[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Another new day.

Abe Seimei was wearing the pink rabbit apron Reiko bought, standing at the kitchen door, flipping through a newly bought cookbook.The stew pot in the kitchen was simmering on a low fire, and it was constantly "squeaking" steaming outward.

Xiao Bai lay by the window, bathed in the sunshine from the window, yawned big, buried his furry head in his two tails, and enjoyed a leisurely life.

As for Reiko, she was entertaining Cing, who usually advised her to break up.

On the night of meeting the middle class, Bing visited the house where Reiko was living now, and held Reiko and cried all night.But just 7 hours after Bing reunited with Reiko, she found that she had lost love unfortunately.

Her Reiko was actually overwhelmed by a man named Abe Seimei!

The blackened Bing cast a curse on Seimei on the spot, but Abe Seimei was always Abe Seimei, before the curse fell on him, Seimei easily dispelled it.

Since then, B has lived a life of fighting wits and courage with Qingming.

"Reiko, what's so good about that stinky man? Now he's talking sweetly to you, and when you grow old, he will abandon you mercilessly!"

Reiko yawned boredly: "But, I've eaten mermaid meat, so I won't grow old."

Bing was choked for a moment, turned around and showed a ferocious expression, but after a second he returned to his dignified look, and looked at Lingzi affectionately: "Lingzi, believe me, that man in the kitchen who looks like strawberry ice cream, It will never give you happiness."

Strawberry Ice Cream...

The cold and sour-sweet taste appeared in Reiko's mind, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch her stomach.

"Qingming, is lunch ready? I'm hungry!"

Seimei lifted the lid of the pot, and the thick yellow curry bubbled up a bubble from time to time, and then burst with a "pop", and the fragrance spread from the kitchen to Reiko's room along the corridor.

Seimei unhurriedly took out a plate with cherry blossom petals from the cupboard, took out crystal clear and plump rice from the rice cooker, and piled them neatly on one side of the plate.Then use a spoon to scoop out a spoonful of thick curry and slowly pour it down the middle of the rice, dyeing the white rice golden.

After the curry flowed along the rice to the empty half of the plate and formed a thin layer, Seimei took out the beef, potatoes and carrots inside, arranged them neatly next to the rice, and finally garnished with broccoli.

When Seimei brought out the curry beef rice bowl, Reiko was already sitting upright beside the dining table, her gaze was constantly moving along the rice in Seimei's hands.

"Here, your lunch." Seimei put the plate in front of Reiko, took off the pink rabbit's apron, kept the ponytail she tied up while cooking, and sat opposite Reiko.

Reiko couldn't wait to scoop up a large spoonful of curry-soaked rice and put it into her mouth. The rich aroma burst out of her mouth and rushed into her nose, and her whole body was surrounded by the aroma of spices.

The moderately hard and soft rice bounces between the teeth, and every time you chew, it seems that the soup splashes on your tongue.

Reiko put another piece of beef into her mouth, and the extremely delicious gravy filled her mouth.Beef is the most suitable part of sirloin to cook with curry. It is fat and lean, neither greasy nor dry.

Indulging in the delicacy, Reiko ate all the food on the plate, then rubbed her belly, burped in satisfaction, and spread it comfortably on the chair, like a satisfied cat.

"Are you satisfied?" Qingming raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes full of smiles.

"Of course, I feel super happy! Unexpectedly, Seimei, you have such a specialty."

Qingming's gaze swept over Bing, whose face was darkened, and put his face next to Reiko: "Shouldn't there be some rewards after eating?"

"Okay!" There was a sly look in Reiko's eyes, and she slowly moved her mouth closer to Seimei. When Seimei thought that Reiko would kiss her, Reiko directly took Seimei's face as a tissue and wiped all the remaining curry on her mouth on top.

Seimei looked at Reiko's successful prank smiling face, shook her head helplessly, stretched out her fingertips to rub some curry on her face, and put it in her mouth: "It tastes really good."

The temperature on Reiko's face rose a little, she stood up abruptly, and turned her head uncomfortably: "I'm going out to digest food!"

After finishing speaking, he left the house in a hurry, feeling like he was running away.

Seimei watched Reiko's leaving back, her smile gradually deepened, and she licked the curry off her face bit by bit with her fingers.

"An, Bei, Qing, Ming! I'm going to kill you!" Black air billowed from behind Bing, who had eaten his mouth full of dog food.

Qingming didn't mind, "Would you like a bowl of curry? This is the curry that Reiko has ever eaten."

"..." Is it amazing to be able to cook?As one of the top high-level youkai in Yahara, she will definitely learn the skill of cooking, and then let Abe Seimei go where and where.

Reiko, it belongs to her.

The intermediates who were drinking shivered for some reason, and they once again remembered the fear of being dominated by a pot of dark unknown objects.

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With the wind blowing, the temperature on Reiko's face gradually faded.

I don't know if it's her illusion, but she always feels that Qingming's face is getting thicker and thicker, almost to the point of being invulnerable to all poisons.

Even though she raised her fist and looked at Qingming threateningly, Qingming just smiled indifferently, and even cared whether her fist would hurt or not.

I always feel like an old married couple.

"Grandma Reiko, are you in a good mood?" Natsume's voice interrupted Reiko's thinking.

"Probably." Only then did Reiko realize that the corners of her mouth were raised up unconsciously.

"Reiko...Grandma?" Duogui Tou hugged Madara tightly, tilting his head in doubt.

"Ah! No, I mean..." Natsume quickly covered her mouth, annoyed at her carelessness and not wanting to deceive her friend, so she looked at Reiko for help.

"Are you Takashi's friend?" Reiko said after Duoguitou nodded, "Since we are friends, let me introduce myself. My name is Natsume Reiko, and I am Natsume Takashi's grandmother."

"Eh? Eh?" Duogui Tou widened his eyes and exclaimed in disbelief.

Even if you know the existence of monsters, the resurrection of the dead is a bit too fantastic.

Xia Mu scratched his head with a headache, not knowing how to explain it: "I don't know what to say about multi-track, grandma's matter..."

Duogui Tou quickly calmed down and shook his head at Natsume: "Then let's talk about it when we can! Actually, what I'm going to do today is also related to Reiko... grandma."

As he said that, Duogui took out a notebook with yellowed paper: "When I was sorting out my grandfather's belongings today, I found that he mentioned Grandma Lingzi in the notebook. The formation that can make ordinary people see monsters is also Grandma Lingzi. For my grandpa."

Duogu Tou carefully took out a four-fold white paper from the notebook, unfolded it and placed it in front of Reiko.

Reiko looked down at the torn and yellowed paper, and a blurry figure gradually appeared in front of her eyes: "Ah, it's that kid. Speaking of which, I can see Seimei, and it can be said that it is all thanks to him."

If she hadn't found a formation for Shinichiro, Reiko wouldn't have flipped through the notebook of the exorcist, wouldn't have awakened Senmen by accidentally cutting her finger, and wouldn't have gone to Hakozaki's house to attend the exorcist's party—of course, Without being caught by Abe Yukyo, go to the world thousands of years ago through the cherry blossom trees in the garden.

It can be said that the turning point of Reiko's fate was meeting Shinichiro Dorai.

"Grandpa said in his notes that in a nearby mountain, there was a pond for transforming a dragon, where a carp successfully transformed into a dragon 50 years ago - that was the first time grandpa felt the existence of a monster. Natsume, I want him to accompany me to see the places where grandpa has been." Duogui lowered his eyes, seeming to remember grandpa smiling.

Perhaps for the living, following the footsteps of the dead is to meet the dead again.

"That's it..." Reiko scratched the back of her head, "Then I'll go with you! The Dragon Gate appears once every 50 years. Counting the days, it's about the same now." I don't know the stupid catfish at that time, Have you successfully crossed the dragon gate?

"Really? This is really great! With Grandma Lingzi leading the way, it will definitely save a lot of time!" Duogui said pleasantly.

"Can I go too?" Natsume asked expectantly.

He has been following in the footsteps of grandpa many times, so why hasn't he been following in the footsteps of grandma?He wants to know the story of grandma and monsters.

Reiko rubbed Natsume's head unceremoniously: "Of course you are going! You are my grandson, Natsume Reiko!"

"Yeah." Natsume lowered his head a little embarrassedly, and then laughed softly.

"Then, let's set off together!" Reiko pointed in a direction with her fingers, high-spirited.

2 hours later...

Natsume took off a leaf that was stuck to her head, panting: "Grandma Reiko... are you sure it's really this way?"

Reiko turned her head uncomfortably: "Well, after 50 years, it is normal for the terrain to change."

50 years, not 50 years, grandma!

Natsume suppressed the complaints in his heart, he had known for a long time that grandma was a nervous person, but he didn't expect...it was really so unreliable.

Duogui Tou sat on a rock, bent down and tapped his calf, seeing Natsume's face full of black lines, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Duogui, what's the matter?" Natsume quickly returned to his usual appearance, looking at Duogui with a guilty conscience.

It seems that my friends have seen my bad image.

"Nothing." Duogui smiled and shook his head, "I just think that Natsume and Grandma Reiko get along very interesting. Speaking of which, grandpa is also a very humorous person. If grandpa is still alive, we will definitely make fun of each other like this .”

While speaking, Duogui looked at the blue sky.

In the sky, the scene of Grandpa holding Duoguitou and explaining to her the illustrated book of monsters appeared in the sky.

Perhaps, at that time, Grandpa and her were not the only two people in the empty room.Monsters, big and small, also sat beside the book, listening to Grandpa's narration, and making comments from time to time.

"Shinichiro, I'm not what the book says I am."

"Oh, Shinichiro, you made a mistake. This will make your granddaughter misunderstand us."

Probably, that's what it looks like.

Natsume saw Doko looking at the sky intently, and followed Doko's gaze.

"Then, what is that!" Natsume couldn't help exclaiming.

In Natsume's eyes, a golden-red gate appeared in the sky that was supposed to be blue.The eaves of the door are arched high, and there are dragons with teeth and claws hovering on the doorpost.

"Then, could it be..."

"It's the Dragon Gate." Reiko took Natsume's words, "I'm just saying I went right? Hurry up, let's run over, maybe we can catch up with the spectacular sight of the fish jumping over the Dragon Gate."

Duogui ran behind Reiko and Natsume, looked up at the empty sky, feeling a little disappointed.

Can't see it, just can't see it.

Is that how grandpa felt back then?However, grandpa accepted all this very open-mindedly, and walked into the world of monsters in his own way.

She can't lose to grandpa!

Duogui clenched his fists and cheered himself up.

Even if she couldn't see it, she still wanted to be closer to Grandpa and Natsume, closer.

When Reiko and the others arrived at their destination, the calm pond was like boiling water. Fish of different types and sizes jumped up one after another, and then fell powerlessly into the water.

Duoguitou tightly covered her mouth, looking at this magnificent scene - yes, she couldn't see the towering dragon gate, but she could see the fish here.

50 years ago, catfish spirits strengthened themselves and reduced enemies by hunting fish in the pond, so Longmen 50 years ago was far less lively than it is now.

Now it seems that catfish essence has not eaten the same kind for a long time.

After the fish in the pond failed one after another, a huge shadow appeared in the middle of the pond.

A huge catfish at least 2 meters long twisted its body and jumped out of the water. Its tail, like a catfish fan, slapped the water surface vigorously, splashing a long series of water.

Splashes of water fell, a small rainbow appeared over the pool, and the black scales of the catfish shone brilliantly in the sun.

The catfish flicked its tail, slid its fins, and sprinted up, up, towards the dragon gate.

The back under the solid scales was full of power. When it reached midair, the catfish twisted its body again, exerted its strength again, and jumped high towards the dragon gate.

The catfish leaped higher than the eaves of the dragon gate, but just as it was about to leap over, an invisible barrier brutally blocked the catfish out.

The barrier is like the hardest wall, and the catfish is hit hard.The huge body lost all its strength and could only fall back into the pond feebly.

The water splashed again, only this time without the rainbow.

Longmen dissipated.

"Catfish whiskers!" Reiko jumped to the edge of the pond, calling the catfish's name loudly.

Bright red blood bubbled up in the pool.

"Cuoxu, you idiot! What are you doing so desperately? Could it be that you can't live without transforming into a dragon?"

"But, I want Reiko to see me transformed into a dragon."

Bubbles appeared on the surface of the water, and Natsusuke swam to the bank and stuck his head out to look at Reiko.

The black catfish has two long beards, a slightly grinning mouth, and small eyes like black beans. It looks silly and cute at first glance.

In order to facilitate communication with Reiko, Catfish changed from a catfish in the water to...a catfish wearing clothes and growing arms and legs, and stood in front of Reiko.

Seeing the catfish stretching out its short hands and not daring to touch the wound, Reiko finally relented and took the initiative to use spiritual power to help it heal the wound.

"I said, you, after so many years, you really haven't improved at all."

Feeling the pain gradually disappearing, Catsuku narrowed his eyes comfortably: "Reiko, Reiko, I have never devoured other monsters to increase my strength in all these years, and I have been concentrating on my cultivation all the time."

"However, God is unfair. Longmen prefers carp. With the same strength, carp can pass through Longmen smoothly, but other fish will be rejected cruelly."

"Obviously I am stronger than the carp back then, but I still can't transform into a dragon..."

"Reiko, why is that? Is it because I'm a catfish?"

Fifty years have passed, and the catfish's personality has become much calmer. It looks at Reiko quietly, as if it wants an answer.

"Why do you want to become a dragon?" Reiko didn't answer Natsuki's question directly.

"...every fish in this pond wants to become a dragon."

Reiko looked at the pool that could be walked around in about 5 minutes, and poked the catfish's head where the wound had healed: "You are already a mature monster, catfish, you don't want to go to the outside world to see See? The world of fish is not necessarily smaller than the world of dragons."

This world not only has ponds, but also streams, lakes, rivers, rivers, and the vast sea. Why should we stick to this small world?

The outside world...is that the world Reiko lives in?

Are there any human beings like Reiko who don't dislike their own ugly looks?

Are there many monsters out there who can live comfortably without transforming into dragons?

"...I want to go, I want to see the outside world." Natsuki looked at Reiko seriously.

Reiko smiled gratifiedly: "I will bless you, Catsuki."

"Before we part, can Reiko touch my head again?"

50 years ago, when Reiko touched its head, it chose to avoid it because of shyness. This time, it didn't want to leave any regrets.

A trace of surprise flashed in Reiko's eyes, and then she raised a big smile: "Of course!"

Reiko stretched out her hand and gently touched the catfish's head, from top to bottom, from the top of the head to the neck, and then...

"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Reiko, don't pull my beard!" Catsushi waved his short hands, a little annoyed.

"Haha, who made your beard so funny!" Reiko smiled without apology.

What a wicked human being!

Catsushi stroked his beard distressedly, and looked at Reiko indignantly.

However, even with such and other shortcomings, it still likes Reiko so much.

Reiko, let's make another promise!

When we meet again next time, it will definitely become a monster that makes Reiko proud.

It's an appointment, Reiko.

Next time we meet, let's touch its head again!