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He clung desperately to the last vestige of consciousness, trying to keep himself from sinking into despair, his heart yearning to reach his destination quickly, to the point that he could no longer even open his eyes.
After an unknown period of time, a sound as beautiful as heavenly music finally rang out.
"Guest, we have arrived at Mikazuki-ji Temple."
Upon hearing this, Hayakawa, who had been slumped in his seat, shuddered slightly as if electrocuted. He then forced a sliver of strength to pull a few bills from his wallet and tossed them onto the back seat: "Keep the change..."
After saying that, he braced himself against the car door, opened it, and jumped out, ignoring the luggage behind him.
Anyway, it's full of textbooks and notes, and he doesn't want to think about studying right now.
"Guest, your luggage."
The driver glanced at the few banknotes on the back seat and eagerly got out of the car. He took Hayakawa's luggage out of the back door, but couldn't stop Hayakawa from walking forward. He could only put it on the side of the road and call out, "I'll put it here for you."
Hayakawa ignored him and staggered past a wooden sign that read "Mikazuki-ji". He glanced at it as he passed by. Although the sign was old and shabby and the characters were blurry, it was indeed Mikazuki-ji.
That's fine then...
Hayakawa's steps became slightly more stable, but he was still stumbling and unsteady. He didn't even have the strength to straighten his head, so he could only walk with his head down, relying entirely on his willpower to control his body to move forward.
How should I put it...? After meeting the abbot, what should I say to get him to accept me as a disciple...?
I must make him accept me...
My consciousness became increasingly blurred, and I could no longer see the ground in front of me. All I could see were thick layers of withered yellow leaves, gently swaying in the wind that carried the rain.
A stone staircase suddenly appeared in front of me, its ancient gray color and age-old cracks giving it a somewhat dilapidated appearance, even though it was cleaned and swept regularly and there were no fallen leaves or dust.
Hayakawa paid no attention to any of that; all he knew was that the gates of Mikazuki-ji Temple were now within reach.
All you need to do is push open this reddish-gray solid wood door in front of you…
"..."
Hayakawa swayed slightly, and before he could go forward, the door creaked open.
A slender figure held a huge broom that didn't suit her body, muttering with some dissatisfaction, "Yue-nee is lazy and makes me sweep the floor, really..."
"Eh?"
The next moment, she saw a strange figure suddenly appear at the door. It looked like a teenager, but his swaying figure was no different from that of a drunkard who had been drinking all night. She immediately looked confused: "This guest... are you here to offer incense?"
His words carried a hint of disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that someone would come to offer incense to his family's crooked Buddha statue.
Upon hearing the sound, Hayakawa paused slightly, his eyes reflecting the blurry figure before him, and he froze completely.
He couldn't hear what the person in front of him was saying, nor could he see clearly. After all, his brain was so tired that it was like mush. The person in front of him was just a mosaic in his eyes. He could only judge things based on his rigid thinking and subconscious.
All he knew was that those who came out of the temple gate were monks.
Hayakawa's eyes flashed with an unprecedented light. With the last bit of strength in his body, he lunged forward and instantly embraced the person in front of him.
"Abbot, please accept me!"
Hayakawa, mimicking a monk from an old movie, said in a heavy tone, "If you don't accept me, I'll just sit here and do nothing."
As he spoke, he hugged the figure in front of him even tighter, as if afraid she would escape his control.
Chapter 280 The Three Sisters' Letter to Hayakawa
"Um…"
Hayakawa clung tightly to the waist of the person in front of her; in this position, there was absolutely no way for him to escape unless he let go.
However, he gradually noticed something was wrong.
I have a feeling... that something's not right.
Hayakawa's muddled, throbbing brain suddenly stirred slightly, and he gently clenched his fist.
It seems a bit soft.
The thought flashed through Hayakawa's mind... The next moment, a piercing scream shattered the temple's tranquility.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
"You... shameless scoundrel!!"
After a brief moment of stunned confusion, the girl who came out of the temple showed an expression of disbelief. The next instant, her face turned blood red, and she suddenly threw Hayakawa hard to the ground not far away in a posture like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.
Hayakawa felt an unstoppable force coming from his arm, and the next moment he was slammed to the ground, feeling dizzy and disoriented. His already weak brain was completely overwhelmed and shut down.
This voice…
Just a second before he fainted, he finally realized something was wrong.
He is not the abbot.
like…
She is the woman you should stay away from the most.
Filled with both hatred and fear, Hayakawa sank into a darkness that felt like a release.
……
At the inn, after washing up, Fumino Furuhashi pushed open the door, feeling refreshed, and returned to Hayakawa's room.
"Time to get up this time."
Fumino Furuhashi smiled confidently and rang the doorbell.
After a few "ding-dong" sounds, there was no response.
"..."
Fumino Furuhashi's smile vanished, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, saying, "How long is Hayakawa going to sleep? The sun is about to shine on my face."
She hesitated for a moment at the door, then reached out and knocked, intending to call Hayakawa in a different way.
Then, after knocking twice, the unlocked door opened naturally.
"Huh? The door wasn't locked."
Fumino Furuhashi blinked, a strange look on her face.
Have you forgotten?
Without thinking much, she pushed open the door and walked into the room, only to find it empty; Hayakawa was nowhere to be seen.
"Have you gone out?"
Fumino Furuhashi muttered to herself, then glanced around the room, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Not going out...
Fumino Furuhashi silently clutched her chest, her expression shifting unpredictably.
Because all the luggage that was in the room had disappeared.
When Fumino Furuhashi noticed this anomaly, her expression changed drastically.
What does it mean when someone leaves with luggage?
"Morning...Hayakawa?"
As Furuhashi thought of this, his expression suddenly became tense, his breathing became rapid, and he paced back and forth in the room in a somewhat flustered manner, as if trying to find any clues about Hayakawa.
The next moment, she saw a familiar envelope on the bed.
"This is…"
Fumino Furuhashi reached out and picked up the envelope. It had clear and familiar handwriting on it, which hadn't been there yesterday.
[A letter to Furuhashi and Ogata]
At that moment, an ominous premonition overwhelmed Fumino Kohashi's heart like water.
……
"Huhuhu..."
Panting, Cang Ye Yueye leaned weakly against the temple gate, barely able to stand. She looked anxiously at the boy lying not far away, her chest heaving violently.
How could such social scum suddenly appear in a serene temple and then hug me so directly!
Recalling her experience just now, Yueye was filled with shame and indignation, gritting her teeth in anger.
"Call the police! We must call the police immediately..."
Aoba Tsukiyo suddenly remembered something important and frantically searched for her phone, only to find that it was still in her temple room.
"What's wrong, Moonlit Night?"
Just then, a panicked voice came from inside the temple: "I just heard a really loud noise! Is something wrong?"
"Sister Yuzuki,"
Upon hearing this voice, Aoba Tsukiyo seemed to have found her backbone and turned to hide behind the newly appeared girl: "Come help me, I can't handle this pervert by myself."
"Pervert?"
The beautiful girl with purple hair, a voluptuous figure, and a gray monk's robe, whose appearance was gentle and pretty, was startled upon hearing the word. She quickly stepped in front of Yueye to block him, her voice trembling with nervousness: "Where...where is the pervert?"
"Right over there!"
Aoba Tsukiyo pointed in that direction as if judging someone: "Yuki-nee, quickly call the police with your phone."
"My phone is in the room."
Yuzuki hesitated to step forward, only daring to glance at him, but she was slightly stunned by that glance: "Eh...this person."
"what happened?"
She lowered her voice in the moonlight, as if afraid of being overheard, her body still trembling uncontrollably, her pearly teeth gently chattering.
For a girl like her who grew up in a temple, she was somewhat traditional and conservative due to her upbringing. The experience of suddenly encountering a pervert was too shocking for her.
"Did this person... faint? And I... I think I just saw him yesterday,"
Aoba Yuzuki carefully examined the face and confirmed that this was the person she had met at Mount Yotei yesterday.
"Did she faint? Maybe."
Aoba Tsukiyo was shocked: "But you saw him yesterday? Really? Could it be that he specifically came here because of Yuzuki-nee?"
"Don't talk about such terrible things,"
Yuzuki was so shocked by her younger sister's words that she got goosebumps. She secretly glanced at Hayakawa, then turned to Tsukiyo and asked, "What did he do to you?"
Although I didn't have a particularly good impression of this person yesterday, I didn't think he was a bad person either. Generally speaking, don't perverts have those lewd eyes, lewd actions, and hands that unconsciously reach into their pants?
This is what Aoba Yuzuki said online.
So even if her own sister said he was a pervert, she wanted to find out the truth first, and if it was true, it wouldn't be too late to send him to the police station for questioning.
"As soon as I stepped out, he immediately picked me up."
Aoba Tsukiyo blushed and said firmly, "And he also said a lot of vulgar things to me that I couldn't understand, like telling me to 'accept him' and such. He's definitely a pervert."
"That's it."
Upon hearing this, Yuzuki looked on with a look of certainty.
Since they've already said that, even though we only met once, he really is a pervert.
"Why would you do something like this..."
Cangye Yuzuki shook her head in disgust and said, "I'm going back to the temple to find Abbot Xixi. You stay here and keep an eye on him. If he does anything unusual, shout loudly, and I'll bring people over soon. Be careful."
"Phew... I know."
Moonlight nodded heavily: "Go ahead, Sister Yuzuki, I'll stay here..."
As she spoke, she looked at Hayakawa, who was lying motionless on the ground.
The next second, she and Yuzuki both froze in shock.
Because next to Hayakawa, there was a girl with a bob haircut and purple ponytail squatting down. She was petite and delicate, probably a middle school student, at the age when she was soft-spoken and gentle.
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