Underworld 03 Corpse Soldier and Death Flower

In the blink of an eye, on the third day, Aska pushed all the work to Jing as usual.Jing didn't complain too much, he seemed really happy to talk to Aska, even if it was just a little time that the other party set aside between the communication with Xiao Jiaya.

This morning, Aska took Jiazai to the library. The little guy was full of anticipation. Those books were stacked high, non-professional books that he had never read before, and there were various picture books, stories, and encyclopedias.

Two people, one big and one small, had just entered the library when they saw a peerless beauty in a V-neck low-cut dress sitting on the counter with crossed legs, took a book, and scanned the barcode with an infrared sensor .

"Wow! Spider Woman!" Aska shouted, pointing at the woman.

The opponent is one of the 99 gods, the earth spider Isshikimaru, who occupied a very large page in the "headhunting" event two months ago.

"Shut up, little rascal!" Isshikimaru gave Aska a vicious look.

"What are you doing here? Where's your museum?" Askar asked.

Isshimaru dug a lair in the City God's Mansion, and there are all kinds of "collections" of value and value from ancient times to the present, and they call themselves "museums", but they haven't sorted them out. It feels like it's just a storage place. storehouse.

"The museum is closed for renovation, ah, to be precise, it should be moving. I will reluctantly send you an invitation card when it re-opens." Isshikimaru brushed his long black hair and said with a smile.

"Move? Where do you want to move?" Aska asked strangely.

"Here." Isshikimaru pointed to the ground.

"What?"

""here! "" Isshikimaru looked at Aska with a look of "Why are you so stupid", "In the future, the library will open another room for my collection to be displayed here, so that there will be luxurious collection cabinets, multilingual The notice board, and the audio guide, sizzling... I hate it, I am so worried about which voice actor should I hire to record the audio guide, do you think Midorikawa Koichi or Ishida Akira is better? sizzling..."

Still the same weird laugh.Insect laughter.

"...The premise is that they have to die before they can come here." Aska complained coldly.

"Okay, the final trump card has to be Shiozawa Kane..."

"cough."

"Oh, I'm so rude." Isshikimaru's face was immediately covered with a commercial smile, and the fanatical attitude just now was gone.

"That is to say, before the opening of the new museum, you just have nothing to do." Even if the museum is open, the dilapidated warehouse whose number of visitors can be counted by fingers in a year is probably due to idleness. state it.

"Aren't I doing something now? As the god of 99, I am working hard for the guests who use the library. You are also here to return the books, right? Why don't you kneel down and kowtow to thank you?" Isshikimaru grabbed another Someone brought the book back at the counter, swiped it with a beep, and then threw it into the library.

"It's just a part-time worker, why is his attitude so great, ah? How did that guy in front of God teach you? In the service industry, the customer is God. You should kneel down and thank me, right? Thank me quickly Ah, without customers you will lose your job." Aska snorted.

"What are you talking about! You little rascal! I want to call the police!" Isshikimaru gritted his teeth.

"Ah, can't hear, can't hear, wayward Spiderwoman!" Aska covered her ears and shook her head.

At this time, Isshikimaru noticed the little guy behind Aska who was holding onto the corner of the opponent's clothes.She lightly fell off the counter and threw herself in front of Jiazai, her eyes sparkling.

"... so cute, ah, so cute, so cute, so cute, so cute...Little rascal! Sell me this!" Obviously, the guardian god of the land, "Soil Spider", loves children very much.

"No." Aska immediately refused.

"I'll trade you your favorite alien, John." Isshikimaru said.

Remarks: John the Alien is one of the collections of the Isshiki Maru Museum/he is an alien/For details, please refer to the second episode of "The Way of the Underworld".

"No! And I never liked that stuff!" Aska growled.

"Stingy." Isshiki Maru pouted.Then she knelt down and looked at Jiazai with a smile, "Do you want to play with my sister? Just leave that little rascal alone."

Jiazai smiled and said, "It's a great honor to be invited by a lady like you. It's just that I'm not free now, and everything depends on Asuka's will."

"Not... free?" Isshikimaru took two steps back: "Oh, my God, imprisonment... ravaged... ah, little rascal, what have you done to such a cute child!"

Aska immediately gave Jiazai a light fist on the back of the head, "Smelly brat, what are you talking about deliberately misleading!"

"Aiyo." Jiazai stuck out her tongue, and had no choice but to say to Isshikimaru, "I'm sorry, I was joking."

"Hmph, I won't be entangled with you, a working spider woman." Aska lowered his body and picked up Jiazai, "Let's go, let's go find a book."

"Yeah." Jiazai put his arms around Aska's neck, turned his head, and secretly waved goodbye to Isshikimaru.

Isshikimaru's cheeks were flushed, and he was still muttering: "It's so cute, so cute, so cute, so cute... I really want such a cute child, ah, yes, it's fine if I can't do it myself..."

"Have you finished brushing the books? Thank you for your hard work." Pushing another book return cart, Hiroyuki Kanzen, who had just returned to the counter, greeted Isshikimaru who was in a daze.

"...Boxing." Isshikimaru raised his head and stared at the other party seriously.

"Yes?"

"Want a baby?"

"……Eh?"

"Make one and play! He will have elegant eight legs and sweet transparent silk threads, as well as my beautiful appearance and your graceful demeanor..."

"Huh?"

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"Read it." Jiazai urged.He thrust a thick, full-color hardcover book into Askar's hand.

"Are you sure?" Aska took the book, just seeing the title made him almost shake his head.

"Please..." Jiazai pursed her lips and squeezed to Aska's side.

"...Okay." Aska coughed, "Then I'll start reading."

But at this time, Jiazai suddenly said: "Wait, can I rest on your lap? It will be more atmospheric."

"Come on." Aska patted his thigh, and Jiazai lay down happily.

It seems that in Xiao Jiazai's eyes, he has been upgraded from a "friend" to a "family member".In the past, the other party never got the warmth from his family, but now he wants to get it from him.And he was the same, watching the little ghost's behavior made him feel as if he was going through his childhood again.

More than what you need, more, more...

there's a twisted man there

on a twisted road

He found the twisted sixpence by the twisted jamb

He bought a twisted pussy

caught a twisted mouse

They live together in a twisted little house

That's right, it's Mother Goose nursery rhyme.Among the tens of thousands of books in the library, the little guy dug up this book in the children's book section without hesitation.The quintessence of British literature is compiled in an unknown year. Some say it is the fourteenth century, while others claim it should be the sixteenth century. Most of the authors are also unknown.

A work born just in the age of witch hunting.

Perhaps some of them were written by witches.Aska wondered what was going on in the head of the parents who would read this kind of thing to their children, just like the fairy tale writer who didn't care about throwing his stepmother into a wooden barrel full of iron nails and rolling it around the street Same, totally incomprehensible.

No, maybe, from the very beginning, it was not written for children.

"...there was a twisted man walking on a twisted road. He found twisted $200 in a drawer, bought a twisted gun, killed a few twisted people, and ended up in a twisted Prison." Aska was braiding, and couldn't help touching Jiazai's soft hair.

"...there was a twisted kid walking a twisted road. He found twisted pocket money on the twisted dining table, which he gave to twisted Miss Serfina, bought twisted quiz paper, and they sat together In a boring room." Jiazai grabbed Aska's hand and let him touch her cheek, "I feel so sad."

"Me too." Askar agreed.

"But I'm so happy now." Jiazai closed her eyes. "Asuka took me to the aquarium to play, and now she reads mother goose nursery rhymes to me. I don't want to go home, if only I could be with Asuka all the time."

"Well, let's stay together forever." Aska gently squeezed Jiazai's limp face.

Yes, it would be good to forget all the unhappiness in the past and the hurts in the past. Although it is not a life from scratch, but if it goes on like this, it is a chance for rebirth for "Akutsu Kaya".You don't have to be wary of anyone and pull up a protective net, you can communicate with anyone naturally, and you can do what you like to your heart's content!

"Then, why is Asuka's expression so painful?" ""

When Aska looked at Jiazai again, the other party's face was full of worried messages.

"Is there?" Ascala lowered his face, at least before just now, he thought he was laughing.

Jiazai lifted his head from Aska's lap, climbed onto the opponent's body, put his arms around Aska's neck, "Do birds hate me?"

""I like you the most. ’” said Askar.

What he likes is... is... the fact that his helpless and irreversible past can be redeemed by the little guy in front of him.

"I also like flying birds." Jiazai hugged her little hands tighter.

"Read one more song?" Aska held the book in one hand, and patted Jiazai's back with the other.

"What is a boy made of?" Jiazai asked with a smile.

"Frogs, snails, and puppy tails." Aska turned to the table of contents to see which page the song "What Boys Are Made of" is on.

"What are girls made of?" Jiazai asked again.

It's also a nursery rhyme, and it's also a dialogue.

"The Powerpuff Girls did it." Aska laughed. (Note: The original word of the nursery rhyme is "sugar, spice and all good things", which is the allusion to the names of the three protagonists of the Powerpuff Girls.)

"Is it that cartoon? Have you seen it? I only saw Dexter's laboratory for a while, and was immediately turned away by Miss Sefina nervously." Jiazai complained.

"Why?" Asked Aska.

"She said it would pollute the mind and told me it would be better not to watch cartoons."

"It's really enough." Aska rolled his eyes and began to chant: "Little Miss Sefina, sitting on the hill, holding her pointer and homework, there came a big dinosaur, approaching her sit……"

Jiazai lay on Aska's shoulder, giggling non-stop, and then added the last sentence: "Little Miss Sefina ran away in fright!"

In fact, the original word was "Little Miss Muffant", but Aska deliberately changed the sentence to Serfina. Originally, she was eating yogurt and cheese on the hill, but of course it was not a big dinosaur, but a spider that ran over suddenly.

"I know what she is afraid of. She is afraid of snakes." Jiazai said, "I want to buy a toy snake and put it in her pencil case to scare her."

"Oh, bad boy." Aska praised.

"You read something more exciting." Jiazai asked happily.

"Like?"

"Mom killed me. "" Jiazai suggested.

"I don't think that's good." Aska shook his head.

"What about "not one left"?" Jiazai looked at Aska hopefully.

Aska just looked back at the little guy in silence.

"At least read "Who Killed the Mockingbird"!" Jiazai tugged on Aska's collar.

"The sparrow was killed. It's over." Aska said quickly.

"Who dug the grave?" Jiazai asked the question without giving up.

"The owl dug."

"Who sings the hymn?"

"Thrush sang."

"If I die, will the birds ring my death knell?"

Aska stayed for a few seconds, and finally pressed Jiazai's head to his chest and said, "That's the job of a cow. ""

There was no funeral for Akutsu Jiaya, because his body was not found and is still listed as a missing person.There is no funeral for Aska Asuka, he has several identities, but they are all forged, and he has several names, all of which are not real. He doesn't even feel that he has really lived, but he knows that he is indeed dead.

He didn't know which was worse.

all the birds that fly in the sky

sing softly, weep

when they heard the death knell

to poor mockingbird

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Bai Chuanxiang also thought of his daughter.

That was when he was still called "Kyotaro".

In fact, he no longer knows whether he regards "Liu Leng Wei" as his daughter.He has known her since Congwei was a baby.Before joining the Liuleng family, he was just a reckless swordsman, relying on his youthful vigor, fighting with others and gambling with swords to live.

One day, the city lord of Liuleng took only a few cronies for a private tour. Xiangtaro and one of the city lord's subordinates didn't like each other. Feel ashamed to live, to commit suicide.In the end, the city lord scolded him: "You are young and strong. How much rice and bowls of water have you eaten in this city? Are you going to die if you don't even repay your kindness?"

Kyoutaro was right when he thought about it, and decided not to die.The city lord appreciated it, so he took him back to the city and arranged for him to be a guard.Afterwards, Kyoutaro worshiped as his teacher the man who was far superior in swordsmanship before him. The other party was actually the second highest swordsman under the city lord. On the one hand, he worked hard and on the other hand he also studied sword skills diligently. In the competition at the Harvest Festival, he won the No.6 good result all at once.

The city lord was very happy about this, and he didn't want Xiang Taro to be a guard anymore. Let him be the close side. When the city lord had important discussions with other retainers, he was allowed to guard outside the venue. Even when hunting and offering sacrifices in spring, he would He was the first to rush into the woods and drive out the beasts. The city lord and other retainers had a good harvest, so naturally they liked this young man even more.

In the autumn of the following year, "Wei", the third daughter of City Lord Liuleng, was born. Wei was a clever girl since she was a child. She was only one year old and could call all the servants and nanny's names clearly. Wei could move around when she was older. When she was young, what she hated the most was that a group of people always followed her. When she went east, the servant followed her east. When she went west, the servant followed her west. When she got angry, she hid in the courtyard. I saw Kyoutaro brushing a piece of sheepskin hanging on a bamboo frame.

Seeing the fluffy and warm look of the sheepskin, the only one jumped on it. Kyotaro was startled at first, but later recognized the third princess, knowing that she was being followed by the servants, so he didn't send her back to the main house.

Kyotaro picked a dandelion and deliberately blew the seeds in front of Yui.Wei immediately lit up his eyes and asked him to pick more dandelions to blow. The two played for a long time before the nanny, servant and others came to the courtyard panting, and finally persuaded Princess Wei to go back.

From then on, whenever Yui had the chance, he would sneak to find Kyotaro.Because Kyotaro is different from other servants, he will not bow his head to her at every turn, and he will not correct her manners anytime and anywhere, and he will not ask her to just sit in the room all day long.How nice is Kyotaro, he will pick beautiful flowers for her, teach her to sing funny songs secretly, and let her pet the horse.

Hmph, one day she will ask Hibiki Taro to let her ride a horse!Just like my father, sitting high on the horse, how majestic it is.

Kyotaro also likes Princess Yui, she doesn't put on airs, is innocent and sensible.If he happened to be busy, she would obediently wait by the side.

He didn't marry a wife and came to this city alone. Seeing Wei Wei so clinging to him, he felt like he had an extra daughter. He was the master, but he was closer than the master. He wanted to take care of her, and wished her peace and happiness. grew up.

Until, late at night on "that day".

That was after he and Wei escaped from the city, and he asked Wei to change her name and surname, and even disguise her gender.In fact, there should be no need to be so strict, because before escaping from the city, there was a loyal servant girl who volunteered to be Wei's substitute. She changed into Wei's usual fine clothes and threw herself into a well to die. The drowned body would swell and become ugly. , It is expected that the enemy should not recognize that it is a fake.

They fled outside the sphere of influence of Yuancheng, found a small village, and stayed like this.Kyotaro regards himself as his father, and Wei also obeys his words and plays the role of "son" well.

He originally thought that this should be all right?

However, late at night on New Year's Eve, he heard a faint voice outside, so when he got up to check, he saw a scene that made his heart ache.It started to hurt before I realized it was heartache.

Pain without sound.Sadness that no one can tell.And, it can't be stopped.Because he knew that if he tried to stop him, Wei Wei would be very sad.This is also the thing he can't see the most.

He has let a noble princess follow him to live such a hard life, so how can he have the right to take away the little happiness she has?

Kang Ji is a good young man, Kyotaro knows.Only like him.And Kang Ji is also obsessed with Wei.From the expression, from the action, you don't even need to listen to what they say, you can't deceive people just from the feeling.

The cold winter has passed, but Kyotaro still feels that he is still living in the snowy winter, freezing and hurting.When the first thunder struck in spring, and with the beginning of the rainy season, another coup took place in Liuleng City where they escaped.This time it was initiated by the cousin of the former city lord, in order to avenge the former city lord.

After Kyotaro got the news, he was both happy and sad. At this moment, he made a decision that he would go back to the city and be alone.

That night, he secretly called Kang Ji over, told him to take good care of Wei, and asked him to inherit the dojo by name.Kang Ji accepted, knowing that Kyoutaro was about to leave, he also felt very reluctant, lowered his head and shed some tears silently.

Before leaving, passing by the door of Wei's room, he wanted to take one last look at his most precious Princess Wei, but he dared not.

Thinking and thinking, thinking and thinking, thinking and thinking.He was already walking quickly on the dew-stained green grass.

In this life, he has served two masters, the first is Liuleng City Lord who treats him kindly and righteously, and the second is Princess Wei who is closest to him.When Wei was only as high as his knees, he liked to put Wei on his shoulders and listen to her giggle like silver bells. Even if he was alone at this time, he felt as happy as having a family member.

When Wei had already grown half a head longer than his waist, he had to stop this girl from running into the stable without authorization, trying to pull the horse out for a ride.In the end, he could only ride a horse with Wei, and just strolled around the inner courtyard a few times.

"Come on, go!" The cheers that Wei Wei pulled the reins and shouted seemed to be still echoing in his ears.

Maybe, since then...

Go, go!

It was his loud, hoarse voice.Go, go!Avenge the Lord!There were iron knocking and killing sounds everywhere, and no one who betrayed the lord could let them live!

Go, go!

Laughter like silver bells.He puffed up his cheeks and tried to blow away the dimple after the dandelion.The brisk sound of horseshoes like a ditty.

Father, it's time to eat, today Ah Jin sent a lot of edamame, I peeled it for you to drink?

Father, it's snowing heavily outside, you can't wear such thin clothes, let's add a coat first.

Father.Father.Father.

Father... I... My matter to Kang Ji...

(Stop it please.)

Ah, by the way, what is the beginning of the song my father taught me to sing?

"Where do you want to go? What do you want to be?"

On the shoulder, he was patted hard.Kyoutarou... No, "Kyoya Shirakawa" pulled himself out of his past memories, only to find himself in a daze holding the task completion reports of each team.

"After picking up the abandoned cat, he gave the cat away. If you can't give him a hug..." Herosaki's face appeared in front of Bai Chuan, "Then don't hug it at all."

"...Herosaki." Bai Chuan pushed away his old partner's baby face, "I'm so annoying, what about your job?"

"It's really unlucky. As the saying goes, when people are unlucky, they will kick stones even if they walk. I heard that Yazaki Yumeka seems to have to stay here until tomorrow morning before being sent to the wheel platform. And you The content of her soul core can only be copied by the built-in copying system of the turntable... Alas, alas." Kurosaki said sarcasticly, took out chocolate chips from his pocket, snapped open the package, clicked Kerry started to eat.

"It's just the length of time, it doesn't affect the result, so it's fine." Bai Chuan said in a fit of anger.

"Is that so? Then, captain of the world, what are you so anxious about? Today's eyes are like vanilla popsicles, and the heart is crackling from the cold. If you bite your fingers, the blood will dry up. Do you want me to hug you? According to expert surveys, hugging is one of the most effective ways to relieve stress." Herosaki said, and sat down on Bai Chuan's desk.

"Don't even think about taking the opportunity to rub the powdered sugar and chocolate chips on your body on me, it's so dirty." Bai Chuan frowned.

"Even in fairy tales, there is no story that makes everyone happy together. So if you accidentally make someone unlucky, there is no need to blame yourself, because "here" is such a place, watching the soul come and go Go, go, ups and downs in reincarnation, since they have been desperately promoted to our level, it will be okay to be self-willed. Just like Boss Gao, he will occasionally use his authority to make people he likes The behavior of staying here as a "collection" is stupid, but it is very cute. You see, in the torrent of the great era, it is just a few human souls, and it doesn't matter at all. The direction will not change..." Kurosaki cupped Bai Chuan's face with his hands dipped in melted chocolate, "Don't be afraid, just go get it if you want it, you brother, I will always protect you."

Bai Chuan seemed to be stunned for a few seconds.

After that, he opened Kurosaki's hand.

"It's so dirty." He opened the drawer, took some wet tissues, and wiped his face vigorously.

"...Clean freak, idiot, not human!" Kurosaki muttered.

"Hey……"

"Isn't there anything interesting recently?" Kurosaki licked his fingers, "Snap like a firework, spreading out beautiful and empty events, or some fierce fighting or something, ah , Since I, Kurosaki-sama, proposed so, let's fight." Kurosaki jumped off the table, staggering into a boxing pose.

"Ah, why is my partner such an idiot..." Bai Chuan held his forehead and sighed, "Because he is so stupid, tears are about to flow here."

"What are you talking about? I'm telling you, anyone who underestimates Kurosaki will end up miserable! Look at who and who..." Before Heisaki finished speaking, Bai Chuan's big palm covered his whole mouth Then he was grabbed by the collar and dragged out of the office.

"It's time for work, let's go, Captain Kurosaki, today will also be busy and fulfilling." Bai Chuan said with a smile.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"