Born as a dog, I'm sorry

Hell is not a place where the living can easily set foot.

because--

It's really too big.

It is very easy to get lost if no one is carrying it.

When Takihime passed by the stone mill grinding the blood-stained Hula's limbs for the third time, she had to admit painfully that she was lost.

Looking around, the hell where the sun cannot be discerned is full of the twilight of the time of the devil, the line of sight is blocked, and you can't see the edge at all.

Everywhere is the same, and everywhere seems to be different.

Takihime hid under the dead tree with twisted branches, avoided the jailer Yatengu passing by from time to time above the sky, and stood there, eyes closed in thought.

The soul has no smell.

This should be the reason why she has been unable to find Kikyo and Ji Guoyan Sheng.

In this case, it would be best to catch someone who is familiar with the situation in hell and ask them. It would be great if they could find out where the human souls who have just entered hell are...

Just when she was thinking about which one was more suitable to catch, the dog suddenly barked happily from under her feet.

Takihime frowned, looked down, and at some point, a white dog was wagging its tail and staring at him.

It looks like a normal dog.

It just looks a little fat, like a polar bear.

What is tied around the neck is not a dog leash, but a bow made of red and white shimenawa.

The fur is clean and presentable.

It looks like it should be a domestic dog.

Takihime glanced at it and stopped paying attention, and kicked it to signal it to stay away from him.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

However, as if the dog couldn't understand her impatient expression, not only did it not walk, but it also ran around more happily. After two steps, it turned back to look at her, and ran back when it saw that she hadn't followed. Continue to bark.

Back and forth, tireless.

Takihime was impatiently harassed by it, and stared at it expressionlessly.

The fat white dog lay on the ground with its forelegs, bent down, and didn't dare to meet her eyes, but forced itself to bark at her again.

"... want me to go with you?"

"Wang!"

"Do you know who I'm looking for?"

This time, the fat white dog didn't make a sound, just tilted his head slightly, opened his big watery black eyes, and looked up at her ignorantly and innocently, as if he couldn't understand what she was saying.

"It's okay if you don't know."

Takihime looked down at the dog, "I heard Bai Ze said that after death, human beings will first go to hell for judgment, and then, according to their life karma, determine where they should go in the end. And you, just take me Just go to the place of trial."

"Wang!"

"Let's go then."

Takihime followed behind it and let it lead the way, "Just, there is something I want to remind you. Recently, I have been in a bad mood and I have no patience at all. Especially, I can't help getting angry when I see a dog. If you dare If you're kidding me, I'll eat you...Speaking of which, I've never eaten a dog from hell before, so I don't know which one is better between your meat and a real dog's..."

The fat white dog leading the way stepped on his front foot and almost fell down in embarrassment.

With the fat white dog leading the way, Takihime soon came to a strange land.

Light-colored mist floats in the air.

The line of sight was blocked, and he couldn't see very far away. He could only faintly see broken walls and ruins covered with moss and vines in the fog.

While breathing, there is a strange smell in the mouth and nose.

It looks like ripe and rotten fruit, but also like a summer flower in full bloom.

It doesn't smell bad, but has a charming fragrance.

The quiet and long fragrance seems to have the effect of emptying the mind and soothing the body and mind. Takiji just walked behind the fat white dog for a while, and felt that the anger in his heart that had nowhere to vent was being calmed down little by little.

Takiji Broken Gold moved her eyes, slowed her breathing, and followed her again.

Then, after turning around several zigzag intersections and crossing several dilapidated walls, a familiar figure came into view.

——It is Ji Guo Yan Sheng.

He was standing at the corner of the brick wall, still wearing the familiar purple kimono, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Yan Sheng!"

Ji Guo Yan Sheng's tall stature froze.

He suddenly turned his head, his blood-red ghost eyes revealed an incredulous look, his lips moved, and he murmured, "...Taki?"

Tears blurred vision.

Takihime threw herself into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.

She was so strong that she knocked Ji Guo Yan Sheng back non-stop, until his back leaned against the broken wall covered with moss, he could barely stabilize his figure.

"Yan Sheng, Yan Sheng..."

Takiji seemed to want to lyse him into blood, hugged him with both arms, and kept calling his name in a trembling voice, "Yan Sheng!"

Ji Guo Yan Sheng hugged her back, wanting to tell her that he was here.

however!

however--

"How did you come here?!"

He grabbed her by the shoulders and tore her away from him.

Compared with the joy of goodbye, he was more indescribably shocked.

His body was scorched by the new sun, turning into dust and disappearing little by little. The intense pain once overwhelmed his sanity.

After he forced himself to kill the last wolf demon that attacked everyone, his consciousness also dissipated.

He knew very well that he was dead.

The reason why he regains consciousness is that he has come to the afterlife that belongs to the dead.

And Takihime, as a living person, should never come here!

Ji Guoyan Sheng felt his hands trembling: "Taki, this is not where you should be now... Go back, go back quickly..."

"No, let's go back together."

Takihime held his hand, trying to comfort him with a smile, but the next moment, the tears fell even more fiercely.

She turned her head, took a deep breath, relieved her stagnant throat, and then put on a relaxed and comforting expression again, and said softly: "Let's go back together... Yan Sheng, I'll take you home..."

"Oh."

Before Takihime finished speaking, he heard an indifferent male voice behind him, "It turns out that the reason why you absent from work today is to help your own kind to smuggle the dead?"

Takihime's heart tightened.

She didn't notice it!

Is this hell? !

"No no no no!"

Seeing that the matter was revealed, the fat white dog rolled on the ground and cried, "Master Ghost Lantern, please listen to Xiaobai's explanation, the matter is not like this, woof..."

Takihime protected Ji Guoyan Sheng behind her, and then lowered her eyebrows, looking at the man called "ghost lamp" who appeared at some time.

Black clothes and black hair.

Unsmiling.

He was still holding a terrifying black mace in his hand.

He seemed to be powerless, and he didn't even care whether he could lift the mace, but he could make a dog that had been pretending to be a fool roll all over the floor begging for mercy, which only showed that the man in front of him was very dangerous .

Takihime's heart sank.

"What do you say."

"Wang woo..."

Xiaobai fell to the ground, showing his soft belly, and shook his head in pain, "But Xiaobai has promised the general that he will not tell others."

Gui Deng clenched the mace in his hand, his expression was gloomy and cold, but he only said in his mouth: "The next rest is not for you."

"Thank you, Lord Ghost Lamp!"

Xiao Baihuan stood up, as if he had saved his life, cheered happily, and ran away at a speed that was unmatched by ghosts and gods.

"Next-"

The ghost lamp pounded the mace on the ground, and the ground immediately made an overwhelmed cracking sound.

He looked coldly at the other dog who was trying to cause trouble for his work: "It's your turn."

"Break into hell as a living person without authorization, and want to secretly take away the souls of dead humans, dog, do you regard hell as your home?"

Takihime stopped Jiguo Yansheng's intention to move forward, and firmly blocked the sight of the ghost lamp sweeping towards him.

Facing the questioning from Ghost Lantern, she just said strangely: "...Is this not good? Even if I am a big monster, I will come here one day sooner or later. In this case, I regard this place as my own home in advance, what's wrong with it?" okay?"

Ghost Lamp: "..."

"Taki!"

Ji Guoyan Sheng was taken aback by her words.

"so--"

Takihime said directly, "Since we will see each other sooner or later, why don't you make it easier for me now. Anyway, there are not many people I want to take away, just two, and it won't disturb your next life. order."

"Pretend you can't see it, and I will sneak away wisely, so as not to hinder you."

"It's a big deal... I'll touch it for you for free when I come here in the future."

Ji Guoyan Sheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he subconsciously looked at Takihime in front of him.

And her expression was calm, and she didn't feel that she had said anything terrible.

Ghost Lantern: "...who taught you that?"

Takiji tilted her head slightly, recalled it seriously, and then said firmly, "Bai Ze."

She didn't seem to see Ghost Lantern's suddenly cold expression, and said to herself, "Before I came, he secretly handed me a small note, telling me not to be afraid even if I was caught. Just shout the name 'Ghost Lantern' and you'll be fine." saved."

"He said, you like small animals very much."

"Even if I accidentally piss you off, I just need to lie down and show you my soft belly. No matter what, you won't care about me who is fluffy and has pink and tender claws~"

"Oh, by the way, he also said that although you are weird and gloomy, and have a bad personality, you have one advantage, that is, you won't lose your temper with women, so if I'm scared, let me face you." you cry……"

"Hahaha, how could I be afraid?"

"So, I won't cry to you..."

Ji Guo Yan Sheng didn't know what expression he should put on.

Ghost Lantern reached out to her.

Takihime looked at him.

After thinking about it, I put my hand on it.

Ghost Lamp: "..."

no temper.

He said, "Give me the note."

Takihime suddenly realized, pulled out his sleeves, pulled out a thick booklet from it, and handed it over, without any shame of betraying Bai Ze.

As for Ghost Lantern, when he saw the thick volume, the veins on his forehead twitched, and the black smoke of the God Weeping Ghost began to emit from his whole body.

——That was resentment that had turned into substance.

While he was flipping through the pamphlet, Takiji made a silent gesture to Jiguo Yansheng, and led him away on tiptoe.

It wasn't until she was completely away from the vicious black-clothed ghost that Takiji held her chest and exhaled fiercely: "Phew - I finally got rid of him! By the way, Yan Sheng, have you seen Kikyo?"

"No."

Ji Guoyan Sheng was vigilant around the surroundings, "According to logic, Kikyo should have arrived a day earlier than me, but when I regained consciousness, I didn't find any traces of Kikyo among the dead..."

"Hey?"

Takihime asked, "Isn't the place you came to just now?"

"No."

Jiguo Yansheng explained, "Originally, I was supposed to go to the ten halls to be judged with the team of the dead, but on the way... I met a dog—the dog named Xiaobai, who took me out of the team. Take it to the place just now."

Takihime frowned.

She is not a fool.

Now that I think about it, the "general" that Xiaobai blurted out is very likely that dog man who would make trouble for him even if he died - General Dog.

Although I don't want to accept his love, but if I accept it, I won't feel shorthanded.

After all, what he and his damn half-demon son owed him would not be repaid even if they died a hundred times.

But if it was really him who provided the help, then there would be problems.

——Where is the bellflower?