Nademonogatari by NisiOisiN

Author:NisiOisiN
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

020

Thanks to Ononoki-chan’s work, we at least had an inkling of where this pursuit was going, but not all of this was good news — for Ononoki-chan, this was a strategy of playing a weak hand to advantage.

Or in her case, playing a dead hand. {T}

This approach seemed to be one she least wanted to do; whilst it made our pursuit possible, she paid a price — specifically, her right hand.

Which meant she could not use her dominant hand.

Corpses do not feel any pain, but in terms of an oddity, her combat prowess has taken a big dip.

‘Well, anyway, improvise a prosthetic hand for me. Use the dirt around here. Sengoku Nadeko, I’ve been telling you to hold back your artistic side, but now is time for it to shine.’

This was putting me on the spot.

My artistic side has only worked in two dimensions so far…

But using the dirt in the shrine for a prosthetic (and also to patch up any flesh lost during dismemberment) could prove more effective than ordinary dirt.

It was from the shrine, after all.

Besides, this is an air pocket for oddities-related phenomena, a terrain that encourages impurities, the stuff that makes up oddities, to coalesce; in reality, when I was being rid of those snakes, their movements, which normally could not be seen, has, thanks to the dust here — wait, what?

No, that’s not right.

That’s not the case.

It was the case when I was being lifted from my curse, but I remember Oshino Meme-san had sealed this air pocket as part of his job; and to avoid any more impurities forming here, Oshino Meme-san’s senior, Gaen-san had attempted to install a new god onto the then-derelict Kitashirohebi Shrine.

At first, the candidate for the deity was, as Ononoki-chan calls her, the former Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade, i.e. the current Oshino Shinobu, but I stole that role.

Such was the origin story of Divine Nadeko.

With me as a deity, the shrine was renovated, but thinking back on it, Divine Nadeko was there for not that long… after that, a few months passed before a new god took that place.

This is getting long for an introduction, but the point is, it was a shame that the shrine no longer has much impurities, no ingredients for oddities — Ononoki-chan’s weakening seems unavoidable no matter what.

‘True, that. Shishirui Seishirou is no longer here too.’

‘? — Who’s that?’

‘A poor fella who never became anybody. Anyway, I was joking about your “artistic self”. Balancing left and right whilst on the move is all I need, so keep an eye on the weight.’

That was a great help.

I wetted the dirt with some water from the chōzuya and set to work moulding Ononoki-chan’s right hand. [10]

I cannot believe I’m still playing with dirt at this age… it might not be exactly the same, but it reminds me of looking for Kuchinawa-san’s shintai in a sand pit. Which park was that again?

‘Oh, speaking of, Ononoki-chan.’

‘What is it?’

Except the part below the right wrist, all parts were now connected,

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