229 225. Do you want to teach common sense (physical) to someone who has bothered others? (1/2)

A blanket of darkness, darkness, darkness.

Kuro as far as the eye can see.

That's just as it should be.

After all, it's 2:00 a.m. now, and even the bad guys are starting to think about going to bed.

It's funny that such a place is so bright at such an hour.

The name of the place is Aokigahara Sea of Trees.

Naturally, there is no artificial light in this place, and if there is, it's only the street lamps along the road.

Even viewed from above, it's pitch black as if the place seems to be nothing but darkness.

The residential area is far away.

Its light does not serve to illuminate this place.

There may be animals, but it's a space where no one has ever relied on civilization.

”I really don't know what they're doing here at New Year's.

Really, hey, it's hard to keep a secret in a place like this, and it's hard on your partner.

Mom, what are you impressed with? It's because of them that we got dragged into this place. Why do you look so happy?

”Do I look like a woman who cares about every single thing that happens?　When you get hit, you pay back, that's all. Now we're going to go and pay our respects for that. It's a good opportunity to relieve your stress that you can't release every day. Don't look so sulky, have fun.

”Enjoy, dammit!

Us and our children watching that space from above.

However, there is a difference in the emotions that parents and children stare at, though.

You'll be able to see your mother happily, and I can't help but let out a sigh as if to say why this is happening.

I regret my actions a little while ago, wondering why I said that, even though it was to prevent it.

However, I resign myself to the fact that it's no use if it's already here, but I'll be ready for it.

I'm not like my mom who is just happy, but this won't interfere with my work.

The difference in emotions between my mother and me is great, but there is one thing in common.

Oh, there's a lot of you.

You're seeing things for granted. Well, I'm kinda seeing things too.

Wouldn't you make a gesture like putting your hand to your forehead when looking into the distance?

You'll hear your mother exclaim in admiration as she makes such a gesture, but normally there is only a sea of trees sinking in the darkness beyond.

But my mom says it as if there is something there.

Have you lost your mind?　My mother would have beaten me to death if I asked.

Of course I had no intention of committing such a foolish act.

Above all, there's no point in doing it because I know what she meant.

So I too can see the light hidden in the dark, the scene behind my mother's eyes.

There's a corner so bright you'd think we were having a festival in the forest.

But the electronics on board the helicopter don't respond.

But we can see it.

That means the location is hidden.

Places that should be hidden and hidden by a special technology that shouldn't be seen.

At times, this was a statement that would be judged a painful person, but this is not the place for that.

Rather, it's the invisible that's the problem.

Our eyes are looking at one place in common.

Fuji side of the Sea of Trees.

Fuji, but not in the middle of the sea of trees.

Countless bonfires are visible in such an exquisite place.

And the countless people dancing there.

Yeah, I know what I'm going to say.

That some sort of ritual is going on there.

And now we're going to bust it up.

Well, don't tell me you're cheating.

”Who are you talking to, Jiro?

I've never seen it before in my life.

”That's a little late for that. The guy was trying to pick a fight. We just bought it. What's there to forgive?

Indeed.

I chuckle and agree with my mom's words.

Now, we can't keep looking at that bonfire.

Like I said before, we came here to destroy the ritual.

”It's the first time I've ever had a gun and it's surprisingly light.

But it's still a heavy category. Well, it's nice for a parent to know that their son is strong.

Taking the sniper rifle out of its case, you slowly and carefully lift it up, handling it for the first time.

You can feel a sense of mass in your arm, even though it is light, in its shiny black body.

The body is so long and severe that it's hard to see.

And is this guy Kirie's sarcasm towards me after I left home with this hecart thing?

PGM Heckert II.

It is a sniper rifle developed by the French company Precision.

Named after the Greek goddess Hecate, it is a modern-day weapon specialized for killing people.

I was impressed to see the day when you had such a thing, but my mother's expression is not good, as if my mother and I's emotions from earlier have reversed.

Sarcasm?　What does that mean?

Apparently, you are unhappy with the guns provided, but they are the ones that seem to work fine and seem to have no problem with what we are about to do.

What's the complaint?

My family is a shrine. Why would you get a gun with the name of some other god's name on it?

That's what it's all about.

The question was quickly put to rest by my mother's words.

The point is that she was mentally dissatisfied, complaining about the roundabout harassment.

That's what I'm saying. What if she can't use me?

”Isn't it available?

I've used it. Drinking with the Foreign Legion guys.

”...... What are you doing?

You show a look of dismay without hiding it, but your mother doesn't even seem to care.

I don't know why you think that's a little late.

It's nothing new for my mom to be unconventional.

We're not exactly on the same page now that she fired or didn't fire her gun.

And I'm sure she'd think I did the same thing.

Only it wasn't a gun, and I'm used to this kind of rough stuff too.

I've cut down people and demons with mineral wood.

I've crushed their bones with my fists.

I've seen more than just people killed.

So it's too late for me.

If you ask me if I'm not sentimental about what I'm about to do, I'd say I am.

But if you ask me if I'm heartbroken, I'm not.

”Mother, have you ever shot in real life?

There's ...... . . to protect your husband.

”...... I see.

The sentiment also has strong implications for things I would never have imagined in the past, such as the day when parents and children would do such things together.

Even if they do not say anything to each other, you can smell and sense this fact from their behavior.

Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

Somewhere on this earth, my mother is.