Chapter 402: Invitation from Underworld (8)
“Hakki?” Hoshiba Rang asked: “Are you talking about the Hyakki Nightwalker in the Heian Era?”
In the legend, a In the Heian Period more than a thousand years ago, there was a strange scene where humans and monsters were in charge of day and night respectively. Daytime was the time for human activities, and at night, monsters would come out of the spirit world and walk on the streets like humans. Wandering on the ground, this scene is called "Hundred Ghosts Night Parade", and it is a well-known story in Japan.
When everyone talks about Hyakki, the first thing that comes to mind is this legend, but Ashiya Kisuke rejects this answer.
"No, the [Hyakki] I'm talking about is the name of an organization." Ashiya Jisuke picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and then continued: "That organization is very mysterious, and even ordinary people don't know it. Unable to detect their presence.”
Xingchang Rang rubbed his chin and thought: "I have never heard of it at all...Have they done anything extraordinary with this organization? If so, there will definitely be traces. With my network, it is impossible "I can't notice it."
As a shop that specializes in spiritual masters as customers, Hoshiba Joe has always been well-informed, but he has never heard of the organization that Ashiya Jisuke mentioned, which makes him very confused. It’s puzzling.
"This is what I call mystery." Ashiya Jisuke said: "This organization will not do anything that will expose them, and basically will not take action against ordinary people. Even if it does, it will not stay. There are no traces, so no one issued a commission to crusade against them, thus exposing them. The purpose of this organization is unknown, its meaning is unknown, and its personnel are unknown. No one knows what they want to do."
King Kong couldn't help but ask. Said: "Since it is so secretive, how did Ashiya-sama know about the existence of this organization?"
Ashiya Jisuke said: "It is the witness reports of other spiritual masters, starting from more than ten years ago, one after another Some people have seen strange buildings, just like my Huangquan House. I originally thought it was a mirage building in the spiritual world. This kind of thing is still very common in the spiritual world.
However, those exorcists who had witnessed or even entered those buildings died due to various accidents during subsequent commissions. Only then did I belatedly remember their witness reports. I was sorting out the exorcists. While looking at the spiritual master's relics, he discovered a secret message left by a spiritual master before his death, and that message only had two words - [Hundred Ghosts]. "
"So, is it silence? "Anna was shuffling her Tarot cards.
"Kill? ! " Suzuna was a little panicked when she heard this.
Hoshiba gave way: "They didn't want people to discover their existence, so they created an accident and killed those spiritual masters... This makes sense, but the old man If you suddenly mentioned this, don't you mean..."
Suzuna reacted and asked: "Mr. Ashiya, you mean...that tanuki youkai has something to do with this organization called [Hundred Demons] relation? ”
"It's just a guess." Ashiya Jisuke said: "It's possible that you accidentally found a member of this organization and exposed him. This can also explain why Mr. Laiyama came to the 24th In the safe cell under constant surveillance, Suzuna suddenly suffered a stroke and died. "
Suzuna bit her nails and said in fear: "It's so cruel... If you are so cold to your own people, aren't we in danger? Risk? Mr. Qian, you said this was just an ordinary commission, right?”
Qian Xiaoyi said, “Hey~ I didn’t know there was such a thing, okay? I just accepted Qi Tiao. The consortium is entrusted to fight against monsters. Didn’t I make it clear to you before? Who knows what other [Hundred Ghost] organizations there are~"
Anna gave Qian Xiaoyi a thoughtful look, but Nothing was said.
"This makes sense." Xingchang Rang thought: "The civet cat's lair and the formation inside were obviously not built by him. He is not a spirit-killing family. He doesn't understand magic, so someone must have designed it for him there... If he can build a nest for him, then this also means that that kind of place It can be copied. In other words, there are similar places, and the person in charge of these places is-[Hundred Demons]!" Ashiya Jisuke nodded: "That's what I thought, if you didn't accept it by chance. This commission, and the fact that I successfully defeated the other party, I’m afraid I won’t know the true face of this organization until I die.”
King Kong touched his beard and thought deeply: "The true identity of that civet cat is the idol godfather Laishan Chengsheng. He is a big shot. If his companions are like him... wouldn't that mean , are there more people of the same level, or even more powerful ones, in the Hyakki organization?”
“I don’t want to die!” Suzuna screamed, holding her head. It’s terrible! I shouldn’t participate in this kind of commission!”
“Calm down.” Qian Xiaoyi said: “For now, it seems that we will be fine. Even if there is danger, it will be later. It's over, right, old man? "
Ashiya Jisuke agreed with Qian Xiaoyi and said: "Yes, according to the other party's habits, they will not act in such a hurry. This will only expose them more. , and killing your companions is also to prevent the information from being leaked, so you are still safe for the time being.”
"They are afraid!" King Kong clenched his fists and said sonorously: "After we defeat one civet monster, we can defeat the second and third one! As long as they dare to show their heads, I dare to fight back!"
Suzuna said: "You idiot! If I were them, I would only use realistic means to deal with the enemy. So what if you can fight in that world? The enemy is not an ordinary evil spirit, but It's a man-made monster with power in reality!"
King Kong was a little scared when he heard this: "In this case... it's really difficult to deal with. At most, I can go back to my hometown and live in seclusion in the mountains. They can't chase me. Go there? You will be eaten by a bear.”
Qian Xiaoyi showed a shocked expression: How remote is your hometown?
"I don't want to talk to you anymore..." Suzuna had a headache.
"Actually...King Kong's words also make sense." Ashiya Jisuke said.
Suzuna was stunned and asked: "Mr. Ashiya, are you kidding me?"
Ashiya Jisuke said: "Those exorcists who were eliminated before were because they came into contact with secrets. And this secret has not been discovered by others, but you are different. You have successfully exposed the monster's lair. The information about the monster's lair is no longer a secret. In order to protect themselves, they killed their companions with their own hands. , I think they will not cause trouble next time, unless... you still want to make trouble for them."
"That makes sense." Anna said: "We are just the spiritual masters who have accepted the commission, that's it. Mr. Shichijo's request has no personal grudges with that organization at all, and the fact that they successfully solved Lai Shan shows that they don't want to avenge him at all. There is no reason for them to take the initiative to expose themselves with such a cold style of behavior."
Ashiya Jisuke said: "So this time I invite you to come and gather together, just to warn you that it is best not to cause any trouble recently, and not to do anything that may disturb the enemy, such as continuing to pursue this matter. That will make things worse. The other party suspects that you are investigating their organization for a purpose, rather than a random commission. The power of that organization seems to be very large, and it is not something that a few stragglers can resist."
"I will definitely be honest!" Suzuna said immediately: "I won't even accept the commission during this period!"
Koshisuke Ashiya said with a strange expression: "But... there is no need to be so timid. Shrink, just follow your usual habits.”
(End of this chapter)