Seoni is a native of Tokyo.

Shanyi, who has no parents since he was a child, was adopted by distant relatives and has been working in his own hotel in Momoyama Town.

Although his adoptive parents did not treat him as their own son as their own, they never deducted his salary, but gave him rewards, so he was in a better situation than an ordinary clerk, more like a pet.

Coupled with the annual New Year's jade (New Year's money) and the guests' rewards, Shanyi is just thirteen years old, and he already has a large amount of savings.

But money can only give Shanyi a little insignificant sense of security, what he wants is not a cold coin, but real family affection.

However, it didn't take long for him, who had always longed to have a real family, to have a crush on the daughter of a family in the town, and boldly confessed to the other party.

Helplessly, the girl, who was two years older than him, had already made a marriage contract at home, and she was going to get married in a few months.

However, just when Shanyi was disheartened and was about to offer her good wishes with lonely tears, the girl suddenly found him.

She complained to Shanyi, saying that she hated her marriage partner very much, but her parents had already received gifts from each other's families.

Therefore, she hopes to compensate the other party with a sum of money, completely settle the marriage contract with her fiancé's family, and then go away with Shanyi to live freely in a city without her elder parents.

Shanyi had clearly heard from her voice that she was lying—but the "expectation" and "love" in that voice were genuine and could not be disguised.

He wishfully thought that the girl at least liked him, so he lent his "life asset" to the other party.

That's not all, in order to give the girl enough support to settle the marriage contract, Shanyi also borrowed a loan shark from the thugs in the local casino.

In Shanyi, who was carried away by his mind, he thought that he was about to "elope" together anyway, and it was impossible for those gamblers to find him.

However, early the next morning, Shanyi realized that he had been deceived.

The girl's "love" and "expectation" were not directed at him, but at a student who was temporarily living in the town.

For the sake of the student, the girl not only cheated Shanyi out of money, but also stole her mother's jewelry and the engagement gift from her fiancé's family, and then disappeared with the college student at night.

Since then, my wife has been good and rich.

Without a girl, he naturally has no motivation to leave the town, and working hard to repay the money has become my wife Shanyi's only goal, and occasionally being beaten and ridiculed by debt collectors at the door, he can also endure it.

Until recently, he had wishful thinking that the girl must have been deceived......

It won't be long before she comes back crying.

When she came back, she found that her parents and fiancé couldn't accept her, and only the infatuated Shanyi was still devoted to her, so she was moved to tears and fell in love with him, and then the two of them would live happily ever after.

This is the only motivation for Shanyi to continue living in Momoyama.

Until that day.

The flames that spread all over the mountain reflected the whole town into a green smoke hell, everyone fell into an unprecedented panic, people began to scream and scream to flee their homes, Shanyi wanted to leave with his adoptive parents, but saw a girl in the crowd tripped and fell on the way to escape, separated from her family.

So, Seon-yi, who is 1,000% compassionate to women, protected the other party, and then took the injured girl to his hotel to treat the wounds, and after that, the two tied ropes together and hid in the well in the backyard to prevent choking on smoke.

That's when ......

The group of gamblers in the town took advantage of the fire to break in and began to rob the store of everything of value.

Shanyi watched all this through the gap in the guardrail at the wellhead, and felt deeply guilty that he couldn't and didn't dare to stop the other party's behavior, but after all, he was just a child, and they were tall, fat, and strong......

So he continued to hide.

Until a teenager with two katana swords barged in.

Hearing this, Ichiro can already be sure that this young man should be Migaku.

When they were eating beef hot pot together before, Genichiro heard Masano Kuang talk about it recently, and when the fire ended, the Naruto sacrifice was sacrificed, and the Knife Craftsman Village sent someone to recover the blades belonging to the pillar level as usual.

However, the Hidden Tribes searched repeatedly in the still intact Momoyama Hut, only to find that the two Naruto Sabers had disappeared.

disappeared together, as well as the old man's lifetime savings.

Considering the fact that the old man Kuwashima had a knife wound on his body when the Fenghu duo arrived, it could almost be concluded that the two Hinawa knives belonging to Naruzu were stolen by Migaku.

"Go and pour him a cup of hot tea."

Looking at Shanyi's still trembling body, Genichiro felt that it would be better to let Akihime go out for a while first.

I don't know what happened last night, but when he read Fallen Hime's heart, he realized that this childish ghost really wanted to kill Shanyi.

Gazing at food with such eyes, it is no wonder that the child speaks intermittently.

"Don't."

Fallen Ji hugged her arms and sternly refused, as if this thing insulted her identity, and she didn't listen to how the prostitute Taro persuaded her behind her back.

"This little devil did something like that to me yesterday, I'll wait for you to finish asking, and then torture him with skin and cramps!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! ”

Shanyi exaggerated "babbling", the whole person formed a ball like a hedgehog, and his body quickly retreated to the edge of the experimental wooden bed, "I really didn't mean to!" How dare I! ”

Although it's true that he likes beautiful girls......

But forcibly hugging a female ghost, he really just happened!

But.

When I was not so scared, I missed the feeling at that time, which was the softness between life and death......

"Look at his expression, he must be making up in his head!" Fallen Ji immediately stretched out her claws and grabbed at Shanyi, but was grabbed by Genichiro's wrist and stopped ten centimeters in front of Shanyi's eyes.

"I'm still useful for this kid, and I won't kill him."

Ichiro's face was a little more serious, and he was also hinting that the matter of Akihime was not negotiable. Even if she can't understand it, the prostitute Taro will.

"In addition, it won't be long before you will be able to appear in the open world, if you still talk about cannibalism and killing people at every turn, what will Jiuro think of you? Even Kotaro won't bother with you. ”

Dealing with the intelligence of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl like Fallen Hime, it is useless to say that those high-sounding things are useless, and as long as she brings up that people she knows may not like her, she will immediately correct her behavior.

Sure enough, hearing this, she snorted and left with her head up.

At the same time that her figure completely disappeared into the underground Buddhist hall, Shanyi was obviously much more relaxed, but looking at Genichiro's expression, he was a little distrustful.

"Are you really not going to kill me? After all, I know this kind of ...... Secret. ”

The secret he said was naturally a matter of human beings raising ghosts. But he, who doesn't know much about ghosts, doesn't really know how bizarre this thing is.

"You can even tell if she's a human or a ghost, and you can't tell if I'm lying?"

Ichiro paused, "Asking her to bring you back was originally the task I gave her. But your strange hearing is a complete surprise. ”

"You...... It's not trying to ...... me Turn me into a ghost, right? ”

My wife Shanyi's face turned pale.

Ichiro was stunned for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said, "If you want......

"Of course not!"

My wife, Seon-yi, suddenly cried and knelt down on the wooden bed, "Please let me go!" I would never say a word. You can go to Momoyama and ask everyone, I'm the least daring! Wouldn't do anything risky at all! I just want to live a peaceful life......"

"It's one thing not to kill you."

Ichiro was tormented by Shanyi's crying and had a headache, "It's another thing to let you go." ”

"Besides, your abilities are very special, my brother will have to deal with the top leaders and rulers of this country all day long, and those people are old foxes who are different from the outside. I'll be a lot more relieved if you're by his side. ”

In fact, at first, Genichiro took a fancy to this guy's courage to dare to hand him a note in front of Fallen Hime, thinking that he would send him to the Ghost Slayer Team for training, maybe he could find an heir for the old man with a broken leg. After all, this child's courage and kindness are the kind hidden in the bottom of his heart, and he should be the opposite of Yueyue.

It wasn't until Akihime told Shanyi how she found out her identity that Koichiro discovered the true purpose of the child.

And around Jiulang, there is indeed a shortage of boys of the same age, and the entire Hirata Manor is also lacking some vitality.

This noisy mushroom-headed imp may be just right.

On the other hand, Shanyi was stunned by Ichiro's words.

"The country ...... ......He blinked, his eyes narrowed to Beanie, "who are you?" ”

His first reaction was naturally to think that Ichiro was talking big. His ears, however, told him that the boy was not talking nonsense, and that he was full of distrust and wariness of the men he mentioned.

"By the way, I haven't told you my name yet, but you shouldn't be familiar with my last name."

Ichiro said slightly.

"I'm Ei Kanichiro."

[Gain from my wife Shanyi's reputation value of 1000]

[Huh? 】

It's the first time I've seen a human who can give him so much prestige at once.

Even the pillars of the Sanyashiki and the Demon Slayer Team have a reputation of 500 at most, which is ten times that of the Emperor.

Suddenly, he looked at my wife Shanyi's eyes with more interest.

[This little ghost I met by mistake is actually an 'important person' recognized by the system? ] 】

[But the prestige value he contributed is higher than that of Black Death, what is going on?] 】

Naturally, Ichiro didn't know......

If he doesn't appear in this world, my wife Seon-yi will become one of the protagonists of this world in a few years.

At the same time that Genichiro was puzzled, my wife Zenyi suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, and he stretched out his finger and pointed at Genichiro tremblingly.

"You, you, you...... That's right, is it the name of the reed in the newspaper? And that dim sum that sells for sky-high prices......"

"Yes."

Ichiro nodded.

If even Seonyoshi, who lives in remote areas of Tokyo or even in Kyoto, has heard of this name, it means that his approach has indeed paid off during this time.

Ashina's reputation is really out.

"Just stay here, and soon, ghosts who can live in harmony with people will appear in the world openly, and the secrets you know will not be secrets."

Ichiro paused, "Besides, what awaits you is a promising future, so what's there to worry about?" If one day, the woman who cheated on you saw your picture or name in the newspaper, and her face would be funny. ”

"Besides...... You grow up with Kuro, and the people you meet will be different from before. ”

"No matter which country it is, most of the best-looking women in the country are born in a big family of fine clothes and food, aren't they?"

This last sentence is like the key to open the door of Shanyi's heart, directly into the depths of his subconscious.

[Although I don't know why this kid contributed so much prestige, it can't be wrong to keep him.] 】

Genichiro thought to himself, "It would be better if he didn't resist and stayed willingly. 】

He didn't wait too long, Shanyi's original sobbing sound immediately stopped, and then his eyes began to roll like mosquito coils, obviously falling into a fantasy.

Ichiro knew that this kid was probably tempted.

"But before I take you to meet Jiulang, I still need to understand what I was talking about."

Ichiro pulled Shanyi's consciousness out of his thoughts, and returned to the smoky night that day, "Think about it, what did that guy with a knife say and do when he entered the inn?" ”

This Miyue is also an "important person", and not only is the ghost killing team looking for that guy, but the ghost dance Tsuji is even more eager to dismantle him.

Therefore, it is very suitable to be a bait.

Sure enough, after knowing that his future might be bright, Shanyi's mind immediately became a lot more active and began to recall the details of that time.

"He came to the backyard of the inn out of breath, presumably under the influence of the smoke......"

Then he went to the kitchen door and scooped water from the water tank, and the gamblers came out just as they had finished collecting their things, and without saying a word, he drew his knife and slaughtered them all.

Shanyi shook his neck unconsciously, "That's corpses all over the ground, stumps and broken arms!" ”

"If he hadn't killed those people, I wouldn't have fled to Kyoto, but I was so afraid that the police would blame me......"

After all, he is in debt, and he died as a debt collector, which is very suspicious.

"Don't get off topic." Genichiro stared into Zenyi's eyes, "If you see or hear anything important, say it." ”

So far, he only knew from Shanyi's mouth that he went to Momoyama Town after coming down from the mountain, and killed several people in order not to reveal his whereabouts.

"After he killed people, he took their money and talked to himself about the corpses."

Shanyi suddenly said, "Because I have good ears, I can hear quite clearly." ”

"What did he say to himself?"

Ichiro frowned.

"That's what he said."

Shanyi repeated, "'Such a good sword, if it were sold to a place where Satsuma's group of warriors gathered, it should be able to sell for a lot of money. ’”

"'With so much money, neither the ghost nor the old man's companion will ever think of finding me again.'" ”

After speaking, Shanyi spread his hands, "That's it." ”

"Don't try to find me again?"

Ichiro couldn't help but be surprised by Tsushigaku's self-confidence.

Even if you hide in the Imperial Palace, the Demon Slayer and the Oni will be able to enter.

Unless—

[Wait, "with so much money", "Satsuma" ......]

Genichiro's eyes slowly widened, and he finally knew where this guy was most likely to go, and it was also the most reasonable place to go.

Namely, to leave the country.

After all, Satsuma is the old nest of the navy, so it's not unusual to have a port where you can go abroad.

So, Koichiro immediately contacted Shinichi Sase, the leader of the Eagles, through blood.

"Shinichi immediately went to Kagoshima and Yamaguchi Prefecture (where the Satsuma Domain used to be), inspected the famous houses of local wealthy merchants and pawnshops, and then went to the door to get the knives to confirm them one by one. If you find that the blade of the knife is engraved with the words 'Evil Demon Extermination', immediately find out its source and find Mt. Mitsuki. ”

"Once you find a target, don't surprise the ......"

"I'm going to use this bait to cut off one of Onimai Tsuji's arms again."

(End of chapter)