Truth is everywhere within range

"Natsume-san?"

Qiao Qiao was a little curious when he saw Natsume Shishi eating the junk food in pain.

"Don't force yourself."

he persuaded.

"A penny of this contract."

Natsume Shi's mouth was full of potato chips and she couldn't speak clearly.

After gulping down a large glass of Coke, Natsume Shishi swallowed what was in his mouth.

"The one just now was the sleeping cat, the patron saint of Toshogu Shrine. As long as certain conditions are met, he can sign a contract with the sleeping cat, awaken the sleeping cat from his own shadow, and devour strange things."

"However, the condition is that the sleeping cat must be given enough food. After all, it is a lazy guy who sleeps most of the time and is too lazy to even eat."

"Hey, I haven't eaten such high-calorie foods for so long. My diet plan is so delicious!"

She explained and went back to snacking.

Pain and happiness.

"It's really hard work."

Sayoko felt the same way.

Three minutes later, the instructor leading the team came to Qiao Qiao's room and conducted a simple investigation.

Confirm that there are no weird ones.

As for Sayuri Asai, in the evening, she was impersonated by Aoyuki Aoki, who disguised herself as her, ate and bathed with other classmates, and was invited by Kazuya Sakamoto to Qiaoqiao's room.

She herself was knocked unconscious and locked in a small warehouse of the hotel. When she was found, although she was not conscious yet, her body was not seriously injured.

If Qing Xingdeng wants to transform into someone else, he cannot kill the target. He must keep the other person alive in order to truly change his aura completely.

Speaking of which.

It is not clear why Aoi Hiroto sneaked into the hotel, why he chose Sayuri Asai, and why he wanted to carry out the Hyakumonogatari between the students of Minejo University High School.

In every sense of the word, this is an act of suicide.

And judging from the process of Qiao Qiao's contact with Qing Xingdeng, the other party did not know the identities of Qiao Qiao and others, and was more like a local weirdo in Shimane Prefecture.

Was it just a coincidence and an unfortunate accident?

In the weird world, Qiao Qiao doesn't believe in coincidences.

"So, if Sakamoto-san chose to peep at that time, could it be because he had noticed something unusual about Asai-san in advance and wanted to confirm it?"

Qiao Qiao sat at the small table on the terrace and thought.

"And in the subsequent Hyakumonogatari, he also called Asai-san over, if Asai-san played this game with others."

As expected of Sakamoto-san, you are really thoughtful.

"I think Sakamoto-san just wants to peep, right?"

Sayoko served hot tea on the side and complained.

She was wearing a dark green yukata with white polka dots. Perhaps because it was a one-size-fits-all, the yukata seemed a bit tight, and the neckline was slightly stretched, revealing her beautiful collarbone.

Her hair was tied up, with only a few strands hanging down from her ears, showing a gentle look, like a spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River in China.

"Ah, I was supposed to accompany you to Lake Shinji tonight."

Qiao Qiao looked at Xiao Yezi like this and then remembered his original reservation for the evening.

It's already past ten o'clock, and something like that happened again. It's not the right time to go out.

Sakamoto Kazuya and others had already left. At this moment, there were only Qiao Qiao and Sayoko.

"It doesn't matter."

Sayoko pursed her lips and smiled.

"As long as I'm with Qiao Sang, I'll be happy wherever I am."

she said.

At this time, the crescent moon shines in the sky.

The stars are like the sea.

The terrace offers views of the lake in the distance.

Occasionally, one or two small boats opened up a pool of stars, which was quiet and peaceful.

The evening breeze blew, blowing the ends of Sayoko's hair and the corners of her clothes.

"I wish time could go on like this forever."

Sayoko sighed and looked up at the bright moon.

Qiao Qiao picked up the camera and took a photo.

Even if this camera was damaged after taking only one photo during this trip.

Qiao Qiao thinks it's worth it.

The next day’s journey was also around Songjiang, so we didn’t change hotels.

At six o'clock in the morning, Qiao Qiao woke up from his sleep.

He packed his bed, and on the other side of the room, Sayoko was still sleeping soundly.

Qiao Qiao was careful not to disturb her and came to the living room.

I opened my laptop, browsed the news for a while, and checked the information from the Soul Exorcist Association.

"Well, there are frequent weird activities, is it because of Kannazuki?"

Qiao Qiao looked at the notice.

This year’s Izumo Taisha Shrine Kamisai Festival, the most grand festival, will be held on November 23rd, which is Saturday.

Personnel from many shrines throughout the country will participate in the festival.

Students from the High School Affiliated to Fengcheng University will also visit as tourists.

Very grand.

However, the gathering of people in Izumo has also weakened the power of spirit exterminators in other areas. Is that why strange phenomena occur frequently?

Qiao Qiao thought and looked at today's arrangements.

Today’s itinerary is Adachi Museum of Art and Okuizumo.

The Adachi Museum of Art is located in Yasu City, Shimane Prefecture, and is known as the most beautiful garden in Japan.

Okuizumo and Izumo are not the same place, but Okuizumo is indeed the birthplace of the Izumo culture of the Republic of Japan. The legendary Susanoo and Yamata no Orochi fought in Okuizumo, and it was also the first place where ironware was smelted in the Republic of Japan. place.

After closing the webpage, Qiao Qiao inserted the camera's memory card into the laptop's interface.

Organized the photos.

Sayoko came to her seat in the classroom for the first time.

An excited Sayoko was sitting on the bus.

Sayoko looked out the window on the Shinkansen.

Sayoko who ate delicious food.

Sayoko, wearing a yukata and bathing in the moonlight.

Almost all are photos of Sayoko.

Qiao Qiao didn't know much about retouching, but Suzuka once told Qiao Qiao a trick for taking portraits.

"The so-called secret to photographing portraits: light, depth of field, lens, and angle are all external things."

Mr. Suzuka said seriously while wearing glasses.

“If you want to take good-looking portraits, then of course you have to take good-looking people!”

"As long as the model is good-looking, even with poor skills, you can still take perfect portraits!"

"What, beautiful girls also have blind spots? No, no, no, Suzuka-sensei told you, the reason why there are beautiful girls who become unattractive due to shooting techniques is because they are not beautiful enough, do you understand?"

"A truly beautiful girl will look beautiful even if she picks her nose for photos!"

——That’s what she said.

Now it seems that this is the truth.

"Qiao Sang, what are you looking at?"

Suddenly, Sayoko's voice came from behind her. She poked her head and saw that Qiao Qiao's computer screen was filled with photos of herself.

"Huh? Huh!!!"

Sayoko's face suddenly turned red.

"This is a photo taken during the trip."

Qiao Qiao explained calmly.

"But, it seems like it's all me?"

Xiao Yezi came closer and breathed past Qiao Qiao's ear.

"After all, I was with Sayoko all the way, so it makes perfect sense for Sayoko to appear in the photos I took."

"Really"

Sayoko looked at the photo, but she felt very happy.