The Mystery of Fangshi Edo

I don't know how long this mountain woodland has been deserted.

It may have been only a year or two, or it may have been longer. Since Mr. Komura was transferred here as a forest ranger half a year ago, he has never seen another person come in.

He changes shifts with Otota, who is also in charge of guarding, every other week, and this week happens to be his turn.

Jiacun poured himself a cup of hot water. He thought he was an ordinary person, but he was able to endure this kind of dull life alone. Maybe it was because the people above liked his concentration that he would send him here.

Apart from preventing ordinary people from coming in for excitement or short-sightedness, and contacting the fire department in case of accidental fire, there is nothing else to do, but the salary is surprisingly high.

It is said that it is because there is a ruin of a certain facility deep in the forest, it may be an abandoned factory or ranch, the specific village A is not clear, and he has never been inside to see it.The things in this mountain always give him a bad feeling, and there is no need for him to take risks, as long as he does his job well.

"I hope there are no curious idiots coming over today."

After silently chanting this sentence in his heart, he sat down on the chair, opened the diary on the table, just wrote today's date, and suddenly felt a figure flashed outside the window in front of him.

But after raising his head, no one saw it.

Animals maybe?As he was thinking this, he saw a squirrel quickly climbed up the nearby tree.

Ah, sure enough, I was wrong.

Komura continued to write in his diary.

……

"That's right, it's the squirrel, let's get along well with the squirrel in my dream today."

Looking at the ranger who fell asleep in front of the desk under his own spell without realizing it, the tall woman lowered the brim of her hat, and then helped him turn off several electrical appliances that were running in the house.

"For the sake of safety, I will close it for you first. It will be fine to sleep during the day this season."

After all this was done, she patted the ashes off her hands and walked out of the ranger's hut.

As for the idea of ​​helping someone put on a coat, she never thought of it at all. Mizumine Mitsuji is such a person. She may show kindness, but beyond that, there is nothing more gentle to speak of.

"Tch, how many years have passed, and this place is still so bad."

Mitsuji glanced at the road leading to the depths of the forest, and after frowning for a while, she finally found the right direction and started to move forward.

In the depths of this place, the ruins of a certain place are buried.

And the ruins used to be called 'Salvation Ranch'.

……

Ji Guoyansheng was walking on the street.

The sun is shining above the head, there are pedestrians talking and laughing around, and the vehicles on the road are constantly flowing.

He didn't care much about the goal of his trip, or in other words, since no matter where he went, it was just as strange and noisy, and there was no place in the world he was familiar with, so it didn't matter what the destination was.

It has only been a few tens of days since I felt like I was in a dream at the beginning, and now I am used to it and even blended into it.Compared with the hundreds of years when I was trapped by the same obsession as a ghost, this is an incredibly fast transformation.

"Mr. Iwakatsu, from the perspective of the ghost, what kind of child do you think Miya is?"

Fang Shi Yangming, who was walking with him, suddenly asked.

Iwakatsu reflected on who he was referring to as Mimi, and then replied: "She is more dangerous than those curse spirits..."

"Yeah, it's exactly what I thought."

Fang Shi Yangming sighed.

After learning about Miya's abilities, he couldn't help but think about how lucky he was when he was off water.

Although the child trusts him very much now, he will step on a mine if he is not careful, and be regarded as an enemy by that deep-rooted special concept, it is like walking a tightrope.

At any rate, the curse spirit has a clear purpose, a companionship, and a reason for its birth that can be used as a basis for judgment.But Miya is different. Despite her great power, she is still a child, an elusive human being.

"Although I haven't found out the root cause yet, I know at least one thing. Mimi was born in an institution called 'Salvation Ranch'. The founder there...or call him the rancher, is a man who firmly believes that 'the end of the world is coming' The madman, therefore, took in an unknown number of newborn babies, instilled in them the idea of ​​'you must become the savior' from an early age, and used brainwashing and experiments to awaken those children to abilities that are so powerful that ordinary people can hardly imagine."

When Fang Shi Yangming said this, he couldn't help but sighed.

"As for the child raised in this way, what would she think if I suddenly showed evidence and told her 'you are not a savior, you are just an ordinary person'?"

Ji Guoyansheng was slightly stunned, and then said: "I guess...will regard you as an enemy who took away all her meaning..."

"Yeah, it's obviously not me who was wrong, but the rancher who forcibly gave her the meaning of 'to save the world'." The young man shrugged his shoulders, then smiled at the samurai, "Yan Sheng Mr. understands very quickly."

It's as if you've felt it before.

The warrior ghost frowned, and then saw Fang Shi Yangming look away.

The man always stopped probing at just the right moment.

"Here we are." The young man opened the phone booth on the side of the road, "I'll make a call first."

……

"Turn the killing intent to the side of the curse spirit and the evil."

More than a year ago, when he heard Noctua Masamichi say this, Serizawa Chiedo's first reaction was to refute.

"Speak lightly, how can I control my hands?" She looked helpless, "Shouldn't you say something like 'Use meditation to forget the killing intent!'" ?”

"Although I also hope that you can return to the life of ordinary people, after knowing your experience, that kind of suggestion is too light."

"Heh, it seems that you understand very well?" Qianzhi was a little annoyed by the overly certain words. She sneered and looked at the principal of the high school in front of her, her eyes were as cold as choosing where to cut the knife, "If I tell you , my mind is full of uncontrollable thoughts about how to..."

"But you didn't do that." Night Moth Zhengdao said calmly, interrupting her.

"..."

The man took out several documents next to him: "Serizawa Chiemi, she frequently changes jobs after graduating from university, and it seems difficult to reach long-term social relationships with others, but she has no bad experience and shows no violent tendencies."

"That alone makes me a good person?"

"No," Noctua looked at her rightly, "After actually meeting you, I don't think you have much similarity to a 'good guy' in the universal sense."

"Then why are you talking so much?"

"What I want to tell you is that as a magician, madness and killing intent are completely fine."

"……what?"

"Join the high school, Serizawa Chiemi, this is the place for you."

……

Ah, it reminds me of that time again.

It's all due to this damn spell. During the battle, her mind is often controlled by killing intent, and she falls into a state similar to a dream. No matter what she does, she relies on instinct.

The sharp claws slid across the limbs of the curse spirit who did not know how many times it had recovered. The huge three-eyed wolf god raised his head amidst the blood and thick fog, and seemed to take a deep breath.

...I'm going to die, it hurts so much.

She herself is also scarred, and this curse spirit seems to have some kind of special technique. Even if she now uses the "correctness" of the gods to arm her soul, she will not be turned into a deformed monster like other warlocks. No small trauma.

At the same time, real people are also thinking in their heads.

Chieda Serizawa's spell does not turn into a monster and fight with brute force, but has a special 'rule' so that even he will be injured.

"Are you weaponizing the concept of 'killing'?"

"Almost... as long as you are still alive, don't even think about defeating me."

The power of the wolf god lies in sending the living things into the underworld, so it is more like sending them in the form of an attack than fighting.

"That's not necessarily true," Zhenren recovered from his injuries again, with a simple and nasty smile on his face, "If you want to kill me, it's tantamount to killing yourself, Qianzhishi, you have to admit that we are the same."

Man cannot resist his own malice.

For a person like Serizawa Chieda who has been immersed in killing for an unknown period of time, it is even more difficult to do.

"Uh... Xiao Qianzhi is really disgusted." The wolf god opened his mouth, and then attacked again, "I understand one thing—you are really self-righteous."

Her demeanor changed.

"But thank you, I haven't experienced such a valuable battle for a long time."

Breaking away from the chaotic killing intent just now, a clear color appeared in his eyes.

In Xiushui two years ago, during the days of infinite reincarnation that could not be broken, Chieda Serizawa went completely crazy for a while.

Anyway, no matter how much you think and how much you struggle, everyone will die in the end. No matter where you run, you can't escape the curse of the "god" on the people of Xiushui. In the end, you will either kill or be killed. Picking up a knife means raising a shotgun and pulling the trigger on a friend who has taken care of me for many years, hundreds of times, thousands of times...

Then she gets tired and tired of the status quo.

So, give up on yourself.

In order to kill time in this endless hell, Serizawa Chiemi and Fangishi Yangming started a "game" of killing each other. She put aside all universal values ​​and kept trying to kill her most important companions in novel ways. In order to make a little ripple in the broken heart, to prove that he is still alive.

It wasn't until a certain time later that Fang Shi Yangming put a sharp knife into her eye socket, and agreed with her to get to know her again from the next reincarnation, and to find hope again, the madness finally subsided for a moment.

She has already survived the most difficult moments.

Already found myself again.

"The field expands—"

"The Banquet of False Gods."

……

At this time, a phone booth on a street corner.

The young man dialed a certain number, and then heard a voice answering from the other end of the phone.

"Hi, is this Mitsuji?"

"...Silly Yangming?"

It seems so.

"Although I know you are angry, at least can you call others by their names properly?" He asked with a wry smile.

"I'm not interested in treating a guy who almost destroyed the world with a good temper."

Although he couldn't see his face, Fang Shi Yangming wanted to know that Misamine Mitsuji must have shown a disgusted expression at this time. After thinking about it, he decided to get straight to the point.

"You should have arrived at the ranch now, how about it, did you find anything?"

"No, this place is as miserable as you said, and it was almost smashed to the ground... Really, what kind of pervert does it have to be to be able to do this?"

In front of her were the unrecognizable ruins of the facility, not even the slightest sign of 'it was once inhabited', and it was completely impossible to see that it was such a rigorous and large-scale experimental base.

It was destroyed more than a year ago, and then abandoned after being taken over by the conjurer organization.

Mizumine Mitsuji was also a child raised by the Salvation Ranch. Her ability is to create dreams that are indistinguishable from reality. It is said that it is the salvation of "dragging all mankind into a dream of happiness when the world is destroyed".

But as she got older, she realized that wasn't redemption at all.

So even though she was a child raised by the ranch, she had long since severed ties with the place. Fortunately, the ranch owner didn't care about the whereabouts of the children who had awakened abilities. All he cared about was 'training'.

"Anyway, I'll keep watching. If there are other unknown 'sheep' wandering outside like you said, I'll have a headache too..." When she said this, she suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and said in a low voice, " Someone is here, contact me later."

Mitsuji quickly put down his phone, turned his head, and saw two people standing behind the tree.

They were wearing casual clothes similar to student uniforms, one with blond hair and the other with black hair. They walked side by side, looking warily at Misamine Mitsuji, who was one step ahead.

"Who is it?" Mei Tsuji crossed her arms, looked down at them, and frowned.

The aura that Fang Shi Yangming used to call "being with her, I have to worry that my life will be in danger every day" is fully unfolded at this moment, and the two girls are so scared that they hold each other's hands tightly and dare not go forward.

"We, I..."

The black-haired girl faltered,

"It's okay, let Nanako tell." The blond-haired one seemed to be a little more courageous, she gave a consoling smile to her companion, then took a step forward, and said to Mitsuji, "Hi, we just came to the ranch to have a look... ..."

"Huh?" Mei Tsuji frowned and thought for a while, "Are you also the 'sheep' here?"

Sheep is another name for the children with special abilities in Salvation Ranch.

"We were...almost, but we were rescued."

That's really rare, to be able to catch people from under the nose of the rancher.Mitsuji thought of this and asked, "So what are you doing here?"

"We are here to express our condolences." The black-haired girl also mustered up her courage, and stepped forward to stand beside her companion, "To express condolences to the one who rescued us, Mr. Jie..."

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感谢在2021-03-1909:25:08~2021-03-2009:26:59期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: Star Falling Night, Shan Tun, Ghost Mist, Lingshi 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Baijia Zhengming; 10 bottles of dark wind and rain;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!