She didn't hear Lin Qiye climbing up the steep slope at all, and she didn't even know when he came up from below. He was like a black ghost, flying up from the steep slope in a flash.
"Your skills are quite good." Yurina said with emotion in Japanese.
Lin Qiye smiled and said nothing.
The two of them walked along the road on the cliff, facing the blue sky above their heads, and walked to the other side of the road one after another.
Yurina walked in front. Her bare feet stepped on the gray asphalt road, leaving light water stains. The old black cherry blossom kimono seemed a little loose, not her size, and there were even some spots on the sleeves.
It cracked and was woven together with gray silk threads.
Every time she takes a step, the light pink hairpin inserted in the ball-like black hair will sway gently, reflecting the crystal shimmer.
Lin Qiye wore a black windbreaker and walked calmly behind her.
In his mind, he quickly sorted out all the known information.
The cause of everything was the white-haired old man with a suspicious king's face who was riding a small boat in the mist.
He wore the mask of Wang Mian, the cloak of the [Masked] team, and the [Yi Yuan] on his waist. His abilities were also related to time. Lin Qiye was almost certain that that person was Wang Mian...
But the paradox is that Wang Mian is not that old, and he is far from reaching the realm of gods.
Could it be that he comes from the future?
The moment this idea appeared in Lin Qiye's mind, he labeled it "extremely possible". It is not a secret that Wang Mian can time travel.
When instructor Yuan Gang explained the medal of the night watchman, he mentioned Wang Mian's achievements. Five years ago, the Yamata no Orochi landed in the East China Sea. Wang Mian spent his life span to travel through time and returned to an hour before the Yamata no Orochi appeared.
Saved an entire city.
At that time, Wang Mian was just a newcomer to the "infinite" realm.
If King Mian really breaks through that ceiling in the future and steps into the divine realm, it may not be impossible to travel back through time and go back to the past.
The question now is, if this speculation is correct, then from which point in the future did he travel back through time, and why did he come back?
Is it just to send him to this place?
What about the other team members? Are they here too?
This...is this really Japan?
Countless doubts came to Lin Qiye's mind. The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt.
Suddenly, he thought of another possibility.
If King Mian can control time, is it possible that he sent everyone to Japan a hundred years ago, before the fog appeared?
Lin Qiye suddenly raised his head and looked around.
At this moment, the two of them had walked off the road and onto the streets of the city.
We haven't reached the city center yet, and there are very few pedestrians on the road. The lanes are marked with clean white signs on the gray asphalt pavement. On the right is a newly opened sea urchin rice bowl restaurant, and on the left is a closed one.
Electronic Mall.
There were several locked bicycles parked on one side of the driveway, and a black car parked in front of it. Lin Qiye didn't recognize the logo on the car, but judging from the shape of the car, it didn't appear to be from decades ago.
Yurina, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stopped and waited until the signal light above his head flashed green before continuing to move forward.
This is definitely not the Japan of a hundred years ago.
This is a modern city.
Lin Qiye gave up the idea of going back to the past and continued to think about the nature of this place...
Since there is no time travel, how did this country without fog appear?
This country shouldn't exist, but he was already in it. He could vaguely feel that there must be some unknown and dangerous secret hidden under this peaceful and beautiful appearance.
Unable to figure out all this for the time being, Lin Qiye could only put it aside for the time being and think about the problems that were close at hand.
A strange environment, a strange language, a strange culture... The first thing Lin Qiye needed to solve was the language barrier.
He has been silent and can't read, but it's hard to figure out what's going on here.
But language is not something that can be learned in a day or two.
Just as Lin Qiye was secretly distressed, the two of them had already reached the edge of the city. The surrounding buildings gradually became smaller and sparse. Finally, they stopped in front of a deserted open space behind the park.
There are no habitable houses here, and there is not even any lighting. On the edge of this open space, there are only a few containers that look abandoned for a long time and are placed messily.
Yurina turned to look at Lin Qiye and said in Japanese:
"Follow me and don't make a sound."
After saying that, she made an "X" sign in front of her mouth with her finger.
Lin Qiye immediately understood what she meant and nodded.
The two walked quietly to one of the containers. Yurina carefully looked around to make sure there was no one else around, then opened the lock on the container door and quickly walked in.
Inside the container is a small living space.
There was a worn out thick mattress that was moved from somewhere, with two stacks of thin blankets stacked on it. Next to it was a simple clothes hanger made of a bent pipe, with two pieces of clothing hanging on it, and then some basic toiletries.
On the other side of the mattress, there was a wooden chair. At this moment, a gray-haired old woman was sitting there, squinting her eyes and folding white paper with trembling hands full of wrinkles.
Although her speed was slow, her technique was very skillful. In just a few seconds, she folded a delicate paper crane and placed it gently at her feet.
Under her feet, a hill of paper cranes had piled up, and her shoes were submerged in it.
She heard the door of the container being pushed open, and slowly looked up. When she saw the petite figure, a bright smile appeared on the corner of her old mouth.
"Xiao Youli, are you back?"
"I'm back." A smile appeared on Yurina's little face, "Grandma Crane, I also brought a guest back."
"have a guest?"
After hearing this, the old man's eyes fell behind Yurina and saw the man in a black windbreaker.
She gently put down the white paper in her hand, put her hands on the handles of the chair, and tried hard to stand up from the chair, her legs trembling on the ground.
"A guest is coming... Hurry, sit down, I'll make a cup of tea for the guest."
"Grandma He, please sit down soon. Just leave the reception to the guests to me." Yurina hurriedly supported her and said while helping her back to the chair.
Grandma He opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but her body really couldn't use any strength, so she could only follow Yurina's strength and sit back on the chair.
Yurina turned around and saw Lin Qiye still standing at the door, frowning slightly.
"Why are you still standing there? Come in and close the door so others can see us here."