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"I think..."

"Behind these ghosts, there seems to be a being very similar to your busty woman~"

"What did you say?"

129. The other ghost is Minamoto no Raikou himself? (-word chapter)

"what do you mean?"

Ian suddenly became concerned by Shuten-doji's words.

"What does it mean to be the same as Raikou?"

“Isn’t this something that is easy to understand?”

Shuten-doji looked up at the man next to him, with a hint of pride in his tone.

"If it were us, why would we send a ghost here in such a fancy way?"

"This kind of regular disturbance is definitely a human strategy, not a ghost strategy, right?"

"You may not feel it, but we experienced exactly the same thing when we were in Dajiangshan."

"..."

Shuten-doji is right.

Compared to the last "grand occasion" of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons caused by the Oeyama Demon King.

The current ghost troubles do have many similarities with the strategies used by Minamoto no Raikou when he led his troops in battle.

and--

Ian looked back at the places he had traveled with Shuten-doji along the way.

He could feel that these ghosts who were sent from nowhere were very familiar with Heian-kyo.

This is definitely not the understanding that the ghosts can have - after all, neither himself nor Minamoto no Raikou would ever allow them to appear in Heian-kyo.

of course.

Shuten-doji is an exception at this moment.

Ian must follow his promise to her - Yin-Yang Master cannot lie.

Apart from this, the current situation means one thing.

That is, there is a ghost who knows Heian-kyō very well and is planning all this in secret.

If we can find it and get rid of it, perhaps we can truly end the era of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

but--

How to find it?

The reason why Shuten-doji was found before was because of Sakata Kintoki's accident.

But this time, there won’t be another Sakata Kintoki, right?

Ian, realizing this, couldn't help but frown.

"..."

Shuten-doji looked at him like this, hesitated for a while, and said:

"Hey! Don't be like that!"

"It's just a ghost! Is there any need to show such an expression?! Show the same courage you showed when you came to our Oeyama!"

"..."

"Are you encouraging me?"

Ian looked at the petite ghost girl beside him.

"Stop being so self-righteous."

Shuten-doji supported his waist with his hands and looked at the great Onmyoji in front of him with disdain.

"We are just returning the favor of the wine you gave us."

"I am the Ghost King of Mount Oe, how could I possibly encourage a great Onmyoji like you?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ian glanced at the bottle of wine in Shuten-doji's hand and quickly realized her true thoughts.

"So you want to drink?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from Ian, Shuten-doji admitted it directly.

"Yes!"

"I love fine wine. Since you said this is one of the best wines in Kyoto."

"We have to try it anyway, right?"

To be fair.

Shuten-doji knew that his idea would most likely be rejected by Ian on the spot.

But things did not develop as she imagined.

Ian responded quickly:

"Okay, let's drink for a while."

"Eh?"

Shuten-doji couldn't quite believe what he heard - this man actually agreed to it?

"Hey! We're talking about drinking, right?!"

The petite ghost girl brought the wine bottle to her mouth and made a sucking motion.

"Don't get me wrong!"

"I heard you right." Ian's expression seemed very calm, "I know you want to drink."

"Don't forget it."

"I've told you before, as long as you listen to me and do what I say, I won't treat you unfairly."

"..."

Shuten-doji's face flushed slightly.

She murmured quietly:

"You are a very nice person..."

[You agreed to Shuten-doji's request to drink. ]

[You took her to the best wine shop in Heian-kyō.]

[The innate mountain and water flow has been activated: Although Shuten-doji is a genuine ghost, under your influence, no one feels anything unusual about it.]

【She is considered your servant.】

[The owner of the wine club was surprised at your arrival, but soon accepted it all - businessmen will not miss any opportunity to do business.]

[You brought Shuten-douji into the largest room in the wine club.]

[You deliberately avoided the dishes that ghosts were taboo about, and then ordered a table full of dishes for her.]

"you……"

Shuten-doji looked at the table full of dishes in front of him, his lips slightly open, looking very surprised.

"What is this for?"

"We just want to have a drink, why did you bring out so many things?"

"..."

Ian looked puzzled.

"Isn't this how you usually drink?"

"Of course not!"

Shuten-doji asked back.

"Just drink, don't you? Why do you have to prepare so many things?"

Realizing the gap between human and ghost life, Ian smiled.

"Then maybe you should try drinking and eating at the same time today."

"I promise you'll have a new experience."

Although he had considerable doubts about what Ian said, Shuten-doji finally decided to believe him just this once.

After all, this guy is in some sense a complete enemy of mine.

But if it was something he said, I didn't miss a single one.

"Okay, then let's do as the uncle said and give it a try reluctantly~"

A few minutes later.

"Eh?!"

"This, this, this!"

Shuten-doji waved the chopsticks in his hand, and a slight blush of happiness appeared on his delicate cheeks.

"What the hell is this?!"

“Why does it taste so good when paired with wine?!”

"This is a snack."

Ian answered directly.

"This is something that people in Kyoto made for drinking. There are other things that are more suitable, but considering that you will lose your appetite, let's just forget it."

"Disgusting?"

Shuten-doji put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"What can make us lose our appetite?"

"Because those are things that can be used when exorcising ghosts." Ian made no secret of the reason.

"If you were to eat them—"

Ian didn't finish his words, but Shuten-doji already understood what he meant.

Her current abilities have been "confiscated" by the great Onmyoji in front of her.

If you allow yourself to eat some of the things commonly used to exorcise ghosts, you will really experience a feeling that is worse than death.

Shuten-doji looked at the man across the table, with a hint of admiration in his purple eyes.

"You are a very considerate person."

"No wonder that busty woman likes you so much."

"Don't worry about what happens between me and Lai Guang." Ian interrupted the topic directly.

"As long as you do what I say, I won't say I owe you anything."

"..."

Shuten-doji licked his tongue.

"Uncle, your thoughts on ghosts seem to have changed a lot~"

"In the past, you would have pointed a knife at me and given me orders, right?"

"Why now..."

"Don't think too much." Ian took a sip of sake, "My thoughts have never changed."

"Ghosts must be destroyed, no matter what the time."