[Noragami] I was not there

So, is a half-demon actually an out-of-body soul?

Kannaki stood on the side in a daze, lying on his feet was himself with a swollen head and starry eyes, only the corners of his mouth twitched rhythmically.

God... she didn't get a concussion, did she?

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Yukaya, who had fully seen what Kanaki wanted to say, rolled his eyes with a smile, but quickly opened them again, "But I'm really surprised, Axi's spirit."

Kanaki, who didn't understand where she was pointing at, looked down at herself, and then understood what Ukaya said, because she saw a gleaming handcuff on her right hand, connected with a long chain, faintly visible It is connected with its own body.

"What... is this?" Kanaki tapped the handcuff on his right hand, the iron bracelet just covered the extra scar on his wrist.

"Xu." Xiaofu said.

"thread?"

"As you can see, this is the thing that connects your soul and body." Xiao Fu also squatted down and shook the long chain, blinking twice and said, "But Axixi's mood is really strange."

"Well, now is not the time to talk about this." Yujiaye waved his hand, unwilling to waste any more time on this issue, "In short, you have to remember that only this kind of thing can never be harmed, otherwise..."

Yukaya's face darkened as he spoke, never serious, which made Kanaki also nervous, and she also saw from that expression what Yukaya was going to say later——

"It will really die."

"Well, it's good that you know."

"I will keep it firmly in mind." Kanaki nodded solemnly.

……

What should be said and what should be done, Yukaya and Xiaofu have already told Kannaki thousands of times. Although Dahei still said that Kannaki's muddy water is really not worth it, he didn't say anything in the end, just Smoking on the sidelines.

"Ah, that's right." Yujiaye raised a finger as if thinking of something, then turned around and walked outside the court to find an unknown big tree, and with a swipe of his hand, he dropped a branch and removed it. A side branch of leaves, a wooden stick that happened to be held in one hand appeared in her hand.

Kannaki looked at the long wooden stick that was forced into his hand with the corners of his mouth pulled, and looked at Yukaya in a very puzzled way: "This..."

Well, she couldn't even organize her words to ask what it meant.

"You also have to bring some equipment to go up, for self-defense."

"...Thank you." This is obviously an ordinary stick, although he wanted to complain like this, Kanaki still thanked him with the corners of his mouth.

"What the gods give you is blessed! A treasure that can overcome all difficulties!" Yukaya said eloquently after seeing Kanaki's expression, as if he wanted to give her a little confidence.

Kanaki's gaze shifted from the wooden stick in his hand to Yukaya's face with difficulty: "Okay, you say yes."

"It's really not possible, you can also..." Yujiaye wanted to say something, but stopped again.

"Yes?" Kanagi looked at her strangely.

"Ah, it's nothing." She just smiled.

……

During the conversation, Daisuke and Xiaosuke have almost done their preparations. Their ability is enchantment, so they can temporarily block the aura of half-demons, but the aura of gods and artifacts is too strong, and the maintenance time is very short. There was no time to do anything.

Yukaya nodded towards her artifact, and put the hand holding the cigarette stick on Kanaki's shoulder, but looked straight ahead: "Remember, when you get to Bishamon, you must first find Yukine, and then It's Yato, the two of them must be locked up in different places, but a god without an artifact is like losing his hands, so you must go find Yukine first."

"I understand that." Kanagi nodded. It was a matter of course that Yato and Yukine would be locked up in two places, which was enough to raise the difficulty of saving people to another level.

"What's more—" Yujiaye continued after a pause, "No matter how bad the situation is, you must put your own life first, and we are still here under Gao Tianyuan."

"As for Bishamon, you don't have to worry, I'll find something for her to do." Xiaofu raised a big smile, while Dahei on one side fiercely took out a map and a marker pen from behind - the stunt of Shuaishen , draw circles one by one on remote and distant place names, wind caves will appear in those places in all likelihood, it is the best way to lure Bishamon away, plus the circles she drew when she was bored two days ago , Bishamon has probably been working continuously for several days.

Terrible in a certain sense, a drop of sweat ran across the forehead of Kannaki.

But in this way, all possible preparations have been made, and the only thing to see now is whether Kanaki's good luck will allow her to find the person smoothly.

Yukaya easily opened the passage to Takamahara Bishamon's mansion, and the two sisters, Daisuke and Xiaosuke, stood on both sides of Kanaki and stretched out their hands to cover Kanaki. Before that, she did some hands and feet on her body, and changed into a bathrobe that was wide enough to cover the threads on her wrists.

After the enchantment was completed, Daisuke made a final instruction to Kanaki: "The enchantment can only temporarily hide your half-demon aura. There are many artifacts of Bishamon, and it should be difficult to detect if they are mixed in, but the enchantment is from the half-demon's aura. The effective time is six hours, but only five minutes at most for gods and artifacts."

Xiaosuke immediately answered: "That is to say, you must find Yato within six hours, and the premise is that Bishamon and her beacon have not returned."

"I remember." Kanaki waved the stick, hid it in his clothes, turned his head and said to Yukaya and Xiaofu, "Thank you, I will definitely cherish this opportunity you created for me. "

Yukaya just spit out a few smoke rings lightly, half-closed his eyes and let out a "huh".

Xiaofu's face was full of worry, and the familiar smile disappeared: "Axixi... We, we will wait for you, Yatoto and Xiaoxue to come back!"

"Yeah!" Kanagi nodded vigorously with a smile, which could be regarded as giving herself extra strength.

"Then please get ready." Two extremely close voices sounded from both sides of Kanaki at the same time.

Daisuke looked at Kanaki, whose face became serious, and stretched out his hand to cover her with the transmitted light. The moment he touched her again, her figure blurred, and finally turned into a little light and disappeared at the Uga Shrine——

"Good luck."

In this way, the brave man Kanaki set off with the equipment blessed by the goddess.

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In fact, going to Gao Tianyuan is not as complicated as Kanaki thought. The terrible weightlessness only lasted for a moment, and when she could clearly feel the changes around her, what she saw at the end of the light——

"……water?"

Seems like a steaming pool? ……etc!

Kanaki was surprised and really wanted to climb back and land again, but it was obviously too late, so he just turned around and responded to the call of the pool, and fell down.

Hot water was poured into her mouth and nose, and even her head seemed to be filled with water. In less than a day, she was fainted twice by the water. Kanaki was sure that she must avoid water today.

But compared to the coldness last time, this time it is much more polite, and the water is a little...scented?

Kannaki jumped out of the water, but the water just covered her chest, and then looked around, and the vegetation and curtains confirmed her guess——

She fell into someone's bathing place, and this someone's rank is not low... Well, let's not mention someone else, this should be the bathing place of Bishamon.

But at this moment, Bishamen should be taken away by Xiaofu.

Kannaki looked around for a while, but there was indeed no one there, only the sound of warm spring water pouring into the bath.She stood up supporting the big rock behind her, and the bathrobe, which was not very convenient, was heavy and sticky after being soaked, and it stuck tightly to her body.It's impossible for her to bring a change of clothes, so now she can only wring out the clothes while looking at this place, and then she has to sigh again that the gap between God and God is really not 01:30.

Tsk, in short, let's find someone as soon as possible.

Kannaki shook his head, and was about to open the skirt of his clothes to make it more crisp, but he didn't expect the sound of footsteps coming from behind him - very close.

"Oh, oh, which kitten broke into Master Bishamon's bathing place?" It was a strange male voice with a smile on his face, and the moment he finished speaking, he wrapped his arms around the girl's waist with one hand, and grabbed the girl with the other. wrist.

Kanaki instinctively wanted to kick her up, and her strength and sensitivity seemed to skyrocket in an instant when she became a half-demon queen, but she was finally pulled back by reason.

At this time, you should behave a little bit at a loss...well, a little bit at a loss.

"Yeah!" Kanaki yelled at a slightly raised volume, then closed her eyes pretending to be surprised and shook off the hand that was holding her.

But what I didn't expect was that the throw was unexpectedly smooth. She was still thinking about her lines, and the next second she heard the sound of "plop" falling into the water, which stunned Kanaki for a moment.

"Ah~ah~" The man who emerged from the pool stood up in a bit of embarrassment, and turned his wrist again, "It seems that the claws are very sharp."

Kanaki quickly lowered his head and bowed in a panic: "I'm really, really sorry, I just didn't expect that there would be someone behind me!"

The man climbed up from the bath, was soaked and wore more clothes than Kanagi, showing a troubled expression: "Really, I have to go back and change again."

"I'm really... very sorry!" Another deep bow.

"It's okay, it's okay." The man waved his hand indifferently, the smile on his face looked amiable, but suddenly turned cold again in the next second, "But you should answer me first—who are you?"

"I... I am the new artifact of Bishamon-sama." Kanahi pretended to be calm. Being discovered by Bishamon's artifact in this place is an inevitable thing, and now I can only fight bravely, anyway. Yukaya said that Bishamon would receive new artifacts every now and then, and those who were born occasionally should be able to get past it... right?

The man's smile disappeared completely, his complexion, which was already too healthy, became a little darker, and his half-closed eyes revealed unpredictable emotions.

... It seems that he can't hide it, but if it doesn't work, he can be knocked out with a stick.

Kanaki silently touched the equipment given by Yukaya, not sure if it was reliable or not.

"So this is ah!"

The man's smiling voice made Kanaki's hands stop, and before she could respond, he went on talking on his own—

"No wonder I got here by mistake. It's easy for newcomers to get lost. Fortunately, Master Bishamon is not here now."

"That, that... I'm really sorry!" Kanaki could only respond like this again, in fact, she didn't want to do this either, but this man was so kind enough to say all the lines she prepared.

"Ah, my name is Lu Ba, and I'm the pharmacist here." After the man introduced himself, he turned to ask her again, with the corners of his mouth raised higher than before, "What's your name?"

"TOGA..."

——Just answered subconsciously.