As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

After saying this in an almost rude tone, Genki didn't wait for Kujo Rin to react, and "respectfully" asked the young lady to leave his room.

"Hey, this shouldn't be the reaction. Did I say something wrong?"

Kujo Rin let out a somewhat unwilling cry, but after realizing that Genki was serious, she left obediently.

Of course, when she left, she also said in a rather bashful way: "I will definitely come back!"

Are you from Team Rocket?

When Yuanhui returned to the living room from the entrance, he found that Morikami Nozomi was looking at him with a hesitant look.

"Kujou shouldn't be lying."

After hesitating for a moment, she said so.

"Ok, I know."

Yuanhui nodded.

Of course he knew that Kujo Rin was not lying, but precisely because of this, he had to keep his distance from this simple young lady.

Unlike Morikami Nozomi, Kujo Rin did not fall into the abyss of despair, nor did she have the determination to pursue extraordinary things even at the cost of her life.

She is the eldest daughter of the Kujo family, a gifted girl born with a diamond spoon in her mouth.

Although she will have her own troubles, it is foreseeable that her future will be a smooth road filled with flowers and applause.

In this case, we should stay away from him, a man entangled in blood and sin.

Otherwise, she will eventually become unhappy...

Yuanhui didn't think that Kujo Rin would bother him for too long.

After all, the other party is just a girl who has just come of age, and the daughter of a wealthy family.

Although she appeared to be quite tenacious, if he refused her a few more times, Kujo Rin would eventually give up.

"By the way, why are you back?" Yuan Hui no longer entangled in the matter of Kujo Rin, and asked his supporter, "I remember that you lived with your grandparents before, didn't you?"

He showed a somewhat concerned expression.

Morikami Nozomi's pretty face darkened slightly, and a look of pain and struggle appeared on her face. "Yesterday, my grandparents found me."

"They...they..."

The girl seemed to want to squeeze out a few words to describe the scene at that time, but her subconscious mind refused to recall.

"Okay, you don't have to say anything." After seeing Morikami Nozomi's expression, Yuanhui stretched out his hand and signaled her not to continue.

Just think about it and you will know what attitude Morikami Nozomi's grandparents had towards their daughter-in-law, no, it should be said that the murderer who killed their son.

Sakurajima is not a monogamous couple, so in the eyes of these two old people, their son's infidelity was not a big deal at all. However, he was killed by his daughter-in-law, and even his body was chopped into pieces...

They probably wanted to tear Morikami Yoshiko into pieces.

And Morikami Nozomi's behavior of living in his grandparents' house seemed to be showing them an attitude, which was -

She supports her mother.

Then in the eyes of her grandparents, this was an extremely shameful betrayal.

Their attitude when they approached Morikami Nozomi was probably...

It's no wonder that Nozomi Morikami would risk being reminded of the past by returning here, because she has nowhere else to go.

Yuanhui sighed softly in his heart.

On the day he first came into contact with Morikami Nozomi, he actually knew that the girl's painful journey had just begun.

From now on, it seems that his premonition was not wrong.

"Thank you." Morikami Nozomi forced a fake smile and then said in a casual tone, "Now that I have moved back, I can better fulfill my role as a supporter."

"Yuan Jun, do you still want me to look for a monster with healing abilities, or do you need to change to another condition?"

Now, she needs to use "work" to force herself not to think about the things that make her painful.

Even if it's just a small sand dune where I can only bury my head temporarily...

"Change it." After taking a deep look at Morikami Nozomi, Yuan Hui naturally knew what the girl was thinking. "I hope you can collect strange stories related to [Luck]."

"Lucky?" When Kujo Rin was talking about the strange thing called [Metamorphosis], Morikami Nozomi was also present, so she naturally thought of something.

But she didn't ask any more questions, but nodded slightly.

"Got it. I will sort out the information in this regard as soon as possible and give it to you."

……

……

After sending Morikami Nozomi away, the whole room became empty again.

Only the two different aromas lingering in the air suggested that two beautiful girls had once stayed in this room.

No, there is also a gift box on the coffee table.

That was a housewarming gift from the 'new neighbor', Kujo Rin.

This is a gift box with a cute dog pattern printed on it and tied with a bright red ribbon.

After Yuanhui untied the ribbon, a small black box appeared in front of him.

The box is about 15 cm high, 26 cm long and 12 cm wide. It is painted with black piano lacquer and feels heavy in the hand.

After opening the box, a mechanical watch appeared in front of him. The strap was made of 18k rose gold and the dial was a mature and stable dark brown.

In the middle of the dial, there is a line of English, which reads——

PATEK PHILIPPE.

Watches are a very popular gift among the people of Sakurajima, because in Japanese it is also written as "時計" (timepiece), which is homophonic with "登慶" and "登惠", and means "joyful and auspicious".

But generally speaking, these are gifts given to close people, such as fathers, or...

Lover.

For example, as a gift for a neighbor after they move into a new house, generally speaking, it would just be some small pastries, such as homemade cookies or something.

Yuanhui used his mobile phone to log into the official website of Patek Philippe and found the style of the mechanical watch in front of him.

I also found its price by the way.

The official price of this watch is:

800 million yen.

It was almost ten times of Yuanhui's current savings, but Kujo Rin gave it to him as if she didn't mind at all.

This wealthy woman probably has no concept of throwing money at other people. She may not even have looked at the price of the watch. She just thought the style was nice and it matched the Yuanhui, so she bought it directly.

Yuanhui took another look at the glaring price, then closed the box again and put it away somewhere.

I have to find a chance to bypass [Be Kind to Neighbors] and return this overly expensive gift to this young lady who doesn't care about worldly things...

49. The Bride of the Daimyojin

April 4, Kyoto.

Although its importance as a city has lagged far behind Tokyo, when it comes to ghost stories, no one in Sakurajima can compare with this ancient capital.

This capital of the old times has many ancient temples and shrines with a long history. Even a street corner that can be seen everywhere may be related to some bloody and horrific historical events.

If it were Yuan Hui's previous life, these chilling events would only add a little topic of conversation to the tourism industry here.

But in this strange world...

Most legends are almost equivalent to distorted truths.

On Kyoto Street No. 9, there is a slope called Oijazaki by the locals, and on this slope, there is a little-known shrine.

Although this shrine does not cover a large area, it is magnificent and majestic. No matter from which angle you look at it, it seems to have nothing to do with the word "unknown".

But for ordinary people, this is indeed the case here.

Outside this shrine, there is a barrier that can interfere with cognition all year round. For ordinary people, even if they see this building, they will filter it out subconsciously.

Only the Soul Binder can detect this strange feeling and find this deity that is completely detached from this world.

But even so, they had no way of getting in here.

because--

This is the wedding room of the Shuzuka Daimyojin and its 'bride'.

The weirdness in this world has emotions and rationality. Generally speaking, the higher the level of weirdness, the richer the emotions.

The most advanced level of weirdness is such that you can't even tell it apart from humans.

For example, Gabriel, the principal of St. Eden Academy.

Since the other party is not an irrational beast, there is a possibility of making a deal.

This is not a crazy idea, and there are many successful precedents.

Five regents, nine Qinghua, and three ministers.

These big families standing at the top of Sakurajima all have unclear connections with all kinds of weird things in private, which is also an extremely important reason why they can always stay in high positions.

But compared with the clan that is still above them, these slight connections are naturally insignificant.

And this 'Shuzuka Daimyojin' is a monster worshipped by that clan.

……

……

Although it looks majestic and magnificent from the outside, if you actually walk into the shrine, you will definitely be shocked by the scene inside.

Although it is a fairly spacious Japanese-style room, it gives people a feeling of having nowhere to step.

Televisions, computers, telephones, and all kinds of game consoles were piled together haphazardly, and it was clear that their owners had no mercy on them.

In addition, various musical instruments, chess boards, books and comics are scattered all over the soft tatami.

All of this made this space, which should have been full of majesty, become somewhat ridiculous, and there was no sense of the majesty of the gods at all.

In the center of the room, there was a girl who was about fifteen or sixteen years old.

She had long silver-white hair, which was extremely rare for people from Sakurajima. Her silver hair, as bright as moonlight, was tied into two ponytails with two red hairbands.

Her skin was quite white, but not the healthy kind of white. Instead, it was the sickly white that came from not having been exposed to the sun for a long time.

Strictly speaking, she was the shrine maiden of this deity, but she was not wearing a shrine maiden's uniform. Instead, she was wearing a rather Western-style dress, white tights on her legs, and a pair of black leather shoes on her feet.

It's as if he is deliberately going against his own profession.

At this moment, she was lying on the tatami with a bit of boredom, hugging her knees with her hands, watching the morning light invade the ceiling little by little...

And at this moment——

"Ding-a-ling-a-ling, jingle-a-ling-a-ling..."

In the messy room, the phone rang.

The girl looked towards the place where the phone rang, and then an old-fashioned landline phone pushed away the debris on it with some difficulty and flew in front of the girl.

The microphone automatically flew up and obediently placed next to her small and delicate ear.

"Hello, what's going on?" The girl's voice sounded a little lazy, and she looked listless.

"It's like this, Lord Bai Ze." A respectful and somewhat old voice came from the other end of the phone, "A monster in our jurisdiction suddenly got out of control. I would like you to predict her whereabouts."

"Oh, I see." The girl didn't seem surprised. People who make this call basically have similar purposes. "Let me see, you are the Tokyo Minato Metropolitan Police Department. The missing strange thing this time is called [Rika Doll's Ghost Phone], right?"

"...Master Bai Ze's eyes are sharp as a torch."

"Don't give me that." The girl said bluntly, "Even if you flatter me, the fee you should pay will not be less at all."

"That's natural."

"Well, that's good."

After saying this, the girl's eyes lit up.

This is not a metaphor, her deep brown eyes are truly shining.