Daily life in Zongman

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Note ①-Miyamizu Ichiyo: The oldest member of Miyamizu Shrine, she is Futaba’s mother and Mitsuha’s grandmother.

Note ②-Tachibana Taki: From "Your Name", a passerby in this book.

Note ③-Mitsuha Miyamizu: From "Your Name", only her name appears in this book, a passerby among passersby.

39. I once asked for help from the entire Valhalla, but the only one who responded to me was myself.

After telling her grandmother all the plans, she followed Fujiwara Haru to the gate of the village government of Itomori Village.

Then grandma sat at the door and didn't go in directly.

She looked at the sky and said softly, "Don't rush in. The time hasn't come yet. Let's wait together."

Fujiwara Haru wasn't in a rush right now. As long as his grandmother stepped in, wouldn't the village chief, as his son-in-law, obey? Just like he couldn't resist his father, Miyamizu Toshiki certainly couldn't resist his mother, Miyamizu Ichiyo.

The plan is perfect! His mission is complete! ~

However, can the plan really go smoothly? If grandmother Miyamizu Ichiyo intervenes, will son-in-law Miyamizu Toshiki obey and evacuate the entire village?

As a mother, Miyamizu Kazuha knew very well that it wouldn't happen.

She knew Miyamizu Toshiki, and she knew this live-in son-in-law very well.

Toshiki once abandoned everything he had, including his original family, designated fiancée, research position, etc., and married into the Miyamizu family to serve as a priest. All this was for her daughter, Mitsuha and Yotsuha's mother - Miyamizu Futaba.

He is an affectionate man.

Miyamizu Ichiha didn't really like him before, but he approved of him. However, after Ichiha passed away, he changed.

He refused to inherit Miyamizu Shrine and became impious to the gods. He even wanted to become the village chief and change the beliefs of Itomori Village.

Junshu spent six years and tried his best to become the village chief, and then began to reform, constantly breaking down feudal superstitions and continuously improving his prestige.

He would not believe in body swapping or people coming to the present three years later, nor would he believe in comet splitting or meteorites falling.

After hearing all this, Junshu, who was not pious to God, would only feel disgusted with the visitors and let them go home.

Miyamizu Ichiyo knew very well that if she wanted Toshiki to evacuate the villagers, she would have to use some means to force him to do so.

As darkness gradually fell, streetlights gradually lit up. Seen from above, Itomori Village, built around Lake Itomori, looked like a series of circles of light, illuminating the lake at its center.

People coming and going on the street, some stop to look up at the comet, and some rush to Miyamizu Shrine to celebrate the festival. Children are having fun and adults are leisurely, everything is peaceful and beautiful.

boom! boom! boom!

Huge continuous explosions were heard, accompanied by dull rumbling sounds. Miyamizu Kazuha looked at Lake Itomori in the distance. It started from a node and continued to go out and dim along both sides of the circle until the entire Itomori Village was pitch black.

Lake Itomori was lit up again, it was twinkling with starlight, and a thick bright comet was swaying in its center, with a brilliant tail flame.

Miyamizu Ichiye stood up and walked into the village government. The people left behind were in chaos and kept making phone calls. They didn't know what had happened and were trying to contact people to confirm.

At that moment, the village's disaster prevention loudspeaker began broadcasting an evacuation notice: "An explosion occurred at the substation! There is a possibility of another explosion and a forest fire! People in the following areas are requested to evacuate to Itomori High School as soon as possible! The gate area, the board area..."

This further exacerbated the chaos at the Itomori village government office, leaving those who remained bewildered: "What? The substation exploded? Who made the announcement? Did we make one?"

Miyamizu Ichiyo walked in and no one stopped her. Everyone knew her, not only because she was a priestess at the village shrine, but also partly because she was the mother of the village chief.

She found the village chief, Toshiki Miyamizu, who stayed at the village government office to prepare for emergencies.

Miyamizu Toshiki was on the phone when he noticed the person coming. He covered the phone with his hand and said in surprise, "Mom, why are you here?"

"Please sit by yourself for a while. The substation exploded for some reason, and the disaster prevention signal was hijacked. I can't take care of you. Please forgive me."

Miyamizu Ichiha looked at him and said, "I know who blew it up. That's why I came here."

"Mother, don't joke."

"Toshiki, I'm very angry that you didn't inherit the Miyamizu Shrine and went away to live alone. You should know that if it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't come to you on my own initiative."

Miyamizu Toshiki looked at Miyamizu Kazuha and found that she had a serious face, so he hung up the phone.

Yiye turned around and motioned for Junshu to follow, "Let's go to the office and talk."

The two came to the office, and Miyamizu Kazuha began to talk about the comet, saying that the comet would split and meteorites would fall.

"The comet will split at eight o'clock tonight, and the smaller parts will become meteorites that will hit our village, Itomori."

"Mother, how could you believe this nonsense! You don't know who blew up the substation. Don't waste my time here. I need to deal with the substation as soon as possible. I'm leaving now!"

Miyamizu Toshiki stood up and prepared to leave the office, his hand on the door handle.

Miyamizu Ichiha said, "The substation was blown up by Mitsuha. She wanted to use this plan to make you evacuate the villagers and take refuge in Itomori High School."

Miyamizu Toshiki looked over with horror. "Don't say that! This is a crime! Was it his daughter Mitsuha who did it?"

Miyamizu Ichiyo continued, "The one who hijacked the disaster prevention wireless communication is Mitsuha-san. She's at Itomori High School. Don't rush to catch her."

"Don't be kidding!"

"No kidding."

Miyamizu Toshiki was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Why?! You are committing a crime!"

Miyamizu Ichiha: "Toshiki, I know you don't believe that comets can break up, so this is all I can say."

"For Erye and yourself, take advantage of the evacuation announcement and cooperate in clearing out the villagers from the area around the substation. Then send your trusted aides to clean up all traces of Mitsuha's crime and make the substation explosion look like an accident."

Miyamizu Toshiki gripped the doorknob tightly. "This is crazy! You're all crazy! How could a comet with so many experts watching it suddenly split apart without any warning? And you're talking about a meteorite falling down? You're all crazy!"

He slammed the door and left.

Miyamizu Kazuha walked to the window, looked at the comet in the sky, and waited for the second time node: the comet split.

After the comet splits, Miyamizu Toshiki will believe what she says. By that time, most people in the areas that need to be evacuated have already evacuated, leaving only a few close confidants who rush to the substation to clear the traces.

If the prophecy of the comet splitting comes true by then, even if he is skeptical, Miyamizu Toshiki will call his confidants and ask them to return as soon as possible and not go to the substation first, and then cooperate in the full evacuation to Itomori High School.

At this point, the last link of the plan has been completed.

The entire evacuation plan will proceed smoothly until the meteorite falls, suppressing all the commotion and chaos. Tomorrow is a new day.

Miyamizu Kazuha looked down and found that it was Mitsuha running towards him in the distance, but the matter had been handled, so he could just take Mitsuha and evacuate later.

Siye was still at the door of the village government. She didn't come in with her just now.

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After Fujiwara Haru got over the panic in the morning and understood some of the situation, he started thinking.

The purple star gate, like the exclamation point, is also a story, but it is more special than the yellow one (no danger story) and the red one (danger story).

Well, in this particular story, Taki Tachibana switches bodies in order to save Itomori Village.

What is he here for?

He came to explore the purple star gate.

That's all?

Em...and help save Itomori Village?

Fujiwara Haru felt that he was just a passer-by in this story, and it would be great if he could help in some way during this period.

However, after listening to Tachibana Taki's talk about the guardian deity of the land, seeing the Miyamizu Shrine, and seeing the comet in the sky, Fujiwara Haru recalled an old memory.

He had been praying to God a long time ago.

Pray that my father will stop drinking, pray that my mother will stop gambling, pray that my family will get better, pray that I can have enough to eat, pray...

Fujiwara Haru prayed constantly. His miserable family situation in the past had left him with no choice but to pray. He held onto a tiny hope, praying that the future would be better.

However, nothing changed, and it even got worse after he started elementary school.

Praying to God is meaningless.

Just as he was about to lose his desire for life and head for self-destruction, a god responded to him. The god who foresaw the future gave him a prophecy, which rekindled a glimmer of hope in him as he was on the verge of mental collapse.

Half a year, just persist for half a year.

Fujiwara Haru believed in the prophecy of God because two of her three predictions had come true.

As it turned out, the gods did not lie to him, and half a year later he met Yukino Mifuji.

He was very grateful to the god, very grateful, very grateful.

And now, as he looked at the comet swaying in the sky, he remembered that night.

Fujiwara Haru borrowed a cell phone and tried to dial a phone number he had memorized a long time ago. He had never told that phone number to anyone, including Nishimiya Shoko and Yukino Fuyuki.

It was a meaningless phone number that could no longer be dialed after three years.

With a beep, the call was connected.

A rude male voice: "Hello! Who is it?"

Fujiwara Haru took a deep breath and said, "I'm Fujiwara Haru's classmate. I have something to ask him."

A distant voice shouted, "Fujiwara Haru! Your classmate!"

The sound of a slap on the head: "You're a bad boy!"

Fujiwara Haru waited for a while, there was no sound, but he knew he had got the phone.

"Let's go to the balcony first."

It was quiet, but Fujiwara Haru knew very well that he had reached the balcony.

Fujiwara Haru (Yotsuba) said calmly, "Let me introduce myself. I am the god who can predict the future. Now I will tell you three prophecies.

The first prediction: 'After hanging up the phone, I will be beaten and scolded by my father.'

The second prediction: 'In half an hour, the comet passing by the Earth will split into two.'

The third prophecy: 'In half a year, I will no longer be scolded for no reason, I will no longer be hungry, and I will no longer be alone.'

The prophecy is over, goodbye."

He returned the phone, went back to the entrance of the village government, and looked at the comet in the sky.

At eight o'clock, the comet split.

At 8:20, many meteorites fell from the sky.

link.

He now knew why he was connected to Yotsuba.

No, to be more precise, he was connected to himself. From that night three years ago, from that phone call, he was connected to himself three years ago.

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Note ① - Connection: In the setting of "Your Name", a connection is required to exchange bodies with the Miyamizu girl. There are two connections here: the phone call from three years ago and Yotsuba's full bottle of Kuchikamizaku.

Note ②-Miko: Regarding the shrine heroine, please read this book "The Game I Played Came True", which is recommended.

40.1200. Treasures from Years Ago

The meteorite burst through the clouds, its speed constantly accelerating, rubbing against the atmosphere at super-high speed, a fiery red blazing across the sky, bringing deadly heat and intense light. With a dazzling afterimage, it streaked across the sky and plummeted to the ground.

The ground suddenly changed from a point into a circular concave surface. It seemed as if the heaven and earth had stopped for a moment, and then there was an explosion that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Fujiwara Haru sat on the rooftop of Itomori High School, looking at the spectacular scenery in the distance, and sighed sincerely: The power of heaven and earth is so strong.

After crossing half of Lake Itomori, most of the shock wave had been consumed, and there was little left when it reached the refuge site at Itomori High School.

Feeling a little sleepy, Fujiwara Haru realized that he might be about to "wake up", so he decided to say goodbye properly.

I ran to the playground and found my grandma: "Grandma, I should be waking up soon. Bye!"

Miyamizu Ichiha was looking at the scene in the distance. When he heard the sound, he turned around and said, "Oh, is he waking up?"

Fujiwara Haru nodded.

Miyamizu Ichiha rummaged through her backpack, which was the items she had packed when she evacuated. Inside were all treasures from Miyamizu Shrine. After looking through them carefully, she took out a jade box.

She opened it. Inside the jade box was velvet cloth, and in the center of the white velvet cloth was a small stone. The stone was dark and shaped like a magatama.

Miyamizu Ichiha gently stroked it and said: "The mission of Miyamizu Shrine has come to an end, so the treasure enshrined here is of no use. I will give it to you."

"But it can't be given to you directly. It needs to go through a test."

"test?"