[Noragami] I was not there

When Kuribayashi Jun knocked on the door of Kanaki's room, she still fell on the bed with the expression of number one hundred and one. He naturally sat beside her, reaching out to touch her hair, but in the end she suddenly Turned over and escaped.

Li Linjun withdrew his hand with a smile, and said softly, "Axi, it's almost time to get up."

"..."

"It's time to move."

"...where are you going?"

"Yellow Spring Hirazaka."

……

The world of Japanese mythology is divided into three vertical layers. First, the heavenly world "Tao Tianyuan" where the gods live high above; second, the world where mortals live "Ashihara China"; .

Huang Quanguo, the world of the underground dead.

There are only two ways to lead to Huangquan from the present world. One is to pass through Huangquan Biliangzaka, but there are special guards at the entrance, and the other is to jump into the opened wind cave.

Li Linrun chose the first one, that is, he wanted to enter Huangquan Kingdom in a fair and honest manner. As for the reason for not choosing the second one, according to him, it was too dangerous, after all, he was a human being with no power to restrain a chicken.

The flaw in this reason was so obvious that Kanaki simply pretended not to hear it.

It didn’t take much time to reach Huangquan Hirazaka. The wealthy Kuribayashi Jun used two air tickets to bring himself and Kanaki to Huangquan Hirazaka. In fact, it is still a famous tourist attraction. Of course, this is only for ordinary people. In terms of.

Hirazaka itself is located in an inconspicuous dense forest, and there are not many tourists today. From a distance, you can see the torii gate built by simple stone pillars and straw ropes. There are several large stones blocking the entrance. It should be Iza in the myth. The thousand stones that Naki used to hide from his wife Izanami, and on the other side stood a silent man, the mountain god of the mountain.

Li Linjun, who was carrying a suitcase, looked in the direction of the man, and sighed helplessly: "It's really the same posture for hundreds of years, that guy."

Nora laughed out loud: "Well, he is indeed a boring man."

"If you want to go to Huang Quanguo, you have to beat that god down first." Shen Naixi also looked at the man who was not much different from the stone, and she didn't think he was an easy man to deal with.

"I don't want it, that will only alarm those guys in the sky, and—" Kuribayashi Jun raised the corner of his mouth, and shook his index finger at Kannaki, "I'm a gentleman."

"..."

Maybe he had read the contempt from Kanaki's expressionless face, Kuribayashi Jun withdrew his finger, and pushed her forward: "We need a suitable person to let that god-sama give us a little way."

"..." Kanaki's face twisted for a moment, and it took him a long time to point to himself, "Are you talking about me?"

Then she saw Kuribayashi Jun and Nora nodding at the same frequency.

"..."

Until Kanaki walked in front of the silent god with heavy steps, she still didn't understand what made Kuribayashi Jun and the others confident that she could persuade this god with a high force value just by looking at it.

Kanaxi raised her head and looked at the man in front of her. When she walked in, she realized that this guy was at least [-] meters tall. From her angle, she could see his chin. No matter how she looked at it, she would be slapped if she casually struck up a conversation with him. dead feeling.

Forget it, we've come here, let's give it a try.

Kannaki swallowed her saliva, pulled a stiff smile, and said with a dry smile: "Ah...it's really a good day today."

"..." The man remained silent as expected.

Sure enough, it doesn't work... Even if the face can be used as an access card, it is obvious that Nora is more qualified than her.

Kanagi's skin is not thick enough for her to continue to strike up a conversation to complete the strategy, so she simply threw out her intentions: "Brother god, can you let me know? I want to enter Huangquan Kingdom."

Although he said so on his lips, what Kanaki said silently in his heart was-don't agree, don't agree, don't agree, don't agree, don't agree...

She didn't know what Li Linjun was going to do in Huangquan, but based on the principle that he would never do good things, Kanaki sincerely hoped that he would leave at the door.

Different from just now, the silent god actually reacted after hearing the words of Kanaki. He slowly lowered his head and looked at her. Unexpected thing - he moved out of the way, and even turned around to move the Thousand Leading Stone away for them.

"..."

Kanaki opened his mouth in surprise——this, what about doing your duty as promised?

Before Kanaki could find another fault to let this god brother who is too face-saving move the stone back, there was applause behind her. She turned her head and saw that it was Kuribayashi Jun and the others who came over, but there was a gratifying smile on her face It's pretty ironic anyway.

"As expected of Axi, it's really great."

The god saw that the person was coming again, he was not born, and after a casual glance, he lifted his feet and left. The heavy footsteps shook Kanaxi and gave him a headache.

"... so easy to talk, can't you come by yourself?" Kanaki rubbed her forehead, she really couldn't understand what this man was thinking.

"If I say it, I might be slapped to death."

"..." It turned out that she wasn't the only one who felt this way, but it always sounded weird to say that, as if that god would only make way for her.

After seeing Kanaki's reaction, Kuribayashi Jun just smiled easily: "Don't think so much, maybe it's just that god has a crush on you."

Having said that, Kanaki became even more puzzled. She turned her head and looked at the scene behind the Thousand Guishi. I frowned.

——Huang Quanguo.

Kanaki suddenly became a little concerned about this place.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Kanaki asked Kuribayashi Jun this question more than once, but he always just laughed and didn't talk about it, or he went around to other irrelevant topics in two or three sentences.

"I want to go to Huangquan country to get something." Now that he has reached the entrance of Huangquan country, Li Linrun is lucky to say, "Now there is still time to turn around, Axi."

On the surface, Kuribayashi Jun seemed to be very humane, but in fact he just habitually wore a hypocritical mask. He knew that as long as he held Kanaki's parents in his hands, she would never go against his will .

Kannaki rolled his eyes and said, "No need."

The person blocking the way is no longer there, and he should be able to enter the underworld, but Kuribayashi Jun didn't take a step, but just looked at Kanaki with a smile, and the latter's goose bumps almost rose.

"what happened again?"

"Not so far."

"……what?"

"You don't want to go to hell like this, do you?"

Kuribayashi Jun didn't wait for Kannaki's reaction, he reached out and took out a very tattered pen from his clothes pocket, then turned around and fiddled with the suitcase for a long time to find a blank mask, and drew an eye with just a few strokes The pattern, throwing it forward and chanting words, after the last sentence "give a name to the marsh ghost", a group of black mist headed by the face appeared in front of the three of them, the black mist dissipated and gradually gathered shape, it turned out to be a giant bird with eight wings kind.

"Sure enough, powerful things can be summoned in such a place." Li Linjun stretched his neck and looked up at the big bird, the pen in his hand still did not fall, "Then try again."

Li Linjun waved his brush again to draw a strange pattern, and the space produced a strange force that bound the giant bird in the air tightly. After several calls and struggles, it turned into a cloud of black mist and gathered around Li Linjun again. He stretched out his hand and grasped it. It was a jet-black long knife, only the pattern of bird feathers was left on the blade.

Li Linrun waved casually, then shook his head: "Ah, I really am not suitable for using swords and guns."

He has experienced the pain of entering hell with his bare hands. Although he doesn't know how useful it will be, it is always right to carry a weapon for self-defense. Unfortunately, as a human being, he has no way to use Nora, otherwise the problem could be simpler.

Kanaki looked at the change in front of him, and silently shifted his gaze to the pen in Kuribayashi Jun's hand. Although it was so broken that there were not even a few hairs left on the tip of the pen, it must be because this guy can be so cool. The key to being aggressive.

"Is that all right?" Kanaki looked away and looked at Kuribayashi Jun again, "Ah, it's almost there."

"Then..."

In just a moment, the man's movements were quite fast, and the sound of the blade cutting through the flesh rang in his ears, Kanaki's words were cut off in his mouth, and his mouth was full of fishy sweetness instead, the vision in front of him splashed a little bright red, There was a sharp stabbing pain in his chest that could melt skin and bones—the long knife in Jun Kuribayashi's hand pierced Kanaki's chest.

The near-death experience was not the first, but this time it was extremely real, the pain completely enveloped her, it was like falling into an abyss of despair.

Kanaki fell to the ground, didn't even bother to ask why he did this, and even inexplicably had a thought that it would be good to die just like that.

She closed her eyes because she knew it was really just a thought.

When she opened her eyes again, she still saw Li Linjun's flat smiling face. She stood up and moved her body. "Kanaki" under the tree, the wound on his chest has stopped bleeding, and he is still breathing.

"Do you have to use this method?" Kannaki looked at Kuribayashi Jun expressionlessly. The knife just now was absolutely hateful and accurate. Why did he say that it is not suitable to use a knife or a gun.

"Who told Axi to stick so tightly with him? It's not that you have no self-protection ability in this state." Li Linrun showed a very sad expression, as if the knife had been cut on himself, "Actually, my heart But it hurts."

"...Are you an occupational disease?" Kanaki, who was once again made physically unwell by his lines, finally couldn't help complaining about his job as a cowherd.

"It should be." It was Nora who kept smiling and answered before Kuribayashi Jun.

Li Linjun, who originally wanted to refute, was speechless, so he covered his face and let out a long sigh. He seemed to have completely become a dirty adult... although that is also true.

When he spoke again, he looked at the sky brightly and sadly: "Next time, let's try the student route of praising youth."

Huang Quanguo is worthy of being the world of the underground dead. All kinds of monsters and ghosts gather in it. Even if it is a stone, it may suddenly stare at someone.

After entering this place, the first thing Kuribayashi Jun took Kanaki to do was to soak his body with the water of the underworld. Humans, half-demons, and artifacts are the favorite food of the residents here. Only this method can Temporarily mask scents that are too alluring for them.

Kannaki pulled the corners of his mouth silently, resisting the desire to vomit a few times. This taste can really cover up all the deliciousness. After being with this kind of water for many years, it is no wonder that the monsters that appear in this world are so hungry.

"By the way, Axi, remember not to look at the monsters here, or you will be discovered." Li Linrun was still carrying the suitcase, and his words were purely from experience. He visited this place for the second time. Knowing the shortcut to where the woman is, Nora will block the miasma and poisonous water along the way for them. As long as he doesn't provoke those little monsters on the road, he will get there quickly. He doesn't want to waste time on the road .

"Don't worry, I won't look at those things. I probably practiced while ignoring you."

"...Recently, I have been hit frequently." Li Linjun once again fell into a new round of sadness, although he still had a relaxed expression on his face.

"It's okay, Father." Nora raised his hand to shake off the falling gravel, and added, seemingly comfortingly, "It's just a matter of getting used to it."

Although Kanaki calmly dispelled Jun Kuribayashi's worries with this kind of statement that made him feel uncomfortable, but she was also surprised that her body seemed to be avoiding the gaze of those things one by one by instinct. ... Isn't it always a talent?

He didn't know how long he had been walking, but Li Linrun suddenly stopped, looked around and said with certainty, "Here we are."

As soon as the words fell, the soil under their feet suddenly loosened and turned into a quagmire, and several women's arms stretched out from it, tightly pulling their legs and pulling them down.

...What are these things? !

Kanaki didn't have time to figure it out, and she was drowned in the quagmire with Jun Kuribayashi and Nora at the same time, and the ground after they disappeared returned to its original appearance again.

After a short period of suffocation and confusion, the entangled arms and sticky mud disappeared. Kanaki opened his eyes, and what he saw was a hall that was completely different from the dark cave just now. It was spacious, bright, and luxuriously decorated. , an indescribable strange aroma lingered in the nose, and half lying on the soft couch facing him was a young woman with long black hair in a kimono. Tobacco looked at them.

Kannaki was slightly taken aback, she seemed to have seen this woman before, but also didn't seem to.

The woman sitting on the couch was also stunned, and after seeing the person coming, she suddenly burst into an incomparably bright smile: "Ah, it's rare for a distinguished guest to come to the door. I didn't expect that it was you who came back!"

She happily extended her hand to them and made an invitation gesture: "Have you finally decided to be friends with me this time?"