spooky love

Something I want to ask you... Ah, it's not a big deal, a woman was here just now, right? "

"yes."

"What's the woman's name? There was a woman in the store I worked in that looked like her."

"I don't know her last name, but her name is Xuejiang."

Qianzhi stroked the kitten's head and fell silent.

"Is it someone you know?"

Qianzhi used to be a prostitute, so the shop she worked in should be a brothel.Even though he heard that Xuejiang used to work in a brothel, De Ma was not surprised, and even felt that this was more in line with her appearance.

"The name is the same. When I was around ten years old and I was still under the care of my sister, the prostitute in the store looked very similar to the woman just now... Calculated, she should be nearly forty now, but the woman just now It seems that she is only about 20 years old, and she may be the daughter of the leading prostitute."

"Sorry for asking you strange questions." Chie said and went back.However, De Ma was very concerned about what he said just now, so he ran after her into the courtyard.

"What's the matter? Mr. De."

"Uh...can you tell me a little more about the whore you worked with?"

Chie tilted her head and thought:

"Nothing special. In the past, there was a prostitute who was very similar to the woman just now, named Xue Jiang. She was beautiful and good at kung fu in bed, so she was very popular. Many customers died while having sex with that woman of."

Dema Gudu swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Sometimes it is true that some customers "go to heaven" when they have sex with women, but what happened to Xue Jiang is too much. And she is very lewd, can't stand without a man for a moment, and finally even slept with the lover of a fellow prostitute, Killed the other party, so everyone hated her and secretly called her a ghost girl."

Chie whispered as if remembering:

"Although he is beautiful, he is very ruthless. It feels like he will throw it away when he is done with it. Speaking of which, the man who became that woman's "Danna" seems to have been sucked out of energy and physical strength. Everyone is as thin as a dragonfly. Like the young master who just ran after that woman."

Although Ryoichiro said "don't care about that obsessive person anymore", Dema couldn't help thinking about Hara and Xuejiang, maybe because he heard from Chie that there was a woman similar to him.De Ma wanted to see the situation of the two, so he sent the little ghost Sang Ye to Yuan's home.

At dawn, the sound of mulberry leaves "meowing" came from outside the window.He slipped out of the dormitory, opened the back door, and the silver-striped cat galloped in. It turned back into a ghost in the kitchen, licking around its mouth with its red tongue.

"You showed me something wonderful, and those two spent the whole night together."

Dema's ears turned red.

"yes?"

"But..." Sang Ye muttered:

"That student is not far from death, because all his energy was sucked away by that woman."

The heart was instantly as cold as ice.

"Are you saying Mr. Hara will die?"

"He's already been sucked by a woman, maybe a few more days. I just forgot to say, that woman is not human."

De Ma clenched his teeth, and Sang Ye narrowed his eyes:

"You probably asked me to check the situation because you had a little understanding, right? You can't tell from the outside, but it's a youkai under that appearance."

Xuejiang's ominously strong allure has surpassed the scope of human beings, coupled with the touch and tremendous strength, it always makes him feel weird.And what Qian Zhi said - if the person in the brothel was Xue Jiang, then she killed many men and still kept her youth until now, these are also very reasonable.

"Can you eat her?"

Sang Ye replied "No":

"That monster is quite ancient and stronger than me. It seems that she likes to suck the energy and strength of men. With this, I can't eat her."

"Then, wouldn't it be good to keep Hara-san away from that monster?"

"Can that lustful student get away from youkai?"

"Is there any other way?"

"Hmm..." Sang Ye tilted her head and thought:

"The body of that monster should be somewhere else, and the woman is just her phantom form."

Among such things as monsters and spirits, some act by themselves; others have their bodies elsewhere, and only the soul leaves and takes human form to act.The monster attached to Hara's body should be somewhere else.

"If we deal with her body, we can help Yuan."

"yes."

"Sangye, do you know what kind of monster Xuejiang is?"

"She has changed so much like a human, I can't see it, but I think it should not be far from a human."

Sang Ye muttered "I'm going to sleep", and then returned to the palm of the horse.The kitchen was also lit up, and Dema started preparing breakfast directly.

Knowing that Yuan was possessed by a monster, De Ma couldn't let him go.If this continues, he should really die.Although at the moment he is addicted to lust and can't see his surroundings, he was originally a very good young man.

If Hara died, his master who said "don't care about that obsessed person anymore" must be more sad than anyone else.

On the same day, Dema sent Ryoichiro out and began to prepare to go out. He wanted to go to the original house to eradicate the woman's body.Although I don't know what such a youkai came from, but Sangye once said that it is not far from humans, so Dema speculated that it might be "something" at home.

Not only long-lived foxes or raccoon dogs, old cabinets or old homes, even old pots and barrels can also become monsters.If this thing is not very big, maybe you can destroy it with your own hands.

He had visited the Hara family with Ryoichiro before, so he knew where the house he rented was.Taking the university as the midpoint, Hara's home is just on the opposite side of the university from the longhouse where he and Ryoichiro lived.Because it is close to the station, the coachman (Note 48) is connected to the cheap cafeteria stores that do business with students, and there are also many second-hand clothing stores and daily necessities stores, which are full of life.

"Oh, Mr. Toku."

Turning around, Chie stood in front of Tangwuya (Note 49) and waved to him.

"It's so rare to see you in this area."

"Me too. Why are you here?"

"My friend fell ill, so I took care of the store on his behalf from yesterday."

Chie wiped the sweat off her forehead, then stared directly at Dema's back:

"You look like this, do you want to go to the mountains to mow grass?"

Dema carried a big basket on his back, which contained axes, newspapers, oil in bottles, matches and other things.Since he planned to find "that thing" and use it to destroy it or burn it, he collected these things at home, but he couldn't say that he was going to "eliminate youkai", so he had to vaguely say "well, it's Bar".

"By the way... I'm sorry I said something strange to you yesterday."

"Strange words?"

"Oh, it's the fact that she looks like the women in the brothel I used to work in. I was worried that I would make you uncomfortable by telling you those horrible things."

Chie lowered her eyes, Dema smiled and said "It's okay".

"Actually, I want to ask if there is anything weird about that woman?"

"What's weird?"

"Apart from the death of the man she has a relationship with, is there anything that makes you feel that she is different from other people?"

"Well...it was a long time ago."

"Then, is there anything she values ​​very much?"

Qianzhi tilted her head to think frequently, as if she couldn't remember.If you know what she values, you can find clues about her identity, but it doesn't seem to be going well.

"Because I hate that woman, and she disappeared before I started receiving customers, like a ghost."

"disappear?"

"The brothel was in chaos, but she couldn't be found."

"I remember..." Qianzhi blinked her eyes vigorously:

"Probably at the same time that the woman disappeared, a camellia tree disappeared. The tree was in a big grass in the backyard of the brothel, so everyone didn't notice it. The camellia plant is incredible. It blooms all year round. I asked the teacher about it. At that time, although he told me that there is no camellia that blooms all year round in the world, I often played under that tree. The owner of the brothel noticed this camellia and said "this is really rare", so he dug it up and sold it somewhere Go, the woman just happened to disappear during that time too."

Dema saluted Qianzhi in a hurry and ran away... Camellia... He has heard that once a camellia grows into an old tree, it will turn into a monster.Camellia, which has become a monster, tricks humans.If the woman named Xue Jiang was a camellia demon, it would be reasonable to disappear from the brothel at the same time as the tree disappeared.

Dema came to Yuan's house and handed a letter to the girl who was playing in front of the house next door. It said, "I was very rude to you the day before. I want to apologize to you. Can you come to Fenglaiqiao for a visit?" Is it? Tokuma Tanaka".

The girl took the letter, opened the lattice door of the original rented apartment, and came back after a while to say that the letter had been delivered.Dama gave her candy as wages, and she walked away happily.He hid in a corner of the wall to spy on the situation, and saw Xue Jiang walking out the door quickly.After confirming that he could no longer see Xue Jiang's back, De Ma quietly entered the lattice door.At this time, Yuan went to the university, and the woman was called to the bridge by him again, and the house was empty.

The house that Yuan leased was very large, and he had heard that Yuan's hometown was considered a big business in the countryside.

Dema didn't even look at the entrance, but ran to the courtyard on the west side.The courtyard here is also so large that it could almost build another house.

The vast courtyard is filled with plants.There are big trees such as cherry blossoms or magnolias along the fence, and small flowers such as onion orchids (note 50) and chives (note 51) are blooming a little closer.The courtyard has been maintained and organized before, and it is very tidy.