[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Mr. Hakozaki has been sitting there, calling the name of "U" in a panic, and he didn't stop until his voice was hoarse.Hayato kept saying that "up" was beside him, but Mr. Hakozaki, who couldn't see anything, couldn't believe it at all. Instead, he cried like a child, and gradually fell asleep until he was tired of shouting and crying. .

With Reiko's help, Hayato carried his father on the bed and gently covered him with the quilt.

"It looks like I'm causing trouble to others again. I really shouldn't be here to visit." Reiko showed a self-deprecating expression.

"This has nothing to do with you. My father often has attacks like this recently." Hayato sat on the edge of the bed, slowly clenched his fists on his knees, "If I can be stronger, I can kill the bird that is peeping at this house." Get rid of the monsters... In this way, father must be fine too."

The Hakozaki family has the inheritance of exorcising demons, and exterminating monsters is their usual job.However, the process of constantly eliminating demons is also a process of being resented by monsters. Once the demon master weakens or can no longer see monsters, monsters will usher in crazy revenge.

If there are descendants who can see like the Hakozaki family, they can rise again after a short period of dormancy; but if no one among the descendants can see youkai again, in order to avoid the revenge of youkai, they can only hide somewhere anonymously and spend the whole day. Worrying all day long.

"Hey, I said, if you get rid of that monster, will Mr. Hakozaki get better?" Reiko looked up, and through the roof, she could see the black clouds churning there.

"That's the case in theory, but although the monster can't break through the barrier and enter the house, it can keep cursing my father outside. The monster should have been sealed by my father when he was young, and it may have been a long time before the seal loosened before he escaped. When it came out, it happened when my father couldn't see it, and I didn't have the ability to seal it alone..." Hayato bit his lip, with a strong self-blame on his face.

"I can feel that monster. If you seal it near the barrier, you should be able to suppress the monster's power. I'll lure it here, and then you can seal it, can you do it?"

"What?" Hayato showed a shocked expression on his face, but he still shook his head, "No, it's too dangerous. This is a matter of the Hakozaki family, and I will find a way to solve it!"

Reiko looked at Hayato's head shaking non-stop, raised her chin slightly, showing a proud expression: "It's not for you, it's for my promise with Senmen. Besides, I'm very strong. I will never lose in a duel."

Hayato squirmed his lips, wanting to refuse again, but for some reason, seeing Reiko's confident smile, he finally nodded.

"I will draw a seal circle on the door, Reiko, you just need to lead the monster to the middle of the circle, let me go with you?"

"It's not necessary, I'm enough alone." Reiko walked to the door, turned around and glanced at Hayato, "So, don't come here to get in the way, understand?"

With Hayato's dazed expression, Reiko walked out of the Hakozaki family's mansion.

She looked up at the sky, focusing her attention on the old house. The black mist that she felt before was gradually clear in Reiko's eyes, and there was a black line leading to somewhere in the forest.

"Oh, I found it! Although I don't know what grievances you have with the Hakozaki family, it was hard to meet someone who can understand each other, so I will definitely not let you continue to hurt them."

Reiko kept walking along the black line in the sky, and what finally appeared in front of her eyes was a broken boulder with a broken Shimenawa rope beside the stone, and a huge black shadow sitting next to the stone, mouth He was muttering something vaguely.

"Eat him...I want to eat him...so delicious...human?"

The black shadow seemed to smell Reiko's breath, and turned around slowly - there were no human facial features on it, only a sharp mouth full of fangs.

"I was discovered, there is really no way. How about we come to the race? The destination is the house you cursed. If you win, I will let you eat it; if I win, you will be obediently killed." Seal it~" Reiko calmly stared at the terrifying-looking monster in front of her, as if she was used to it.

"If you don't answer, I'll take it as if you agreed, then... 3, 2, 1, the game begins!"

As soon as Reiko finished speaking, she immediately turned around and ran back.There was the sound of a branch snapping behind her, and a huge shadow began to hang over Reiko's head.

Sure enough, he came!

Reiko is not stupid, but very cunning.

She had carefully observed the monster before proposing the competition—it had no limbs but a mouth, and it was shaped like a mountain.Generally speaking, this kind of monster is relatively bulky and not good at speed, so Reiko proposed this kind of competition method.

And the fact is also the same, unlike Reiko who swiftly avoids various obstacles in the mountains and forests, the monster chases Reiko in a straight line, leaving trees that were forcibly knocked down along the way.

This also greatly slowed down the speed of the monster.

Reiko briskly jumped over stones and crossed a small stream. The road below was smooth, and as long as she kept going down, she could see the old house of the Hakozaki family.

The monster also passed the stream at this time, splashing a large splash of water around it.

"Reiko, here!" Hayato waved his arms nervously at the door, under his feet was a circle drawn with branches, and in the middle of the circle was a pot for sealing.

While running, Reiko smiled provocatively at the monster: "I won, monster."

The monster behind him let out an angry roar, accelerated his speed and ran towards Reiko.

Reiko's footsteps moved slightly, brushing against the formation and ran over, while the bulky monster crashed into the formation.

There was a dazzling light from the formation, and Hayato put his hands together and chanted the spell for sealing aloud. Suddenly, a strong suction appeared in the plain pot, and the monster was gradually sucked in.

"Roar!" The monster roared, resisting the seal, Hayato's face turned pale quickly, sweat dripped from his forehead, and the pot trembled violently.

Reiko grabbed a branch and hit the monster hard: "I really hate guys who don't keep their promises, so... hurry up and obediently go in!"

The monster that was hit by the branch seemed to have suffered some huge damage. With a roar, it could no longer resist the seal, and finally entered the pot intact.

Hayato quickly plugged the pot, and then collapsed on the ground.

The seal was finally completed, a few rays of sunlight shook from the top of the ancient house, and the black mist that had been covering the top also dissipated.

"It's really amazing, Reiko! With such a powerful force, even the members of the Jichang family are no more than that?" Hayato looked at the silent pot, and looked at Reiko in disbelief.

Reiko smiled and didn't care about Hayato's exclamation: "The monster has been sealed, I wonder if Mr. Hakozaki can remember it."

"That's right, let's go and have a look!" Hayato quickly got up, showing the vivacity of a young man. It seemed that the pressure from unknown monsters had put him under a lot of burden during this time.

When Reiko and Hayato re-entered the room, Hakozaki-san had already woken up, looking softly at the sunlight outside the window.

"The muddled feeling I had before has disappeared, and my body is much refreshed. Has the monster been resolved?"

"Yes, because of Reiko's help, the monster has been sealed in the pot." Hayato replied happily.

Mr. Hakozaki showed a kind smile to Reiko: "Thank you, little girl. If it weren't for you, Hayato would definitely seek help from the Ma family. We don't want to join that family unless it is absolutely necessary."

Hearing the name "Deba" twice in a row made Reiko a little concerned, but the top priority was to solve Senmen's matter: "Mr. Hakozaki, do you still remember Senmen?"

Mr. Hakozaki looked at the paper figurine on Reiko's shoulder, and fell into memories: "Yes, I remembered. Our Hakozaki family is actually better at research than demon extermination. When I couldn't see it, because I didn't want to lose it, I tried various ways to make ordinary people see monsters, and the paper doll that can change into any shape is one of them..."

But is this really good?Is the paper figurine that has turned into the real body the real body?

How sad it would be if you didn't leave your side, but watched your master get along with a counterfeit with his own appearance day and night!

"So you abandoned Senmen?" Reiko stared at Mr. Hakozaki blankly.

"I never thought that because of my unconscious naming, the paper doll would turn into a monster. At that time, my strength was already very weak, and I could no longer detect the little life inside the paper doll. The contract was terminated, and she was allowed to choose whether to stay or leave, and then buried these taboo studies in the forest in the countryside. I'm sorry, Qianmian, I'm really sorry, because my momentary selfishness has brought you such a big loss harm."

Reiko did not comment on Mr. Hakozaki's self-blame, but turned to ask Senmen's opinion: "You have heard the matter, forgive or not, the choice is yours."

"Master Reiko, can you allow me to be like you? I want to talk to the master in person." Qian Mian passed on.

"It's up to you." Despite saying this, Reiko still took a step back, leaving space for Qianmian.

In the white mist, Senmen turned into Reiko in uniform, looking at Mr. Hakozaki tenderly: "Has Master's wish come true? Is Senmen no longer needed?"

Mr. Hakozaki looks at a "person" whose temperament is completely different from the real Reiko.He closed his eyes slightly: "Yes, this is fine now. Because Hayato can see, although I can't see you, I can still communicate with you through Hayato, which is enough."

"Qianmian, you are you, you don't need to live on behalf of anyone else, I hope that in the future you can have a life that truly belongs to you."

"Is that so... so, I can feel at ease."

Not wanting to look at the relieved smile on Qianmian's face again, Reiko cast her eyes out of the window.

It's amazing, there are monsters in this world who exude malice and want to eat people, and there are also gentle monsters like Qianmian who only think about others.

This is just like human beings, there are people like Shinichiro, and there are people like the Tahara couple... Of course, people like the Tahara couple are normal human beings, and Shinichiro is just a different kind.

Under the strong request of Mr. Hakozaki and Hayato, Reiko had lunch here. Before leaving, Hayato showed a very tangled expression, but finally handed Reiko an envelope.

"This is an invitation letter from the Chang family about the 'Demon Hunting Festival', which only happens once every three years, and it is held for three days at a time. It is said that most of the demon masters will participate in this event. I originally wanted to participate, please. The field clan helped to deal with that monster, but there is no need for it now. If Reiko is interested, you might as well go and have a look, after all... For us who can see, if we can't find the same person, it will be very frustrating lonely."

Hayato paused for a moment, and his tone became solemn: "But Reiko, you have to remember, try not to attract the attention of the field, the method of the field to deal with monsters is very rough. Reiko, you probably don't like it."

Because, even for a monster like Thousand Faces, you can do this for it.

Reiko looked at the envelope and finally took it.

It turns out that there are so many "similar" in this world.