"What are you all doing here?" There was a dusty voice outside the entrance, and even if he was injured, he still sounded so majestic that he couldn't help but be afraid.

"Senior brother." "Senior Brother Luochen!" "Senior brother, you're here!" "Senior brother, that girl has already gone in, what can I do now!"

The rustling sounds they heard as they went up the mountain rang in Ritsuko's ears again, only this time, their worries were filled with joy.

"I've heard everything about the situation, how do I usually tell you? As ghost hunters, we are trying to hunt cloud ghosts and protect humans, so I just took you on the first mission, and you gave me this kind of moth? Who stabbed the last sword of the cloud ghost, stand up for yourself. ”

"Report ...... Report to Senior Brother, yes...... It's my sword...... It...... Suddenly, it flew out on its own, grabbing ...... I can't catch it......" A voice as thin as a gnat came out of the noise, and the stumbling voices fell silent in an instant.

"This is your own sword, you can't hold it yourself? Are you still a child? Can you think of such a ridiculous reason? That's a human life! They are all the people we have to protect under the name of the ghost hunting team, why were they killed by us? ”

"Right...... I'm sorry, brother. ”

"Is it me who you should say sorry for? You killed Ritsuko's last relative, shouldn't she be the one you should say sorry for? ”

"Yes...... Yes, brother. ”

"You kid go in with me and apologize, Qingchen, take care of them here."

"Senior brother, your injuries don't matter, do you?" Qingchen's voice with almost no emotion was extremely easy to distinguish among these senior brothers for a while.

"I told you I was okay a long time ago."

The sound of shoes stepping on the wooden floor was clanging, and one heavy and one light voice was slowly walking towards Ritsuko.

Finally stopped not far behind her.

"I'm sorry, Ritsuko-san, you...... You okay? The white gas that smelled of blood swept over Ritsuko's head and then melted into the air.

"Right...... I'm sorry! Ritsuko girl! Be...... It's all my fault! It's all because of me! will ...... will let Mrs. Nangong ...... I'm sorry! If you want to fight, scold, kill, or chop, please feel free! The sudden repetition of the voice scared Ritsuko slightly.

She looked behind her and saw a very thin man in white beside Luochen, standing straight with his hands close to his body.

He pursed his lips and stared at the roof, cold sweat constantly pouring out from his forehead, down his cheeks, down to his chin, wanting to drip but refusing to fall.

His eyes glanced down, just to meet Ritsuko's somewhat red and swollen eyes, and felt the chill of falling dust from the side, his legs couldn't help but weaken, and he knelt in front of Ritsuko.

"I'm not worthy, I'm sorry Ritsuko girl, it's me who doesn't deserve to be a ghost hunter."

“…… My mother's ...... Did you stab that sword in the chest? Ritsuko's voice was very soft, but it carried a hint of coldness, which made the person in front of him tremble again, and hurriedly lowered his head again.

"Yes...... It's me, it's me ......"

"Tell me the truth. You didn't seem to say that to the master when you were outside the entrance. ”

"Yes...... Yes, it's my sword, it's ...... It suddenly moved on its own, and I ...... Before I could react and couldn't catch it, it flew away...... flew out, and ...... It stabbed the ...... The cloud ghost who was biting Mrs. Nangong's neck also ...... It also stabbed into Mrs. Nangong's chest, I'm sorry! Ritsuko girl! I really didn't mean to! ”

The sound of the sword unsheathed crossed Ritsuko's ears, and when he looked at it again, the broken sword in Luochen's hand pointed directly at the neck of his junior brother, "Until now, you still dare to come up with your ridiculous excuse to deceive Ritsuko girl?" ”

"Forget it, Master, you don't have to blame him, maybe what he said is true." Ritsuko hurriedly pressed the wrist of the falling dust, and pressed the broken sword away from the neck.

"Ritsuko-sama? But he killed Mrs. Nangong! How could you let him go so easily! This is our ghost hunter who has made a mistake and deserves the punishment he deserves. ”

"What if you really kill him, my mother won't be able to come back, so it's better to leave it at that." Ritsuko rubbed her kneeling feet a little, stepped through the corridor, and walked into the backyard, one after another snowflakes melted into water in her palms, "It was the cloud ghost who killed my mother, and the most damned one should be the cloud ghost who killed people." Now that the matter has been settled, we should work harder to destroy those cloud ghosts and avenge my mother, instead of killing each other here. Besides, what does the behavior you want to kill him look like is different from those murderous cloud ghosts? ”

"Ritsuko-Girl......"

The sword was unsheathed.

"Ritsuko girl...... You ...... Don't you scold me? The junior brother raised his head slightly, but all he saw was Ritsuko's somewhat lonely back and the drifting snow.

"Why scold? Suffice it to know the truth. ”

For some reason, she had in her mind the eerie face and the faintly unnatural words that had come to her in the air, and his so-called "his space".

I always feel strange that there is some connection......