A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 392 385. Tomioka Yi Yong: I am not hated...

Looking at the back of the girl leaving in front of him, the evil spirit was a little puzzled.

He wanted to catch up and attack, but just as he took a step, he fell to the ground and found that his legs had melted.

It just melted without knowing it!
"This...what's the matter?"

He looked at his body with some horror, and found that his whole body was beginning to collapse and melt, as if being turned into ashes by the sun.

Sometimes death is not terrible, but what is terrible is knowing that death is approaching, but avoiding it is inevitable.

The shadow of despair enveloped the ghost in an instant.

He no longer had the ability to support his body, fell to the ground and stretched out his hand toward the departing figure struggling.But the outstretched arm is also melting.

He opened his mouth as if about to say something.

Maybe it's begging for mercy or maybe it's a curse.

But no one will know what he wants to say, because he has lost the ability to speak and can only quietly wait for death.

The girl's lithe figure rose from the ground, leaped to the edge of the building, and came to the side of the dark figure.

"already solved."

Butterfly sat gently on the edge of the building, with his feet dangling in the air, and a faint smile on his face.

"Well done, you have successfully found your own path, and it seems that you don't need my protection anymore."

Xuan Hao nodded slightly.

He can see the growth of Butterfly Ninja.

This girl is naturally weaker than normal people, with a height of 151 and a weight of 37 kg, she is just like a doll. Xuan Hao has personally experienced her weight. To be honest, he has never used an alchemy weapon in the world of dragons. Heavy.

Such a physique led to her extremely poor talent in terms of strength, and it was difficult for her to cut off the neck of a ghost.Even if she has mastered the Complete Concentration·Chang Zhong, her power has not been raised to a standard comparable to other 'pillar' classes.

But Butterfly Ninja is very smart. She knows that her natural shortcomings cannot be made up for through hard work, so she thought of other ways to make up for the gap in strength.

Since you can't cut off the neck of a ghost, don't cut it.

Because her parents are engaged in medical work, she has been interested in pharmacy since she was a child, and thought of using medicine to kill ghosts.

By studying wisteria flowers, she extracts a toxin that is deadly to ghosts and uses it in battle.

Even the Sun Wheel Knife is unique. It discarded the blade used for chopping and made the blade slim and light so that she could swing it without strength. The tip of the knife has a sharp barb, and every time it is put into the sheath, it will go through the inside of the sheath. The mechanism injects poison into the blade.

Once this poison is injected into the ghost's body, it will start to decompose the ghost's body.

The ghost just now died from the poisonous poison on the tip of her knife.

"I didn't need your protection."

Butterfly cast a glance at the man beside him.

Now she has already successfully hunted and killed fifty ghosts and was successfully promoted to Zhu. Even in the face of the ghosts of the twelve ghost moons, she is confident that she can fight independently. Why does she need this man to follow every day like looking after a child?
But in fact, Die Ren, who has not yet arrived, is no different from a child in Xuan Hao's eyes, "If I hadn't promised your sister, I wouldn't be bothered to follow you."

Butterfly endured the bulging veins on her forehead, and this guy would use his sister to crush her, but she had no choice.

"Don't show such an expression, your sister said, be polite to me and keep smiling, understand?"

Xuan Hao leisurely looked at the tangled expression on Butterfly Ninja's face, the expression that was obviously angry but had to force a smile was so cute.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Cry when you want to cry, get angry when you want to be angry, and laugh when you want to laugh. Is it tiring to control your emotions all day long?"

This straightforward girl has a strong competitive spirit and gets angry easily, but it's not good to always pretend to be mature in order to reassure her sister.

Kanae was also worried about this and asked Xuan Hao to help watch her.

"You guy..."

Butterfly wanted to refute, but was interrupted by a crow that flew suddenly in the sky.

"quack--"

"This is……"

She stretched out her hand lightly, and the pitch-black crow landed on her arm, flapping its wings anxiously and continuing to call.

"The swordsman of the Demon Slayer Squad—ga—"

"Go to the snowy mountains in the north!"

"Several hunters on the mountain were eaten!"

"They were all eaten by ghosts! Gah—kill the evil ghosts!"

"Destroy the devil!"

After listening to the message from the crow, Xuan Hao got up slowly.

"There's work to do again, let's go, I'll accompany you one last time."

Butterfly stood up without refuting. Although she often talked back to this man, when she thought that this was the last mission together, she inevitably felt a sense of loss in her heart.

"No one will protect you in the future, Butterfly Shinobi, you have to be strong and don't let them worry."

She kept telling herself this in her heart.

The figure of the man had disappeared in place, and when she realized it, she had already appeared on the edge of the building in the distance.

Butterfly jumped up lightly, flying among the buildings like a butterfly.

She knew that she was still very weak, because if she hadn't waited for her, this man would have come and gone without a trace.

So she quickened her pace.

The two figures disappeared into the dark night.

……

In the post house near the snow mountain in the north.

The eaves were covered with thick snow.

Perhaps it was because of the snow that there were not many people in the market during the day, only scattered guards patrolling the snow with weapons.

In a somewhat old medicine shop, Butterfly Ninja, wearing a printed kimono and a butterfly feather, sat on the tatami and counted the medicinal materials presented by the boss.

Because she needs to develop poison to deal with ghosts, her understanding of medicines is one of the few in the ghost killing team, and she also needs a lot of medicinal materials for research. Of course, the pharmacy here is not entirely for buying medicinal materials, but also for collecting Some clues about the ghost that appeared in the snow mountain.

"This guest sleeps really soundly. I have some bad-smelling medicinal herbs here. Not many people can sleep soundly here."

The owner of the pharmacy is an old woman over [-] years old. She looked at Xuan Hao, who was leaning against the wall and waiting for Butterfly Ren to buy medicinal materials. He was so bored that he had fallen asleep and smiled and joked.

"Don't worry about him..."

Butterfly put on an awkward smile on his face.

This guy clearly agreed to help her collect clues together, but as soon as he arrived at the destination, he started fishing.

"Grandma, let's continue talking about the man-eating bear you mentioned to me just now?"

"We call man-eating bears here 'burrowless bears.'"

A bear without a den refers to a bear that cannot find a den and cannot hibernate.A poor beast with nowhere to go and no family but wandering alone in the winter mountains.

The old woman sighed, "Alas... I heard that there are many 'youguis' who have been eaten on the mountain."

"No wonder... when I came here, I felt that the atmosphere in Suyi was quite tense." Butterfly smiled and nodded.

She recalled that she and Xuan Hao saw many guards with weapons patrolling the streets on the way here, probably because they were afraid that the 'man-eating bear' would break into the inn and hurt humans.

"This guest... I advise you to leave here as soon as possible." The old woman reminded with some worry, "It is very dangerous to go in and out of the snow-capped mountains recently. If you want to collect herbs...winter is not the time."

"Thank you mother-in-law for reminding me, but it's rare for us to come here when we have time, and we can't ask someone to buy some medicinal materials. In addition... because of work, I am very interested in the gall of man-eating bears."

Butterfly looked at the old woman in front of him jokingly, "If you have any stock, please sell it to me."

"Eh..." The old woman smiled awkwardly, thinking that young people nowadays are really not afraid of anything.

"Okay, it's time for us to say goodbye, thank you for your hospitality."

Butterfly stood up with a smile, picked up the long package wrapped in floral cloth, and picked up the medicinal materials packed by the old woman.

"Guests go slowly." The old woman smiled and waved to the girl in front of her.

Butterfly bowed slightly, then walked towards Xuan Hao who was sleeping beside him.

She lightly touched Xuan Hao's nose with the waist bag hanging from the rope.

Xuan Hao rubbed his nose filled with the smell of medicinal herbs, yawned and got up slowly, "Are you finished talking?"

"Well, take it."

Butterfly Ninja nodded slightly, and then threw the medicine bag to him.

"Why should I take it?"

Xuan Hao held the rope with some disgust.

"Because you don't have anything."

Butterfly pointed confidently at the package in his hand.

It contained her Sun Wheel Knife, and this man... seemed to have never carried a weapon with him since they met.

It's so powerful that you don't need to use weapons, which is great.Butterfly turned around and walked outside the house.

"You are naked envy and jealousy."

Xuan Hao followed helplessly.

As soon as the two walked out of the room, they heard noisy noises outside.

"Are you going up the mountain alone again!?"

Several middle-aged men dressed as hunters scolded a young girl who was leading a dog.

From their anxious tones, it sounded a little worried that something might happen to the girl going up the mountain alone.

"I'm not alone!"

The girl turned her head and retorted, and she tugged on the dog leash she was holding in her hand, "Taro is with me too!"

"But... Taro is a dog!" The middle-aged man pointed at the Shiba Inu on the ground with some annoyance, "Leave the matter of revenge for Matata to us adults!"

"Who is she?"

Die Die reluctantly asked the owner of the pharmacy who came to the door when he heard the noise outside.

"Are you asking the girl?"

The old woman pointed at the young girl surrounded by several men, "She is the daughter of Matazo Matagi, her name is Yae, and it is said that she witnessed her father and his companions being attacked by man-eating bears... Later she went to the town to buy Apart from things, she often goes to the snow-capped mountains to find enemies, she is a very poor girl."

"Is that all..."

Butterfly Shinobu frowned slightly.

Walk in the direction of the girl.

"What? Are there any clues about ghosts?"

Xuan Hao followed quickly.

"Just ask this girl, don't you know?"

Butterfly smiled and continued to walk towards the girl.

But he stopped after taking two steps.

Not only Butterfly Ninja, Xuan Hao was also slightly taken aback.

Because an unexpected figure suddenly appeared behind the girl.

"Why is Tomioka-san here?"

Butterfly asked in surprise.

"Probably because they are also nearby, so they received the same mission as us."

Xuan Hao pressed Butterfly Ninja's shoulder, "Let's see what he does first."

The hunters seemed to have nothing to do with the girl, they could only watch the girl ignore them and turn away.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, who suddenly appeared, approached the girl behind before they could react.

"Hey……"

Yoshiyuki Tomioka stretched out his hand to grab the girl in front of him.

But when the outstretched hand was about to touch the girl, he hesitated for a moment, as if he felt that the man and the woman could not kiss each other, and finally just grabbed the barrel of the shotgun on the girl's back with his hand.

The gun barrel was caught, and Yae's forward figure paused, and then the expression on his face instantly became a little hideous.

She turned around angrily, and slapped the hand holding the gun barrel with her backhand.

"Snapped--"

"Don't touch other people's guns casually..."

But when she turned her head, she was stunned. She thought that the hunters she knew were going to take away her shotgun, but the one who appeared in front of her was a stranger she had never seen before.

The man looked at her expressionlessly, wearing a black uniform with contrasting feathers of different colors on both sides.

"Who are you?" The expression on Yae's face was a bit puzzled.

"Are you Yae?"

The man introduced himself expressionlessly, "I am Giyuu Tomioka of the Demon Slayer Team, please tell me the details of when you were attacked by a ghost."

"!??"

"!!??"

Butterfly Ninja and Xuan Hao who watched this scene were both stunned by Tomioka Yoshiyuki's operation.

"Is it really okay for him to ask so bluntly?" Xuan Hao was a little puzzled. He remembered that the Ghost Killing Squad was not a secret organization?Could it be that it has been known to everyone for hundreds of years?

"..." Butterfly smiled awkwardly, "I seem to be in trouble now..."

"Ghost? What is that?" The hunters looked at each other, "Isn't the bear attacking people? What is this guy talking about?"

"Excuse me... are you a policeman?" A hunter stepped forward and asked Tomioka Yoshiyuki.

"……no."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki didn't seem to be able to lie, and answered honestly, "I'm a member of the Ghost Slayer Squad."

"Ghost Killing Squad? What is that?" Orion was still puzzled, "Are you a government official?"

"No, we are an unofficial organization."

"Unofficial organization..." Orion took two steps back, looking at Yoshiyuki Tomioka's waist with some vigilance, "So... what is hanging on your waist...?"

"..."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka raised the Japanese sword in his hand expressionlessly.

He seemed to realize that something was wrong, but... he didn't know how to explain it to these people.

The hunters surrounded Giyuu Tomioka nervously, and some even raised their shotguns, "He's carrying a knife and he's not a government official... Who is this guy? Shouldn't we call the police?"

"Yes... makes sense!" Another person echoed, "Go find the rope quickly, I'll control him first!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward with a gun and snatched the Japanese sword from Tomioka Giyuu's hand.

Another person quickly found a rope and tied Tomioka Yoshiyuki up.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, who was tied up, seemed to be a little embarrassed and bowed his head in contemplation, perhaps thinking about how to explain clearly to these people.

As the pillar of the Demon Slayer Squad, his mission is to protect humans, and his sword cannot be swung at humans.

"Oh... I wish I had known that Sato or Mako would come with me." Tomioka Yoshiyuki thought.

But those two people said nothing and were unwilling to act with him, "No, Yiyong, you are already a pillar, you have to learn to deal with problems by yourself, and you have to communicate well with others."

"Am I disliked? No, probably not..." Giyuu felt a headache when he recalled the grown-up speeches of Makoto and Saito before departure.

Although he has worked hard to perform tasks independently, Tomioka Yoshiyuki found that he was still not good at dealing with people other than his teacher, Mako and Sato.

"Mr. Tomioka..."

stamp.

stamp.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki's thoughts were interrupted, he felt as if someone was poking him in the back, and turned his head with some doubts.

"Mr. Tomioka, what a coincidence that I met you here." Die Ninja held the package in his hand and looked at Yoshiyuki Tomioka who was in a daze with a smile on his face.

"Butterfly……"

Tomioka Yoshiyuki stared blankly at the girl who suddenly appeared. This was a fellow colleague, "Bugzhu" Butterfly Shinobi who was also a pillar of the Demon Slayer Team.

He doesn't dislike Butterfly Ninja, because Butterfly Ninja often talks to him.

"Seeing that you are still so inarticulate, I am relieved." Butterfly said jokingly, "If you don't mind, let me explain the situation?"

"No problem...I think I have to solve the problem."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki hesitated.

"No... I don't think you can solve the problem by yourself."

Butterfly covered his mouth and looked at Yoshiyuki Tomioka who was tied up.

"Mr. Tomioka should work harder to communicate with others. This is how you are hated by everyone."

"No... I'm not hated."

"..."

The hunters on the side looked at the beautiful girl who suddenly appeared and chatted with the tied man for some reason.

But the girl's dress didn't look like a bad person, which made them wonder if they had made a mistake.

Yae on the side couldn't stand it anymore.

"I said...Although I don't know what's going on with you, if it's okay...just flash..."

Yae's breathing was a little short, and the appearance of speaking seemed to be very laborious.

Just when she wanted these people to get out of the way, she suddenly fell to the ground.

"!? Yae!"

The hunters stepped forward anxiously.

But they found that Yae had fallen into the arms of a man.

"It's okay, it's just a fever." Xuan Hao said lightly, stroking the girl's forehead.

"Of course you're fine..."

Butterfly glared at him. This man is so strong, and his physical fitness is even more perverted. Of course, he would think that fever is a trivial matter. "This is near the snow-capped mountains. I must find a warm place for her to rest."

"That's right..." Xuan Hao was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was too negligent.Speaking of which, the level of medical care in this world is still relatively backward. No matter whether they are in the snow-capped mountains or not, fever should not be a small problem for them.

"Mr. Tomioka, don't be in a daze, come and help."

Butterfly Shinobu looked at Yoshiyuki Tomioka who was still in a daze and directed.

"Oh……"

Tomioka Yoshiyuki responded softly, then exerted a little force on his hand, and broke the rope on his body under the dumbfounded gaze of the hunters.

Just next to it was a pharmacy, and everyone hurriedly carried Yae into the pharmacy.

After some 'explanation' by Butterfly Ninja, the misunderstanding was finally resolved.

Xuan Hao and others also learned about the past of this girl who had a fever and fell into a coma.

This girl named Yae is the daughter of 'Matagui'.

The so-called Yougui is an organized hunting group, usually composed of men. It is forbidden for women to go up the mountain for hunting, because it is said that the mountain god is a woman, and people believe that he will be jealous of other women going up the mountain and cause misfortune.

Yae's mother passed away very early, and because she was worried about Yae's safety, her father Matazo taught Yae how to use a shotgun, but this was only to allow her to protect herself. As for hunting, no one ever allowed her to accompany her. up the hill.

So now Yae's father is dead again, and she secretly takes Taro up the mountain to "revenge", and the other hunters are very worried that she will be in danger, so they will scold her.

Soon, the sky gradually darkened.

The comatose Yae finally woke up.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

"here it is……"

"Ah, are you awake!?"

A gentle voice rang in Yachong's ears, before she could react.

A beautiful face with closed eyes approached gently.

Yae felt the warm touch on his forehead, and the breath that was so close to his lips that it was almost sticking to his lips, and a blush appeared on his cheeks that had just receded from the fever.

"Ugh..."

"Wow ah ah ah ah ah!"

As if it was half a beat behind, Yae in a panic pushed away Butterfly Shinobi who leaned over to check if she was still having a fever.

"Hehehe...please don't shoot."

Butterfly Shinobu smiled awkwardly with his hands up.

Because the girl named Yae was holding her shotgun and looked flustered, as if she hadn't been able to react from the current situation.

"Great, it looks like you should be fine."

Butterfly endured the sight of the girl's full of vitality and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is this place?"

After reacting, Yae put down the shotgun in his hand with some embarrassment.

"This is a pharmacy, and the place where you fainted is just right." Butterfly held back a smile and brought up a glass of unknown liquid, "You look tired? I heard that you are the daughter of 'Yougui'? Yougui is looking for prey. Can you stay on the mountain for several days in a row?"

"What does it have to do with you..." Yae frowned.

"It has nothing to do with me," Butterfly Ninja handed the cup to her, "But with your current physical condition, revenge is impossible, please drink this first, cheer up."

"..."

Yae took the cup that Butterfly Ninja handed over in a daze.

She looked at the beautiful girl in front of her with some doubts. This person seemed to know her identity and what she was going to do. It must be something those annoying uncles said when she fell asleep.

Looking at the unknown liquid in the cup, you can smell the unpleasant smell as soon as you get close.

Yae swallowed his saliva, "What...what's in it?"

Hearing the girl's question, Butterfly Shinobu's face suddenly became kind, "Don't ask so many questions, anyway, you should drink it."

"Okay...Okay." Seeing the dangerous smile on the face of the girl in front of him, Yae raised his head and gulped down the potion in the cup enduring the bitter taste.

"What a fuss..."

Hearing the noisy voices of the two girls in the next room, Xuan Hao, who was drinking hot tea, sighed slightly.

And Yoshiyuki Tomioka beside him is... being bitten by a dog.

It was the dog named Taro.

Perhaps Tomioka Giyuu had frightened his master before, but at this moment Taro was extremely brave, and he fought Tomioka Giyuu for [-] rounds without losing the wind.

"You are really... very popular in some ways..."

Xuan Hao looked at Yi Yong, who was entangled by dogs, speechlessly.

He knows Yoshiyuki Tomioka, the new 'Water Column' of the Demon Slayer Squad.

A few years ago, in the final selection, he watched Tomioka Yoshiyuki being seriously injured by ghosts in order to save Zhenmu, and he even rescued them.

To Xuanhao's surprise, it was not the boy named 'Sabito' who became the water column. Even though Tomioka Yoshiyuki's strength has improved rapidly in the past few years, Saito should not stand still.

But after listening to Yuya Miyayashiki's explanation, Xuanhao suddenly became enlightened.

The reason why Tomioka Yoshiyuki became the water column seems to be forced to take over.

Not only because his strength is enough, but also his teacher, Makoto and Sato all agree that the position of 'Water Column' should be taken by him.

As for why... probably the so-called 'love'?

Tomioka Yoshiyuki was not good at speaking since he was a child, and it seemed that he would not communicate with other people except his teacher and Mako and Sato who grew up together.

So these few people feel that this is not going to work, and that such a socially phobic child must be exposed to society, so they rushed the ducks to the shelves and made him a pillar, perhaps hoping that this would allow him to communicate more with others and make more friends. many friends.

"I... am not welcome."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki refuted Xuanhao's words, while shaking the hand that was bitten by Taro.

Although he often said that he was not hated, he knew very well in his heart that he was not actually popular.

As for the dog...it was clearly not welcoming him either.

fling, fling...

Can't get rid of it!
"Ugh……"

Xuan Hao looked helplessly at Tomioka Yoshiyuki who was entangled with Taro again, isn't this considered popular?Both teachers and friends care about you very much.

"Taro! No! Taro!"

Yae, who rushed over after hearing Taro's barking, apologized to Yoshiyuki Tomioka apologetically.

"Sorry, it's usually very close to people..."

"Ah, don't worry about it." Butterfly, who was following behind, smiled gloatingly, "Aren't Mr. Tomioka and Taro very close?"

At this time, Taro has successfully defeated the water column of the Demon Killing Team, and lay on Tomioka Yoshiyuki who gave up resistance and gnawed his head.

"Okay, stop making trouble. Let's talk about business."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xuan Hao put down the hot tea in his hand and spoke calmly.

"Ok."

The expression on Butterfly Shinobu's face became serious, and Tomioka Yoshiyuki also got up from the tatami.

The weirdest thing was that Taro suddenly became quiet after hearing Xuanhao's voice, lying obediently on the ground and wagging his tail.

Looking at the suddenly serious atmosphere in the room, Yae was a little nervous, because she had no idea who these people were.

"Miss Yae, we came to you to ask you about what happened to your father and the others." Butterfly Shinobi explained.

"About what happened to my father and the others..." Yae's eyes became a little wary.

"Yes, we guess they may not have encountered a bear, but a ghost."

"What is a ghost? Who are you?" Yae frowned.

She had heard the name mentioned more than once by the group.

"Ghosts are monsters that can eat human flesh and blood. They are intelligent and can hide themselves skillfully." Seeing that the girl was finally willing to listen to the explanation, Yoshioka Tomioka said, "They have amazing vitality, even if their limbs are cut off or Even if the body is penetrated, it can regenerate immediately, and its weaknesses are only sunlight and a special weapon called the sun wheel knife."

As he spoke, he placed his saber on the table.

This is the first time he communicated with someone smoothly, but there is one thing that Yoshiyuki Fukuoka doesn't understand. Didn't he want to explain the same thing to this girl before?Why did it fail... But this time the same topic went smoothly, what link went wrong?

"Learning the skills to kill ghosts, and silently hunting ghosts for hundreds of years, protecting humans... is us, the ghost killing team." Butterfly Shinobi explained with a smile following Tomioka Yoshiyuki's words.

"Ghost Killing Team..." Yae lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking, "Will all the ghosts be killed by you?"

"Oh?"

Seeing the girl's reaction, Xuan Hao exchanged a glance with the other two.

It seemed that this girl did know something, otherwise she wouldn't have acted so strangely and asked such questions.

"Don't make us look like executioners..." Xuan Hao said with a smile, "We only kill evil spirits."

"Yes," Die Die Ren agreed, but her eyes became a little dangerous, "If there is really a ghost who has never eaten people and would rather starve to death, I will take care of it and take care of it until the last moment with love. ..."

"Ugh……"

Seeing Butterfly Ren's suddenly gloomy expression, Xuan Hao sighed.

She knew that both the girl's parents died at the hands of ghosts, and that her sister was also blind because of ghosts, so she would not have the slightest affection for ghosts.

But maybe there will be ghosts that don’t eat people in this world. If possible, Xuan Hao doesn’t want to meet such a ghost again, because he knows what it means. He has met such a ghost before. Can't see anything outside.

"Sorry, I haven't seen the ghost you are talking about."

Perhaps noticing the gloomy expression on Butterfly Shinobu's face, Yae turned her head and said.

"It's okay, even if it's not a ghost, if Miss Yae needs help, we can help hunt the bear." Butterfly said with a smile.

"No need..."

Yae picked up the shotgun beside him and slowly got up.

"I'm 'Yougui', I will take revenge on myself if I have any grudges. I'm sorry to cause you trouble, and I'll leave."

Saying that she took Taro and left without looking back.

"This girl...is lying." Butterfly endured.

"I know, we're not stupid." Xuan Hao picked up the tea on the table again, "It's getting cold..."

"What sarcastic words are you talking about?" Die Ren frowned, "Should we just watch that girl go to die?"

"Didn't someone stop it already?"

Xuan Hao gently held the teacup in his hand, and the tea that should have been cold was steaming again for some reason.

He smiled slightly, "Although some people are the most stupid, they are very diligent in their actions."

"Huh? Mr. Tomioka?"

Butterfly Shinobu realized that Tomioka Yoshiyuki who had been sitting next to him had disappeared at some point.

"It's best not to go out at night."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, who stood in front of Yae, reminded him expressionlessly.

"There are no ghosts here." Yae pulled the dog leash tied around Taro's neck, and walked away from Tomioka Yoshiyuki, "I'm 'Matagami', what's wrong with hunting bears?"

"If you want revenge, why go up the mountain alone, we can help you." Yoshioka Tomioka asked directly, "Do you have something to hide from us?"

"You're annoying!" Yae angrily pushed Yoshiyuki Tomioka who was standing in front of him, "What does my business have to do with you? Get out of the way!"

"..."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki was silent for a while, looked at Yae's leaving back and lowered his head and murmured softly, "At least... I have never seen anyone who can restore their original appearance."

"..."

Yae heard Tomioka Yoshiyuki's voice, and he was slightly stunned in his forward steps, but soon quickened his pace again and disappeared in the snow.

"You seem to be hated again?"

Xuan Hao laughed lightly and came to Tomioka Giyong and joked.

"I... haven't been hated."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka sat in front of the house, slowly shaking his head as he watched the girl go away.

"Aren't you very clear?"

Xuan Hao raised his eyebrows.

He didn't understand why Tomioka Yoshiyuki couldn't communicate with others normally. This guy's heart was as clear as a mirror.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki actually knew in his heart that this girl named Yae didn't hate him, she just didn't want them to get involved in this matter.

"Because I seem to be doing something she hates."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka stood up slowly with the scabbard in his hand.

"Where's the butterfly?"

"She's changing clothes." Xuan Hao replied.

"Then I'll go first..."

Saying that, Tomioka Yoshiyuki's figure disappeared in place.

Seeing Tomioka Giyuu disappear, Xuan Hao shook his head slightly, "Young people are impatient."

"Crack-"

The door of the room was slowly pushed open.

Butterfly Ninja, who had changed into the uniform of the Ghost Killing Squad, came to Xuan Hao holding the Sun Wheel Knife.

She looked around and found that there seemed to be one person missing.

"Where's Mr. Tomioka?"

"He left in a hurry."

"What a clumsy person..."

Even Butterfly couldn't help sighing, "Shall we follow too?"

"Ah."

Xuan Hao nodded slowly, "If that girl is not allowed to figure out the situation, Tomioka will be hated for a lifetime, right?"

……

The falling snow almost covered the entire snow mountain.

The cold wind howled and disturbed the night forest, blowing through the trees and making a sound like a beast.

There was a crisp bark of dogs and a somewhat heavy footstep in the snow.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

Taro walked in front of the snow-covered mountain road to clear the way for the girl behind him.

Yae's body was shivering from the cold wind, and he kept blowing hot air towards his hands to keep warm.

Her steps up the mountain were a bit difficult, but she didn't know what was supporting her, making her take every step extremely firmly.

Walking on this familiar mountain road, she couldn't help but recall the scene when she went up the mountain with her father.

"The whole body of the bear is full of treasures, and every part of the meat, fur, gallbladder, and fat is the treasure it bestows on us."

Father stroked the fur of the bear that fell on the ground, "Come on, pet it too."

The young Yae placed her hand on the bear's fur suspiciously. At that time, she only felt a burst of warmth.

"Yae, we 'Matagami' live by them, since we have killed... we must live..."

"Wow woof woof woof—"

Yae's rapid barking woke Yae from her memory.

She raised her head and looked ahead in surprise.

Suddenly, the barking sound stopped.

An ominous premonition welled up in Yae's heart.

Holding the shotgun in her hand, she ran in the direction of the sound.

A touch of bright red in the pure white snow is particularly blinking.

Yae's pupils shrank suddenly, because she saw Taro's head.

Tears poured out of her eyes unconsciously, because beside this head she saw a scene that made her even more desperate.

She suddenly recalled what Yoshiyuki Tomioka said just now when she was leaving——

'At least, I haven't seen anyone who has been able to restore the original look. '

The slightly old figure was lying on the ground, greedily gnawing on Taro's body, and his ferocious appearance was frightening.

Horns sprouted from his forehead, and his face was stained with blood.

"Dad... have you really become a ghost?"

Although the facts have been placed in front of Yae, she still finds it hard to accept.

She always hoped that she was wrong, and she wanted to find her father again and ask him why he did such a horrible thing, so she did not hesitate to deceive everyone to eat her father and those ghostly "holeless bears".

But now she finds out that she was wrong.

There is no cave bear at all, his father has become a man-eating evil spirit, it is his father who ate up those companions who are also oni, and now because of her persistence, Taro, the only one who accompanied her in the end, was also eaten .

"Sorry……"

Yae didn't know who he was saying sorry to.

She raised the shotgun.

Aim at the head of the evil spirit in front of her, using the method her father taught her.

Once the prey is found, don't panic, quickly raise the gun to locate it.Take two deep breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Aim for the vitals of the target, then...

Tears welled up in Yae's eyes.

Because she is aiming at her father's head at this moment.

"Pull the trigger..."

It seems that the teachings of his father are still echoing in his ears.

The muzzle flash lit up the night.

The next moment, the bullets from the shotgun sprayed out, blowing away the head of the ghost who was eating Taro's body almost instantly.

"Ugh..."

A sobbing sound came from Yae's mouth.

She covered her eyes, not daring to look at what was happening in front of her eyes.

Holding a shotgun and squatting in the snow, weeping bitterly.

"Why...why did father become a ghost?"

"Why did you eat everyone?"

"Why? Why on earth..."

"Why did you rush out of the house as if you were running for your life? Why didn't even I..."

The weeping Yae heard the sound of running in the snow.

She looked at the figure running towards her with teary eyes.

That was her father, even though his head was smashed, he still didn't die.

"So you... have really turned into a ghost!"

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