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The next evening, outside a detached house in the suburbs of Kyoto.
"here......."
Menma looked around the room in front of him, a hint of confusion in his blue eyes.
"Is this Menma's house..."
“It is, but not completely.”
Yexing took out his phone and looked at the email sent by Suga Natsumi.
"According to Ms. Suga Natsumi's investigation, after you fell into the river and died five years ago, your parents moved out of downtown Kyoto and came to live in this more remote place."
"Dad...Mom..."
Menma seemed to be trying hard to recall something, with a confused look on her face.
"I...I can't remember..."
Looking at Menma's appearance, Ye Xing thought that it was indeed the case.
From the first time they met, he noticed that something was not right with the other party.
Although Menma is a silly and cute person, she would not forget her own name and cause of death. Otherwise, she would not be silly and cute, but have an intellectual disability.
Although she did not forget all of her memories from her lifetime, she always felt that many key parts were missing.
Perhaps bringing Menma here would help her remember some things.
"Want to go in?"
Hearing Ye Xing's words, Menma looked nervous but still nodded firmly.
"Well...I want to see my parents and my brother..."
"Well, let's go in then."
After Ye Xing stroked Menma's head, he led him to the door of the house and raised his hand to knock on the door.
After a while, the door slowly opened and a middle-aged woman with fair skin and facial features somewhat similar to Mianma walked out.
Seeing Ye Xing standing at the door, the middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly.
"who are you looking for?"
"Hello, you are Meiko Honma's mother, right?"
When the middle-aged woman heard the name Honma Meiko from Ye Xing, her face instantly turned ugly.
"Who...are you? How do you know my daughter's name?"
"I'm a friend of Meiko Honma."
Meiko Honma's mother did not notice that Yexing did not use the word "before death". She subconsciously thought that the other party and Meiko Honma were childhood playmates or classmates.
From the outside...
If my daughter were still alive, she would have grown up to be a high school student like the other person.
"So that's it."
Menma's mother nodded and forced a smile.
"Please come in."
"Well, excuse me."
Under the guidance of Menma's mother, Yexing led Menma beside him into the house.
On his way to the living room, he looked around.
There was nothing unusual, and no lingering scent of evil spirits or ghosts.
And Menma was also looking around curiously.
"Please take a seat."
Menma's mother poured a cup of tea for Yexing and even brought a plate of exquisite snacks.
"Thank you."
Ye Xing sat down and thanked him softly.
Menma's mother has Russian ancestry, so her skin is whiter than that of normal women, and her appearance also shows mixed-race features. She must have been a beauty when she was young.
But the haggard look on her face, the exhaustion from exhaustion, and the sadness between her brows made her look older than her actual age.
"Mother..."
Menma was sitting next to Yexing. Seeing the sadness in her mother's eyes, a look of sadness also appeared on her face.
"Excuse me..."
Menma's mother forced a smile and spoke softly.
"If I remember correctly, I haven't met you before. Why did you suddenly visit me today? Is there something going on?"
Ye Xing picked up the teacup and took a sip. Without any hesitation, he chose to go straight to the point.
"I came here today to ask about the specific circumstances of the day when Meiko Honma died. Please tell me exactly what happened."
Hearing this, the smile on Menma's mother's face froze instantly.
The smile in her eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by undisguised anger.
"You...you are really going too far!"
Menma's mother slammed the table heavily, tears welled up in her eyes and she clenched her teeth.
"You came to my house today just to let me relive the pain of the day my daughter died!? You don't have to do this. Until now, I still haven't gotten over that day. My daughter... Meiko..."
Tears flowed down Menma's mother's face. She pointed at the portrait placed in the living room and said angrily.
"If you want to know so much, then go ask her in person!"
Seeing the quarrel between her mother and Ye Xing, Menma panicked and hurried to try to stop them.
"Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, you two, you can't quarrel."
Menma's mother was just an ordinary person. She could not hear what her daughter said at all. She just stared at Yexing, with tears dripping onto the ground uncontrollably.
Ye Xing didn't react at all, but walked to the portrait, looked at the figure in kimono with a silly and innocent smile on his face and apple candy in his hand, and spoke with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to look so cute in a kimono."
Hearing this sudden compliment, Menma scratched her head embarrassedly, looking very innocent.
"Hehe...Is that so..."
Then she reacted and quickly used her body to cover the portrait. Her face flushed with shame and anger, and she stomped her feet angrily.
"The important issue now is not this, mother..."
Menma looked at her mother who was standing there, crying, and said with a gloomy expression.
"Mother...is sad...because of Menma's incident."
Menma wiped her tears, looked towards Ye Xing, and forced a smile.
"Brother Yexing, can you help me comfort my mother? Tell her that Menma is very happy now and ask her to stop crying..."
"You should do it yourself."
"Eh?"
Hearing this, Menma was stunned for a moment.
"But... Mom can't see me... and can't hear me..."
Ye Xing smiled, looking like he had everything under control.
"Don't underestimate professional exorcists."
"The field unfolds."
The effect of Night Star's domain god's purification and demon-slaying is to pull in all non-worldly things, including psychics.
However, this time, he did not use his own exclusive domain, but the most basic type of domain used by the evil spirit that had merged with the "gate", which was to temporarily merge the surrounding environment with the inner world.
He is not the only one who can do this. Yotsuya Miko, Futaba Rio, and other psychics who can open their own fields all possess this ability.
But generally speaking, no one would do this in combat.
After all, the other world is the home of evil spirits. Wouldn't that just add more enemies to yourself if you merge the surrounding areas with the other world?
But now, it's different.
Because the inner world has one most important property.
There is no law of "observation". Even ordinary people can see evil spirits and ghosts.
Menma's mother noticed that the sky outside the window, which was originally bright, suddenly became dim. Although the surrounding environment was still her home, she could feel a heart-pounding atmosphere.
"here it is..."
Before she had time to think seriously, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of Menma standing there.
"Mei...Meiko!?"
Menma's mother covered her mouth with a look of disbelief on her face.
Menma scratched her head and gave that cute, silly smile that her mother felt very familiar with.
"Mom...it's me."
"Meiko...Meiko!"
Suddenly seeing her daughter who had died many years ago, Menma's mother no longer cared whether it was an illusion or she really saw a ghost. She quickly walked in front of Menma, stretched out her hand, and then froze in the air for a moment. She was cautious, trembling, and hesitant, as if she was afraid of bursting this dream, and gently stroked Menma's cheek.
The touch is so real.
Ye Xing sat aside and started watching the show.
What is a professional exorcist?
This is what a professional exorcist is.
He had never met Menma's mother before. When she heard that his question was about her dead daughter, her attitude became obviously unfriendly.
Instead of wasting time trying to convince Menma's mother to tell him what happened on the day of Menma's death, it would be better to let Menma, her daughter, communicate directly.
"Meiko...you..."
Menma's mother hugged Menma and couldn't stop crying.
"You are still alive..."
Menma buried herself in her mother's arms and said hesitantly.
"Actually... I'm not really... alive."
"Then you are...?"
Before Menma could reply, her mother shook her head.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether it's a ghost or an illusion. As long as I can still see you... nothing else matters."
"Mother..."
With Menma's own personal testimony, Menma's mother's attitude immediately changed. After talking with her daughter for a while, she began to tell what happened on the day of Menma's death.
"That day, you went out with two friends. Do you remember?"
"friend...?"
After her mother's reminder, Menma seemed to remember something.
"Naruko...and Hana?"
"Yes, those two."
Hearing these two names, Ye Xing, who was sitting next to him, frowned slightly.
He knew Naruko, she should be Anjo Naruko in the original plot, the girl with orange hair and hot girl style.
