Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 299 Typhoon ([-])

pat, pat.

Kirino Akane pressed several times in a row, but the lighter in her hand still didn't emit a little flame.

"It's broken." Soya said.

"Let me see..." The kitchen was pitch black, and by the light of her mobile phone, she held the old plastic lighter in front of her, shook it a few more times, and frowned, "There is no oil in it."

"That's no different from being broken, and it's not refillable." Sogu looked at the "baby" lighter in her hand, and the candles on the table, which she brought over after the power outage.Seeing her excited face, he even suspected that she was the one who cut off the electricity.

Fortunately, there are lighters available in the kitchen.

pat.

The flame rose and lit the candles that had been deposited for more than ten years. There was a warm light on the dining table, covering the excited or calm people around.

It seems to be an instinct passed down from ancient times. When facing flames, human beings always have a feeling of obsession, and some people are even more so.Kirino Akane stared at the candle for a while with some emotion, then moved it to the center of the dining table, and then said: "Continue eating."

At her request, Zong Gu and Hong Zi also turned off the light of the mobile phone.The kitchen, which is only lit by candlelight, is very dim, although it doesn't affect the meal.

"It's very atmospheric, isn't it?"

"Yes." Zong Gu didn't know what kind of atmosphere she was after, but was glad that the power outage happened after the rice was cooked.

buzz-

Keiko Kirino quickly called to ask about the situation in her daughter's old house.After a few words of greeting, she said that the power outage was regional. It is speculated that the typhoon damaged the nearby power supply facilities, and it can be repaired tonight if it is fast.

According to Akane Kirino, Tsukuyomi was the first to breathe a sigh of relief.

Kirino Keiko said to her daughter again: "Dad just called and asked, and the staff in the town are already rushing to repair it."

"Do you need me to help?" Kirino asked.

Kirino Keiko's reaction on the phone was almost exactly the same as that of Soya in front of her: "It's not your turn to help, just stay at home."

And the former also added an extra sentence: "Stay by Zongya's side."

Akane Kirino responded with a smile, "I know."

Dinner continued, and Soya ate much faster than usual, put down the bowls and chopsticks within 2 minutes, and got up to leave the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" Kirino asked.

"Nowhere to go. I'll go upstairs to my room and see if the power is out in the vicinity."

"Do you need a candle? There's one in the treasure chest...the iron box." She changed her words quickly.

He smiled. "No. I'll be down soon."

"Ok."

Using the phone to shine a light on his feet, Soya went back to the upstairs room and stood by the window looking left and right for a while.If, as Kirino Keiko said, the power outage area is not small, at least the vicinity of Kirino's old house is dark and there is no light to be seen.

Turning around and leaning against the window sill, he called Jingzi again, and it took a while to get through.

"Student Fang Ming."

The two contacted once in the afternoon. At that time, Jingzi was in the shrine, surrounded by worshipers who were sheltering from the rain in the shrine office, and it was very noisy; but now her place is very quiet, and there is no noise, so she should have returned home.

"Good evening." Upon hearing her voice, Sogu relaxed unconsciously, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Ah."

Kyoko then closed the door, turned around and leaned against her back, panting slightly, "I just returned to my room after receiving a call from Fang Ming."

Sogu pursed his lower lip, and understood that she didn't want to have too much contact with her in front of her family, especially her father.

"Is there a power outage at Jingzi?"

"No." There was a hint of surprise in her tone, "Did student Fangming have a power outage?"

He turned his face slightly and looked outside, "It looks like this at the moment, and the scope is not small, so I want to ask Jingzi."

"Everything is normal here. Is Fang Ming in trouble?"

"Well... now there's a big problem."

"What's the trouble?" Jingzi asked with a condensed expression.

The wind and rain were howling outside the window, Sogu whispered softly: "I can't see Kyoko."

"..."

Her heartbeat quickened a lot, and her face seemed to be heating up. She took a breath, and slowly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"I want to see you too."

"If it wasn't raining, I would have come here in the afternoon."

Jingzi smiled, "I've heard that sentence this afternoon."

"Is that so?" Soya groped his way to the desk, pulled out the chair and sat down, then turned on the rechargeable desk lamp, squinting his eyes in the sudden light.

She listened to his subtle movements, and asked after a while: "Has Fang Ming had dinner?"

"I've eaten, it's because the electricity was cut off during the meal..." Soya said, and suddenly looked back.

Jingzi asked about other things, and he answered them one by one, and finally said: "Don't worry, it's just a power outage, and it might be restored tonight. Don't worry."

She nodded unconsciously in her own room, "Hmm..."

"I should go wash the dishes." Soya said.

"..."

Jingzi was slightly startled, and then responded, "Well, bye."

He didn't hang up the phone directly, "When Mr. Sugawara and Mrs. Sugawara are not at home, I want to try Kyoko's cooking again."

Despite the complicated mood, she still laughed.

"I'll be on the lookout for such an opportunity."

"I'm looking forward to it. Bye."

"OK Bye Bye."

Putting down the phone, Kyoko fell back, looked at the ceiling under the light yellow light, smiled for a while, and frowned for a while, and a low, inaudible sigh sounded in the room.

My sister's voice came from outside: "Sister, I'm going to take a bath."

She turned her head to look at the door, "Well, Yuzi should wash first."

"I want to wash with my sister."

Jingzi smiled and sat up again, "Okay."

On the other side, Soya hung up the phone, picked up the desk lamp and walked out of the room.

"It's time to wash the dishes." Hongzi in the hallway learned what she had learned and put it into practice, and explained, "Zong Gu has been up there for too long, I just came up to take a look."

"Take it." Without saying much, he gave her the desk lamp and walked to the front.

Hongzi followed immediately, took his arms, and shone the lights on each other's feet.

"Is there a power outage at the senior sister's side?"

"No. We are the only ones who are unlucky." Sogu looked at her, "Did Hongzi's parents call?"

She nodded, "Mom is a little worried and wants me to go back."

"Sure, then I'll see you off."

"I won't go back." Hongzi stuck closer, shining a lamp on him, "No one wants me to go back."

Sogu narrowed his eyes immediately, "Then I'll go to Hongzi's house to rest tonight."

"Okay." She didn't believe it, "Sleep on my bed and smell me."

Going downstairs, Akane Kirino saw the lamp in Hongzi's hand, and was slightly taken aback.

"Just right." She blew out most of the candles left on the table, "I'll use this later."

"What are you thinking?" Sogu walked to the sink, only to find that the dishes were almost washed.

"You'll find out later." Akane Kirino smiled mysteriously.

"I'll wash the rest."

Nodding towards Wuling, washed his hands clean, and stood aside, while Hongzi stood on the other side holding a desk lamp.

"Just put it here." Zong Gu gestured.

"If it gets wet with water, it will be troublesome for a short circuit." She insisted on holding the lamp, just to accompany him in the kitchen justifiably.

After staying for a while, Akane Kirino picked up the candle and lighter, pulled the Zhaowu bell and went to the living room first, only Yuedu was still sitting at the dining table in a daze.

The internet and electricity were cut off, he couldn't even watch TV, and it was too early, far before bedtime, so he was a little dazed and at a loss;
Although Hongzi winked frequently, he didn't notice it until Soya finished washing the remaining dishes and put them all in the cupboard.

"Do you want to stay here?"

"No... I'd better go to sleep."

Having nothing to do, the god finally finished his daze, turned around and went upstairs.

Soya and Hongzi came to the living room, and Akane Kirino was using her mobile phone to take pictures of the treasures in the iron box, recalling them, and introducing them to Asagiri.

"You are here." She immediately stopped introducing, put the things in her hand into the iron box, and looked at them expectantly.

"What are you going to do?" Soya asked.

Hongzi put down the desk lamp in the middle of the table, and intentionally or unintentionally shone the light on him.

"Has Soya heard of 'Hyakumonogatari'?"

"Is it the game of lighting a hundred candles and blowing out one when you say a strange story, until all the candles are blown out, and ghosts will appear?"

"Yeah." Akane Kirino nodded, "Let's play too."

He turned the desk lamp to the other side to illuminate the items in the iron box, "There are only two candles here, how to play."

"Can you cut the candle into small pieces? And we are relatively small, so let's change it to 'Ten Monogatari'."

Soya didn't say yes or no, then looked at Hongzi and Chao Wuling, and they also looked at him, obviously they had already agreed.

"Fine. But I have nothing to say."

"It's fine to say whatever you want, it doesn't have to be a strange talk."

The two candles that Akane Kirino collected when she was young were very long, and the complete one was [-] to [-] centimeters long. It's just that many years have passed, and she herself doesn't remember where it came from.

"Well, this kind of candle... I probably brought it back from a certain banquet. It's not important, let's cut it first." She took the candle and was about to cut it into small pieces. Because she needed a knife, it was Soya Do it for me.

Cut two candles into ten small candles of about the same length, and each one is three or four centimeters long, enough to burn for a while.

First light two candle ends, bake the bases of each other, and fix them on the table, then bake the other small candles against the candle for a while, burn out the wick, and then fix them on the table in the same way.Soya and Akane Kirino worked together, and soon there were ten burning candles on the table.

The candle flickered slightly, making the living room much brighter.

"So, who should we start with?" Kirino Qian looked back and forth at the people around her.

"Since you suggested it, of course it starts with you." Soya said.

"Okay." Akane Kirino waited for his words, didn't refuse, and clicked on them one by one, "I'll talk first, and then in a clockwise order, followed by Hongzi, Soya and Suzu, no problem, right?" ?”

"no problem."

"Ahem." She cleared her throat, and then began to talk.

[In other words, on a night when the wind was blowing and you couldn't see your fingers, Hongzi was walking home alone...]

"Eh? Wait a minute, why me?"

"Don't be afraid, it's just the same name."

[I don't know why, there is no one on the road, and the street lights are broken...]

"The power is off."

"Don't interrupt!"

【Songya... No, Hongzi felt very scared, so he quickened his pace and wanted to go home early.But the road will pass through a cemetery...]

"A long time ago, there was indeed a cemetery nearby."

"bell……"

"Go on."

[The cemetery... what cemetery?No, passing a cemetery... Well, when passing the cemetery, Hongzi was very scared, and his pace became faster.at this time! 】

Hongzi trembled.

[Hey hey...cough cough.At this moment, a strange laughter suddenly sounded from behind Hongzi, and she was so frightened that she ran away without looking back.As a result, the strange laughter followed her all the time, and she couldn't get rid of it no matter what.Running and running, Hongzi ran for more than ten minutes... Well, after running for half a minute, Hongzi couldn't run anymore. 】

Soya couldn't help laughing, blowing the candle in front of him to shake.

[If I knew I would have practiced running more, Hongzi regretted it in her heart, but her body no longer has any strength.Her footsteps slowed down, and she didn't dare to stop. She dragged her body and reluctantly walked forward. The laughter behind her was getting closer, closer...Suddenly! 】

Hongzi looked at her steadfastly, and took a deep breath after a while.

【—the laughter stopped. 】

【Hongzi couldn't help but glance back, but behind him there was nothing but darkness.It must be an illusion, she thought in her heart, but when she turned her head again, she found that there was an extra figure in front of her. 】

"Who?" Hongzi blurted out.

【"Who?" Hongzi asked.The man didn't speak, and she approached slowly, only to realize that it was a scarecrow. 】

[The scarecrow in the field, why did it appear outside the cemetery?Hongzi is curious, but she wants to go home more.Just as he was about to leave, the scarecrow suddenly said, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."]

[The Scarecrow actually cried! 】

"Why?" Hongzi asked.

【Why does the scarecrow cry?Hongzi stopped again. "Excuse me, what's wrong with you?"】

[The scarecrow weeps in a low voice, and the cry is mournful, as if he is talking about something again.Hongzi couldn't hear clearly, so he moved a little closer. 】

Akane Kirino winked, but Hongzi was unmoved, so she moved towards her.

【"It's gone..." Hongzi almost leaned close to the Scarecrow's face before he could hear its crying whisper. 】

【"What's missing?" Hongzi asked it. 】

【"It's all gone...my body is gone..." It turned out that the scarecrow was not a scarecrow at first, but just a soul entrusted to it.Its original body was separated and hidden in various places in the cemetery. 】

【Hongzi decides to help it get back its body. 】

Hongzi pursed her lips and muttered, "Hurry up and go home..."

[The cemetery is huge, crows and bats are flying around, vampires and ghouls are everywhere...]

"Then who dares to go in." Zong Gu said.

[Well, the above are all Hongzi's imagination, but in fact there is nothing, there are only tombs in the cemetery... This is nonsense, right?Forget it, never mind.According to the scarecrow's prompt, Hongzi first found its left leg, so it moved out. 】

Hongzi frowned.

[A magical thing happened: the left leg merged with the scarecrow's body, as if growing out of it.The scarecrow thanked Hongzi, and then told her where the other part of her body was. 】

【Hongzi decides to help it find a complete body before returning home. 】

【The second thing I found was its head, which was bloody, and one of its eyeballs was missing, and maggots were crawling from its nostrils, and it was very rotten. 】

"..."

Hongzi frowned even tighter, looking almost unbearable.

[Bring the head to the scarecrow, and it really fused together, and its voice became louder.It then told Hongzi that its torso was in a leaf-filled pit on the west side of the cemetery. 】

【Hongzi continued to search, and found the scarecrow's torso, right leg, and arm with both hands removed.Melted together, the Scarecrow also becomes more human. 】

"There are two hands left." Hongzi said in a low voice.

[Yes, there are only two hands left.So Hongzi asked the Scarecrow again where his hands had been thrown.The Scarecrow cried again. 】

Kirino Akane paused, took a deep breath, glanced at Hongzi quickly, and continued to tell.

【Tears redder than blood kept flowing from the scarecrow's eyes.Hongzi didn't know what happened, so he asked it what was going on. 】

[The Scarecrow refused to tell her, but just cried.Hongzi approached again, wiped off the blood and tears on its face, and comforted it gently. 】

"..."

Soya smiled, and Hongzi rolled her eyes tenderly.

【"Mr. Scarecrow, where are your hands?" Hongzi asked again. 】

【The Scarecrow's mouth moved, as if to say something.Hongzi couldn't hear clearly, so he moved closer. 】

Akane Kirino moved closer to Koko, and Soya pursed her lower lip.

【"What did you say?" Hongzi asked. 】

【The Scarecrow opens his mouth again, but Hongzi still can't hear clearly. 】

【She leans closer, "Where is it?"】

【The scarecrow spoke again, a piece of skin suddenly fell off his face, words and wriggling maggots came out of his mouth together. 】

【And this time, Hongzi heard very clearly: "At..."】

As her voice got lower, Akane Kirino suddenly raised her hands and reached out to Hongzi who was listening attentively.

"it's here!"

"ah--"

The fear that had been brewing for a long time suddenly broke out, and Hongzi immediately screamed and backed up again and again.Being grabbed by one ankle by Soya, she screamed and kicked him a few times before stopping.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the expected result, Kirino Akane was very satisfied.

Zongya shook her head, but she had to admit that she rendered the horror atmosphere very well, as evidenced by the tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Sorry, Hongzi, are you okay?"

Rubbing her chest, Hongzi shook her head, crawled back to the low table, and then glanced at Soya.

"your hands……"

"fine."

Looking at her, Akane Kirino thought contentedly for a while, and finally remembered that there was still one thing that had not been done.

"call!"

She blew out a breath, extinguished the nearest candle, and then looked at Hongzi who was just in shock.

"now you."

(End of this chapter)