Why is Miyashiki-sama like that?

After that day, the three of Zhenxiang wandered around and searched for news, but they found almost nothing.The only person who got something was Kagura. She took a fancy to a small flower umbrella and paid for it.

People in Yoshiwara are occasionally willing to mention last night's disappearance, but as long as they talk about long-term multiple disappearances, everyone maintains a high degree of uniform secrecy.

All walks of life have their own taboos, and the taboo in the profession of traveling girls is not to tell the guests that "the traveling girls have escaped".

In fact, Yoshihara's "running girls escaped" incidents have been repeatedly banned, and there are very few cases of successful retrieval. Those wandering girls who escaped are always completely unknown.But this kind of topic that my family members avoid discussing behind closed doors, let alone talking about it to outsiders, no amount of tipping is useless.

After experiencing the setback of such difficult investigations, Zhenxiang had to change her mind: [Look at the system, or I can change into women's clothing and sell myself to a big family. ]

The system was surprised: [You are so willing to go out? ]

[Of course not, I'm speaking out of anger. ]

Women's clothing is nothing, anyway, she is a woman, but it is absolutely unacceptable to sell herself into a prostitute's house. If someone finds out later, it will be a proper black history, and it will suffocate if you think about it.

It's just to investigate a ghost, there is no need to sacrifice so much.

[If you really have no choice, you can only go to the banks of the Rashomon River to look for clues. The wandering girls who have seen the world are willing to throw away professional rules in order to make a living. If they refuse to tell, it means that they have not given enough. ]

So, the next day, Zhenxiang took the bodyguards to the Rashomon River bank again, and this time bought some sweets and other cute snacks.

The wandering girls who have seen the world really understand the righteousness, and know that the guests must be for the good of Yoshihara when they come to inquire about these things, so they responded positively and spoke enthusiastically.

Among the wandering girls who work in the world, a considerable number of them have to retire from the houses of serious girls because they are old and have no special talents. .

Such ordinary wandering girls know the gossip best. They tried hard to recall the past when they were young. Not only did they tell about the disappearance and escape cases they had personally experienced and heard about, but also revealed many other things.

Zhenxiang didn't get too greedy, she stopped after asking for a while, told the girls that she would come tomorrow, and then remembered what she must say tomorrow, and then went to see the Akutagawa brothers and sisters again.

After all, she has already reached the bank of the Rashomon River, and if she deliberately doesn't see the Akutagawa brothers and sisters, it will look suspicious, and the two bodyguards will also feel puzzled.

During this meeting, Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't use his powers to make any threats. He just stayed with his sister the whole time, and then looked at Zhenxiang indifferently with his dark eyes.

what is this?Stress test?

Zhenxiang would not lose to this level of oppressive eyes. She decisively looked back at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and even grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it to the other party: "I don't know if you like candy? The other person I am optimistic about is sweets." Controlling, although it looks like a useless piece of wood on the surface, it is actually a hidden master."

Are you stressed?Little devil, why don't you refuse to join the ghost killing team?

But Ryunosuke Akutagawa just took the candy and said, "Thank you."

He didn't remove the candy wrapper and ate it, as if he didn't like candy.The system is a little happy about this. It thinks that Ryunosuke Akutagawa will definitely lower his favorability if he gets the food he doesn't like.

In fact, Akutagawa Ryunosuke loves sweets very much, or it cannot be said that he likes it, but desires it.

Living in this slum-like place is difficult. Candy is always one of the scarce supplies. The human body needs enough sugar to have calories. The lack of sugar is a painful thing. Now he wants to stuff all the sugar into his mouth.

The only reason to stop him is caution. He needs to confirm that this person named Uchiha Kyouya is credible enough before deciding how to deal with the candy in his hand. Before that, anyone who wants to take the candy from him will have to face Threat of being bitten by a "mad dog that doesn't bark".

But it feels really bad to have to endure the candy even though you already have it in your hand.Akutagawa Ryunosuke originally had no expectations for these three strangers, but now he began to hope that they were reliable people, so that he could eat candy with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked at Zhenxiang with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

[System, he stared at me even more viciously. ]

[Good thing, it means that he hates you, then he will definitely refuse to join the Ghost Killing Squad. ]

In this way, Zhenxiang felt relieved and bold: "Ryunosuke, you have been thinking about it all night, how is it going about joining the Demon Slayer Squad?"

The boy remained silent.He just watched Kagura stuff a small flower umbrella to Xiaoyin with a smile, and then looked at Xiaoyin's face that was slightly flushed because of happiness.

It was a very novel scene - he didn't know how to describe it exactly - something that would have happened in another world happened so easily before his eyes.

He and his sister have been living in the abyss, and never think that the sun outside the abyss can shine in.

In order to survive, you need to do your best, but survival means suffering from life.Perhaps in the outside world there is indeed innocent goodwill, but on the banks of the Rashomon River, in this cruel and deep place, those goodwills should disappear as quickly as a cloud of mist.

After all, these three people are just outsiders who broke in by accident, and they will leave in a short time. How long can the eyes that are poured on him and his sister be maintained at this moment?

Nothing to look forward to at all, but...

A thought popped up that he never dared to think about in the past: But, is it possible for him and his sister to break away from this abyss-like life and live another life? It may be dangerous, but at least we don’t have to worry about a meal or a piece of clothing. Do you want to live your life with all your might?

Do you just have to try to reach out and grab the opportunity that's right in front of you?

The heart in the chest was beating as usual, and even if it didn't know why it was beating, it never let up for a moment.Akutagawa Ryunosuke allowed the three outsiders to leave again. He looked at Xiao Yin, who seemed to sense his hesitation, and gently held his hand, conveying a faint warmth.

"Little Silver, do you feel happy getting along with them?"

Xiaoyin glanced at the little flower umbrella that Le gave her, and nodded affirmatively.

"So, I understand." Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded, covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

-

Just like the agreement with the wandering girls who had seen the world, on a new day, Zhenxiang led the bodyguards to the bank of the Rashomon River to collect information.

Or it can be said that it is under the guise of collecting intelligence to listen to the stories told by the wandering girls.Those stories were not completely limited to the scope of missing persons. Zhenxiang listened to all kinds of anecdotes and strange things that happened in Yoshihara.

For example, there is a very interesting story: Every few decades, there will be an oiran with the stage name "Ji" in Yoshihara, who looks like a fairy but is extremely vicious. Whenever something goes wrong, he will tilt his head. The eyes stare at others from the bottom up.

The wandering girl who told this story was a half-mad old woman, with festering sores on her face due to disease, and she let the sores continue to develop because of lack of money for treatment, showing a particularly ugly and ferocious appearance.

No one knows how such a woman survives to this day, others only know that she has a special stubbornness in living.

Crazy brilliance appeared in those eyes clouded by the wind and rain: "It's not just a story, hehehehe... I saw it with my own eyes when I was very young, hehehehe..."

It's hard for Zhenxiang to regard the information revealed as a mere coincidence: Isn't the word "Ji" in the name of Fern Ji Oiran?

[System, please recall the night when we watched Oiran Road.It was so chaotic at the time, did you see the movements of Fern Ji and Oiran clearly?Did she tilt her head and look at the missing person? ]

The system answered with difficulty: [Uh... I don't remember, I was patronizing to see Shifan hugging the missing person. ]

[You are obviously a system, but your attention is easily distracted like a human being, alas. ]

The system thought about it, and it seemed that it was indeed at fault, so it apologized slightly: […Sorry. ]

Zhenxiang said generously: "It's okay, I don't blame you, anyway, now Fern Ji Oiran is seriously suspected, today's investigation is very fruitful, that's enough." ]

The system was moved by Zhenxiang's magnanimity for a few seconds, and suddenly recalled: [No, didn't you also notice if the fern girl and Oiran tilted her head?Don't make it sound like you're human. ]

Zhenxiang snorted: [Of course I am a human being now, do you dare to say that I am not? ]

The system and the host were arguing with each other when they saw Ryunosuke Akutagawa approaching, and the wandering girls next to him scattered.

The boy was just waiting in the shed yesterday, but today he showed up on his own initiative. Could it be that he is finally planning to give an answer?

"You guys are here again." The boy looked at Zhenxiang with deep black eyes, expressionless, "This is already the third time."

"Yes, it's still the same question. Have you considered it? Do you want to join the ghost killing team?" If you don't want to, just say it directly. What's the matter with deliberately hanging people?Do you think it's polite to decline?

But the boy directly skipped Zhenxiang's words, and did not give an answer for the third time.He made sure that there was no one else around, and said, "Haven't you been looking for the ghost hiding in Yoshihara? It was New Year's Eve, and I saw that ghost eat a swordsman with my own eyes."

Just by looking at its appearance, it might be difficult to mistake it for a human being. It has a ghostly male image. The upper body is only supported by ribs, but when it reaches the abdomen, it collapses and wrinkles into a ball, as if it is only covered by a layer of skin. spine.

When it stood up, it seemed to be just a walking skeleton, its skin was covered with disgusting black spots, and its face was even more hideous.

It looked extremely thin, but at the same time it was full of strength. The muscles in its arms swelled, and each hand held a sickle. When the sickle cut the swordsman, the swordsman was obviously poisoned.

What happened between it and the swordsman was not a fight at all, because it was so powerful that it killed the swordsman without swinging the scythe many times.

"Originally, the swordsman would not have died so quickly, but at that time he drank a lot of wine and was drunk. He came to Yoshitoshi to have fun with women, and it is good if he can still remember to swing the sword." Ryunosuke Akutagawa said somewhat Commented sharply.

After this, the ugly ghost ate the swordsman.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke thought that he and his sister were well hidden, and neither of them made a sound, but the ghost still found them, and after eating the swordsman, he appeared in front of them with a smile: "Thought I found out Can't you? I can smell the smell on your body from a long distance away!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke did not hesitate to use his ability to launch a surprise attack on the evil spirit, but the evil spirit just raised his hand and waved the sickle, and easily cut off the blade.

"Yo, it's strange, it's actually a person with supernatural powers, I'm really jealous... But I advise you to stop resisting and let me kill you. I only blame you for seeing things you shouldn't, and I don't want to do more troublesome things. ah."

"Little silver, run." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said.

This is a very simple instruction. If you don't trust it completely, everyone will hesitate before hearing it, but Akutagawa Yin obediently ran away without thinking about anything.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa stood in front of the evil spirit. He coughed lightly in the cold night wind, his clothes behind him formed a ferocious beast, and let out a low growl.

The evil ghost stared at him resentfully for a while, then suddenly asked: "Is it your sister who ran away?"

"Yes."

"You two lived on the banks of the Rashomon River?"

"Yes."

"Hahaha, what a coincidence, let me see your determination to protect your sister!"

The two sides fought, Akutagawa Ryunosuke swore that he had tried his best, and he never relaxed his nerves.

He knows how to fight with powers, he knows how to kill enemies, and he doesn't hold back in every battle.

For a morsel of food, for a piece of clothing, for the fact that the person who freezes to death in the winter night is not himself, he always fights like a wild dog that can't bark but only bites.

But his performance did not surpass the swordsman who had just died.He obviously watched the battle from the sidelines, knew how the evil spirits fought, and had more time to prepare.He should win, and he can only win in order to live, although he doesn't really know why he has to live.

But the evil spirit yelled at him: "Too weak! You are too weak! So how do you protect your sister? Do you only know how to manipulate the hem of your clothes? I can still kill you without using a scythe! "

Then the demon really doesn't use the scythe, it turns to fighting purely physically, without even releasing the poison.But even so, Ryunosuke Akutagawa found it difficult.

The evil ghost finally showed a disappointed expression: "Forget it, you should get out of the way, as long as you let me kill your sister, how about I let you live? You are a person with supernatural powers, and you are worth a little, I can take you Transform into a ghost, so that you can survive, if you are smart, you should agree, this is your only chance."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't respond, he just fought with all his strength again.

Any battle related to life and death is not decent at all. Akutagawa Ryunosuke no longer thinks about whether he will survive. There is only one voice echoing repeatedly in his mind, that is, "Kill it!"

It was a very mysterious feeling, a hot flame burst from his chest, it was the first time that Ryunosuke Akutagawa felt the strong emotion that was about to burst from his throat.

He was happy because of it, and even his body felt light because of it.

Apart from not knowing the meaning of living, he has a wish for the first time: he wants to fight, he wants to kill the ghost in front of him, and he wants to win the final victory.

It's not for living. In fact, it doesn't matter even if you die, because death is not terrible. On the contrary, survival in the abyss is called torture.

It's for revenge.

If you want to ask what kind of hatred exists in this?That is the hatred of this whole life.He wants revenge for all the absurdities he has experienced.

Is he an emotionless wild dog?No no no, he already got it, this feeling called hatred.

He launched a suicide attack on the evil spirit.

The evil ghost's expression changed subtly: "You don't want to think about living any more? You know, I've been letting you in, otherwise I could kill you at any time, even so, are you still unwilling to admit defeat? ?”

Seeing Akutagawa Ryunosuke's attack without hesitation at all, the evil spirit sighed as if he was finally defeated: "Okay, I understand, although you are weak, but you are very good at protecting your sister... then forget it, you guys Just live on for now."

The evil spirit dodged Akutagawa Ryunosuke's attack, moved away from him, and quickly disappeared.

Afterwards, Akutagawa Ryunosuke dragged his tired body to look around, but he never saw the ghost again.

-

Zhenxiang digested the information, and said to Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "A person with supernatural powers cannot be transformed into a ghost. It lied to you."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't think it mattered: "It's not surprising that ghosts can deceive humans."

This sounded quite reasonable, Zhenxiang couldn't help but nodded in conviction: "Well, since you took the initiative to tell me about this, then you must have something you want, what do you want?"

"I want a chance to kill it with my own hands." Akutagawa Ryunosuke touched his old coat.

Zhenxiang was surprised to see a sun wheel knife exposed under the hem of the clothes, no, it should be said to be half of the sun wheel knife that was broken in half.

"According to what you said, ghosts can only be eliminated by cutting off their necks with a sun wheel knife. Is this right?"

A ray of light flashed on the broken blade, as if responding to the boy's words.

"The dead swordsman is a member of your ghost killing team, right? I keep his remaining half of the sword so far, so that one day I can use this broken blade to defeat the ghost that broke it that night."

The boy's black eyes were as dark as an abyss, but his tone revealed a strange paranoia and enthusiasm: "As long as I can survive because of victory in the end, I will join you with my sister."

[Oh hoo, it's over. ] Zhenxiang said to the system.

To sacrifice his life to kill ghosts, this guy's spirit is too suitable for the ghost killing team, right?