"Demon ...... Youkai! ”

The county magistrate's legs were weak, and he fell directly from the chair to the ground, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone spilled all over the ground along with his movements. Squatting on the desk was a human-like thing, eyes glowing golden like cat pupils, a slender mouth that almost reached the ear, and a tongue of extraordinary human length was spitting out from its mouth, and it was about to hang down on the table.

His shadow swayed on the wall under the light of the candle flame, like a monster, threatening the county lord to breathe at all.

"You...... What do you want to do? Other...... Don't come here again, I'...... I'm going to call someone! ”

"You scream, you scream, do you call someone faster, or do I bite off your neck faster?" The thing tilted its head and narrowed its eyes, revealing its shark-like teeth, as sharp as if it would snap its own hanging tongue in the next second.

"Help...... Yes! The words of the prefectural magistrate were still in his mouth, and his neck hurt, and the voice that was about to shout instantly disappeared under the bloody mouth of that thing.

That's the Cloud Ghost, a creature that began to appear in the human world at some unknown point, resembling a human and a non-human, living by sucking human flesh and blood. Legend has it that only the cloud ghost who has eaten more humans will have the opportunity to be appreciated by the ruler for his skills, and the more power he will get from him.

And I heard that only the blood of the cloud ghost leader, drip into the wound or drink it directly, and it will have the ability to turn humans into the same kind of cloud ghosts. This is probably the reason why the number of cloud ghosts is still increasing even under the continuous hunting of the ghost hunting team, right?

"Delicious, delicious, flesh and blood are so delicious!" The cloud ghost wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up and smiled.

It's just that his head never had a chance to twist back, and he could only watch as the man in white behind him sheathed a long black knife.

The cloud ghost's head fell to the ground, and it rolled on the ground a few more times, and finally stopped at the feet of the man in white, with no blood spurted and no connected bones and joints, just like a soft plastic villain, it seemed that if he wanted to, he could shape it at will.

The cloud ghost could still see his body clutching the breathless corpse on the ground, but the body had slowly begun to disappear, making a "zizi" sound.

Until the end, only one coat was left and fell on the body of the prefectural magistrate......

"Rest in peace."

……

It's just that these are all things that Ritsuko on the snow ridge doesn't know.

"Mother, why hasn't Daddy come back yet?"

The sky was clear, the blue sky seemed to be washed, and the white clouds floated leisurely over the backyard, but the temperature was still so cold.

Ritsuko sat in the hallway, picked up a small snack on the floor next to her and ate it, her little feet swayed, and she looked very cute.

"Ritsuko! Why don't you wear shoes! Ritsuko's mother removed the shoji in the Japanese room, walked out in a hurry, picked up Ritsuko, knelt in the corridor, so that she could step on her lap, and picked up the small cotton shoes that fell into the yard, "Your father has been busy these days, and when Daddy finishes everything that should be busy, he will come back." ”

"Then mother, shall we go to find Daddy? Let's go and deliver food to my father, my father hasn't eaten his mother's food for a few days, and he must be hungry and thin! ”

"Okay, good, the weather is pretty good today, it shouldn't snow again at night, if you want to go down, it's okay."

"Great, mother! It's time to eat with Daddy! Ritsuko jumped off her mother's body and pulled her straight into the house, "Mother! Quick, let's go cook! I'll help you! ”

"You, forget it, listen to your mother, and obediently eat snacks here." The mother smiled dotingly at Ritsuko, gently stroked Ritsuko's hand that was holding her tightly, picked up the snack on the ground and handed it to her hand.

"Mother, we'll leave when I'm done with a snack." Ritsuko obediently bit the snack that her mother handed to her mouth, and her voice sounded a little slurred.

"Okay, when Ritsuko finishes his snack, we'll go down the mountain to find your father."