All living beings in hell

Chapter 98 - The Sickle
The sound of scratching the door was endless, like sharp claws buckling on the wooden door.

At the end of the day, all the ghosts should be hiding separately.How could there be guests at this time?

"My lord!" Yang Oyster looked at me nervously.

"It's okay, since the guests are here, let's receive them."

Yang Ou nodded, slipped into the small secret room behind the bookcase, coiled up his long body, just enough to fill the entire room.

"Please come in."

"Writing!" A familiar voice came from the door, and a pair of furry cat ears poked in from the door, "Guess where I went to play!"

"It's you, where did you go to play?"

Lianze jumped from the door to my wooden table in three steps and two steps, and slapped a 052 number plate on the table.

"Hey, I'm also your guest, didn't you expect that!"

I spread my pen and ink: "Since you are a guest, you have to follow the guest's procedures. This is still different from small talk."

"The writer is about to start working, so serious."

I picked up the pen and wrote down the name of the sickle on the paper: "May I ask why you came to me today?"

"Actually, we have known each other for a while. The first time I saw you, I thought you were very reliable! You are very trustworthy! You must know that our cats are suspicious creatures by nature."

"Thank you for your trust."

"I also know that your job is to write down stories and bring them back to the world. There is one thing about me that no one has said. The cat has never said it, the ghost has never said it, and the person has never said it. I have always felt that there is no suitable one. Time to say, come to think of it, maybe today is the time."

"Then please tell me, I will record everything you said truthfully."

"I lied to you before. I am not a big raccoon cat raised in a monastery. I cultivated into a cat demon very early, but I accidentally lost my body..."

"How early is early?"

Lian thought for a while, licked his paw, and sighed: "I used to be a little cat demon in Japan's Azuchi Momoyama era, and I served you."

"Works for me?"

Kale looked a bit embarrassed, not knowing whether to continue talking.I comforted: "It's okay, you can say anything. It's been a long time since the Azuchi Momoyama era, you are safe."

"My lord, you used to be a famous big cat demon in the world of Japanese fairies!"

"And then? What do you do for me?"

"Eavesdropping on intelligence, selling smuggled items from the mainland, fighting against the Onmyoji and the army sent by the imperial court to wipe out the goblins..."

"Sounds busy."

"My lord, we all hope that you can come back and lead us again!" Lian suddenly prostrated himself on the ground with a very pious voice.

"What you are talking about should be my experience in a previous life. Now I can't lead you. You can also see that my appearance, position and life are completely different now. My life experience is constantly being restarted and reincarnated. Refresh, until this moment. I am no longer that big cat monster."

"But Mr. Writer, the big cat demon is still on your body! I can see him!"

I remember that some customers said that they saw the shadow of a cat demon on my body before, and they scared the customers.Just when I was thinking this way, I only felt a force rushing out of my limbs.A pair of giant claws formed a double image with my spirit body, the claws gradually separated from my spirit body, and walked aside alone.

I turned my head to look - it was more like a small silver tiger than a cat demon.Gray tabby fur, a white mane around the neck, bright yellow eyes like flawless glass beads.

"Master Hara Kuri Gozun! I finally see you again!" Kamanori's voice sounded excited.

The big cat's ears moved, and his tone sounded impatient: "What are you looking for me for? Shouldn't you be looking for someone to write?"

"Writing and you are the same person!"

"Yes and no, the reason for this has been explained to you just now."

"Master Wu Zeming, after you left, our cat clan was defeated and was suppressed by other goblins and the court everywhere. I was also caught and skinned, lost my body, and became like this..." Sickle's voice Getting smaller and smaller sounds sad.

"I'm sorry. As the leader at that time, I did have my negligence. But time has passed. Whether it's a goblin or a cat, the current situation is very different. Don't worry too much about the past."

"But...but..."

"There is nothing wrong. So many years have passed, whether it is the fate of the cat clan or the struggle between the goblins and the court, it is just a grain of sand in the long river of time. Let it go."

I watched the conversation between the big cat and Lian Ze, and the pen in my hand kept recording without interrupting.Lian lowered his head and said nothing, a whining sound came from his throat.

The big cat clicked my name: "Writer, what do you think?"

I stopped the pen in my hand and looked at the little cat demon in front of me: "Xian Ze, you now know that Wu Zeming will not come to lead you again, what are you going to do?"

"I... I don't know either. I've been wandering around people for a long time and watched a lot of love and hate. I'm a little tired. I want to be an ordinary kitten."

Wu Ziming raised his eyebrows: "You want to give up your demon power?"

Sickle nodded slightly, not even noticeable.

Wu Zeming's voice was deep and serious: "Do you know that once you give up your demon power, it will be difficult to regain it," it paused, "I hope this is not something you did on the spur of the moment, because it is necessary to bear the consequences for it." Only you, and no one else."

Lian still nodded slightly up and down: "My lord, Wu Zeming, I have actually thought about this matter for a long time... I think about what is the meaning of being a cat demon, what is the meaning of life... I am being a cat." When I was a demon, I once loved a girl deeply. This girl’s body is very fragile, and once the skin is cut, she will bleed non-stop. Her family usually does not let her go out and locks her in the bedroom. I often Go to the window to see her, and watch her grow from a lively child to a taciturn girl. Because of the long-term lack of sunlight, her skin is always pale, and her body is as thin as a dandelion seed, which will go away as soon as the wind blows."

"And then?" I asked.

"But I love her so much. Whenever the moon climbs into the night sky, I will turn into a teenager and climb into her bedroom through the window to have a tryst with her. One day, I confessed to her that I am a cat demon, but she said She already knew that I was a cat demon, otherwise that young man would have climbed up to a seven-story bedroom with such skills, and he would only appear at night."

Scythe was talking, with a smile on his face, as if immersed in good memories.

"What happened next?" I continued.

"The girl had a high fever when she was 20 years old, and she was so delirious. Her father sent someone to guard her bedroom 24 hours a day, and I couldn't get in. Even if I stayed at the window for a while, someone would treat me as a Chased away as an uninterested wild cat. The last time I saw her, she didn't see me. The doctor was piercing her body with silver needles, and she was like an unconscious rag doll, at the mercy of others.

Then, she disappeared.Completely disappeared from that bedroom, and I never saw her again. "

Kamanori's smile disappeared, and Wu Zeming fell into silence.

"What does this have to do with your wanting to give up witchcraft?" I asked.

"As I said, my lord, I have thought a lot about giving up witchcraft. I think if I were an ordinary boy, would I be able to fall in love with a girl in a fair manner? Holding her hand when she was dying, and telling her unfinished love words? I still have many, many things I want to do with her, but because I am a demon, I have no choice."

"So you want to give up witchcraft for the sake of love?"

"Not exactly...I've been a monster for too long. I gain something by being a monster, but lose more...I don't like it."

"Whether you are a human, a demon, a ghost, or a god, there are gains and losses. Sometimes what you lose has nothing to do with your identity, but rather the 'losing' itself."

Kama looked up at me, and Gokishina looked at me too.Both pairs of cat eyes were narrowed into thin lines.

Lian then asked: "What does the writing master mean by this?"

"If there's anything to be learned from 'losing' itself, then after such a loss, there's more than just pain left.

Survive and grow from such pain.No matter what your identity is, you may be able to find a different solution to the same situation in the future.Maybe, I mean maybe, it'll be a little bit easier. "

"The meaning of the writing adults is to learn from pain."

"Let's start with the acceptance of 'lost'. Acceptance is the first step in learning. This matter has nothing to do with whether you give up the magic or not. You can do it if you give up, and you can do it without giving up."

Lian bowed his head and thought for a while, then said softly: "I see."

"So what are you going to do next?" I asked him.

"Next, next... I need some time to think for myself."

Wu Zeming showed a gratified smile, although it was only for a second, I still saw it.

"Okay," I said, "then it's about the same time today."

"My lord, can I still talk to you next time?"

"Each guest only has one chance. If you come to see me again, you won't chat in this way."

"Then I have one last question!"

"You ask."

"What does the writer think the meaning of life is?"

I laughed, and Wu Zeming also laughed.

"That's a big question," I said, "I think the meaning of life is always subjective. Maybe it doesn't apply to you."

"I want to know your subjectivity!" Kale insisted.

"Feel, learn, summarize, and communicate. Just like the roots of a tree absorb nutrients from the soil, release oxygen during the growth process, and the leaves fall and become fertilizer for the soil. This cycle is the meaning of life that I temporarily think."

"Is this...is this..."

"It's no wonder that your office is built on trees when you write. It seems that you really love trees." Wu Zeming said silently on the side.

"Oh, this... the tree house... It's not my decision..."

Lian stood up suddenly, clenched his claws by his side: "I know!"

"I still have a lot of things to do," Kakashi bowed to Wu Zeming and me standardly, "I'm going now!"

"Bless you, go." I said.

"Live well, pussycat," said the five names.

Kama nodded seriously, and jumped out of the window lightly.In just an instant, it disappeared into the dense branches and leaves.

Only me and Wu Zeming were left in the office. I turned my head and looked at the big cat in front of me, and the big cat's amber eyes were also looking at me.

Ten seconds passed.

We said it almost in unison.

"What's the matter with you!"

(End of this chapter)