Nagasaki Prefecture, the southernmost part of the island country of Japan

Nagasaki Prefecture was destroyed by the atomic bomb during World War II, which is a sad but reborn area. Nagasaki is composed of peninsular, capes, bays and lakes. The sea area is about 25 times that of land area, with a complex terrain and pleasant climate. It is a beautiful ocean county.

However, Xiaoshika Town is a town on the Xiaoshika Volcano Islands west of Nagasaki Prefecture. To put it bluntly, most of the small towns and even some remote places are equivalent to some villages in our country.

The same is true for Xiaoshi Kamachi. The towns are located on the border of the country and their development is self-evident, but this place can be regarded as a country town with beautiful natural scenery.

There are Akihara family living in Xiaoshika Town. The family of five lives in a second-floor bungalow near the coast.

Yansuke Akihara is the only son of his family. He just graduated from primary school this year and is a little boy who likes nature. At dusk, he likes to stand on the coast not far from his home and look at the sunset before entering the sea.

March 2011

In early spring, the sunset will fall to the sea level very early. Akihara Yansuke wrapped in a thick cotton coat and still sat by the sea to enjoy the beautiful sunset. Every time he watched the red sunset slowly fall, all the anxiety and worries in his heart will be gone with the sunset and the sea.

"It's another peaceful day. In the future, I must be admitted to the University of Tokyo, and then develop our Xiaoshi Kamachi and connect with the world, so that everyone can see the natural scenery here."

Yan Akihara saw that the last round of the sunset was left and the frame was still on the sea surface. When he patted the soil stained on his pants, he was about to turn home. His eyes suddenly froze and he stared at the other end of the boundless sea in front of him, where the sunset was about to set.

A very small shadow seemed to be coming in his direction at a very fast speed.

Because it was still early, Yan Jie was not in a hurry to go home. So he looked at the dark shadow slowly approaching the sky with curiosity. As the last round of the sunset disappeared, the outline of the shadow was no longer blurry and gradually reflected into Akihara's eyes.

The black shadow was obviously a wooden bed, but in the center of the wooden bed was a figure sitting without the sliding of the oars, while the hull was moving forward at sea level at an extremely fast speed.

"Hanling!" It was originally a jade ring that was tied to Yansuke's wrist and prayed for blessings from the Shikamachi Shrine in the early silence. It broke without warning and fell to the ground and became shattered.

When Yan Jie's eyes broke from the ground and moved to the sea level, the sunset that had already fallen rose from the sea again as the black wooden boat approached. However, this time it was the sunset with blood, which shone brightly in the blue sea water.

Yan Jie was frightened and stood there for a moment, until his eyes gradually became clear that the black shadow sitting on the wooden boat was actually a young man with a bunch of white hair, and his eyes were filled with red light that was enough to make people's minds break, as if the sunset rising again in the sky was reflected by these eyes.

Yan Jie's legs suddenly began to move together and ran towards his home with all his might.

"Crash!" Yan Jie anxiously pulled open the paper sliding door with both hands, took off his shoes from his feet, and came to the lobby of the room with panic, kicking his parents and grandparents who were burning fire in the stove in the hall.

"Dad, there is a monster... the monster comes from the sea. His white hair is sitting on a wooden boat and coming towards us." Yan Jiemeng said with fear, but even if such a ridiculous word was spoken from an adult in his thirties, it is rare for anyone to believe it, let alone a twelve-year-old boy.

"Yan Jie, come and sit down. It's quite cold outside. Yan Jie's mother will bring the dinner." Yan Jie's father is a relatively large fishing breeder in the local area, and the whole family is supported by his father alone.

"Dad, you have to believe me, and even the sunset that was set in the sky rose again, and the bloody sunset dyed the sea water bright red!" Yan Jie still described the situation at that time in a hurry.

"Since you are so sure, I will trust you once and see where the red sunset you mentioned is."

Yan Jie's father stood up from the ground and opened the sliding door leading to the courtyard. However, outside the house, the night had already entered the darkness because of the setting sun, but Yan Jie clearly remembered that the blood-red sunset he saw illuminated the sky. And when he came back, the sky was obviously not night.

Yan Jie's father leaned his head out and looked at the dark sky, his eyes slightly changed. He turned around and closed the sliding door, and sat back into the furnace.

"It seems that you should not go to the beach in the future. There is only a slightly red moon rising in the sky, which is so exaggerated by you. Yan Jie, I hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future. Hurry up and help your mother place the food on the god table." Yan Jie's father said particularly sternly.

"Yes, father." Yan Jie looked out the window unwillingly. There was only a red full moon hanging in the dark sky. Although he was still worried, he only put this ridiculous thing aside and came to the kitchen to bring the fruit plates placed by his mother and placed them on a magic table in the hall.

Most residents living in Xiaoshika Town have a custom. After all, they belong to island cities and often suffer natural disasters within tsunamis. In order to be able to keep their own safety, residents here will place a god table in their homes in addition to praying in the shrine to entertain the passing "guest gods".

If a ‘guest god’ enters the house of that family and eats the offerings on the god’s table, it will surely ensure that the family is safe all year round and the family business is booming.

The Akihara family has followed this custom for generations.

After all the dishes on the dining table were served, the family of five arrived in unison, "I'm going to start."

Because the strange thing happened on the coast was during the peaceful supper of the family of five, Yan Jie always had some furry in his heart, observing the outside world everywhere, without focusing on eating.

"Tada!"

A crisp knock on the door was conveyed to Yan Jie'er, who was highly focused, and almost threw away the bowls and chopsticks in his hand.

"Is anyone here to visit this time? Maybe it was the one who negotiated business with me yesterday." Yan Jie's father stood up and walked towards his door, but Yan Jie seemed particularly nervous.

"Click!"

Yan Jie, who was sitting in the hall, heard a sound of the door opening, but did not hear the sound of his father talking to the guests outside.

"Tread." The sound of the floor being knocked into the ears of the people sitting in the hall.

However, there is a custom in Japan that whenever you enter the house, you have to take off your shoes. This is the most basic thing that everyone knows and a rule that must be followed. However, now those who enter their own home are wearing wooden clogs and walking in directly.

"It's the guest god, don't talk. Otherwise, if the guest god is scared away, you will never come to us again in the future." At this time, Yan Jie's grandmother at the dinner table said with a serious expression.

But Yan Jie didn't think so. In his opinion, the person who came into his house might be a white-haired monster sitting on a black ship. Because he had never seen any guest god since he was a child, but after he saw the monster today, the so-called guest god came to him.

As the sound of clogs approached from the corridor and corridor, Yan Jie, who was sitting at the dining table, looked at the border between the hall and the corridor, wanting to see who was walking by the clogs.

"Bang!" An old wooden clog appeared in Yan Jie's eyes, and then a short figure walked out.

The visitor was dressed in a shabby gray robe, with wrinkles on both feet and hands. However, the old man looked at Yan Jie on the dining table on his face, and then turned his head and limped towards the divine table used for worship in the hall.

The only thing that the old man doesn't look like a human is that he has a long big head, which is very strange and a bit funny.

However, in Yan Jie's opinion, the monster was not coming from the sea, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and treated the big-headed old man as a real "guest god". When he put down the stone hanging in his heart and turned his head, his family at the dinner table were trembling, as if he was afraid of the arrival of the old man.

"By the way, why haven't my father come back yet?" Yan Jie looked at his timid family at the dinner table, and recalled his father who had gone to open the door but did not come back. Yan Jie couldn't help but turn his head and look at the big-headed old man again.

At this time, the old man was sitting leisurely at the magic table, holding a red apple in one hand and eating it without any image. He looked like a cynical and funny old man, and could not see anything scary at all.

"Father!" Yan Jie whispered his father's name, but there was no response in the empty corridor.

Yan Jie looked at the old man who was having a happy meal at the divine table and thought of going out to find his father, so he got up and left the dining table.

"Xiao Jie!...Don't go!" The trembling palm grabbed Yan Jie's sleeve and said in a timid and trembling voice.

Yan Jie turned around and saw his mother full of fear in his pupils, but he had made up his mind and stood up from the chair and headed towards the direction. Yu Guang naturally paid attention to the direction of the divine table.

However, as he moved his steps, the big-headed old man did not act threateningly. Instead, he continued to grab a banana after eating the apple and ate it leisurely.

Yan Jie calmed down and slowly left the hall.

However, when I stepped into the corridor and poked my mind out and looked at the door of my house to the end.

"No!" Yan Jie's eyes were instantly covered with blood, and his feet became weak due to horror and fell to the ground.

The headless body of his father collapsed in the shoe changing area, while his horrified head was placed on the shoe cabinet, and streams of clear water penetrated from the seven holes... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

ps: I wonder if you can see a little clue in this article.

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