spooky love

Suddenly, his hand was pulled, and when he looked back, he saw De Ma kneeling on the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"Please leave me here and leave."

Dema whispered, dejected.

"What are you talking about, stand up!"

Even when I tried to pull his arm, he didn't move.

"I can't stand up, my knees are shaking..."

Ryoichiro carried the reluctant Toma on his back and walked forward, but with someone on his back, his pace would slow down no matter what.Just as Ryoichiro gritted his teeth and fled, a fork appeared in front of him, and he chose the path on the left.After stepping out of the animal path that seems to pass through the gaps among the trees, the vision suddenly becomes clear. There is a swamp on the narrow flat ground, about three rooms in diameter (Note 31), with a big willow tree next to it, and a small ancestral hall next to it. It stopped abruptly in front of the swamp.

Dema on his back screamed "Woo".Then he said to Liang Yilang, "I can't go any further, please turn back." At this time, four policemen surrounded them from all sides.

"You are the thief Tokuma Tanaka, and Satake Ryoichiro who helped him escape from prison, right?"

The police officer standing in front of them roared.

"If you are more obedient, you will suffer less flesh and blood. Just tie your hands!"

Ryoichiro put Tokuma on his back to the ground.

"Run away, I'll deal with it here."

Hearing Ryoichiro whispering this to himself, Dema shook his head and said "I don't want it".

"Stop being stubborn, run away."

"don't want."

Dema firmly grabbed Ryoichiro's arm.

"It's all because of the oath I made with the Marsh God."

Instead of turning around and running away, Dema stepped forward, and Ryoichiro hurriedly grabbed him.

"The escape was planned by me alone. This man was just used by me without knowing it. He is not guilty. Please let him go."

Dema yelled at the surrounding police officers, and Ryoichiro hurriedly covered his mouth:

"No, I brought the prisoner out on my own initiative, it was my fault."

Dema bit Ryoichiro's finger, and rushed to the police officer while he was startled and let go of his hand, but fell forward because he couldn't stand still.The police officers surrounded Dema, who was lying on the ground, and tied him up in twos and twos. They didn't stop even though Ryoichiro shouted "stop".The police officer wearing glasses grabbed Ryoichiro's right arm, and Ryoichiro felt desperate: Why did things become like this?Dema would go to prison because of stealing; and he would steal so many cows to get his mother's relic—nails... Thinking of it for this kind of thing, he even hated this relic.

Ryoichiro took out the nails that had been put in the pocket of his jacket before, and threw them into the swamp behind him, but at the same time he was also thrown on the ground, his hands were cut behind his back.

Suddenly the ground shook, it was a strong shaking like an earthquake, and the policeman wearing glasses who suppressed Ryoichiro stopped his movements abruptly.

"An earthquake..."

After whispering, "Gudu Gudu" sounded like boiling water from behind.

"What is that……"

Hearing the murmur of the police officer who suppressed him, Ryoichiro turned his head and looked behind him.

The water surface of the swamp seemed to be boiling, and horrible bubbles popped out. After a while, there was a huge "crash" sound, and a cow crawled out of the swamp. The wet cow shook its body slightly, ticking and ticking. Water dripped down, slowly leaning towards the person.

"Then, what is that!"

exclaimed the oldest man among the officers.

"Why do cows come out of the swamp?"

"I-I don't know!"

The young police officer yelled.When Niu came to the side, the bespectacled police officer who was holding Ryoichiro backed away quickly and let go.There was another "crash" sound of water, and another cow crawled out.As soon as they heard the humming of the drenched white cow, all the people present froze.

The cows crawled out of the swamp one after another, and the way the wet cows were pacing along the edge of the swamp was as terrifying as a map of hell.The policeman wearing glasses trembled and said, "It's a mischief..."

"It's, it's a mischief, the cow is a mischief!"

He yelled and ran away without looking back, and the pockmarked policeman followed suit.

"What are you doing! Are you planning to leave your duties?"

Although the older police officer roared, the two police officers did not come back.

"Officer Onogi, the cow is coming!"

The young police officer who suppressed De Ma let out a scream-like sound.

"Shoot it away!"

"Even if it's over, it's still coming close!"

As he spoke, the cows came up from the swamp one by one as if they were pouring out.The young police officer who was bullied by the bull screamed and backed away one after another.

"S-Officer Onogi...this is so, so weird!"

"I know, I know it's weird! So you should find a way to deal with these cows!"

The older policeman waved his right hand and cursed.

"I-I can't help it!"

"Why can't it be done..."

The roaring senior policeman was about to fall forward, he staggered and tried his best to stand still, and when he looked back, he saw a black bull behind him, slowly protruding its shiny wet nose towards the senior policeman.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

The older police officer drew the Japanese sword worn at his waist.The young police officer yelled:

"If you do not kill properly and prolong your descendants, you will be ashamed to face your ancestors!"

Although the Japanese sword was drawn, the elderly policeman was trembling and unable to kill the cow.At this moment, other cows approached his back and pushed his back. The policeman fell forward, and the point of the Japanese sword just pierced the back foot of the cow in front. The stabbed cow screamed loudly and violently There was a commotion, and the other cattle were affected and excited.The older police officer turned pale, as if he could no longer bear the fear, and ran down the hill without looking back, the young police officers who stayed behind also hurriedly ran after him.

Ryoichiro watched from the beginning to the end in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses until he couldn't see the back of the policeman.He ran to Dema, who was bound on the ground, and untied the rope.

"Are you all right?"

Dema was pressed to the ground, his cheeks were stained, and Ryoichiro wiped it for him with the cuff of his jacket.

"You don't feel pain?"

Dema nodded slightly.

"Did you make these cows?"

When the other party asked, De Ma shook his head:

"I didn't do anything... Although I prayed to the Marsh God for help, he didn't respond. These are obviously the cattle that I dedicated to the swamp to sacrifice to the Marsh God. Why are they showing up now..."

It seems that Dema didn't see Ryoichiro throwing his mother's belongings into the swamp.Ryoichiro turned his head and saw that the surface of the swamp where twenty cows had been spit out before was now completely calm and free of foam.

"My mother died here..."

Dema cried "I'm sorry" and bowed his head, touching his forehead to the ground.Ryoichiro folded his hands together and worshiped the swamp, then picked up the man who was sitting still on the ground:

"Can your ghost bring these cows back to town?"

Dema whispered: "Maybe..."

"Then return them, and return all the stolen cattle to their original owners."

Seeing Dema's confused face, Ryoichiro hugged him tightly:

"Next, let's climb over this mountain and flee to the ends of the earth! Until we find a place where we can be together."

end

On the tatami seat of the soba noodle shop, Hara smiled and said, "You're kidding."Although Ryoichiro repeatedly said "I didn't lie", Hara couldn't believe it.

"If the teacher helped others escape from prison and was chased by the police, how could he drink leisurely here now? It's so strange."

Ryoichiro leaned forward while saying "Well..."

"After crossing the mountain, Dama and I walked to the port, where we boarded a steamship bound for Yokohama. Because the Russian trader needed an interpreter, we negotiated with the other party and asked the other party to pay for the ferry ticket, and the other party agreed. Then I went back to Tokyo and secretly went to the university to see that my uncle’s letter had also arrived. Only then did I know that they had not pursued De Ma’s crime. The matter was taken by the way. That’s right, as far as the police are concerned, it would be embarrassing to let the captured prisoner escape from prison, and at the end of the chase, let the prisoner escape because he was afraid of cattle? I will lose face to see my uncle in the country, so I can continue to study in the university."

Hara replied "Yes, yes" as if dumbfounded.Feeling bored, Ryoichiro drank the rest of the sake cup in one gulp.

"Ah, teacher, it's raining."

Yuan looked at the other side of the glass window.Since the sound of the rain was completely buried in the noise, they didn't notice it before, it turned out that it started to rain outside.

"It doesn't seem to be raining too much now, let's go back before it rains."

Hearing Hara's urging, Ryoichiro had no choice but to stand up from his seat and look at the pocket watch hanging on his vest. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening.After paying the bill, he walked out of the store with Yuan, he estimated whether he could run home, but the rain was unexpectedly heavy.

"Do you want a ride?"

Hara asked, Ryoichiro shook his head.

"No, I used to run."

When he was mentally prepared and was about to run out, Yuan called out in a low voice, "Huh?"

"Isn't the person there Mr. Dema?"

The rain is like smoke under the light of street lamps.Wearing high wooden clogs and holding another Japanese umbrella with a thick handle in his hand, Dema came from the other side of Misty Rain and approached the two of them.

He came to the soba noodle shop and greeted Asahara, "Good night."

"Are you here to pick up the teacher? Thank you for finding it here."

Dema smiled.

"Having said that, I still think Mr. Dema who can talk is incredible, probably because he hasn't gotten used to it yet.