The Hundred Stories of Miss Ghost

"Here? This is the other world. I told you last time that a powerful monster can distort the space around it to a certain extent, forming a different space. And here is the inner world that was born because of a big tengu. The world is over. As for how to get out...you can get out from the entrance."

"The entrance? Where is it?"

"Well... one is at Kurama Temple, and the other is Yuki Shrine where the giant cedar is located."

"Then let's hurry over..."

"Wait a minute." I remembered the scene of several tengus flying from the giant cedar I just saw, so I interrupted Youxiang, staring at the "tengus" and continued to ask, "Are there many tengus in these two places? "

"...For Jushan, there are indeed many tengus living there, but for Kurama Temple...not many."

"Not much? Really?" I put more force on my hands.

"...there are not many...it's just...there is the place where the big tengus clean up."

"Sure enough! Neither of these two places seems like a good choice?! You guys just want us to throw ourselves into the trap, right?! There are only two exits, and we just came in here and it's not from any of the two. It came in from one place!" I said to "Tengu" angrily.

"This...Because the inner world is not very stable, so it happens from time to time that someone strays into this place by accident, but it is not so simple to go out the same way..."

Tsk, what a hassle.I didn't want to think about too many things, so I sincerely made a suggestion to him: "I don't care how to operate it, take us out, or I will strangle you to death."

My sincerity seemed to have moved this "Tengu", and he gritted his teeth and said, "Then... come with me, I'll take you on a journey..."

Chapter 28 Dad

"Tengu" led us into the ancient virgin forest.

"Don't walk on the avenues. There are blindfolds on the roads. You will never go where you want to go. Many people who stray into this place will always get lost on these roads." "Tengu" led the way in front , while prompting.

The roots of ancient trees are exposed on the ground. When I saw these giant roots entangled and coiled like snakes during the day, I wondered whether these roots would really start to crawl and wriggle after night. I didn’t expect this At this moment, I actually saw it.

The rhizomes of the ancient trees began to move, and they seemed to be slowly stretching their arms and legs, and this scene, under the dark night, was like a haunted realm where demons danced wildly.

However, I noticed that these ancient trees seemed to be docile in front of the "Tiangu" who led the way. The roots of the trees crawled forward one after another, and closed in front of us to form a road paved by the roots.

"This is the real tree root path, which is a secret passage into and out of this inner world." "Tengu" explained.

I couldn't help asking a little curiously: "Do you still seem familiar with this place?"

"... After all, I have lived here for a long time."

"Oh? So you were also caught by the Tengu and hid from the outside?"

"Please look at my face carefully, I am a Tengu!" The little "Tengu" pointed to his face and said loudly.

"But that's obviously just a tengu mask." I pointed out ruthlessly.

"It's a tengu." "Tengu" persisted, "Tengus are also transformed by humans. Don't you know that in legends, those high-nosed tengus were transformed after the death of monks who were unable to give up their attachments and delusions? ? I'll be a real tengu soon too."

"Huh? There is such a saying." I suddenly had a very magical idea, "Could it be that those people who disappeared in the mountains have become tengu?"

"Tengu" snorted disdainfully, and said with some contempt: "No, it's not so much about turning into a Tengu, it's more like turning into a running dog."

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

The little man turned around and asked me a question: "Do you know why the Tengu would regularly take away a human being and make him 'god hidden'?"

"Huh? I think... is it to spread panic?"

The little man looked at me in surprise, nodded and said, "That's right. Although it is said that the tengu is a very powerful monster, in essence, it is still born out of human legends. Maybe at the very beginning, the villagers were just It is common to attribute people's disappearance to 'being taken away by the Tengu' or 'hiding by the gods'. Over time, the Tengu found that this kind of thinking of human beings is quite beneficial to them, so they really started Consciously taking away human beings and letting them be "hidden by the gods", this will intensify human beings' fear of them, thereby maintaining their existence and making them stronger. In the beginning, they directly exposed human corpses to the wilderness. However, they later discovered that the more they did this, the more humans would imagine them as brutal and heartless monsters, which even affected their own personalities. Later, they chose to catch humans and let humans see them Put the humans back when you are strong. But this has created a new problem, that is, humans have reduced the sense of fear and mystery of the tengu. So in the end..."

"In the end, they chose to capture humans, but they didn't put them back?" I asked tentatively.

"Tengu" nodded, "Yes. This is the best method finally determined by the Tengus. Human beings disappeared in the mountains for no reason, only seeing the backs like Tengus or black feathers. It not only makes the mountain people's fear represent Passed down from generation to generation, while maintaining mystery, let the mountain people imagine. This is an exquisite operation, and it is no wonder that Tengu has always been called one of the three big monsters, and even the strongest monster!"

"Then what about those people who are 'hidden'? Are they living in this other world?"

"Some are. But... Later, the tengus discovered that these people have a greater use. The tengus themselves are not suitable for appearing too often in front of humans, because it will destroy the sense of mystery. The unknown is the most terrifying, losing the mystery At this time, if a group of 'middlemen' who can manage humans on behalf of the Tengu come forward, wouldn't the situation be different?"

"Support the agent? Does the Tengu understand?"

"For example, here, the most famous legend of Tengu in Mount Anma is the story that Ushiwakamaru met the big tengu ghost Yi Fayan in the mountain forest, and worshiped him as a teacher to learn swordsmanship and military art? Tengu found that children want Better control than adults, so catch kids, brainwash them, make them believe that you can teach them a little skill or even spells, and then throw them out and let them develop themselves. As long as one is drawn If you are lucky, the legend of the Tengu will spread greatly, and the fear and belief in the Tengu will continue to flow!"

I seem to understand a little bit, so this is what it means to become a "running dog".

However, I was still surprised by one thing, and then asked: "Then, why hasn't the Tengu been 'hidden away' by people in the past 20 years?"

The little man rolled his eyes at me, and said, "Isn't this obvious? If a child is lost in modern times, the first reaction is to call the police instead of huddling in fear instead of shivering at the imaginary dog. Shaking! Not to mention that during the last two Shenyin incidents 20 years ago, the locals organized a large-scale search and rescue, and almost found out the tengu’s den. Even though there are still elderly people who believe in tengu, but now Young people and even middle-aged people talk about the legend of tengu, but what they actually think in their hearts is to use tengu as a business to attract tourists. Doesn’t such an impure idea further reduce the awe of tengu?”

"So that's how it is." I figured it out, and I was thinking in my heart, if this goes on, won't the Tengu become weaker and weaker?Suddenly, I felt as if I passed through something while moving, and when I looked up again, I found that the thick fog just now had disappeared, and there was an extremely clear starry sky above my head.

"I've sent you back to the world of watches, can you let me go?" the little man crossed his arms and said unhappily.

I thought about it, but still smiled and clamped his hands and feet.

"You... what are you doing?!" He yelled at me angrily.

"Well... if I put you back, what if you go back and report to those tengus? Besides, you seem to know a lot, so I want to chat with you more~"

"You are a liar!!"

"Who did I lie to? I never said that I would let you go when I arrived in the watch world, did I?"

"you!!"

"By the way, what's your name? You're not a Tengu. I can't keep calling you 'Tengu', can I?"

The little man stared at me, gritted his teeth and said, "My name is 'Daddy'!"

Chapter 29 Amakusa Group

Dad?I was a little annoyed by this ignorant brat in front of me, shook my head and said, "Heh, who are you bluffing? Such a little guy wants to take advantage of my seniority, thinking that the Santu River is too wide and want to speed up to cross the river? "

The little man put his arms around his chest and said unhappily: "Calling me dad is not bullying you. My age is more than enough to be your grandfather."

"Really?" Looking at his small appearance, I expressed my disbelief. I can't see that the guy with thin skin and tender flesh is an old man's face under the mask. I snorted, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up State your name!"

The little man lowered his head and thought about it, and finally said: "Iantaro, just call me Iantaro."

"Iantaro? What a weird name...isn't it a fake name?"

Unexpectedly, the little man did not deny this, and he said uprightly: "For a guy who is obviously on the weird side, how can he just give his real name casually? What if he is cursed? This is very difficult. Dangerous! Anyway, you just want a name, so this name is fine."

"Okay." I don't really care about this guy's real name, I just want to take this guy hostage.

"Let's go down the mountain first. I'll let you go when we're sure it's safe. Before that, don't think about running away."

After threatening this fantaro, we went down the mountain as fast as possible, trying to return to the hut of my mother-in-law.

It was already night, but the lights in the mother-in-law's hut were not on, which made me feel a little bad for a moment.

Opening the door and entering the house, the room was dark, but there was no sign of a person.

Just when my mind was running through thousands of thoughts, worrying whether something bad happened to my mother-in-law——

Xiaotong turned on the light, so we all saw the piece of paper placed on the table in the middle of the room——

"Suddenly I have a premonition of some inexplicable danger, mother-in-law, I will slip away first, and I will contact you when I feel safe, see you~"

"..."

"..."

Xiaotong and Youxiang looked at each other, and Youxiang said angrily: "Sneaked away again? Isn't this mother-in-law playing tricks on us? Could it be that she didn't want to return the glasses at all, so she tricked us into coming to Kyoto and then Slip away by yourself?!"

[Hmm... I'm a little concerned about what the "danger" my mother-in-law is talking about?I'm just saying, it's not Crow's Mouth, that...should be...probably...not likely because it has something to do with us, right?For example, it was discovered because it entered the other world by mistake, and then was hunted down by a tengu or something, haha...]

I was trying to come up with a little bit of my conjecture, but Xiaotong's ears suddenly trembled like a puppy.

There was only a sudden sound of footsteps coming from the door, followed by a knock on the door.

"Hello, is there anyone at home? We are here to do a survey, can I take a minute or two to fill out a simple questionnaire?"

Youxiang was about to answer the door, but Xiaotong suddenly grabbed her and covered her mouth with his hands, and at the same time made a "shh" gesture to her.

We held our breath like this for a while, and the person outside the door asked again, but there was no reply, so there was the sound of footsteps starting to move outside, as if preparing to leave.

Right now!Suddenly, a loud ringtone came from Youxiang's pocket! !Youxiang was so frightened that when she reached out to take it out, she was in a hurry and couldn't hold it steady, and dropped the phone heavily on the ground again.

The vibrating mobile phone vibrated on the floor, making a louder sound.

By the time Youxiang was so frightened that she immediately picked up her phone and wanted to turn it on silent, it was already too late, because she heard the voice again from the door——

"There are people inside, opposite? Could you please open the door? I promise it won't take up too much of your time."

Little Tong, who seemed to be unable to hide, waited until there was no more sound, then tiptoed to the door and looked out through the peephole.

"Xiaotong, what did you see?" I asked Xiaotong.

Xiaotong said with some doubts: "A man in a black suit, uh... a bit like a door-to-door pyramid scheme."

"Is that so?" I put half of my head through the door to look out, and I did see a man that Hitomi had mentioned, and it didn't seem like there was anything very special about it.

However, I noticed one thing. At the moment I just stretched out my head, his eyes clearly glanced at me.

I quickly backed away, and warned Xiao Tong and You Xiang: 【Don't open the door!This guy has quirks!He can see me! 】

However, my warning didn't seem to have any effect. I saw Xiaotong stretching out his hand and pointing to the ground. When I looked down, I realized that something black like liquid was coming from under the door. Seeped in, and then, in that pool of blackness, a pair of eyes suddenly opened.

The eyeballs of those eyes turned left and right, as if observing everyone in our room, and then this puddle of black mud cracked a huge, full of small and dense teeth again. The huge mouth, a terrible howling came out from this huge mouth, and the whole house seemed to be shaking slightly for a while, Xiaotong and Youxiang covered their ears in pain, as if the sound could penetrate their brains.

[Scream!Call your sister! 】

I stepped on one of the eyeballs of this strange thing with all my strength, and a hole was pierced in the floor by my foot. Then, the scream of this monster suddenly became louder and louder. Terrible.

And as I crushed it hard again, the sound of this black shadow gradually became smaller and weaker, and then it completely turned into a shadow, as if it would not move.

This is the iron law I learned from the game, that is, no matter how weird a thing looks, its eyes must be its weak point.

[It looks like it has been exposed!Then don't worry about it, get out! 】

I directly used my mental power to accelerate the entire door, and slapped the door outwards as if it were a huge fly swatter. The guy standing outside obviously didn't expect such a change, and was blown away by the whole person.

At this moment, I have already discerned that the guy who was blown out by me is neither a ghost nor a strange story, but a normal living human being.The trouble with this is that I have to be careful not to hit people too hard, so as not to kill people directly. This can't be as relentless as dealing with evil spirits and strange stories. After all, it is against the law to directly kill a person. I have positive values.

So I greeted Xiaotong and Youxiang and said, "Let's go! This way, let's slip away quickly!"

However, when we were running wildly on the streets of this suburban town, I noticed that among the passers-by wandering casually on the street at the moment, several pairs of eyes fell on us intentionally or unintentionally at the same time, and these The owners of the line of sight are almost all wearing uniform black suits.

Youxiang's phone rang again.At this time, Youxiang was obviously furious at the call that had just exposed our location. She answered the call, and then said in a very bad tone: "Hello? Who is it!! I'm very busy right now, so I don't have time to listen..."

"Miss!!!" Feng Jiang's very surprised voice came from the phone, "Miss!! Where are you now!! Why did you suddenly disappear just now! I can't get through the phone at all!!"

"Is it maple sauce? It's a long story, I don't have time to explain now! Where are you now?!"

"We're at the Nio Gate at the foot of the mountain. By the way, miss! Um... we have a rather sudden situation that we want to tell you!" Feng Jiang's voice sounded a little twitchy.

"Huh? What??"

"Amakusa group! You suddenly disappeared on the mountain just now because of the eldest lady! When we turned back to look for you, we saw a group of people from the Amakusa group come out of the Yuki Shrine in a hurry! Then we went to the mountain When we were stepping down, we found more people from the Amakusa group gathering in this direction! Miss... we brothers are a little scared. Could it be that the Amakusa group found us brothers, and it would be a lot to come back to find us The account from years ago..." Feng Jiang's voice sounded a little inexplicably frightened.

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(Um...sorry, school has started recently, and a lot of things are so busy that my head explodes, and I can fall asleep directly on the bed. Alas, the beautiful summer vacation is gone forever...)

Chapter 30 Amakusa's Spell

After hanging up the phone, Youxiang said suspiciously: "Amakusa group? It was the Amakusa group who came to trouble us just now? How did we provoke the underworld?"

Xiaotong said at a super-high speed while running: "The guy who can use that kind of black weird thing can't be an ordinary gangster! Anyway, run, I feel that more and more eyes are watching It's coming our way!"

Indeed, on such a street in a relatively remote suburb of Kyoto, there are so many men in black suits who are somewhat out of tune with the environment, which in itself is a very unusual thing.And these guys within sight seem to be approaching us intentionally or unintentionally.

I pulled Hitomi, Yuka, and Iantaro who was under my control, turned around and went into the alley.

As a result, after turning around in the alley twice, I found that there were more guys in black suits following us nearby, and they fell tightly behind us.

To make matters worse, just as we were about to cross an intersection ahead, two men in black suits stepped out from both sides of the intersection and blocked the way.

What's more, I noticed that one of the two people had a black creeping shadow protruding from the cuff of the suit of one of them and the foot of the leather shoe of the other. It was exactly the same as the strange thing we had just seen oozing from under the door.

The reason why these guys are dressed in black is probably to cover up these weird things.But... what the hell is this?

There is no time to think about this problem now, these people are obviously not good at blocking the coming, and the distance of those who are chasing after them is getting closer and closer, so we must make a quick decision, so... simply and directly from the two people in the front Let's break through!

With a backhand, I hooked Fantaro over, stretched out a finger and pressed on his temple, and said to the two people in front of me, "Get out of the way! Otherwise, I'll stab him to death!"

The movements of the two guys in front of them paused for a while, but this slight hesitation was only fleeting.Almost at the same time, a handprint was formed on the hands of the two of them.

The shadow under our feet quickly spread towards us on the ground, and then two sharp black animal claws suddenly emerged from the shadow, drawing two sharp semicircular arc paw prints in the air.

I almost reflexively flew back a long distance before barely dodging this attack, and the staggered animal claws flew past me little by little.This is not an ordinary physical attack. I have an intuition that if I was caught just now, I am afraid that I will also suffer a lot of damage.