A comic book, but a librarian

"Speaking of which, Sakura, what is your concept of the New Year?"

"Well, probably just... let's celebrate together."

Himegami Sakura flipped through the memories in her mind. Whether it was the memories of her predecessor, the girl whose real name was Himegami Sakura, or the performances in the videos and films she had seen recently, the New Year seemed to be a day for everyone to celebrate together.

"Celebrate, let me think..."

Uesugi Cheng picked up the chopsticks, put his phone aside, and started eating.

……

"I seem to hear it again... Oh, this feeling is becoming more and more frequent."

Yotsuya Miko rubbed her eyes. She seemed to hear some sound in her ears again. The red line that should not have appeared on her wrist seemed to be looming in her vision. The silence spell did not solve this problem. If this continued, she felt that when spring came, trouble would probably come.

"As for this problem... it's probably the work of the mountain god in that town. I wasn't that strong the last time I went there, but now... I can probably get it to sit down and talk to me slowly. But it's winter now, so it's very difficult to find it, and it's easy to be ambushed, so I decided to solve this problem in the spring."

This was the promise Uesugi Sumiko made to her. Of course, Yotsuya Miko trusted Uesugi Sumiko unconditionally. After all, if it weren't for him, Yotsuya Miko would have died countless times.

But this uneasy feeling really made her very uncomfortable. Even her family members began to ask her if she was sick or had encountered something bad, otherwise why did she look so listless every day.

"I really should call and ask...it's good to just chat."

Yotsuya Miko was lying on the bed tossing and turning with her cell phone in her hand. She remembered that Uesugi Sumiko said that he was going home, so he would not show up in the near future. This made Yotsuya Miko a little hesitant to call him for fear of disturbing him.

"Good evening, what happened?"

Yotsuya Miko still pressed the dial button, and soon Uesugi Sumiko's voice came from the other side of the phone.

"I... I'm a little scared, so I want to ask you. Recently, my senses of the mountain god have become more frequent and clearer. I'm afraid that I'll be caught again... while I'm half asleep and half awake."

On the other side of the phone, Uesugi Cheng moved his wrist. He had to admit that it was indeed much more difficult to use [Vision and Perception] on the digital tablet.

"Is that so? Then I'll chat with you. It's time for me to take a break. Let's talk about what happened recently and what we're going to do in the future."

Just like that, on this winter night, under the soft, slightly orange light, the tense expression of a black-haired girl gradually relaxed, revealing a happy smile, as if she was sitting in front of the fire and chatting with her good friends.

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Chapter 382: It is more comfortable to sleep in someone else’s bed.

The chat between the boy and the girl did not last too long. After all, even for Uesugi Sumire, sleep was just a kind of enjoyment, but for Yotsuya Miko, sleep was a necessity and something so comfortable that it was hard to resist. She hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time because of this frequent feeling in the past few days.

"Hmm, so that's how it is..."

Yotsuya Miko's eyelids began to droop, and she realized that her sleepiness seemed to be urging her to close her eyes. But to be honest, Uesugi Sumiko had been chatting with her for so long, she couldn't just say that she was going to sleep and hang up the phone. Not only would it be impolite, but it would also make people think she was ungrateful.

"I'm starting to doze off after hearing all this noise. Go to sleep... Remember to cover yourself with a blanket. It's going to be even colder tomorrow."

Uesugi Sumiko's words made Yotsuya Miko's head tremble, and she became a little more sober. She nodded a little confused, climbed out of the warm bed, found a blanket for herself from the closet, and covered herself with the quilt.

Curling back into the warm quilt, Yotsuya Miko said goodnight to her beloved pet dog for the last time. The evil dog could now control its own size. It was now beside Yotsuya Miko's bed. It had to be said that the method provided by Uesugi Sumiko of raising the evil dog with one's own spiritual power was great. Yotsuya Miko watched her puppy change from that ferocious look to its current appearance which was no different from an ordinary dog. She felt very satisfied.

"Good night, Dad..."

Yotsuya Miko said softly, she knew that her father still stayed at home after his death, existing like a guardian spirit, and she never had the chance to talk to him again. Yotsuya Miko had been avoiding it. She was afraid that if she really spoke to her father, it would be the last conversation between them, and her father might become a Buddha and leave her forever.

"Good night... Jianzi. You really have grown up."

A transparent figure appeared in Yotsuya Miko's room. The evil dog sniffed, raised its eyelids, and when it saw the familiar figure, it ignored him.

Yotsuya Miko was as silent as snow and fell into a deep sleep, but compared to the past, there was a smile at the corner of her mouth, and she looked as if she had received the best gift.

……

"Sure enough, when it comes to a warmer scene, it must be... this, right?"

Uesugi Cheng touched his forehead, and a wonderful banquet was gradually born under his pen. It was not a banquet of indulgence nor a party for participants to communicate, but simply a banquet where a group of people gathered together to eat and drink.

"New Year's Day, isn't it a day for everyone to get together... have a meal, take a good rest, and chat?"

Uesugi Cheng decided on the theme. It must be said that drawing on electronic devices is actually more convenient than drawing on drawing paper. After all, he does not need to spend money on materials to mix colors. He just needs to adjust the colors in the data world according to his own feelings.

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a knock on Uesugi Sumika's door. He got up and opened the door, and saw Uesugi Saki, who was wearing pajamas and looked very afraid of the cold, appearing at the door of Uesugi Sumika's room, holding her pillow.

"No...what's wrong?"

Uesugi Saki was stunned. He had actually thought about who might be outside, but he never expected that Uesugi Saki would appear at his door dressed like this. After all, Uesugi Saki, who was wrapped up like a dumpling and afraid of the cold, should be sleeping in her own bed now.

"I couldn't sleep, so I came to see you. I'll just sleep on the upper bunk."

Uesugi Saki helplessly let Uesugi Saki into his room. There were two beds in his room, a big bed and a small bunk bed. Uesugi Saki would sleep on the big bed most of the time. The lower bunk of the small bed became a place to store sundries, while the upper bunk still retained a bed for Uesugi Saki to lie on occasionally.

"Okay, I'm about to finish work... Don't look at it, it's not a very interesting job. What kind of job can a high school student like me have? It's just a part-time job."

Uesugi Cheng turned off the laptop screen and yawned. He thought it would be no problem to draw the picture tomorrow. After all, the December manuscript had already been submitted, and the editor didn't seem to have any intention of urging him to submit the January manuscript. So Uesugi Cheng was happy to just take his time.

"Well, it turns out that it's more comfortable to sleep in your room. I was saying that the orientation of my room is not very good, and I just can't get used to sleeping in it."

Uesugi Saki lay on the upper bunk and let out a satisfied and lazy sigh. This bed was definitely much harder than the big bed in her room, but Uesugi Saki just liked this feeling.

"How was dinner tonight? Was it good?"

"Ah, what could possibly go wrong with your eldest brother's actions? Everything was handled very well. From now on, basically the three of us will have the final say in our family... Your eldest brother already wants to have some fun..."

Uesugi Saki lay on the bed with her eyes narrowed, showing no interest in these things that had nothing to do with her.

"But it seems your second uncle finally brought his child here... It's a cute little girl. And she's very well-behaved."

Uesugi Cheng remembered the girl who eavesdropped on his story in the afternoon. Although he was not sure, she seemed to be the girl that Uesugi Saki mentioned.

"There's something very interesting. She said that she saw a strange little girl in the garden... who was about the same height as her. Do you have any clues? Mr. Uesugi, who spent the entire afternoon in the garden?"

Uesugi Saki asked casually. Behind Uesugi Saki, all her attention was on her younger brother, as if she was testing something.

"What strange little girl? She is the strangest one. She disappeared without a trace when I just looked up. I just heard a little noise."

Uesugi Sakumi was not lying. Compared to Himegami Sakura, the little assistant who had been with him for half a year, that girl looked the strangest. After all, she could actually see Himegami Sakura when she was hidden in the mist.

"I see... It's time to go to bed, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

Uesugi Saki asked Uesugi Cheng to turn off the lights, as they had some activities the next day and had to get up early.

"I see……"

Uesugi Sumire lay on the bed, covered the cup, and where Uesugi Saki couldn't see, he put on headphones, closed his eyes, and waited for the radio to be connected.

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Chapter 383: The Inoperative Late-Night Radio Station.

"Zizzizi..."

There was only noise in Uesugi Cheng's ears, but he was not surprised. After all, the late-night radio station did not look like a very powerful ghost story, and it was very normal to choose to bully the weak and fear the strong.

However, Uesugi Cheng didn't know how it chose its targets, so he simply disguised himself as an ordinary person who wanted to find a radio station to kill time at night.

"Good evening, everyone. This is the late night radio station. I am your favorite anchor... Fufufu, please bear with me for keeping my name a secret. After all, once you hear the rest of the sentence, I will announce my name."

A sweet voice replaced the noise. Uesugi Cheng opened his eyes and looked at the clock. The hour hand and the minute hand coincided perfectly. It was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. Uesugi Saki had fallen into a beautiful dream, and occasionally hummed a few words from time to time.

A sweet voice can easily make people feel good about it, relax their guard, and immerse themselves in what the voice is saying. However, Uesugi Cheng is not one of them. He lies motionless on the bed, his soul has turned into an electronic ghost, and he is looking for the other party's location in the world of the Internet. However, since the other party is using a special carrier such as a radio, Uesugi Cheng feels that his search will probably not be a meaningful action.

"It's well hidden... Let's listen first."

Uesugi Cheng made a simple judgment in his heart, and then calmed down and listened to the sweet voice telling some very ordinary anecdotes and some small stories that seemed quite interesting.

"Huff, huff, now comes the part that everyone is looking forward to the most, the wishing box!! As long as you say what you want to know in this part, you will be able to dream about it tonight! Let me guess... what you want to know the most is..."

The voice of the young anchor gradually took on a hint of malice. Uesugi Cheng raised his eyebrows. The highlight was finally here. He had disguised his soul very well, so he seemed like an ordinary person and had not been discovered until now.

"What you want to know..."

Uesugi Cheng was looking forward to the other party's answer. After all, there were so many things he wanted to know, such as... the answer to Medusa's riddle, and what the colonel's riddle meant. However, Uesugi Cheng, who was full of expectations, only heard a burst of noise.

It was as if countless people were talking, but it also seemed like it was just the noise coming out of a machine. Uesugi Cheng couldn't hear what it was saying at all. Perhaps it just couldn't read it at all.

"Did you guess it right? If you want to know the answer, remember to write to the radio station... The address is..."

Uesugi Cheng could still only hear the noise, as if he was deliberately blocked out.

"You don't look that good. You don't even know what I'm thinking."

Uesugi Cheng sighed helplessly. He had thought that these kinds of ghost stories might be able to do things beyond imagination with the help of rules, but now it seems that their supernatural powers are still very much in compliance with the rules.

"Well, although I still have a lot to share with you, the time is almost up... If you want to know more, just come and find me... I'll be waiting, always waiting for you."

The voice, which undoubtedly exposed its malicious intent, was still sweet, but it was also filled with an impatient hunger. Uesugi Cheng took off his headphones and felt as if he had wasted his precious sleep time. Perhaps he was really too special to have any clues at all.

"If I had known, I should have asked that guy Hikigaya tomorrow... Never mind, let's go to sleep first. Things have come to this anyway."

Uesugi Sumiya closed his eyes and placed his cell phone under his pillow so that the alarm he had set would wake him up.

……

"I got up too early... I never thought that one day my body would awaken before my soul."

Uesugi Saki yawned and gently climbed up from his bed. Uesugi Saki slept in a very ungraceful manner, but at least the quilt was properly covered on her body. Uesugi Saki could see that she actually wanted to ask something, so he gave her a good dream last night so that she would not disturb him.

"She doesn't know how to avoid suspicion... Before, it was okay for her to sleep in my room, but now that we are this age, we should more or less avoid suspicion."

Uesugi Cheng slurped his noodles and enjoyed his breakfast in a manner that was completely rude in the eyes of other old-fashioned people in the family. Uesugi Shin's face looked radiant and he was obviously in a good mood.

"Is your sister actually quite...slow in this regard?"

Uesugi Shin's originally firm tone began to hesitate. Although Uesugi Saki was a little confused sometimes, it was impossible for her to have no idea about this kind of thing. Before Uesugi Sumire officially confronted her father, Uesugi Shin had always remembered the look of Uesugi Saki in his heart.

"Really? It doesn't matter to me...why don't you talk to her?"

Uesugi Cheng burped.

"Why me? Why don't you just say no to her yourself?"

"And then she started crying and saying her brother didn't want me anymore? I couldn't stand it, my eldest brother. You just need to tell her about it."

Uesugi Cheng shook his head. He really didn't have any good way to deal with Uesugi Saki when she acted like a spoiled child. But the strange thing was that it was said that except for him, no one had ever seen Uesugi Saki act like a spoiled child.

"Okay, I'll go ask."

Uesugi Shin rubbed his eyes. He didn't think that Uesugi Saki would be the kind of person who couldn't see that there was something wrong with this kind of thing, but since she still chose to do this, there must be some reason that no one knew about.

"I remember that after finishing my work in the morning, I was free to do whatever I wanted, right?"

Uesugi Cheng asked, if not he planned to find a way to leave a fake body at home and go out by himself.

"Yes, where do you want to go?"

"Go out and have some fun, and buy some things before Christmas, otherwise I don't know how many people will be there by then."

Uesugi Cheng nodded and admitted that he was going out. After all, the Uesugi family was indeed a bit far from the city, and if he disappeared without any arrangements or prior notice, it might cause some trouble.

"I understand. There won't be any occasions that you have to attend later. But remember to keep your phone connected, as there may be unexpected events."

Uesugi Sumire nodded. What happened in the morning was not actually that troublesome. Uesugi Sumire did not leave early. He sat quietly until the end and then got on the bus to the city.

"It seems like a coincidence... Xiao Ye Xiao, you actually took the bus to go out?"

Uesugi Cheng was stunned for a moment. Baoyue Yexiao, who usually traveled in Baoyue Eiko's car, actually appeared on the bus.

"Well, because... there's a guy who's really good at hiding, and we need this car to find him."

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Chapter 384: Procurement Time.

"This car? I don't see what's so special about it... Where can it go?"

"Following the bus route, the guy we are looking for will appear at a random stop, so we are tracking him now."

A strange puppet appeared in Baoyue Yexiao's hand. An invisible spirit thread was wrapped around the puppet, and the other end was floating away into the distance.

"But for some reason, it seemed to disappear after we got in the car... Even the method of contacting it was no longer working. I almost thought it had dissipated."

Baoyue Yexiao looked helpless. Baoyue Yongzi, who was sitting next to him, was browsing her mobile phone and glancing out of the car window from time to time, as if she was confirming something.

"Is that so? Do you need my help?"

Uesugi Cheng asked this question, and of course Baoyue Yexiao shook her head and refused. The power of this evil spirit was not that strong, but Baoyue Yexiao wanted to subdue it because its ability was special enough. Otherwise, she would have let the evil spirit she brought with her take action when they met last time.

"In that case, I'm going to get off the bus now. I have something to do today. Come on, guys."