Chapter 51

Sitting and chatting is boring. Shinichi Hinawa also wanted to introduce this space and improve Kyoto's personality in front of the two high school students. But it was a bit troublesome for him to deal with two people alone. After thinking about it, he called Mikazuki Munechika who was more familiar with them.

"Are you interested in taking a look around? Mikazuki can help you explain it."

The host of this place invited the duo and they had no intention of refusing. Moreover, they had seen so many things along the way and were very curious about the space here. The last time they saw a space independent of the human world was in Edo's dreamland, and they didn't feel good that time and left in a hurry. Now Kyoto offered to take them to see it, and they were very happy.

Gojo Satoru said happily: "Let's go and have a look!"

When they walked outside, they could see a larger space. They had seen the peach forest before, but now they could even vaguely see the mountains in the distance.

Mikazuki Munechika explained, "The Peach Blossom Spring was renovated by the lord using the Honmaru. It wasn't originally this big, but it has been expanded a lot."

"Is constructing space the ability of Kyoto?" Suguru Geto knew that every city consciousness has some exclusive abilities.

"I guess so. This is a barrier constructed using Onmyoji." Fusangshen mentioned casually, "Our lord is none other than the Onmyoji Genji..."

"etc."

Geto Xiayou interrupted him: "Forget about Onmyoji, why is it Genji?!"

Kyoto's incarnation is different from other cities because it is not a monster but an onmyoji. How can it be related to Genji? And isn't Genji the famous "Glorious Prince" in "The Tale of Genji"? How can it be related to Onmyoji? Although Kyoto's face does look like the peerless prince in the book.

Seeing that Geto Suguru was confused and Mikazuki Munechika was still guessing, Hinawa Shinichi took the initiative to explain: "The other city consciousnesses you know are just incarnations of monsters, right? They are not the ones recorded in the story, but they are incarnated in this image."

Geto Suguru understood this explanation, but he still had doubts: "Why are the consciousnesses of other cities all demons, but you are an Onmyoji?" In the legendary story, the two may be considered to have an antagonistic relationship.

This time Hinawa Shinichi didn't explain it too clearly: "Maybe it's because I'm older."

Kyoto was once the neon center, and a lot of history took place here. Kyoto's history is also longer than other cities, so it's normal to say that it's old. Although Tokyo has become the new national center, the two-tailed cat is still a minor in both size and mentality. Xia Yujie guessed that Kyoto should be the head of all cities.

The head of the family acted like a head of the family. He first asked about their recent lives like an elder, and then asked if other city officials had caused them any trouble.

One is that they haven't been home for a long time, and the other is that even if they go home, there will be no normal communication between the elders and the younger generations. Now, in front of an urban consciousness that looks only a few years older than them, they inexplicably understand the mood of the younger generation.

"Tokyo is not very stable now, he will be fine in a few years. As for Sendai, he is very soft-hearted. You are not yet adults, so he will be very tolerant. Nagoya is indeed a little naughty, and has been like this for many years, but he will not be interested in something the second time, so he probably won't bother you in the future..."

Kyoto pointed out the personalities of the cities one by one, just like treating the different personalities of the family members. Not only did he understand them very well, he also kindly told the two of them how to deal with them.

However, every parent is partial to their own children. Sometimes when they talk about a certain city, the filter is so thick that Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru even wonder if they went to the wrong place on their previous mission.

For example, Nagoya, the legendary Shuuwu, was just a bad kid in their eyes. When they first met, he took off his head and threw it into the arms of the assistant supervisor at the time. He was just going on a mission and was almost treated as a toy.

The city consciousness does have distinct personality traits, but Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru have to admit that after seeing so many city consciousnesses, Kyoto gives them the most special feeling. People with great power are often very self-centered, whether it is a sorcerer, a king or a psychic, so they judge others by themselves and think that even a powerful city consciousness is arrogant and stubborn.

In fact, this is also the case with the urban consciousness they have encountered so far. Although their personalities are different, the arrogance and paranoia hidden under the power are the same.

However, Kyoto is very different. When Gojo Satoru asked him why he summoned so many tsukumogami, he replied: "Compared to other cities, I am not strong enough to protect this land, so I can only rely on their power to help myself. Flower and grass spirits are good at healing, and the tsukumogami incarnated by tools always have many magical and useful abilities. The sword tsukumogami are extremely sharp and can kill all threats."

The young man, whose external incarnation is Genji, has a clear and soft voice. He does not seem to be embarrassed at all for lacking power and having to rely on shikigami. Instead, he reveals his joy at being able to receive so much help.

Talking to such an elder, the two men felt as if they were in spring breeze, and did not notice at all that the people Kyoto relied on were all monsters, Tsukumogami.

Halfway through the conversation, the young man seemed to remember something and asked, "I still don't know why you came to Kyoto. If you need any help, feel free to tell me."

Gojo Satoru and Geto Xiayou looked at each other, their expressions becoming a little surprised: "Don't you know?"

As Hinawa Shinichi, of course he knew that they had come here for the summer vacation, and Tokyo had also instigated them. But as Kyoto, he smiled and shook his head, using a more tactful tone: "I only know that you don't like going home very much. Tong Hua and I are very surprised that you guys came this time. Tong Hua even specially made a new flavor of Tang Guozi, and wanted you to help her taste it later."

For some reason, Xia Yujie could hear the joy of a kind elder seeing his rebellious grandson come home, and he carefully took out the snacks that he had kept for a long time and gave them to his grandson, fearing that he would dislike them.

Gojo Satoru was also a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and said, "It's not that I don't like going back to Kyoto. It's just that the people at home are too annoying."

Well, now the image of the rebellious grandson is more three-dimensional.

"I'm sorry I didn't visit you before. I thought Tokyo would tell you." Geto Suguru immediately tried to smooth things over for his best friend, "It's summer vacation now, so we wanted to come and see you." As for the bet on who would find Kyoto's consciousness first, he consciously didn't say it.

However, after these words came out, Kyoto was not comforted, but sighed slowly: "Tokyo hasn't talked to me for a long time."

Xia Youjie: "..." Help! This feeling of being left behind by the elderly is even worse.

"Tokyo must have had something to do recently and that's why he hasn't contacted you. He used to talk about you all the time." Xia Yujie continued to comfort him.

"I know that every Tokyo has a child with a distinct personality, and this generation's children are particularly energetic." Relying on his height advantage, Kyoto put his hand on his head and patted it to show that he was not sad.

These words made Geto Suguru really want to ask about the age of Kyoto. If one only counts the age of the cities, Kyoto is definitely one of the oldest cities. However, they have seen Edo and know that there are changes between cities, but they are not clear about the rules of such changes. Perhaps the current Kyoto is really the same as Heian-kyo a thousand years ago.

So Xiayou Jie asked cautiously: "Do you know Edo?"

"That's a very brave kid."

In the memories of Kyoto, vivid memories like a painting slowly unfold.

As an older urban consciousness, Kyoto feels it has an obligation to teach every new urban consciousness.

So after the previous city consciousness disappeared, he went to look for the newly born city consciousness in that place. Edo was very big for wanderers, but very small for the embodiment of city consciousness. It only took a few days to find Edo's city consciousness in a somewhat unexpected place.

Snow Girl and Flower Street, they don't match at all. That's what he thought at the time.

How could the pure incarnation of ice and snow, living in an uninhabited place in the snow-capped mountains, be born in the filthy and quagmire-like Flower Street that buried so many lives?

Everything seems to be a coincidence, but it also seems to be destined.

"Even if you save her, she won't thank you. When she leaves this street, not even a trace of memory will be left." This was the first time he, as a teacher, tried to teach her how to get used to being forgotten.

The Snow Woman was wearing a white wedding dress, standing barefoot on the snow, looking at him in confusion: "What does my saving her have to do with whether she will forget me? As the incarnation of Edo, I just hope that everyone can live freely on this land."

At first he just thought that the white wedding dress worn by the Snow Girl was a pure wedding dress in Japan, but in the flower-growing family he liked, it was the color of a funeral.

The prostitute she rescued returned to the red-light district on her own initiative after escaping for three days, because she thought it would be better to live without dignity than to starve to death outside.

The Snow Girl didn't say a word. The next time she met a runaway girl, she would still save her. But she never paid attention to their whereabouts again, as if she didn't care if she didn't know.

Later, he completed his duties as a teacher and returned to his land, but the little girl followed him.

"Kyoto Kyoto, my place is haunted and there are so many cursed spirits. It hurts so much!" She didn't know where she learned how to act like a spoiled child.

But he did not comfort her. As a city consciousness, she needed to learn to be patient: "The number of cursed spirits is not too large. The sorcerers in Edo will clean them up in time and will not let you die easily."

"What if there are too many and they cause death?"

"Then you can only accept death calmly and try to die cleanly so as not to cause trouble for your future self."

"……knew."

Unfortunately, just like herself in the past, she did not have a peaceful death, nor did she die cleanly.

(End of this chapter)