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"Me? I can't tell you the specific reason." Li Mo folded his hands and pretended to be calm. Is it possible that my family is not in this world? Let's not talk about the time before the time travel, just talk about the original owner's family... There is not much difference.
Zhengu buried his head in his knees and said, "Oh, then let's not talk about it."
"Makomo, are you thinking about Mr. Urokodaki? Didn't he leave yesterday? I remember that Makomo and Mr. Urokodaki have the same last name? Makomo was adopted by Mr. Urokodaki, right?"
Zhengu sighed, "Don't you know about this? Why are you asking?"
"Because that question just now was very embarrassing, I can't answer it... By the way, Makoto, have you mastered the "Full Concentration·Changzhong"? I feel that your breathing has changed a lot."
Zhengu said, "Is it really okay to divert attention so directly?"
Li Mo just smiled, looking nonchalant, and I was just openly trying to divert his attention.
"Hey, Junior Brother. Can we meet again next year?"
"Wouldn't I? Of course I'd come. Let's get together at Mr. Urokodaki's place every year. I'd invite Giyuu and Saneto along. Come to think of it, I haven't seen those two guys in over a year. I wonder how it feels to be bullied by Saneto."
Li Mo muttered to himself. As the senior brother of the two, his favorite thing to do was to bully Santu in the name of "training". He found it interesting to see Santu's helpless and furious look.
Zhengu curled up into a curled-up room. She always felt that she was getting further and further away from the junior fellow student next to her... Perhaps this feeling of alienation would be much better after she became a "Pillar".
"What interesting things are you talking about? Can you call me one?"
At some point, Butterfly Kanae came to the roof and asked.
Chapter 55: Communication under the Moonlight
Kocho Kanae is 13 years old now, but she acts like an adult. To Li Mo, last year's date was a gentle older sister, but what about now?
Now he has become someone he cannot understand.
At this moment, I have no idea what is going on in Kocho Kanae's mind. What kind of mood did she have when she asked? I have no idea. Just looking at the other person's gentle eyes, my heart melted, and there was no reason to refuse at all.
"Actually, we didn't discuss anything. We just talked about some things in the past. Is Kanae-san interested?" Li Mo asked.
Kocho Kanae nodded with a curious look, "Of course I'm curious. Li-san, when we left last time, you came here to meet Zhengu. I've been studying for more than half a year, and I'm very curious about what happened! I still remember the few days I lived with Li-san very clearly."
To be honest, I only lived with the Butterfly sisters for two or three days. But the changes that happened at that time were very impressive. It was the first time that Li Mo saw a living person die in that way. Thinking of this, my heart became heavy. Then I saw Butterfly Kanae smiling like that, and her gentle expression made me feel calm.
Does the other party really remember his performance during those days?
"Ah, do you think those days had a big impact on me, Li-san? Actually, it doesn't matter. The tragedy happened on that day, but it's been a year or two, right? People should look forward." Kocho Kanae sneered, "Both my parents and you have said that I look best when I smile, right?"
Li Mo blinked, "Did I say that?"
"There's none?"
"Then just take it as I said. Shinobu is fine if you have a bad temper. Kanae-san looks best when she smiles."
"Thank you for the compliment. By the way, I will tell Shinobu about this." Kocho Kanae said with a wicked smile.
"Stop." Li Mo begged for mercy.
Shinkomo hugged her legs and curled up. She sat between the two of them, listening to their conversation. The familiarity between their words was enviable. How did Kocho Kanae manage to maintain such a sense of distance with her junior?
She twirled her fingers in circles out of boredom. Her mind was free, but her ears continued to listen to the two people's conversation.
"Why don't you try to beg me? I might not tell Shinobu."
Li Mo said: "Gentle, kind, beautiful and generous Kanae-san, please have mercy on your loyal servant... Wait, if Xiaonin is angry, let her be angry. I will talk to her myself then."
Butterfly Kanae covered her mouth and said, "Oh, I forgot that Li-san likes to tease Xiaonin the most. What should I do?"
The two of them talked back and forth like they were discussing manzai. They laughed at the same time, but Makomo was the only one sitting there, like an outsider.
I should spend most of my time with Li Mo, right? But there are so few topics to talk about?
"Zhenguo, why do you look so defeated? Are you unable to keep up with the topic and feel abandoned?" said a cocky male voice.
Zhen Gu replied: "Junior brother, your imagination is a bit too much."
"Eh? Really? But you just called us by our names. Why did you suddenly become so strange? Are you angry? How about I do a backflip for you?"
Zhen Gu was skeptical, "Can you try?"
Immediately, the man stood up, took a short run, and then jumped down from the house, completing a perfect backflip in the middle of the jump, so perfect that even the gymnasts were ashamed of themselves. The final landing was a textbook-level one.
"You actually tried it..." Zhen Gu didn't know what to say for a moment.
Butterfly Kanae said loudly, "Li-san, don't come back after you go down. I have something to talk to Zhengu alone."
Immediately, a man's voice came from the yard below: "No problem."
Shinkomo tilted his head and looked at Butterfly Kanae with a calm expression, "Kaname-san, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Butterfly Kanae asked, "Makoto-san, are you worried about Li-san?"
"Yes. I feel that there is a sense of distance between me and Lee-san... I thought that after mastering the "Complete Collection·Changzhong", I would be able to get a little closer to him, but it seems that only by becoming a "Pillar" can it be possible?" Makomo spoke to himself. Rather than answering the question, it was more like expressing his own thoughts in front of Kocho Kanae.
Kanae Kocho is a magical person. In front of her, you feel like you can let go of everything and tell her about your troubles.
"Ah, the sense of distance? Is that what you're worried about, Makoto-san?"
"Yes."
"Hmm... Could it be that Shinkomi-san thinks that the distance between me and Li-san is very close. Do you really think so?"
“That’s what I think,” said Makoto.
Kocho Kanae smiled and said, "Makoto-san's expression has been so calm, I thought I guessed wrong. In fact, this idea is wrong. There is a sense of distance between me and Li-san."
She then explained: "Li Sang is just like this. He feels distant from everyone. It's like he doesn't fit in with this world. Considering Li Sang's foreign identity, it's normal to feel distant."
"Is that right?"
"That's it, unless...Makoto-san, do you have a crush on Li-san?" asked Kanae Kocho.
Makomo looked up at the starry sky, which was no different from what she saw when she was a child. "I don't know. The swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps... don't have the room to consider this. At least not now."
"That's true. Let's wait until there are no ghosts in the future before we talk about this." said Kanae Kocho.
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The conversation between the girls was going on. On the other side, Li Mo looked at Kochi Shinobu who was drinking tea in the room and fell into deep thought.
After jumping off the roof, he did not go up again. Instead, he turned back to the house and saw the scene in front of him. It was normal for Kocho Shinobu to drink tea, but it was strange that she looked like a lady when drinking tea. Where did I go when I was a tomboy at such a big age?
"Li-san, are you thinking about something weird? Be careful or I'll beat you up."
Ah, vulgar words, this is the familiar Xiao Ren. Li Mo said: "I think that the person who drinks tea so gently must not be the Xiao Ren I know."
"I'm angry." Kochi Shinobu raised her eyebrows, twitched the corners of her mouth, and said, "What's wrong with me drinking tea like this?"
"Nothing, nothing. I just suddenly felt that you, Shinobu, actually have some similarities with Kanae-san."
Butterfly said angrily: "We are sisters after all!"
"But you sisters have such different personalities." Li Mo exaggeratedly made a circle with his hands to describe the huge gap.
Butterfly Shinobu turned her head and said, "I don't want to bother with you!"
"I'm just stating the facts... Unless you look like your sister that day." Li Mo stroked his chin and said. The future appearance of Kocho Shinobu flashed through his mind.
——But the appearance of such a Kocho Shinobu is premised on Kanae’s departure.
"As expected, you are the best now, Shinobu."
Shinobu Kocho complained: "Lee-san, if you are sick, you should go see a doctor. Also, if you want me to become like my sister, wait until you die."
"Haha, I will definitely live longer than you." Li Mo said.
The swordsmen who were resting were communicating, but the crows who were shouldering important responsibilities were not qualified to do so. The pitch-black crows flew under the night sky, delivering information.
Chapter 56: Strange Attack
When the crow brings intelligence, it often brings a mission. A few days later, Li Mo set out on his journey again. The crow brought the arrangement of the master, and his destination was Tokyo. But this time he did not set out alone, and Kocho Kanae went to Tokyo with him.
"Why did the lord send you, Kanae-san, to Tokyo?"
With doubts in his mind, Li Mo asked, and he couldn't understand why Butterfly Kanae went to Tokyo. He was here to take over the Flame Pillar's area, but what about Kanae? The newcomers who passed the "final selection" would not be assigned to such a high-risk area.
Tokyo has a large population, and there is always invisible darkness under the bustling city. Every day, people go missing in this city. Are they eaten by ghosts or missing for other reasons? This is a question mark. But it is known that powerful ghosts appear in this city every day.
Miss Tamayo didn't leave Tokyo. On the one hand, it was the frontier of the world, where she could acquire a lot of cutting-edge knowledge. On the other hand, she could survive by picking up corpses, but Miss Tamayo hadn't eaten humans for a long time. Wait... Could it be that Kanae-san was going to see Miss Tamayo?
Butterfly Chanae said: "My lord told me to go to Tokyo to meet someone. He said it was the professional."
Professionals, is there anyone more professional than Miss Tamayo? Li Mo nodded and said, "I know what the lord is thinking. If it is Chane-san, she should meet up with that professional. No wonder Xiaonin didn't come along, she is not suitable to meet that lady."
Butterfly Kanae is a gentle person. She is so gentle even when facing evil spirits. It is difficult to find someone who can live in harmony with demons in the Demon Slayer Corps. The current lord does not have the prestige to overwhelm all opposition. But sooner or later, that gentle man will reach that day.
"That professional, for the ladies?"
"Yeah, she's a Yamato Nadeshiko type of lady. You'll know when Kanae-san meets her."
After arriving in Tokyo, Li Mo personally sent Kocho Kanae to Tamayo's residence. After seeing the pharmacist's daughter and Doctor Kitachi having a good conversation, he left despite Yushiro's murderous look.
"See you next time, Li-san."
"See you next time, Kanae-san."
After leaving Miss Tamayo, Li Mo went to look for Rengoku Shinjuro. He found him in a ramen restaurant. He seemed to have just sat down to rest, eating ramen to replenish his energy.
Looking at the pile of empty bowls next to him, Li Mo knew that Rengoku Shinjuro was probably really hungry.
"Junior, I noticed that you and I have met at this ramen shop several times!"
"That's because you, Mr. Purgatory, like to eat at this ramen restaurant. That's why we often meet here."
Rengoku Shinjuro quickly finished the bowl of ramen in front of Jiang and said, "You're right! I feel bad when I think about not being able to eat such delicious ramen after leaving here."
Li Mo sat next to Rengoku Shinjuro and said, "If you say that, Ruhuo will be angry. Isn't her ramen better than this restaurant's?"
Rengoku Ruka is the wife of Rengoku Shinjuro. During this year, Li Mo went to Rengoku's house quite a few times. As time went by, they became familiar with each other and their relationship became much closer.
——Although he didn't understand, Li Mo found that Rengoku Ruka, like Kamado Aoi, treated him as a younger brother. Why? Am I just a younger brother...
He doesn't hate it.
"Ruhu, we only eat rice at home now." Rengoku Shinjuro said, believing that the junior in front of him, whom Rengoku Ruhu regarded as a younger brother, could understand what he meant.
Li Mo hammered his palms and suddenly realized: "Oh, that kid Kyojuro likes to eat rice, and Sister Ruhuo prefers to cook rice."