My mother's love song

Rhodes took a look at the beautiful woman standing in front of him, and simply took another step away, trying to pass by her directly.

The beautiful woman in kimono raised her hand and said, "Master Samurai, please stay."

"What's the matter?" Rhodes asked.

The beauty said, "Sir Warrior, I have just arrived in the capital and am not familiar with the roads here. I got lost tonight. Could you please point me in the direction of home?"

"Well... that's fine."

Just as Rhodes was about to raise his arm and point his finger in the direction of Mount Dajiang, the woman half bent over again and spoke in a pretentious tone.

“Ah… Samurai-sama, my leg seems to be injured.

I know this is a very rude request...but if it is convenient for you, could you please carry me back to my home?"

The beautiful woman grabbed the boy's sleeve and said quietly, "Young and handsome warrior, thank you very much for your help... When we get home, I will repay you in any way I can."

Rhodes wanted to refuse, but suddenly remembered what happened in Kurama Temple last week, so he agreed.

"no problem."

After saying that, he half-knelt down in front of the kimono beauty with his back to her.

Then, the lost woman who transformed into a beautiful woman, Ibaraki Douji, raised the corners of his mouth and his canine teeth appeared from between his lips.

She looked down at the back of Rhode's defenselessly exposed neck, feeling secretly happy.

Hahahaha... What a fool! No matter how powerful you are, you still can't see through my magic! You lustful little devil, in the end, you were fooled by me!

Ibaraki Douji raised his arm, his long nails reflecting the phosphorescent light in the moonlight.

Just before she was about to swing her hand down towards the back of Rhodes' neck, she suddenly changed her mind.

Wait... Even though I can indeed knock him down with a sneak attack now, it won't be enough to humiliate him!

Ibaraki Douji has not yet forgotten how he hurt Shuten Douji and how he defeated and humiliated himself in public again and again!

That's right, this deep hatred can't be let go like this.

Ibaraki Douji lay on Rod's back and wrapped his arms around his neck.

Rhodes carried her on his back and asked, "Where is your home?"

Ibaraki Douji answered without hesitation: "My home is in Oe..."

"Ok?"

"My home is near Rashomon."

“It’s so far.”

"Please forgive me."

Rod carried Ibaraki Douji on his back and walked towards Rashomon.

"Beautiful lady, do you live alone?"

On the way, Rhodes suddenly asked.

Hearing his question, Ibaraki frowned.

Then she suddenly realized: So that's it, is he trying to find out if there are other people in my family who might get in his way? What a hopeless pervert.

Ibaraki Douji said in a clipped voice: "In reply to the samurai, I live alone... Hehe, please rest assured."

She originally thought that Rhode would immediately reveal a lecherous expression upon hearing this answer, but unexpectedly he showed a hint of dissatisfaction instead.

"Miss, think about it again, do you live alone? Do you live with any brothers or sisters?"

Rhodes turned his head and glanced at Ibaraki Douji out of the corner of his eye.

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Ibaraki Douji suddenly felt as if a huge force was pressing on his back.

This kind of coldness that seemed to penetrate her skin was the same as when she first met Rhode...

She hunched her shoulders involuntarily. "Ah... If I think about it carefully, I have a sworn sister who is not related by blood and lives with me."

So you think of Shuten as your sister? This is a sign of a serious lack of self-awareness, Rhode complained in his heart.

He then asked tentatively, "Is that so... Has your sister behaved abnormally recently?"

unusual?

How could Shuten-doji be abnormal! She has always been the most noble and beautiful ghost among ghosts!

"For example, have you been going out alone at night recently, or not coming home at night?"

Ibaraki Douji thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then wine... ahem, my sister seems to have left Oe... and home alone without telling me recently."

"Really? Apart from going out at night, are there any other abnormal behaviors?"

So, Ibaraki Douji honestly told the story of Shuten Douji's recent performance in Oeyama.

For example, the banquets that used to be held every night are no longer held.

For example, I have recently started to be concerned about the military equipment on Mount Oe for no apparent reason.

For example, he ordered the Star Bear Boy and the Golden Bear Boy to start training the little ghosts on the mountain.

For example, Kuma-doji and Tora-doji were sent to Musashi and Ueno provinces for investigation.

Just like reporting to the leader,

It was not until he finished telling the whole story that Ibaraki Douji noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong with you today? Why do you keep asking me about Shuten-doji?"

There is really only one thing, in the end, Ibaraki Douji was completely unaware of the fact that he had fallen into Rod's Demon Eye.

Rhodes smiled but said nothing.

"You should get along well with Shuten. Since we are brothers, you should cherish each other."

"Humph, is it your turn as an outsider to say that?"

Ibaraki Douji said with a look of disdain and pride, "I have a very good relationship with Shuten."

Rhodes said: "I feel relieved when you say that, because I know Ibaraki is actually a good boy."

"........."

Ibaraki Douji stared at the boy's serious profile, and suddenly his cheeks turned red. He turned his head away and murmured softly: "I know... I'm talking nonsense."

Rhodes smiled gently.

“…Wha, what! You suddenly say such inexplicable things, you are really disgusting tonight!”

Ibaraki Douji blushed and started yelling again.

At this time, Rhodes said to the blonde ghost girl behind him: "We are home, beautiful lady."

"Ok?"

Ibaraki Douji looked up and realized that he had not been sent to the Rashomon Gate by Rhode, but a more familiar scene.

They arrived at the gate of Mt. Oeyama.

Seeing the scenery in front of him, Ibaraki Douji was so frightened that he revealed his true form.

Not far away, the gatekeepers under Ibaraki Douji had stunned expressions on their faces as they looked at their boss, who was lying intimately on a human with red cheeks.

"What's wrong, Ibaraki Douji. Isn't this your home?" Rhodes said.

"...!!!"

From a tall beauty over 1.6 meters tall, she turned back into a short female kid less than 1.5 meters tall. After maintaining a dazed expression for a while, Ibaraki Douji suddenly broke free from Rhodes' hands, jumped off his back, and kept some distance between them.

"Damn it... Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it! You knew it was me, but you still deliberately humiliated me!

You discovered it from the beginning, but you still deliberately carried me back to Dajiang Mountain, and tricked me and teased me on the way... You actually used such a vicious way to humiliate me! You made me lose face in front of my subordinates!"

Ibaraki Douji's face turned red, her fangs were bared, and she screamed loudly, and a raging fire burst out from under her feet.

"Kill you! Kill you, kill you, I'm going to kill you! Ah, how hateful, how hateful, how hateful, I'm going to tear your head off tonight!"

I will hang your head on the gate of Mount Oe for public display...Genji!!!"

“Haha, it finally turned out like this…”

Rhodes sighed: "Although it is a little hard to believe, I never intended to humiliate you. Instead, I wanted to get along well with you.

It's the same tonight, I just sent you home according to your wishes."

"What nonsense are you talking about! You are a human and I am a ghost, we are completely incompatible! How could you be so kind as to help me?"

Rhodes said, "Didn't you come to my house to drink before? I treated you at that time, too."

“Um, um… I’m doing this for Shuten’s sake. Yes, I’m doing this for Shuten’s sake…!”

"Then whose face am I doing this for?" Rhodes asked.

"……Well."

Ibaraki Douji was refuted.

"Anyway, you definitely have bad intentions! I know, you want to see me and Shuten-doji make fools of ourselves after drinking... You're right, aren't you?"

No matter what, Ibaraki Douji would not believe Rod's idea of ​​getting along well with ghosts.

First impressions are important.

A large part of human social attitudes comes from first impressions. Humans are creatures that will form preconceived notions due to bad first impressions.

The same goes for ghosts, and needless to say the nature of a child like Ibaraki Douji.

Ibaraki Douji first knew about Rod because he beat up Shuten Douji and caused Ibaraki's favorite Shuten to develop PTSD.

So even after getting to know him more closely and discovering that Rhodes wasn't the evil guy she had imagined, she was unwilling to accept this fact.

"I can't help it even if you don't believe me."

Rhode knew that it was meaningless to explain himself, so he changed the subject, looked up at Mount Oe and said, "I'm going to see Shuten now."

"How can I let you get close to Shuten again and hurt Shuten!"

Ibaraki Douji pointed at Rhodes and shouted.

"I am right here! You can't go anywhere! Tremble and sob because of my fangs and claws"

The sword flashed, and Ibaraki Douji's right arm flew out.

Chapter 695 Master, my body is so hot...

The demon arm, which carried the blood of the King of Monsters and was stronger than any steel, flew out with a flash of light.

Ibaraki Douji turned around in a daze and looked at his right arm, which he was so proud of.

The blood gushed out and scattered in the night like a blazing red spider lily.

The cross-section of the ghost boy's broken limb was incredibly flat, which was enough to show the exquisiteness of the knife.

“My right arm… wuwua ...

Ibaraki Douji's belated screams echoed in front of the gate of Mt. Oe.

“It’s been chopped off…! It’s been chopped off…Ahh, ahhh…Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, ahhhhh! Damn it, ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

The blonde ghost girl fell to the ground, holding down her right arm, rolling back and forth in pain, screaming.

Rhode just stood there and looked at her from beginning to end, without moving a step, and his arms were wrapped in the sleeves of his kimono as if to prove his innocence.

Ibaraki Douji looked at his right hand with tears in his eyes, bit his lip and growled: "You...you...took my right arm...huh!?"

The girl stared blankly with her eyes wide open.

The impossible scene was reflected in those golden ghost eyes.

Ibaraki Douji's right arm was there intact.

She had just witnessed with her own eyes her arm being cut off by the sword and flying away.

She had just experienced the tremendous pain and humiliation of losing her limbs.