The Girl and Her Sword [Comprehensive + Sword III]

Sugimura Xiaobei and Matsumoto Yukiko disappeared.

"I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation." Qing Wu put down his cup, and asked Jing Qing calmly.

"Miss Yukiko was trying to save Mr. Sugimura, but she put herself in it." Jing Qing said, "The incident happened suddenly. When I finished the medicine and went there, I only saw Miss Yukiko's bag."

"Boil medicine?" Qingwu asked.

"Yes." Jing Qing nodded, "When I was investigating the situation, I came to Miss Yukiko's house and accidentally found Sugimura Aoi who was dying. The situation is urgent. I was able to report it only now that his condition is stable. .”

"Hehe." Qingwu sneered, "Even if you don't come here in person, there are many ways for you to report to me. You don't have to wait until now, right?"

"This..." Jing Qing hesitated and said, "All my communication tools are out of order..."

"Would you like to find a reason and someone reliable?" Qingwu said coldly. "I want to see the evidence."

Jing Qing was speechless, and took out a few mechanism wooden birds on her body and handed them over.

Qingwu picked it up and inspected it, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

It did fail.

What can make the mechanism wooden bird ineffective, besides completely destroying it, is to attack its core with special sound waves, making it lose its function.

And that kind of sound wave, except for my mother and myself, there are very few people who can make it, unless...

Qingwu stood up and said, "Jing Qing, tell me your itinerary for the past few days."

The sound wave also has a range limit, and the control of this range must be considered. If it is too large, it will definitely be discovered by Qingwu. If it is too small, it may not reach the target. It must be not far away.

"Yes." Jing Qing didn't dare to procrastinate, and immediately explained her investigation process in the past few days in detail.

Yukiko opened her eyes, but there was nothing unexpected but darkness.

The package around her fell off as expected, her hands were tied behind her back, and a faint sound of breathing came from beside her. Xiaobei Shancun should be not far away from her, but she hasn't woken up yet.

This is really troublesome... Yukiko sighed. Fortunately, the little ball left by her grandmother was still on her body, which gave her an inexplicable sense of security.

At this moment, only a creak was heard, and the door of the dark room where she was imprisoned was opened.

"I don't know who it is, it turns out they are all old friends." The visitor looked at them with a faint smile.

"You are?" Yukiko looked at the visitor in astonishment, and said, "Qingwu...no, who are you?"

"Me?" Wearing a black kimono embroidered with manjusawa patterns, the woman has a face that is very similar to Qingwu, but much more mature and gorgeous than Qingwu. She smiled slightly and said, "I and her are a little different." connect."

"Huh..." Yukiko breathed a sigh of relief.

"But now, it's a hostile relationship." After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Yukiko's completely changed expression with a smile, "Would you like to drink tea with me? The old woman is always a little lonely drinking tea alone."

"Old?" Yukiko rolled her eyes, "Please, you look like this, what the hell...?" Seeing the woman still looking at her with a smile, she thought of a possibility and took a breath , looking at the woman.

"Yes." The woman smiled slightly, "I will not grow old, nor will I die, unless someone comes to kill me."

"How long have you been around?" Yukiko said with a trembling voice.

The woman shook her head and said, "Come out with me first." After that, Yukiko felt that the rope was cut and her hands were freed, but because of a sudden change in the center of gravity, she almost fell to the ground.However, Yukiko didn't care about this, she quickly got up and touched the woman's body.

The woman smiled and did not stop her behavior.

"You are..." Yukiko looked at her with cold tentacles, and asked hesitantly, "Doll?"

"Yes." The woman said with a smile. "I don't look like it?"

"It's not like that." Yukiko shook her head honestly, "I've been a puppeteer for many years... basically I can tell the difference between a puppet and a human at a glance, but you are different. If I don't feel your temperature, I will definitely Don't think you're not human."

"Haha, then I would like to thank you for your compliment to the master." The woman nodded and said, "Come with me."

"Master?" Yukiko asked from behind, "What master, does that master have something to do with Qingwu?"

"My master is Qingwu's mother." The woman turned slightly and said with a smile, "My appearance is also made by the master according to herself."

"Then..." Yukiko said in disbelief, "It's been decades since my grandmother became me."

"Yeah," the woman said with a sigh, "I've been here ever since then."

"It's not easy." Yukiko said sympathetically.

Neither old nor dead, can only constantly change identities, enduring the feeling of being isolated from the crowd, but inaccessible.

Just thinking about that feeling, Yukiko felt very scary, it's better to be a person.

"Here we are," said the woman.

Yukiko looked up, and they had come to a quiet Japanese room. There was a simple tea table in the center, and the water in the teapot was already boiling. The woman glanced at Yukiko, and Yukiko was very upset Sit on the guest seat with knowledge and interest.So the woman sat down on the main seat and began to make tea for her.

The woman's movements are smooth and flowing, full of an antique flavor.Originally Yukiko's temperament was lively and active, and she couldn't stand the slow-moving atmosphere of the tea ceremony. However, seeing the woman's actions at this time, she couldn't move her eyes until the woman made the tea and poured it into the cup. It was half full, and when it was pushed towards her, she woke up suddenly and took the teacup.

"(╯▽╰) smells so good~~" she couldn't help admiring.

"It's home-grown tea." The woman smiled slightly, "Just as long as you like it."

"Can you drink these?" Yukiko couldn't help asking. "What is your body structure like?"

"What a curious little girl," the woman couldn't help covering her lips and smiling, "It's not unusual to tell me about my structure. Why are you curious?"

"Because you are more human than me," Yukiko said.

"But I can't eat any food," the woman said, blinking her eyes, "and I can't have contact with humans. Is this still human?"

"This..." Yukiko was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

"Master has been obsessed with natural craftsmanship all her life," the woman said slowly, "but there is one problem that has always troubled her."

"What's the problem?" Yukiko asked after spending a little time understanding the meaning of Tiangong.

"If you want to be a peach tree full of peach blossoms, will you let it wither or not?" the woman asked.

"..." Yukiko looked at her dumbfounded, but was stopped by the question.

If such a tree is made, in order to be lifelike, beauty is a must. However, if it does not wither, it will be less real than the real peach blossom after all. However, if it withers, it will lose the original intention of making it.

"..." The woman looked at her and smiled, "The same goes for dolls."

If a puppet is like a human, like she did, can grow up, and can choose to die by itself, then what is the difference from a human?In this way, the meaning of existence of the puppet itself is gone.

However, if you are like a woman, like a person, but never change, it will be less real.

"Taught." Yukiko bowed and saluted.

"There are always regrets and losses in life." The woman said with a sigh.

"Why..." Yukiko asked, stunned.

"You'll know later." The woman smiled slightly and said, "They're going to fight later, so we'll just watch the show."

Yukiko was stunned for a while, until she heard the sound of steady footsteps slowly approaching, and kicked the door open.

"It's you?" She looked at the person in astonishment.

Ruan Qingwu was walking on a path.

This trail runs between Matsumoto Yukiko and Sugimura Xiaobei's house. As long as you want to leave here, this trail is the place you must pass.

There will be no traces on the asphalt, although Sugimura Kobei did not leave traces, Yukiko did.

Qingwu quickly found Yukiko's dropped bag and the indentation of the bushes beside the road.

"He was kidnapped here." Qingwu pondered for a while, and then said, "If I were the kidnapper, then I definitely don't want to be discovered with two unconscious people."

"Further down is near the subway station," Jing Qing added behind her. "If you just take people down like this, it will definitely attract attention."

"So turn a corner," Qingwu walked along the grass on the other side, and found the traces as expected. "Then go around to the back of the slope."

At the bottom of the slope, there is a very hidden bridge hole, which is usually used to put cleaning tools for the cleaners, so generally no one will come here.And in an inconspicuous corner of this bridge hole, the button of Shancun Xiaobei appeared.

"It seems to be here." Qingwu said.

"What should we do next?" Jing Qing said from behind.

"Next..." Qingwu thought for a while, and knocked around on the bricks in the bridge hole, and the bricks immediately made a dull hum when they were knocked.

"The voice is wrong." Qingwu frowned and continued to knock.

"Is there a secret room here?" Jing Qing asked in surprise.

"I've noticed it since I saw this shrine." Qingwu said indifferently, "It seems that there is no difference, but there are traces of heavenly craftsmanship in the subtleties. My mother's leftovers are probably still there. Loaded with Tiangong's skills, since the shrine above is a disguise, the real body is not far away even if it is not below."

"Miss means..." Jing Qing said hesitantly.

"That's right, the entrance to her Tiangong Workshop should be here." After Ruan Qingwu finished speaking, the bricks he struck suddenly made a very crisp sound.

"I found it." She said with a condensed expression.