Hundred Ghosts Journey · Life is like summer flowers

This night, the wind seems to be colder than usual.The cold moon was in the sky, and the snow-white and misty moonlight scattered down.There is a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere all around, but there are figures in the surrounding area of ​​Kyoto that are incompatible with all this.

A huge figure flashed across the moon, and several tengu stood on the branches with their flapping wings stopped.At this moment, their leader stared at the distant capital and fell into silence, a pair of blood-red eyes gradually emerged with a dim but sharp light.

"I heard that this place will soon be the purification ceremony of Iorihime...It really doesn't make any sense...Humans or something." Datengu looked at Ibaraki-douji beside him, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Would that happen?" doing something meaningless..."

"The enchantment around Kyoto... I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with." Ibaraki Doji looked there, as if seeing the ubiquitous red figure under the cold white moon.Why did he leave Dajiangshan in the first place, because he was very worried about the things before Tamamo-Natsuka, and Ibaraki-douji also felt that she would be fine if she stayed with Shuten-douji, so they pulled away like that and left.

Afterwards, in the battle against Tamadagu, Shuten-douji would turn into a human being, which Ibaraki-douji couldn't believe.And Xia Hua, maybe she is beside the human Shuten-douji right now—with her character, she will keep him... However, it cannot be ruled out that there is a [-]% safety.

Looking at Zashiki Warji next to him, Ibaraki remembered that she had told Daitengu that "Shuten-douji was killed by a slipper". According to Zashiki-douji's power, the prediction she gave should be absolutely correct.Could her prediction be wrong?

Thinking of this, Ibaraki Doji only thought of this answer.Combining with Tamadoya telling himself that Shuten-douji became a human being, all Ibaraki-douji can think of is cause and effect.

Shuten-douji, a monster, was killed by Ureya, so Shuten-douji will become a human.

But it turned into a human... What the hell is going on...

"As long as we get close to that barrier, all the onmyojis in Kyoto will be ready immediately." Big Tengu looked at the invisible barrier in Kyoto, and sneered arrogantly: "Humans, sure enough, everything is pretending to be in their minds." It's bad water—do you think you can beat me like this? Slippery... You guy is hiding in the capital and can't come out, you are really a coward."

"..." Upon hearing Hua Piao's name, Zashiki Waruji's eyes darkened immediately.For her, her brother's hatred must be avenged.No matter how many monsters are used, they must die.

Just when Daitengu and Ibaraki-douji fell silent, Zashiki-douji suddenly felt that something terrible was approaching them quickly—"What is this!!!" Suddenly a black smoke quickly swept across the tengu clan, in the The speed of movement under the moonlight is so fast that even the line of sight cannot touch it.For a while, the big tengu couldn't react, and watched the black fog pass by quickly.

"..." Ibaraki Doji felt a strange aura that seemed familiar approaching quickly, but in an instant, that guy passed him by.

"Damn it!" Just as Ibaraki-douji was about to draw his sword, the cloud of black mist had already reached the side of Kyoto, and quickly crashed into the barrier.At this moment, everyone was stunned.The moment the cloud of black mist approached the barrier, not only did the barrier not respond, but it had no effect at all—what the hell is this guy, so fast!

"..." Zashiki-douji looked at all this, and immediately used his power to make a prediction in his mind, but he couldn't make any clear judgment on this black mist.But the speed is so fast that the naked eye can't touch it, and there is only one monster in this world...

But is it possible?That monster is long dead.

"...huh...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" The big tengu sneered bursts of sneer at this moment as if he came back to his senses in an instant. If he fights against that kind of monster, he will definitely be at a disadvantage.

"This is..." Ibaraki Doji kept searching for a certain monster in the past in Dajiang Mountain in his mind, until a vague face appeared, and he was able to remember it through the figure-"More than ten years ago, during the battle against the Fox Clan, , the cat that suddenly disappeared..."

On the verandah of the courtyard, Xia Hua looked up at Leng Yue and did not look away for a long time.For her, now is the time to sort out all her thoughts—not with Shuten-douji, but with Iorihime.Now Iori Hime doesn't know her identity, and thanks to the rosary beads given to her by Ashiya Chitose, she is able to shield herself from her demonic aura.However, if you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it forever.Shuten-douji has become a human being, all she needs to do is tell her that she is an ordinary human being, and the fact that she has become a monster will be exposed one day.

"I, like you, hate Shuten-douji to the bone." At that time, the girl in front of her was holding her hand tightly, looking at her clear purple pupils, and what appeared was a deeper hatred and hatred than her own. anger.

It was Shuten-douji who separated us, obviously we are biological sisters, but now we are like strangers...

Xia Hua once thought that when there were no more relatives in this world, her existence would be meaningless.I thought about ending myself here, but at that time I met Ming Dou who had the same fate as me... From then on, my whole life was like being parasitic, looking for my own way of survival, looking for my own goal of survival—in the final analysis, the past Apart from Mingtou and Ashiya Chitose, there is no one worthy of my trust.

Even growing up and living together.But Xia Hua still yearns for the existence of 'family', not in name, but in real blood.

Xia Hua is very contradictory. She clearly longed for a relative in the past, but now she finally appears, but she can only escape—"Why am I the child of a monster..." Xia Hua looked at her hand, and her mind was constantly filled with thoughts. She would rather be the idea of ​​an ordinary girl.

Or, it would be nice if she was never born... Biological sisters, one is a monster and the other is a human...

What kind of punishment is this... He obviously wants to accept it, but his current status does not allow it.

"Iori Hime...you are a superior existence..." Xia Hua smiled self-deprecatingly, her dark blue eyes slowly became hollow at this moment: "You may, as long as you remember that you once had a human sister... that's enough... ..." If she was still her past self, she would take revenge on Shuten-douji with her.If one person can't do it, two people can do it...

Just when Xia Hua sighed and wanted to get up, the figure standing in the distance in the courtyard suddenly attracted her attention - "You..." Xia Hua watched the figure gradually become clear under the moon, and stared wide-eyed. He looked at her in disbelief with both eyes: "Yu Dao Eucalyptus..."

"Xia Hua..." Yu Daoan smiled, but her smile quickly faded again.Yu Daoan looked at the girl with long black hair in front of her, and found that her body had changed too much. "I'm from the Fox Clan, and I intend to protect you."

"Protect... protect?" Xia Hua was startled for a moment, then raised her head in doubt.

"Sure enough, I still can't... believe that Shuten-douji became a human just like that... I'm afraid this is some kind of trick of his." Yu Daoan sat over at this time, and sat on the veranda beside her.

"..." Xia Hua was silent for a moment, then sat down and shook her head silently: "He is no longer the Shuten-douji of the past... just an ordinary human being."

"But... I still can't believe it..." Yu Daoyin persisted in doubting him no matter what she said, and Xia Hua could also understand that Shuten Doji was a very cunning monster, because of him, Yu Daoyin died, and she herself became a monster. this way...

"Actually...it's not all because of his fault that I...became a monster..." Xia Hua spoke slowly, suppressing a kind of pain deep in her heart, with a faint smile: "I just...have a good time Face your true side... After all, you have escaped for a long time." I remember once having a dream, in which another self said, 'You have killed me for too long. '

Even if the sovereignty of this body is not with her, Xia Hua's own consciousness also begins to collapse accordingly.Xia Hua knew that in the eyes of Shuten Doji and Hoshikuma Doji, she was just a human with demon blood.In the outside world, people regard her as a human-like, ordinary monster who cannot be more ordinary.

Instead of living under the falsehood, Xia Hua decided to let herself be real—at least, it was fair to the monster herself.

"..." Yu Daoan looked at her and lowered her head silently: "Although I'm not a half-demon, I can't understand how you feel... But your father once saved the lives of me and my sister, plus... ...We are friends - I will protect you, so please trust me..."

"..." Xia Hua was stunned for a moment, and a wry smile appeared on her face: "How can I let the leader of the fox clan protect you? It was my father who saved you...and I..."

"I don't want to see anyone die for Shuten-douji—including you." Yu Daoan interrupted her at this moment, and continued after retorting: "Actually, Yu Daoyin and I regard you as a younger sister ..."

"Sister..." Xia Hua was startled for a moment, and raised her head to look at Yu Daoan.She couldn't believe that Yu Daoan and the others saw themselves in such an intimate way.However, at that time, I also felt to some extent, the feeling of joy and happiness when everyone was together.

"What's the matter... There is a monster to be your sister... Don't you want to?" Yu Daoan said at this time, standing in Xia Hua's position is too similar to herself and Iori Ji-she has always wanted to ask Iori Is Ji' willing to let a monster be her sister? ' This sentence is exactly what she has been worrying about for a long time.

"...No...No..." Xia Hua felt as if something was being gently comforted in the depths of her heart, and tears welled up all at once.But Yu Daoan was stunned for a moment, "You... what's wrong with you?" She put her hand on Xia Hua's head, as if comforting a child: "What happened to you here? That guy is right How are you doing?"

"It's not like that..." Xia Hua shook her head and reached out to wipe away the hot tears in her eyes. At this time, her mind went blank, and the words in her heart burst out like an unstoppable flow of water—"Iori Hime...is mine." Little sister...but I'm a monster..."

"What?!" Yu Daoan was stunned for a moment, as if her ears were hallucinating—Iori Hime?That guy is Xia Hua's younger sister? "What's going on? How could she be your sister?!" But up to here, Yu Daoan thought carefully about Iori Ji's appearance, and she was indeed somewhat similar to Xia Hua.

"She's the same as me... She's the child of Hoshikuma Doji and Kasahara Natsuhime..." Xia Hua narrated everything to Yu Daoan, who also felt dizzy when she heard it.Iori Hime, that child with powerful spiritual power is actually Xia Hua's own sister?

"Then what are you... what are you worrying about..." Yu Daoan took a deep breath, lowered her voice and said softly, "There must be something that is causing you pain... Tell me what it is... I will support you "Maybe all Yu Daoyin can do now is to comfort her, but in the dark, she casts Yu Daoyin's shadow on Xia Hua.Even if they are different, she and Yu Daoyin are both her younger sisters, no matter what happens...

"Iori Hime is already on top...I am no longer qualified to admit that she is my sister-because I am a monster...I have already decided to be a monster..." Xia Hua covered her head and said softly: "But... ...Why did I discover everything after I made up my mind...if I don't exist...if I'm not a child of youkai..."

"..." Yu Daoan was silent for a while, raised her head to look at Xia Hua and asked softly: "In this world, there are not many relatives who are related to me by blood...It is already good to be able to meet again."

"..." Xia Hua stopped, and remembered Ming Dou's words at that time, "Iori Ji, maybe I need you very much."

Because...she is Iori Hime, and because she has to complete the arduous purification ceremony, so...she longs for someone who can understand and accept herself.

When the only person who exists to her appears in this world, it is normal to hold on desperately... So even if she is forced to separate, she firmly believes that one day she will see that person again.Then hold her hand tightly and move forward together...

"Monsters, humans...it's fine...but the relationship between you is really there." Yu Daoan looked at her with a faint smile on her face: "Yu Daoyin and I, But what kind of things caused us to part ways, and we have never been separated... because this relationship is unique in the world, and it is an existence worth cherishing."

It doesn't matter if it's a monster or a human... the important thing is that there is a relationship...

Xia Hua gradually calmed down, and soon felt a deep sense of guilt in her heart—"I ran away...I didn't accept it directly...but ran away..."

"The next time we meet, you can tell her well..." Yu Daoan took a deep breath and held her trembling hand, "You are my only relative in this world, so no matter how big the relationship between us is, difference, we are absolutely... in this together."

Xia Hua nodded silently when she heard this.She really longs for Iori Hime to accept her identity, but she is also afraid of what Iori Hime will think if she finds out...

Impossible, to squeeze out the only existence...

Iori Hime in her mind seemed to have given her the answer, Natsuka Kasahara was her older sister—whether it was a human being or a monster... She just wanted to let herself know that there was such a relationship between them before.

You are not alone, so we will undertake the future together...

I'm sorry... my sister...

Xia Hua shouted in her heart, and the name began to fill her whole mind, "Kasahara Shana". This name was given to her by their parents, and because Shana inherited all of her mother's spiritual power, so for everyone For this child, Jiang Shan gave her to a kind noble named Yi Zhi.

"Because when my mother gave birth to me, all my spiritual power was taken away by me, so many monsters from inside and outside the Dajiang Mountains wanted to eat me... At that time, Shuten-douji asked his father to send me out of here , to be raised by humans. That's why I found my current adoptive father, Iori Naohisa, who allowed me to grow up in an excellent environment... and I, for the first time, used my innate spiritual power to save people That day, he told me everything himself."

Before that, I didn't know anything... I didn't know my own life experience, I thought I was just an ordinary child who couldn't be more ordinary.

But everything is as predestined, absolutely not allowed to hide anything...

When he saw her in crisis on the bridge that day, he immediately rushed over to save her regardless of the obstruction of the attendants behind him.

Even though he only knew that he had an older sister, when he saw her for the first time, he knew that Xia Hua was her.This is the reason for the blood relationship, no matter how they are dismantled, they will be connected to each other in the dark.

So since then, my heart has been closed.Even though she lived a happy life in Iori Mansion, her true blood was suffering on the other side. Everything was gradually brought to the surface by reality. Iori Hime felt lonely and afraid of the purification ceremony—especially At that time, watching Xia Hua being taken away from the sealing tower, she also understood who she would be doing for...

As long as you come to me, I will do everything for you...

Since it is the same wish, I hope that you can support each other together...

Until now, Xia Hua finally understood what Iori Hime was thinking.Fortunately, it's not too late now.As long as she responds to her, and can respond to her quickly, Xia Hua doesn't care about her identity now.And at this time, Yu Daoyin, who was beside her, had another shadow that she missed so much in her mind - that was Yu Daoyin.

Although that innocent and brilliant figure was not there, she felt that the Xia Hua in front of her seemed to be her—a good sister worthy of her love.

At this moment, Xia Hua's voice calling her softly came from Yu Dao An's ears: "Yu Dao An..."

"Ok?"

"Thank you... sister... sister..."

"..." Although she was quite surprised to hear Xia Hua calling her sister, a gratified smile appeared on Yu Dao'an's face.She took a deep breath, put her hand on Xia Hua's head and stroked it for a while.