Chapter 159: The Robber Fifty Years Ago
Inuyasha and his party, who continue on the road, soon meet an inexplicable old woman...... To be precise, it should be an old witch! I learned from her that there were ghosts in the nearby castle, which attracted everyone to go, and this time it was of course different from the original book, with the addition of the super powerful Inuyasha, Kikyo, and Tsuiko, the ghost head monster disguised as a princess was immediately recognized, and then it was naturally easily completely destroyed.
Although this is just a small episode on the way of everyone, but from this incident, everyone also knows such information: without the suppression of Naraku's evil spirit, those demons and monsters that used to lurk and hide have come out again.
And today, Inuyasha and the others have come to a village located near a small lake filled with demonic energy.
"I can't imagine that Naraku's storage zΓ i can help suppress youkai! In order to avoid being swallowed by that terrifying evil aura, almost all the slightly stronger youkai hid. And now, as soon as he left, he was all out! β
Looking at the bellflower who was negotiating with the villagers in front of him and preparing to get rid of the demon for free, Inuyasha said with some emotion.
"There's no way around it! We must solve Naraku's threat, otherwise the consequences will be even more severe! Now we have to deal with the threat of Naraku as soon as possible, and we have to destroy all the monsters we encounter on the way! β
Maitreya also tightened the wind point on his right hand and sighed. He is also one of Naraku's victims, and he has no choice but to maintain a sympathetic attitude towards the villagers who have avoided being attacked by youkai because of Naraku.
"Inuyasha! The monster in the lake outside the village, leave it to me to solve, wait for me for a while! β
After listening to the villagers' pleas, Kikyo gently answered Inuyasha and walked towards the lake outside the village. It is her duty and responsibility to destroy the youkai, and in the end, it is also their cause.
However, Inuyasha didn't think so, and today it was rare to encounter a village, and the farther west you went, the more mountains there were, and the more sparsely populated people became. In addition, Kagome and Fence are becoming more and more troublesome when they go back, so they can collect supplies in the village as much as possible, and they will not let it go, although the spell is convenient, there are also places that cannot be scrupulous.
The half-demon was only ostracized by the villagers, and had not yet risen to the level of hatred and hatred of Cheng DΓΉ, plus the identity of witch mages such as Kikyo. So Inuyasha, accompanied by Kagome and others, casually found an open space and sat down, and the person in charge of collecting was Maitreya, who was in charge of the team's finances, to prepare. His crooked ways and rhetoric are most useful at times like these.
"Huh! This is...... The breath of the Jade of the Four Souls! β
Shortly after sitting down, Kagome, who was feeding Inuyasha potato chips, suddenly stood up and exclaimed as she looked in the direction Kikyo had left.
"What? You have sensed the breath of the Jade of the Four Souls, could it be that monster! β
Inuyasha also stood up, looked at Kagome in surprise and asked. It's unlikely, even if it's a little far away, but neither Kikyo nor Tsuiko sensed the breath of the Four Souls Jade Fragment, and he didn't sense anything special about that monster!
"Nope! No, it's not the youkai, it's supposed to be a human who just arrived! β
Tsuiko was not slow either, and soon after Kagome sensed the breath of the jade fragments of the Four Souls, she immediately discovered the abnormality, and after letting go of her perception with all her strength, she scanned the entire village, and immediately found a sneaky human figure following behind Kikyo.
"Found it, it's an aging human warrior, the jade fragment of the four souls, right on his body, sustaining the fire of his life!"
"It's human!"
Not only Inuyasha but also Sango and the others were surprised when they heard that it was a human who held the jade fragment of the Four Souls.
The Four Soul Jade Fragments, they hadn't collected them for a while, because in terms of geography and time, Naraku's collection efficiency was much higher than theirs. Even if it doesn't fall into Naraku's hands, it will usually be obtained by youkai, because even if you have the Jade Fragment of the Four Souls, it is difficult to keep it with human power, and it will even be devoured by the evil power of the Jade Fragment of the Four Souls, or cause the monster to snatch it.
The human body is too weak, and even if you can use the power of the Jade of the Four Souls, you can't fight against a slightly stronger youkai. But just now Cuizi actually said that the person holding the jade fragment of the four souls was a weak old man, just like a child with a treasure in his arms, walking in a pile of robbers.
"Interesting! The human with the jade of the four souls is still secretly following behind Kikyo! Maitreya, I'll collect items later, there's an interesting thing! β
Inuyasha's face was filled with an inexplicable smile, and after shouting to Maitreya, who had not gone far, he took the lead in chasing in the direction where Kikyo was leaving.
Soon after Inuyasha and the others left the village, they saw the water splashed by the explosion of the killing of the youkai in the lake, and the demonic energy that permeated the lake gradually dissipated. After destroying the youkai, Kikyo found the breath of the jade fragments of the four souls at such a close distance, and at the same time, there was also Inuyasha and his party who caught up. But she knew, and the old samurai who was following her didn't.
So, when Inuyasha and the others came to Kikyo, they saw an old samurai...... No! To be precise, it should be said that it is an old robber who is almost too old to walk, holding a knife in front of the shrine maiden and robbing the posture accurately.
"Give me all your money! Kill the demons of the villagers, they must have given you a lot of money! β
"I'm sorry, but I'm not in the habit of receiving money from the villagers, and besides, I don't have any money on me, so if you want money, you can ask my husband for it!"
Seeing the appearance of Inuyasha and the others, Kikyo was not surprised, with Kagome, the standard "Jade Radar of the Four Souls", he naturally discovered the breath of the Jade Fragments of the Four Souls on the weak bandit in front of him. Smiling at the robber in front of him, Kikyo shifted his gaze to Inuyasha behind him.
"Ahem...... It's really an interesting thing, although there are four soul jade fragments, but it's the first time I've seen it robbed with such an old body! β
Seeing the robber slowly turn around, Maitreya coughed lightly and forced a smile.
"It's already half a foot in the coffin, what a dedicated robber!"
"It's just that he is holding on with the power of the Jade Fragments of the Four Souls, and his life has come to an end!"
"But it's so strange that such a person can have the jade fragments of the four souls, if Naraku knows, I'm afraid I'm going to cry!"
"Even now, we want to cry!"
Listening to the ironic words of the group of people behind Inuyasha, the old bandit didn't listen to it at all, and the moment he saw Inuyasha, he was completely stunned as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
"Something seems wrong, the way he looks!"
Fence Wei, who is still familiar with the plot, was the first to reply, pointing to the old bandit who had completely fallen into dementia and reminded.
"Hey! Old fellow, your eyes, I look quite uncomfortable, hand over the jade fragments of the four souls, hurry up! β
Inuyasha stretched his right paw and looked at the old bandit in front of him unhappily and said.
"Ah...... You...... You are...... You're Inuyasha! β
Finally, the old robber slowly came back to his senses, trembling and trembling, raised his withered old finger and pointed at Inuyasha and said in a trembling voice, and as he spoke, he slowly turned around, and the withered old finger was naturally aimed at the light and graceful bellflower.
"So...... You...... You are the shrine maiden who guards the jade of the four souls, Kikyo! β
Hey? I even know Inuyasha and Kikyo!
Except for Fence Wei, everyone else turned a few times between Inuyasha, Kikyo and the old robber with strange eyes, their faces full of doubts and puzzles. Even Inuyasha and Kikyo looked at each other, and then stared at the old bandit in unison.
"You ......"
It was Inuyasha who spoke first.
"Meet me and Kikyo!"
"Recognize! Hahaha...... Even if it turns to ashes, I know you, this eye of mine, but you made it blind with your own hands, if it wasn't for the bellflower who called you at that time, I'm afraid I would have died at that time! β
The knife fell to the ground weakly, and the old robber laughed a little maniacally, and slowly collapsed on the ground.
"Unexpectedly, I heard that you were all dead back then, but now you have reappeared, and it is the same as fifty years ago, there has been no change at all, and Lie has become like this, and it is still relying on the fragments of the jade of the four souls that you wanted to seize back then to survive until now! Hahaha...... What an irony! β
"Fifty years ago, I let go of the eyes that I blinded! Oh...... I remembered that you were the robber who attacked Kikyo back then, and you were still alive! β
Since fifty years have passed, and the other party is also an inconspicuous small character, but as the first human to shoot at Kikyo, Inuyasha is still a little impressed, so after recalling it for a while, Inuyasha remembered the identity of the old guy in front of him.
"Do you remember! Indeed, I am probably the only human being who can sneak attack the witch who guards the jade of the four souls, and if it is the ghost spider's prodding, how can I not investigate at all in advance, and go to attack the bellflower alone, and in the end I almost killed myself, and even my own subordinates were deceived by the ghost spider! β
Seeing Inuyasha recall, the old bandit's face was full of bitterness and helplessness. The memories of the sneak attack back then can be said to be the pain of his life, and he saw the powerful combat power of Inuyasha, but after taking revenge on the ghost spider, he still left a shadow, and the bandit group was wiped out soon after. He also fell to the point of being a bandit alone, until today.
"Ghost spiders! You say ghost spiders! β
However, the name that the old bandit inadvertently mentioned attracted Inuyasha and them together.
"What the hell is going on, how do you know about the ghost spider, what the hell was ...... back then?"
"Wait, Inuyasha, calm down!"
Kikyo Kagome and the others immediately stepped forward and hugged Inuyasha, who was pulling the old bandit by the collar.
"You want to know about the ghost spider! Anyway, I won't live long, as long as you promise me a wish, not only the jade fragments of the four souls, but also the ghosts and spiders, I will also tell you all of them! β
"I promise! Say it! β
"Huh! You're so impatient! ...... "A