I'm really just human

"Don't look for him anymore. If he could come out, he would have come out long ago."

Outside the mountains and forests.

Fujiwara Saiji never waited for Natsukawa to come back, and he anxiously wandered on the edge of the fog. He tried to enter several times but failed, and almost lost his way.

Although I believe in Xia Chuan's strength, the mist is too strange. It suddenly suppressed his transformation ability.

It seems that only Ghost Knights can move freely inside.

If the mentor can't transform either...

"I say, can you guys stop causing trouble?"

The ghost knight put down the phone call that he had finally connected, and smiled at Fujiwara Saiji while holding a piece of dry grass in his mouth.

"I've almost understood the situation. I didn't expect someone to become a level 6 knight. But this is a ghost world, a copy for us ghosts. The alliance decided that I will lead the team after the passage appears..."

"please!"

Fujiwara Saiji gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of the Ghost Knight.

"Please let me join the team, I..."

"Don't you understand?"

The ghost knight dodged and stepped on Fujiwara Saiji.

"You're really in the way, kid! I'm not interested in saving anyone. No one can interfere with my progress, not even your mentor, Kanonaga!"

……

"Hibiki" time and space.

When Xia Chuan opened his eyes, he found himself standing in an ancient market on an island country.

Low-rise brick and wooden houses, dirt roads, and shouting vendors.

Coarse ancient costumes, kimonos...the most conspicuous thing is the sword-wielding warriors wandering the streets.

If it weren't for the daimyo castle visible in the distance, this place would look more like a country village from long ago.

It's dirty, messy and has none of the special filters seen in movies and TV dramas.

Is this the ancient timeline of "Hibiki"?

If I remember correctly, the TV version of "Hibiki" seems to be the modern world.

Could it be that our schedule is out of sync with that of the action team?

That would be troublesome.

He couldn't possibly wait in this copy until the modern era.

Xia Chuan walked out of the market street, his eyes swept across the kimono girl who was playing with a ball and singing alone on the street corner. He fumbled for a while in her civilian clothes that smelled slightly of sweat, but did not find a penny, but did find a half-eaten sweet potato.

This time I'm just an ordinary person.

"One, two... where to go... God-sama festival... slurp!"

The kimono girl who was humming suddenly stopped, looked straight at Xia Chuan while holding the ancient leather ball, and licked the saliva from the corner of her mouth greedily.

"It looks delicious, even tastier than ghosts."

"call!"

Xiachuan turned around and met the gaze of the kimono girl, and the cute little face he sensed suddenly turned into a ferocious white-headed evil ghost.

The demonized monster is quite powerful.

At least it is much more advanced than that spider demon.

"Hey, Kanonaga!"

A middle-aged man dressed as a monk walked out of the noodle shop and called out to Xia Chuan, who was behaving strangely, in confusion.

"Come and eat first. I'll teach you ghost training later. If you want to become a powerful ghost, it's important to have a full stomach."

"ghost?"

When Xiachuan looked at the street corner again, he could no longer find the girl in kimono, so he could only follow the wizard into the noodle shop.

He is an ordinary person, but not completely an ordinary person.

After following the monk back to the temple from the market, Xia Chuan finally figured out his situation.

Because of the existence of demonized monsters, some people gave up their human identities and became "ghosts" through hard training, and relied on the power of "ghosts" to eliminate the demonized monsters.

However, the power of ghosts can bring great burdens and even erode people's hearts. In addition, they are often injured in battles, so each generation of ghosts will train their own successors.

And now he is the apprentice of one of the "ghosts" and is the chosen next generation "Frozen Ghost".

Frozen Ghost is the name of this wizard, and it also refers to his transformed form.

"Buzz!"

While the wizard was away, Xia Chuan picked up the transformation tuning fork, looked at it, and gently touched it to his forehead.

There was indeed a strange force that spread along the sound of the tuning fork, but it was automatically dissipated and rebounded before it got close to him, and it did not cause any reaction for a long time.

Logically speaking, the Ghost Knight transforms through these sounds, but there was no movement from his side.

He has the physique to transform into a full knight, but he can't transform.

Not the Knight System?

Xia Chuan checked the transformation tuning fork in his hand again.

"It's too early for you now," the wizard laughed outside the door, "There is no shortcut to becoming a ghost. I practiced for a year before I could barely transform."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 224 Practice

2023-07-12

"right here?"

This world is a foggy forest.

Kondo Isami, along with Murai Ryouta and a few others, met up with Fujiwara Saiji, and looked at Team 01, which was teaming up with the Ghost Knights, through a small patch of trees.

This time, the foreign teams seemed eager to leave Country J and were particularly concerned about the appearance of the mysterious fog.

"Isn't it very strange?" Kondo Isami frowned helplessly, "That Matsuo guy... it's fine if he doesn't let Mr. Kotaro lead the team, but why did he only lead this 01 team?"

Generally speaking, after the official copy channel appears, it will be temporarily closed after 10 people pass through it.

01战队3人小组外加2名辅助队员，算上鬼系骑士也才6人，剩下4个空缺名额竟然白白浪费。

No matter how powerful those demonized monsters are, can they be stronger than a level 6 knight RX?

It is true that RX's performance in recent copies has not been satisfactory, but we also have to look at who the opponent is.

Either you are restrained or you are at god level.

"But speaking of which, is that guy Kaminaga really missing?"

"The instructor asked me to wait for him here, and then he went in alone, saying that there was something wrong with the white mist and he wanted to find the action team."

Fujiwara Saiji lowered his head, clenched his fists and secretly hated his own incompetence.

It's not just the Zerg incident, it seems like there have been similar feelings of powerlessness many times.

Same now.

Even though we already have a second knight system, the fusion coefficient just won’t go up.

"Mr. Matsuo said that the instructor and his friends may have accidentally entered the ghost world during the time of confusion in space and time."

"Can't we get in without that guy leading the way?" Kondo Isami asked, pushing up the frame of his glasses, "There are still four more official spots..."

"It's useless," Fujiwara Saiji shook his head. "I've tried it. It's extremely difficult to transform inside a time-space distortion. If I hadn't had the Royal Bee Insect Instrument to lead the way, I'd probably have completely lost my way."

"This is troublesome. What on earth is your instructor thinking? He is so reckless...does he think he is Ultraman?"

Kondo Isami hesitated and watched the knight team completely disappear in the fog.

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.

In the eyes of outsiders, as a "strong man" who has passed through several time and space copies in succession, his strength should be second only to RX, but only he himself knows the specific situation.

It is really difficult for him to lead a team to the copy world to rescue people.

But leaving it like this doesn't make sense.

The Kaminaga isomorph saved him, now it's his turn to save Kaminaga...

"I'll go ask Mr. Kotaro for help," Kondo Isami took a deep breath, "Mr. Kotaro is more familiar with the dungeon world."

"Are you afraid?"

"I……"

……

"Hibiki" ancient time and space.

temple.

Xia Chuan was unable to find out any news about the action team, and for the time being he didn't know whether the action team had entered this era. He could only practice with the magician first.

This place is similar to the Warring States Period in Japan. Apart from the famous castles, there are only scattered villages. Communications are not particularly developed, and everything depends almost entirely on word of mouth.

The specific information still depends on these ghosts traveling around.

If possible, find out the principle of ghost transformation and why you can't transform yourself.

Agito's inability to transform directly can be said to have a lot to do with his body and strength.

It does not have the genetic genes of the Black God or the White God, and cannot be transformed by the power of the White God.

Is it the same with “ghosts”?

The transformation of "Ghost" is indeed very strange, and it is quite different from his previous knight system.

To be precise, it's not that it can't transform, but that there is nothing that can be transformed.

"when--!"

The temple bell rang in the early morning, and the monk who had finished his morning prayers called Xia Chuan to the Buddhist hall.

"From today on, you will officially start practicing."

The wizard said as he sat upright with his eyes closed.

"If you want to become a ghost, you must know what a ghost is. First, you must have a strong body, and then you can integrate the elemental power...

“So every ghost has to go through unremitting training day after day, even a mature ghost like me is no exception. It is precisely because of the daily training that we can cope with various situations when fighting against demonized ghosts.

"In addition to physical training, our faction also needs to master various skills, which is relatively more difficult."

As the wizard spoke, he suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils glowed slightly, and he tensed his body and growled.

Then I saw a piece of soil and stone outside slowly floating up, and when I turned around, it was grabbed by it through the air.

"This is the art of telekinesis. It is not easy to use. It takes me ten years of practice to reach this level. After you have polished your body and initially integrated the elements, you can start by trying to move your hair, feathers, and grass clippings." The wizard held up the earth and stones and closed his eyes again.

"So troublesome?"

Xiachuan noticed the sweat secretly flowing down the wizard's forehead.

Although he seemed calm, he actually put in a lot of effort.

It is indeed not easy for ordinary people, and it can be said to be a miraculous performance.

Looking back, he had never experienced the process of practicing from scratch.

The so-called training is more like development, and various abilities come directly from the knight's materials or self-evolution.

"Of course, I practiced hard for ten years!"

The wizard opened one eye and raised his brows slightly.

The new disciple is not only a little old, but also has a very impetuous temperament.

How can you endure years of hard practice without calming down?