Anime Crossover: The people the Saniwa knows are all over Japan

The black jelly waved to them, then turned back into a shadow and moved across the ground.

Asuka and Natsume exchanged a glance and followed together.

The thoughtful girl didn't forget to scoop the cat teacher into her arms.

"Big fat cat, you're too heavy! If you don't lose weight, you'll get high blood pressure from excess fat!"

"No way! I am a high-ranking demon, don't compare me to those ordinary kittens!"

"Indeed, you're not even as cute as that kitten."

"You little devil!"

Natsume listened to their bickering with a helpless smile.

As expected, Black Jelly led them into the hotel. He stopped at the door of a Japanese-style room, hesitating to go forward.

Asuka transferred Nyanko-sensei to Natsume's arms and shook her aching hands.

"Natsume-kun, you really need to keep an eye on this big fat cat and make it lose weight."

Lord Asuka can shoot twelve arrows without getting tired!

This big, fat cat is absolutely, positively, positively obese!!

It's incredible, but not impossible, for monsters to get obese.

Isn't this big fat cat in front of us a perfect example?

Seeing that Kurojelly looked like she was feeling homesick, Asuka called softly towards the Japanese-style room, "Is anyone home?"

An aged voice replied, "Yes."

The paper door was pulled open, and the old man saw two children standing at the door, one of whom was a little girl he had seen before.

"I saw your competition, congratulations on winning first place, young lady." He asked kindly, "What brings you here today?"

Standing inside the door was the old man who managed the dojo's warehouse!

The black jelly, which had turned into a shadow, excitedly spun around the old man.

"It told us to give you this."

Feiniao handed the wooden box in her hand to the still energetic old man.

A look of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes. After a moment of silence, he invited them into the room.

He took two cushions out of the cabinet and placed them on the tatami mat.

After the two sat down, the old man pursed his lips and asked, "Can you see it too?"

What we can see is something everyone knows without saying a word.

Asuka and Natsume nodded.

"I can no longer see it."

Natsume's heart trembled.

Suddenly, I remembered the man whose spiritual power disappeared as he grew older; he could no longer see his friends.

Is it here?

The old man's voice was choked with emotion.

Feiniao glanced discreetly at the frantically shaking black jelly, and suddenly remembered the last wish on the note.

Say goodbye.

So it wasn't me who came to say goodbye?

“No.” Asuka answered without hesitation. “We found this place because we discovered a letter of commission from decades ago.”

"It's good that he's not here." The old man was a little regretful, but mostly relieved. "After all, I haven't been able to see for forty or fifty years."

"How lonely I would be if it were still by my side."

The lie that the bird hastily fabricated had many flaws, but the old man, immersed in his emotions, did not notice them.

"Would you like to take a look at what's inside?"

Composing himself, the old man asked with a smile.

The two nodded obediently.

The wooden box, sealed for decades, was opened.

There wasn't much inside: just a photograph, a simple sketch, some pretty stones, and a few slips of paper with writing on them.

"I was only ten years old that year." As if lost in memories, the old man's eyes glazed over.

In the simple sketch, black and gray graphite lines outline a child and a dark, indistinct object.

What is that dark, indistinct thing?

The adults said that this was a friend he had imagined when he was young and ignorant.

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Asuka and Natsume stood at the entrance of the inn. The sun had already set, and only fiery red clouds remained on the horizon.

Black Jelly stood in the shade of a tree not far away, waving to them.

After receiving a response, it once again transformed into a shadow, moved swiftly, and disappeared before their eyes.

Will it disappear?

Natsume thought of the Dew God, the yokai that disappeared after the death of its last believer.

It is a monster that exists because of human faith, and its last believer, Hanako, gave it several decades of life.