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The dense forest is quiet and quiet, with only the faint moonlight falling on the ground from the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the fluorescence is flowing.

Natsume Takashi was walking on the path in the forest, looking around with a pair of brown, cat-like eyes, and from time to time he would shout the name "Cat-sensei" into the depths of the forest.

But the only thing that responded to him was the endless darkness that extended nowhere.

It probably took only a few minutes.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Natsume Takashi always felt that the moonlight above his head suddenly became much brighter, and the dense forest around him that was originally unclear gradually became clearer.

"I didn't pay much attention to it before, but the scenery here at night seems really beautiful..."

at this time.

A flash of white jumped from the forest and quickly ran in the other direction.

The chubby and round shape was extremely conspicuous in this empty dense forest. Natsume Takashi just glanced at it and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Teacher Cat, where are you going?"

Seeing that Niangguchi Sansan's figure was about to disappear from sight again, Natsume Takashi didn't hesitate at all and immediately turned to run into the dense forest.

Under the guidance of the moonlight, I kept pursuing the shadow in front of me that seemed to be escaping from something.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Natsume Takashi paused in his steps.

He seemed to hear some strange sound again. It was different from the previous sound like something exploding. This time, it seemed like the collision of steel and steel.

But the sound went away just as quickly as it came.

Natsume Takashi turned his head and saw the cat teacher in front of him suddenly stopped and turned around, as if he was deliberately waiting for him to pass.

"I heard that cats' hearing is much stronger than that of humans, right? So Teacher Cat must have heard the sound just now, right? Does it mean that it wants me to follow it?"

Sure enough, when Natsume Takashi took another step, Neko-sensei followed suit.

It was obviously a very fat cat, but it ran very fast, and Natsume Takashi even had a strange feeling in his heart.

If he hadn't taken care of himself? Teacher Mao would have run away long ago, right?

Thinking of this, Natsume Takashi suddenly felt warm in his heart.

Ordinary people only know that Mr. Neko is a cat who only eats delicious food and is very playful and always likes to run around. But only the Natsume family knows how smart Mr. Neko is.

If we really face a crisis, the person who has been tied up with Natsume's house is none other than Mr. Neko.

One cat and one cat, one behind the other, chased for nearly a hundred meters before stopping.

"Teacher Cat..."

Natsume Takashi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the cat teacher squatting on the roadside, walked over with a smile, picked it up, and put it in his arms.

"Meow~"

Teacher Cat didn't care and lay down quietly with his eyes squinted.

Noticing the dirt on Mr. Cat's feet, Natsume Takashi smiled helplessly and said, "You are running around again. If you go back and let your mother see you saying this, she might poke you in the forehead with her finger and treat you badly."

Give me a lecture, but don’t let me not help you when the time comes."

"Meow~"

As if Mr. Cat realized what he was about to face, he tugged on Natsume Takashi's sleeve with his little paws and meowed a few times.

"Okay, okay, as long as we find a place to wash our paws before going back, you don't have to worry too much."

Natsume Takashi touched Mr. Neko's head.

"I remember there seems to be a church near here. There should be water there to help."

The sky darkens very quickly in January, so even though the bright moon is hanging high in the sky now, in fact, it is only close to eight o'clock.

Natsume Takashi was not in a hurry, and walked very slowly, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

"This is really a nice place. We can come here often to visit in the future, right, Teacher Cat?"

Teacher Cat did not respond.

Natsume Takashi didn't pay attention at first, until Mr. Cat scratched his sleeve hard again.

"What's the matter, Teacher Cat?"

Just at this moment.

Natsume Takashi saw the dense forest in the distance.

The transparent white bird is flying in mid-air, sometimes switching between different forms.

Although it was covered by the trees, Natsume still saw two shadows facing each other below the white bird. One of the shadows looked a bit familiar, but because it was still a little far away, and because it was night, Natsume was

Zhi couldn't see the specific appearance, but he could see that one of them had silver-white hair, as beautiful as the moonlight scattered in the sky.

Just like that, Natsume Takashi hid behind the tree and stared at it for about a minute.

This was something beyond his ability to understand.

"monster?"

At this moment, Natsume Takashi remembered that when he was a child, his mother, Natsume Reiko, always asked him to tell some very scary monster stories to scare himself.

Because I was too young at the time, I couldn't tell what was true and what was false.

I just thought that what my mother told me must be true, so I believed in it and was threatened countless times.

Natsume Takashi still remembers that when his body was trembling, and he looked equally scared on the outside and in his heart, his mother, Natsume Reiko, would always laugh, but she wouldn't say anything.

The father, sitting on the sofa on the other side, shook his head, as if he was helpless.

It wasn't until I grew older and started to learn more knowledge.

Natsume Takashi gradually understood that there were no monsters in this world, they were just toys used to deceive children.

So, when I was in the fifth grade of elementary school.

For the first time, I mustered up the courage to question and request my mother, whom I admired in the past.

"Mom, the teacher said there are no monsters in the world. They are used by adults to trick children and make them learn to be obedient. Therefore, I will definitely be obedient in the future. You...don't tell me those scary monster stories anymore..."

"Hahaha, actually I think it would be too boring if all monster stories had horror as the core of the story."

Natsume Reiko rubbed Natsume Takashi's smooth brown hair and said with a smile: "Well, I won't tell you these things from now on. I will tell you one day when I can find a better monster story.

Bar."

From that day on, Natsume Reiko really never told any scary monster stories again.

Moreover, at the end of that day, Natsume Reiko said something that Natsume Takashi still remembers vividly.

"I always thought that monsters might really exist in this world."

Natsume Takashi has gradually begun to get used to his careless mother who occasionally comes up with some strange ideas as he grows older.

To use a saying my father often said.

"She is like a child who has not grown up, always holding on to countless fantasies, but it is undeniable that those fantasies are a proof of her innocence. I like this about her."

Although Natsume Takashi couldn't believe the existence of monsters in the world, he still kept one thing in mind.

Looking for the kind of monster story that my mother told me that was different from the traditional one.

While in middle school, Natsume Takashi found a very interesting manga through the introduction of a friend.

The content of the comic is not about the story between monsters and humans. Its setting is more novel, but overall, it gave Natsume Takashi an unusually comfortable feeling.

So, he gave the comic called "Mushishi" to his mother.

After that, the entire Natsume family became fans of "Mushishi".

After that, there will be no more...

"Mushishi" was officially announced to have ended before Natsume Takashi graduated from middle school.

Many loyal fans of "Mushishi" keep writing to the editorial office, hoping that the story of "Mushishi" can continue. Obviously Yingu's journey is still going on, there are still many stories to write, and there are still many "Mushishi"

"You can go talk about it."

Finally, fans began to no longer care about the cartoonist's update speed, and even lowered the previous requirement of "Mushishi" to be updated once a month to once every March, or even once every June, and finally until the annual update

, or even longer.

But the author of "The Insect Master" seemed to have disappeared, and there was no news from him again.

Even my father, who has always had a good temper, couldn't help but muttered "old thief" later on.

After Natsume Takashi entered high school.

With the inspiration provided by "Mushishi", Natsume Takashi heard from his mother that she wanted to create a heartwarming story between humans and monsters.

This is Natsume Takashi's online name.

The origin of the ‘Book of Friends’.
To be continued...