[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

"The priest sat across from me and said with a serious face.

"In the deep forest, I met a person who betrayed the gods," I said blankly, "without losing consciousness after fighting with all my might."

"Is there any characteristic?" The priest asked.

"His eyes are red..." I said slowly, "He has a scheming heart and will not be easily revealed to others. Leaving him in this world will only harm the world."

"Understood." The priest nodded, and he showed a strange smile, "Is that person's eyes like this?"

I saw the figure of the man behind him.

I had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, and I frowned slightly.

"Those priests seem to have a very good way to control you~" The man smiled at me maliciously, "In this way, I have a very good idea~"

Fortunately, I told him not to come to me.At the last moment of losing control of my body, I thought so.

Don't come looking for me, Yakumo.I hope so.

When you saw me... I wasn't me anymore.

"Do...do you want to see her again?" the man with red eyes said to him, "See you again...but I will never see her again."

"What do you want to do to her?" He looked at the man and said warily.

"How could I do anything to her?" The man shrugged. "I just spread rumors that a worshiped witch is actually a monster. Look, everyone is talking about burning her~"

"Shameless!" he yelled at the man, trembling with anger.

"It has nothing to do with me," the man said with a malicious smile. "Who told her to show up in front of people for the first time? You have seen it, her eyes, even if they are black, are not the same. It's like human eyes, isn't it?"

"..." The boy was so blocked that he had nothing to say, and hung his head in silence.

"Think about it carefully," the man said happily when he saw the goal was achieved, "If you miss this time, you will never have another chance."

After speaking, his figure disappeared in front of the boy.

"Are you crazy?" When Ali entered the mountain again, she couldn't help shouting in surprise when she heard the boy say that, "Miss entrusted you to me, but I didn't want me to send you to die!"

"Then what?" the boy said suddenly, "Did A Li imprison me in the deep mountains, waiting tremblingly for the day when I would be discovered?"

"Have you seen him? Yakumo," A Li said seriously, "your father."

"So what?" the boy smiled wryly, "Even though I know it's a trap, I still have to jump."

Maybe it's because I didn't know when, I already cared so much about her.

Ah Li fell silent, and he had no choice but to nod in front of the boy's unwavering eyes.

A Li is the boy's mother's domestic servant, who used to be.

Miss is beautiful and gentle, she can be called a peerless beauty, and——

The young lady was forcibly taken over by her brother.

Then the young lady who gave birth to her brother's child finally made up her mind to escape from her brother one day. In the process of chasing the young lady, the elder brother met with misfortune and died.

Such a shocking thing is of course not humane, but rumors gradually spread.

The one who stood up for the young lady was one of the young lady's admirers. He came to propose to marry the young lady whose reputation had been ruined by rumors and elder brothers.

however--

The soul of the young lady's brother is not dead, he kept coming to make troubles, and finally caused his sister to be attacked by unsuspecting villagers.

After seeing Miss's child with ominous pupils, the villagers decided to set fire to a family that was abandoned by the gods in their eyes.

At that time, Ah Li was not with them, but was just complaining for his young lady. The young lady was obviously a victim, so why did she encounter such a thing?

Ali, who has a strong sense of justice, was entrusted by the lady to rescue the child, and secretly raised him in the forest, sending some supplies there every few days.

If this child can be brought up safely, he will live up to the young lady's trust.He thought so, and prayed for it.

but--

But he sent the child to death with his own hands.

The place of death called Ise Shrine.

I curse you, Yu Yiji, curse you with my last life.The desperate man shouted with all his strength at the end.

For my little master who died young.

What does it feel like?Sometimes I can't help but ask myself that.

I seem to be missing a memory, but no matter how I recall it, I can't remember a single bit.

Speaking of which, he realized this when he was purifying the man who rushed into the Ise Shrine by himself and leaned over a certain priest.

This lack cannot be made up in any way.

"Master Yuyiji?" The panicked call of the priest in front of me brought me back to my senses.

"Ishii?" I looked at him and tilted my head. "newcomer?"

"Yes, yes! Lord Yuyiji!" The priest said loudly, subconsciously straightening his body, "I, I am Ishii! I am very grateful for being saved by you that day!"

"It's nothing." I shook my head, and suddenly thought of something, "Do you still have the memory of that day? Who was the person I purified?"

"Although I don't know, but there is one point." The priest said, "The man's name is A Li, and he was the servant of a lady of a great family, but because the lady committed a scandal of incest and murder, he broke away and set up his own family. I don't know why. I would do such an act, trying to harm the adults. But when I was bent down by him, I heard him keep chanting whose name."

"What name?" I asked.

"It seems to be Yakumo... something," the young priest said uncertainly.

"Thank you," I saluted.

"It is my honor to be able to help you," the priest said hastily. "There were rumors that you were a monster before, but now you can see that the rumors are not credible...My lord? My lord?"

Lost memory, made up.

He still came to me.

"Ishii," I stopped the concerned priest who wanted to rush forward, and said with a smile, "Under what circumstances would human beings choose to die?"

"Ah? I don't know." The priest said blankly, "Maybe it's because the loved ones are no longer alive?"

"Thank you, you can go out." I smiled.

"Okay." The bewildered priest saluted and left.

Ah, so how do I choose?I who killed you with my own hands, Yakumo.

But there are more important things to do before that.

"Master Hideyoshi." Priest Ishii bowed to the person opposite, "I just came from Miko, are you going to see her?"

"That's right," the priest called Hideyoshi smiled. He has taken care of the witch for many years, and his status in the palace cannot be underestimated. "Did you tell the priestess what you said?"

"I said it but..." Priest Ishii asked cautiously, "Why do you say that?"

"Hehe," Priest Hideyoshi smiled, "You'll find out soon."

He looked in the direction of the room where the witch was, with leisurely eyes.

Naturally, I will send you on your way, Miss Yu Yiji.

In this way, I can live in peace.

Priest Hideyoshi showed his red eyes.

Fanwaiji

[Like slowly sinking into a bottomless abyss. 】

In front of those eyes, which were black, but did not look like human beings at all, his consciousness gradually became blurred.

Saito Yakumo suddenly opened his eyes, and the cold sweat on his back wet the sleeping bag. It was obviously a hot end of summer, but he still felt a bit of coolness inexplicably.

What happened to that dream just now? Could it be a memory from a previous life?

What a joke!He showed a wry smile, and his thoughts drifted back to that day.

Saito Yakumo has never hated red eyes as much as he does now, especially when those eyes appear on Haruka Ozawa's face.

The mood that surfaced at that moment was neither disgust nor fear, but worry.

Worried about being bent over her.

"...Who are you?" On the rooftop, after a long silence, he forced himself to calm down and asked.

"...Heh." The red-eyed girl laughed lowly and said, "If you are asking about a name you don't know, Yu Yiji. I don't know the reason, anyway, I don't know anything for some reason."

"I don't know?" Yakumo's eyes became very dangerous, "I don't care how you attached to her, just stay away from her."

"Pfft," the girl suddenly laughed, "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..." She couldn't breathe from laughing and blinked at Yakumo, "You don't think that I, too Is it because Haruka Ozawa doesn’t know about Yu Yiji’s existence? In fact, I’m Haruka Ozawa who is talking to you now.”

"Haruka—?" Yakumo couldn't help taking a step back, "Why—?"

"As for us, we should be the same person." The girl put away her laughing look, and said with a wry smile, "If I must use one word to describe it, it is the relationship between past and present lives."

Yakumo looked into her eyes again, those red eyes were not as indifferent or resentful as he imagined, but a kind of tenderness with sadness.

That look seems to have been seen somewhere.

[Yakumo, don't meet me again. 】The girl who said that, the moment she turned around—

What was that just now?Yakumo frowned, and when he looked again, he saw the scene he was familiar with.

"You..." In Yakumo's eyes, Haruka appeared in front of the left and right eyes.

The living Haruka and the dead... "Yu Yiji," he murmured.

"Yu Yiji." He murmured in a daze in his uncle's courtyard.

"Yuyi