My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

Even if it takes that power, he will still come to an end.

Seeing Naoto's determination, the editor-in-chief finally decided to let him calm down for the time being.

Hopefully, Naoto will come to his senses later.

And gradually, time came to the time of the Ghost Festival.

At this moment, Naoto was unaware that he would soon remember everything that had happened to him.

And also, one's true identity.

Extremely complex launch message and reward

Ahem, hello everyone, this is Benbenlong.

When I was writing my thoughts on the product launch, my feelings were actually quite complex.

The idea for this book probably started last year.

This book was written for various reasons.

At first, I didn't think that much about it. After I wrote down the general idea, I started publishing the book.

I didn't expect there to be so many plot holes later on, which made the readers uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize.

Actually, I've been feeling anxious and irritable about this book since last week.

After writing a book for four or five years, this is the first time it has entered the click charts, and it's even number one. This is truly a pleasant surprise.

But soon after, I became afraid of being surpassed by others, afraid of failing again due to poor grades.

The experts in the group have repeatedly said that Qingri's novels are performing too poorly and that people shouldn't write Qingri. I've also witnessed many Qingri novels fail miserably.

Given this situation, I am very apprehensive about the product going on sale tomorrow.

After the forum was shut down, I was even more uncertain about my performance tomorrow.

Regardless, I hope that all the readers who have made it this far will at least give me a first-day subscription before leaving. Even just that would be a small consolation for this struggling writer.

The book currently has 17,000 followers, and no bounty has been offered.

It will be available for purchase tomorrow, and updates will begin around 10 AM, with four chapters released at once.

Furthermore, an extra chapter will be added for every 500 pages, with no upper limit.

2000 recommendations plus one more update.

150 monthly tickets, 200 rewards, blades for one more chapter if any one of the above is met.

Although it's unclear whether anyone has actually participated in this bounty, I can only say, hopefully someone will.

Finally, I hope everyone will continue to support this book. I, Benbenlong, am deeply grateful (I'm kneeling in thanks).

Chapter 58: The Arrival of the Ghost Festival (Seeking First Subscription)

The Ullambana Festival, also known as the "Ullambana Gathering," "Ullambana Fast," or "Ullambana Offering," is a Buddhist festival. It is also called the "Zhongyuan Festival" and later the "Ghost Festival."

On the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Buddhists hold the Ullambana Festival to commemorate their ancestors. The Ullambana Sutra recounts that Maudgalyayana, a disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni, saw his deceased mother suffering in hell, hanging upside down, and pleaded with the Buddha for salvation. Buddha Shakyamuni instructed him to prepare a hundred kinds of food and offer it to monks from all directions on the 15th day of the seventh month, the day the monastic retreat ends, so that his mother could be liberated. Based on this myth, Buddhists established the Ullambana Festival.

Unlike in China, the Obon festival is one of the top three festivals in Japan.

It was introduced to Japan during the Asuka period and, after many years of evolution, has gradually become a statutory holiday, celebrated annually on the 15th of August, sometimes even as a week-long holiday, allowing everyone to return home and reunite with deceased relatives. In recent years, it has also become simply a day for family reunions.

At this time of year, cities with large populations, such as Tokyo and Osaka, experience a significant decrease in population and traffic becomes exceptionally busy.

It's roughly the same as the Spring Festival travel rush in China.

In newspapers, someone once used a specific term to describe this phenomenon—"the Great Migration of Peoples."

The most amazing thing is that, according to custom, people eat vegetarian food on this festival, and many restaurants even close.

For example, Mei Li and Boss Liu are said to be temporarily closing down and going home this time.

Of course, Naoto couldn't go back; he had nowhere to go back to.

After all, he has now become Naoto Yamashita.

Our parents from before couldn't possibly be really over there, could they? Even if they were, it would be a parallel world.

It has absolutely nothing to do with my present situation. How could I possibly have lived through that?

However, to be fair, regarding her parents in this life, she had only seen them at their funeral at the very beginning, and had no memory of this place at all.

But for some reason, my memories of my surroundings have become increasingly clear lately.

Even memories of herself when she was three years old appeared.

At first, Naoto thought that this body's memories were beginning to resurface.

But upon closer inspection, something seems off. I've never heard of a time traveler's memories being unlocked based on time.

Moreover, his memory of how he traveled through time has always been somewhat hazy.

"Brother! Hurry up! We're leaving!"

Just as Naoto was pondering whether or not to go and see Nanako, a clear voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

At this moment, Reika was wearing a brightly colored yukata and was greeting Naoto with some dissatisfaction.

Although Reika is rather short, it must be said that she looks exceptionally cute in her brightly colored yukata, carrying a small fan, and even wearing her own little wooden clogs.

Especially those adorable chubby cheeks, which make you want to rub them.

Today is the first day of the Ghost Festival, and the two are preparing to go out to sweep the graves of their parents.

This was the first time in over half a year that Naoto had visited his relative's grave.

The reason why Lingxiang dressed so brightly was mainly because although the Obon festival is a day for reuniting with the king, it is not a sad festival.

In traditional Japanese thinking, death is viewed as akin to life. Instead, they would celebrate many large-scale events with great joy.

Many of the temple fairs depicted in anime actually take place during the Ghost Festival.

Therefore, the Obon festival is even known as Japan's number one love festival.

"I'm coming!"

Naoto took tools and flowers he had already bought from his family's storage room. He was going to the cemetery to clean the tombstones.

At this time, Nanko also changed into a yukata, intending to go out with Naoto.

Speaking of which, since both of the Qi family's elders are still alive, Nanko usually stays at home during the Obon festival and then goes out to play with Naoto for the whole day in the evening.

However, who would have thought that this year, Nanko would be accompanying Naoto to sweep his parents' graves?

Naoto looked at Nanako and realized that Nanako, wearing a yukata today, was a completely different person.

Compared to Nanko in her master's uniform and school uniform, Nanko in her yukata, compared to her previous icy beauty, is now more like a spring breeze that has just arrived, with winter not yet over.

Amidst the coldness, there is the fragrance of flowers and the rhythm of life.

To better match her yukata, Nanako even miraculously switched to contact lenses (why contact lenses? Actually, Nanako used her superpowers to change the shape of her eyes).

"what happened?"

Faced with Nanko's beautiful face, Naoto stood there for a long time, unable to come back to his senses. It wasn't until Nanko started to blush that Naoto finally snapped out of it and said to her without any shyness.

"Hiccup~"

Looking at Nanako and Naoto, Reika was furious.

No way! Even though I already knew that my jerk brother had become my enemy's girlfriend.

But don't stare at her like that, you pig-headed man! It's so infuriating! Why can't my own husband be a little more reliable?!

In a fit of extreme anger, Reika punched Naoto hard in the waist, leaving Naoto completely bewildered.

Why is my silly sister angry again all of a sudden? She's such a moody girl.

The gravesite of Naoto's parents is actually not far from Naoto's house.

It's more like a park than a cemetery.

Because it was still early, there weren't many people here yet.

After cleaning the tombstone and placing flowers on it, Naoto carefully examined the tombstone where his parents in this life were buried.

"It's true, it feels like so much time has passed. Even though only about half a year has passed, it feels like several years have gone by."

Naoto still remembers that when he first arrived, he didn't know anything.

I only vaguely remember that with the help of Nanzi and Qi Mu's father, I buried my parents here.

Then, out of nowhere, I inherited a 30-year mortgage and a stupid younger sister.

When Naoto learned all this, he felt like the sky was falling.

"Yeah, when I first heard about that plane crash, I thought I was all alone at home. Luckily, you're a bit of a scatterbrain and didn't make it onto the plane, otherwise I really would have been all alone at home. I was so scared when I was at home."

As Lingxiang looked at the tombstone in front of her, many things came to mind.

After her parents passed away, she only had one older brother left.

Although my older brother is usually quite unreliable.

But now it seems so good to have my brother around and to have him care about me.

"But I was at home that time, so why did you say that you were all alone?"

Naoto felt something was off. He clearly remembered being at home when he had memories of it, and according to his calculations, he shouldn't have gone with his parents.

"No, no, bro, how come you don't remember? Didn't you beg Mom and Dad to let you go to the archaeological site with them? I remember you went to that place called, what was it called again, Pompeii, and you even sent me some pictures."

"what?"

Naoto was suddenly a little confused by Reika's words.

When Reika saw that Naoto still didn't believe her, she even showed him the photos on her phone.

Seeing Lingxiang's actions, Nanzi wanted to stop her, but in the end, she gave up for some reason.

When Naoto looked at the person laughing happily under the volcano, something seemed to suddenly explode in Naoto's mind.