I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

Kotori Yumasumi hurriedly walked to the shrine to check.

Inside the shrine, as Araki Sousuke said, there were only a few dilapidated wooden boxes.

"Mr. Araki, can you help me move those wooden boxes out?"

Sosuke Araki quickly moved out several wooden boxes.

Looking at the simple patterns on the wooden box, Kotori Mayumi seemed to have seen something incredible.

She reached out and rubbed a few times on one of the wooden boxes, and the Gouyu mark like three tadpoles emerged from the dust.

"This is... the mark of Akagi Shrine."

Trembling, she opened the wooden box.

A pile of quaint scrolls appeared in front of the two of them.

Xiaoniao Youzhengong unfolded several of the scrolls one after another, checked them quickly, and took a deep breath in disbelief.

"This is... the genealogy of the Xiaoniaoyou family, and the "Akagi Ancient Events" from Akagi Shrine."

"Oh, is it amazing?"

"These things, haven't they been destroyed in the fire that year, why are they hidden here..."

With doubts, Kou Yumao opened several other boxes one after another.

The scrolls, in the form of words and paintings, silently record the fact that the bird Youshi spent his whole life enshrining the shrine.

In addition to some scrolls and ukiyo-e that record the history of the shrine, in the last three boxes, there are quietly a worn-out wooden bow, a rusty long sword, and eight gray swords wrapped in flannelette. Necklace made of hook jade.

"Secret... demon... dry... yo..."

Looking at these three things, Kotori Miko was already panicked and incoherent.

She looked at Sousuke Araki with the eyes of a small animal asking for help.

"Calm down... Could this be some valuable antique?"

Sousuke Araki curiously picked up the long sword and looked at it.

The hilt and scabbard of this dilapidated long sword seem to be made of some kind of animal leather, and the exposed metal parts are already rusty.

He tried to pull it out gently.

Sure enough, the knife seemed to be rusted to death and could not be pulled out.

"For the Akagi Shrine and the Kotoriyu family, these are things that are more precious than antiques..."

After a full three minutes, Kotori Mayumi managed to calm down.

A crystal tear slipped down her cheek, and she just knelt on the grass and talked.

"In 1842, the Akagi Shrine was razed to the ground by an inexplicable fire. The three artifacts of Akagi, the "Akagi Ancient Events" and the genealogy, which recorded the loyalty of the Kotoyou family to the shrine for generations, also disappeared in the fire. The shrine also began to decline from then on.”

"Three artifacts of Chicheng?"

Wiping his tears, Kotori Yumami turned his head to look at the old long knife in Araki Sousuke's hand, and two other things beside him.

It was a long bow made of unknown biological bones, and a necklace made of eight gray translucent jade hooks.

"The Demon Sword Qiyueyu, the Demon Bow and the Kudan Gouyu are collectively known as the three artifacts of Akagi. It is said that they are the first priests of Akagi Shrine, and they have gained by killing demons and demons all their lives... It must be the gods who guarded these things in the fire. In the shrine."

"That's a great antique. Will you take the land back if you sell it enough?"

Hearing what she really said, Araki Sousuke quickly put the long knife back into the wooden box.

He couldn't afford to pay for this kind of old handicraft if it was damaged.

"If sold as antiques, it shouldn't be enough to buy back the land... And the real value of these things is far greater than money... Besides, will the gods agree to sell the artifacts to buy back the land that belongs to the shrine?"

Kotori Yumasumi smiled wryly, denying this idea.

From these three items, she couldn't feel any power of gods, which must be the reason why they had been abandoned for many years and no one worshiped them.

Even so, these things are extremely important to Akagi Shrine, and they represent the inheritance of the Kotori family from generation to generation.

Moreover, as long as it is enshrined carefully in front of the gods, it may be possible to regain the true brilliance of the artifact in time.

"Such a valuable thing has been left in this warehouse for so many years and no one has found it? It's like a precious old photo hidden in a corner of the warehouse... A leaf is blinding the eyes, but you don't know the autumn."

Araki Sousuke was also speechless for such a big-hearted witch priest.

"One leaf can block your eyes, but you don't know autumn... Araki-sensei taught you well."

Silently recollecting Araki Sosuke's words, Kotori Yumasumi nodded in agreement.

If it weren't for Mr. Araki, who can see through the hidden spirit, the Xiaoniaoyou clan might not be able to retrieve these lost artifacts on the day the shrine closed.

"Well, then take your time and count, I'm going to be late, so let's go first."

Glancing at the time, Araki Sousuke got up and wanted to leave.

Since others don't plan to sell it, it seems that I, who helped find the antique, have no chance to share the money.

"Mr. Araki... Thank you!"

A girl's sincere voice came from behind.

"Just make a big meal for me next time."

Waving his hand, Sousuke Araki held his aching heart and left without looking back.

...

By the time Araki Sousuke came to the delivery station, there were already several delivery workers from the evening shift gathered there.

"Hey, rookie, I heard that you are very kind, and you actually accepted that difficult event."

Seeing Sousuke Araki approaching, a delivery man with a headband immediately joked to him.

"Don't mention it. Although the motorcycle is easy to use, the clothes are too embarrassing to wear, and the crotch is tight... If I knew it would be such a trouble, I wouldn't brag about it to the station master."

Araki Sousuke complained as he skillfully took the cigarette handed by the other party.

"Hey, you can't regret it now, just stick to it until the end of the joint activity. By the way, you're still used to running the late shift?"

Another courier immediately made up the knife.

"There's no one on the road in the middle of the night, so you can run as much as you want, it's so cool! Besides, there's a late-night allowance, right?"

"Be careful of speeding and get a ticket..."

"If you are speeding, you don't have to worry about it. Every time, you have to check whether the license plate is registered correctly... ahahaha."

Seemingly realizing that he had missed something, Araki Sousuke quickly covered it up with an awkward laugh.

"Huh...the evening shift is good, but there are reasons why so few people are willing to run...you can't confirm whether the person who placed the order at night is a human."

The old god of the delivery man with the headband said in the ground.

"It's started again, Oizumi-kun's special story to scare newcomers."

Someone on the side made fun of him.

"Hey, that happened for real. Why is it a story? You see, I won't try to finish work before twelve o'clock one day."

Oizumi-kun immediately retorted angrily.

"Oh, has Senior Oizumi experienced anything?"

Araki Sousuke asked curiously.

"That started when I just started running the evening shift. I was young and frivolous, and like Araki-kun now, I was immersed in the beauty and freedom of the evening shift until that day..."

"The foreshadowing is too long, please be concise within the time of a cigarette, thank you!"

Araki Sousuke interrupted him immediately.

"Well, in short, I have received an order from the ghost."

"ha?"