A comic book, but a librarian

On the other side, Uesugi Sumiko came to another ward and sat down.

"I told you that if you continue to work so hard, you will definitely damage your body. It turns out that the money you spend on a trip to the hospital is much more than what you earn by reducing your part-time job."

Uesugi Sumire took out a few pieces of paper from his bag and handed them to Shirogane Miyuki who was receiving an IV drip.

"I was just a little careless and sleepy, but I didn't expect the store manager to send me directly to the hospital."

"Sit down. Have you read the message I sent you? Are you ready to deal with what might happen after school starts?"

"I already wanted to jump off the building...I didn't expect the person to be dead. Sigh." Baiyin Yuxing can already feel what will happen after the school starts. The response of various clubs, cooperating with the school to provide safety education to students, etc., a series of tasks will fall on the shoulders of the Student Union. What's more troublesome is that the deceased can only be considered missing, so they may even have to cooperate with the investigation.

"The matter of the subway station has come to an end. Do you want to hear part of the truth?"

"Tell me? It sounds like what you want to say doesn't seem like something that would normally happen? Is it okay to tell me, Uesugi?"

Shirogane Miyuki took a deep breath. He was able to obtain many facts from Uesugi Cheng's brief message that he himself was not willing to think about.

“You have to know how to do your job, right? So let me start… That station that shouldn’t exist was actually an experimental base set up by an organization under the government at least half a century ago.

The goal of the experiment is to [create controllable ghosts and attack]

In fact, the white figures in the facility are basically the product of this experiment, or the failure. They are not able to use the power of spirits to attack as the experimenters imagined. With the failure of the war and the disproportionate damage rate of the experimental subjects and the results, the experimental facility was finally sealed. However, they thought it could be started again, so they did not destroy the things inside the facility. "

"It's really... disgusting content." Baiyin Yuxing covered his abdomen. It was hard for him to imagine what these people, who were more terrifying than evil spirits, would do to the experimenters in order to create ghosts and evil spirits that people would recognize.

"Then half a century later, as the spirits occupied the facility and continuously strengthened the spiritual field inside, they became attractive to some people from the outside world, or those who had been involved in the incident, or those with flaws in their hearts. They would be lured in without the spirits themselves realizing it, and eventually they would be trapped to death in the spiritual field."

"Even if they mean no harm?"

"Yes, but this time the authorities were very quick and blew up the facility before the incident became a big deal... God knows if they want to destroy the evidence. In any case, this incident will probably be defined as a missing suicide or something more suitable for them to close the case."

Shirogane Miyuki was not surprised by Uesugi Sumire's evaluation. Almost all citizens know that most of the time, the Metropolitan Police Department is not as useful as the police patrolling the roadside.

"Let's end the incident here. There is no need and no way for us to delve deeper into it. Let's just leave it at that." Uesugi Cheng put an end to the incident and decided to burn all the information so that the people who knew about the incident would be limited to them, a few high school students.

Chapter 92: Leap Knowledge and Pets

"It's fine as long as she's still alive. And...where did this cat come from?"

A pure long-haired cat was staring at Himegami Sakura not far away, who seemed to be trying to hug it. Uesugi Cheng saw this scene as soon as he returned to the Silent Bookstore. He finally returned to his small apartment from the hospital, and then returned to his Silent Bookstore without saying a word.

"It ran out of the forest. I brought this little guy back when I went to the forest to pick up something."

The cat arched its body, looking like it wanted to scare the two humans in front of it, but neither Uesugi Sumika nor Himegami Sakura was moved.

"Can we keep cats in the bookstore?" Himegami Sakura asked cautiously. With Uesugi Cheng's permission, she was able to read some of the books that Uesugi Cheng had sorted out in the reading room and smoking room. Of course, this did not reduce the amount of work she had to do every day, but thanks to Uesugi Cheng's inclusion of her in the staff of Silent Bookstore, she seemed to be allowed to learn some of the great techniques in order to serve as the bookstore manager.

Just as she was about to find something to feed the cat, she saw Uesugi Sumiya had taken out a piece of ham and directly attracted the cat's attention, and soon a master-servant relationship was established.

"Well, this is a cat. I haven't held it yet." Looking at the long-haired Maine Coon rolling around in Uesugi Sumiya's arms, Himegami Sakura looked at Uesugi Sumiya with some envy. As a doll, she was definitely not as popular as a cat.

"It's up to you to feed it. I remember there are a few fish we caught in the warehouse. Use those to feed it. If all else fails, you can use the ink in the study to fill out an order. I put the money in the cabinet in the administrator's room. You can take it and mail the order."

Uesugi Cheng handed the cat to Himegami Sakura, who looked a little envious, and ignored the meowing sound that seemed to be complaining. He had finally solved another incident. Now he just wanted to go back to his room and have a good rest. As for why he went to Silent Bookstore, it was of course because he didn't want to be woken up by someone in the middle of his sleep.

The bedroom was in a bright haven on the seaward side of the house, without protection or danger, and though it would require some work to repair and clean, it was still much friendlier than the rooms which were sealed off by heavy defences.

[Librarian's Bedroom]: When the Island Resolution Council acquired the deed to the abandoned DeWolf Manor, Ambrose Westcott became the first librarian here and built this cozy corner on the north side of the manor according to his own preferences. His successor Katie preferred the room next door, and most librarians liked the tranquility and sea view here.

The bed in the librarian's bedroom was so hard that it was beyond Uesugi Cheng's imagination, so much so that he moved a soft mattress and bedding from the real world back to the bedroom.

Lying on the soft bed, Uesugi Cheng saw the stone slab on the shelf. He suddenly wanted to see what was engraved on this stone slab that had never been deciphered by any librarian, so he took the stone slab to bed.

However, in his drowsiness, it was as if someone was guiding Uesugi Cheng, causing his soul to begin to operate a great technique that should not have appeared in this room.

In this strange dream, Uesugi Cheng's mind was filled with a lot of knowledge and sentences that he could not yet understand, so that when he woke up, he was sweating profusely. The stone slab was still lying next to the bed, but in his hand there was a book that he had never seen before.

【Three and Three (Codex St. Chiaviri)】: This book describes the workings of the Altar and the Root Crown. They are composed of three Hours, each with obscure and extensive powers and responsibilities. Of all the existing versions, this is the only one that is free from the intervention of the Root Crown and is the best preserved. [This book hosts a "leap consciousness" - a truth so powerful that it may even believe that it can be realized.] (Reading time: 18 months)

Uesugi Cheng stared at the book in his hand with wide eyes. He had never seen a book that required such a strong sexual desire to read, not to mention that he didn't even know how the book came into his hands and what the so-called leap knowledge was. But now, no matter how many doubts he had, he had to put the book down first, because Himegami Sakura seemed to be chasing the pace of the pet cat who had consciously become a part of Silent Bookstore and ran into the bedroom.

[Pet Cat]: Elegant, sophisticated, unfathomable, and tireless. (2 moths, 2 cups, 2 hearts)

Unfortunately, the pet cat cannot be his assistant in renovating the room, but as a pet, it has done an almost perfect job in providing emotional value.

Uesugi Sumire and Himegami Sakura returned to his small apartment together. Maine in his arms seemed very curious about where he was, but he was only slightly curious and did not move around.

"In that case, I'll have to take you with me wherever I go, otherwise it would be not nice to leave you hungry somewhere else. As for the name, I'll call you Cow." Uesugi Cheng rubbed Maine's head, and seeing that it had no objection at all, he decided on its name very straightforwardly under Himegami Sakura's speechless gaze. However, the big Maine seemed to want to know more about what to eat tonight.

Seeing that the cow seemed to understand what he was saying and had a pretty high IQ, Uesugi Cheng let it move around freely in the house. After all, he still had to provide himself with food and clothing, and also buy some daily necessities for the cow.

Himegami Sakura volunteered to run to the kitchen and start preparing ingredients. Even for a doll, her energy seemed to be beyond expectations.

"In that case, we have to go out and buy some things. After all, cats need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate here." Uesugi Cheng looked helpless as the Maine Coon had begun to enclose a cardboard box as its own nest.

The air at dusk is not as stuffy as in the afternoon. In the days leading up to the end of summer vacation, the sun silently and inhumanely emits light and heat to all objects. The horrible outdoor temperature even makes people not want to go out.

"What the hell, why do I feel like I've seen everyone walking on the street before? Am I also affected by those weird things?"

Uesugi Cheng looked back while carrying his things. He felt as if he knew the girl from behind, but he couldn't remember her exact name. But there were more important things than that, such as his sister who had come in uninvited and was standing at the door waiting to come in.

Chapter 93: Sister Visits Again

"If you come over to eat again, I'll have to consider charging you for the meal... I don't have much food left." Uesugi Saki looked at his sister leaning against the door with her phone in hand waiting for him to come back, and feeling the sultry temperature outside, he could only put on a helpless expression. He couldn't give Uesugi Saki the key to the apartment. After all, God knows if she would run into Himegami Sakura working in the room or something.

"Hey, how much do you want to give? Ah Cheng, take this card. I will eat at your house from now on!!"

Uesugi Cheng frowned in pain. How could he forget that his elder sister had been working and earning a salary for a long time? If he asked her for money, she would just hit him in the face with her bank card.

"Well, I won't charge you. Just remember to bring some food next time... And call me before you come. You didn't mind the hot weather waiting for me here. You can call me back to open the door next time. I won't leave the key with you."

Looking at the beads of sweat dripping down Uesugi Saki's fair cheeks and her nonchalant expression, Uesugi Sumire could only give her a few words of advice, then took out the cold drink he had just prepared to put in the refrigerator and stuffed it into her hand.

"Hehe, my little brother is really considerate. Big bro always orders me around." Uesugi Saki happily put the drink on his face, sighed with comfort, then unscrewed the bottle cap and drank.

"Come on, you used to call me every day, but in the end it was still your brother who had to clean up the mess. By the way, you're not here just to eat this time, right?" Uesugi Saki knocked lightly before opening the door. The moment he pushed the door open, Uesugi Saki heard something moving inside.

"Brother, when you went out, there was no one at home... right?" Uesugi Saki licked her lips, her eyes gradually sharpened, and then she saw a sturdy Maine Coon lazily sticking its butt up and stretching in the corridor, and it meowed sweetly at Uesugi Cheng.

"Wow wow wow!! Bro, where did you find this cat? It's so cute!" Uesugi Saki's speed at this moment was so fast that it was a little scary. She pounced over and wanted to hug the cat, but the cat, who had a faster reaction, dodged it gently and then jumped into Uesugi Sumiya's arms. The big tail slapped on Uesugi Sumiya's arm as if asking where the woman in front of her came from.

"Don't scare the cat. I'll scratch your face when the time comes. If you want to hug me, I'll give it to you later."

Looking at Uesugi Saki who simply rolled over on the wooden floor, Uesugi Saki suddenly wondered if his sister had let herself go too much. At least when she was in the main family, his sister was still a very quiet and ladylike girl.

Although the cow was somewhat dissatisfied with Uesugi Saki's decision to hand it over to Uesugi Saki, it immediately calmed down after seeing the cat food and cat strips in the bag he was carrying. It gracefully jumped out of Uesugi Saki's arms and shook its body.

"Oh no, now I have to clean up the fur..." Uesugi Cheng realized the trouble instantly when he saw a few cat hairs falling on the floor. However, now there is something more troublesome than this.

"Asumi! Is there still something stewing in your kitchen? How can you go out? This is too dangerous!" Uesugi Saki heard the sound of soup still cooking in the kitchen and immediately turned around and said very seriously.

Of course, Uesugi Sumika couldn't possibly tell her that there was actually a living doll at home that helped him with housework and handling things every day, and could also be pulled out to scare naughty children or something.

"Anyway, anyway! Before you go out, you must make sure that the power is off and the fire is out, okay?" Looking at his brother's attitude of humbly admitting his mistakes, Uesugi Saki didn't say much, but decided to come over more often.

"Okay, the air conditioner is on. I'll go to the kitchen and finish the rest. If you want to play with the cat, just play with it. Don't mess around. I can't say if it will attack you."

The full cow lay lazily on the sofa. The woman in front of it, who was suspected to be related to the owner, seemed to be non-existent to it. Anyway, she could not do anything to it.

Uesugi Sumire walked into the kitchen and saw Himegami Sakura hiding in the kitchen. She looked like an ordinary doll, except that she was too exquisite.

"I'll take you back to the bookstore first." Uesugi Cheng picked up the doll and disappeared into the kitchen.

"Really... he has no sense of safety at all. He actually left the pot in the kitchen to cook and went out." Uesugi Saki hugged the cow and combed its hair with her slender fingers. She looked around Uesugi Sumiya's room. At least there were more signs of life than when she came last time, such as some green plants and clothes hanging to dry. Although the door of the work room was still closed, it was obvious that Uesugi Sumiya's activities had indeed become more diverse.

Uesugi Saki felt a little distressed when she thought of this. Ever since she went to the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, she discovered that there were many more dangerous places in Japan than she had imagined, just like the station that her colleagues kept silent about.

"Forget it. Acheng isn't the kind of person who causes trouble anyway. If there's anything you can't do in the future, just tell him."

Uesugi Saki thought very naturally that there was a relaxing feeling in Uesugi Sumire's room. She felt tired again unconsciously. She had been working overtime these days and had no time to see what Uesugi Sumire was doing, so she rushed over immediately after finishing overtime.

"Ah~ha~I'm so sleepy. Aren't Asumi's dishes ready yet?" Uesugi Saki looked at the kitchen with some confusion. The aroma wafting from it had already made her stomach react, but Uesugi Asumi seemed to have never said a word since he entered.

"It's time to eat. Go wash your hands. And remember to wash your clothes later. Cows have a terrifying amount of hair."

"Cow?" Uesugi Saki looked around, and finally returned her gaze to the kitten in her arms and looked at it. "It's... called Cow?"

"Otherwise, it has no objection itself." Uesugi Cheng responded very casually. Uesugi Saki looked at the Maine Coon cat in his arms in surprise. It meowed as if in agreement, then jumped off the sofa and returned to its own cardboard box.

"Come on, come on. By the way, there is something I want to tell you... I asked you to go back there."

"I remember you said you were coming last time?"

"I don't think so..." Uesugi Saki replied uncertainly. She was so busy that she couldn't even remember what she said last time.

"It's just a trip home anyway, what else do you want to do? Some kind of succession ceremony to confirm eldest brother's position as the head of the family? Don't these people find it troublesome?" Uesugi Cheng wiped the sweat off his forehead and brought out the stewed dishes from the kitchen.

Chapter 94: Candle Making and the First Day of School

"By the way, where is the little girl who came last time... You're not going to play the game of having sex and then abandoning her, are you?"

As expected, people start to have wild thoughts after they have eaten, Uesugi Cheng thought, why didn't he realize that his sister was so gossipy before.

"She went on a trip by herself. She has her own plans during the holidays, and we are just classmates."

"Hmph~ Really? I can see from her expression that it doesn't seem like that's the case. But speaking of traveling, is there any place you want to go, Acheng? Travel or something like that." Uesugi Saki smiled like a weasel who had stolen a chicken, but immediately changed the subject and started asking Uesugi Cheng what he thought.

"No, traveling isn't really my thing. I'd rather imagine what I'm going to do when I get home. I don't think my room has been touched."

"No one should go back and touch your things except for normal cleaning. Did you leave anything important there?"

"No, I just asked casually. After all, some things are still there. Is mom in good health?"

"Not bad, it seems to be better than before. After all, we have all stood up and she will worry less." Uesugi Saki very consciously took out all the clothes from her car, and simply took a shower in Uesugi Cheng's small apartment before going back.

"That's good. I'll bring her some gifts later. By the way, you didn't rummage around in my room, did you?"

"What do you think your sister is? Am I the same as your father in your eyes?" Uesugi Saki said unhappily. She picked up her clothes and walked into the bathroom. Then there was the sound of water in the shower hitting the ground.

"I'm just worried that you'd be scared..." Uesugi Sumiko shrugged helplessly and opened the door of his room. Except for the past few days when he had been busy with the missing persons case, he had been squatting in the room drawing.

"I can draw the texture of bones very well... Next I will try to draw the evil spirits in Ukiyo-e. Or is there a style that suits me better?"

Uesugi Cheng looked at the sheets of drawing paper he had painted, and simply piled them all in a cardboard box, planning to find a time to burn them all at once to save trouble.

"Ah, Yaosu and bitter black salt are used up quite quickly. I have to start making them again." Uesugi Cheng muttered to himself as he looked at the empty bottles. After reading the three books he had selected in advance, he had mastered a new great technique and some very useful skills.

[Transmutation and Liberation LV4]: The difference between cast and moth is not as big as we think. Every change is a liberation. (5 cast 4 moth) (Candle Making)

"That's perfect. Now that I've learned this, I might as well give it to my mother as a gift. It might even be good for her to light a candle and relax herself."

Uesugi Cheng thought of the piece of beeswax still in the bookstore's storage room and the bouquet of flowers that he had asked Himegami Sakura to pick and place in the gallery waiting to be used.

【Candelaeagnus】: Gorgeous wine red flower balls. (2 cups 1 honey)

However, he would have to wait until he was alone to make candles, and there was only one piece of beeswax left in the bookstore. He would have to wait until he had repaired the bookstore's vegetable garden before he could carefully collect the rest from the beehives.

In fact, the vegetable garden of the bookstore has always been a trouble. While the bees are flying freely in the vegetable garden, one can hear the mournful cries of some creature deeper in the garden. Those bees will even occasionally break into other rooms of the bookstore, causing him a little trouble.

"Asumi, I'm ready. You can go and take a shower if you want." Uesugi Saki returned to the living room with a small black bag. She didn't plan to spend the night in Uesugi Sumiya's apartment, even though there was an empty room there.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Why don't you wait here until your hair is dry before leaving?"

"It doesn't matter. I don't have the air conditioner on in my car, and it's not hot outside. Let's go now."

Uesugi Saki left in such a hurry, which was completely different from when she came. Uesugi Saki even wondered why Uesugi Saki came to his place to have a meal, take a shower and leave.

But once Uesugi Saki left, he could start his first candle making with peace of mind.

【Candela flower candle】: A candle with the scent of candela flower. The fragrance is as rich as rose. (2 cups 1 light)

A blood-red candle was placed on the candlestick by Uesugi Cheng, but even if it was not lit, the faint fragrance wafting from the candle was enough to make people feel wonderful.

He carefully placed the candle in the workshop, intending to take it back when he returned home as a gift for his mother.

"Time flies by so fast. School starts again..."

In the last few days of summer vacation, Uesugi Cheng lived a leisurely life as he wished. There were no events, no calls, and no commissions. Every day, apart from practicing piano with a few girls in a band, he stayed in his room painting, and listened to the old record player in the bookstore playing equally old records.

The record called Opening the Sky was an extraordinary piece created for the coronation of the new King Henry IX. If the first four chapters of music were still within the range of what ordinary people could appreciate, then the fifth chapter, which was the essence, was again bright, cheerful and crazy, but it was a choral movement. However, it was obvious that these voices were too pure and high-pitched to be human voices. They made people think of birdsong - they reminded people of the sky after a storm, and the blue turned into black at the edge of the higher heaven.

Of course, the great techniques hidden in this record have already been learned by Uesugi Cheng, but this record is not really suitable for being taken outside for other people to listen to, so he can only enjoy it in his room.

[Strings and Songs LV3]: The echoes of the lower heavens reappear here. (4 domes 3 hearts)

Just like that, a not-so-perfect but still very enjoyable summer vacation came to an end, and in the blink of an eye, the first day of school arrived.

"How was your trip? Was it enjoyable?" Uesugi Sumire saw Yotsuya Miko with a relaxed smile, and it could be seen that she seemed to have gradually gotten rid of the haze brought by the Yin-Yang eyes.

"Great. By the way, Acheng, this is a gift for you. It's a specialty of Kyoto!" Yotsuya Miko carefully carried a small bag and handed it to Uesugi Sumiko, then glared at Yurikawa Hana who had an ambiguous expression next to her.

"Is that so? Then I'll accept it." Uesugi Cheng accepted the gift with a smile, moved closer and asked.