Blow air to chase away the bee.
This was a good idea.
However, bees can sometimes be difficult to chase away because the scent of some shampoos might create the illusion for bees that they've truly found a flower!
Just as Haruto wanted to help, Shoko blew, and the bee managed to fly away. Seeing this, she sighed in relief, and a smile appeared on her face.
But Haruto actually showed an expression of surprise. Because after the bee left, it flew back, hovering in front of Shoko again!
Shoko also noticed the bees flying around her. Her smile froze slightly, then she widened her bright eyes and looked at the bees in front of her with caution.
The simplest and most direct way now was to swat it away.
As long as she was fast enough, the bee wouldn't have time to react.
Shoko took action.
The next moment, she successfully rested her head on her hands.
Haruto walked over, reached out, and swatted away the bee near Shoko.
After dealing with the bee, he turned off the faucet and said, "It's okay, Shoko, the bee is gone."
Shoko could hear his voice clearly.
Hearing this, she carefully lifted her head. Seeing the dangerous contact avoided, she stood up, quickly bowing, and unconsciously made a gesture with her hands.
"I'm sorry for causing trouble just now."
"It's alright." Haruto reached out his hand: "Give me your hand. We're done feeding the fish. We should continue the listening and speaking practice today."
"Mm."
Shoko responded softly, then wiped her hands on her clothes and carefully placed her hand in Haruto's.
The next moment, a very warm feeling emerged.
Feeling her hand gripped tightly, Shoko suddenly felt a tingling sensation in her heart, which made her want to just keep holding his hand. But this thought only passed in an instant.
"Let's go!"
"Eh?"
Seeing Shoko looking at him, Haruto said seriously: "Since I haven't used this ability for a while, it will take more time to apply it."
Shoko blinked her eyes, remembering the first time, it seemed they had just touched hands, hadn't they?
Was it different this time?
Shoko nodded in understanding, then gestured with one hand to show she understood, no problem.
She was still accustomed to using sign language, as while some of her spoken words were okay, a few sentences still fell short.
Although Haruto didn't mind too much, Shoko cared.
Haruto led Shoko across the small bridge, walking through the forest path, and arriving at a pedestrian road with people coming and going.
"Have you heard? It seems a lot of strange things have been happening lately."
"Eh? I've heard it too. Apparently, there was an uncle who didn't come home all night, and his family called the police. When they finally found him, he said he was lost."
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Shh, lower your voice. I heard that uncle was actually walking in circles all night."
"Really? Doesn't that sound too scary?"
"What did you see?"
"They said someone saw a monster at Itomori Lake, but I don't know if it's true or not."
Hearing this, Shoko shivered, then unconsciously moved closer to Haruto.
At the same time, Haruto looked at a few young men gathered in the corner, puffing on smoke.
Of course, it wasn't because he wanted to stretch his muscles, but because their conversation caught his attention.
"It's so funny. The level of negative emotion online is so high right now, and they keep lying to reassure us. Do they think we're stupid?"
A companion couldn't help but ask, "Ueno, did you really see it?"
The boy named Ueno casually slung his bag over his shoulder and sneered, "Isn't it ridiculous? If I didn't see it, would I believe it?"
"Kurosawa, let me say this again, we're going to call a truce from now on. Right now, I don't want to waste time on messy things. I just want to know what's happening in this world!"
"Sato, let's go!"
After the two left, Kurosawa crushed his cigarette butt with force, watching Ueno's back, and suddenly asked, "Do you think everything he said is true?"
"Boss, what Ueno said is currently being discussed a lot on the internet. If it's not suppressed, it could go viral."
"Boss, it's clear someone is controlling this, and someone doesn't want us to know the truth."
Kurosawa sneered: "Isn't this the usual style of those people?"
"Let's go! If what Ueno said is true, we shouldn't fall behind. Whatever happens, we need to prepare in advance."
"..."
"Kuromori-kun, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Haruto looked away and kept moving forward.
The gods have disappeared, and spiritual power is unbalanced.
A certain equilibrium in this world is gradually beginning to crumble.
This is also causing more people to start noticing the anomalies.
Balance in the world is essential.
If that balance is lost, various disasters such as volcanic eruptions, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other calamities will occur.
And this is actually why Haruto prohibits Onmyoji from entering Chiba City without reason. As soon as some threatening entities invade Chiba City, he will know.
Because it is the center of the sealing barrier, the eye of the formation.
If the balance here is broken, cracks in the sky will reappear. Moreover, after ten years of suppression, once the sky cracks again, it will be terrifying.
Perhaps it will entirely overturn the laws of space and truly arrive in this world.
At that point, there will no longer be any distinction between the age of oddity and the present.
The collision of two worlds.
How bad could it be?
Haruto has never experienced it, so he couldn't imagine it, but there's no doubt it would be terrifying.
Stars exploding, stars derailing, the sun falling, planets colliding, space breaking, time and space collapsing.
This is what could happen in the entire universe.
And what about Earth?
He worried that in an instant, nothing would be left.
But this is the worst possible outcome.
Judging from the oddity status quo, it may not be as bad as the above.
At most, the extinction of life.
Then, like the oddity, it will erode another world.