[Noragami] I was not there

I didn't sleep well all night, and when I woke up, it was already afternoon.

Kannaki looked at himself in the mirror, his eyes were too swollen, and with his head buried under the quilt all night, his hairstyle was also slightly sharp.

Ah, when did she make herself so embarrassed for one person? ...Obviously she was taken advantage of, but she still thought that she could really be like a normal person, but she seemed unable to run back to her hometown in Kyushu because of this kind of thing like Hina, and most importantly, neither was Yato Zhihui, but he must be as stupid as him and doesn't know how to chase.

Thinking of this, Kanaki scratched his hair and sighed, but when he looked back at himself in the mirror, he was taken aback for a moment: "...Why should I use them as a comparison?...Sure enough, I have seen Mr. Hongyin too much these two days novel."

She put down the mirror and shook her head again, patted her cheek hard, and suggested to herself very seriously: "The next time we meet, let's beat up Yato."

And then it's okay to act like nothing happened... hmm.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the person who came in was the little policeman who was in charge of keeping an eye on Kanaki. He seemed to have brought good news, because the expression on his face was completely between wanting to laugh up to the sky but I have to hold back the subtlety of pretending to be serious.

Kannaki heard him rambling on a lot, but in fact the central idea was——

"You're free."

The police were unable to file a case, and at the same time apologized for the inconvenience caused to Kanaki by the investigation in the past few days. They will contact her guardian in the future and hope that she can recover as soon as possible and be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.

After talking a lot about the routine, the girl in front of him just nodded, neither happy nor sad, and she didn't seem angry at all. It was as strange as he expected, but anyway, he finally didn't have to be around all day long. She stayed in the hospital, so she no longer had to worry about being frightened by her weird behavior.

...It's like now, her eyes passed him again, but there was nothing behind her.

He swallowed his saliva, said something hastily and planned to leave—this hospital is really weird, even the patients are weird too...

But he stopped after taking two steps, and said to Kannaki: "Miss Kanna, the sound of your teeth grinding at night is a bit loud, the girl's family should see a doctor."

Kanagi watched the man shut the door and leave with a puzzled expression, and then turned his attention to the young man who had followed the little policeman in from the very beginning——

"Axue...have I ground my teeth?"

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Kanagi was walking on the way to the convenience store of the hospital. The people around him had already cast their eyes on him countless times, but as long as she stopped and glanced to the side, he would immediately turn his eyes away. That pretending to look at the scenery is really true. Let her pretend not to care.

She sighed, unknowingly made others worry about such a terrible self. Thinking of this, she patted the young man's back and pulled one corner of her mouth: "It's okay."

He paused, and finally turned his head back: "...Really?"

"Well, really."

Kanaki made a strong gesture to Yuki, then took two more steps forward and stretched her waist well—it’s really all right, she said it to Yuki and herself.

"Let's go, I've been followed by people for so many days, I just went to bask in the sun for a while yesterday, I'm almost growing hair." Kanagi pushed Xue, who was still skeptical, as long as you don't think too much about some things, you won't How about it, she really just wants to go out for a walk now, after all, she is used to being stared at these two days, although there is no restriction on her freedom, it is a lie to say that she doesn't care at all.

Xue paused, but soon raised the corners of his mouth, showing a big smile: "Yes."

……

Speaking of it, this is really the first time Kanagi has walked around the Yiqi Hospital properly. Of course, like every bad hospital trip before, I can see a lot of spirits here, just like now in the convenience store freezer The Ling standing in front of him is a chubby young man, biting his fingers and staring at the ice cream inside, drooling, or the middle-aged man squatting at the door, he is happily raising his head to watch the The female customers, especially those wearing skirts, blow a loud whistle from time to time, or the woman who has been following a haggard man. She looks sad and wants to say something to the man, but he has never been able to hear it...

There are always various ways to welcome death in a place like a hospital, and the undead will be led to hell, where they will be judged, fall into the depths of hell or be reincarnated.

Kanaki bought a bunch of snacks for herself, she paid the bill, and looked at the boy who was waiting for her outside the door. Although she said before that she wanted to make a magic weapon, she really went to various shrines with Yato, but this... Is it really the right choice?After making an artifact, there is no way to turn back, right?

"What's the matter?" Yuki turned her head and saw Kanaki looking at herself without saying a word, and asked with some confusion, "Didn't you buy what you wanted?"

Kanagi shook his head: "No, I bought them all."

... In the end, there was still no question.

Kanagi was walking back with a large bag of snacks, and after realizing it, it would be difficult to bring these things back. If the head nurse or Dr. Kawamura saw it, they would definitely say something again.

When they walked through the hall, they heard the sound of an ambulance whizzing by outside, and Kanaki and Yuki subconsciously looked in that direction.

The ambulance stopped at the door, and the doctors and nurses who had already been on call put the patient on the stretcher to the hospital bed. The doctor who got out of the car explained the latest situation of the patient to several others—it seemed that he fell down the stairs , and the first aid measures that have been completed.

When she passed by Kanaki, she saw one of the people involved in the first aid, the old version of Dr. Kawamura who came that night, and the injured person lying on the bed should be a young girl with a serious head injury. It has been immobilized, and the blood stains on the face can no longer see the real appearance, and a striking red rope is tied on the exposed right hand.

Kanaki's gaze followed until the red light in the emergency room came on, but she knew that everything she did now was futile. She looked outside the emergency room, and there was a girl just like her, silently looking at the red light Lit up, her expression was at a loss, and her right hand was tied with the same red rope as the wounded person who had just been pushed in.

...she is dead.

"She...hasn't realized it yet?" Maybe she felt a little empathy, Xue looked at the girl's back, and couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"... Well, it's only a matter of time."

Facing death, she is powerless to do anything... So, what she dislikes the most is the hospital.

They left in the end, but they could still hear the wailing of the spirit from a distance—still didn't want to die, and still wanted to live in this world.

……

Kanagi made a decision, and she should stay in the ward for the next few days. Walking around in the hospital is not the right choice. Although it usually provokes the experience of Ling, this time seems to be a bit special, because she seems to be Called--

"Girl?"

"Well, she has been following behind." Xue turned her head again, and answered Kanaxi, "At first I thought it was just going the same way, but she seems to be following secretly all the way."

"..."

Kanaki turned her head slightly to the back, and she did see the small shadow that suddenly flashed to the side. She thought about it, and then leaned against the wall at the next corner, and the small series of scattered footsteps really accelerated.

A girl dressed as a primary school student ran over in a hurry, and was startled by Kanaki's suddenly extended hand, and accidentally fell to the ground with her buttocks.

It was only then that Kanagi saw clearly what it was like to follow her little tail—it was a girl in her teens, her dark brown hair was tied into a pair of ponytails hanging below her ears, and her light purple eyes were caught in a flash. I was panicked when I found out, and there was a backpack on my back, probably just after school.

Kanaki stretched out his hand to the girl who fell on the ground: "Why do you follow me?"

The girl froze for a moment, then stretched out her hand to hold the hand that was stretched out in front of her, stood up with strength and patted the skirt of her uniform, then stepped back vigilantly, leaning against the corner wall and sticking out half of her head.

Kanaki watched the girl's series of movements, although she didn't say anything, it seemed that she was not looking at herself, but——

"Is that child looking at me?" Xue was stunned for a moment, pointing at herself and asking Kanaki.

The girl was indeed staring closely at the direction where Xue was, and after a long time, she turned her gaze back to Kanaki, and said in a low voice, "... Is there anyone around Big Sister?"

Kanaki and Yuki were stunned at the same time—the girl in front of them...can you see it?

"Just now outside the emergency room... Eldest sister has been looking over there too! Obviously no one else noticed... that." The girl seemed anxious to get a positive reply, and she walked out unconsciously, "I What I can see...although it's just a faint shadow."

In an instant, Kanaki thought of herself when she was a child. The girl in front of her may have yin and yang eyes like her, but the faint shadow is completely different from her situation.

But being able to see... is not a good thing.

Kannaki paused, and stepped forward to pat the girl on the shoulder in a comforting manner: "What are you talking about?"

Even if you see it, you must not reveal it, otherwise it will only attract the attention of spirits and monsters. This is what Kanaki said from experience. If it is only to this extent, Kanaki hopes that the girl in front of her will not have too much of those shadows. curious.

"Big sister...you must know too, right?" the girl continued on her own.

"You know what?...Little sister, have you recently watched something that you can't watch at your age? This is not a good habit."

"That's not true!...I heard it—" the girl grabbed the shoulder strap of the backpack tightly, as if mustering up a lot of courage, she said out loudly, "There are big cannibals in Dad's hospital." monster!"

……monster?