I loaded the ghost talk game

Kamiyagawa: "Madam, apart from this supernatural photo of a doppelgänger, have any other strange things happened to you?"

"Others..." Xiaoban Jiyue hesitated, "I don't know if this counts."

"Let's talk and listen first."

"Recently... I seem to be dreaming from time to time, about Ichi Kumatori."

"Kumatori?"

Kumatori is the mask used for kabuki performances.

When performing Kabuki, you will apply thick white powder on your face, and then dip your fingers into the paint to apply it. This is Kumatori.

Each kumatori represents a specific character type or personality trait, and is generally similar to the facial makeup of Peking Opera.

After listening to Kohata Jiyue's simple explanation of the terminology, Kamiyagawa asked: "What kind of Kumatori is it?"

"I can draw it. Can you give me a pen and paper? It's best to use colored pens in three colors: red, blue, and brown."

"Hold on."

Of course I have pen and paper at home.

As for colored pens, I don’t know if there are any in Xiaolu’s room, but I have the impression that the girl’s drawings in the notebooks are not filled in with colors, only outlined with pencils.

And she usually likes to hide her drawing tools together with the notebook she is still drawing on.

In the end, Kamiya went to get a box of crayons that Aiori occasionally played with for convenience.

"Can I have crayons?"

"OK."

Kobata Jiyue picked up the pen and started painting. She was good at painting and had obviously received special training.

As a woman who married into a well-known Kabuki family, calligraphy and painting were just basic skills for her.

He seemingly casually drew a few strokes of red crayon on the white paper to depict the structure of the blood vessels and muscles of the human face, but within a few minutes he had a prototype of Kumatori.

The color red also has its own meaning in Kabuki Kumatori.

Generally represents courage, justice and recklessness.

Sujikuma and Ipponkuma in Benikuma are usually positive characters, that is, good guys.

Kobata Jiyue put down the red crayon, picked up the blue one, and continued sketching.

Blue represents the villain and treacherous character in Kuma. Blue Kuma is like the evil Gong Qing or Prajna Kuma.

The characters painted in red and blue are half good and half bad, both good and evil.

But it wasn't over yet. Kobata Jiyue picked up the dark brown crayon and continued drawing.

The brown color is special among Kumatori and symbolizes ghosts and gods.

rustle.

Traces of crayon continue to smear the paper.

When Kohata Jiyue finally stopped, Kamiyagawa raised his eyes and looked at the mask carefully——

There are ferocious and rough flying red lines around the eye sockets, and blue lines are outlined on the cheeks, and there are also brown lines embellished among them.

Evil, mysterious, mysterious, strange.

The extremely complex texture makes it difficult to use a unified vocabulary to describe the feeling of this Kumatori.

"Generally speaking, Kumatori is not so complicated. Moreover, I have never seen this kind of Kumatori. In my impression, there is no three-color Kumatori. I don't know what this one represents. What, but I did dream about it many times.”

The wives of famous kabuki actors have many strict requirements.

One of them is that he has a good understanding of the cultural knowledge of kabuki.

Since Obata Jiyue said that this kind of Kumadori mask does not exist in reality, it should really not exist.

…

"Madam, I already understand what happened to you. Now that I have collected your money, I will conduct an investigation around this photo and this Kumatori mask. Just go back first, leave your contact information, and I have my home address and I will contact you as soon as there is any progress.”

"Excuse me, Mr. Kamiya."

Xiaobata Jiyue leaned forward, changed her shoes at the entrance, and thanked her again before leaving.

"Double body..."

Kamiya stood at the door, silently watching the lady's figure holding an umbrella and getting further away in the rain.

Wait until the client disappears around the corner.

"Abba!"

The little old man appeared, and following the master's instructions, he restrained his aura, escaped into the void and chased out the door.

Then purple and white undergarments floated out from Kamiyakawa's side.

"Is it really okay to let her go?"

"The one who took the money didn't even bother with the deposit and just kept the 20 million. As long as there's no problem with the money, then it's no problem." Kamiya pointed at the box of cash in the reception room. Then he shook the Kumatori mask in his hand, "Besides, aren't you curious about this thing? I think this Kumatori is also a kind of mask in a sense, right?"

Prajna knew what Kamiya was talking about.

The commission brought by that woman always seemed to involve something strange.

For example, that weird Kumatori mask.

And if Kumatri can be counted as a mask, it might be of some benefit to Hannya.

So far, Prajna's third mask has not been completed.

but……

Kamiyagawa didn't understand the art of kabuki, but Hannya, as a ghost story born from the story of "The Lady of the House," did know a little bit about it.

She knew that Hannya Kuma was a complete Aikuma in Kumatori.

Is a bad character.

What a stereotype.

snort!

…

Kobata Himetsu returns home from Arakawa.

Her husband had no performance plans today, so it was a rare day off.

But for Obata Jiyue, the so-called rest day is not a real rest. She took time to go to Kamiya in the morning, but there are still many things to do next.

Today's schedule is to study calligraphy and understand current affairs news.

In addition, tea ceremony, painting, cooking, etc. are also her daily required courses.

After all, the Kabuki family is a famous family, and as a member of the family, especially the wife of the head of the family, she represents the face of the Obata family. In daily life, it is indispensable to interact with the upper-class dignitaries who watch kabuki performances. When communicating with them, you must look like a famous family. The purpose of cultivating yourself is to prepare for showing off at critical moments, so as to make your husband and family look good.

During festivals, Kobata Jiyue also needs to greet some relatives and friends for her husband. At this time, the calligraphy she learned comes in handy. In daily life, you also need to learn cultural knowledge to strengthen yourself, so that you can be worthy of chatting with your husband.

After waiting in the study to copy calligraphy for a long time, Kohata Jiyue heard the movement in the living room.

She walked out and saw her husband, mother-in-law and two daughters returning home.

Her husband, Kobata Domon, is a handsome man, but his treatment of his wife is not as gentle as he seems on the outside.

"you are back."

"Um."

Kobata Tamon glanced at his wife, turned around and went upstairs into the room.

Her mother-in-law walked straight past her and left without looking at her.

Only the daughters were left in the living room.

Xiaobata Jiyue knew that her mother-in-law had always had problems with her.

It's been there since before.

The main reason before was having children.

As a kabuki wife, one of the first conditions to be met is to be beautiful.

Only beautiful enough genes can give birth to good-looking children.

In addition, in the Kabuki industry, because all the actors are men, the male is passed down rather than the female.

A family like the Obata family needs a boy to inherit the mantle.

In the years since Kobata Jiyue entered the family, she has only given birth to two daughters. For a kabuki wife, not being able to give birth to a boy is the original sin.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry."

Kobata Jiyue bowed to her mother-in-law.

In addition, because of "another incident" that happened before, the mother-in-law of the Obata family has become more and more prejudiced against her daughter-in-law.

But things have already happened, and there is nothing Kobata Jiyue can do to make up for it. Regardless of whether it is her fault or not, all she can do is apologize.

Watching her husband and mother-in-law enter the room respectively, Xiaobata Jiyue got busy again.

She had to prepare dinner, and then there were a lot of housework to do.

All the housework in this mansion has to be done by her alone.

It’s funny to say that the Kabuki family is indeed rich in wealth, but it has an extremely twisted hard and fast rule——

The family cannot hire any servants.

The husband is a "national treasure in human form" and his body is precious, so he will not participate in any work. All housework must be completed by the hostess herself.

…

After dinner.

After finishing cleaning up the dining room and kitchen, Kobata Jiyue called her two daughters out and gave them the words they had written in the afternoon for the sisters to copy.

The two children of the Obata family, although they are not boys, cannot learn kabuki from their father.

But she is still from a famous family, and she still has to look like a famous family.

Therefore, some skills that famous families should master must not be left behind. Xiaobata Jiyue will usually supervise them to learn these and lead by example.

The two girls at home wrote in silence for a while with their brushes. After a while, the eldest daughter probably got bored and threw the pen towards the table.

"Mayumi, what are you doing?"

"I won't write anymore."

"How is this possible? I don't have any homework for today..."

"Homework, homework, either calligraphy, cooking, tea ceremony, I don't want to learn these!"

"Nonsense, you are a child of the Xiaobata family, so you must..."

"I don't want to be like my mom!"

Some harsh shouts filled the eardrums, and Kohata Jiyue became trance-like.

The things in the house in front of me became distorted, as if covered with a layer of gray mist.

In the mist, a mysterious and strange face slowly poked out.

The ferocious red eye paint, blue cheek lines, and dark brown mysterious embellishments.

That Kumatori couldn't tell what it was.

The three-colored Kumaori opened his mouth in the mist: "You regard it as your own responsibility to train your daughters into qualified noble families, because you are the prequel of your children."

"I……"

Kobata Jiyue didn't know how to respond.

She saw the mist in front of her eyes change into a smooth mirror, reflecting her face.

You can see that there are ferocious red lines painted on the sockets of your eyes.

The next second, Kumatori disappeared, and Kohata Himetsu was standing in the hall of his house again.

However, the two daughters are no longer at the table.

As if she didn't remember what happened just now, she muttered softly: "There are still many things to do."

Then he continued to start his own work.

Yes, there is still a lot of work to be done.

The housework is not finished yet.

Moreover, her husband has to perform tomorrow. As a wife, she has to prepare and plan tomorrow's performance tonight.

The night is still long.

Kobata Jiyue continued to work, and only the clock was still ticking in the living room.

The hands on the dial rotate tirelessly according to the established route, never ending, day after day.

And at the same time——

The Kamiya River, whose exact location is unknown, is standing on a dark wasteland.

Because it had rained during the day, his feet were muddy, and the cold wind at night blew his clothes and black hair.

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

Kamiya edited a short message on his mobile phone and sent it to Kanoya's line.

[I may not come back tonight, but Bachi is at home and you can cook for yourself. ]

[I'm already home. Do you want to leave some food for Master? ]

Xiaolu replied instantly, and also sent a Nara deer emoticon of unknown meaning.

[Need not. ]

[Master, what are you going to do? ]

[Earn 20 million for my family. ]

After dealing with his apprentice, Kamiya picked up the supernatural photo and looked at it again.

It can be clearly seen that there are red lines on the face of Kohata Jiyue, who is smiling brightly in the photo.

"Things are starting to get interesting."

Kamiya let out a standard villain sigh.

…

Kobata Jiyue had a dream.

I dreamed about when I was a girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old.

Her father was also a kabuki performer and was somewhat famous, but not from a well-established family.

Probably when she was fourteen years old, Ji Yue's father told her that she planned to marry into the Xiaobata family.

The Xiaobata family is an absolutely famous family, and if Ji Yue can join there, she will definitely reach a high level. Entering Xiaobata's house will bring you a mansion, a car, and overwhelming wealth. It will also bring great convenience to the development of her father's career.

Of course, this marriage is not a particularly well-matched one.

But fortunately, Ji Yue has a good face.

Moreover, she has an innate advantage over girls who were not born into Kabuki families.

Ji Yue has been trained to learn Kabuki knowledge, high-class etiquette, tea ceremony, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. As a Kabuki wife, she will be competent.

In the dream, Ji Yue, who was still a young girl, was sitting on her knees beside the desk, sobbing.

The reason is that his father is dissatisfied with her recent academic progress.

The father's face could no longer be seen clearly in the dream, but his voice was still frightening: "How can you marry into Xiaoban's family like this!? You know how much effort and effort I have spent, Did you get the approval of the Obata family? Is this how you repay me!?"

"sorry Sorry……"

Ji Yue just cried and apologized.

She didn't know how long she had been crying, but she suddenly saw her father's face turn ferocious.

The three-colored strange Kumatori covered his father's place at some point.

That hazy fog appeared again.

The majestic and strange Kumatori mask puffed out mist and slowly said: "You regard it as your own responsibility to meet your parents' expectations, because you are their continuation."

This time, Kobata Jiyue saw her face again under the strange reflection of the mist.

Not only are there red lines, but there are also blue patterns on the face.

She seemed to be becoming like that Kumaori.

"don't want!"

Xiaobata Jiyue sat up in shock.

She went to bed at about two o'clock last night, and now the sky outside was already bright.

Today my husband has to perform. As a famous Kabuki actor, Obata Tamon performs more than 300 performances a year.

Ji Yue will be even busier on such working days.