HLnovel Chapter 283: Past Events (Part )
Chapter 283: Past Events (Part )
Note: OOC warning!
The chapter about Yuri's Past will change the plot of the Book of Friends, and I personally feel that the writing is a bit harsh... So, friends who don't like harsh writing please skip it!
Warning again: It's a knife! It's a knife! It's a knife! I'll say it three times. It's a knife related to Natsume. If you don't like it, please skip it!
(Actually, I don’t want to write this! It’s just that the plot has been laid out to this point, and this is the only way. Sigh… Please be gentle, I’ll run away with the pot lid on my head)
Early in the morning, Natsume Takashi followed a huge white monster and ran towards the depths of the forest near Sensoji Temple.
As we go deeper along the trail, the cold climate gradually becomes warm and humid, and the water vapor in the forest can even wet people's clothes.
It seems like the bleakness of autumn has not yet arrived, but the midsummer rain has already fallen, and the flowers, plants and forests are coming to an end from this moment on.
The towering beech trees suddenly rose up from the ground as they watched, like tall trees from ancient times, growing to a height of thirty or forty meters. The oval brown leaves faded back to light brown, yellow, and finally green.
The scorched and yellowed ground extended with Natsume Takashi's footsteps, and wildly growing thorns and vines emerged, with white flowers blooming on the thorns.
He stopped and looked up at the sky.
In stark contrast to the temperature is the feeling that the environment on both sides brings to people.
Behind me, the rising sun slowly rises from the horizon, and the pale light is not hot but warmly covers every inch of land.
Ahead, there was a loud flash of lightning, and black clouds were gathering and entangled, emitting strange energy fluctuations.
The sky seemed to be melting, with thick, dark liquid rolling down, shrinking the distance between heaven and earth to an extremely small size.
A dazzling white light suddenly burst out, piercing into my eyes like a thorn.
Natsume Takashi subconsciously lowered his head, closed his eyes and covered his face with his sleeves.
After a few flashes, the white light disappeared, and a deep red light, foreshadowing ominousness and danger, rose in the dense forest, shining on his fair cheek, like some kind of warning.
In an instant, as if an oil tanker at sea had leaked, the rolling liquid spread along the terrain in the center of the light, forming a huge circle, and was about to flow to Natsume Takashi's feet.
"Stand back." Madara said in a strong voice, "Don't go any further."
It grabbed Natsume Takashi's collar and jumped four or five meters away. It didn't let go of its mouth until it was sure that the black torrent would not sweep over here again, and then it gently put the person down.
"Teacher." Natsume Takashi looked straight ahead with a serious look, his lips slightly pursed, as if he was thinking about something, and then asked, "Is this the scene of the fusion of worlds?"
Madara kicked the ground with his hind paws, and after a white mist appeared, he changed back into the form of a lucky cat and jumped into Natsume Takashi's arm in three or two steps.
"Well, that's right." It took out a bean paste bun from somewhere, found a comfortable place to nestle, and said while chewing, "It's really spectacular."
"It's probably close to 70%." After licking the bean paste, it said nonchalantly, "It's not far from complete fusion."
"......." Hearing this, Natsume Takashi did not feel relieved at all, and clenched his hands slightly, "Is this change really unchangeable?"
"How do you change it?" After eating one, Ban touched his stomach and still felt unsatisfied, so he took out the second one, rolled it on his arm, and replied, "It's the same world."
Natsume Takashi's grip tightened.
According to what Teacher Cat heard from somewhere, a thousand years ago, the world was torn apart by an unprecedented explosion, and space and time were split into two, forming two different small worlds.
Although the half where he was located gave birth to legendary creatures such as monsters and gods, it had generally progressed steadily on the normal track to the present.
However, in the other half of the world, the process was repeatedly interrupted at the end of 2018, moving from doomsday to restart, and then continuing to fall into the abyss after restarting.
The resentment generated by the disasters of reincarnation turns into twisted and deformed monsters that constantly wander the human world, trapped in a continuous vicious cycle.
Allowing these two worlds to merge...how can that be a good thing?
"It's okay." Madara glanced at Natsume Takashi's face, waved his hand and said, "Until the big crisis over there is resolved, it won't have a big impact here. Didn't I tell you that someone is already working hard on it?"
"But." Such words did not comfort Natsume Takashi much, "someone needs to devote his entire life and soul to fill the vacancy..."
"Those people did it willingly." Madara said, "Natsu-nea, there's nothing we can do about this kind of thing."
If you travel back and forth in dangerous passages, you will be maliciously attacked by the world consciousness because you are a visitor from the outside world. If you are not careful, you will be completely dissipated.
Even gods cannot be easily contaminated, let alone ordinary monsters.
The only people willing to take on the burden are usually humans with strong spiritual powers but also obsessions.
If he tried to stop it, he might be blamed by the other party, so he didn't want to do such a thankless task.
“........” Natsume Takashi lowered his head and lowered his eyes slightly.
Even though I know I may not be able to help, I don't want to just stand by and watch.
"Ah, there's really nothing I can do about you." Ban puffed up his stomach, took out a celadon bottle from somewhere, threw it into Natsume Takashi's hand, shook his head and said, "Take it."
"........Teacher Cat, what is this?" Natsume Takashi raised the bottle and asked in confusion.
"Uh..." The lucky cat tapped his head and tried hard to recall, "I think I got it from a bet with a monk when I was drinking."
"If we really meet, we should hand the things over to the other party." Madara said, "It may save a life."
"Teacher!" Natsume Takashi's eyes lit up slightly, "Thank you."
"Well, don't be too happy too soon." The cat jumped onto Natsume Takashi's shoulder. The heavy pressure almost made him lose his balance. "You don't know where the person is, how can you send him there?"
"Is there no characteristic or anything like that?" Natsume Takashi thought attentively, "If I ask the little monsters, will they give me any clues?"
"You must be joking." Madara shook his short round tail, grabbed Natsume Takashi's light-colored hair with his claws in dissatisfaction, and said shamelessly, "If a big demon like me doesn't know, it's even more impossible for them! To put it bluntly, even if you ask the gods, you may not get any answer."
"Then how did you know that?"
"That's what the monk who made the bet said." Madara moved from one side of Natsume Takashi's shoulder to the other, shaking his heavy belly and said, "I knew him a long time ago, and he probably died of old age."
"So... he didn't leave any message?"
"That guy's temple is nearby." Madara said, "Since you ask me to, I can take you there."
Natsume Takashi exhaled softly, reached out and touched the soft hair on Madara's back, and said, "Thank you, teacher."
"I really don't understand you." Madara jumped to the ground, turned around, and asked as he walked, "Anyway, the fusion of the worlds is a good thing for you, right?"
"........What?"
"That's it." Madara said, "After the fusion, time will be forced to go back to 2018. By that time..." It said, "You haven't been adopted by the Fujiwara family yet, so you don't have to let them accompany you to act in front of your Lily sister."
"........"
Natsume Takashi paused and did not answer the question.