[Ghost Lamp] The dark humor of hell

Hell, the mountain of knives before the gates of hell—

When the door was pushed open, the bone girl managed to catch a glimpse of the man lying inside the door like a mad dog through the strange black air overflowing from the crack of the door.

... No, it would be great if it was a human being, but the problem is that this thing is not human.

"What's the matter, bone girl-san?"

"...No, please let me calm down."

Taking a deep breath, the bone girl pushed the door open again, and the black smoke that was recently filled in the Knife Mountain Hell spread out, but unexpectedly, it didn't make people feel uncomfortable.After mixing with the fresh air from the outside, the internal scenery gradually became clearer.

A monster stood up before their eyes.

Unlike monsters, which are closely related to humans, the creatures in front of them, judging from their skeletal structure, are somewhat like the creatures that drilled out of the ground near Lu Gaoyin in an RPG game while wandering around the map.

The hunchback is short, the arms are extremely long, and the rough fangs are exposed. The bone girl can't help but glance at Lord Ghost Lantern, and doesn't know whether the mace is harder or its fangs are sharper.

"Is this the jailer from the Knife Mountain Hell? I remember that they were all sent to the shit place... A fish that slipped through the net?"

In order to confirm, Ghost Lamp specially opened the folder in his hand, browsed through it twice to make sure that he had not neglected his work, and then turned the question to Bone Girl.

The latter glanced at the frightened Tanggua and the excited eggplant, and explained hesitantly, "This is the shop I would visit when I sew human skins, Mr. Ghoul in Arabic mythology, I came to Japan because I lost my way. I should have opened a meat processing shop in this world before,... I have never bought it before."

One reason is that she doesn't need to eat, and the other reason is... Looking at the way it is processed, no one has the appetite to swallow it.

Although according to its customers, the quality of the meat is excellent.The bone girl also asked it to process a few corpses before, and had no appetite for delicious meat.

After all, she is one of the few monsters who has seen the processing process.

"What, ghouls? It turns out that ghouls are from Arabic mythology."

"Hey! Wait, Eggplant, don't go there!"

Regardless of Tang Gua's dissuasion, the three-eyed eggplant trotted up to the silent ghoul, knocked on its exposed bones, touched the muscles on its arms, and almost touched its fangs.

"Did Bone Girl Sang invite you to be a guest?"

Seeing that the ghoul has been staring at this side, Ghost Lantern, who doesn't have much understanding of Arabian monsters, turned to the bone girl to confirm the other party's schedule.

"No, no, how is it possible? In fact, I also want to know why it came to hell. Is it so easy to let go of a bull's head and a horse's head?"

"...It should be because of the damage of the monitor. The gate of hell is so big that it can't be guarded by a bull's head and a horse's head alone. They are only used to monitor the dead on the road. It seems that the monitor must be repaired quickly."

Ghost Lantern put the file folder on the stone beside him, picked up his mace, and walked in front of the ghoul as if he was going to fight.Feeling something was wrong, Tang Gua hurried forward and pulled the eggplant back, walking away.

... I feel that Lord Ghost Lantern is very displeasing to the eyes. Because Master Ghost Lantern is an animal party, do you really hate these Western monsters?

It's the same as the elementary school girls who keep kittens and puppies will never understand why boys at the same level like Ultraman to fight little monsters.

"Hello, is this Mr. Ghoul?"

Ghost Lamp spoke first with a serious face.

The ghoul's big eyes rolled around, and finally fixed on the ghost lamp.It was taller than the Bone Girl, not as tall as Ghost Lantern at all, so it could only look up at the other party at this moment, and it took a long time before it muffled, "En."

"Hell welcomes monsters from all walks of life, please have fun. By the way, can I ask if you have any intention to work in hell? Our salary is only a lot higher than that in heaven. I don't know the economic situation in Arabia. But compared to hell in Europe, our wages here are quite generous. Even the chupacabras in Puerto Rico come here to work. In addition, three meals a day are included, and there are bonuses at the end of the year... "

Master Ghost Lantern, did you walk up with a look of ready to fight just to poach someone?How short of manpower is hell!

Hearing the familiar tone, the bone girl couldn't help cursing.

"I'm here to find Miss Bone Girl... Another piece of clothing she put in the stone lantern was recently discovered by the police who came to search for the corpse in the mountains, and it caused an uproar. Fortunately, Mu Jing went to find Shi Ji and used some means to get her The clothes are forcibly left behind,...but I still hope she can transfer these things, the recent development of human technology is too fast, the death forest has become an existence that arouses their competitiveness, and now the monsters are not safe..."

The ghoul spoke slowly, but coherently, and it was not a stutter.The voice was low, which was very in line with the ghoul that the bone girl knew, who didn't sound happy no matter what she said.

"Then,...you are the Ghost Lantern from hell, right? I heard Wooden Jing mentioned you..., I am very grateful for this invitation, but I have to take care of my mother in this world...so I'm sorry..."

The ghost lamp turned its head, didn't it mean that it was a lost monster?Why did you get lost and drag your family along?

It's not it that gets lost, it's its mother.

The bone girl handed him an answer that seemed correct but was full of loopholes.

"Then how about working as a part-time worker? You see, this hell is full of corpses of former dead or jailers. There is no better way to deal with it. Recently, weight loss is popular, and no one will order it in the cafeteria." How about five thousand an hour?"

The ghost lamp glanced at the smoky Daoshan Hell, but still didn't want to let go of the efficient labor in front of him.

a few hours later-

Knife Mountain Hell is obviously cleaner.

Tang Gua stared at the ghoul sitting aside who seemed to be resting after eating with weird eyes.

Is there a different dimension in its stomach?Why is it still as small as before with all the dead bodies in its stomach?And how it eats them all in just a few hours!How fast is this!

"... Forget it, let's continue cleaning."

Tang Gua, who was sweeping the floor with a broom, sighed, not wanting to worry about such troublesome problems.

"Tang melon Tang melon,"

Eggplant, who was transferred to a distance to clean the poisonous sword, finished his work and ran towards the few people here, "I have always wanted to ask, why is Daoshan Hell called Hell? Obviously other small hells have 'XX places ' as a name."

"Eh?...Thinking about it this way, it's true..."

Being reminded of details that he had never noticed before, Tang Gua asked Mr. Ghost Lantern, who was watering the snapdragon grass, that he evolved into a commentator. This matter is no longer a matter of a day or two.

"Sword Mountain Hell originally had that name, but it was abolished in the Hell Conference a long time ago because it was too incomprehensible, and its name has not been confirmed since then. 'Sword Mountain Hell' is also very familiar to the jailers. So it's settled like this."

"Abolished because of the name... What kind of name is that..."

Tang Gua thought subconsciously.

"I remember reading about it in A Brief History of Hell...it seems to be the 'Ho Ho Place', right?"

The bone girl cleaned the black blood on the ground, and replied casually.

"...I can probably understand why I don't know what to say. What was the purpose of choosing this name?"

"According to what my former assistant officer, Ms. Ienami, said, because the dead would subconsciously yell when they fell from a high altitude, so I took this name." Ghost Lantern replied.

"Then why..."

"Because the high-altitude fall doesn't make a roar of 'Aw——' but a scream of 'Ah——', right?"

The bone girl sighed, feeling a little respect for Ienami who could come up with this name, and also a little contempt because the other party couldn't distinguish the difference between the two shouts.