[Noragami] I was not there

The event is over.

After that, Kawamura Yusuke took the initiative to confess to Yato about his father, and they were a little surprised, because if it was true, the woman crying on the side of the road at night should be the black shadow monster who was killed just now, maybe it was just a How the poor mother, who lost her child, was devoured by a nearby demon after death, but how she hid herself so that even the gods of the nearby shrine could not detect it-has always been a mystery.

"Perhaps this is her ability."

There seems to be no more appropriate reason than this.

In the middle of the night, Yato followed Kawamura Yousuke to his father Kawamura Kozo, but the truth seemed to be completely different from what he thought. Kawamura Kozo slept well at his home that night.Although there are traces of being a monster, it has been there for a long time.

All in all, Kawamura's cultivation is normal now, and it should have nothing to do with that black shadow monster.

But how did Kozo Kawamura get rid of the monster's control? Did someone help him? This has become another mystery.

It's a pity that the only black shadow monster who knows the truth is dead. These two puzzles may never be answered, but that's not important anymore, because anyway, everything is moving in a good direction now ——

"So Dad's hospital is complete?... Will no big monsters come out to eat people again?" Yi Qirihe, who hurried to the hospital after receiving a call from the perverted uncle early in the morning, was still a little unbelievable. , at this moment, I am confirming for the third time whether I heard it wrong.

"Of course, of course! I am the man who wants to stand at the top of the God Realm! This kind of little monster is super easy to cut! Every minute and second! Hahahahahahahahahaha!" It seems that he has completely forgotten the embarrassment of being stuck on the concrete floor last night, and he keeps bragging about how wise and powerful he is, no wonder people don't believe it.

Yiqi Rihe silently took a step back, turned his head to look at Kanaki who was hiding his face and couldn't bear to interrupt someone.

Sensing the sight of asking for help, Kanaki let go of his hand, and after thinking for two seconds, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he said as tactfully as possible: "The process is half discounted, but the result is correct, and that kind of thing will never happen again in Hiyori's father's hospital. gone."

"En!" Yiqi Rihe smiled after hearing this, turned his head and said to the god who was still laughing wildly, "Thank you! Pervert uncle!"

Hearing that he was still being called by such a strange and completely untrue title, Yato grinned and fell down, but he still cheered up and said to the girl who screamed smoothly: "... It’s not a pervert, it’s a god.”

Yiqi Rihe blinked his eyes, and changed his words in a second: "Okay, Uncle Shenming."

"...not uncle." Yetou slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand, the internal injury should be serious.

"By the way, uncle, take a look at this resume, am I correct?" Yuki, who has not joined the discussion but is writing on the side, will promptly hand over the completed A4 paper to Yato .

Yetou's face contorted immediately, he grabbed the paper from Yuki's hand and punched him on the top of the head: "If you take advantage of me again, you brat, I'll beat you up!"

Xue continued to say with a wooden face, "No, my hands are sweating too much."

"Hey... Your focus is wrong." Yato once again made sure to talk to these young people. Even a god would have a myocardial infarction. After stroking his little heart, he turned his attention to the paper in his hand. After reading it from the beginning to the end, he squeezed his chin and said, "I said that your self-introduction can be written more affectionately, and it would be best to blow some fresh and refined cowhide, but if the other party is Yukye, it is still It is more important to take good-looking ID photos.”

"..." Xue withdrew her resume, silently moved her face away, "As expected, it is superfluous to ask you."

"I'm a professional, okay?!"

Sandwiched between the two, Yi Qiri and He looked left and right, and finally poked Xue's arm and asked, "Brother A Xue, what are you doing writing your resume?"

"...Interview." Xue sighed, looking sadly at the blurred paper in her hand, "I just realized how troublesome it is to be an artifact. There is always the illusion of entering society early."

"Hey~ so Brother Axue is going to work with Teacher Hongyin?" Hiyori, who had a little understanding of the relationship between gods and artifacts, thought of the tall man who wasn't here.

"No." Xue hurriedly shook her hand, "My future should be brighter than that of Mr. Hongyin, so I won't have anything to do with this perverted god."

"Oh~~" Yiqi Hiyori's eyes lit up instantly, if it wasn't for the god next to him showing a thousand arrows piercing his heart, she would definitely shout for Xue's wit.

But speaking of Hong Yin, after last night, Kanaki never saw him again.She still remembered that he burst into tears after killing the black shadow monster, but even he himself couldn't explain why. After confirming that he no longer needed the artifact, he asked Yato for leave and left.

Is it really okay for Mr. Hongyin to be like this?

Kanaki was thinking about it, but she didn't expect a sudden tightening around her waist, which completely interrupted her thoughts, and when she looked down, it turned out to be someone's head—Yato couldn't justify ruining most of her image anymore, He simply fell back on the hospital bed with his head back, rolled around Kanaki's waist a few times and began to cry loudly——

"Axi, they all think I'm dead."

Kanagi was so tormented by these few times that she even had goosebumps all over her body, but before she recovered and pulled his head away, someone had already grabbed the square scarf around his neck and pulled it out——

"Don't take the opportunity to lean on Axi, bastard! You don't even have tears!"

"My heart is crying, you brat won't understand!" Yeto pulled back hard, never letting go and compromising, but the other side didn't know what happened, the strength of his hand was scary, and after a few seconds of stalemate He was almost out of breath, so he had to let go and retreat to the side, and after a few violent coughs, he accused Xue Na of the murder just now.

Xue snorted, to prevent him from attacking, she simply moved the chair to Kanaki's side, continued to study her resume, and answered someone with her own actions—"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you."

Kannaki shook her head at Yato with regret, anyway, she liked to see Yato slumped, and then turned her gaze to Yuki, remembering that he had asked Yato about the specifics of becoming a divine weapon, although he had been They were all preparing, but such a sudden question still made her feel a little surprised——

"Axue, why are you suddenly so active?"

Xue held a pen in her mouth and was checking again if there was still room to change. After hearing Kanaki's inquiry, she froze for a moment, lowered her eyes and hesitated for a while, but still expressed her truest thoughts at the moment: "After this incident , I finally realized that I can't do anything with my current self... I have something I want to protect, although I didn't expect to be able to achieve it, but if it continues like this, I can only stand in the same place every time. Damn, I'm really not reconciled."

It turned out that she wasn't the only one who felt this way.

Kannaki looked at Xue, feeling a little absent-minded, and couldn't help saying: "...Me too, I can't do anything."

Xue Neng chose to become a divine weapon, but she really seemed to have no choice but to watch everything happen, powerless to stop it.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Ah, it hurts." Kanaki touched the head that was suddenly hit, then looked at the pen cap-shaped murder weapon on the ground, and looked at the perpetrator with some depression, "Why did you hit me all of a sudden?"

Yato stretched out his hand to sit on the window sill, looked at Kanaki and said, "Axi, do you know how gods are born?"

Kanagi shook her head after thinking about it.

He raised his index finger and continued, "Gods are born from human wishes."

"...Oh." Kanagi nodded blankly. Although there was nothing wrong with this matter, she didn't understand why Yato would suddenly say this at this time.

"Why do human beings make wishes to gods? It must be because they can't ask for something or a certain state. This is the meaning of the existence of gods—I will come to fulfill your wishes." Yato paused, and he Looking at the girl's gradually relaxed expression, he knew that she had already understood what he meant, and then said helplessly, "So don't force yourself, idiot."

"Although I really don't want to side with the perverted uncle, but this time I have to agree with him."

Xue looked at the girl in front of her, she was the one who brought her wandering home back home, she gave him a place to sleep peacefully, and she was the one who pulled herself back from the boundary despite everything.

It is because the protected person is by his side that the protector has the meaning of existence, and now it is his turn.

Although Yiqi Hiyaka didn't quite understand what they were talking about, she also understood Kanaki's concerns in the words, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the back of her hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, if I didn't meet you in the hall Sister Xi, I must still be scared by myself until now, and no one around me is willing to believe what I say."

Kanagi looked at the partner in front of her, and suddenly felt that it was so stupid for her to keep worrying about the lack of strength for the past two days. After being so comforted, she didn't know how to respond, but there was no doubt about one thing, she was The gap in the apex of the heart has been filled with their words.

"Remember—" Yato's voice rang in his ears again.

"..." Kanaki followed the voice and looked towards the window sill again.

"No matter what happens, as long as you shout my name, I will definitely come to you."

"..."

Kanaki may never forget such a scene——

On a peaceful and leisurely morning, a young god in black sportswear casually sat cross-legged on the window sill. He raised half of his face with his hands up. Against the background, the gentleness was a complete mess, and he told himself——

"This sentence is valid for a lifetime."

……

After this--

Xue: "That's why I said he is a perverted god. The only one who dares to say such a thing is a stalker."

Hiyori: "A stalker who can't get rid of it for a lifetime?...It's really scary."

Yato: "...You guys are enough."

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In the afternoon, Hirone still didn’t come back, but Kawamura Yusuke came, holding Kanaki’s previous inspection report in his hand, all the data showed that as long as she was willing, the current body could have [-] people in the same place. Backflip——too healthy, and the resilience is so strong that even Yusuke Kawamura, who is a doctor, can’t believe it——

"In short, you can leave the hospital at any time."

In fact, Kanagi was able to recover so quickly, more than half of the reason was because of the bag of cattail pollen that Yato gave her. Although half of the bag was gone, the effect was still remarkable. It can be completely fine-the stuff of the gods is really rare enough.

After being told by Kawamura Yousuke, Kanaki really has no reason to stay anymore. After fighting the monsters, he is in good health. Staying here will only increase the hospital bill.

After calling his parents, Kanaki decided to leave the hospital early tomorrow morning.

In the afternoon, Yato was responsible for taking Yuki out to submit resumes to the major shrines, and told him that few gods would accept a half-grown and completely inexperienced brat like him, but there would always be one or two who would miss it.

However, Xue was not shocked at all. In his words, after getting to know Yato, his understanding of gods should have reached the bottom line.

As a result, the two switched to a bickering mode before leaving.

Yiqi Hiyori stayed behind to help Kanaki pack his things, even though he was just talking and joking, the two girls always had so many things to talk about.

Kanaki told Hikazu Ichiki about all kinds of strange events he had encountered since he was a child, and time passed as he talked, and even the sun set.

After listening to the incident of Kanaki and Yato's acquaintance, Yiqi Hiyori looked at her with admiration, as if he saw the brave Mantis on TV: "Sister Aki is really brave .”

"...Not at all, like before I came here, I really didn't have a good impression of the hospital at all, and I was afraid to even approach it."

Yiqi Rihe was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his eyes vigorously, and said to Shen Naixi: "Sister Axi, will I not be able to see the spirit again in the future?... In fact, I have been a little unclear for the past two days. Whether it’s Brother Axue or Uncle Shenming, I feel like I’m going to forget it if I’m not paying attention.”

"...Well, I will forget it slowly." Looking at the innocent face of the girl, Kanaki could only tell the truth.

"That's it..." Yi Qi Rihe slightly lowered his head, feeling a little disappointed, but soon regained his energy, "But at least I still remember it now!... Ah, and that sister! I even made an appointment with her to wait She woke up and went to see her!"

"..." Kannaki was startled, she naturally knew who the older sister was referring to, but she already... had no chance to fulfill that agreement.

"No, it will be bad if I really forget it later, I'd better go and say sorry to her first." Hiyori jumped off the bed, and said to Kanaki while walking towards the door, "I'll go find her first. That sister!"

"Wait, Hiyori!"

Her footsteps stopped, and she looked back strangely: "What's wrong?"

"Well...it's very late now, is it okay if you don't go home?"

Rihe waved his hand and said, "It's okay. In fact, I will take the junior high school exam in a few months. I promised my parents before that I won't come to the hospital casually in the future. I should study hard at home starting tomorrow." , I'd better go now."

Seeing that the girl was about to leave again, Kanaki finally opened his mouth to tell her the truth: "Hiyori... Actually, that girl passed away the night before yesterday."

"...Huh?" Yiqi Hiyori's body froze, and he couldn't believe his ears, "That sister passed away?... But she obviously...she obviously..."

"...She is a living being. If her soul is eaten by monsters, there is no way to save her."

"No... no..." Yiqi Rihe shook his head and stepped back towards the door, "I don't believe it! It's already been agreed! She will definitely wake up!"

After saying this, she turned around and ran out the door.

"Wait a minute! Hiyori!"

Kanagi called the girl's name, but it was of no use, so she hurried down to the ground to chase after her, not even having time to put on her shoes.But the other party was running too fast, and got into the elevator that was about to close in time. When Kanagi caught up, he could only press the up and down buttons of the elevator a few times, but it was too late.

Kanaki looked at the other elevators, but couldn't wait any longer, so she chose to take the stairs to chase the girl, and the afterglow of the setting sun that swept in through the stairwell kept passing over her body from time to time.

She remembered what Yato had said before——

At dusk, when the devil meets.

I don't know if it was because the rapid descent of the stairs reminded Kanaki of that terrible dream, and even his mood kept falling along with it.

"... Hiyori."

……

Fortunately, Kanaki knew which floor the girl's ward was on that night, and knew that Hiyori would definitely go there first, and when she got there, she did indeed see the figure she was looking for.

"Hiyori!"

Kanagi called the girl's name, but the latter didn't seem to hear her at all. She stood abruptly in the middle of the aisle among the passing patients and medical staff, and looked in a certain direction in a daze——

"Are you looking for someone too?"

...who is she talking to?

Kanaki didn't see anything over there at all, but after she closed her eyes hard and then opened her eyes to look, she finally saw that there was a distorted space in that place, and a blurry figure was hiding inside. , Judging by the figure, it should be about the same size as Hiyori.

"Did you see her?"

"Hiyo! Don't talk to him!"

Kanaki quickened her pace, but the girl still seemed unable to hear her voice, and just talked to the figure on her own.

"Okay, then take me to find her."

"Hiyori!"

Kanaki reached out and grabbed the girl's wrist, but it was too late, she closed her eyes and collapsed the moment she finished speaking, completely losing consciousness.

Kanaki hugged Hiyori and knelt on the ground, and hurriedly pinched her and tried to regain her consciousness: "Hyori! Hiyori! Can you hear me?! Hiyori!"

The people around him gradually gathered around, some had already called for a doctor, and some were also trying to help.

Just when Kannaki was at a loss, a hand was stretched out to rest on Kazuki Hiyori's forehead, and it was he who came back——

"Yato?... How is Hiyori doing with her?!"

The man frowned subconsciously after confirming something, and then clenched his retracted hand into a fist: "...Her spirit was taken away."