Onmyoji and Tengu Eyes by Yoshiko Utamine

Author:Yoshiko Utamine [Utamine, Yoshiko]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Published: 2022-06-27T07:00:00+00:00

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MISATO went to work the next day feeling somewhat lighter. At around ten in the morning, Yoshida came to him with a job and requested that he assist Tsujimoto in conducting an inspection of the client’s house. Their destination was Tomoe District, a built-up area on the other side of the river in the heart of Old Tomoe.

It was less than a five-minute drive. Because the investigation would probably span the duration of their lunch break, Yoshida assured them they could eat lunch at a restaurant on their own time. Tsujimoto seemed to agree to the proposal, although his house was nearby. Nonetheless, Tsujimoto had invited Misato out for lunch the moment he arrived to the office that morning, so he hadn’t ordered any food from the company lunch service like he usually would.

Truthfully, Misato was a little nervous about his first meal with a colleague. He braced himself as he climbed into one of the town hall’s cars, Tsujimoto at the steering wheel.

Old Tomoe was divided into two districts, with Tomoe District on the east side of the river and Tokaichi on the west. Town Hall was in Tokaichi, as were the train station, main street, and big-box stores. Across the river, a more antiquated atmosphere dominated in a juxtaposition of old merchant shops and banks and modernist architecture. The commercial quarter along Tomoe District’s central thoroughfares had been paved with cobbles as part of a scheme to develop it into a tourist attraction.

Tsujimoto pulled up to a construction company on a street that branched off from one of those serene, rustic boulevards. An office faced the road, and a house nestled behind it—probably where the manager of the company lived. From the outside, the office appeared crammed into a small space, but when Misato took a better look, it was larger than he first thought. The house, in contrast, was obviously grand; he wouldn’t hesitate to call it a mansion.

Tsujimoto skillfully maneuvered the car into a narrow parking space and announced, “Let’s go.”

When he pushed open the glass front door of the office and showed Misato inside, a man immediately materialized to welcome them. Misato did a double take when his gaze flitted to the man’s face. He’d seen those huge, black-framed glasses somewhere before… He suddenly recalled meeting the man at Town Hall after just a few weeks of working there. Misato remembered his kind disposition and warm voice.

“Oh, hey.” The man smiled when their eyes met. Evidently, he remembered Misato, too. “I never thought I’d be comin’ to you with a personal matter on our first job together,” he said with a strained laugh.

Tsujimoto blinked. “Yeh know each other?”

“Well…”

The man recounted the story of how he and Misato met in front of the Construction Division office some months prior.

“Ah, lemme introduce myself properly this time,” he said, holding a business card out to Misato. “I’m Shinobu Takatsuki, the manager of Takatsuki Construction. Pleasure to meet ya.”

Misato shakily reached for the card. He’d learned about business card

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