An old house surrounded by trees in a deserted forest.

It's night.

The departing driver still didn't come back, and little by little the sun disappeared and the moon rose.

Inugami has come to the first floor of the house.

The already dim light became even darker, with only a glimmer of white moonlight shining through the window.

"Where are those four women hidden?"

Inugami thought suspiciously.

The rooms upstairs, except for a few that were locked and there was no way to go in and inspect them. The rest of the rooms have been inspected.

If you break into the door, there will undoubtedly be traces, and when the time comes, those people will know that someone has been to the house. The next thing is going to be a lot of trouble.

After all.

Inugami wanted to find out what those people were planning to do, and only after making sure that they were trying to hurt the four women could he take them away.

The first floor is a large hall, and there are no other rooms, and there are only some common furniture in the hall.

"Looks like it's in those locked rooms."

Inugami said secretly in his heart.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, and it was two men.

Inugami hurriedly hid.

"Is there finally a new woman here?"

"Yes, but I finally got it, and the posture is all upper."

The voices of the voices were getting closer and closer, and the footsteps were becoming very clear.

The door creaked open.

Inugami looked at the driver who had left during the day, and was walking into the hall with a somewhat fat man.

They made their way up the stairs, their steps trembling as they stepped on the ladder.

"The women are already asleep, don't worry, they won't open their eyes anyway."

The driver said.

The driver was still wearing the same leather jacket as during the day, with sunglasses and a hat.

In fact.

Inugami has never been able to see the driver's appearance clearly, but from his intuition, he can feel that this driver should not be an ordinary driver.

He was dressed and exuded a strong sense of confidence.

"The castle is yours tonight, and I'll leave first. Anything that happens can call me directly, and you should remember where the weapon is. ”

The driver continued.

"Well, I remember."

"Have a great night."

The driver's voice has a certain seductive magnetism in it, and it sounds very comfortable.

If Inugami is the one who is being served by the driver, Inugami believes that he will feel comfortable too. After all, everyone likes this kind of self-confident person, not to mention, such a person still respectfully serves himself in front of him.

……

Quiet night.

The fat man slowly climbed the stairs, and the sound of heavy footsteps and some rapid breathing gave the air a tense and eerie atmosphere.

Inugami was even able to ask, and there was a faint salty smell in the air.

It's the smell of sweat.

On the night when winter is about to fall, the air exudes a cold smell, and normal people just go up the stairs at a slow pace, so as not to sweat too much.

Unless...... This person is very nervous, or rather excited, right now.

Inugami was sneaking behind the man.

The man came to a room on the second floor, the door of which was locked.

Men seem to be the key, though.

"Sure enough, it's locked up."

Inugami watched the man walk in, then closed the door again.

This time.

Inugami came to the door and put his ear to the door, wanting to hear the sound inside.

"A woman is a creature that is only beautiful when she is asleep.

Most people don't know this. ”

The fat man said.

"People always want to wake up Sleeping Beauty.

It's stupid.

The sleeping beauty who woke up was no longer a sleeping beauty, and they didn't understand such a simple truth. ”

It's still the voice of a fat man.

The women were apparently asleep and would not wake up easily, so the fat men could only talk to themselves.

But.

He seems to prefer it.

In other words, he has made the sleeping woman his own audience, and some things can only be said to some sleeping people. After all, a waking person will rudely interrupt others and say something counter-argumentative.

Inugami regretted that he didn't come with the Dream Eater Tapir.

After all.

At this time, Inugami could only hear the sound in the room, but he could not enter.

If the Dream Eater is there, then the Dream Eater can easily go to the room, stand in front of the fat man, and watch what he is doing.

……

On the bus.

Chen Beibei and his own gods have been sitting on the bus for several hours.

"Sakura Castle has been restored to its original state."

Yingcao looked at the cherry blossom city outside the car window, people came and went, and the flowers were blooming.

"Well, I really didn't expect that. By the time we left, it had become an empty city, and now it is gradually recovering. ”

Chen Beibei couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, because the wine swallowing boy was on the mountain of Qinghe Town, ghosts and monsters from all over the world came to Qinghe Town, which caused Qinghe Town and Luoying City to be unstable.

Qinghe Town did not suffer too many casualties because of the monks of the Sparrow Temple and the protection of Chen Beibei.

But Sakura Castle is different.

When the goblins first gathered, many people in Sakura Castle were hurt.

Later, Pranya also killed many people in Sakura Castle.

During those hours, the people in Sakura City almost didn't dare to go out, and they hid at home day and night. Some of those who were able to leave also chose to leave.

Seeing that Luoying City had returned to its former prosperity, Chen Beibei was still very pleased.

Mankind.

It's not as fragile as we think.

Even if you have suffered a disaster, as long as you want to live, then you will be brave.

Ghosts that have been silent for hundreds or thousands of years have appeared in the human world.

This is something that is unacceptable to modern humans.

It's something that they are deeply afraid of.

But.

Even if these ghosts appear, humans still have to live a normal life.

Humans are such a strong species.

"However, the drunken boy should be faithful to his promise and hide it again."

Guan Hu said.

"Because Momiji and Ibaraki are with him."

Chen Beibei replied.

The Wine Swallowing Boy was once the king of the Oni Clan, when he chose to remember the hatred of the Great River and Mountain Battle.

And he became a demon.

And now the drunken boy is once again beginning to believe in himself and his companions.

The drunken boy also found his original intention.

- Let the ghost race live in the human world normally!

The drunken boy once fulfilled this dream, and was called king by the ghosts.

Now.

He is still running for this dream, but this time, it may take more time and more effort.

……

When I came to Qinghe Town, it was already late at night.

Winter season.

There was a cold smell in the air, and Chen Beibei walked across the stone bridge in Qinghe Town with the gods, and couldn't help rubbing his hands.

Memories flooded into my mind with a hint of warmth rising in my hand.

Originally.

It was on this bridge, also late at night, that Chen Beibei met a little girl squatting on the bridge.

Fate changed.

In the end, the kappa did not stay, but the kappa was freed from suffering and entered the cycle of reincarnation.

"Master, whenever I pass by this bridge, I subconsciously listen to the sounds around me. It always feels like I'll hear Li Xi's flute again......"

Guan Hu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"Lixi?"

Chen Beibei looked down at the bottom of the bridge, where Li Xi was originally standing, there was nothing left.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in my heart.

Li Xi didn't know where he went in the end, and after he became a ghost, he still played the flute under the bridge, but suddenly disappeared during the time when the drunken boy was haunted.

Although for the people of Qinghe Town, this is a good thing.

After all.

They thought that the sound of the flute coming from under the stone bridge in the middle of the night was terrifying.

But.

For Chen Beibei and Guan Hu, they will feel very sad. After all, Li Xi's life was exchanged for his life by the Peach Blossom Demon. The Peach Blossom Demon was not able to return to his hometown, and Li Xi eventually disappeared.

"Master, you said that it would be better if we stopped the Peach Blossom Demon from saving Li Xi at that time?"

Guan Hu asked.

"Perhaps. However, that was the Peach Blossom Demon's own choice, and she should feel happy. ”

Chen Beibei replied.

At the beginning, the Peach Blossom Demon heard the sorrows that belonged to human beings from Li Xi's flute.

Those sorrows are common to the Peach Blossom Demon.

The Peach Blossom Demon woke up from the darkness, and his mind still had the prosperous scene of Heiankyo thousands of years ago.

And now.

She could only hide in a peach blossom tree and couldn't even talk to anyone.

She misses her life, and her companions.

But.

But she can't go back to the past, which is painful and unbearable for her......

……

"Let's go, presumably at this time, Chen Yan and the three-tailed fox have already slept."

Chen Beibei said.

The moon in the sky is still reflected in the clear river water, and the bluestone slab also exudes a cold glow in the moonlight.

Qinghe Town is the same as usual, and nothing has changed.

It's as if forgotten by time.

Cold nights.

The windows poured out dim yellow lights, sporadic lights, making people feel a little warm.

Soon.

Chen Beibei and the others came to their doorstep, which was the house he rented at a cheap price.

It used to be a haunted house with a huge old locust tree in the yard. There was a hanged ghost hanging from the branch of the old locust tree, but the hanged ghost eventually disappeared.

Standing outside the door, you can still see the branches of the old locust tree through the courtyard wall.

In the winter season.

There are still a lot of green leaves on the branches of the old locust tree, which makes people feel intimate.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Chen Beibei: I knocked on the door, and a warm yellow lamp lit up in the originally dark house.

It was the room where Chen Yi slept before.

"Who?"

It is the voice of the three-tailed fox, and the maturity and charm in the voice are something that Chen Beibei will never forget.

"It's ...... me"

Chen Beibei said in a normal voice, not loud, but in the quiet night, it was extraordinarily clear.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Subsequently.

The door opened......

Standing in front of Chen Beibei was a three-tailed fox in pajamas, which looked very much like a normal human.

Her black hair was draped behind her because she was sleeping, and her body exuded a warm temperature. After seeing Chen Beibei, he stood quietly in front of Chen Beibei.

did not rush over and hug Chen Beibei, nor did he cry excitedly.

Just standing quietly, some subtle emotions were revealed on the beautiful face of the three-tailed fox.

"Master, you're finally back......"

……

A castle in the forest.

The dog god pressed against the door, quietly listening to the voices coming from the room, and the man told a story.

It should be his own.

"There was a child named Fat who lived in a family that was often noisy.

The mother was a grumpy woman.

My father, on the other hand, was a conscientious worker, and when I was noisy, it was always my mother's voice.

Until a certain day.

The noise ceased completely, the mother lay quietly on the ground, and the father was taken away by a group of strange men.

Fat was taken to an orphanage, and then, Fat grew up here, and the experience he had had made him not like to talk to other people, especially women.

But.

As he grew older, Fat had reached the age of thirty, and until this age, he had not had any contact with women.

Until a certain day.

Fat was walking alone on the street, and a woman dressed in a bewitching dress grabbed him.

The temperature of the woman.

The temperature was the same as her own body, and she didn't speak, just quietly pulled herself.

For the first time, Fat was not disgusted, and even raised a trace of anticipation.

He knew what was coming next.

The woman led him to a small room with a red light.

It just happened.

This is a precious memory for Fat, but a hope that he can get closer to ordinary people.

But.

That glimmer of hope was quickly dashed.

When the woman asks Fat for money, Fat finds that he is just out for a walk, and his wallet is still in his bed.

Humiliation, invective, loud enough to be heard even by people on the street.

Fat remembered the quarrel between his mother and father, and also remembered the scene of his mother lying quietly on the ground.

At last.

Fat killed the woman.

He didn't feel scared, looking at the woman lying quietly on the bed, he felt ...... That's what a woman really should look like. ”

The dog god does not understand the story, and humans are still too complicated for the dog god.

But.

Inugami knew that the fat man inside was a dangerous person.

Inugami didn't hesitate, kicked the door open directly, and walked in.

Although the dog god also likes to stay quietly in one place and not move for a long time.

But.

The dog god thinks that whether it is a human or a monster, if it does not move all the time, then the world will be too boring. Isn't it?