299 Team X Has Two New Members! (1/2)
The incident of Sakagami Village finally came to an end. They left Sakagami Village on the second day. Of course, they would not refrain Sakagami Village from making a report to the police about yesterday's incident. However, it was obvious that the villagers of Sakagami Village were all joyous the next day even though a few people died. That was because the villagers could feel that the pressure from the curse was gone. The villagers cleaned up the village instead of going to sleep until the next morning. They were waiting for the sunrise as they wanted to see if the curse was lifted.
Kimura Kazuki and the others were still there at that time. Sei Shigeru did not leave as he wanted to see what happened to the curse. After all, he bore the task of investigating the incident of Unto Shrine as requested by the Deity Rising Palace. Since Sakagami Village and Unto Shrine were inextricably linked, he could not just leave like that after getting rid of Otome Sakagami. He had to at least see if the curse was lifted.
Kimura Kazuki did not leave when he saw this situation. Although what happened next was not his business, he was also curious to see what would happen. He would not refuse to help if he could.
The sun shone brightly on the earth after sunrise. Some of the youngsters of Sakagami Village walked out from under the roof carefully until they were beneath the sun.
Looking up to the sky almost blinded them. The golden sun shone brightly above them and they started sweating. There were no negative effects apart from the heat.
The people of Sakagami Village were crying with joy at that moment, their joyous cheers were loud and endless. Sei Shigeru was touched to see the scene. Happy emotions were contagious after all. Kimura Kazuki also showed a smile upon seeing them.
He was about to say something when the cell phone in his pocket rang suddenly. He took out his cell phone and saw that the call was from Chiba Shiori.
”Hello…” As soon as Kimura Kazuki spoke, Chiba Shiori's intermittent voice was heard. ”Kazuki… Check the team.”
He heard no sound after that. Kimura Kazuki was speechless. He knew that Chiba Shiori acted like that because of Sakagami Village's poor reception. She knew that Kazuki went somewhere in Kyoto with poor reception after the holidays so she only said the keywords quickly.
After hanging up the call, Kimura Kazuki picked up his phone again and checked the Line team named X. He did not intend to change the team's name although the members in the team kept dissing it.
X stood for the unknown, as well as for hopes and goals.
The messages were still loading when he opened the chat room of the team.
Kimura Kazuki looked at Sei Shigeru. ”Shigeru-sama, since the issue in Sakagami Village has been dealt with, I'll have to leave first. If there is anything that needs to be followed-up in Sakagami Village, you can contact me and I will do my best to help.”
”Alright!” Sei Shigeru nodded with a smile. ”You've worked hard these days, Kimura-sama. Feel free to visit the Shigeru house anytime.”
”I will.” Kimura Kazuki laughed after he finished talking. He then looked at Asuka and Mei and changed his tone. ”I formed a small team and I was wondering if the both of you would like to join?”
Asuka and Mei were stunned upon hearing that. They did not speak and hesitated for a moment before their grandfather said directly, ”It is an honor for both Asuka and Mei to join the small team formed by Kimura-sama.”
The Shigeru family had always been neutral and refused to interfere in any disputes between forces in Japan. This was also the reason why the Arisu family wanted to ask Sei Shigeru to come forward but he determinedly rejected them.
However, Asuka and Mei were still young and they could not represent the Shigeru family fully yet. Joining the small team formed by Kimura Kazuki would be beneficial for the two of them. Therefore, Sei Shigeru would not refrain them from joining.
Since Kimura Kazuki did not invite him, Sei Shigeru guessed that the team was likely to be formed by a bunch of young people. The youngsters who were invited by Kimura Kazuki were probably some young outstanding elites. Therefore, Asuka and Mei could expand their social network by joining the team.