Chapter 1470 1442. [Remnant]
The villagers who had previously helped the village chief move a lot of debris for the ceremony now began to dismantle things again.
After Daisuke Kikuchi gave some instructions to his son, he turned to Lan En.
"The world is not stable now. You can see corpses robbed and killed by bandits on the roadside."
Just like an ordinary old man complaining about the current situation, the old samurai said casually With.
"Resentments and [residues] are getting heavier and heavier, and monsters are becoming more and more common because of this. It's really awesome."
"The village is protected by the sacred cherry tree. Who would have thought before that you could escape from the hungry ghost path?" Will the hungry ghosts appear in the village? "
[Hungry Ghost Path].
Calmly, Lan En mainly captured this word.
One of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, if that hungry ghost really ran out of the so-called hungry ghost path and arrived in the human world. So at least it means that there is really a world after death and an order after death in this world?
This is not an issue that can be easily concluded.
The destination after death is one of the final questions of life in many worlds.
Those who can clearly understand the order of the afterlife, so far, even with Lan En's experience, he has only encountered two worlds.
In the world of fire, the soul of life is born next to the initial fire. Without the soul, it is a living corpse.
After death there is clearly nothingness.
The world of Arda, a world where the Creator still watches over, where the halls of Mandos hold the souls of the dead. Even if the gods under the Creator God are willing, they can return their souls to the earth.
For example, [Golden Flower Lord] Glorfindel, whom Lan En once met.
From this point of view, it seems that a world that can clearly confirm the order of the afterlife is not simple.
I just don’t know how ‘not simple’ this world is.
"[Remnant].?" Lan En chewed the word meaningfully.
From Daisuke Kikuchi's complaints, he could easily extract important information.
Of course war is a bad thing, but the resentment and [filth] generated by war seem to be the main reasons for the increase in the number of monsters.
Among them, the so-called [dirty] is the main concept.
At the right time, the demon hunter showed a very patient expression.
Old Samurai Old Samurai, he is an old man first, and then a warrior. The child at home is not the kind of person who is easy to worry about. If someone listens to his talk, he will naturally talk a lot more.
Lan En's precise control and reaction of emotions made Daisuke Kikuchi feel almost nothing, so he naturally complained for a while.
“Yes, [dirty].” The old warrior looked like he was in decline. “It’s probably a caravan passing by to rest and raise horses, and they encountered something unclean on the road, and then Brought [Zandi] into the village Right."
"This has attracted hungry ghosts from hell."
"There have been quite a lot of them running out of hell in recent days." Lan Enyong looked at it. It seems to be lamenting the nonsense that actually has no content.
The old warrior believed deeply: "This is what happens when the world is in chaos. Not only people, but also monsters and evil spirits will run rampant in the world."
"Don't even think about resting tonight." Daisuke Kikuchi tightened the belt holding the scabbard and said sternly, "The patrol team still has to patrol, but I have to step up and take away the person or caravan who brought [Zandi] Find them out and let them be purified.”
[Residue] refers to the occurrence of bad things such as deaths, epidemics, fires, floods, etc. in a certain place, and in occultism. sense of filth left behind.
Lan En can understand the meaning of this word, because most Japanese horror movies are of this type.
Chinese horror movies talk about ghosts killing people. Most of the time, there is a guilty party and a debtor. If innocent people are harmed, then the righteous master will think that the ghost has fallen into the evil way and eradicate it or send it to reincarnation.
But in Japanese horror movies, even if ghosts kill people, most of them don't talk about grudges and revenge. They just kill indiscriminately.
This is because the two cultural atmospheres have different understandings of the concept of "harmful ghosts".
Chinese culture believes that the soul that becomes a ghost after death is still human and can be seen as a person distorted by obsession. After dispelling the hatred, you will die when you should.
But in Japanese culture, they are no longer human and have no humanity. They are [residues], residual filth.
Dirt does not recognize people, it only contaminates everyone who passes by.
Reflected from the perspective of the victim, it is an indiscriminate expansion of the scope of harm.
In this world, [dirty] seems to attract those unclean things.
Just now Daisuke Kikuchi mistakenly thought that Lan En did not go to exorcise [Eternal World] because he was a person who did not want to get his hands dirty.
It can be seen that in this world, even killing ghosts is an act that will contaminate oneself with [dirty].
If there is no corresponding purification method, the more you kill ghosts, the more unclean the world will be.
Just being around a ghost slayer can also lead to dirt.
Therefore, people are afraid to approach, or even feared and repulsed.
“Are you looking for someone contaminated with [Filth]?” Lan En said to Daisuke Kikuchi as he looked at the villagers who gradually dispersed and went home, “I may have seen that person.”
"Huh?" The old warrior's eyes widened in surprise. This would really save him a lot of trouble. "Thank you very much!"
He said and bowed again.
So naturally, the old warrior asked for a torch from the patrol, and followed Lan En to find the man who lived next door to the witcher and had just hit the evil one.
Lan En also briefly told Daisuke Kikuchi what he saw.
"I was restless, almost fainted from fright, physically weak, and there were strange noises in the room." The old warrior was a little angry. "This must be contaminated with [dirty]! Why didn't you tell me when you came into the village, bastard!" "Maybe he doesn't know either?" Lan En said while leading the way, "I think he was also very sudden and panicked. "
"Don't know? Huh!" Daisuke Kikuchi snorted, "Yes. The [destruction] that summoned the evil spirits was probably caused by the effort of a day or two. The flesh of the dead people has probably not been eaten by wild dogs and crows. How can you know if you are passing by?"
< br>"Look, that bastard caravan just doesn't want to pay for the purification ceremony! Baga! We have to let them compensate!"
He said angrily as he walked away.
The village is not big, and one person would definitely not dare to run outside the village at night. It would be enough to just look around.
But before Lan En and Daisuke Kikuchi could look around.
The young samurai, Sadayoshi Kikuchi. The leader, who had just come down from the filth removal ceremony and resumed night patrols, ran over in a hurry holding a torch.
"Father! Father!"
"What's the noise? Didn't I ask you to go back and continue patrolling? [The filth] hasn't been cleared away yet, and what should I do if the hungry ghosts are summoned again?"
"No, no, people are dead!"
"What?"
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The old warrior who had scolded his son with a straight face just now was suddenly startled.
No matter that Kikuchi Sadayoshi hadn't stood firm yet, he continued to ask: "Has a hungry ghost appeared again? Where is it?"
"No, it's not a monster." The young samurai swallowed, and his eyes reflected by the fire also revealed Puzzled, "A man hanged himself on a tree by the river."
"Suicide?" Daisuke Kikuchi's voice did not lower, but rose angrily, "Don't you think the village is dirty enough now?!"
But Lan En frowned and stepped forward. One step said: "Please lead the way."
Not far away, they arrived at the river.
Amidst the sound of running water, a man wearing only a jacket and a short coat, not even a crotch cloth, was just hanging up a tree in an awkward manner.
The thing that strangled his neck was his black and shiny crotch cloth.
Everyone present also frowned and called out bad luck. Tonight, there were hungry ghosts and suicides. There was no way they would have to perform an exorcism ceremony to cleanse away the [filth].
As for corpses, most people in this era have a high degree of acceptance of this, but they don’t feel much about it.
But when Lan En saw the man's blue and twisted face clearly, he stopped and spoke softly.
"That's him."
Then Daisuke Kikuchi also stopped in shock.
“Are you sure?”
The witcher just nodded silently.
“This is really true.” The old warrior’s face was twisted, “Trouble!”
It is different from modern people who may be frightened by the auditory hallucinations and weirdness brought about by [Remnant], have a mental breakdown and then commit suicide.
Perhaps ancient people paid less attention to mental issues, or perhaps life was inherently difficult and fleeting, so they were more resilient.
It may be said that it is mentally numb or it may be said that it is strong.
Anyway, in the eyes of Daisuke Kikuchi, being killed by the monster summoned by [Zanhui] is nothing to say.
But it is not very common to be frightened into committing suicide by the indirect influence of [Remnant].
How scared did you have to be?
What level of [dirty] must it be?
"Let's see if he committed suicide first."
The witcher said calmly, and at the same time, he walked closer to take a look.
In the end, after scanning it with the demon hunter's senses, Lan En could only shake his head at the old warrior.
This is really suicide.
"Let's invite the village chief over again." Daisuke Kikuchi sighed first, and called a militiaman to run to the shrine to inform the village chief, and then squatted down.
Observe the body that was put down after being investigated by Lan En.
"He just hanged himself, why should he plug his ears?"
The old warrior dug his fingers into the ears on both sides of the corpse, tore off two pieces of cloth made of shredded clothes, and removed them from He was pulled out of the corpse with a distorted face and bloodshot eyes.
"I know that." Kikuchi Nobuyoshi held the torch and thought for a while before replying, "Before he ran over and hanged himself, he yelled like he was crazy."
"What are you talking about?" Stop pestering me and shut up those babies, please' and that sort of thing."
"Maybe that's it. You want to block your ears.”
“About the [Despicable] baby?” The old warrior sighed and had a headache. "Have there been such a big thing in our neighborhood recently? Why haven't I heard of it?"
The father and son sighed and discussed the instability of the world.
But Lan En frowned as he listened to their words.
(End of this chapter)