[Noragami] I was not there

"I'm waiting for the great changes in the family of the Bishamon sect recently, and the only way I can think of is to ask God Yato to take action...to save my master's life."

That's what Zhao Ma told her, the words were sincere, and it didn't seem to be fake.

She had heard about who Bishamon was. The god who traveled from far away from the Tang Dynasty had already become a great martial god worshiped by thousands of people in this land.

Zhaoma is gentle and approachable, but rarely mentions the affairs of the sect, so the panic at the moment seems to her to be something extraordinary, perhaps even as he said, it is even related to the life and death of Bishamon.

Yato had already gone out at this time, and the only way to find him was to go to the place where the people prayed to him. No matter what, Yato would always appear there at a certain time of the day.

"Come with me, let's go find Yato!"

She took Zhaoma up the street and rushed there, looking for someone along the way, but the street was full of people, but she didn't see that person, but saw another little child busy among the vendors.

Liao looked up and saw the girl, and immediately smiled, but when he looked again, there was a man beside her whom he had never seen before, and he frowned unconsciously: "Sister Jiuyin?"

She rushed up to meet him and asked, "Liao, have you seen Yato?"

"I just separated from Yeto, he should still be in the pavilion in the middle of the market." Liao felt a little strange seeing her in a hurry, and asked after glancing at the strange man, "Sister Jiuyin Are you so anxious about what happened to Yato?"

She shook her head: "I don't know the details, so let's find someone else first."

Seeing this, Liao also understood that something important had happened, he hurriedly greeted the boss who was helping behind him, and took the other two to the place where they parted from Yato just now.

When Yedou saw the three of them approaching in a hurry, he was about to get up and leave, he raised his eyebrows halfway, and leaned against the fence to look at the man who was following Jiu Yin.

Artifact?

She saw Yato from a distance, quickened her pace, and hurriedly introduced Zhaoma to Yato before she could stand still, but before she had finished talking, the man beside her suddenly knelt down toward Yato and slammed her head on the ground.

"You are the Night God, right?!"

This action startled her and Liao, but Yato looked down at the man kneeling on the ground unhurriedly, his eyes narrowed slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhaoma, who didn't get a response, squeezed her fist, struggled for the last time in her heart, and said: "I am an artifact of Bishamen, my name is Zhaoma, and I know you are the God of Night Fighting. I have something to ask for!"

Yato withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, but his expression was still indifferent. He couldn't imagine that the sacred weapon under the famous martial arts school would ask him for anything.

"Please God Ye Dou, kill all of our clan!" Zhao Ma closed her eyes and almost shouted her request.

She was taken aback, and couldn't believe her ears. Although she knew that what Zhaoma was going to say had something to do with the Bishamon family, she didn't expect him to say such a thing at all.

"Ji, Sister Jiuyin, this man is also a divine weapon, right? He wants Yetou to kill all his clan?" Liao was also taken aback. After getting along with gods and divine weapons for a long time, he naturally understood what this meant. .

Compared to their astonishment, Yato was still the same, most of his face was hidden under the shadow cast by him, and he couldn't tell the expression. After a moment's pause, he just asked: "...do you have money?"

There is no unexpected expression or desire to ask about the previous relationship, as long as he has money, he is willing to accept it, which is no different from the past.

Zhao Ma was taken aback, and said truthfully, "I...I have nothing."

"..."

"The only thing I have is the name given by Lord Bishamon...but my name is the property of my master alone. I have made up my mind to be beheaded, so I came to see you. We have belittled the master,'ma 'It's a taboo name, so it won't be called again." Zhaoma's voice gradually calmed down, no matter what, he also wanted to protect the name given to him by Bishamon, "Even so, if you can help that My lord, I will return this name to the master!"

Yato lowered his eyes, glanced at the girl beside him from the corner of his eye, and was silent for a while, then jumped down from the steps, walked towards Bishamon's shrine by himself, and said softly as he passed Zhaoma, "Then owe it first. "

"..." Zhaoma was taken aback, looking in disbelief at the God of Fujin whom he had never met before, and when he regained his senses, he stood up without hesitation to follow.

Yato's footsteps paused again, and then he turned his head and said to the girl and boy who were about to follow behind him: "You guys go back first, just wait for me to come back."

She was stunned for a moment, as if she had already expected this to happen, Yetou still didn't have her plans, the doubts that had been in her mouth for so many months came to her mouth at this moment, but she swallowed it back just looking at the current situation: "Okay, You guys be more careful"

It wasn't until the backs of Yato and Zhaoma disappeared at the corner of the street, and she didn't come back to herself until she felt the corners of her clothes being pulled lightly by Liao, she looked down at the boy with a worried face and smiled softly: " It's all right, let's go back and wait for news."

Liao nodded, followed her and turned around to walk in the opposite direction to the Bishamon Shrine. He quietly looked back at the direction Yato left.

Perhaps it was clear to a bystander, Liao could see that there was an inexplicable gap between the two, and he also understood what the bond between a god and an artifact should be like. Yato had indeed never used her.

One thing Liao never told her was that he lived in the same house with Yato, and he knew that Yato would sneak away almost every night and would not come back until dawn.

He once followed Yato out of curiosity, wanting to know what he was going to do, but unfortunately his skills were far inferior to him, and he was ashamed after a few steps, but he still saw a vague picture of a girl not a few years older than himself Shadow, she always stood there so quietly, as if she had been waiting for a long time, but unfortunately he never had a chance to see clearly.

After a long time, Liao simply asked Yato directly. Of course, he just jokingly said that he wanted to complain to Jiuyin, but at that time, Yeto looked at him with cold eyes that he had never had before. He still remembered Yeto's treatment of him. the words said--

"Don't be curious, don't ask, your unnecessary inquiries will only touch things that don't belong to you."

So in the end he chose to remain silent. He is not a person who does not understand the seriousness. If this incident will hurt Jiu Yin in the end, then he would rather not see anything.

"……You are?"

When they were about to walk to the door, the girl suddenly stopped and pulled back Liao's thoughts. He raised his head when he heard the sound, but at this time, a girl who had never seen before appeared in front of them, with a face like a porcelain doll. A slight smile.

The girl met their eyes, the smile deepened, and she said to Jiu Yin, "Long time no see."

On the contrary, she was a little confused. At first glance, she didn't remember who the girl who suddenly appeared in front of her eyes was, and why she knew herself, but it did seem familiar. Something was torn out from the deepest part of her memory, causing her to frown in pain.

"Ah, I can't say that, after all, I've been here all the time, but I haven't had a chance to meet you properly." The girl saw the other party's confusion and some pain that she didn't want to think about, and she seemed to be very happy to see such an expression , just added this sentence so casually.

Liao's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again, he finally recognized this figure, she was the girl who left with Yato every night.

Jiu Yin didn't understand this, but frowned again and repeated: "Here all this time? Who are you?"

"Have you really forgotten me?"

The wind blew away the fallen leaves, and with this inductive whisper, her thoughts went back to a long, long time ago—at that time she was not an artifact, and Xia Qi was still alive at that time—she had indeed seen her.

"It's you." She finally remembered that she had seen this girl in front of Xiaqi's shrine, she was exactly the same as that time, her appearance had not changed in any way.

That's right, nothing has changed...

Jiu Yin put the back of her hand against her forehead, the tearing pain started again as she thought about it, and a familiar voice echoed in her head: —— "Why haven't you changed at all?! Why only I keep getting old?!"

——"I'm not afraid of waiting, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to wait until the end."

——"Tell me, how can I be by his side?"

Is this... Xiaqi's voice?Is Xia Qi talking to her?Why didn't she have the slightest impression of these words? ...Also, do Xiaqi and Feiyin know each other again?

She suddenly didn't dare to continue thinking, or in other words, her head that was so painful that it was about to split could not let her continue thinking. She couldn't even support her body anymore, but she was held firmly by someone before her knees were weak and she was about to fall down. Hold on.

Feiyin supported her shoulders and raised her head again, she didn't seem to be in a hurry to continue the conversation, looked at her and smiled again: "Let's go, otherwise Yato will have to face the fallen creatures under Bishamon with his bare hands. "

"Eh?"

"Heh, let me re-introduce myself, you can call me Fei—" She paused, stood up and smiled with her hands behind her back, as happy as a child who got a favorite toy, "This is what Yato gave me. Well, I really like this name the most.”

"...Fei?"

"Yes, Feiyin, it's a nice name, right?"

She opened her eyes wide, and then understood the identity of the smiling girl in front of her: "You are..."

——The artifact of Yato.

Of course, Yato would have other artifacts. Although she was shocked for a moment, she quickly calmed down. However, after that, bigger questions flashed in her mind.

Why did Yato's artifact appear in Xiaqi's village... and even these two people know each other?

"Yato, Yato, Yato..." She read his name, but what appeared in front of her was the name engraved on the shrine made by Xiaqi himself that year. After the sound, the syllables in her mouth changed involuntarily. "Night divination, night divination, night divination..."

The difference between the two names is only one letter, Yato and the god who made Shimoki wait for his whole life.

"...How did this happen?" Her eyes gradually became sore, and she looked around helplessly, her fists could only be restrained from trembling if she clenched her fists tightly.

Shimosu... Shimosu, Shimosu, is the person you like Yato?Is it Yato who you have been waiting for all your life?

"Want to know everything?"

Hearing the sound, she raised her head slightly, and there was a slender white hand in front of her eyes, which was an invitation extended to her by the girl——

"Then come with me, Jiu Yin."

"Sister Jiuyin!" Liao felt ominous and wanted to stop her.

It's just that her gaze was firm, she had already made up her mind, and pushed Liao towards the room: "It's okay, Liao...you wait for us to come back."

Gossip lowered his eyes, the only thing that remained unchanged was the smile on the corner of his mouth.

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A corner of the sky was covered by layers of dark clouds, and it was breathless and heavy that could be felt several miles away. Today, the Bishamon Shrine is in ruins. It is impossible to believe that this was once the residence of a god.

The huge object that seems to connect the sky with the earth is slowly wriggling on the ground. Looking closely, there are human figures struggling out from time to time. They are screaming in pain, trying to escape but unable to break free from the restraint. That thing is actually The demons have integrated the artifacts that have fallen into the devil's way into one, and they can't find a breath of gods at all.

Can this thing really kill? ——She couldn't help having such doubts, and after that, she habitually looked for the figure of another person.

"Why didn't you come here until now?"

She froze for a moment, she knew that it wasn't talking to herself, his voice came from the rocks behind her, but when she heard his voice again at this moment, she was only in a panic, and she didn't even dare to turn her head.

"I have to prepare a little bit for such a grand occasion." Fei Ying looked at Yato, laughed softly again, turned slightly to the girl behind who didn't want to turn back, and said, " Say yes, Jiu Yin."

"Jiuyin?" Yedou was startled, and when Feiyin moved away, he really saw the girl he was talking about, and the anger after being stunned made him shoot his eyes at Feiyin who was smiling, "You!"

"That's what Father meant." Fei interrupted Yato, taking it as a matter of course, "You're testing his patience too much."

"..."

Yato's face darkened, he probably could guess the person's intention, so he insisted not to use Jiuyin.When he saw her silent face with her back turned to him at this moment, it should be influenced by Fei Yin.He can also feel her heart these days, but the more he is like this, the more he can't cross this boundary.

"Night Fight."

"..." After a slight pause, Yedou turned his attention to the girl who suddenly called him.

Jiuyin let go of all her burdens. In fact, she couldn't understand what the conversation between Yato and Feiyin was talking about. At this moment, there was only one thing she wanted to ask most——

"Yato, do you remember Shimoki?"

"...!!"

Yato's pupils constricted when he heard the name, and his chapped lips opened slightly. He might have wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to remain silent. In fact, he didn't need to say anything.

"It turns out that's true."

For Jiuyin, the violent fluctuations of his emotions have already been expressed in words, and she thinks she already knows the answer - Yato is the god who forgot to rest and made her wait alone.

Fei Yin calmly took a panoramic view of the two people's reactions, raised her hand to cover the corners of her mouth with her wide sleeves, and curled her mouth. It seemed that this was exactly as her father had expected, and it was indeed an interesting development.

"Master Bishamon!!!"

At this moment, Zhaoma's loud call came from a distance, and the fallen artifact seemed to be bigger than before, roaring towards the sky.

Yato looked at the huge thing and let out a "tss". Some things really should be clarified at this time, but there are more important things to do before that.

He raised his hand towards the direction where Fei Yin and Jiu Yin were together, but his eyes met Jiu Yin who had also turned back just now, he frowned slightly, but then he still called someone's name——

"Come here, scarlet weapon!"

"It seems that Yato still likes my appearance more." Feiyin laughed again, and whispered, but she didn't know who she was talking about.

As soon as the words fell, her figure disappeared after a short gleam of light, and turned into a Taidao in Yato's hand, a red Taidao without any decorations or patterns-this is the form that an artifact should have.

"We'll talk about it when I come back." After taking a deep look at the girl, Yato jumped onto the pile of rubble and ran towards the center where the monster was, holding the crimson weapon, without looking back.

However, her gaze as she watched his leaving back had long since become cloudy, and only her mouth was still whispering: "Why...Yato...Why did Shimoki wait for so long? He didn't wait until he died. Didn't you say that you would definitely come back to find her? Why did you forget? It was clearly agreed, why did you make 'me' wait so long? Why did you lie to 'me'?...Eh?"

A gleam of light flashed in her eyes again, and she stared at the young god who was holding the scarlet weapon and was already facing the monster in the distance as if she was out of a daze, and murmured in an inconceivable way: "Strange...why did I say that just now?" I'?"