In the dark room, the candles flickered, and on the floor were the shadows of everyone in a circle.

Chiba Matsuko is still telling her story.

"When the blame above my head first appeared, I was also shocked. But then I felt that I didn't have any friends anyway, and it didn't hurt me in the past, so I was slowly able to accept it.

Originally, I thought that as long as I didn't go out, people wouldn't know that I had become a youkai.

However, I was still wrong.

Everyone soon found out about my becoming a youkai, all because of Chiba Kiko's death.

When I heard about Muzi's death, I was also shocked. Although I always thought that Chiba Kiko leaked what I told her, I also wanted to go to Kiko and ask him to explain it to me, and even thought about making Kiko pay.

But.

When I heard that Muzi had died, I was still very sad. Kiko is a friend I grew up with.

During that time, I was in a very low mood.

However, I never thought that everyone would say that Muzi's murderer would be me.

I was talking to it when people opened my door in a rage.

I was terrified.

It grinned as if it didn't know what the consequences would be serious when those people saw it. ”

"Does that weird mouth on top of your head have a mind of its own?"

Guan Hu asked.

"Well, it's alive, like a strange animal. Sometimes it listens to me, but sometimes, it does its own thing and doesn't listen to me. ”

Chiba Matsuko looked at Guan Hu and replied to her.

Apparently.

The strange mouth on the top of Chiba Matsuko's head can be said to be a youkai.

And the Chiba pine nut is just a host possessed by it.

However, that strange mouth did not take anything from Chiba Matsuko, and the body was still Chiba Matsuko, and Chiba Matsuko's thoughts were not controlled by that strange mouth.

"What a strange youkai."

Guan Hu looked at Chiba Songzi and said slowly.

The strange mouth on the top of Chiba Matsuko's head has never come out, but Guan Hu knows that it must be in Chiba Matsuko's body at the moment, quietly observing everything outside.

Any youkai will have the consciousness to protect itself.

Because, it is very difficult for every monster to become a monster, gather aura, transform into shape, and then become a demon.

Each stage is very difficult, and once they become youkai, they will cherish their lives. Staying alive is the most primitive instinct of every monster.

"The moment it was discovered, I knew I was done.

People suspect that I killed Muzi.

Before that, they were just suspicious, but, after they knew that I had become a youkai.

Everyone is afraid and repelled by monsters.

All people will choose to believe that I am the murderer of Muzi.

No evidence is required.

Because it's good for them. They're scared of me, they don't want a yokai to live with them, and it's all understandable.

If I were a normal human, I wouldn't want a youkai living near my house.

What's more, this monster may have killed people.

My parents, who were tired of the dark life I had made, resolutely agreed when everyone decided to isolate me.

That's fine, at least Mom and Dad can live a normal life." ’

That's what I thought at the time.

So I didn't resist the idea that they were going to quarantine me.

When I'm at home by myself, I hardly talk to anyone. In fact, there is no difference between being isolated from it. Now it's just a little farther away from them.

Subsequently.

I was locked up in a thatched hut by them, and the monks trapped me with an enchantment.

I can't leave that house.

My parents, on the other hand, never came to see me, and of course, no one else came.

The only ones who came were some children who were not afraid of death, and came to explore near my house.

They would be outside telling the legend of the two women.

And I listened quietly, and I liked them coming, because then I could be closer to humans.

Probably the only time I could hear a human voice was there.

Muzi's funeral was soon held.

Subsequently.

Kiko's mother, because she has always believed that I killed Kiko, so, please Hirata must be killed. Give Muzi his life.

I'm not afraid of death.

However, I don't really want to die, I'm just living normally and haven't done anything bad.

Why die like this?

In the outside world, there are many things that I have not seen, and there are many stories that I have not heard, I want to know more, and I have seen more.

If.

It's just that at such an age when you don't know anything, it's really a little unwilling to die like this. ”

Chiba Matsuko looked at Guan Hu and Chiba Ruriko and said slowly.

At this time, everyone was quietly listening to Chiba Matsuko's narration.

Apparently.

In the story told by Matsuko Chiba, she is an innocent victim.

Hopefully, the story she tells is true.

"Later, Lord Hirata was not sure if you killed Muzi, so he just expelled you from Chiba Prefecture, right?"

Guan Hu looked at Chiba Matsuko and asked her.

"Well, Lord Hirata is really a very good person, if he hadn't insisted on not killing me, then I would have died at their hands by now."

Chiba Matsuko looked at Guan Hu and replied to her.

"Chiba Matsuko, you don't have a place to go now, do you?"

Guan Hu asked.

"Hmm."

Chiba Matsuko replied.

"Then you come with us. Of course, in the end, whether you can live with us or not depends on the decision of the owner. ”

Guan Hu looked at Chiba Matsuko and said to it.

Before, Guan Hu had already revealed his identity to Chiba Matsuko.

So.

Chiba Matsuko, who is also a monster, still has some intimacy with Guan Hu.

Chiba Matsuko had just been expelled, and she had nowhere to go now, and she didn't even know how to live.

Guan Hu and Gu Hou Bird can keep Chiba Matsuko alive and also allow her to find a suitable place for her to live, which is exactly what Chiba Matsuko needs now.

"Master?"

"Well, it's Onmyoji. If you become a Shikigami under the Onmyoji, then you will be protected by the Onmyoji. And they can live in the human world normally. ”

Guan Hu looked at Chiba Matsuko and replied to her.

"Is there really an Onmyoji?"

Chiba Matsuko asked suspiciously.

"Hmm."

Guan Hu touched Chiba Matsuko's head and replied to her.

"Let's get out of here, then."

Guan Hu continued.

Chiba Ruriko listened to Guan Hu's words, and quickly stood up, her expression a little excited: "No, you can't leave yet!" ”

When Ruriko Chiba stood up, a gust of wind blew outside the window, blowing out the candle flame on the wall. The whole room went dark.

"Why?"

Guan Hu's voice sounded in the darkness, and Gu Xuaniao's hand was already on his weapon. And the strange mouth on the top of Chiba Matsuko's head was also exposed in the darkness, and the teeth emitted the cold glow of the white forest.

Someone walked in the darkness, towards the wall where the candlestick was placed.

Subsequently.

The candle flame lit up again, and standing next to the candlestick was Chiba Ruriko, and the shaking of the candle flame made her expression cloudy: "Because...... We have not yet found the real reason for the formation of the second daughter. ”

The candle flame finally stabilized.

The warm yellow candlelight falls on Ruriko Chiba's face, and it has a very warm look.

Gu Huoniao quietly put the tip of the umbrella back down.

"You mean a rumor?"

Guan Hu looked at Chiba Ruriko and asked thoughtfully.

Before, Chiba Ruriko had already analyzed the story of the second woman who circulated in Chiba Prefecture.

That's the story of Yukina Chiba.

Ruriko Chiba said that Yukina Chiba may have become a youkai because of other people's rumors.

Guan Hu still remembers it clearly.

"Well, I guess it's a rumor."

Chiba Ruriko looked at Guan Hu and Chiba Matsuko and said to them.

"Chiba Yukina has been talked about because of the death of a child.

In the end, she became a two-person girl.

Chiba pine nuts have also been talked about because of the violation.

In the end, she also became a two-person girl. ”

Ruriko Chiba said slowly.

……

Ruriko Chiba sat back in her place, and there was a group of blurred shadows on the ground.

The atmosphere became serious again.

"Chiba Matsuko, could you please let that strange mouth come out for a while. This answer is probably the only one that can know. ”

Ruriko Chiba looked at Matsuko Chiba and said to her.

Chiba Matsuko had a suspicious look on her face, and that strange mouth had now become a part of her body.

But.

Chiba pine nuts are not able to control it, just as it cannot control Chiba pine nuts either.

They are one person.

But also two people.

"I'm going to ask it what it thinks......

Chiba Matsuko replied.

"Hmm."

Ruriko Chiba replied.

Chiba Matsuko stretched out her hand and gently stroked her head a few times.

It's like stroking someone else.

"You...... Can you come out for a while? ”

Chiba Matsuko asked cautiously.

Obviously, at this time, Chiba Matsuko regarded it as a friend.

During that time when no human beings were in contact.

Only it can accompany Chiba pine nuts, and it is actually a gift for Chiba pine nuts.

Of course, it's also a curse.

After all, it can accompany Chiba pine nuts, but because of it, Chiba pine nuts will be completely distinguished from humans.

"Chiba Matsuko, do you really believe in these humans?"

An eerie voice rang out.

"Well, and a few of them aren't humans, they're monsters just like us."

Chiba Songzi pointed to Guan Hu and Gu Huoniao, and said slowly.

"There are many kinds of yokai, and not every kind of yokai can be trusted. Some demons will rely on eating their own kind to increase their strength. ”

The strange mouth continued.

"No, they're not such monsters."

Chiba Matsuko replied.

"Alas......"

Chiba Matsuko's scalp moved on its own, and then a crack appeared: "Chiba Matsuko believes in others as always, what a terrible character." ”

The crack grew larger and larger, and then teeth grew, and a red tongue licked the edge of the crack, and the edge of the crack became the shape of a human lip, a bright red color, as if skin had been peeled off.

"What do you want to know, just ask."

The strange mouth opened and closed, and said impatiently. Obviously, it didn't want to deal with Guan Hu and them.

"You're a two-girl girl?"

Ruriko Chiba asked.

"Hmm...... No, I'm not, I'm a two-woman with Chiba Matsuko combined. I'm just a beak-like youkai with no name. ”

The strange mouth replied.

"Are you the real youkai? Chiba pine nuts or humans? ”

Ruriko Chiba continued to ask.

"It was like that when it started, but it's not anymore. Now I'm one with Chiba Matsuko. The combination I formed with Chiba Matsuko is a youkai. Chiba pine nuts don't exist anymore, and I don't exist anymore. ”

The strange mouth said.

At this time, Chiba Matsuko's expression looked a little demented, and the whole person was wooden.

Probably because he gave his body to that strange mouth.

Chiba Matsuko is willing to hand over his body to that strange mouth in front of Guan Hu and Chiba Ruriko, in fact, it can already be seen that Chiba Matsuko trusts Guan Hu and Chiba Ruriko.

"So...... How did you come to be? ”

Ruriko Chiba asked.

"I'm a kind of youkai gathered by the rumors of humans, when everyone talks about Chiba Matsuko together, leaving Chiba Matsuko alone and reluctant to go out again. Those rumors began to converge and change in Chiba Matsuko's heart, and so I was born. ”

The strange mouth replied.

At this time, Chiba Matsuko seemed to have a smile on her face, but because her expression was more demented. So the smile looks a little silly.

It's scary, but it's also pitiful.

"Human language is powerful, and these words can change others.

When enough languages come together to completely destroy a person, there is a high chance that a kind of youkai will be created. This kind of monster is called a word spirit.

Because the verbal attacker may think of suicide when he is completely destroyed.

The appearance of the Spirit.

It is the last glimmer of hope for those people, and the spirit of the word comes from the resentful language of mankind.

But.

But it can also appear when the attacked person is most helpless and let him continue to live. ”

The strange mouth said these words slowly, and the voice gradually became less weird.

"Spirits?"

Chiba Ruriko and Guan Hu asked at the same time.

Guan Hu has heard a lot of things, of course, he has also heard of the spirit of words, but the spirit of words that Guan Hu knows is a spell used by the onmyoji, not the monster that the strange mouth said.

"Well, there was a high monk in Chiba Prefecture a long time ago, and that high monk devoted himself to cultivating Buddhism.

In his old age, he was plagued by rumors from outsiders......"

When Strange Mouth said this, his voice changed to a completely different shape.

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