Chapter 39: The Pathway Demon

On the beast road at night, a grilled eel shop is opened on the side of the road, and on the tables and chairs in the store, youkai whisper in a low voice. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Have you heard? Recently, a terrible pathway demon appeared in the beast path at night. ”

"I've heard that at night, a lot of female youkai were attacked, and many of them ran away crying in rags. ”

A female mountain spirit couldn't help but feel a chill behind her back: "There is such a perversion." ”

The night sparrow, who was eavesdropping on the sidelines, also felt a little uneasy.

Under normal circumstances, she is the last monster to stay in the beast path, and the chance of encountering that path demon is the greatest, thinking that a strange shadow has been following you at night, that kind of scene is scary to think about.

When the demons whisper.

"I'm so hungry~~"

The shrine maiden with a rumbling stomach smells the smell and comes to the grilled eel shop.

As soon as the warm curtain was lifted, Night Sparrow spotted someone and exclaimed.

"Hakurei shrine maiden!"

The youkai inside suddenly fell silent.

All the demons looked at Hakurei Reimu with fearful and wary eyes.

Reimu didn't care, dragging her weak body and staggering to the night sparrow step by step.

"I'm starving, do you have anything to eat?"

"Are you going to grill eel?"

"Uh-huh. ”

"A string of pennies. ”

Reimu touched her body for a long time, and finally found a money bag and poured it out.

"Ding~~~~"

A copper coin fell out of it, gurgled down the table, touched the edge of the grill, rolled twice on the cliff, fell into the coals, and quickly burned into molten iron and melted.

Reimu lowered her head, her hollow gaze as the reddish molten iron flowed into the charcoal fire, turning into a mass of slag.

"Money, it's gone. ”

Raising his head, Reimu's empty gaze gradually returned to his senses, and the expression on his face became hideous, pinching the neck of the night sparrow, screaming like a mud field.

"Ahh

"Help. ”

Misty was held by the terrifying Reimu, and the terrifying spiritual power made the monsters in the store terrified, and they were watched by Reimu, these monsters didn't go, they didn't go, they could only watch Reimu's violent behavior towards Mistia.

"Help, I can use the eight-eyed eel to get that copper coin. ”

"Quick, give it to me. ”

"But that's still two pennies. ”

"Alas, do you care about the two texts? ”

Night Sparrow thought to himself who was planning for a copper coin, but business is business, the cost of eight-eyed eels is very high, and sometimes it must be supplemented with ordinary eels, even if this is barely recouped, if you let Reimu come like this a few times, it will really be a loss.

"No, it has to be given. Although scared, Misty stubbornly said.

"Really, two pennies still have to be so slammed. Reimu fumbled around her body for a long time, and pulled out a handkerchief from a hidden pocket sewn in her skirt.

Reimu reverently opened the handkerchief, and a pitiful copper coin landed on the table.

A total of two copper plates.

The witch looked at the ceiling and said casually, "Anyway, this is my last belongings, you can look at the eight-eyed eel." ”

"Also, it's not a penny. Night Sparrow's head shrank under the counter, and she looked at Hakuri Reimu with her eyes exposed, and said weakly.

"Bang. Reimu smashed the Yin-Yang Jade onto the counter, "Here's for you." ”

Looking at Baoyu, who exuded a terrifying aura, the light blue fluorescence made the night sparrow take a step back in horror.

"The Yin Yang Jade Monster can't be used, and it will be harmful to the monster, so I don't want this. ”

The expression on Reimeng's face was very impatient: "Then what do you want to do, either return my copper coins to me, or give me the eight-eyed eel directly." ”

Reimu's stomach rumbled at the right time, as if to cheer him on.

Nightfinch thought it would be okay if she gave the eight-eyed eel to Reimu, but suddenly she thought of the path demon, and she had an idea.

"If you can fulfill my commission, you can eat it for free this time. ”

"Free?" was the only word left in Reimu's mind. "Say what's the matter, even if you let me go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, but if you say okay, let me eat for free. ”

The so-called penny is difficult to defeat the hero, and Reimu has put it down for food, discipline and everything.

"Yes, it's free. ”

Reimu didn't mess around unreasonably, and Misty breathed a sigh of relief, human appetites are not as big as youkai, especially girls, and they eat even less, and if they can get the witch to get rid of that terrible pathway demon, there will be no danger on their way home.

Mistya's little abacus sounded.

"Deal!"

And sure enough, the witch accepted the commission and ran into the beast path overnight.

In the beast road at night, sparse black shadows lurk in the dark woods, and the eerie atmosphere is a little terrifying, and many beasts and monsters appear at this time.

"It's not a big deal. ”

Although night is the time when youkai are infested, Reimu really hasn't encountered many youkai in the beast path.

Reimu scanned the shadows in the forest, listening intently to the movement.

The commotion of leaves overhead!

Reimu hurriedly took a step back, and a person suddenly jumped out, holding a long sword, dressed as a man in black.

"Oh, the demon ahead, quickly raise your head to see you...... Ahh ”

"Fujiwara?"

Reimu looked Fujiwara up and down, he was wearing an all-black thief's clothes, his face was covered with a black scarf, and his voice was hoarse just now, obviously using a false voice, not wanting others to recognize him.

But that's none of my business.

Reimu went straight to the point and asked, "Fujiwara, have you heard of rumors that there are path demons in the beast path?"

"What is that???," Fujiwara scratched his head strangely.

"It's an ancient youkai.,It's a monster that suddenly jumps out of sight.,Intimidate passers-by.,But it seems to have disappeared.,Now it's just a perverted man who attacks innocent passers-by or women in the dark alley at night.,It's called a path demon.。 A pervert who does strange things to women. ”

"Is there still such a monster?" Fujiwara Ki shook his head, "I've been in the wild lately, and I haven't heard any rumors. ”

A thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and Reimu suddenly squinted at Fujiwara Ki.

"I see. ”

Originally, I wanted to find the perverted pervert, but the target of the search was far away in front of me, ambushing the female monster in the beast path, and the pervert who made the female group tremble is you. I didn't expect you to be such a Fujiwara ki.

For dinner, Reimu sneered in her heart.

"Fujiwara Ki, watch your back!"

Fujiwara Ki heard Reimu's shout, and quickly turned around, and then a hard thing hit the back of his head, and his fragile body fell to the ground without resistance.

Reimu picked up the yin-yang jade that had rolled to her feet, blew the ash on it, stuffed it into the pocket of her skirt, and said helplessly: "It's said to be careful behind your back." ”

In the eight-eyed eel shop of the night sparrow, Misia looked at the black Fujiwara Ki in the corner and breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be a human." ”

A person's fear of a monster is the fear of something whose essence is unknown, and when you know the nature of that fear, you will feel that it is not invincible.

Youmu is a good example, she is not afraid of ghosts, because she can see these dough masses and know how they exist, so she will not feel mysterious. But those ancient monsters, like a little monk with their sleeves, suddenly something pulls your sleeve on the road at dusk, but you can't see anyone, so the fear of the invisible appears.

"Okay, now that the Pathway Demon has also figured it out, then you can treat me to a roasted eight-eyed eel. ”

Misty placed a plate of eight-eyed eels in front of Reimu.

"Please use it. ”

Reimu directly picked up a bunch and ate it, "I didn't eat anything at night, I was really hungry." ”

Misty smiled slightly, the eight-eyed eel will soon get tired if she eats too much, she thinks that Reimu eats seven or eight, although this business is a little loss-making, but it is nothing.

The charcoal fire in the furnace crackled, and the only sound left in the shop was the sound of churning eels.

Half an hour later, Reimu left satisfied, holding her stomach, and the gray-white figure of the night sparrow was lying in the corner, having lost its color.

There were only hundreds of bamboo sticks left on the ground, and the storage cabinets for the materials were empty.

In her life, she had never seen anyone with an appetite greater than that of a youkai.

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