The Hundred Stories of Miss Ghost

And those two puddles of black mud were still rapidly extending towards us, but at this moment, there was a sound of tires rubbing against the ground at high speed on the road behind the two black suits.

I saw Youxiang's familiar RV drifting from a bend not far away, and then rushing all the way here, Fengjiang even stretched out half of her body from the passenger seat, waving towards us Said: "Miss, hurry up! Get in the car!"

At this moment, the two men in suits were also temporarily distracted by the accident behind them. Taking advantage of this moment, I suddenly used my telekinetic power to form a fist, and smashed into the two men in suits blocking the way. belly.

When they collapsed clutching their stomachs, I picked up Hitomi, Youxiang, and Iantaro, leaped high in the air, and then landed firmly on top of the oncoming RV.

Then Lian kicked the accelerator hard, forced a heavy RV to drive like a racing car, only to shake off the exhaust fumes of the men in suits chasing behind.

With my assistance, Youxiang and Xiaotong climbed into the car with difficulty, then fell down on the sofa in the RV and didn't want to get up.

Xiaotong still stared at me faintly and said, "Senior sister, can I say hello in advance when I trouble you to perform stunts next time?"

"Okay, okay, I must remind you next time." I waved to Xiaotong, and then looked at Fantaro who was just pulled into the car by me.

"What's the matter with you guy, why can't you even be a hostage, it's useless at all."

Fantaro's forehead seemed to burst into blue veins, and he said angrily, "You arrested me by talking to yourself, right? I'm just a small character, how can I have the value of being a hostage?" Ah?! If you understand this, let me go!"

"No, wait, I still have something to ask you." I turned to Fantaro and asked in a serious tone, "What is the relationship between Tengu and this Amakusa group? These guys suddenly came out for no reason and wanted to arrest us , Is it because we offended the Tengu?"

Fantaro spread his hands and sighed: "Isn't this something that can be easily guessed? Didn't you ask me before, where are the people who were 'hidden' by the Tengu? Now you still can't think of it?"

I recalled my previous conversation with Iantaro. He did mention that many of the people who were captured by Tengu turned into Tengu's "running dogs".

"So, the 'running dog' you're referring to is the Amakusa group?"

"There are different names in different periods. In the past, it was a samurai, a ninja, and now it is a gangster. The essence has not changed. Don't you know? The name 'Tengu (てんぐ)' originally came from a kind of medicinal herb 'Amaica (てんぐさ)' sound change. The Amakusa Group was created by the humans who were captured by the Tengu from the earliest days, and was used to serve the Tengu organization."

"Wait a minute..." Xiao Tong questioned from the side, "Why do humans who have been hid by the Tengu God willingly serve the Tengu, and are taken away from their families and hidden in human society? Shouldn't this be hated? ?”

Through the holes in the eyes of the tengu mask, it seems that Iantaro rolled his eyes at Hitomi.

"Why not serve the Tengu? Most of the captured people are children, and the Tengu will teach them such one-and-a-half spells. It is even said that those who have achieved success in cultivation can transform themselves into new Tengus. After seeing such a world, do you still want to go back to the boring and ordinary daily life?"

"Spell..." Xiaotong seemed to be lost in thought again, "So...that black thing those people used just now, is that also some kind of 'spell'? I always feel...I seem to have seen something like it somewhere. something...wait a minute..."

As if thinking of something suddenly, Xiao Tong suddenly reached out and fumbled in his pocket, and then took out a black cat-shaped piece of paper.

"Engels, come out!" Xiaotong called out.

Black mist diffused from the paper cat, and a group of small black kittens stood on the palm of Xiao Tong.

yes!This cat spirit, no matter in form, appearance, or the deep and cold feeling it brings to people, is very similar to the things of the two suit male envoys just now!

Engels originally wanted to rub his head against Hitomi's palm to express his intimacy, but he seemed to smell something suddenly, and turned his head suddenly to look in the direction of Fantaro.The black mist on its body suddenly stood up like black thorns, and exploded in all directions. At the same time, it arched its back high, showing a highly vigilant look.

"This cat is timid and is more afraid of strangers..." Xiaotong wanted to explain, but when he met Iantaro's eyes, he found that the other's eyes were surprisingly scary.

"Hey, where did you get this thing?" Fantaro's voice seemed to come from the underworld.

Chapter 31 Meat

Xiaotong seemed a little startled by Iantaro's sudden change of expression, and replied with a frown, "It was given to me by the onmyoji, the elder brother of the onmyoji you met last time, as a gift of thanks for saving his brother." Give it to me, what's wrong with this thing?"

"Tsk, Onmyoji." Iintaro snorted, turned his face away, the terrible expression on his face just now completely restrained, and said calmly, "No, it's nothing, it's just a poor imitation. I stole a little stuff from Tengu, and I thought I could make something similar, heh, how arrogant."

"A poor imitation... Could it be said that the shikigami of Onmyoji also learned spells from Tengu?"

"Hmph, that's natural." Fantaro said with his hips on his hips, but... looking at his appearance, it is really difficult to judge whether what he said is a lie or not.

"By the way, you have also seen that I am just a small person, and I have no value as a hostage at all. Besides, you are now out of danger, so... can you let me go?" Iitaro said in a humble tone.

If we think about it carefully, this is indeed the case. If we are being pursued by the Tengu, and if we bring a person from the Tengu's side, maybe this guy will be left with some marks that reveal our tracks, and that would be quite dangerous.

It's just... since stepping into the other world created by the Tengu tonight, things have been a bit out of the ordinary. I haven't figured out what exactly happened to us until now.

So, I promised Fantaro: "Yes, yes, but... Finally, answer my question. Do you know what happened to the tengu who died in the other world? We didn't kill him, how did he die of?"

Fantaro spread his hands, "I haven't seen the scene, how do I know how he died, the number of tengu is actually very small, each tengu is the accumulation of hundreds of years of legends, ordinary methods can't kill them at all Killed, I even have reason to suspect that it was you..."

"Ok??"

"It must have been done by an enemy who had a grudge against the tengu! Hmm... the tengu has always been superior and claims to be the leader of youkai, so there are quite a lot of enemies. It was okay when the tengu was extremely powerful before, but recently... Because of the fading of legends and beliefs, the power of Tengu has also become somewhat weaker, so some guys are ready to move... For example, the onmyoji you just mentioned has been coveting Tengu's power and knowledge for a long time Well, hehehe~" Iintaro let out a somewhat gloomy laugh.

"Onmyoji..." I feel like I keep hearing things related to Onmyoji recently. Could they be related to these things?

I suddenly had an inexplicable feeling that we were only here to help my mother-in-law find the so-called destined person, but in the end it seemed that we were caught in a weird and intricate net, and we couldn't find our way.

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Opening his eyes in a daze, he saw a sumptuous meal in front of him.

It's meat, lots and lots of meat.

The wonderful smell kept getting into his nostrils, and the saliva was already left behind.

However, when he wanted to run up to eat these delicacies immediately, he found that he couldn't move.

I couldn't move my whole body up and down, and when I lowered my head, I realized that my whole body was buried in the soil.

Can't get out, can't get out!

Obviously the meat is right in front of you, but you can't eat it.

I hate it, I hate it... I hate it! ! !

"Hey! Hitomi, wake up!"

Wang Yuemian's voice rang in Xiao Tong's ears, and Xiao Tong raised his head in a daze.

She seemed to have fallen asleep lying on the small table in the caravan. Looking out of the car window, she found that the sky was already bright.

"Hey, Hitomi... are you that hungry? So hungry that you want to bite your own arm?"

Xiao Tong looked down strangely, only to see a row of clear tooth marks on his forearm, and at the same time, near the tooth marks, there were traces of saliva sliding down his arm, flowing onto the table, gathering There was a small puddle of very suspicious liquid.

Youxiang next to me saw it, shook her head regretfully, handed over a piece of bread, then patted Xiaotong and said with compassion: "Even if it's for weight loss, you can't work too hard. If you can't get enough nutrition, you will grow up." Not good."

"??? What nonsense! I'm not losing weight! It's good for you, these two pieces of meat on your chest should be reduced!"

Xiaotong angrily pushed Youxiang's big face away, and then began to recall her state just now.

"Just now... I seemed to have another dream. I dreamed about a lot of meat, but I couldn't eat it."

"Hmph, you also said that you are not losing weight, you are so hungry."

"Tsk, don't interrupt." Xiaotong looked around for a while, then looked at Mochizuki who was floating in the air and asked, "Where's Iantaro?"

"It's gone, Xiaotong, you just left when you fell asleep. It's no use grabbing him anymore, right? Or, Xiaotong, do you think it's better to keep your mouth shut?"

"What nonsense... I just suspect... Forget it, where are we going next?"

You Xiang thought for a while and suggested, "I came here to find someone for my mother-in-law, but my mother-in-law disappeared. If my mother-in-law hasn't contacted us yet, why don't we go around by ourselves? It's rare to come to the capital like this." Wonderland, why not have fun? I also want to catch more monsters in Kaitan GO, or we will go to Inari Shrine to catch foxes!"

[No, I hate foxes. 】Mian said almost reflexively.

"Hey, why?" Xiaotong felt a little strange about Mian's immediate answer, "It's rare to see senior sister, what do you hate so clearly?"

Mian inexplicably showed a strange expression, 【I don't know why, but I subconsciously feel that I don't like foxes.I don’t know why many people immediately mention Inari Shrine when they talk about the shrines in Kyoto.Obviously, there are many other shrines worth visiting in terms of social status and content, right?For example, Izumo Taisha Shrine, Shimogamo Shrine, etc...]

At this time, the mobile phone in Xiao Tong's hand suddenly rang, Tong answered the phone suspiciously, and after listening quietly for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then we will go there."

Hanging up the phone, meeting Youxiang and Mian's curious eyes, Xiaotong explained: "It's Granny Chun's call, she said...she is at Shimogamo Shrine right now, and wants us to meet her there."

"Oh! This old guy! What's the danger? I run the fastest! Now that I'm fine, I want to come to us for help. If you want me to say, I should just grab her glasses!" Youxiang snorted, very dissatisfied Said politely.

[Let's go over and have a look. I always feel that the things we got involved in are not that simple? 】

Chapter 32 Water Sign

Shimogamo Shrine is actually not far from the foot of Mount Kurama, and we arrived there in less than half an hour by car.

Shimogamo Shrine is located in a primeval forest called "Ji no Mori", which is said to be the oldest shrine in Kyoto.

Walking on the approach path surrounded by quiet and lush forests, the vermilion torii of the shrine is faintly hidden in the green shade in front of you.We didn't find Grandma Tsubaki at the shrine, but we saw her by the stream not far from the torii outside the shrine.She was holding a piece of paper in her hand, and she was staring blankly.

As soon as we met, Youxiang complained dissatisfiedly: "Grandmother, you bastard! You left us alone and ran away! We were chased by a group of weird underworld guys, but you ended up here Come and see the scenery!"

The mother-in-law turned her head, curled her lips and said unhappily: "Tsk, don't talk nonsense, I intend to remind you. When I felt uneasy and premonitory, I wondered if you had provoked something by going up the mountain, so I immediately followed You guys called, but none of your phones got through at the time, so how can you blame me, and I have no other way to contact you."

"Grandma, what are you holding?" Xiao Tong was rather curious about what Granny Chun was holding.

"Well, this? This is a lottery that I asked for at the shrine. Shimogamo Shrine is also a relatively famous shrine for marriage in Kyoto. It is said that it is very spiritual to ask for marriage."

"Hey—grandmother, you are an old guy in your fifties and sixties, and you ran to seek marriage. Didn't the people in the shrine look at you strangely?"

"You son of a bitch, you really can't say anything good, shut up quickly." The mother-in-law impatiently made a "get out" gesture to Youxiang.

I sneaked behind my mother-in-law, wanting to see what was written on the signed paper, but saw that the signed paper was clearly blank.

"Isn't this nothing written!" I complained.

My mother-in-law heard what I said, turned her head and said to me: "This is a water stick, and the words will not appear until it is immersed in water."

"Throw it into the water soon?"

"But... what if it turns out to be bad?"

Granny Chun looked forward and backward like a girl in love, so I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her.

"Mother-in-law, you are a magic stick yourself, why don't you know that this kind of lottery is pre-written with a lot of ambiguous content for you to put yourself into it, just look at it for fun, Mother-in-law, you don't really expect to find someone with this lottery, do you?"

Probably my words finally made the mother-in-law make up her mind, and the mother-in-law carefully submerged the lottery paper into the water.

I saw the signed text slowly appearing on the signed paper, which should be the handwriting printed in advance with recessive dye. Just when we wanted to identify it carefully, we saw the handwriting and murals on it once again started to swim on their own like a gossamer. , Regrouped.

What was finalized was such a signature——

[The moon is shrouded by floating clouds, and all ghosts go down at night.Wind and thunder are hard to find, or you can find them from nowhere. 】

"Hey, hey! Did you see it?!" Youxiang looked at this scene in shock, and said excitedly, "This is obviously not a pre-made signature, it should be the real guidance from the gods!"

[But... what does this signature mean? ] I looked at the nagging sign, and said doubtfully, 【This doesn’t seem to be a sign related to marriage, does it? 'or from nowhere'?Does this tell us to go back and find where we came from? 】

Granny Tsubaki's voice trembled just like her hand holding the wet lottery paper, "What... what should we do now? Should we ask someone from the shrine to untie the lottery?"

"Let's go, let's go in and ask!" Youxiang couldn't wait to pull her mother-in-law and was about to walk into the shrine.

"The moon is shrouded in clouds, and a hundred ghosts go down at night..." I recited this line in a low voice, but I couldn't help but feel a kind of worry in my heart, "This is not a good word."

When I looked up again, I found that Hitomi and Youxiang had already entered the shrine with my mother-in-law. Just as I was about to follow them in, I suddenly heard a voice from behind me.

"My lord, please stay here—"

At first, I didn't think it was calling me, but when I continued to float in, the voice behind me became more urgent, "My lord, please wait, wait a minute~"

I looked back suspiciously, only to see a middle-aged man running towards me. It was a rather rich middle-aged man with a straw hat on his head and an apron on his body. It is one of the many stall owners selling snacks in front of the shrine.

"Are you calling me?" I pointed to myself.

"Yes, yes, of course I am calling you, my lord." The man ran over panting, and saluted me respectfully, which made me a little at a loss.

"Why do you call me my lord? Do you know me?"

"Ah... I don't know this one yet." The uncle scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"Then why do you call me my lord? I'm just an ordinary ghost."

"Hey, you're being humble now. Now you're very famous. After all, there's no ordinary ghost who can come to visit the shrine blatantly after being wanted by tengu all over the city..."

"Huh? I'm wanted? Tengu?" I was shocked to learn of the unexpected turn of events.

At this time, this weird middle-aged man suddenly approached me and said to me in a low voice: "My lord, at midnight tonight, I sincerely invite you to come to Yuling Shrine to discuss important plans, and I hope you will not hesitate to go."

"A big plan... what a big plan?"

"Well, you will know when you come here. This must be something that is good for you."

After saying this, he took two steps back, bowed deeply respectfully again, then turned around and walked towards the food stall not far away, leaving me standing there in a daze, not understanding What did he want to express in his inexplicable and somewhat secondary words.

Also, is this guy an inspired human being?Or something else?

I squinted my eyes and watched his leaving back carefully, but some strange things were slowly emerging from this person.

Behind this person's slightly wide buttocks, one can faintly see a swollen tail-like thing extending from the tailbone, with deep and shallow ring-shaped stripes on it.

I rubbed my chin and said uncertainly, "Could it be...a civet cat?"

Chapter 33 The Spirit of the Warrior

Although it is really easy to see civet cat statues on the streets in Kyoto, at the entrances of stores, alleys, and in front of houses, but the meeting just now may be the first time I saw them in a real sense. To Tanuki.