[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

It was a gloomy day.

The rain was pattering down, one heavy face after another came in and out, and the muddy water was brought up by the shoes on the ground.

Zhizi sat in the smoky mourning hall holding a black-and-white photo of her mother, with a blank expression on her face.

Perhaps because life was too difficult when he was young, after his father passed away three years ago, his mother quickly followed in his father's footsteps and left, leaving Zhizi alone in this world.

"Please grief!"

"Please cheer up!"

Those who knew or didn't know encouraged Tomoko like this, the man's face was sad, and the woman kept wiping away her tears with a handkerchief.

But the only one who can truly understand the emotion of eternal separation between heaven and man is the person who has lost a loved one.

Zhizi didn't cry, she just stared blankly at the gray sky, then nodded mechanically to the people attending the funeral.

Of course she cheered up, because ah, she had to guard another child of her parents—that is, that hotel.

If people really have souls after death, the souls of their parents will definitely return there, and then smile and watch the guests welcome and send them off.

Therefore, Zhizi has always lived in that hotel, even though the development of Tokyo is changing with each passing day and tall buildings are rising.

Various international hotels opened up one after another, and Zhizi's hotel became more and more old-fashioned.

However, Tomoko never gave up on this store.

After getting married, having children, and having a grandson, she never left here.

The children wanted to pick her up and let her enjoy her old age, but Tomoko refused them all.

This old hotel has become a part of Zhizi's body. She spent the best time of her life here, and she has no way to leave here.

During the day, Zhizi would drag his rusty body to take care of the place bit by bit, and acquaintances nearby would try their best to introduce relatives and friends to live here, but the hotel was still declining day by day, just like Zhizi's body.

The old Zhizi lay on the tatami, watching the dilapidated sunny doll dangling under the eaves.

She knocked on her sore legs from the rainy day, holding hot tea, and murmured to herself: "I really hope that tomorrow will be a sunny day!"

Sunny days, good memories and a comfortable body.

Rainy days are the painful past and unbearable soreness.

Sunshine Baby looked at Zhizi's expectant eyes, but couldn't smile anymore.

It is a monster born in Tomoko's wish, but it is completely powerless to fulfill Tomoko's wish.

Thunder, rain, ice and snow are the forces of nature and the laws and laws of all things.Even if it is a big monster that has lived for a thousand years, it is not confident that it can be controlled as it pleases, let alone a monster that is so weak that it cannot be weaker?

But, but, it still wants to give it a try, because that is Tomoko's wish.

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Natsume looked at the face of the sunny baby that had become less cute due to the years, and his heart softened again, "It's enough to ask for my spiritual power, right? If that's the case, you can take it away, but don't do it casually in the future." Attacking others is not good."

Sunshine Baby blinked her eyes in surprise, but said nothing.

"Natsume, you idiot, idiot, it's unreasonable! Even if you use your spiritual power to turn tomorrow into a sunny day, so what? It's impossible for the sky to never stop raining. This kind of behavior is completely meaningless."

Madara looked very angry, spiritual power is something you just give it?In case he overdraws when giving spiritual power, it will affect his own lifespan at that time!

"Meow Meow is right, it's enough for the children to watch. Even if you want to give spiritual power, you won't be able to fall. Qingming's spiritual power is too much to use up anyway, so just let him give it to you." Reiko's rare Standing on the same front as Madara, it's just that her words made the other parties disagree.

"Don't call me meow!"

"I'm not a child!"

"My spiritual power... well, it is indeed endless."

Natsume and Madara looked at Seimei at the same time, as if they were looking at a traitor.

Qingming coughed: "Even if I'm willing to give it, this monster can't bear it—it's too weak to withstand the intensity of my spiritual power. Besides, what Miaomiao said is right, tomorrow can't always be sunny, So it doesn't make sense to do that."

"Don't call me meow, bastard!" Madara stretched out her paw at Seimei, protesting seriously.

Natsume snickered, and hugged Madara onto her lap: "Don't make trouble, Mr. Miaomiao, obviously you hugged my leg and said, 'My name is Miaomiao'."

"Why even you are... hateful!" Madara finally realized what it means to make a mistake and become eternal hatred.

After laughing for a while, everyone's attention returned to Sunshine Doll.

Reiko put the Sunny Doll in her palm, looked into its eyes and said, "Tell me, what do you think? We gave you spiritual power today, and then you will turn tomorrow into a sunny day, and then it will rain again in the future." what to do?"

Sunshine Doll showed a confused look, it hadn't considered such a complicated matter.

Because Zhizi keeps saying "I wish it would be sunny tomorrow", so Sunny Doll always thinks about "tomorrow".

"How about I tell you my opinion?" Reiko crossed her legs, "I don't think Tomoko's idea is the kind of wish that must be fulfilled, just like I said: I really hope that I can eat steamed buns from Nanatsujiya tomorrow. .As for eating it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it doesn’t matter, as long as I can eat it, I will be very happy——I think Tomoko thinks the same way.”

"Because of the rainy days, the sunny days are more prominent, isn't it? If every day is sunny, then the 'sunny day' itself has no meaning."

"Is it meaningless... If that's the case, wouldn't my existence be meaningless to Tomoko as well?" Qingtian Doll showed a confused look.

"I don't know, why don't you ask Tomoko yourself?"

"Eh? But ordinary people can't see monsters, right?" Natsume asked in surprise.

"This..." Reiko's eyes fell on Qingming, "It's up to you, Qingming."

Seimei nodded, the ability to let ordinary people see monsters can be said to be a must-have skill for every woman.

After all, the object of □□□’s service is often the royal family or prominent high-ranking officials, and □□□□ must produce evidence to convince them that the monster has been removed.

"Leave it to me, but, do you really plan to let Zhizi see Qingtian Doll just like this?"

The sunny doll has long been dilapidated, and the ink drawn into the eyes and mouth is also stained everywhere due to the long-term wind and rain. The eyes alone cover most of the head, which looks extremely black and terrifying.

As for the mouth, it stretches all the way to the back of the head, and with one mouth, it becomes almost 270°.

Reiko and Natsume are used to seeing all kinds of monsters, so they are somewhat accustomed to them.But if the old Zhizi saw such a sunny baby suddenly, maybe he would directly scare him into trouble.

"Hmm..." Reiko dragged her head in distress, "How about we remake your body?"

Sunshine Doll nodded: "If it is temporarily possessed, there is no problem."

"Then it's settled. If you're physically fit, use this." Reiko took out her handkerchief and spread it on the ground.

Thousands of years ago, there were no paper towels in Heian-kyo, so Reiko had no choice but to use a handkerchief as the Romans did.

The handkerchief was pure white, with a cherry blossom embroidered in a square corner—of course, it couldn't have been embroidered by Reiko.

As for the stuffing, Madara found a ping-pong ball that someone left there under a certain table.

Reiko wrapped the handkerchief around the ping pong ball, found a string to wrap it tightly, and then took the signature pen at the counter to draw eyes and a mouth on the doll.

The cherry blossom just fell on the bottom of the doll's skirt, forming a just right pattern.

"It's done!"

Reiko pressed the foreheads of the two dolls together, the old doll moved twice, and then fell down lifelessly, while the new doll stood up, blinking its eyes in a daze, as if it seemed a little uncomfortable Much smaller eyes and mouth.

"What should I do next, Seimei?" Although Qingtian's doll has become much more beautiful, it still seems inappropriate to point to the doll and tell Tomoko that it is a monster.

Qingming habitually tapped her new fan on her palm, looking confident: "Lingzi, do you still remember the witchcraft master?"

Reiko thought for a while: "Is that the monster who defeated you?"

Back then, the sorcerer took advantage of Qingming's mental weakness to get him lost in a dream, but it was Reiko who brought him out in the end, so it's not a problem to say "defeat".

Qingming was embarrassed for a second, and naturally ignored the topic: "We can learn from the ability of witches and gu masters to enter dreams."

That is, let Zhizi and Qingtian doll meet in a dream.

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Tomoko had a dream.

She dreamed that it was raining non-stop outside the house, and the rain hit the eaves, grass blades, and pools... It seemed that there was only rain left in the whole world.

The humid air made Zhizi's every joint ache, and the scene after the death of his parents came to mind over and over again.

Rainy days are always so unpleasant.

"Oh, I really hope that the sky will clear up soon." Zhizi sighed softly, looking at the thin streaks of rain.

A sunny doll with cherry blossoms embroidered on the skirt silently walked to Zhizi's side, and then sat down: "I'm sorry, Zhizi, I can't make the weather always sunny."

The sudden appearance of the voice did not frighten Tomoko, it seems that the moving and talking sunny doll is a very normal thing: "Why do you have to apologize? The weather cannot always be sunny."

"But, I am a sunny baby..." It is its mission to make the weather sunny.

"The sunny day doll exists to make sunny day more beautiful." Zhizi put down the teacup in her hand and held the sunny day doll in her hand.

In the face of annoying rain, people will pray devoutly to the Sunny Doll tied to the eaves: Sunny Doll, please let the sun come out and let the weather clear up!

This sincere prayer again and again will make people's expectations for a sunny day continue to deepen.

Then when the sunny day does come, people will make a cry of surprise.It is precisely because I have looked forward to it sincerely that the sunshine will look extraordinarily beautiful.

The rain gradually became lighter, and a few rays of sunlight shone from behind the clouds. The remaining water droplets in the air reflected the sunlight, and a beautiful rainbow was reflected in the pool.

"It's so beautiful!" Zhizi admired sincerely, "How can there be a rainbow without rain? Come watch the rainbow with me when the sun comes!"

Sunshine Baby sat in Zhizi's palm and smiled.

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"I really hope tomorrow will be a sunny day."

On the eaves of Zhizi's room, there are two sunny dolls, one new and one old.

One was made by Zhizi herself many years ago. The cotton inside the doll has become hard, and the eyes and mouth painted with ink are stained everywhere, but she still smiles very brightly.

The other was a gift from a guest. There was a pink cherry blossom embroidered on the silk skirt, with small delicate eyes and a small curved mouth.

Whenever the rain is over and the weather is sunny, Zhizi will always sit under the two sunny dolls, drinking tea and admiring the rainbow.

The two sunny dolls swayed gently in the breeze, smiling like a sunny day.