I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"Teacher Araki, the lantern is here, please light it yourself."

The girl's soft words brought back Araki Sousuke's thoughts.

"OK, thanks."

He took the lantern and lit it, meditating on Uncle Qingren's name in his heart, and hung it on the fairy shed.

Immediately, Sousuke Araki stood up, clapped his hands lightly three times towards the elf shed, and murmured in a low voice.

"Xingping, Lizi, I was joking when I said that I would not pay back the money that day. Don't take it to heart. I will slowly pay back the money owed to Daisy..."

"You guys have to spend good time with Uncle Qingren and his old man down here, remember not to throw out dog food all the time..."

"Also, Uncle Qingren... In the blink of an eye, today is exactly the fourth year, and I still haven't been able to become the hero you expected."

Sighing softly, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Araki Sousuke's face.

"...But don't worry, I'm not someone who gives up lightly. I will go all out on the path I think is right!!"

Beside him, the little bird You Mayumi was also clapping silently and praying respectfully to the "Elf Shed".

The ancestors and grandpa of the Xiaoniaoyou family...

Higashino-san, Reiko-senpai...

Her gaze, however, couldn't help but fell on the side face of Araki Sousuke who was still thinking about it.

Looking at the sadness that shrouded Araki Sousuke's face like a haze, her eyes gradually became firm, as if she had made some kind of determination.

"...Okay, I will trouble you to take care of it for the next few days of 'basin offering'."

After the worship, Araki Sousuke stood up and sincerely bowed slightly to Kotori Yumaumi to thank him.

"Leave it to me, Araki-sensei..."

Having never seen the other party like this before, Xiaoniao Youzhen bowed back in a panic, and then tilted her head playfully: "However, you seem to have forgotten an important step."

"Huh? Is there something missing, isn't Yingpen just like this?"

"...I still want to dance the Menglan Bon dance."

A touch of heart-stirring pink emerges from the girl's small earlobe and dyes it upwards.

"Huh? Leaving aside the fact that I can't dance... By the way, isn't Awa Odori danced by a group of people?"

Looking at the cunning in the girl's eyes, Araki Sousuke felt that he seemed to have fallen into some kind of trap.

"By the way, Mr. Xinghei, Ms. Reiko, and Dean Haruto should also really want to see Mr. Araki dance..."

A blush appeared on Kotori Yumasumi's face, and Araki Sousuke couldn't help but stepped forward and took his hand.

"Also, unlike Awa Odori, Gujo Odori can be danced by one person, two people, or dozens of people."

Caught by a pair of catkins, looking at the girl in front of her who was obviously blushing, but her expression was firmly guiding her movements...

"... Araki-sensei... Just follow me and dance."

"oh."

Dominated by the softness that he held in his hand, which he had never felt in his life, Araki Sousuke's mind went blank, and he could only follow the opponent's movements like a puppet on a string.

On the grass in the back hall of the shrine, the two of them just danced hand in hand under the full moon and in the twilight of the soul fire.

Gifu County Shangmai, Tokushima Awa Odori and Akita Nishimaine Odori are known as the three major Obon Odori dances in Japan.

Known for its lyrics "When you go out of Gujohachimancho, your sleeves will get wet even if it doesn't rain", the main movements are high fives, hand spreads, and small kicks.

Unlike ornamental dances, those who actually dance will have more fun because of these movements, so there are often several hours of multi-person dance activities during the Menglan Bon Festival.

Due to the simple movements and clear rhythm, Araki Sousuke quickly mastered the trick, like a gorilla imitating a human dance, clumsily standing side by side with the bird Yumaumi, dancing around the elf shed in style.

I don't know when, the full full moon has appeared above the dark sky, sprinkled with white moonlight.

Perhaps it is the relationship between performing on stage for many years and practicing diligently. The girl's energetic body is flexible and light, her movements are full of charm and rhythm,

It is obviously a silent dance, but people can feel a simple and majestic ballad from her dancing posture.

"call out."

With the sharp whistling sound, in the night sky under the full moon, countless stars of different colors shot straight up into the sky from all directions like arrows piercing the clouds.

"Bang... Crackling..."

As the sparks rose to the highest point, the colorful fireworks of various shapes filled the entire night sky in an instant, illuminating the Akagi Shrine as if it were daytime.

This is the simultaneous start of the Menglanbon festival firework festival held in various places in Tokyo.

Under the full moon, fireworks are blooming all over the sky, immersed in the dance, and the girl in the cherry blossom yukata who is gracefully spinning and dancing is like a star falling into the world.

For a moment, Araki Sousuke was stunned.

The dance of beauties is like a lotus flower, and the world should not have seen it.

This may be the most beautiful picture he has ever seen in his life.

"I'm the only one jumping, too cunning... Araki-sensei."

After a long while, the little bird Yumami who realized someone's "lazy" behavior stopped and waved his hands in protest.

Under the bright and ever-changing light of fireworks, the lovely blush on her face was burning like fire, and there was nowhere to hide it.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the main reason is that you dance so beautifully..."

When he came back to his senses, Araki Sousuke touched his head and smiled.

"This is the first time Araki-sensei has shown a less sad expression today."

Xiaoniao Youzhengong put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and walked towards him gracefully.

"As long as Mr. Araki likes to watch, Mayumi can dance anytime..."

Before he could react in the future, the girl had already posted it in front of Sousuke Araki.

A pair of big peaceful eyes looked up at him without hesitation, as if wanting to convey some kind of heart.

"... just for you, dancing alone."

Kotori Yuma's eyes fluttered, as if making some kind of promise, she said in a voice that only she could hear.

The flushed cheeks and the trembling fingers clasped together behind her revealed that she was not so calm.

"Huh? You... what did you say?"

Although, the girl's words as thin as a mosquito were obscured by the sky filled with fireworks...

"Plop..."

But just looking at the heart-wrenching expression on the girl's pretty face, Araki Sosuke felt his heart beating crazily and about to jump out of his chest.

"Plop..."

For a moment, under the din of fireworks blooming all over the sky, the two people in the courtyard looked at each other in silence, only two heartbeats that became more and more synchronized remained.

"Teacher Araki, I..."

Just when the two figures were getting closer and the girl summoned up her courage again...

"Sousuke!!!"

A figure stumbled and appeared at the door of the apse, breaking the delicate atmosphere between the two.

"... Something is wrong!!!"

It was Erqian Ryoma who came in a hurry because of the traffic jam all the way.

Panting frantically, he turned his mobile phone screen to Sousuke Araki with a dazed face, and said out of breath: "The Metropolitan Police Department...the people in the Metropolitan Police Department...destroyed your crystal!!!"