The moment he heard Qiao Qiao's words.

It really was a moment.

The girl fell into an ice cave.

Stiffness all over the body.

It's as if time has stopped.

Qiao Qiao looked at her.

Ten seconds later.

The girl barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Youkai? I—I don't know? ”

Crappy acting.

Qiao Qiao sighed and took out his registered soul slayer certificate.

By the way, I confirmed it again.

It's a monster indeed.

Through Qiao Qiao's vision, he can see the spirit of the other party.

Beneath the façade of humanity.

It's a deer.

On the head there are two small antlers.

So sure enough, it's a boy.

Qiao Qiao remembered the knowledge in biology class.

Just as Qiao Qiao learned when he passed the Registered Soul Removal Exam.

The existence that accounts for the majority of the second type of weirdness is the demon.

Animals and utensils, under the infiltration of spiritual power for a long time, have produced spiritual intelligence, and then become demons.

In simple terms.

It's other creatures that have the level of human intelligence.

Among youkai, transfiguration is a difficult thing to do.

To transform is to transform into a human form.

As written in the manual.

It will take at least a hundred years or so for the demon to be able to transform into a human form.

Of course, the avatar is only an obvious indicator.

It has nothing to do with strength.

It is possible that this monster has been fishing for a hundred years and has become a human.

It is also possible that it has worked hard for a hundred years and has become a human being.

Age and the strength of the yokai are not directly proportional.

Even.

It's not that the older you get, the stronger you get.

For example, some monsters, after ten years of cultivation, can no longer increase their spiritual power.

That's the limit.

Then it will practice for another thousand years.

It's a monster who has been cultivating for ten years.

Just like humans.

It cannot be said that a fifty-year-old is necessarily smarter than a twenty-year-old.

Gaps between people.

The gap between youkai and youkai.

Objective.

These are all the things Qiao Qiao learned in the process of learning past materials.

To be examined.

Other than that.

There is also a big gap between the 100 years of youkai and the 100 years of humans.

A gifted and respected monk.

Even if you only have fifty years of cultivation, you have the ability to suppress that kind of youkai that has lived for hundreds of years.

Otherwise, everyone counts according to age, monsters live long, people live short, and that is not the final victory.

Talking about human civilization.

According to the study of the Yin-Yang Liao on the gods and monsters.

They found.

Human beings, or human beings, are the most suitable for accumulating spiritual power and cultivating.

This is one of the reasons why youkai will transform one after another after growing to a certain extent.

Of course, the specific value of this, the ratio of practice time to strength intensity.

Due to significant individual differences, the jury is still inconclusive.

Just like the concept of weirdness.

Things about that world are always so vague and vague.

There is a lack of a quantitative description.

That's why it's scary.

After all, humans are always afraid of things that they can't control.

Nonetheless, avatar is always a very clear indicator of age.

In other words, this cute fawn monster in front of you.

A hundred years old?

"Removing and Removing Spirits......"

The fawn shivered.

It doesn't look like a hundred-year-old youkai at all.

"Don't worry, I'm not a suspicious guy."

Qiao Qiao smiled.

"I won't kill you for no reason, as long as you can show your residence permit."

Yes.

The reason why Qiao Qiao was able to eat a half-price bento with a monster in the dining area of the supermarket was so easy.

This is because youkai are also regulated by the Soul Killer Association.

At the very beginning.

It was about hundreds, thousands of years ago.

The battle between humans and youkai is fierce.

Many legends have been left behind.

For example, the Atsuta Shrine of the Asano Shrine Maiden's house, the Heavenly Cloud Sword.

It is the drop that Suzhan Mingzun picked up after defeating the Yaqi Orochi.

But with the development of humans, youkai gradually fell behind.

Not only can they not beat humans.

It has also been eroded by human culture.

It has to be said that human culture is more threatening than human weapons.

Especially after modern times.

A large number of monsters have even been generated, and if we exterminate humans, wouldn't it be impossible to watch TV series and play games.

Such thoughts.

Of course, they can't do it to exterminate humanity.

Especially many years ago, after the impact of an event.

A large number of youkai have chosen to naturalize.

They realize that yokai have limits.

They're no longer monsters.

They are registered with the Society of Soul Exorcists, have a residence permit, undergo regular check-ups, etc.

Live like a normal human being.

As for a small part.

Youkai who have just been born with consciousness and follow their instincts to slaughter humans, or just look at human beings and take pleasure in killing.

The Soul Exterminator Association naturally sees one and kills another.

For example, the half-demon that Qiao Qiao met in Wadabori Park before.

Collect the evil spirits and bring disaster to the world.

Of course, it has to be solved in one shot.

Far from it.

Qiao Qiao saw the girl for the first time in the half-price bento area.

Psionic told him that it was a youkai.

But Qiao Qiao is not a person without common sense.

He didn't immediately pull out his weapon and fought with the opponent for 300 rounds.

In that case, the supermarket clerk will be out of luck.

So.

Qiao Qiao was very safe, pretending not to recognize the other party as a monster.

I kindly invited her to eat a bento.

While the girl was waiting in the dining area, she pretended to buy a drink, and took the opportunity to assemble her revolver, load it with bullets, and then check out.

At this moment.

Under the table.

While the other party is happily eating a bento.

When Qiao Qiao smiled and handed the other party oolong tea, and asked if he wanted to eat anything else.

His gun was already aimed at the little monster.

Qiao Qiao is not a devil after all.

If the other party has a residence permit and simply comes out to wander, then everyone will naturally be happy.

And the other way around, as long as there are any anomalies.

Qiao Qiao will definitely not be soft.

However.

The moment the other party hears the residence permit.

Wow cried out.

The clerk glanced at this side, probably thinking that the scumbag had dumped the girl.

"I, my residence permit, have been withheld."

She cried as she explained.

"They cheated me out of my residence permit and told me to stay and work, and they said that they would not let me escape, and if I didn't have a residence permit, I would be killed by a soul exorcist."

Tears filled his clothes.

Click-

From under the table, a crisp sound was heard.

It's the sound of a bullet being loaded.

"I, I, I, I can find someone to testify! I'm a good youkai! ”

Feeling the inexplicable murderous aura, the girl hurriedly said.

Then he said a name that surprised Qiao Qiao.

"Sakura, Sakura-san! Ms. Sakura from the Shinjuku branch helped me get a residence permit! ”

Hearing the name, Qiao Qiao raised his eyebrows.

The other took out his phone and sent a Line to Miss Sakura.

If Qiao Qiao is not mistaken, she should be on duty at the Soul Killer Association today.

Soon, there was a reply.

[Sakura Beloved]: Huh? Deer youkai, if you still know me, is it Suzuka?

Suzuka?

It looks familiar.

"What's your name?"

Qiao Qiao glanced at the information and asked the girl.

"Suzuka! My name is Suzuka Tamura! Well, the name of the human being is this. ”

She said hurriedly.

"Wrong."

Qiao Qiao said coldly.

"How, how is it possible! Sakura-san-san must remember that I helped Sakura-sama and I want to talk to her! ”

The girl looked incredulous and argued.

It seems to be true.

Qiao Qiao slightly restrained his murderous aura.

At this time, Miss Sakura sent another message.

[Sakura Beloved]: Qiao-kun, did you meet Suzuka? Wait, don't do anything weird.

[Qiao Qiao]: Don't worry, I've taken her care of her.

[Sakura Beloved]: Treatment, processing refers to......

[Qiao Qiao]: Sakura-san, I'll take her to the Shinjuku branch now.

See Qiao Qiao's reply.

Miss Sakura on duty in the huge office.

Suddenly, I had some bad premonitions.

......

In front of Shinjuku Station.

Shinjuku Branch Building of the Association of Spiritual Killers.

Albeit during Golden Week.

There are also personnel on duty.

In the hall, Miss Sakura temporarily handed over her work to a colleague.

And Qiao Qiao, and Suzuka came to the reception room.

"Sa, Sakura-san!"

Suzuka cried loudly, and she hugged Miss Sakura's thigh, like a lost child finally seeing his parents.

"Qiao Jun, you can really pick up some strange things."

Miss Sakura took a deep look at Qiao Qiao.

It took a while to soothe Suzuka and stop crying.

"Sure enough, what the boss said is right, spirits will attract each other."

Qiao Qiao was still chewing on the boss's words, and nodded thoughtfully.

He would suddenly have the idea to buy a half-price bento.

Presumably because of the existence of this little monster.

"However, Suzuka, why are you alone on the street, and why is your residence permit being seized by others?"

Glancing at Qiao Qiao a little helplessly, Miss Sakura asked Suzuka very patiently.

She remembers that Suzuka came to Tokyo six months ago to join relatives.

In the past six months, there has been no criminal record.

He's a good boy.

Now it seems that something is wrong?

Suzuka hears this question.

He began to cry again.

Then sobbing explained the situation.

She was originally just an ordinary fawn in Nara Prefecture.

He had just left his mother's arms and was living alone.

One day, I suddenly felt something.

Transform into human form.

I was picked up by a few youkai and brought to Tokyo.

It was only after coming to Tokyo that Suzuka found out.

It turns out that these monsters are not good monsters.

Instead, he relied on this abduction method to deceive other monsters, seize their residence permits, and let those monsters help them work to make money.

Be aware that if you don't have a residence permit.

Just walking down the street will be wiped out by a soul slayer.

The youkai also threatened not to try to enlist the Soul Slayer Guild for help.

These youkai will be wiped out by the spirit slayer just by approaching the branch of the association.

Therefore, these young monsters who have never seen the world dare not disobey.

Suzuka is the one who makes the most money and is slightly better paid.

I heard that some youkai were even abused madly because they couldn't make money.

Even so.

Suzuka also wants to escape.

On a certain day.

She succeeded.

Fled from that place.

But since she didn't have a residence permit, Suzuka had to come out when no one was around.

Because there is no money and no mobile phones.

So he had to live on the money he had left in his pocket when he escaped.

Eat the cheapest bean sprouts.

Sleep in the park.

This life lasted for almost a month.

Suzuka finally couldn't take it anymore.

She thought about death.

Thereupon.

Suzuka took the only three hundred yen left.

Prepare to eat the last half-price bento and remove the Spirit Master Association.

Set yourself free.

It was at this time.

She met Qiao Qiao.

“？”

Qiao Qiao listened.

Only one detail was noted.

"You said that you just left your mother and turned into a human form, so how old are you?"

He asked.

"Well, three years old."

Suzuka thought for a moment and replied, thinking of something, and added.

"The age on the residence permit was filled in by those monsters, and the monsters over there are all about the same age as me."

“？”

Now even Miss Sakura sensed that something was wrong.

A youkai who transforms in three years.

Is she gifted, or is the yokai evolving at a rapid rate?

Moreover, there is more than one such monster.

Got a bunch?

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