[Inuyasha] Looking back at Chaoshan Heng

Death is just an instant thing.

On the mountain road a little higher on the opposite side, the bow in Kikyo's hand still hasn't let go.Then a figure fell down, like some kind of lifeless puppet, following the arc of Kikyo's arm, it fell to the ground with a heavy "bang".

The little girl in a simple orange kimono blinked.When Mo got up from the ground and stretched out his hand to pull her, he suddenly yelled and threw himself into her arms.

Mo heaved a sigh of relief, half hugged and half pulled her back a few steps until she was next to Sesshomaru.

Kikyo quickly got off the horse and walked down the mountain road with a bow as a stick.Watching her movements, I vaguely thought of Feng, her sister who was half a hundred witches on the way out of Imagawa seven years ago.

The man who looked like a woman quickly fled while clutching his chest, and the people below turned their attention to the man who fell on the ground.

When the crisis is resolved, no matter my status or position, I should not continue to watch.

But... After struggling for a moment, I came out from behind the stone where I was hiding, and quickly climbed down along the uneven stones and jagged grass blades.

When the feet landed on the ground and turned around to look over, except for the puzzled expression of the little girl in yellow, the expressions of the others remained unchanged.

Mo just saw me, and Kikyo knew about my relationship with Naraku, so he could more or less guess it.Sesshomaru has his own source of information, and Naraku and Song didn't deliberately conceal it—after all, although I don't know much about Sesshoumaru, at least I can be sure of one thing: even if Naraku provokes him, there is no threat to others. Under such circumstances, he was too lazy to implement "sitting together".

Kikyo sat on one knee beside the man, looking up at me.I quickly walked across from her and knelt down on the other side.

Then the man opened his eyes, as the breath had sensed - the power of the four soul jade was blocked and suppressed by the power of purification, maintaining a short balance, but it was almost broken at the slightest touch.

He looked at Kikyo, then at me: "Miss Kikyo... and... this lady..."

I whispered: "I forgot to mention last time, my name is Liang."

Kikyo was surprised that he was still alive, after a brief astonishment, her brows and eyes became serious: "Doctor Sleeping Bone."

Sleepbones...?

Sure enough, he was a member of the Seven.

When I was thinking this way, Sleepy Bone looked up again: "Finally... I'm back. The black light blocks me, and I can't get out at all."

I saw the obvious struggle between Kikyo's brows and eyes, and I thought I knew what she was hesitating about.A kind and holy priestess, never in vain to hold the innocent.But this time, the transition between good and evil is too strange, so strange that it makes people's mouth twitch, and they can only show a wry smile.

Sleeping Bone is not a "good guy". I just came to Bailing Mountain two days ago, when I ran into him in the mountain, I knew this.

At that time, I went to Kanna Kohaku first, and after staying with the two of them for a while, I started wandering around aimlessly.

The overabundance of aura in this mountain affected my perception to some extent, so when I found a suspected human breath, the other party had already appeared a few steps away from me and looked up to see me.

It was a young man with gentle eyebrows and light skin, with a sense of hardship unique to the lives of ordinary people in this era.His expression showed surprise, he stepped forward quickly, and stopped in time not far from me: "Miss, may I ask, do you know how to get down the mountain?"

It seemed to be a normal human breath, as normal as his expression and tone.What's more, he carried a medicine basket on his back, which contained a few fresh herbs, which were obviously collected around here...doctor?

There should be nothing wrong with the unique smell of a healer, which has been soaked in the body after being contaminated with medicinal herbs for many days.

Just like Kikyo, even if she walks the world as a "witch", she has to be said to be a very good healer.

Feeling the direction of the spiritual energy slightly, I pointed to the southwest: "Follow this road, and then walk in this direction."

In most cases, the benefits of this perception far outweigh the drawbacks.At least so far, I have never lost my way even in places where I set foot for the first time, or in chaotic places like the Valley of Absolute Demons.

"Thank you." He said with a sincere smile, "I live at the foot of the mountain, and I remember that there is a good hemostatic drug in this direction. I came here to look for it today, and I accidentally walked over. When I looked back, I couldn't find it. .”

He said with a shy expression on his face: "If I hadn't met Miss, I don't know how long I would have been lost."

I shook my head: "It's just a little effort."

Watching him walk down the mountain, the human breath became weaker and weaker.The moment his figure disappeared, I suddenly realized where that weird feeling came from.

——There is too much resentment and bloody smell on him, even though his hands are white, his heart is full of desire and firm belief to save others.

That aura was covered up by an overly strong human aura, and the holy aura of Bailing Mountain affected my perception. In fact, if it was an ordinary human aura, it would be impossible to have such a strong sense of presence.

Just like this moment, the man whose throat was pierced by the witch's arrow, but still alive.

Exuberant, not what humans can have, vitality.

"Miss Kikyo," Sleepy Bone said at this time, "Please take away the fragments of the four souls in my neck, then I can turn back into bones, and I will be... liberated."

Kikyo looked at him: "Do you want to die?"

He nodded and closed his eyes: "Yes."

——"I finally remembered that I died once."

……

……

Dirty is clean, and clean is dirty.

Good is evil, and evil is good.

Life is death, and death is life.

Sleeping Bone began to tell his story, whether it was to persuade Kikyo to do it, or just to talk.

I also listened to him, and in the low voice that was almost whispering, this Buddhist speech suddenly sounded in my ears.After approaching Bailing Mountain, it seems to come through infinite time and space. The piety and vitality of children's chanting have been passed down for a long time in the villages around this mountain.

"...No matter how much I want to save people, how much I want to contact others, my soul cannot be free."

The story of Sleepy Bone came to an end, and the collision and struggle of his breath was also on the verge of limit.Soon, it won't take long, maybe in the next moment, that dangerous balance will be broken, and no one will know the result of losing control.

"Miss Liang, thank you for showing me the way that day." At this moment, he turned his head to look at me, the corner of his mouth was slightly curved, "I was lost in the mountains at that time, almost becoming another 'me' again. It was Miss Liang Saved me, the soft feeling on your body made me wake up again."

I froze, looking at what should have been called a smile on his face.Then tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and he turned his head again: "But I still failed in the end... So, please take the fragments and let my soul be free."

"Please, Miss Kikyo, please."

This man, smiling and weeping, begged to bring death to him.

Everything after that seemed blurred, and the only profound thing was the sleepy expression that seemed relieved but unwilling, sad and joyful.Tears and the arc of a smile stayed on his face together, and then the shadow of the knife passed by my arm and cut into his throat, leaving only a pool of blood in an instant.

"Doctor Sleepbone?!"

Kikyo's exclamation was still in his ears, and the man in front of him instantly turned into bones.It was originally the dead who was brought back to the world by the jade of the four souls. Dust to ashes to dust, it was nothing more than condensing the vicissitudes of time into life and death in the blink of an eye.

Something happened here, Sesshomaru and his party left quickly.Kikyo glanced at me before leaving, as if about to say something, but turned around quietly in the end.

No matter how much disagreement I have with Naraku, I will never take their side.

We all know this.Because this is too clear a cognition, even the false temptation on the surface cannot be done.

In the end, I was the only one left here, looking at the bones and battle armor left by Sleeping Bone, slowly weathering into sand at a slow but visible speed.

... Soon, even this set of bones will not be left.

I suddenly felt extremely tired, I don't know whether it came from the body or the heart.My kneeling legs felt a little numb, I relaxed my body and let it fall backwards.

Then, fall into a familiar, warm to fiery embrace.

"I thought you'd tell them."

The voice said this in my ear, as if it was a temptation or a joke.I didn't respond, and called out in a daze:

"Naruto..."

In the eyes are the shadows of his wide kimono sleeves, and the fluttering lacquer color reflects the colorful spots in the pupils.Then I stretched out my hand and grasped his cuff slightly with five fingers.

The breath of this embrace is pure and warm, completely different from his gentle appearance.Let me finally lower my eyes in peace of mind and murmur: "I'm so tired."

The author has something to say: The feeling of "seeing cannon fodder" for the Sevens started from the sleepy bones - as far as Two-dimensional is concerned, I like complicated people, and then gradually try to describe such people.Although it is difficult to be entangled with various contradictions and oppositions, there are infinitely many things that can be explored.

But the Sevens, that's about it.It is estimated that Mangu still has a little role in the future, and there will be two or three chapters, and the part of Bailing Mountain will be almost the same.

Well, the plot is really getting more and more distorted by the butterfly ╮(╯▽╰)╭