are you?" Reiko looked at the old man's raspy face with a dazed expression.