The Hundred Stories of Miss Ghost

【what?Hitomi, your guess sounds very reliable, and it feels very likely! 】

"This..." Kannazuki hesitated, "Grandfathers in my family? I really don't know much about this. Great-grandmother is the most senior person in the family that I know...I have to go back and find out about this."

After confirming again and again that there was nothing abnormal about Kannazuki Xiaohua's body, Hitomi and Kannazuki washed up a bit, and after breakfast, they went to class.And during recess, we found Mr. Hojo in the psychological counseling room.

"A baby doll?"

After listening to what happened to us last night and Xiaotong's speculation, Mr. Hojo held his chin and said, "You said that someone wants to use this baby's doll to reborn? It is indeed possible. Like this kind of humanoid doll Dolls, dolls, are easy to attract undead and wandering souls to attach to them. I don’t know the specific principle. Similarity and compatibility? Generally speaking, the more a doll looks like a certain spirit body, the more the spirit body will be. The greater the attraction. Even the god statues and Buddha statues in shrines and temples are based on the same principle. The more they are carved to resemble the essence of that god and Buddha, the more they will attract the gods and Buddha to focus their attention and even their will. As for what you said Mochizuki, she will be attracted to this baby? I really don't understand why, could it be that the baby looks like Mochizuki?"

Mr. Hojo was amused by his own guess, but Xiaotong and I didn't laugh. We looked at each other and seemed to understand what the other was thinking immediately.

"Could it be that... this incident really has something to do with Tsukiyomi?" We couldn't help but imagine that.

The water sacrifice is similar to the moon burial, and there is an inner world opposite the water surface and the mirror.

I suddenly thought of many rituals at the Moon Festival.For example, Yuejian wine is a wine made from lake water and sweet-scented osmanthus that reflect the full moon. When drinking, keep the moon reflected in the wine.There is also a moon burial, taking a small boat to the center of the pool, and sprinkling the ashes of the deceased to the moon reflected in the water. It is said that this will allow the person to return to the soil of the moon.

Rituals related to the moon seem to be inseparable from water and mirrors.

Could it be that, like the Tsukuyomi Shrine last time, is there something trying to steal Tsukiyomi's divine power?

"Speaking of babies, look at this." Teacher Hojo suddenly moved a glass jar containing fetal specimens in front of us, and there was baby sauce inside.

"I took a little bit of this specimen and studied it in the past two days, and I think it's quite interesting." Mr. Hojo said with a smile.

At the same time, the sound transmission from Baby Jam to me frantically came from my head——

[Big sister, help!Take me away now, don't leave me by this pervert's side anymore! ! ] Baby Sauce wailed mournfully in my mind.

The corner of my mouth couldn't help twitching, and I asked Mr. Hojo: [Teacher, what did you do to it? 】

"First of all, I took some cells and compared them with the DNA on Xiaohua's hair follicle cells. The results are similar, and there is a high probability that they are indeed relatives. Unfortunately, there are no samples of direct blood relatives. Then, I cut some samples of this fetus for analysis, and found something interesting~"

[What's interesting? 】

Mr. Hojo smiled so that his eyes narrowed into a line, "I first cut off a little finger of this fetus. After analyzing this little finger for a long time, I looked back and found that it was cut off by my little finger. It actually grew back in such a short period of time! So~ I tried a few more times~~ I cut off a small section of fingers, toes, a part of abdominal flesh, a small part of internal organs... etc., because I was afraid of it There is a limit to the recovery ability of the body, so I didn't dare to go too far, but... almost every time, it regenerates in a short period of time. Although it is true that there is limb regeneration in the fetal period, the regenerative ability is also It won't be so fast and strong. Although I didn't dare to try it directly, I suspect that if its head is directly cut off, it may even be able to restore a complete body~ This is because it is an immature body. In the case of a miscarriage. Do you know what that means?"

【It means... what? 】

"It means that if this fetus is born intact, it... will almost never die." Mr. Hojo's expression gradually became serious, his eyes slightly opened, and his eyes were full of coldness, "I suspect now , Everything that happened to Kannazuki Asagiri was a ceremony, and the ultimate purpose of the ceremony was to let this baby be born intact."

Chapter 38: Immortal Medicine

Everything that happened to Kannazuki Asagiri was probably a ritual for the birth of this weird baby.

Moreover, this ceremony does not seem to be over yet. Judging from last night's dream, Kannazuki Xiaohua and Xiaotong seem to be targeted and regarded as Asagiri's substitutes.

Not to mention that both Xiaohua and Xiaotong are absolutely impossible to accept the extremely absurd thing of giving birth to a child out of nowhere, and it is difficult to judge what harm such a thing will bring to them.Kannazuki Chaogiri had a mental breakdown and finally did the sensational thing of cutting open his abdomen with a knife.It can be said that Xiaotong and Xiaohua are now caught in some kind of unspeakable crisis.

And the source of this crisis seems to be inseparable from the Kannazuki family.

"Student Kannazuki, can we take the liberty to visit your house tonight?" Xiaotong raised her head and said to Xiaohua.

Today is Saturday, and the students have started to return home one after another. As usual, there are rows of luxury cars parked outside the school gate to pick up the students.

"Huh? It's okay... But it's better for me to report to my parents first. My dad doesn't welcome outsiders..." Xiaohua said with a bit of confusion.

Xiaotong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you can go home and ask first. I just want to go home to get some things first. If you can, you can send me a message, and I will go there from afternoon to evening visit."

"okay."

"What are you talking about? Going to Kannazuki's house? I'm going too, I'm going too!!" Yuka raised her hand and said after hearing the voice.

Xiaotong was a little embarrassed, "Youxiang...going this time...may be a bit dangerous, you'd better..."

"Hmph! You say that every time! Danger, danger, or something! But every time someone is in danger, isn't it you, Hitomi, yourself?! Don't even think about sneaking away alone, and we can also call Mr. Hojo! He can be regarded as an experienced investigator, so it is safer than Xiaotong, you and senior sister? In short, this is a group activity of the Folklore Research Institute! Xiaotong, don’t try to sneak away!"

"Well... then, okay."

Hitomi and I are going back to Tsukiyomi Shrine. The purpose of going back is mainly to be on the safe side, to bring the Handao Yimonji Fubuki that can most significantly increase our force value.Yuka also said that she wanted to do some preparations with Hojo-sensei, so we made an appointment, and after Kannazuki Yoka replied, we would meet outside the main entrance of Kannazuki's house in the afternoon.

Slowly climbing up the Shinto stairs shaded by trees on both sides, we stepped across the shrine and entered the shrine.At this time, there happened to be a person walking towards us, who seemed to be preparing to go down the mountain.

"Oh, isn't this Xiao Tongjiang? Did you come back from school with your friends?" The person who came was an old lady whom I had met several times before. One of the devout believers of the shrine, he often brings some fresh vegetables and fruits as tribute to the shrine. Personally identified as a VIP pilgrim.

Xiaotong also knew this mother-in-law who often visited the shrine, and she immediately greeted her: "Ah...Hello, Grandma Bandai~"

I also greeted my mother-in-law: "Hello, mother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a while, you look younger~"

The old woman immediately waved her hand and said with a smile: "You child, don't talk nonsense, mother-in-law, I am already so old, how can you say that you become young when you are young, you are dishonest~"

"No, I'm not telling lies, mother-in-law, don't you think your skin has improved and your wrinkles seem to have decreased? You walk a lot straighter, I really think you look younger Ah, that's no nonsense."

"Hey, is that really the case?"

"How can it be fake?"

The mother-in-law clenched her fists and lightly thumped her waist twice, and said a little belatedly: "So...it seems to be true? It seems that the waist is not so sore recently. It seems that you mentioned to me last time, After being able to pray to Tsukiyomi and the White Snake God for longevity and freedom from illness, I wrote a wish for health and longevity on the ema, and it seemed that my body really got better. This must be a blessing from the gods."

"Well, it must be so."

"Hehe, in that case, I have to come to pay my respects often in the future." The mother-in-law said with a smile, she looked at Xiaotong, and said to her with a smile, "Xiaotong, your friend is a good boy. He also told me that I feel alienated by you, and if you want to get closer, you have to get along well with her~"

"En, um." Xiaotong nodded with a confused face, and we just watched her mother-in-law stepping down the steps step by step.

It wasn't until seeing her mother-in-law's figure disappear that Xiaotong came back to her senses, stared back at me and asked, "Can Grandma Wandai see you?"

"Yes, my mother-in-law can always see me. This mother-in-law is also an inspired person."

"What happened to the wish she just said?"

"Ah... At the beginning, I lied to her that the white snake can shed its skin, which symbolizes longevity, rebirth, and the elimination of illnesses, so if you make a wish to Xiaobai, you can live a long life~ I made it up casually, just to let Xiaobai also have a smooth life The development of believers settled here with us?"

Xiaotong recalled the appearance of Wandai's mother-in-law just now, and asked doubtfully, "Then... is this prayer really useful?"

"Then who knows, anyway, my mother-in-law's complexion looks a lot better. Maybe it's the placebo effect. If you think it works, it will really work."

"is it?"

Hitomi stepped into the shrine with doubts. Fubuki was wearing a red and white maiden costume, holding a big broom that was almost as tall as she was, sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard with a "rustle".

"Ah, Hitomi-sama and Mochizuki-sama are back!" Fubuki said in surprise when he saw us.

"Is my father in there?" Xiaotong asked.

"Yes, the Lord God hasn't left the house all day today."

"Hmph, slacker."

Xiaotong walked straight all the way in, and when he found the room where Sanriyue Daoman lived, he opened the paper sliding door with a "wow".

Inside the door, Uncle Daoman was wearing a sloppy pajamas, but he was talking to the computer in a sweet falsetto.

"Hey, pervert, I have something to ask you." Xiaotong cut to the chase without any hesitation.

Daoman glanced at the little boy who entered the door speechlessly, then closed the live broadcast room, turned his head and said to Xiaotong unhappily: "I haven't been home for a long time, and I just find fault when I go home, right? Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

"Before you, before succeeding the priest, you seem to have studied in a priestly school, right?"

"So what?"

"Do you know the main god enshrined in our shrine, Tsukiyomi, what is his priesthood?"

"God of fate, Yueyue, his words... are actually a little hard to say?"

"why?"

"The main reason is that in Japanese mythology, there are too few legends about Tsukiyomi. There are only one or two records in "Nihon Shoki" and "Kojiki", and there is really nothing useful to be found. Comparing It is generally recognized that He is in charge of the night and is the ruler of the Eclipse of the Night. However, no one has ever seen where the Eclipse of the Night is and what it looks like. Some people say that the Eclipse of the Night is on the moon, while others say , since Gao Tianyuan is in the sky, Yezhiyuan may be underground, adjacent to Huangquan Kingdom, and there is even a saying that Yezhiyuan is a mirror image of reality, but these are just legends that cannot be verified. But..."

"But what?"

"However, in Japan, although there are not many legends about Tsukiyomi, there are still legends about Yue, and you must have heard of them."

"Do you mean……"

""Bamboo Tori Monogatari", the story of Kaguya Ji. To some extent, this story may be more widely spread than Tsukiyomi Mingshen. There is even such a legend that Kaguya Ji is actually The incarnation of Tsukiyomi in the world, or the god body created by Tsukiyomi for him to walk in the world. Of course, these are all folk rumors, and there is no historical data that can be traced back as evidence. But ah, it is because "The Tale of Bamboo Crawl" has spread too widely, resulting in one thing that is almost firmly bound to the moon."

Thinking back to the whole story of "The Tale of Bamboo Cutter", Xiaotong frowned and said softly, "Hey, could it be that..."

Sanriyue Daoman twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a disdainful smile: "Who else could it be? My big brother, didn't he pursue the same thing at the beginning? It is the legend that can make people stay away from aging and disease, and not grow old." The elixir of immortality."

Chapter 39

There is an elixir of immortality on the moon.

This is the legend in the Tale of Taketori. In this story, even the original meaning of "Mount Fuji" means "Mount of Immortality", because this is the place where the medicine of immortality was burned. Rise into the clouds, into the world of the moon.

"Also, Hitomi, don't you, as a priestess, have to drink a glass of Tsukimi wine during the Tsukimi Festival ceremony every year? It is said that this thing may have been a symbol of the 'undead medicine' at the earliest."

Sankayue Daoman sat there with his body crooked, pointed a finger at the pool of water in the middle of the courtyard of Tsukiyomi Shrine, where the water converged from the mountains to form a stream, and fell into Yuejian Lake, he faintly said:

"Have you read "Manyoshu"? Although there are not many records about moonlight night meeting in "Nihon Shoki" and "Kojiki", but ah, it is recorded in "Manyoshu" chapter "Moonlight Night Meeting" That said, the moon god holds the spiritual water that can rejuvenate the old, that is the spring water called "Bianruo". In fact, the procedure for making moonshine wine at our shrine was very complicated in the past, and it had to be made on New Year's Day every year. At that time, take some "Bianruo" which symbolizes Shenshui, and put it in the main hall to worship. Then take the sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms from the Yushenmu, put it in "Bianruoshui" and seal the altar to make wine. The wine brewed in this way is said to be able to cure all diseases. And it can prolong life.”

"Is that wine really... effective?" Xiao Tong asked in disbelief.

"Hehe, who knows, anyway, I don't really believe it. After all, you can see the average age of our Sanriyue family."

Although my uncle said so, I couldn't help but start to think about it in my mind. The seemingly younger believer Wandai mother-in-law, is this a verification that there is really "longevity" in the priesthood of Yueyejian?And...the moon sees the wine, changes like water, the living corpse in the water, the fetus that can quickly recover from damage, and the "eternal seed" that the skinny and skeleton-like person in the dream said...

Is someone trying to make the legendary moon god's elixir by some means?

I immediately said to Xiaotong: "Hitomi, ask Uncle if there is any connection between Kannazuki's family and Mikazuki's family, or the Tsukiyomi family in the past?!"

Xiaotong relayed my question, Mikazuki Michiman tilted his head and thought for a while, "The Kannatsuki family? I'm not familiar with them. But you said they are landlords of the land nearby for several generations? It may indeed have something to do with it, after all, here It is said that the land here belonged to the Yueyide family back then, and the local people were more or less related to the Yueyide family. However, if the surname is not based on the phase of the moon, but the surname of the month, it is estimated that it was also a branch of the family at the beginning. Well, it’s the one that doesn’t show divine favor.”

Realizing that this matter is also related to the Mikazuki family, while waiting for Kannazuki Xiaohua to contact, Xiaotong ran to search for some family trees and ancient books left at home, trying to find some useful clues.

However, it was already almost five o'clock, and it seemed that it would be evening soon, but Kannazuki still had no news from her, even if she sent her a message, there was no reply.As time passed, Youxiang on LINE became impatient, and Hitomi and I became more and more worried. Finally, we made an appointment to meet directly in front of Kannazuki's house, intending to come to the door uninvited. Xun Xiaohua.

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"Xiao Hua still hasn't replied?" You Xiang, who was one step ahead of Kannazuki's house, asked Xiao Tong.

Xiaotong shook her head, "We were careless, we guessed that Xiaohua's family might have problems, so we shouldn't have let her go back alone..."

"What now?"

"Knock on the door and try it? Just say that a classmate came to play with her?"

"Let me try."

Although it looks like a wooden door of some age, it is actually equipped with a very modern visual electronic access control.Youxiang stepped forward and rang the doorbell a few times, and after a while, a middle-aged man with a small beard appeared on the access control display screen.

"Hello, we are Xiaohua's classmates. She invited us to play at her home today. Is Xiaohua at home?"

"Looking for Xiaohua?" The middle-aged man frowned and said, "I'm sorry, Xiaohua felt a little unwell when she came back today. I'm not very conscious, I'm afraid I don't have enough energy to entertain you, why don't you wait for her to recover and come back to play at a different time?"

Youxiang has always been thick-skinned, she didn't seem to understand the meaning of refusal in the middle-aged words, and immediately showed a very concerned look and said: "Ah? Xiaohua is sick?! Is it serious? Uncle, we have a very good relationship with Xiaohua, can we go in and check on the sickness?"

"No, Xiaohua's symptoms seem to be a bit serious, in case you are all infected..."

"It's okay, Uncle, you see, we also brought protective clothing. As long as you wear this, you won't be afraid of infection!"

After Youxiang finished speaking, even Xiaotong and I couldn't help but look sideways, not to mention the bewildered middle-aged man on the display screen.

"Husband..." Another female voice came from the intercom door, "Xiaohua's friends came this once after a long time, let them come in, maybe it will be beneficial for Xiaohua to see them. .”

"Okay..." The middle-aged man turned his eyes back to the center from the side, and said to us: "Then you all come in, to the room in the center. Remember, after you come in, don't let me run around !"

After getting the permission, I, Hitomi, Yuka, and Handao who was dragged by us walked into the courtyard of Kannazuki's house together.

[Anyway, wearing protective clothing is too much, right?Youxiang, what preparations have you made? ? 】I whispered to Youxiang.

"But...didn't you say that there are many floating corpses in the water before? What if you encounter those things again...and it turns into a zombie crisis?!" You Xiang said eloquently.

[Okay...you are amazing. 】

Not to mention such a small episode, the layout of Kannazuki's house is the same as what I saw in my dream before. There are many landscapes of flowing water inside. The running water diverted from the shallow river flows into the ponds in the courtyard, diverging and converging. , giving a feeling of tranquility and deepness.

It's just... the shallow ponds in these courtyards are obviously deep enough to submerge Xiaotong's ankles at most, but at first glance, there is always a feeling that the depth of these waters is much deeper than what you see.

Following our uncle's request, we walked directly into the main house in the middle, and there we also met Kanna Tsuki Xiaoka's father and mother.

The man I saw on the intercom screen just now should be the male master of the Kannazuki family, and the woman standing beside him in a kimono smiled politely when she saw us coming in, and then introduced herself: " Hello, I am Xiaohua's mother, Chihiro, Kannazuki Chihiro. Welcome, to be honest, Xiaohua almost never brings friends home, but today is too unfortunate... "

"Then, where is Xiao Hua's room? Can we go and see her?"

"Of course, come with me, I'll take you there." Kannazuki Chihiro stood up and made a "this way please" gesture.

Chapter 40

Through the corridor, our group was led into a deeper room by Aunt Kannazuki.