Dramatic Blade

The two arrived in Yayuan smoothly.

There are many foothills in the Yahara area, and their lodging house is in a small town at the foot of the mountain. After putting away their luggage and resting for a while, Asahikawa heard from the locals that there was a festival on the mountainside next to the town.

"Today happens to be Yahara's summer festival!"

Nuliang Lusheng saw him replying to the hotel owner with great interest: "Really, then this is such a coincidence!"

The hotel owner was excited when he saw the handsome young man in front of him, as if he was looking forward to the festival in his hometown. He enthusiastically pointed out the way to the mountainside and gave them some special snacks. He didn't know what they were talking about. It is not the same festival.

Asahikawa accepted it with a smile and thanked him for a while, and after receiving a few words of blessing, he went out with Nuliang Lusheng.

"very excited?"

Nura Riku asked, and got an affirmative answer from the artist.

As soon as he arrived in Yahara, Asahikawa’s emotions rose for a while. Obviously, he is an artist who has created countless paintings about ghosts. The manga he drew later has related elements. He has a strong love for monster culture.

But even if he searched through all the books, nothing could compare with what he saw with his own eyes. How could he not be excited?

There are indeed many monsters in the Nuliang Group, but there will be many monsters and strange sights that he has never seen or even heard of at the monster festival, which must have a special flavor.

So on the way to climb the mountain, Asahikawa's usually calm frame was crumbling, and he grabbed the young master monster and asked questions.

"Is this the same way for youkai festivals?"

Nuliang Rikusheng patiently explained to him: "Because the monsters who like to be lively account for the majority, they will use human festivals as their entrance, and the time when the festival starts when they encounter demons, and our departure time is just right now."

Asahikawa nodded for a while, that's pretty good, it's not a loss to be able to participate in two festivals in one night.

but……

He was still a little skeptical: "Is it really enough to just wear a mask? Are there any tickets, qualifications, etc. I don't have any evil spirit on me, so I won't be discovered?"

Nuliang Lusheng still looks like a human being. He was slightly startled when he saw the mask that the artist took out from his arms, and said: "This mask smells like blood, maybe you will be regarded as a person who often eats people when you wear it. Devil."

"And this statement?"

Chaorichuan felt strange for a moment: "Then what should we do?"

"It's okay, don't stay too far away from me, or my evil spirit will cover your breath."

Asahikawa nodded naturally for a moment.

Nuliang Lusheng suddenly showed a distressed expression: "But when you talk about qualifications, I just remembered that the entrance to Yayuan will indeed be guarded by monsters. According to their habits... there seem to be some rules."

"And this one?"

Nuliang Lusheng shook his head: "I haven't been to Yahara's festival for a long time. I don't remember clearly. I probably tested you with questions related to monsters."

"A question about monsters?"

Asahikawa repeated it for a while, and then became confident, "I think I understand the legends and anecdotes of monsters, so there should be no problem!"

The summer festivals in each region of Japan are different, but the lively temple fairs and bright lights are eternal. Summer festivals should be the most lively days, whether tourists or local residents, people in Yahara Everyone knew about this grand event, and when the festival time was approaching, they all gathered on the mountainside.

For a moment, Asahikawa saw people in bathrobes walking up the long stairs, and they were also part of the crowd.

Until reaching the last step, the sky darkened, and the time of encountering the devil arrived as promised.

The scenery in front of the two of them didn't change at all. The brown-haired young man who was walking in front turned his head, stretched out his hand to the painter, and asked gently, "Hold my hand."

The meaning is obvious, Asahikawa glanced at Nura Rikusheng for a while, and the lanterns of the human festival were slowly lit up, and began to illuminate the dim night.

Without hesitation, he held the half-demon's hand and took a step forward.

A sudden gust of strong evening wind blew by, startling people's shouts. After the wind passed, people didn't notice that two of them had disappeared without a trace.

……

At the entrance of a certain place of the festival, a young man with a white cloth on his face as a disguise encountered a problem.

On his left is a fat cat, and on his right is a monster guarding the entrance of the festival. The two monsters are arguing.

"No! Even monsters brought by Madara-sama must obey the rules!"

"What! Can't you accommodate me once? Believe it or not, I ate you!"

The fat three-colored cat raised its paws, with a fierce expression on its face: "I want to eat you!"

"Ahhhh!"

The boy quickly stepped forward to hold down the cat, and shouted: "Mr. Cat, don't eat indiscriminately!"

"But this guy!"

The gatekeeper monster trembled and was very stubborn: "You must answer the question before you can participate in the festival! This is a rule!"

Teacher Mao jumped up angrily: "Who would know the answer to such a gossip question, Natsume, let me go and let me eat it, hey!"

"No, Mr. Cat, if we can't answer, we can think of other ways!"

Just when the boy named Natsume was suffering from not knowing how to appease his teacher and how to enter the festival, someone's voice came from behind him.

"There seem to be fewer monsters at the entrance here, and it seems a little noisy."

"Then..." Another voice was about to answer, but suddenly gave a slight snort.

Oops, it's other monsters!

Shocked, Xia Mu quickly pressed down the white cloth in front of him that was about to be lifted up by Mr. Mao's movements.

Appearing in front of him were two young monsters, both wearing kimonos and the same blue haori, as if they had stepped out of a deep misty forest.

One of the monsters, who was wearing a fox mask covering half of his face, recalled the sound he heard just now, and seemed to know what happened here, and turned his head to complain to the monster next to him: "Didn't you say that the problem will not be difficult?" ?”

Another monster with a temperament like a wanderer in the old days, with a free and easy temperament, narrowed his red eyes slightly, looked at Natsume Takashi and the cat in his hand, hummed lightly and said: "Why don't you see what the problem with this entrance is first. If it doesn’t work, just change another entrance.”

When Natsume Takashi saw them, he couldn't help hugging Mr. Cat tightly.

A powerful demonic aura filled the surroundings of that ronin-like monster, and the aura was very compelling. The monster guarding the gate seemed to be so frightened that it deformed, probably because of the characteristics of the race, it became thinner than before.

The monster guarding the gate stumbled out the identity of the monster, and bowed to him: "Nura, the third generation of the Nura group, you haven't come to Yahara for a long time, welcome."

"What—this guy is the third generation of the Nura-gumi!?"

Cat teacher jumped out when Natsume was also surprised, and asked loudly: "Hey, half-demon, the question for this entrance is the name of the female monster that the head of the Nulianggumi likes! Tell it quickly!"

As soon as Teacher Mao's words fell, the gatekeeper monster just wanted to kick his legs and pass out.

The air was suddenly quiet for a moment.

Nura Rikusho, who looked like a monster, showed a look of astonishment, which is rare.

A black-haired young man wearing a fox mask beside him: "...Huh?"

The two young "monsters" who came to Natsume's entrance were none other than Nura Rikusheng and Asahikawa Kazuki.

After going through a few inexplicable questions at the entrance, Asahikawa just wanted to shake Nura Rikusheng by the collar for a moment, and asked him if all the ghosts in Yahara like to fool ghosts.

The so-called "problems related to monsters" does not refer to monsters in a broad sense, but to things and gossip that are popular in their monster world!

"Excuse me, what is the name of the dog god in the arms of the Lord of the Four Kingdoms?"

"Excuse me, what is the base fragrance of calamus incense that has become popular among butterfly demons recently?"

"Excuse me, what kind of woman does Takao Tengu's son like?"

"Please, please, please, uh, among the monsters and monsters, who are the newly selected ten or ten beauties?"

Faced with these questions, Asahikawa was momentarily stunned.

How would I know!

The entrances changed one after the other, and Asahikawa went from being stupefied to lifeless for a while. The entrances with simple questions and even the monster mountains and monster seas, the monsters lined up gathered together, and the noise made his scalp numb. He didn't know what to wait for. when.

Nuliang Lusheng looked at his face, and basically didn't dare to speak.

The monster guarding the gate sounded like he was about to cry, but he still dutifully asked the question in front of the master: "Please, may I ask, who is the female monster that the head of the Nuliang group likes?"

There was a slight silence in the air again.

Asahikawa looked at the monster huddled in front of him for a moment, his expression darkened: "Why are you asking me?"

Natsume raised her hand and replied in a low voice: "The powerful monster can enter without answering the question."

So Teacher Mao raised his head and murmured to him: "I should have thrown you here if I knew it earlier!"

Asahikawa looked at Nuliang Rikusheng blankly for a while, and the half-demon reacted and coughed: "This time the problem has indeed become simpler."

Just as Asahikawa was about to speak, they heard the gatekeeper monster continue to tremble and say to Nuliang Rikusheng: "You can't give the answer..."

The bloody smell on the fox's face gradually radiated out along with the artist's emotions. Asahikawa's eyes became very scary for a moment. His hand had already touched the back of his neck, and he could take out the demon sword Mimi with just a light grip. Cut pills.

After a bit of coercion, when he was still thinking about whether he should kill Nuliang Lusheng or the monster in front of him, the gatekeeper monster in front of him kicked his legs and fainted from fright.

As soon as he saw that the weak monster was about to be murdered, Natsume Takashi hurriedly shouted: "Please, please calm down!?"

He didn't know why this fox-faced monster was so angry, but at first glance, he should be a very talkative monster. The two were wearing the same haori, and maybe they were good friends who often stayed together like the middle-level ones. Wouldn't it be good to ask the monster without telling the doorkeeper?

Natsume Takashi's mind was very simple, Asahikawa saw his intention to stop him for a moment, closed his eyes, and put down his hands.

The entrance is actually an old torii, erected in the old forest.

Torii has always had the meaning of Shinto, unless it is damaged, few people will dismantle it, and ordinary people will only take a look at it when they pass by, and they don't think there is anything special about it.

The gatekeeper monster's question prohibited successive entrances. Even if he passed out, people who did not answer the question still could not pass through.

Asahichuan heheed inwardly for a moment, thinking that he was quite smart.

Natsume Takashi, who was on the side, was about to step forward to help out with ideas, when he saw the young man with the fox face move, his face was gloomy and exuding black air.

Huh?Is he going to answer, did they just communicate?

Nuliang Rikusheng couldn't help turning his head, his shoulders seemed to shake.

Natsume Takashi:?

Is the monster laughing?

The low air pressure became heavier as Asahikawa stepped forward for a while. Just when Natsume Takashi couldn't help but wonder what the answer was, the artist suddenly gave a low voice:

"It's really unreasonable!"

"The current head of the Nuliang family is still Nuliang Huapiao. This guy is just the young master of the Nuliang group. He grew up in an orderly manner. The body of the first generation has never been still healthy. Even this point is confused and brought to a large number of young people. The monster made a question—”

The sharp-eyed painter sneered coldly: "Are you deliberately disrespecting the Nuliang Group, or are you disrespecting the Lord of Demons and Monsters in Kanto?"