A slime came out of the pillar

Chloe didn't know whether he looked particularly talkative or had a good face. When he proposed to go to the house of the trash author that the editor said, the other party directly threw the stack of manuscripts to him, and waved his hand as a favor. He shook his hands at the shopkeeper, "Then you can send it, I have other things to do, here, errand expenses."

He casually took out two copper coins and threw them to Chloe, his evasive expression showed that the pile of manuscripts was even more unsalable than scrap.

"No, you have to stay with me." Seeing him directly throwing the matter to herself, Chloe felt a little upset, and insisted on returning the copper coin in his hand: "I'm just a little curious about this author, if you don't want to It’s fine if you lead the way.”

Although there are ghosts in these manuscripts, they may not necessarily come from the hands of ghosts. Besides, if there are ghosts around here, the crows will definitely investigate the relevant clues, and he is not in a hurry.

The man didn't hurry to agree to Chloe's request. He first turned around and rummaged through it on the desk, only to find that there were really no other manuscripts except the paper that was ruined by ink, and then he was completely discouraged and hung his shoulders: "Okay, I'll go with you."

Apart from Mr. Akutagawa, the only other writers around here is the one who has been contributing. Tomorrow is the deadline, so he has no choice but to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. I hope that another author will really write the published manuscript this time, don’t Let him go for nothing.

The two left Mr. Akutagawa's house. Chloe quietly closed the door before leaving, and looked up at the crow that had stopped on the roof at some time: "Akiko, help me send a message to Sato and the others. , I found traces of ghosts, I will come back after I go and have a look, don’t worry.”

"What are you doing? Talking to a crow?"

The man who had walked out of the swamp behind him was surprised to see Chloe muttering something to the crow.

Seeing Akiko spread her wings and fly away, Chloe shook her head and replied, "It's nothing, let's go."

He followed the man and passed through a large wheat field. At dusk, they came to another village in the southeast. , there are no pedestrians on the road, it looks very deserted.

Probably because it was too boring, the man talked to Chloe about a lot of things along the way. His surname is Sato, he is the third son of the family, he works in a newspaper office in the next town, and he was just promoted to be an editor the month before. Although he is only in charge of a small section, he also wants to do his best, so he is always very picky in selecting articles.

He also described to Chloe the pain of being an editor in detail. He was either urging manuscripts or thinking about how to urge them every day. Some authors even hid in the pond with a bamboo tube in their mouths to avoid him It is very difficult.

He talked about a bunch of complicated and trivial matters at work, and Chloe was confused and didn't quite understand.

Just when he was about to express his intentions in response, the man suddenly stopped, "The author lives there, did you see it?"

Chloe looked along where his fingertips pointed. At the end of the road was a small hillside, and a dilapidated old house could be vaguely seen in the lush forest.

The house seems to have been there for some years. Although it is not as dilapidated as a dilapidated building, the gray and faded exterior walls and the eaves covered with cobwebs are enough to show that the house has not been taken care of for a long time. The surrounding trees are tightly shaded, even on a sunny day there must be no light, and the whole house is shrouded in a cold and gloomy atmosphere.

Before walking to the front of the room, Chloe smelled a rotten smell like moldy food. He felt that he had to apologize to Mr. Akutagawa when he went back. He was so sorry that there were ghosts living in a house like his. , compared with this house, the place where he lives can be regarded as a fairy tale town.

Compared to Chloe, who had already noticed something was wrong, Sato who was next to him led him to the door without knowing it, walked straight forward, opened the crumbling paper door, and stepped directly into the entrance.

"Hello—Xiang Kai, are you there? I'm rejecting the manuscript—"

As soon as he entered the entrance, he was faced with a narrow and dark corridor, echoing Sato's careless yelling, Chloe wanted to tell him to keep his voice down, but it was too late, so he had to tighten his body and stare at the depths of the corridor vigilantly.

thump...

He first heard a slight sound, like the sound of a drum being lightly tapped. Before Chloe could confirm it, he heard a series of heavy footsteps, and someone was slowly walking towards this side.

Chloe's hand slowly touched the sun wheel knife pinned to his waist. If the person walking from the corridor was really a man-eating ghost, he could directly hit it in the head.

With a 'swish' sound, the paper door on their side was pulled open, and a young man with short green hair stood behind the door with downcast eyes, with a slight apology on his face: "Xiaosheng was just writing, so he didn't come down in time to greet you It’s really disrespectful to ask Sato-senpai to open the door and come in by yourself.”

Sato suppressed his impatient look, and waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm here to retreat this time..."

"That...Mr. Sato is here to receive new manuscripts." Chloe suddenly interrupted him.

With just one glance, he decided that the green-haired young man in front of him was indeed a ghost, but strangely, he didn't exude such a murderous aura like other ghosts, and he didn't even smell blood, which puzzled Chloe very much.

Maybe it's a ghost that hasn't started eating people yet?

Chloe decided not to act rashly, maybe the purpose of the ghost was to lure Mr. Sato into the house and then eat it.

Hibiki, who had no hope for his own work, had already guessed the purpose of Sato's visit, but what he heard was an unexpected answer. He unexpectedly raised his head and looked at Chloe. He froze for a moment when he was dressed.

Chloe secretly thought it was bad, he was wearing the uniform of the Ghost Killing Squad, and he was holding a sun wheel knife, no matter how stupid a ghost was, he would know what he was here for.

"This is Mr. Akutagawa's friend. He was very interested after reading your article and proposed to visit you, so he came with me." Sato, who was interrupted by Chloe, looked a little upset, but he didn't notice it at all. Seeing the tense atmosphere in the air, and noticing that Xiang Kai seemed to be very interested in the kid behind him, he gave a little introduction with a smirk.

"Are you interested in Xiaosheng's article...?"

Chloe felt that there was a light in his eyes looking at her.

"I don't know what's wrong with him." Sato scratched his head helplessly. "Well... let's not talk about this first, do you have any extra manuscripts in hand?"

Sato's words successfully drew Xiang Kai's attention back, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, please follow Xiaosheng."

Seeing him walking into the house with Sato and not looking at himself anymore, Chloe quietly breathed a sigh of relief behind him.

Now it seems that this ghost has no intention of hurting others, and he seems to be more concerned about things related to his own works.

In order to ensure Sato's safety, he hurriedly followed, climbed up the crooked old wooden stairs, and came to the empty second floor. Just now Chloe noticed that there were only a handful of furniture in this house. Maybe this is the vacant house that this ghost snatched.

The other party's next move immediately dispelled his guess. Xiang Kai went to the cabinet in the corner and opened the lower right drawer. There were countless sheets of paper filled with words. It seems that this ghost has already lived here. I have been writing for a long time.

Xiang Kai pulled out the top few pages, carefully held them in his hands, turned around and handed them to Sato.

"This is a new work that Xiaosheng just completed a few days ago."

Sato took the paper, first glanced at the beginning, frowned and didn't say anything, but the speed of reading became faster and faster, turning the pages roughly like ten lines at a glance, Chloe noticed that his face was getting worse gradually, Before reading all of it, he flew into a rage and slammed the paper in his hand on the ground.

Not only Xiang Kai, but also Chloe next to him was startled by his sudden anger, and Sato stomped his feet irritably: "No way! How can such an article be published in the newspaper! I ran all the way here , wasted so much time, it was actually for this kind of thing..."

"Xiaosheng..." Seeing that Sato was full of anger because of his work, Xiang Kai's eyes widened first, then he took out other manuscripts from other cabinets and handed them to him in a panic, "Xiaosheng still Wrote other articles..."

Now there is no time to find other authors, so Sato had no choice but to accept the manuscript he handed over again, flipping through it impatiently, while Xiang Kai looked at him with trepidation, because he was too nervous, he even knelt down directly at his feet.

This time Sato didn't lose his composure like just now, he calmed down a little after venting his anger and anxiety, and just sighed heavily, with deep disappointment mixed in his tone: "What you wrote is too boring, It's like trash."

After all, he let go of his hand, and the papers fell to the ground, "There is no bright spot, no beauty or dream, I advise you to give up writing."

Xiang Kai lowered his head so low that Chloe couldn't see his expression clearly, but he felt that he must be very sad at this moment.

But he doesn't know anything about literature, and he can't judge the quality of a work, let alone the other party is a ghost...

Chloe was in a bit of a dilemma. Just when he was hesitating what to do, Sato stepped on the manuscript on the ground, turned and walked towards the door: "I think you should continue playing the drums, but you That kind of technology can't teach people."

"I say you!" Chloe couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and grabbed Sato, "Hurry up..."

Before he could say the word 'apology', he heard a 'boom', which was exactly the same as the drumbeat he had just heard, and in the next second, three sharp attacks rushed towards Sato.

Chloe reflexively pushed Sato forward, dodging the attack in front of him, but Sato directly bumped into the cabinet in front of him, and fell to the ground without moving.

Chloe hurried forward to check his pulse and heartbeat, and was relieved when he found that he had simply passed out.

The attack they dodged just now cut through the tatami on the ground, leaving three deep marks like the paw prints of wild beasts. Chloe stood up with lingering fear, facing Xiang Kai, and clenched the Japanese knife .

Xiang Kai's eyes turned blood red at some point, and even his expression became ferocious. Chloe saw clearly that there was a taiko drum embedded in his chest, and the attack just now must have been made by hitting this drum.

At this moment, the murderous aura emanating from the other party almost filled the entire room, and Chloe had to be vigilant.

He didn't notice such a serious murderous intent at all just now, could it be that he hid it too well?

No, it shouldn't be...

Chloe felt that the nervousness and sadness shown by Xiang Kai just now were not feigned. He glanced at the crumpled paper that was stepped on the ground, and gradually had an answer in his heart.

"Well, let me say sorry to you on his behalf." Seeing that Xiang Kai was about to raise his hand to knock it down, Chloe took the time to say: "Mr. Sato, he didn't mean it. Tomorrow is the deadline. He's just a little impatient."

Xiang Kai's drumming hand paused for a moment, but Chloe's words did not completely calm his anger and unwillingness, he gritted his teeth and hit the drum again: "He insulted Xiaosheng's work! "

Whether he is dissatisfied, disliked, or complained about the articles he wrote, he can accept all of these, but after all, this is something he has spent his hard work creating, and no one should trample it under his feet!

The three claw-like attacks rushed towards Sato again. Chloe quickly dragged him and jumped into the next room. Before his feet landed, he felt a strong sense of weightlessness, and the tatami under his feet became The ceiling, the whole room and the people were flipped 360 degrees.

Chloe discovered that there was an extra drum in Xiang Kai's hand at some point, and every time he beat it, the room would flip over, making him unable to find a place to stay.

After all, he doesn't feel pain, it doesn't matter if he just hit the ground, it's just...

Chloe looked at Sato, who was being dragged by his collar and spun around. Now this person is Xiang Kai's primary target. If he lets go, Sato will probably fall in this room with a black nose and face, or be directly killed by Xiang Kai .

While Chloe was still thinking about countermeasures over and over again, Xiang Kai over there was gradually approaching, and he knocked on the drum head on his chest again. This time he didn't show mercy, and quickly attacked Chloe violently. Yi attacked, apparently intending to kill both of them.

"careful!"

Holding a person in his hand, coupled with the resistance in the air, Chloe couldn't dodge this attack at all. Just when he was about to throw Sato out of the house first, a figure suddenly broke in and rushed towards him , led him to roll twice on the ground, avoiding the three attacks.

"Why are you here?"

Chloe looked up and saw Yoshiyuki Tomioka's expressionless face, and she was a little surprised.

Yi Yong opened his mouth and was about to answer him, when Chloe heard another familiar voice: "Breath of the Wind, One-Type Dust Whirlwind, Slash!"

The powerful spiral wind blade was like a shock wave, directly smashing the wooden boards between the rooms and the pillars next to it. In the flying sawdust, Chloe saw Undead River's face that was more ferocious than a ghost.

"You kid, did you ignore my words! I told you not to go out on missions alone! If you want to die, just say it!"

Uh... death can't be this easy...

Chloe really wants to say that he is younger than Xiaoqiang, but his attention is obviously not on this right now.

He stared blankly at the pillar smashed by the Undead River for a while, then screamed tremblingly: "You cut off the load-bearing pillar too! You idiot!"

The author has something to say: When everyone heard Chloe foolishly ran into a ghost by herself, they immediately ran over worried

At this time, Xiang Kai is not in the end, he should have been promoted to the top position when he obtained the bloodless blood for the second time. I feel that he is also a poor person, but he just needs the affirmation of others.