This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Kitagawaji didn't know the subsequent impact of what he said on Nakamajima and the others, because the most critical thing for him now was the Box of Disaster.

He asked Zhongcheng Ling to take them to the bus stop, and then took a look at it.

This place belongs to Hayakawa Town in the west of Yamanashi Prefecture. Because it is geographically far away from the Tokyo area, it does not look particularly prosperous.

The green buds of the farmland are shining, and the smell of earth is wafting in the air. It all has a rural feel.

The huts are scattered at the foot of the mountain. Compared to the lifeless mentioned by Nakajo Aya... this town at the foot of the mountain is much more lively as a whole.

Looking at such villages and towns, Kamiya Mirai's emotions seemed to be a little heightened.

She pulled Beichuanji's sleeve and her expression moved slightly: Tera-kun, I want to take a walk here first... You can go hiking with Miss Nakajo first, and I will come later.

Um?

Kitagawaji glanced sideways at Tani Mirai. After seeing her smiling at him and nodding, he also changed his face and said in a calm tone: Then Mirai, you can go shopping for a little bit. You can't find such a place with a rustic charm in Tokyo. .”

Yes! Mirai Kamiya nodded, and then took out her investigation notebook as if she had thought of something. She scribbled something on it, and then handed it to Kitagawa Temple: Give this to Mr. Temple, the one above There is some information I summarized this morning that may be useful to you.

The two of them chatted in front of Nakajo Aya for a while, and then Kamiya Mirai smiled and waved, temporarily separating from the two of them.

When Kamiya Mirai left along the country road, Kitagawaji began to call up Nakajo Aya beside him without any pity for the girl, and asked her to go ahead to lead the way for him.

...This is the mountain. Nakajo Aya pointed at the sweaty head in front of her, breathing hard.

Because Beichuan Temple was so oppressive, Nakajo Aya didn't stop at all.

She jogged all the way for ten or twenty minutes, and her feet were exhausted.

This mountain...?

Hearing Nakajo Aya's words, Kitagawaji raised his head.

Stand at the foot of the mountain and look at the mountain.

How does it feel?

A sense of perversion...

Beichuanji murmured to himself.

Yes, the depth of the mountain and the insignificance of the human body are highlighted particularly clearly when you look up like this.

The winding road up the mountain is swallowed up by dense forest.

A chilly mountain breeze is flowing.

All this makes people feel inexplicably chilly in their hearts.

Obviously your body's instinct is telling you that there is something about this mountain...but unconsciously, you are also subconsciously attracted to it.

Apart from these...

Beichuan Temple turned to look at his feet.

There are faintly rotating three-color windmills stuck in the dirt on both sides of the bare mountain road.

No, not just at the feet...

Looking up from here, you will find many three-color windmills inserted among the spread of the mountain road.

In Japan, the three-color windmill inserted in such a large mountain actually has a special meaning.

The Japanese believe that windmills can carry their thoughts and send death words to those who have passed away.

The presence of windmills in places like this also means that this place is a local spiritual site.

but...

Is there a word? Beichuan Temple lowered his body and reached out to pick off one of the small windmills.

On the clean white back of the windmill, there is this line of small words.

‘Pray...please the God of Blessings forgive us stupid people’.

Ask the God of Blessings to forgive...?

Kitagawaji inserted the windmill back into the mud, his thoughts flowing.

The God of Blessings... Isn't this what Mirai Kamiya found in her parents' room before... a legend spread in modern Yamanashi Prefecture?

What does this god of blessing have to do with the mountain where the Disaster Box is located?

Kitagawa Temple glanced at Nakajo Aya, who was sitting on the stone next to her and hadn't gotten up for a long time. Seeing that she was almost rested, he said, Let's go.

...I-I know.

Nakajo Aya swallowed and stood up from the stone.

She walked in front again and began to lead the way to Beichuan Temple.

This mountain road is rugged and there are no handrails on both sides. The road condition is also very pessimistic. It looks like it has not been repaired for a long time.

Not to mention Kitagawa Temple, at least Nakajo Aya walked very hard and basically had to sit down and rest every ten minutes.

In this stop-and-go situation, the destination is naturally getting closer and closer.

The further they walked up the mountain, the more Beichuan Temple noticed something wrong in the air.

Gradually, Beichuan Temple could even see the dark and faint resentment flowing in the air.

There is indeed something hidden in this mountain.

Kitagawaji narrowed his eyes and continued to follow Nakajo Aya.

After passing the two forks, the road gradually became narrower.

After passing through the last bushes, a shrine covered with red cloth appeared in front of Kitagawa Temple and Nakajo Aya.

This shrine is very dilapidated.

The wooden shrine roof was in dilapidated condition, with rotten wood thorns exposed in some places, and it also exuded a damp and rotting smell. There was no trace of the solemnity of the shrine at all.

On the contrary, its decayed appearance gave off a strange and terrifying feeling.

But the above was just Beichuanji's first impression of the shrine. What concerned him the most was——

The Box of Disaster is not here.

Beichuan Temple frowned.

According to Nakajo Aya, the Disaster Box should have been enshrined on the red and faded cloth cushion.

After all, according to legend, after the Box of Disaster is used, it will return to this shrine.

Since Inuzuka has used the Box of Disaster, it stands to reason that the Box of Disaster will come back.

But now... there's not even a leaf on the faded cloth pad, not to mention the Box of Disaster.

Kitagawa Temple ignored Nakajo Aya who was sitting next to him and rested. He walked forward and groped up and down.

No.

No matter how you look for it, it just doesn’t exist.

If the content of the legend is correct, then someone must have come here in advance to take away the Box of Disaster.

who's that person?

What is the purpose of taking away the Box of Disaster?

Kitagawaji pulled the hair beside his ears.

He glanced at Nakajo Aya silently.

Judging from the current information, except for Nakajo Aya, the two friends Nakajo Aya mentioned, and Fukada's friend... no one should know where the Disaster Box is hidden.

In other words, the Nakajo Aya in front of him should actually be within the scope of Beichuanji's suspicion.

Can...

As soon as she felt Kitagawaji's gaze, Nakajo Aya's whole body curled up and her trembling voice rang out.

What do you want to do...?!

Nakajo Aya didn't react until now.

She is now staying with Beichuan Temple in front of her!

And it's still in the deep mountains and old forests.

Even if she was really thrown into the wilderness by Beichuan Temple, no one would know.

Now that I think about it... Kitagawa Temple has always asked her to lead the way, is it because he wants her to use up her energy so that he can do things more conveniently?

When she thought of this, Nakajo Aya's face was distorted by fear. She was crying, and her hands and feet were shaking violently without her control:

Don't kill me...don't kill me! Beichuan! I'm willing to do anything!

She burst into tears for a moment and her voice became hoarse.

Her fierce reaction made Beichuan Temple stunned.

Uh... It seems like he just glanced at Nakajo Aya, right? Why did this girl become like this?

Obviously you... haven't asked yet, right?

Seeing her panicked and emotionally broken look, Kitagawaji also looked at Nishikujo who was unconsciously lying on his shoulder.

Nishikujo shook his head pitifully under Kitagawaji's gaze.

As a good spirit, her ability to perceive evil and good thoughts can also be used to detect lies to a certain extent.

And what she meant by shaking her head was that Nakajo Aya was not pretending.

In other words, Nakajo Aya really became like this after he took one look at her.

But the problem is——

I shouldn't look so vicious, right? Beichuan Temple frowned.

Forget it, it’s useless to think about it so much.

If it's not Aya Nakajo...then it should be that person.

To be more precise...it should be just that person.

I originally wanted to find that person after solving the matter of the Box of Disaster...

Kitagawaji looked at Nakajo Aya expressionlessly: Nakajo, don't panic. In fact, I have some questions to ask you. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you.

Uh... Nakajo Aya sniffed, and then she reluctantly relaxed when she saw that Beichuanji didn't seem to have any ill intentions: ... Just ask.

Inuzuka's family situation...as his girlfriend, have you heard from him?

Is Inuzuka's family situation...? Nakajo Aya was stunned for a moment, and then she quietly replied: Inuzuka has always been very popular with everyone... because he looks quite handsome and looks calm and reliable. And...this also showed up in his family situation...his sister's relationship with him was always, I remember, pretty good.

What about Inuzuka being particularly popular? Kitagawaji didn't comment on Inuzuka as a person, but just asked Nakajo Aya again.

This... Zhongcheng Ling opened her mouth, and after a while she mustered up the courage to say, I don't know anything else except this.

Don't know anything but this...?

After hearing this, Kitagawaji couldn't help but glance at Nakajo Aya again.

She is quite qualified as a girlfriend. She basically knows nothing about her boyfriend except that he is handsome.

Maybe in the eyes of a little girl like Nakajo Aya, it is enough that her boyfriend is handsome, and there is no need to worry about anything else.

In that case... Kitagawa Temple also feels that he is very handsome.

Why did this little girl see herself as if she were seeing a big evil person?

I really don’t understand what little girls are thinking now.

Kitagawaji was too lazy to pay attention to Nakajo Aya. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket, walked down the mountain along the path, and dialed Okano Ryoko's phone number.

Since he couldn't get the answer from Nakajo Aya, he should be able to get the information he wanted from Okano Ryoko.

...

After asking for some information from Gangno Ryoko, Kitagawaji also took Nakajo Aya down the mountain.

After all, the Box of Disaster in the shrine has been taken away, and there is no point in wasting time in the mountains.

You can leave now. Beichuan Temple pointed to the bus stop sign on the other side and said in an unchanged tone.

...Really? Really? Zhongcheng Ling looked surprised.

She didn't expect Beichuan Temple to let her go so simply.

What? You want to stay?

No, no! Hearing Beichuanji's question, Nakajo Aya immediately shook her head.

What a joke, if she continues to stay with Beichuan Temple, she always feels like she will be scared to death today.

Seeing Nakajo Aya stumbling onto the bus, Kitagawaji shook his head and was too lazy to care about her.

Because there is another important thing for Beichuan Temple next.

He turned around and saw Mirai Kamiya standing behind him.

Before he started asking questions, Mirai Kamiya had already taken the initiative to answer his questions: The investigation is progressing very smoothly... The residents here are relatively friendly, so they don't have much to hide from my inquiries.

Yes, Kamiya Mirai temporarily separated from Kitagawa Temple at the beginning not because he wanted to visit some rural scenery, but because of the place name of this place.

Hayakawa Town.

This is the birthplace of the legend of the Yamanashi God of Prayers that Mirai Kamiya discovered in his parents’ study.

But Zhongcheng Aya told them that this place has an important relationship with the Box of Disaster.

This is somewhat intriguing.

Disasters and blessings.

Two things that should be diametrically opposed have been mixed together and formed contradictory folk legends.

Mirai Kamiya, who was particularly concerned about this, immediately expressed his intention to investigate alone to Kitagawa Temple in a subtle way.

This is why Mirai Kamiya suddenly told Kitagawaji that she wanted to enjoy the countryside alone.

In fact, that can be regarded as a small cover for Nakajo Aya.

And Beichuan Temple naturally understood and cooperated very well.

Judging from Mirai Kamiya's current rhetoric, she should have gotten the information she wanted.

This also made Beichuan Temple a little emotional.

His fiancée's communication skills are still as strong as ever. It seems that as long as she asks, there is no information that she cannot get.

At Kitagawaji's signal, Kamiya Mirai began to tell some information she got from the townspeople:

Actually, the legends of the Box of Disaster and the God of Blessings are not contradictory.

Oh? Beichuan Temple became more energetic.

They are obviously completely different legends, but Mirai Kamiya says they are not contradictory at all? What is the argument of this sentence?

Under the curious gaze of Kitagawa Temple, Mirai Kamiya took a deep breath and explained:

These two folk legends are not contradictory so much as... they are related in sequence.

What's the relationship? Beichuanji's eyes flashed, and he probably understood what Kamiya wanted to say in the future.

Yes, it's just a matter of succession.

Mirai Kamiya raised a finger: It is said that a long time ago in Hayakawa Town, there was such a young woman... She was young and beautiful, and had a particularly kind heart. She loved this land deeply.

But during a certain blessing activity, a huge accident occurred. Unfortunately, the woman died as a result. On her deathbed, the woman said this -

My soul is willing to be placed in my favorite hair box, as a spirit of blessing, to get rid of misfortune.

Having said this, Kamiya sighed in the future: And this... is also the beginning of the Box of Disaster...

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