Chapter 444: The Ritual
Only to see those three arrows, lightly traversing three arcs, two of them directly skimmed over the copper pot and crashed into the wall, only one feathered arrow crashed into the mouth of the bottle, but didn’t fall into the pot, instead, it bounced and flew to the ground.
Three arrows, one missed.
Hoshimi Shota lowered his head in frustration.
”It’s my turn.” The fox lady smiled and spoke, grabbing the three feathered arrows in front of her and about to throw them with force ……
”Yawn!”
The fox lady suddenly sneezed.
The hand holding the three feathered arrows shook, and the three arrows scattered at the same time, landing directly on the ground a few meters away from the copper pot, not even touching it for a moment.
Hoshimi Shota froze.
The fox lady rubbed her nose while speaking regretfully:
”Ah ah ah ah, today’s hand shaking it …… did not even touch the edge of the copper kettle, it seems that today is the long-lost Shota won it ……”
Hoshimi Shota froze for a long time before coming back to his senses, and after realizing that he had actually won against the fox girl, he excitedly jumped up from the ground.
”Hahahahaha! I really won!” He turned his head, stomped over to the foxgirl’s side, and spoke earnestly, “Today, I want a prophecy related to Yuzuru-nashi Kurotsuchi’s descendants!”
”No problem.”
The fox lady’s eyes were colored with a layer of hazy red light, and a moment later, she came to Hoshimi Shota’s ear and quietly said something.
In the next moment, Hoshimi Shota’s pupils suddenly contracted!
Evening.
Osaka Festival.
Bright yellow paper lanterns hang on both sides of the road, lighting up a corner of the dull sky, lively and bustling stalls are densely staggered on both sides of the stone road, and the ringing of food fills the entire road, grilled squid, kanto boiled food, and takoyaki (octopus dumplings) ……
The shopkeepers stood behind their carts with a black sash with the word “Struggle” written on it, their sleeves rolled up, and they quickly prepared the ingredients while shouting something, mixing it with the laughter of the passers-by, making a lively scene.
The site of the festival was beside the Yodogawa River, on the opposite bank of the river, where a grand fireworks festival was about to begin, and most of the pedestrians on the road were dressed in flower-colored yukata and stepped on wooden clogs in pairs of twos and threes.
Yukata and kimono may not seem to be very different, but kimono is a bit more grand and suitable for formal occasions, while yukata is more vividly colored and is usually worn at festivals or informal occasions.
Just then, the pedestrians at the end of the street seemed to have noticed something, and stopped their steps, pointing at the few people slowly walking in front of them.
Only at the end of the road, three men wearing brightly colored floral yukata, each holding a red paper umbrella, with wooden clogs on their feet, were walking slowly ……
On the back of the yukata, the logo of the Black Sycamore Club was printed on a black strip of paper, and below it, two large lines were written in white marker:Black Sycamore Club welcomes you!From tomorrow onwards, all drinks will be discounted by 95%!
At the bottom of the paper, there was also a string of contact numbers densely written, as well as a line with the address of the Black Sycamore Club.
Lin Qiye, who was walking in the C position, was wearing a black and red floral yukata, holding a red umbrella, his expression stiff and incomparable!
At this moment, he could not wait to find a crack in the ground to drill directly into, while his side of the Amamiya Haruhide, has already begun to choose how to jump into the river in a moment, and will not cause a commotion ……
This broken flower yukata’s color scheme is said to be black and red, but in fact, pink is the dominant, like a cherry blossom that withers in the dark night, even in such a crowded festival, it can be said that it is also flirty and compelling, and it can easily attract other people’s attention, coupled with the red umbrella that is obviously not raining, but it is still open, it can be said that the turnover rate is 100%.
And Amamiya Haruhide’s blue-gray yukata was no better.
Xiao Jin, on the other hand, was leisurely wearing a white and yellow crushed yukata, casually holding the red umbrella as he walked down the street, and compared to the stiff and restrained Lin Qiye duo, he was simply relaxed as if he was actually shopping, not caring about other people’s gazes in the slightest.
About fifty meters behind the attention-grabbing trio, Uncle Kyousuke in casual clothes was holding Yuzurina’s hand as he walked through the crowd, already smiling from ear to ear.
Look at that!
What does it mean to be a human-shaped billboard!
With this turnout and this image, after tonight, the Black Sycamore Club will surely be a hit in Kansai!
Since we can’t open for business tonight, there’s nothing wrong with doing some advertising on the way to the festival, right?
”Uncle Kyousuke, would it be too harsh for you to do this to Brother Seven Nights and them ……?” Yuzurina hesitantly asked, “I seem to have just seen Brother Seven Nights’ fists already clenched, why don’t you flee Osaka overnight? Otherwise in a while I’m afraid you won’t be able to take a punch from my brother ……”
”Say what?” Uncle Kyousuke held his head high and spoke with a spring in his step, “I’m doing this, but I’m also increasing their popularity, ah? Look at how many girls stared at them along the way? There’s still a large group of them chasing after them!
And I think the clothes I picked out are quite nice, young people, they should wear something fancy! It’s a good idea to be young!”
Uncle Kyousuke asked as he lowered his head and looked at the new clothes on Yuzurina:
”By the way little Yuzuri-chan, how are you wearing this dress I bought you? Is it comfortable?”
”It’s quite comfortable, it’s ……” Yuzu Ri Nai’s small hand clutched the corner of the garment and said in a small voice, “It just seems to be too expensive.”
”Not expensive, it’s all imitation, just wear it comfortably.”
Uncle Kyousuke smiled, his eyes fell on a small stall on the side, “Do you want to eat octopus dumplings?”
”Want to!”
”Let’s go, uncle will buy them for you.”
”What color sacks do you think Uncle Kyousuke likes?” Lin Qiye walked forward while turning his head seriously to look at Amamiya Haruhide.
Amamiya Haruhui thought carefully, “I think, crimson color is quite good, and you can’t tell after bleeding.”
”You have a point …… I’ll keep an eye out for a store that sells it.”
”Little Jin, why aren’t you reacting at all?” Amamiya Haruhide looked at Little Gold, who was at ease and casual on the side.
Xiao Jin pondered for a moment, “Just get used to it, it’s not the first time I’ve worn this dress, relax.”
”……”
”That said, Little Gold, I see that you don’t seem to be interested in being a cowboy?” Lin Qiye asked suspiciously as he recalled that every time he was open for business before, Little Gold always had a lazy look.
”You guessed right.” Xiao Jin helplessly laughed, “I simply don’t like being a cowherd …… When I’m a cowherd I have to deal with all kinds of customers, it’s very troublesome.”
”Then why do you still stay here?”
Xiao Jin tilted his head and thought, “Because Uncle Kyousuke …… he is a person who is very important to me, and he thinks I can be a cowherd, so I did.”
”……”
Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruhide glanced at each other, both seeing the helplessness in the other’s eyes.
Another abducted ignorant young boy ……
The three of them just strolled for half a block under the limelight, Xiao Jin walked into a hand puppet store and refused to leave, and in the end, Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruhui were left to continue strolling together, after being stared at for a long time, Lin Qiye’s skin became thicker, and he began to relax and observe the surroundings.
”What time is it now?”
”Eight thirty, there’s about ten minutes until the fireworks festival starts.”
Lin Qiye pondered, “Counting the time, Shen Qingzhu and the others should have already started setting up their manpower …… Wait until the fireworks festival is over and we’ll find a reason to leave.”
”Hmm.”
Ten minutes later.
Bang–!
A loud bang emanated from the opposite bank of the Yodo River, and a lone and brilliant firework burst out of the darkness and blossomed under the dome of the sky!
Then, fireworks as dense as waves followed, lighting up the entire night sky.