[Comprehensive] Traveling through Liaozhai with a hundred ghosts

The boat was driving on the wide river. The boat they were on was two stories high. The cabins on the first floor were for the station, and the second floor seemed to be more advanced. Natsume heard the sound of singing and dancing through the ceiling above her head.

"Ah! Isn't this a snail?"

Just as Natsume and Ritsu stood silently, waiting for the ship to arrive at the destination, a voice came from beside them.

Lil heard a monster call out his grandfather's pseudonym. Hearing the sound, he looked over and saw an old man with a black hat and an oval face.

After all, they are related by blood, and Ritsu and his grandfather still look alike, plus he is now wearing the yukata that his grandfather wore in the past, so the other party must have mistook him for his grandfather Rei Iijima.

Ritsu nods his head as a salute, feeling a little nervous. He is actually a little cautious in wearing his grandfather's clothes today, because his grandfather uses the pseudonym Iijima Snail, not only a well-known ghost novelist in the novel world, but also with The self-taught spell is also well-known in the monster world, and many monsters are in awe of it, so with the help of his grandfather's fame, he should be able to save trouble.

"It seems that I haven't seen you in the hot spring for a long time. Is this your grandson?"

That monster old man really made a mistake, mistaking Ritsu for Rei Iijima.

"No, it's from a friend's house."

"Are you busy recently? It seems that you don't have time to come here."

"Yeah." Law replied vaguely.

"Then let's relax and enjoy it later. The medicated hot spring at Granny Tang's house is quite effective for relieving fatigue. I heard that there is a larger hot spring town on Jiuzhou Island, but it's a pity that it's too far to go there. gone."

The monster was chattering, and Lu would answer it from time to time to show that he was listening. At this time, seeing the lights outside, the scenery on the other side finally appeared in his eyes.

The boat docked, after they disembarked.

"Wow!"

Seeing that the entire street in front of him was full of food and beverage stalls, and the countertops were filled with a variety of food, and exuding a tempting fragrance, Natsume couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Passing by them, some of the monsters who got off the boat sat down in front of the stall after disembarking, and some continued to walk forward.

Natsume noticed that at the end of this food street, there was a seven or eight-story Japanese-style building, which was very beautifully lit and eye-catching after nightfall.

Law also looked around curiously, sniffed and said, "I feel a little hungry when I smell the fragrance."

"Let's go, let's go, there is something to eat in the soup house." Qing Lan urged, "The food in this street is for the gods, and human beings will turn into pigs if they eat it."

Ritsu and Natsume immediately put away their plans to buy something to eat.

Following the direction of most of the monsters, they finally arrived in front of the soup house.

There is a vermilion bridge in front of the soup house, and a monster wearing a yukata with the logo of the soup house is welcoming guests.

"Master Mountain God, this way please!"

"The Lord of the Earth is here again this year, it's really an honor for the shop!"

While following Qinglan, Ritsu and Natsume were curious about everything around them, but just when they both stepped on the bridge, the monster who was smiling at the guests just now suddenly changed his expression, rushed over and said yelled.

"Humans?! Why are humans mixed in!"

Natsume shrank behind Ritsu in fear, the monster had already rushed in front of them.

Some guests who were about to enter the soup house also stopped to watch the excitement.

"Oh? I brought them." At this time, Qing Lan who was beside him said.

The monster immediately looked over, and at the same time, there was a smile on his face. It was completely opposite to the bad attitude towards humans just now, and he said nicely: "Hey! This, this master, bringing humans in is not in line with our rules. , can you please understand, let these two humans wait outside?"

"Don't let humans come in?" Qing Lan asked with a tangled face, "Why didn't there be such a rule when I came here with the snail?"

"Snail?" The monster was stunned for a moment, and then his expression turned into panic, "You, are you Master Qing Lan?"

"Hmm." Qing Lan responded.

The monster instantly became trembling, and stopped making the request just now, and flattered: "I'm sorry! It's the little one who has blind eyes, and didn't recognize Mr. Qing Lan! Please don't blame the little one, please forgive the little one."

In this way, both Ritsu and Natsume entered the soup house smoothly.

After opening the room, Lu recalled the reactions of those soup house employees who recognized Qing Lan along the way, and casually said: "It feels like monsters are afraid of you!"

"Hey, after all, I'm going to eat monsters." Qing Lan didn't seem to notice anything wrong, "I'm going to the soup pool downstairs first, and come down by yourself when you're ready."

"Are we ourselves?!" Hearing that Qing Lan was about to leave them and go down first, Lu was a little anxious.

"Is there any problem? This is in the store. Even if there are monsters who are eager to eat, you won't do it directly. Just remember the room number and don't run around." After speaking in a perfunctory tone, Qing Lan waved her hand Go out, "I won't let you die anyway, so there's no need to be so worried."

law:"……"

Natsume silently turned to look at Ritsu.

Qing Lan had already walked out, so Lu had no choice but to say to Natsume: "Then you have to wait very tight for me."

Summer nodded.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door outside, it was the waiter who came to serve the food.

"come in."

The door was pulled open, and a girl with a ponytail who looked about the same age as Natsume came in.

"Please, please use it slowly."

He seemed to be very shy, put down the food, lowered his head and finished talking in a low voice, and was about to leave the room.

"Thank you." Li smiled, and then noticed that the other party was a little girl, and sighed inadvertently, "I didn't expect such a young child to start working. It seems that the monster class is not easy."

His words made Chihiro, who hadn't left the room, pay attention for an instant, looked up abruptly, and then both sides were stunned.

But soon, Chihiro felt embarrassed and lowered his head, whispering: "Sorry!"

Then quickly leave the room and close the door.

Not long after she left, Natsume asked Ritsu, "Is that just a human being?"

Law is not sure: "Uh... there shouldn't be such a young human working here, right? It should be..."

The two ate something in the room, and Natsume wanted to go to the bathroom after eating, so Ritsu took him out.

After Natsume went to the bathroom, Ritsuya suddenly wanted to go, so he asked Natsume to wait outside.

As a result, during this short waiting process, something unexpected happened.

"Why is there a human kid here?"

Natsume, who was standing in the corridor outside and looking at the soup pool on the first floor through the fence, suddenly left his feet off the ground, and found himself being picked up, and immediately waved his limbs in horror.

Then he discovered that what lifted him up was a red-skinned monster with a body like a hill and horns on its head.

The monster drools: "Whose takeaway food?"

"Guest, this, this is not food, this is a member of the Snail's family!" An employee of a soup house next to him advised, trying to stop it.

However, in the next second, he was thrown away by the monster.

"A snail! Then I'll eat him even more, you hateful snail, you hurt me before!"

When Ritsu came out, what he saw was the thrilling scene of Natsume about to be thrown into his mouth by a monster.

"stop!"

Law said urgently.

The red-skinned monster paused and looked over.

"Ha! It's you snail, your family will pay for offending me!"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth to devour Natsume.

But at this moment, a clear and indifferent voice came from the front.

"Please let it go."

The monster found himself unable to move for some reason.

The monsters who had been watching in the corridor moved aside, and Ritsu saw a man walking out holding a little girl like a doll.

The other party glanced at the employee next to him.

"Isn't the security out here to take care of the troubles caused by the guests here?"

The employee suddenly stood up straight, and immediately bowed and said: "I'm sorry! Master Hang, I'm really sorry for disturbing you, we will deal with it immediately!"

The man responded lightly, and then looked at the monster that seemed to be frozen: "It's better not to let him in without quality guests."

Saying that, the monster twitched and let go of Natsume's hand before, and then the monster flew out and hit the wall as if attacked by a force.

Soon after that, two tall and strong monsters appeared, picked him up and threw him out of the soup house, and the watching monsters dispersed after seeing that the matter was resolved.

Natsume was still a little dazed and hadn't recovered from the fright just now.

It wasn't until the other party walked past me that I was shocked, and hurriedly bowed to the other party: "Thank you very much just now!"

And Lu also bowed to the man: "Thank you for your help just now."

The other party just nodded slightly and walked slowly.

After returning to the room, Ritsu apologized to Natsume: "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of you. I should accompany you back to the room just now, otherwise this kind of thing wouldn't have happened."

Natsume shook her head: "It's nothing! It's not the big brother's fault, after all, Qinglan said that nothing will happen in the store."

Ritsu patted the top of Natsume's head, still feeling a little sorry and said, "Wait until you go to the hot spring and relax. I'm sorry, bringing you here ended up putting you in danger instead."

Fortunately, except for this little episode, there was no accident in the soup house. Natsume and Ritsu enjoyed the hot spring here and returned home safely.

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"Oh! So Natsume, you've been to a soup house!" The chubby cat teacher lay on the ground and said, "I thought it was good luck for you to always avoid monsters before. You must have never been to a monster's territory before."

"Well... you have to maintain a basic awe of the unknown, this is what Mr. Ri said." Natsume was holding two coupons in his hand. These were the soup house hot spring coupons he had just returned to a monster with the name. He wanted to invite his grandmother Reiko to the soup house, but time was running out. After learning that Reiko had passed away, the monster felt that it was meaningless, so he gave the voucher to Natsume after getting his name back. "However, since I left my relative's house in Tono, I lost contact with Mr. Ritsu. It's a pity to think about it."

Teacher Cat threw a piece of dorayaki into his mouth: "Snail's grandson, if he is still alive, he should be 30 years old now, but he is probably not human anymore."

"Huh?" Natsume just wanted to ask.

Teacher Cat excitedly urged: "Natsume Natsume! Since we have a coupon, let's go to the hot springs in Honshu Island next week!"

"When I see if I have enough time, the final exam is coming soon, and I still have to review!" Natsume said helplessly.

The author has something to say:

In fact, this is a memory (.

Daughter is online√Protagonist passing by√

The phrase "probably not human anymore" was originally mentioned in "Hundred Ghosts of the Night". Lily helped a boy, and later the family said this when the boy grew up and chatted with his parents.

By the way, the "Don't be afraid when you see monsters, fear will attract them, but don't forget that fear" in the last chapter is almost the original words, and it is a lesson learned by his grandfather.

Ritsu's grandfather had a strong spiritual power in middle school and taught himself some spells to deal with monsters, so he was a bit rash in his attitude towards monsters.

At that time, his cousin heard that he often said that he could see monsters, and out of the curiosity of young people, he wanted to see the effect.

So according to a certain rumor, I went to a lonely grave and asked Rei Iijima to help make a wish, but in fact Rei's cousin didn't believe Ritsu's words at all. When making a wish, his cousin said that he liked girl A and wanted to be with her. In fact, he The one I really like is girl B.

As a result, the cousin's dishonesty was finally attacked by the ghost in the lonely grave. Not only did the cousin die, but the unknowing girl A was also implicated and died. Ling herself paid for ten years of life.

So Lu's grandfather said that he would always carry two lives on his back, and warned future generations to keep in awe of ghosts and gods and not to make deals with monsters.