Chapter 145: Hundred Ghosts Night Walking
"So the way you said Chiya is to let Mai sing to these monsters? Qianye, is this really okay? Nana Hashimoto looked at the scene in front of her without worry, and her heart was a little drumming. Because the scene that unfolded in front of Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino at this time was really scary.
I saw a large group of monsters with hideous and terrifying faces, whose names were only heard of in legends, sitting around Mai Shiraishi. Mai Shiraishi had already appeared at this time, with nine huge fox tails floating behind her, a bewitching smile on her face, and she looked at the monsters in front of her with heterochromatic eyes that had turned into vertical pupils.
"Won't they really hurt Mai? I'm still a little worried. Nanase Nishino, who was standing next to Chiya with Nanami Hashimoto, asked Chiya uneasily.
"Don't worry, Nanasse, I've 'taken care of' these monsters beforehand, and they'll be obedient." Qianye rubbed his wrist and smiled confidently at Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino: "And don't forget, Mai is the former successor of the nine-tailed fox Tamamo. Although she has not fully mastered the power of the nine-tailed fox, the power she has now can be regarded as a big monster. These monsters can't bother her. As for whether there is a problem with this method, there were two pharmacists in the Heian period, whose names were Taira Dasei and Ping Zhongsei, who once strayed into the Hyakki Night Banquet because they ate hallucinogenic red melon puree, and won the appreciation of Hyakki because of their interesting dancing at the Hyakki Night Feast, thus gaining the friendship of Hyakki, so Nanamin you don't have to worry that I will have a problem with letting Mai sing to Hyakki. ”
Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino looked at the monsters sitting in front of them, and they could only put aside their worries for the time being, looking at Mai Shiraishi standing among the monsters in front of them, waiting for her performance.
"Then everyone said okay, as long as you like the songs I sing, you will join my command and participate in the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk!" Mai Shiraishi's bewitching look on her face became more and more intense, and she said to the monsters in front of her with charm in her voice.
A crow with three blood-red eyes on its head flapped its wings and flew up, landed on the head of a big ghost with fiery red skin, pecked the horns on the top of the big ghost's head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Since we agreed to Lord Chiba's request, we will not go back, after all, this is the only chance for us to leave this Taisha shrine." Please rest assured, Lord Nine-Taileds, as long as your singing voice can indeed impress us, all the monsters here will join your command and become your Hundred Ghost Night Walker. ”
Another crow with three claws also flew to the top of the red-skinned ghost, landed next to the three-eyed crow, and said to Mai Shiraishi in an even hoarse voice, "The words of the corpse dance crow are what we all mean. We've been sealed away by Chiba-sama for hundreds of years, and we're desperate to get out of here. So Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, please don't doubt us, you are the only chance we have had to get out of this prison for hundreds of years, and we will not regret it. Moreover, joining the command of Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, one of the three major monsters, is also something to boast about for youkai, although it is subject to your constraints, but for us imprisoned youkai, it is already an extremely precious freedom. ”
"Corpse Dance Crow and Yagawu are right." A gorgeously dressed female youkai like a noble lady also nodded in agreement with the words of the two crows, and said to Mai Shiraishi: "Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, please rest assured, we are all youkai who yearn for freedom, as long as we can get out of here, we don't mind abiding by the rules set by you and Chiba-sama. If you're still not sure, we'll give you your real name after joining your Hyakki Night Walk. ”
"Devils! What are you talking about! How could we so easily agree to hand over our real names! A blue-skinned ghost sitting next to the red-skinned ghost shouted dissatisfiedly to the lady-like female monster: "Joining the command of the nine-tailed fox and becoming a member of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk of the Adults is a condition that we have discussed and agreed to in advance." But hand over your real name, it's not the same as we said before! ”
"The green ghost is right, if you hand over your real name that can control us so easily, even if it is in exchange for freedom, the price is too great!" The red ghost with the corpse dance crow and Yata-ru standing on its head also kept nodding its head in agreement with what the green ghost said, and its constantly shaking head made the corpse dance crow and Yata-wu who fell on its head scream twice in dissatisfaction, and then instigated its wings and flew to Mai Shiraishi's side, landing on her shoulder and outstretched fingers, respectively.
The female monster known as the hair ghost did not get angry because of the green ghost's words, but just curled the corners of her mouth slightly, smiled disdainfully and said, "Green ghost, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking, you just haven't given up yet." You ghost clan like to eat people the most, hand over your real name and be bound by Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, you can't eat people anymore, you are unwilling, am I right? The haired ghost pulled out a red comb from his sleeve and combed his long black hair, which had fallen to the ground, and looked at the green and red ghosts with a dangerous smile on their faces.
Looking at the haired ghost who took out a comb to comb his hair, a look of jealousy appeared on the green ghost's face, and the red ghost on the side grabbed the huge iron rod he put beside him, his muscles tensed, and he wanted to do it.
"Enough, don't quarrel at such times!" A monk wearing a cyan robe paused on the floor for a moment with the tin staff in his hand, and after making a loud noise, he stopped the quarrel between the green oni and the haired ghost, and then looked at the girl wearing vermilion armor who was holding a huge wild sword on the side, and asked her, "Demon Dao Ji, what do you think?" ”
Holding the one-man tall Demon Dao Ji glanced indifferently at the monk in the cyan robe, took off the horned ghost-faced helmet on his head, gently combed the white hair on it, and said indifferently and plainly: "I don't care, you don't have to ask my opinion, Qingfang master." It's nice to be able to leave the Taisha here, but it's not a big deal not to leave. It's been 400 years, and I'm used to it. However, since you have promised to join the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk of Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, it is best to fulfill your promise first, I hate people who do not keep their promises. After the Demon Sword Ji finished speaking, he put the horned ghost helmet back on, and glanced at the green ghost and the red ghost with sharp eyes.
This look of the demon sword Ji made the green ghost and the red ghost have a frightened look on their faces, and they couldn't help but shrink back and stop speaking.
Seeing that the demon sword Ji had already made a statement, the owner of the Qingfang looked at Mai Shiraishi and said to her, "Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, please start." As long as you can conquer us with music, we will join you and become your Hundred Ghosts Night Walker. After saying that, the owner of the Qingfang saluted to Qianye, who was standing aside, and said to Qianye: "Lord Chiba, please witness for us with these two young ladies." ”
Qianye bowed slightly to the Qingfang owner, and agreed to his request, turned his head and said to Mai Shiraishi, who looked at him: "Mai, let's start." ”
Mai Shiraishi nodded to Chiya, let go of the Yata-sa Wu on her finger, and let it fall on her shoulder on the other side, and then began to sing.
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"Kako, what are you doing?" Located in the Akishino Palace in the Akasaka Imperial Lands, Mako looked at her sister looking at her phone and smiled happily, and asked her curiously.
Yoshiko raised her head, looked at her sister's curious eyes, and secretly looked at Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko on the side, and whispered to her sister, "A friend invited me to a Halloween night party, and I was thinking about whether to go." As he spoke, he looked at the email on his phone that Nana Hashimoto had not sent. Since exchanging contact information, Yoshiko has often contacted Nanami Hashimoto by email and learned about Nanami Hashimoto's idol life.
"Halloween party?" Mako looked at Yoshiko strangely, thought for a moment and said, "Dad shouldn't allow you to participate in this kind of activity, right?" Who invited you? "Inviting a member of the royal family to a party is usually sent to the Imperial Household Agency rather than directly to the royal family member himself, unless it is a very private invitation. Therefore, Yoshiko received an invitation to the party, which made Mako very strange.
"What's wrong? Mako, what are you talking to Yoshiko? What invitation? When Prince Fumihito heard the sound of Mako and Yoshiko talking, he looked over curiously, and saw that his two daughters were talking, so he asked with concern.
"Nothing, Dad." Seeing Prince Fumihito asking, Yoshiko hurriedly hid her phone behind her, looked at her father nervously, and denied it. At the same time, he also glanced at his sister and asked her to cover it up for herself.
However, Yoshiko's careful thinking was ruined by her sister Mako, and she opened her mouth and said to Prince Fumihito, "Yoshiko just said that someone invited her to a Halloween party, Dad. ”
"Halloween party?" Princess Noriko also looked at it curiously at this time, and asked Yoshiko, "Who invited you to the party, Yoshiko?" ”
Prince Fumihito frowned and said, "Halloween party? What kind of masquerade? This is too damaging to the image of the royal family, Kako, don't go. However, Prince Fumihito's words were stopped by Princess Kiko: "My dear, don't say that." Didn't we also go to masquerade balls when we were young? If your daughter wants to go, she can go. ”
"But this is ...... the image of the royal family" Prince Fumihito was persuaded by Princess Kiko, and hesitated, but it is obviously more important to maintain the image of the royal family.
Princess Noriko gently grabbed her husband and asked Kako, "Yoshiko, tell Mom, who invited you?" What kind of gathering is this? ”
After hesitating for a moment in the face of her gentle mother, Yoshiko confessed to Princess Noriko, "It was an invitation from Miss Hashimoto who invited me to a party she held at this Taisha shrine on Halloween night. I heard her say that there is also a makeup parade in the evening, and even Mr. Chiba will participate. In order to go to the Halloween party, Yoshiko made a little ploy and added the last sentence herself. She knew that as long as she mentioned Qianye, her father would definitely hesitate, so that there was a good chance of getting permission.
Sure enough, as Yoshiko thought, when he heard the name of Chiya, Prince Fumihito thought about it seriously, and finally agreed to Yoshiko's request to go to the party under the persuasion of Princess Kiko.