I rely on the vest to become the lord of ghosts

The Gap Man returned to the small shrine. The figure of the little land god had faded a bit. He used more energy to find people, monsters, or other little gods for help. Unfortunately, no one came to him. lend a helping hand.

"Even if you are about to disappear, do you have to find a way to rescue that child?" The man with the gap squatted down.

The little land god was flattered and hurriedly bowed to him—the power of the man with the gap was far above him. Although he inherited the word "land", there are too many gods, big and small, in Japan. If he has no power, he is really not as good as many Yokai are free and powerful.

He said: "Yes, that child has worshiped me for a long time. For me, she is a very important believer, and I promised to bless her..."

The Gap Man tilted his head, his black hair was gilded with light gold under the moonlight.

He hates such things as human trafficking, which reminds him of those involuntary and painful memories during his lifetime.Even when the Huajiuhui was destroyed earlier, there were many traces of his actions. Among the gangsters on Radium Boulevard Street, those who were eliminated by him. □□There are also many easy organizations.

After hearing the words of the land god, he asked curiously: "...Even if she has forgotten you now and made you almost lose your last belief, do you still want to do it?"

"Yes." The God of Earth replied firmly, "I was originally born because of the belief of human beings. In the past, when I had faith, I had a lot of glory. Once I think back to those days, I will still feel fascinated..." He exclaimed At the beginning, what I saw were the tall buildings around me.

This shrine is near the main road, in a small piece of natural green belt, so it is almost very close to the reinforced concrete forest.

How many people's lives this little god has seen on this street, the man with the gap does not know.

"A long time ago, it wasn't like this here." He recalled, "In the early days of the establishment of such a cold steel forest, workers from the construction team often came to visit me. In fact, they didn't have any good things, but occasionally Bring me some oranges."

People at that time still believed in these, especially when working on construction sites, there might be some accidents, so it was just for peace of mind.

"I protected them—I did it," said the God of Earth. "I still had such power at that time."

"Really." The man with the gap nodded, "Then you are amazing."

He didn't expect to be praised so frankly. He was stunned for a while, and then continued: "After the house was built, nothing happened here. Gradually, people don't believe it much."

It turned out to be the case.

People didn't know that it was because of the protection of the land god in secret, but they thought that nothing had happened here for so long, and there was probably nothing dirty. Instead, they felt relieved, turned around and pulled their partners to say that they would break the superstition.

The result was a decline in the faith available to the land gods.

Jiuyuan can't comment on this cycle. Every step is the result of everyone's common choice. What's more, in this era, except for a few devout believers, most people have faith flexibly and focus on worshiping certain things that are related to them. When the gods that match your wishes come to beg for your wishes, for example, if you want to study before an exam, you will go straight to the Tenman Shrine, and if you ask for love or marriage, you will talk about the gods of fate——

In this way, the faith gained by gods with names and surnames became more and more concentrated, while ordinary little gods could almost only wait for the fate of completely disappearing.

"Aren't you resentful?" the man with the gap asked.

The God of Earth shook his head, "I was originally born out of the needs of human beings. When everyone no longer needs me and proves that human beings are strong enough to survive without relying on illusory existence, my mission will end here. Now, there is no point in insisting on keeping yourself in this world, maybe you will fall into a fallen god because of your obsession too much, wouldn't that be ugly?"

"is it?"

Jiuyuan is not a god, and after all, he can't fully understand their thoughts.

But one thing may be true, precisely because human beings are constantly moving forward, their needs will keep changing with the times and the environment.

He couldn't help but said to the system: "When all the mysteries in this world are discovered by them, will there still be real gods and monsters in this world?"

[System: ...Master, I can't answer this question for you. Theoretically speaking, as long as no one in the world has an attitude of believing in mysteries, all of these will disappear as human beings forget and become unnecessary. disappear. 】

[System: But, why are you asking this suddenly?Is it simply inspired by the experience of the land god? 】

"I just feel that this answer seems to be very important to me." Jiu Yuan thought for a while.

"By the way, system, help me search for other nearby shrines, and pick out the one with the highest inspiration."

Here, the Land God saw that the man with the gap did not speak for a long time, and thought that something he said offended or made him feel uncomfortable, so he said cautiously: "Well, did I say something wrong..."

"No, it's okay." The man with the gap said, "Let's go, do you know where the child you want to save is?"

Hearing that he was willing to help, the land god nodded, "I know."

"Can you get out of here?" He held out his hand, "Take me there."

Seeing that he was serious, the land god took two steps forward, and was supported by the man with the gap to sit on his shoulders.After being jolted by such a bump, he sat down firmly, and then told the man with the gap what he had found out.

"Four hours have passed... Hurry up." The man with the gap said, "You remember her appearance, you come to identify it."

……

……

"Well!"

Consciousness returned, and the girl whose hands and feet were trapped woke up again.

In the underground garage, in the trunk of a gray van, the girl's eyes widened in horror. The closed environment and bad air made her feel as if she was about to suffocate. The people in the car were smoking and discussing loudly.

"It's said that the black locomotive broke down before. It's really troublesome."

"If it wasn't for Yagiri Pharmaceutical's accident, our business can continue... Now we can only sell these unlucky guys to other customers with special needs. Maybe it's worse than selling to Yagiri Pharmaceutical awful."

"I heard that they are doing human experiments, but they just use special drugs to put people into a state of suspended animation for some strange tests..."

"Let's not talk about this, these goods are to be sold to newly found customers, do you know what they do?"

"I don't know, we don't need to know this, maybe it's an old pervert with special hobbies."

"If you are a ten-generation woman, you can sell at a good price, right?"

"That girl seemed to be chasing a black locomotive when she was caught. Someone offered a reward of 1000 million yuan, but we caught her instead. It's ironic."

"If she hears it, she should regret it and cry—"

When Rina, who was locked in the trunk, heard their conversation, regret surfaced in her heart.

She was just joking with her classmates. Everyone said that they would compete to see who would find the black motorcycle first. Such a playful behavior would cause her to encounter such unexpected disasters. It is impossible to say that she does not regret it.

(Will I be sold, as they say, to a pervert with a kink?)

Thinking of this kind of future, many cruel images emerged in Rina's mind, and just imagining it made the 14-year-old girl shudder.

(Help—Is there anyone around here who can save me—)

She tried to break free from the rope, but they were tied so tightly that she couldn't break free with her arm alone, and there were no tools nearby to help. If she found out that there was too much movement, she might be stunned by drugs again. This will waste more time.

(How to do how to do!)

The car was still moving, she didn't know where she had been, and her fear deepened.

Then, the car stopped suddenly.

(No way!? Is it already here!?)

"Why did you stop suddenly!"

"Someone is there, don't you see?"

"Huh? There are no cameras around here, so just run into him and forget it."

"Wait, he's coming!!"

Immediately afterwards, Rina tightly closed her eyes, praying that things would start to turn around.She heard the sound of glass shattering, and then turned sharply. She was almost knocked unconscious, and the screams sounded again and again, as if there was the sound of bones breaking, and the sound of something being torn.

She didn't dare to take a breath, held her breath, and waited for everything to end.

In the long darkness, the air around her suddenly moved—the trunk door was opened.

The dim moonlight projected down, and half of it shone in the trunk.

"...Open your eyes." She heard a low, somewhat hoarse male voice.

The girl slowly opened her eyes. Under the moonlight, a young man in black was holding a pair of anti-blade scissors that were still dripping blood. A pair of red eyes were staring straight at her.

"Uuuuh—" She wanted to speak, only to realize that her mouth was blocked, so she could only look at the other party with those wet eyes.

please!Help me get the stuff out of my mouth! ——she hinted hard.

The young man froze for a moment, raised his hand and looked at the blood still stained on his hand.

It seems to feel a little inappropriate.

So Rina made two more "woo hoots" to express that she didn't mind.

The young man wiped the blood on his hands with his coat, and then helped Rina remove the restraint from his mouth.

The Land God, who had just returned from investigating the situation of the prisoners, was taken aback when he saw this scene.Rina actually saw him too.

"Thank you, thank you! Thank you both!"

After finishing speaking, she arched her body again, remembering that her hands were still tied.

The God of Land, who couldn't stand it anymore, whispered next to the man with the gap: "...Actually, you can help her untie the rope on her hands first, so she can get the stuff out of her mouth by herself?"

Rina: "..." Yes, yes, she didn't think of this just now.

Gap man: "..." silently turned his head sideways.

The land god untied the rope on Rina's hand, and said to her: "Sometimes the night in Ikebukuro is not very peaceful. If possible, try to go out at night as little as possible."

"...Mm." The girl said sleepily, "I'm sorry to trouble you, I..."

The first time she saw the land god, she understood the identity of the other party. After deliberating for a long time, the girl said cautiously: "Master God... Thank you very much. Did you hear my prayer and come to help me?"

Before the land god could reply, the girl said guiltily: "Obviously I haven't visited for a long time, I..."

She felt ashamed.

It was clear that she had forgotten the other party, but the other party still listened to her prayers...

"There's also this one next to you... is... Lord Envoy?" She racked her brains trying to guess.

Land God: "No..."

But the man with the gap shook his head first: "No."

"Hey...sorry, I took it for granted." The girl said, "But why did you cover your face..." She subconsciously asked, and after seeing the reactions of the two, she realized that she had accidentally covered her face. Asked what was on my mind.

Even the land god was surprised: he knew the story of the man with the gap.

(Ahhh, it's too rude to say such a thing to a savior!)

"I'm sorry! Please pretend I didn't say what I just said! I, I, I am really grateful to you two! I don't know how I will repay you... I will definitely go to pay homage to you every day or—"

"Because." The man with the gap pulled up the mask, "...because...it's ugly, and people will hate you if you see it..."

"Huh?!" Rina didn't expect such a reaction.

"...That's why I covered it up." He whispered, "Well...don't worry about...such things."

When he reacted like this, Rina started to comfort him instead: "Well, everyone has some doubts about their looks... Well, I didn't mean to say something like 'You must look good like this', such irresponsible and beautiful words, It’s just that you saved me, I believe you are also a very beautiful person, that…” The girl was a little incoherent, and even climbed a few steps forward from the trunk, “Please don’t pay too much attention to this, if someone is right It must not be your fault that you are attacked by your appearance! It is the fault of those people! They are so disreputable! Whatever you say - you are very good!"

The Gap Man was silent for two seconds.

He moved his hand holding the mask, as if he had made an extremely difficult decision, he slowly tore off the mask, revealing that ferocious face - the wound was almost split to the temple, no one could tell It's a pretty face.

He asked something he hadn't said in a long time:

"... Even so, do you think it looks good?"

He half bent over, as if he wanted to force the girl to see the ugly marks on his face.

Unexpectedly, Rina's eyes turned red immediately, and she burst into tears——

Thought it scared the girl to tears, the man with the gap was about to take half a step back, put on the mask and run away, but the girl stretched out her hand to hold his face——

"It's too cruel, it's too cruel...why..."

Doesn't this look like a man-made wound!How could someone be born like this.Realizing this, Rina cried even harder.

"Why, why would a good man like you encounter such a thing..."

"This is so unfair...why!"

The man with the gap originally wanted to push her hand away, but seeing Rina crying so ecstatically, he was also a little at a loss.

"...Does it hurt?" Rina was tired from crying, and asked in a low voice, "Did I touch...the wound?"

"No."

The girl's hand is so small, how could it hurt him.

It's just that no one has been close to him for a long time, and he almost forgot what the human body temperature feels like.

turn out to be--

It's still so warm.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."