deep clouds and thick fog

The sky has been snowing, fluttering as if to drown the world.Rin sat under a tree with his arms folded, sleeping peacefully with the pine cone curled up on top of his head.

The one-year agreement has long passed, and the young boy left after saying "I will kill you" with a straight face.What did Rin say then? "I'm waiting" or something else?But that doesn't matter, a few days ago, Rin met that long-lost dog demon again, he has grown up a lot, so he started fighting without saying a word.After some fighting, Rin began to face up to this child whom he had always ignored.

It is no longer a child.Sesshomaru has really grown up.

An opponent who is not very strong yet, but worth looking forward to.

Rin had a hunch that one day, Sesshomaru would grow to the position of his father as a great monster, and even surpass it.

But before that, let him tease the little junior well.

The silver-haired monster had a light smile, wrapped its bone tail around the pet and put it in the palm of his hand, while casually poking the little guy's stomach, while recalling the prank he did that day when he threw the exhausted dog monster into the mountain stream, his face was paralyzed The young man finally failed, and was so angry that he threw the whip at him without grace.

It was a long-lost sight—one wanted to tease him further.

The more vicious monster unconsciously grabbed the squirrel's tail, and finally stimulated the little guy who had been holding back until his hair exploded.Squeaking, he gave Rin a paw, and then jumped up and down on the branch - the branch, which was already covered with thick snow, was already overwhelmed, and after being made such a fuss by the little guy, he resolutely unloaded it after groaning.

...so the poor little squirrel and his master were buried in the snow.

"You really gained weight with pine cones, don't eat them today."

"Squeak!"

"Protest is ineffective."

The days of wandering passed quickly, and before I knew it, I had already ushered in the first day of heavy snow.As usual, the fallen souls were killed on the night of the full moon, but this time it was slightly different. A human-shaped soul confronted Rin with a knife, and there was also a half bone mask on his face.

Song Guo looked at that guy suspiciously, is it the same kind as the owner?It intended to knock on the opponent's head, but was caught by the owner's tail.

"Stay obediently."

He ordered impatiently, and the little guy seemed to understand and stopped moving.Rin quickly solved the thing, let go of the tail, and the pine cone immediately jumped out, and it was out of sight after a few clicks.

Rin didn't think of this, and was about to go after it, but found someone approaching.It was a middle-aged man in a kimono, with a long sword on his waist, and he looked quite strong.

"It's you again." Rin extended the bone knife in his hand, his eyes were cold.After returning from Abe Seimei, he was chased by this group of kimono guys. In just a few years, Rin didn't know how many such guys he killed, "Aren't you annoying?"

"Sorry to interrupt. But what you killed was my mission."

The man smiled respectfully, and pointedly looked at the bone-faced soul that had been chopped into pieces by Rin, and Rin waved him away impatiently, his tone was as desperate as ever.

"What does that have to do with me, get out of the way!"

The man stopped talking, smiled and stepped aside, and the silver-haired monster immediately ran away after the pet.

"Big void..." He was thoughtful, although there were bones and empty holes, there were still subtle differences. "Obviously..."

Like a monster.

Obviously a monster.

He smiled meaningfully, patted the Zanpakuto on his waist, and stepped on the snow with a deep foot and a shallow foot to leave.

This world is actually very unsafe.

Monsters are rampant and the people are miserable. All in all, this is not a good time for the prosperity of the country and the people's peace.

Human beings live a hard life, and so do weaker monsters. So, what about an ordinary little squirrel?

Rin was very worried, and looked for the pine cone everywhere, but couldn't find it. Finally, with the help of the embarrassing general dog, he found the whereabouts of the little guy.

"Thank you." The dog's nose is really good, Rin showed a satisfied smile, "In return, how many games will I play with you?"

"...Thank you for your kindness. You should go and play with your little things." General Quan's mouth twitched, remembering that year after playing five games with this guy, he felt like he was disassembled. Don't go through it again.

The silver-haired monster gave him a regretful look, until he was sweating coldly.In the end, he could only urge Rin to look for the squirrel who dared to run away from the Lord, and then wiped his sweat and ran home to find his wife to comfort his wounded soul.

Hey hey, he'll never see that bastard's second-year-old combat madman again!

*******

The human village looks bustling.Regardless of the exclamation of others, the bone monster swaggered in with a super curious appearance.

Then a young witch rushed over, holding a bow and arrow, watching the trespassing monster vigilantly.But the monster didn't go on a killing spree, but stared at her shoulder and smiled coldly.

"Pine cones."

...?

She felt the little squirrel picked up on her shoulder flinch, then jumped off her shoulder and ran towards the monster, halfway being rolled up by the monster's tail and brought it to her eyes, she heard a lot of gasps—that nimble little guy, this A few days won the favor of many people (women).

"you……"

She spoke, but was ignored by the monster. The silver-haired guy stared at the little squirrel, and his smile deepened.

"Hmph, want to choose another master?"

Pine Cone was about to burst into tears, pitifully trying to stare at the animalized master, begging to arouse that little sympathy, Rin silently stared at it for three seconds, finally defeated and put it on his shoulder.

"Next time I run around, I won't look for you."

Then, ignoring the little guy's gestures of rubbing his face and touching his hair gratefully, he turned to look at the witch. She was not a pretty young woman, but she had very beautiful spiritual power and clear eyes.

Even when he saw a bloody monster like Rin, he didn't attack directly, but instead looked at the situation calmly and stood aside calmly, which made Rin feel a little fond of her.

Not quite pedantic, but kind.

But Rin doesn't dislike her, or rather, he admires women with such qualities, gentle and calm, calm and unrivaled wisdom, probably because he has admiration for the beautiful Harumori Gabriel, so in Rin In his subconscious mind, a unique tolerance for such women has long been buried.

And the most important thing is that in this era, most women play weak postures, but this woman is stronger than the mages Rin has ever seen, and this is what Rin admires the most.

"cold."

He said that the witch's eyes flashed with surprise, but then she also reported her name, unaware of the strangeness of exchanging names with monsters.

"Cuizi."

The witch smiled lightly.

Although Cuizi is a witch, this does not prevent Rin from interacting with her.

At first, Pine Cone ran towards the witch with all her strength. I don't know whether it was because of the witch's breath or the little desserts made by the women. Anyway, Rin couldn't do anything with the little pets.Worried about its safety, in the end, I had no choice but to escort it with a cold face, and let the general dog call you a pet lover.The people in the village were very scared at first, after all, this is a real big monster, but later found that the big monster is nothing but cold and fierce, gradually relieved, and just ignored Rin and walked in their village casually Go - of course, their miko is also one of the reasons for their peace of mind.

A young witch who can independently guard a village naturally has her own unique ability, and Cuizi naturally has it too.It is said that human beings have four souls, which are divided into wild souls, harmonious souls, strange souls, and happy souls.The magic used by Cuizi is to purify the four souls and make the monster lose its power.

It sounds abstruse, but it’s quite powerful in practice. Rin once wanted to have a fight with the witch, but was rejected by the witch. In the end, she only took her pets for a walk when she was free. Occasionally, she saw the witch chasing her Demon, subtly dissatisfied with her spell.

After all, as far as Rin is concerned, no matter if it is a monster or something else, as long as he blocks it, he will directly chop it with a knife. Cuizi's method of purification is a little bit benevolent in his opinion.

Cuizi smiled and said nothing, not arguing with this violent monster.

Is it really kind?

In a world of monsters where strength is paramount, the weak are torn apart and the strong stand above them all. So what will be the result for the monsters who have lost their strength, other than being killed by stronger monsters?

The witch pursed her lips and smiled, standing under the tree and watching the silver-haired young man kill the monsters who committed crimes in the future. She was awe-inspiring and neat, with a unique decisive charm.

Dazzling.

In the blink of an eye for several years, on this day, a monster who hadn't come for a long time suddenly visited, and threw the squirrel over, making the miko a little flustered to pick it up.

"what happened?"

"I want to leave for a while, you take care of the pine cones for me, don't kill them." The expression of the silver-haired monster is still cold, but there is a hint of anxiety in the blue eyes.The miko noticed this and asked with concern.

"Is something wrong?"

Rin didn't speak, but pursed his lips and looked serious.The witch cleverly stopped asking, but changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the pine cone is quite old, with such a long lifespan...is it a special species?"

"Probably contaminated with evil spirit." The monster said lightly, and then left.Cuizi looked at his back, stroked the pine cone, with an incomprehensible expression on her face.

"Pine cone... will you become a demon?"

The pine cone squeaked, as if answering, but also as if it didn't understand anything.

very nice.

I don't know anything... a simple little animal.

*********

The god of Guichuan once said to Rin, "The cornerstone that really belongs to you should appear in the most suitable posture for you."

Ever since the so-called seal was opened, Rin found that Mare's ring was constantly absorbing his power. It was okay in the past few years, but recently, his power has been suppressed to a certain extent.

This is very bad, and Rin found that the wings of Mare's ring had disappeared. Well, although he thought the wings were ugly, it must have been broken somewhere, right?

This is Mare's ring, the cornerstone of the world.

But Rin never thought that this parting would be the last time he and Cuizi would meet.

Rin went to pick up the pine cones after returning from the expensive ship Takaryujin, but only saw a desert.The originally lively village was desolate after the fire.

Rin stopped in his tracks, his face as calm as water.A brown-gray figure rushed over like lightning, was rolled by Rin's tail, and placed in front of his eyes.

"Pine cones."

His tone was flat, and the little squirrel squeaked, rubbing against his cheek coquettishly as before.But Youbi's pupils are like a deep lake, and Rin can clearly see that the little pet, which originally had nothing on it, already exudes a faint monster aura.

...It was just a few days away, what happened?

The middle-aged man in kimono who had met once came out of the ruins, but Rin had no memory at all, so he narrowed his eyes dangerously and asked him.

"who are you?"

"Reaper, Yamamoto Motoyanagi Shigekuni."

The man was still polite and answered very decently.Rin ignored the long name and directly intercepted the first name.

"Then Death, tell me what happened here."

Yamamoto was a little displeased by the commanding tone, but he still had to be patient when he remembered the excessive strength of this monster.It just so happens that he has been stationed here for the past few days, so he can also explain carefully to Rin.

About a few days after Rin left, Cuizi was jointly attacked by many monsters. After fighting hard for seven days and seven nights to eliminate countless monsters, she died of exhaustion. Before she died, she used her last strength to pull the souls of all monsters After getting out of the body, Cuizi wanted to purify it, but after pulling the soul out of the body, Cuizi also reached the limit, and the soul was entangled with the souls of the monsters and turned into a jade of four souls. 【From Baidu】

When Yamamoto narrated, his tone was full of admiration. This young woman killed so many monsters, and won a long period of peace for this era.

"And what about the pine cones?"

But the monster's reaction was very indifferent. After listening, he pointed to the pet and asked.Yamamoto was taken aback, a little incredulous.

He has observed this monster for a long time, and he knows that Rin has a good relationship with that witch named Cuizi, and they have been in frequent contact for a while.Therefore, many monsters rumored that the bone monster (referring to Rin) fell in love with a witch.Although Yamamoto is convinced that there is absolutely no love between this cold-hearted big monster and the witch, he also speculates that perhaps, this monster regards the witch as a friend.

Monsters and witches sounded strange, but he believed in his own judgment, so it was a little hard for him to accept such an indifferent reaction from monsters.

Like hearing the news of a stranger's death, only caring about his little pet, such a monster...

Yes, he is a monster.

Fighting alone in a group of monsters and fighting a bloody path, how could a bone monster who is famous in the world of monsters sincerely intersect with a human being?

"It probably ate the jade of the four souls. It has the breath of that thing on it."

Yamamoto guessed that Rin accepted it with a nod.It's fine if he becomes a demon, he won't die too early... Thinking of that witch, he lowered his eyelids, threw the pet on his shoulder, and was about to leave.

But Yamamoto hurriedly stopped him, with a long-awaited look in his eyes.

"I would like to invite you to Jingling Court for a visit, may I know?"

The monster was silent for a while, and then sent a message to Sesshomaru using the method that General Inu once gave him, and then nodded in agreement.Yamamoto was overjoyed and immediately opened the world-transmitting gate.

The huge world-transmitting gate, like the gate of a Japanese room, Rin stepped in after the mountain itself, but at the moment of entering, purple flames rose, and Yamamoto was caught off guard. When the flames were extinguished, there were no monsters in front of him. None, one piece.

"left……"

He was a little regretful, he missed a move, as long as he brought this monster into the world of corpses and souls, he would have a way to study his weird system problems, but unfortunately...

It seems that only next time.

I hope that next time, that monster will still not refuse his invitation.

On the other side, the noble young master of the Western Kingdom looked calm, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"This time I'm really saying goodbye, and I plan to leave this world."

Said the silver-haired monster in that summons.Although Sesshomaru felt a little rushed, he was not surprised.

Perhaps as early as that year when he came to another world with this monster, he already had such mental preparations.

This monster will never stay in one place peacefully. He will keep moving forward and overthrow all powerful enemies that block his way.

But if possible, he still hopes to meet again.

See you next time, I will definitely beat you.

In the name of the strongest.

Eight generations of wandering ghosts