All living beings in hell

Chapter 57 - Yoko Yuka
The lotus lantern at the door lit up, and the office welcomed No. 30, No. [-] customer.

There were a few rhythmic sounds of claws clawing at the door, like some kind of signal.

"Come in," I said.

The door opened with a creak, and the guest walked in tiptoe, as if trying to control the noise he made, even trying to hide the sound of breathing.The footsteps stopped halfway, and the guest hid behind the wall and did not move forward.I squinted my eyes and looked in the direction of the guest, and a few white beards protruded from behind the wall.

"Come in, please sit down." I said again.

Half a face poked out cautiously from behind the wall—it was a furry face, with a white cat ear attached to its head, and a thin line shrunk into sea-blue eyes—this cat The demon looked very nervous.

"It's okay, come, come here." I comforted softly.

The cat demon showed half of his body again, walked sideways to my desk, and tested the bluestone stool with his front paws.It decided not to sit on the stool, but squatted obediently on the edge of the bluestone bench.A pair of yellow and blue pupils of different colors stared at me, the hair on the back of the neck was all blown up.If I make a big noise right now, the cat in front of me might jump up and rush out of the door.

"Hello, what should I call you?" I tried to make my voice soft and gentle.

"Yuka Yoko." The cat demon said, it was a young and immature voice.

I wrote its name on the rice paper: "Okay Yuka Yoko, may I ask why you are looking for me today?"

Yoko Yuka lowered her head and looked away, remained silent for a while, and then began to lick the white hair on her chest.I poured a cup of bitter tea, lit an incense stick, and waited patiently: "Yuka Yoko, you have a stick of incense time to tell your story. If you don't say anything within the time of a stick of incense, it's okay. "

Yuka Yoko glanced at me with a pair of beautiful different eyes, and then turned her head to comb the hair on her back.I watched the little white cat in front of me trying to lick itself, and I was still waiting patiently.It wasn't until he licked his claws from his back to the tip, washed his face several times with his claws, and cleaned his whole body, that he stopped.

"My lord, look at me like this, can I be a boy?"

"Aren't you a boy?"

"No no, I want to be a human boy."

"Why do you want to be a little human boy?"

"You know we cats are thrown out of the den after only a few months with our mother. I want to have a human mother so I can stay with her for a long, long time." Fragrance thread dropped Hui, his speaking speed is still unhurried.

"If it's related to reincarnation, you can ask Granny Meng or other officials in hell. I'm not in charge of this business, so I'm sorry I can't help you."

"Then can you tell me how to be a human being?"

"This is a matter with no standard answer. Everyone has their own way of life, and everyone has to spend more or less time to discover the way they want to live. The process of discovery is to learn to be human. process."

"I don't quite understand what you're talking about."

Yuka Yoko looked at me with her head tilted, her blue pupils seemed to be twinkling like stars, and her yellow pupils were like amber hundreds of millions of years old.With a pink nose and white fluff on the tips of the ears, this kitten is extremely cute.It took me a lot of concentration to control myself not to lick his head.

"So, what's your favorite food?"

"I like to eat raw fish."

"How long did it take you to realize that you like to eat raw fish?"

"From the first time I ate Yusheng, I knew it was the most delicious thing in the whole world! Orange salmon Yusheng with beautiful fat lines, red tuna, transparent swordfish, sweet half Transparent red shrimp...I like them all!"

"How old were you when you ate yusheng?"

"When I ate salmon sashimi for the first time, I was not a cat demon. At that time, I was just a little white cat who happened to pass by the back kitchen of a certain sushi restaurant. The alley in front of the back kitchen is where I often visit to find A place for leftovers. If you are lucky, you can find some fish heads, shrimp shells, and sometimes even a big bone with fat. The chef that day seemed to have a big fight with the restaurant owner, and he was in a very bad mood. When he saw me passing by, he called me over. Although I often saw him smoking in the alley alone, he didn’t care about human beings. He spread his palms, like magic, and conjured a piece of salmon sushi. That I didn't know what it was at the time, and I didn't get close. The chef said, 'Here you are, little guy.' He put the sushi on the ground and went back behind the door. I leaned over and sniffed the salmon sushi on the ground, and ate it. I got up and ran. I was afraid that someone would snatch the piece of sushi, so I swallowed it while running, and I didn’t taste anything.”

"What happened next?"

"The next day, at the same time, I went back to the alley to look for something to eat. The chef looked at me this time and asked me with a smile if yesterday's sushi was good. I walked over to rub him, and he patted my head Let me wait for a while. I just lay down at the door and waited. After waiting for a long time, I was so hungry that I thought he would not come out again. But at this time, the back kitchen door opened, and he took a whole big plate of Yusheng! All kinds of beautiful, crystal-clear fish, which I have never seen before, are neatly stacked on the ice. He took a can of beer, sat on the ground, and motioned for me to go and eat. I took a piece of fish and ran away , ran far away, looked at him, and started to gobble it up. He looked at me with a smile and said, "Don't run, little guy, no one will fight with you, and I won't eat." I understood, so I squatted on the spot, Eating all kinds of sashimi on that beautiful big plate. The chef looked at me with satisfaction. It was the best meal I've ever had in my life."

"and after?"

"The chef was fired the next day, and I never saw him again, and I never ate so much Yu Sheng again."

"The process of being a human being is very similar to the process of discovering that you like eating raw fish."

Yoko Yuka tilted her head and looked at me again: "I don't understand what you are talking about, Mr. Writer."

"You found out that you like to eat yusheng through an accidental meeting with the chef. Since then, you have been obsessed with it. From cat cultivator to cat demon, even if you come to hell, you will never forget the deliciousness of yusheng. It's the same as being a human being. Through Some event that may be very accidental, I found what I wanted, what I wanted, and the motivation to live for it, and then I continued my life for it.”

Yoko Yuka frowned and looked at me: "It's so profound."

"Tell me how you came to this hell."

"I came here for cultivation. It is said that if we demons want to become human, we must do good deeds. There are too few opportunities to do good deeds in the human world. If people see me walking on two legs, can I do good deeds?" In human terms, who would give me raw fish? I was so scared that I ran away. So if you want to do good things, you can only come to hell."

"And what do you usually do in hell?"

"Helping black and white impermanence guarding ghosts and magical artifacts, occasionally as an errand, running back and forth between the world and hell."

"How long does it take to practice like this to become an adult? Do you know?"

"You can reincarnate, this is the easiest and easiest way. I can also rely on cultivation to gradually cultivate a human body. Reincarnation is the easiest and fastest, but the current memory, cultivation base, may be gone. I still want to Try the latter, first work hard and cultivate the human form first."

"Do you really want to find a human mother as a human?"

Yuka Yoko lowered her head shyly: "Not exactly, I just envy human beings."

"What do you envy human beings for?"

"I envy the freedom of human beings. They can do whatever they want and eat whatever they want. I envy human beings who can love the ones they love. I envy human beings who can walk on the street freely and don't need to hide XZ .”

"Many humans still envy cats, thinking that being a cat can eat, eat and sleep every day without doing anything."

"But being a human is much more meaningful than being a cat, isn't it? Human thoughts can be transmitted and resonated between words. As for us cats, no matter how much we say, no one can understand. When you can really talk, there is no one to talk to.”

"So you are a human being to find someone to chat with and find resonance?"

"That's one point..." Yuka Yoko looked very embarrassed, "I just think that being a human being is good, so I want to try being a human being."

"Okay, let's work hard and practice." I said.

Yuka Yoko stood up and blinked slowly at me: "My lord, you are very kind."

"I'm so nice?"

"I remember all the words you said. Although I may not understand it now, I think it will be very useful when I really become a human being."

"These are just my ideas. When you become human, you will come into contact with more interesting ideas."

"My lord, there is one more question."

"Excuse me."

"When you were a human, did you ever regret it?"

I laughed: "When I was a human being, I learned that regret is very useless."

"Then what if I regret it then?"

"Then let's talk about it when the regret really happens. Now I have expected too much, but it is a bit heavy."

"I probably know, thank you for writing." Yoko Yuka walked to the window, and it seemed that he didn't intend to go out through the door. "Good luck!" I said.

Yuka Yoko's ears moved: "Goodbye, Mr. Writer!"

"Goodbye." I said.

The white figure jumped down from the window and disappeared into the pitch-black hell.

(End of this chapter)