Volume 1: Yellow Springs December Chapter 144: The Dog's Tooth System
"I'm getting bolder. What a nonsense, what's the benefit of offending so many spectators? ”
"What the hell is going on?" Dai Luan turned around and knelt on a stool to look at him.
"Ah...... I've heard that the real owner of this 'dog farm' hasn't been operating here all the time. So the whole field is basically asking for his subordinates. After turning around like this, it has become what it is now - contrary to the original intention of the establishment, only thinking about how to make money, and squeezing people's final value......"
Dai Luan scratched her head: "I didn't mean this...... I think that as long as you watch some living creature fight, it makes no difference in essence. Why are people so angry? Isn't the fight between wild boars and orangutans also a bit interesting? I don't really like it either......"
"Because I was deceived." Mu Wan twisted his body halfway and put one hand on the back of the chair, "Obviously, I came to see the monsters fight to the death, but it turned out to be just an ordinary animal." I really don't know if we are wronged or not with this money. ”
Zhou Cai sighed, his tone was not regretful, but his face was full of regret.
"There is a limit to the pursuit of excitement." "Everyone's ceiling is different from type to degree," he said. Some people are delicious - delicacies from the mountains and seas, strange foods; Some people are lustful - the color of the opposite sex, the color of the same sex; Some people have good wealth - the wealth of righteousness and the wealth of ill-gotten gain...... But for those present, the most exciting and joyful thing is to watch these terrible and pitiful beings kill each other. The splash of demon blood and the sharp cry can satisfy them. In comparison, all food and wealth become insignificant. But over time, they will become less sensitive to this stimulation and need more dangerous yokai. But the expansion of human desires is far less than the speed of 'buying'...... Do you understand? ”
“…… It's horrible. ”
It's horrible, human.
"It's no wonder that Tanghuan County has been so difficult all these years. They elevate their perception of entertainment to ...... A level that ordinary people can't reach or understand. Seeing that we were at the end of the road, they had to fool us with mountain beasts. ”
Shan Hai said while shaking his head again and again. But Dai Luan seems to have a different opinion on this.
"But I feel cold." She raised her hand and shook the transparent thin clothes on her shoulders, "I feel this way every time the yin qi is extremely heavy, or in a place where monsters gather. So I thought, either there's no water down there, it's a big graveyard! Or, there must be other real yokai stuck somewhere. ”
Zhou Cai nodded: "What the girl said is true. Although it is not necessarily a graveyard, so many innocent youkai have died...... It's better to say torture and killing, they will also form resentful spirits like people. It's just that that kind of ghost is different from the ghost that people turn into, it's just a simple evil spirit. But the youkai you're talking about are true. It's not that they don't have it, they just don't dare to let it out. ”
"Why?" Mu Wan is very strange.
"It has not been domesticated yet...... Where are the youkai so obedient. They—we—have feelings and thoughts, just like people, so why are they at your mercy for nothing, aren't they? ”
Shanhai didn't understand: "But they just put the monsters together to fight, so why bother?" Don't those viewers also think that the bloodier the more interesting? Although I don't agree with that. ”
"Haha...... Rin, you don't understand this. You're afraid you haven't forgotten that in addition to that, there is also a gambling game, right? Let the seemingly weak little demon defeat a monster that is a hundred times bigger than himself, or something that forms a strong contrast and is absolutely unexpected by ordinary people, there will definitely be many people who will lose money. They have to control the outcome according to the chips they have in private. ”
It is true that Rin Yamakai has almost never understood the rules of the casino. If there is no abandonment, I am afraid that it can be seen through at a glance. Shanhai felt a little uncomfortable, but it wasn't because of the noise of the crowd or the scuffling of the animals on the field. Or rather, it's all because of their ...... For all this, all this made him feel sick from the bottom of his heart.
He never underestimated human nature, but the lower limit was repeatedly broken by the facts.
There is no such thing as goodness in the world, which is why Rin Yamakai persists. But these goodness is so humble and so small, like the morning dew distributed on thousands of leaves every morning, fleeting, and unable to gather into a river. They are crystal clear and beautiful, yet too small and scattered, and they are seen by countless individuals in countless mornings, then forgotten and evaporated.
Evil is like blood dripping into the ocean, no matter how small, it can attract greedy and ugly sharks.
He couldn't stop sighing, he couldn't stop shaking his head, he wanted to deny everything, but he didn't know what to do; I want to change everything, but I don't know where to start. It's too ideal, and he can't do it.
Dai Luan suddenly noticed that the stubble man who had been called Zhang Longbow had suddenly replaced the previous person and came to the high platform on the edge. He opened his mouth suddenly, his voice as loud as a bell, and silenced the hundreds of people in the audience.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Listen to me! Zhang Changgong used his dantian luck, although his voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, "Listen to me!" Due to our arrangement mistakes, the money of the villagers, fathers, old and foreign guests was almost a bamboo basket to draw water. Next, let's immediately arrange the water tiger and the Tushan monster bird, have you heard of it? Fresh, right? Guests with silver can go to the northeast corner to line up to bet, don't be crowded, buy and leave! ”
Suddenly, people were in high spirits and rushed to the northeast corner of the field. The location around the mountains and seas became more empty. Zhou stood up and patted them on the shoulder, motioning for them to move forward. Dai Luan was confused. She felt that if this person had used the speed of reciting the current line to stamp the ticket, they would not have to wait in line until dark a few days ago.
"What's so good...... Mu Wan sighed, "And where did the water tiger and the Tushan monster bird come from?" These two monsters are not so easy to find, and it is even more difficult to catch them. ”
"Who knows. There will always be witchers who want money and don't want their lives to do this kind of thing. Zhou Ware chuckled, a little mocking.
Dai Luan was a little anxious, and she hurriedly lifted the light veil while chasing them in a panic, and almost tripped over a piece of it that was dragged on the ground. She shouted:
"What? Why do you all know what kind of youkai it is - everyone here knows it, only I don't understand anything! ”
"Well...... Don't worry too much about it. ”
Zhou Cai turned around and set up Mu Wan's arms on the steps behind him, and pressed them on the front seat as soon as he turned around. According to the original seating order, the four of them sat down again. Now they could see it more clearly. A few men with spears, rakes, and large nets, dragged the two beasts back while no one was paying attention. The two iron bars were lowered and made a loud, dull sound as they slammed into the ground.
Half an hour later, when all the people were seated, it was inevitable that there would be people arguing over the seats, but luckily no one bothered them—probably because of the advantage of being crowded. The people in the northeast corner dispersed a little, and Shanhai glanced at it and saw a woman of his own age, or even older, counting the bets placed by the crowd of talents. The light was dim and I couldn't see clearly.
The real youkai is about to appear. For Onmyoji, this is something they often deal with, but for these ordinary people who used to only listen to stories and read in scripts, this visual impact is much more expected.
Because the fangs did not pierce their bodies.
For they are not the ones who shed rivers of blood.
The faces of the craftsmen and men working here were a little heavy. It can be seen that these two guys must not have been tamed yet.
The water tiger has a hideous appearance, usually lives in the water, in addition to the mouth, even his stomach is full of teeth, can bite all the prey swallowed into the stomach. Its back is covered in hard armor and its lower body has sharp tiger claws that can easily shred even the strongest rocks. Its ears can understand all the languages of flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals—and even humans. And its body can be hidden as much as you want, let alone catch it, and it is difficult for ordinary people to even see it.
It gasped for air, and the sticky saliva in its mouth flowed all the way. With each step forward, the ground behind him was marked with terrifying marks. Looking at the paw prints alone, it is impossible to guess which animal left them. In addition, there is a trail of water.
On the other side, the Tushan Monster Bird was rampaging through the passage, rolling and crawling out, as if it had been thrown into the field. It's not much smaller than a water tiger, but its musctured legs are hard to ignore. In other eastern countries, it is known as Itsu True. Every other year, they grow a feather of pure gold, and their habitat is often rich in gold deposits.
The strange bird was in a very poor state of mind, its fur was very dirty, and its wings were unwilling to stretch out, perhaps it had shrunk a little. As soon as it entered, it stared closely at the water tiger in front of it, and circled it in a semicircle, advancing and retreating, very vigilant. Its long, pointed mouth was bubbling with a black liquid, also very thick, like some kind of grease. The black oil dripped down the corners of its mouth, and when it fell to the ground, it would suddenly burn, leaving small scattered fires on the ground, arcing along the place where it walked.
Water tigers occasionally disappear, but soon reveal themselves. It also looks tired, and has little extra strength to hide itself. When it makes a low, menacing whin, the bird tightens its beak as well, bursting with stinging sparks and a sound similar to that of grinding flint.
It's pathetic, it's pathetic.
Dai Luan kept shaking her head, even though no one was paying attention to her, even though it was useless to do so.
It's pathetic.