Personality is through

Slums, no matter which era, country or even world, as long as there is human civilization, there must be a corner.

Should it be said that it is the inequality caused by the gap between the rich and the poor, or insist that human nature is just like this?

The dim sum shop owner who was chasing after him had long since been thrown away, or in other words, he began to hesitate when he approached the boundary of this area, and finally gave up chasing.

"he's gone."

The thin, panting figure hid familiarly in a dark alley. After the shop owner left, he pulled out and ran towards the other direction outside the slum.

"Don't be dazed, run." The hoarse voice continued, and the shabby little girl was still vigilant with her messy and dirty long hair, "This is not a place for normal people like you to stay for a long time. If you don’t even react, you should leave immediately!”

Poverty also means hunger and sin. This thin girl escaped the pursuit of the pastry shop by relying on this fierce place, so she is naturally more aware of the dangers inside, because she herself is one of them.

But when she wanted to drag this young lady who was inadvertently implicated by her away, she found that the person who was able to run with ease before could not be dragged anymore.

"You live here?" The girl's voice was sweet and soft, completely different from her voice that was always rustling because of drinking dirty water and her voice was broken, "Are you fleeing here after stealing food? ?”

The skinny girl was in a hurry, and pulled her away even harder: "This place is smelly, dirty, and messy, and there are always dead people. Why are you so curious! Get out of here!"

But the other party remained motionless as if rooting under his feet: "What's your name?"

This woman is a fool, right?Who in this city doesn't know that this place is very dangerous, so they won't stay here for a long time.

The skinny girl became even more anxious, and tried to drag him with all her strength: "Go, go, you! If you don't go, you will be in trouble!"

The strength of a scrawny, malnourished little girl who looked like she was only nine years old was of no use to Tou. Now she was more interested in the child in front of her than she was concerned about the dirty, messy and harsh environment around her.

Traveling through so many worlds, Tou has never met someone who can give her such a strange feeling, inexplicably mysterious and kind, so that when the child stretched out his hand, she let the other party's black-bone claws grab her and drag her away. .

This is definitely not a feeling that can be described by the eyes.

Through staring at the child carefully, his eyes seemed to want to see her whole face clearly through the child's messy long bangs.

"Oh, little bird, what are you doing here?" At this moment, a malicious male voice came from the other end of the alley. There, when they saw Tou who was being grabbed by the wrist by the girl, the eyes of several men lit up, "This is really a good guy! I can't see that you little girl usually only dares to steal some food, but now you can." The liar came in."

With a swipe, the little girl opened her hands to block Tou's body and yelled directly: "No! She was not tricked by me, she just lost her way, and she will go back soon! Her family will find her soon Come on, don't come here!" Her hoarse voice began to shrill because of the increased decibels.

However, this pale lie can't deceive anyone at all, the gangsters have already walked in quickly, and one of them even said directly.

"Don't worry, when we catch her and send her to Huajie, we will give you some hard work in exchange for the money. Don't you still have a few little things, don't you want them to have a full meal?"

As if something was on her mind, the little girl's body froze, but she quickly made up her mind. She took out the snack she had stolen from her bosom and threw it at them: "This is what I took from Jilang Zhai. I'll give you all the snacks that arrive, don't come here!"

These slum gangsters would definitely accept the high-end dim sum in the dim sum room for the sake of saving face, but in the face of the greater interests in front of them, they can't see it at all.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, she still looks so delicate and cute. I heard that those noble masters like to play with girls of this age the most. If you sell it to Yoshihara, you will definitely get a lot of money!

He slapped the thrown dim sum bag to the ground, and the gangster stepped on it without looking at it, and stretched out his hand towards the person behind the skinny girl with his eyes fixed.

"Don't—!" The gangster got closer and closer, and the little girl screamed in despair. She regretted that she had brought innocent people into the slums in order to avoid being chased.Just when she closed her eyes and was about to use her head hammer again, someone grabbed her shoulders, and she couldn't take a step forward.

Then, 1 minute later.

"What, the wallets of several people put together don't have 50 yuan, and they can't even make up for five meals. This is too poor....That's right, after all, it's a poor ghost in a slum, so it's no wonder that you have money. "

The slum gangsters who were so arrogant that they wanted to arrest people and sell them are all lying on the ground unconscious, while the objects they wanted to capture were skillfully rummaged and frisked, and all the copper coins on their bodies were scraped off in a short while up.The thin girl stood aside with a dull expression, staring blankly at the black and white scene in front of her, unable to react at all.

Picking up a copper coin, when he saw the stamp with the words "Taisho XX Year" printed on it, Tou knew the world he was in.

Standing up and going forward, she took advantage of the opportunity to pick up the snack bag that was crushed by the gangsters before, and she handed it to the little girl: "Here, although it was crushed, it is not dirty."

The little girl tentatively stretched out her hand first, seeing that she didn't intend to play tricks on herself, she quickly took it with both hands and held it firmly in her arms, turned her back and wanted to run away.She was meddling in her own business before, this person doesn't need her to save at all!

"Little Bird." She just took a step forward when she was called by her name, "Your name is Xiaoniao, right?"

The little girl named Xiaoniao reluctantly turned around, and saw the cruel elder sister looking at her gently: "I heard that you have raised a few younger brothers and sisters? This cake can't fill your mouths." Do you want to buy some more?" As the man said, the newly acquired money bag was still flying up and down in the palm of his hand, and the copper coins in it rattled.

Bird compromised.

Walking through the dirty and smelly streets and canals, passing rows of patched dilapidated houses, followed the little bird to the corner of the slum with the worst environment but the fewest people, in a rough shed that was too dilapidated to be called a house stop before.

"Here we are, this is my home." The little bird leading the way in front introduced without emotion.

The tightly closed door of the shed was opened, and three yellow and thin little radish heads poured out from inside. The youngest was about four years old, and the oldest was six years old. The three little ghosts were very happy: "It's my sister's voice, Sister, you are back!"

"I'm back, Yizi, Erlang, and Sanlang." Seeing these three young children, Xiaoniao's hoarse voice softened a lot, and he took out his snack bag, "My sister got a high-end snack today!"

"Wow, great!"

"Just now I smelled a nice smell, it turned out to be dim sum!"

"My sister is amazing! We can divide these into two meals."

Three children and one and a half older children, surrounded by a little food, felt as happy as if they had obtained some treasure. They were like a group of stray animals, and every foraging for food meant life and death.

Xiaoniao looked at Tou at this time, and after the other party nodded, he turned back to his younger siblings: "There is no need to divide the meal into two, we will finish it in one meal. My sister met a kind person today, and she also bought a lot of food for us. Come and thank sister Tou."

"Thank you sister Tou!" x3

Tou followed the radish heads and squeezed into the small hut. It was not surprising that there were all kinds of dilapidated furnishings and bad smells inside, but she didn't respond. She had stayed in worse environments than this in some of the worlds she traveled through in the past. , The level of slums has long been nothing.

Xiaoniao was also secretly observing the reaction of the uninvited guest who forcibly followed her. Seeing that she really didn't mean to dislike her, the resistance in her heart was a little bit less, and after eating the food bought by others, her attitude was also different. Get closer.

"Yizi, Erlang, and Sanlang are not my biological siblings. They were all rejected by other people. I picked them up and raised them." Sitting on the rotten tatami mat, Xiaoniao confessed the origins of the children, lowering his head to dig. Started, "I can't do anything if it's a child who died of illness, but the three of them are all well, they just have a gap to eat..."

Looking at the child who could hardly support herself, she directly raised her eyebrows, and interrupted her: "Xiao Niao, how old are you this year?"

"Ten, thirteen..." The little girl who said it was thirteen but was raised about nine years old also realized this, and couldn't help embracing herself, with dissatisfied eyes faintly showing from her bangs, "What's the matter, what's wrong?" What's the problem?"

"How many years have you lived in the slums? Do you remember when you came here?" Tou asked again.

Xiaoniao didn't know why this person always cared about these unimportant things, but he replied honestly: "I don't remember, anyway, I have lived here since I can remember."

"Sister Tou is so strange." The three radish heads listening to the conversation frowned and looked at her, "Why do you ask my sister these things? Are you her family? So are you here to take her back now?"

Every time those children asked a question, their eyes lit up a little, and even the little bird who hadn't thought about it would be overjoyed. This can explain the series of actions of this person before.

No wonder she felt that this person was kind of kind, so it was like this?

However, they soon received the other party's head-shaking denial: "She is not, I was born as an only daughter. In fact, I myself am unaccompanied and alone in this world."

All four of them showed disappointment, but they heard the other party continue.

"My full name is Tongxingtou. I just arrived in this town today and I am planning to find a suitable job. Thanks to Miss Xiaoniao for your help, so I came to have a look. If you don't mind, can I visit you more often in the future? "

"No!" Xiaoniao said immediately after hearing the words, "This slum is not something that a young girl like you can just come to..." Before he finished speaking, he got stuck after thinking of the force value that was inversely proportional to his appearance. After a while, it turned into Qiqi Ai Ai, "You, if you want to come, just come."

If it were someone else, she wouldn't lead her into her house so easily, let alone a stranger who doesn't feel any rejection at all and is willing to come to her house often.

But this person is different, she is inexplicably very trusting.

Tou stayed at Xiaoniao's house for a while, and after getting to know some basic information, he said goodbye and left. They all lied that they had other places to stay, of course it was impossible to stay here.

She had to find a job for herself before it was too late.

Ten minutes later, after kicking away a few more malicious gangsters, Tou had already walked out of the slums and returned to the normal town streets.

The Taisho era can be regarded as an era when the economic and cultural gaps across Japan were not small. For example, compared with the cities of Asakusa, this city has neither trams nor neon lights that light up the night. It looks more like living in the countryside. But in fact, there are also some modern things, such as watches, western clothes, bicycles and other things also appear on the road.

The era of old and new is also an era of peace and relative stability.

Considering that Emperor Taisho stepped down after only 15 years in power, Toru didn't bother to comment too much.

Along the way, I analyzed and inquired about people's lives from the conversations of passers-by, and I didn't hear anything strange, such as supernatural beings, weird people, etc., which are regarded as common sense, and they are all trivial things in ordinary daily life. She also slowly relaxed.

It seems to be a resort world, but she has only been here for a short time, whether there is any hidden situation will be discussed later.

First, address work issues first.

After going around the town, Tou stopped at one of the best izakayas in the city, and then walked in: "Excuse me, is your restaurant still hiring chefs?"

"Huh? Are you here to apply for a job as a chef? Just a brat like you? Hurry up, don't disturb my business!"

Tou is very used to the different faces of the store owner and the same opening expression, and walked forward without any fluctuation in his heart.

Then the similar face-slapping process went through again in this Taisho era. Anyway, until the hotel closed, Tou rested for a night in an empty room in the store under the hospitality of the proprietress.The next day, under her leadership, he rented a small yard with a good environment with his wages, which was regarded as a formal settlement.

With the money and the place, some things will be easier to handle.

Every now and then, I brought food to meet the children in the slums, and became familiar with them day by day. A month later, I formally abducted the four little ghosts back to the small yard I rented.

"Since the four of you will live with me in the future, the first thing you do when you enter my house is to clean yourself up."

Tou gave the first task to the little devils who brought them home, and the radish heads happily accepted, went to the shower room and rubbed each other for an hour, washed off the fleas and thick mud on their bodies, and then put on brand new pajamas to line up team out.

Then I saw the head of the family waiting for them with scissors: "Now start in line for a haircut, starting with the biggest bird."

"Yes, my lord—" the children replied in a drawn-out tone.

Because of the food relief in the past month, the four little ghosts who have never had a break have grown a little flesh. Although they are still very thin, they are not as scary as they were at first, and the little bird is no exception.

Especially when her long hair without soil stains showed a golden color similar to that of Tou after taking a bath, Tou had an answer in his heart.

After she cut the little girl's too long hair short little by little, revealing that she always covered most of her face, the facial features that were also similar to her directly made Tou affirm all her guesses.

Xiaoniao is her in another world.

No, according to the current ancient times, the little bird is his previous life in this world.

No wonder you feel mysterious kindness and trust, that is, can you not trust yourself?

After their haircuts and new clothes, the radish heads studied their new image in front of the mirror. The smell of soap and the soft new clothes made these children who had not had a good life at birth excited and dazed, and played with each other. For a while, it didn't subside until I was ordered to go to sleep.

That night, the four little ghosts slept soundly, but the head of the family was worried.

On the first day of traveling through the parallel world, I met my previous self, and my life was very miserable, and I couldn't live happily without my help.Even if Tou, who has experienced many scenes, is facing this situation for the first time, what should he do next?

It is impossible to raise her all the time, after all, she may travel back at any time, even if she wants to play the game of raising her own, she has to consider the time factor.

It seems that I can only teach her some livelihood skills. I am so smart, it doesn't make sense that I was an idiot in my previous life, so I can ask her what she wants to learn when I have a strong body.

Moreover, she took over not only Xiaoniao, but also the three little ghost heads brought back by Xiaoniao, so she had to think about how to arrange it.

... What a fool, I can't live on my own, and I still save food to support others.

Through all kinds of complaints about herself in the parallel world, as the little bird in her previous life, she didn't know anything about it. Now she is living the most carefree life in her life.I can eat enough to eat every day, wear clean clothes and shoes, and live in a beautiful small yard. In addition to taking care of my younger siblings, I take them to learn how to read and write. My elder sister comes back from work To check homework.

Children who have suffered a lot know how to cherish it better. The situation where children from ordinary families would jump when they mention studying will never happen in this expert family. Everyone is studying seriously.

Before I knew it, half a year had passed.

As long as the little bird that has been completely raised by the fleshy meat walks out, no one will believe that she is not Tongxingtou's younger sister. The facial features are [-]% similar, but the temperament is very different.

Not only her, but the other three radish heads are also very energetic, and the relationship between the four siblings is very good.

It's just that the little ghosts dare to act coquettishly to Xiaoniao, but they are always in awe of the elder sister who raised them.

Elder Sister looked gentle and treated them very well, but there was always an aura about her that made them afraid to get close, and I don't know how Sister Xiaoniao did it.

like now.

"Little Bird, have you thought about it, what do you want to learn this year?" The older sister who was sitting in the living room obviously did nothing, but asked a few words solemnly, and they felt inexplicably stressed.

But Sister Xiaoniao didn't feel it at all: "Think about it! I want to learn to cook too!" She has been hungry all the time and she doesn't want to experience the feeling of hunger anymore. Since Tou has been working in the kitchen all the time, she will also In this way, at least this job will never be hungry.

"Okay." Tou, who could guess what he was thinking in his previous life just from his previous performance, simply agreed, "I will mention this matter to the proprietress, and when the time comes, you will come to the back kitchen as a helper, starting from the lowest cook. From now on, I will teach you slowly when the time comes."

If you can teach at work, and start a small stove when you come back from get off work, you can always train your past life to be a generation of famous chefs.

Tou felt that this time travel was probably to cultivate the past life, and he was very relaxed. After obtaining the wishes of the past life, he told the owner of the izakaya. Next, I even hope that when someone teaches my sister, other people in the kitchen can learn the two tricks too, right?

"By the way, Master Tongxing, there is a viscount in our town who will celebrate his fiftieth birthday in three days. I would like to invite you to attend the banquet. We will decide the menu and the reward is this amount. Is it convenient for you?"

The chef is very skilled, and there are always big people coming to borrow it. This kind of thing has not happened once or twice. The owner of the shop drew a number for Toubi, and the person quickly agreed.

"Okay, inquire about the dietary taboos of the master's family, then set the menu and prepare the ingredients."

Going out to cook a banquet has happened [-] times if not [-] times in this city, and this time it is the same. The banquet at the noble family has been busy until late at night, and it is already very late when they go home.

The moon was hanging high in the sky, and when the people in the izakaya parted ways and went home alone on the road, the night seemed extraordinarily quiet.

The night wind was blowing, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.

...the smell of blood?

Tou, who had been walking back unhurriedly, changed his expression, and disappeared on the street almost instantly.

There are children all over the house, and there are defensive measures taken. Even if someone breaks through violently, it may not be able to break through the door.

But the crumbling door in front of her eyes and the bloody smell wafting from the room really told her that the situation had changed.

For half a year of ordinary life, she always thought it was an ordinary resort world, so she just made a defense against ordinary people, but it was not the case!

Because of this wrong judgment, she made a big mistake!

Stepping on the bloodstains into the house, several young corpses were lying there. A hideous and terrifying figure was gnawing on the corpses of a son with his back to the door, and they were smashed into the corner of the wall not far away. The little bird stretched out her hand desperately and in vain in Yizi's direction, her abdomen was cut, her pajamas were already stained red with blood, her blood-stained face with tears had lost consciousness, and she couldn't even make a sound.

Seeing that the little bird was still alive, Tou immediately stopped her bleeding.Xiaoniao also saw her coming back, and she shed more tears, but the outstretched hand tried to push her away, and her speechless mouth kept repeating the mouth shape of "run away".

But the movement that Tou had not concealed since entering the door could not escape the monster's eyes and ears. The humanoid monster stopped chewing, and the moonlight shone on its face through the broken door. It was a picture with shark teeth. The bloodthirsty face with big copper bell eyes.

"What? So there are still people coming?" The monster said, "I was just passing through this town and looking for someone to eat. I didn't expect that there are so many good food hidden in this house. The children's meat is already very tender and delicious. Yes, but you seem to be more delicious..."

call out!

Boom!

The former is the sound of something piercing through the air.

The latter is the sound of the monster's head rolling to the ground.

Xiaoniao, who regained consciousness a little, stared at this scene with wide eyes. Before he had time to be surprised, the man-eating monster who suddenly broke into their house and killed his younger brother and sister lost his head so easily. Laughed out loud.

"Think I'm done if I cut off my head? I'm a ghost, I can't be killed!"

While talking, the headless body picked up the head and put it back on the neck. The neat wound disappeared in a few breaths, and it laughed again.

"Did you see it? Although I don't know how you cut your neck, it's useless no matter how many times you cut it!"

ghost! ?

Xiaoniao and Tou both remembered something. The ghost that is said to eat people at night and is afraid of the sun is not a ghost story, but a real existence!

Tou also understood why she was negligent. There was no sign of supernaturalness in this town before, and since she had never been out of the city, she naturally had no way of exploring and made a judgment that she thought it was an ordinary world. If the ghost hadn't appeared, she might still not react .

"Understood?" The ghost over there was still complacent, watching these humans like ants, "If you understand, just obediently be my blood food, and I will let you die a little easier...uh!"

This time it was directly cut into several large pieces, and the whole ghost body fell heavily on the ground, and it was still screaming after being surprised.

"It's useless, I'll recover no matter how many times!"

While it was talking, the pieces of meat wriggled around each other, and they were actually a little bit close to being glued together.

It's just that it didn't stick together successfully, and its whole body began to be scorched by intense high temperature. This terrifying high temperature made its whole body smell of meat and even burnt, and it couldn't stop screaming.

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, just disappear." Directly using the high-temperature thought power technique of the transformation system, Tou directly roasted this ghost into a ghost, turning every cell in its body into ashes and no longer being able to provide regeneration. strength.

The ghost turned into a piece of scorched human-shaped toner amidst the screams, but Tou had no time to care about it, she was frowning tightly at the little bird whose breath was getting weaker and weaker.

Be it ghosts or slums.

It turned out that my previous life died before I was 13 years old in this world.