Chapter 372: Won’t Come

It seems that the dates in the other world are inconsistent... This is not surprising.

Yoshiyuki decided to find out which year and month it was now according to the calendar of Jiuyuan Township.

After some indirect inquiries, Yoshihiro learned that it was April 3, 16th year of the New Calendar.

Because the history of Jiuyuan Township is so long, a new calendar begins every 100,000 years, which is called a new era.

The arrival of this new era is accompanied by gloom.

Not long after the new calendar was launched, the nightmare appeared.

At first it was only seen occasionally, but now some areas heavily eroded by nightmares have begun to appear.

Everyone originally lived a very happy life and thought they would be happy forever, but the nightmare was really scary.

Once swallowed by them, everything that can bring happiness will be taken away.

But these two people firmly believe that the witch-sama will save Jiuyuan Township just like last time.

As long as they pray sincerely and with gratitude, the witch will definitely appear and drive away the nightmare and darkness.

They even thought that maybe it was because so long time had passed and everyone gradually regarded the Lord Divine Witch as a legend and no longer felt gratitude from the bottom of their hearts, so the nightmare would come back.

Yoshiyuki felt mixed emotions as he listened to their thoughts.

He didn't think that the witch would definitely never come back, nor did he want to deny their view.

I just find it sad that they only want to rely on the witches.

If he were to come and see it, he should be prepared that the witch would not save them from their second awakening, and then find a way to use Kuongo's own power to destroy the nightmare.

However, after all, he did not have a deep understanding of the Nightmare of Kyongo, and he did not know whether this kind of thing was indeed impossible to contend with with ordinary people's strength.

If there really is no other way to deal with them, then this kind of dependence may arise out of desperation.

Yoshiyuki was thinking about these things and knocked on Hirai Taro's door.

The person who came out to open the door was a lady.

After hearing that Yoshiyuki wanted to find Taro, she said that her son was not at home and asked him to look for him somewhere else.

Sure enough, Yi Xing found them there.

Several boys who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old were playing basketball.

After Yoshiyuki glanced at it, he immediately saw that a certain boy looked very similar to the woman just now.

He is obviously Taro Hirai.

He seemed to be doing well and had nothing to worry about.

If he goes by what Grandpa Shu told him, he has completed the commission now and it's time to go back and tell Lao Shu everything he saw.

But when Yi Xing thought of Grandpa Shu's lonely voice, he couldn't bear it.

He felt that he couldn't just leave quietly.

So, he waved to him to come over.

"Taro Hirai? Do you have time to say a few words?"

Hirai looked surprised to find that there was an outsider, and a cute girl called him. His face turned slightly red.

He passed the basketball to others and said, "Sorry, I'll be right back." Then, with his companions shouting like, "That's great, Taro!" and "I didn't expect a beautiful lady to come looking for you." Walk beside you.

"Please, please...what can I do?" He stood in front of Yi Xing and said hesitantly, too shy to even look at Yi Xing.

"Yeah. That's right. On the way here, I saw an old talking tree." Yoshiyuki said softly to Taro: "He said he hadn't seen you for a long time and wanted to know how you were doing. good……"

"Ah, Grandpa Shu!" Hirai couldn't help but exclaimed, and then asked in a low voice: "Sister, is he okay?"

"Yes. But he hasn't seen you for a long time and misses you very much. Didn't you often visit him before? So, can you..."

"Ah ha? Isn't it!" At this time, the children playing basketball stopped playing and came over one after another, laughing at each other: "That old tree is really funny! Taro hasn't been there for two years. Yes, it’s obvious that you just don’t want to play with him! You actually have the nerve to send someone to ask?”

"That's right! You're definitely not going, Taro? That old man is so boring! Come on and play ball!"

"Hey, I thought such a beautiful girl was going to say something to you, but she actually said this! I'm so disappointed for you!"

"Taro, what are you doing standing still? Come back soon? Hey, don't tell me that you actually want to see him! Are you kidding me?"

"No, no, no~ Someone actually wants to chat with that old man tree? That's too childish!"

"Taro is actually friends with Lao Tou Shu! Hahahaha! How ridiculous!"

"Shut up!" Yoshiyuki was furious and yelled: "You haven't stopped talking since the beginning... Do you want me to tear your mouths apart?! What's so weird about being friends with a tree? Why do you laugh at him?!"

When Yoshiyuki mentioned the part about "becoming friends with a tree", the teenagers couldn't help laughing.

He had no idea what was so funny about this, and was even more outraged. But there is no need to be serious with these unreasonable people.

Yoshiyuki set his sights directly on Hirai Taro, hoping that he would refute them in public and go with him to see Grandpa Shu.

However, Hirai bit his lip, and it took him a long time to say such a sentence with a sullen face.

"I won't go."

"...Really?" Yi Xing looked at him quietly, not hiding the disappointment in his eyes: "Well...take care of yourself."

Originally, before Yi Xing left, he wanted to remind him that Grandpa Shu wanted you to be happy.

However, he still didn't say it.

Because, if it were Grandpa Tree, he would probably choose to remain silent at this time.

After all, Taro Hirai would only feel sad if he heard this.

Grandpa Shu doesn’t want to increase Taro’s psychological burden.

After returning to Laoshu, Yoshiyuki explained to him what had happened.

After listening to this, Grandpa Shu was silent for a long time, and finally said this slowly.

"Well...he won't come back again."

"The child has grown up..."

"...Sure enough, if you make friends with an old tree like me, you will be laughed at, right?"

"Actually, I have been vaguely aware of it before... It's just that Taro is too gentle and has never mentioned it to me..."

Yoshiyuki didn't say anything, just listened to him quietly.

After that, Grandpa Tree's expression looked very sad.

He sighed and said that he would tell him the information he needed, and hoped that he would leave as soon as possible after hearing this, leaving his old tree alone.

Yoshiyuki thought so too.

He could see that Grandpa Shu needed to cry as soon as possible, but he probably felt that he couldn't let go in front of outsiders at his age, so he kept holding it back.

The information given by Grandpa Shu made Yi Xing's eyes light up.

After coming here, it was the first time I caught such a clear clue!