Star Bear Boy: "However, I was just confused and annoyed by this, but I didn't do anything. The one who really tried to change and put it into action was Shi Xiong. ”

Shixiong Boy, the king of the great rivers and mountains who was evaluated as "Dunhou".

It's also a maverick existence in the ghost clan.

It is said that the stone bear boy is not a pure ghost clan, and his blood is mixed with the blood of the He Mao family, a family of human onmyoji.

It is a living example of humans and certain special ghosts being able to give birth to offspring.

In a sense, it provides Kamiyagawa with a factual argument in this regard.

The Stone Bear Boy grew up in the Kamo family, and at that time he still had a human name with the surname "Kamo". The stone bear did not show much difference from humans in childhood, except that its strength and size were far greater than that of its peers.

But after reaching adulthood, the stone bear finally revealed the characteristics of ghosts, growing ghost horns and fangs.

Naturally, the human world could not allow such a half-human, half-ghost alien to exist, so Shi Xiong was secretly exiled by the He Mao family, and finally transferred to Dajiangshan.

Humans living in the daylight can't tolerate a stone bear, but the ghosts in the night accept him.

In addition, although Stone Bear is half oni blood, he does not like to kill. His childhood experience in the human world gave him a completely different temperament from other ghosts, and Shi Xiong loved human craft, especially in the field of architecture.

After becoming the "bear character generation", the ghost queen of the great rivers and mountains took "stone" as the name of her ghost, which also contains this meaning.

The Great River Mountain Castle that Kamiya sees now was built by Shi Xiong and the ghosts.

Probably because of this, because of his own identity and special experience, Shi Xiong has his own deeper insights into the confusion that Xingxiong has always been "the world is rudely divided into two".

He believed that killing and plundering were not the instincts of ghosts, but the influence of the environment.

There are those who have evil thoughts among human beings, and there are those who have good thoughts among ghosts.

The existence of the Star Bear Boy, who has always lived in the camp of the ghost clan, but does not like evil, has strengthened Shi Xiong's own beliefs.

So the two naturally became friends.

They did not agree with the concept of the leader at that time, the drunken boy, who relied on strength to develop and fight against mankind with all his might, if the great rivers and mountains were allowed to continue to take advantage of the country, no matter whether they won or lost, the ghost clan would always be the evil side in everyone's hearts.

It becomes more difficult to lead people to do good in the camp of demons.

It is necessary to give the great country a new concept of values, and ghosts are also good, which is the first step to declare to the world. In this way, one day those who want to be good, whether it is a human being or a strange talker, may follow the great country.

There are such beings as Xingxiong in the ghost clan, and there are also onmyoji like the He Mao family in the human world.

The Kamo family knew the identity of the stone bear boy half-ghost, but they still raised him, and even after he revealed his oni characteristics, they did not execute him, but secretly exiled him. Because of this, Stone Bear has never resented his human blood relatives.

That's it, both humans and ghosts don't necessarily have to live or die.

When the values are gradually reversed, there will definitely be more people or ghosts who have the same concept as the He Mao family and Xingxiong.

At that time, will there be a world with opposite values such as "humans are evil, and oni are good"?

Or is it a world where humans and ghosts are equal?

But no matter which side it is, the Oni Clan will no longer be considered the evil side.

As a result, Shi Xiong began to be active in the two camps of humans and ghosts as the "messenger of the great rivers and mountains".

Not for anything else, if only because he had blood on both sides.

For what Shi Xiong did, that kind of overly idealistic ideal, the wine swallowing boy at that time always knew, but the ghost king of the great rivers and mountains just scoffed at it but did not stop it, and let Shi Xiong do it.

And the final trend of the facts seems to confirm that the wine swallowing is the right thing.

The conceptual gap is an insurmountable gap, and with a soft attitude, even if the long life of the stone bear boy is exhausted, it may not be bridged.

And while the stone bear boy is running in vain for the ideal of "peace between humans and ghosts", the endless fight between humans and ghosts is still continuing.

Eventually, Okawayama ushered in the crusading army of the human Genji.

The Gen family's crusading army was not brought by Shi Xiong, and it has nothing to do with him.

But just as the wine swallow expected, they would come sooner or later.

Because the great rivers and mountains are here.

The final battle of the human and ghost, the outcome is now known. There may be some details and secrets that are not mentioned in the legend, but the ending is like this, Minamoto Raiguang almost destroyed the entire country.

And because the subsequent present world and the ordinary world were completely separated, the great rivers and mountain cities were hidden in the ordinary world, and the remaining ghost clans were able to survive.

They rested for a long, long time, and it was not until today that the surviving Golden Bear and Star Bear regained the initial revival of this famous monster power in the inner world.

That's probably the story in the mountains.

……

After listening to Xingxiong's story, Kamiya pondered for a moment, and then spilled the wine in the wine cup on the ground: "The Stone Bear Boy is indeed a very peculiar ghost clan. ”

It's a tribute.

It is also a reasonable escape from alcohol.

"Hmm......" Xingxiong raised the wine bowl in his hand, paused for a moment, and then gulped down.

"So the great rivers and mountains now choose to expand in the ordinary world, is it also because of the past?"

Xingxiong nodded, then shook his head again:

"Pretty much. The Oni can't live without power...... In short, the Golden Bear thinks so. Although the two worlds of humans and ghosts are separated for some reason, no one can guarantee that the two worlds will be completely integrated one day in the future. If that time comes, it will inevitably be time for humans and ghosts to go to war again. Not for anything else, just because the great rivers and mountains are here. ”

"So the great country needs strength. Golden Bear felt that if we could rule the entire Eternal World and gather the power of scattered ghosts, we could defeat the humans of the other world by force. ”

"I can't argue with him, sometimes...... I think he's right. ”

For Xingxiong's words, Kamiya was noncommittal.

In fact, he knew very well that the power of modern human society to remove spirits was far from being as strong as it was in the Heian period of the era of ghost symbiosis.

During the Heian period, there was the Tsuchigomon family of Harumi Abe, the Kamo family, the Genji clan who were samurai but could remove spirits, and then there were wild onmyojis like Ashiya Michimitsu who were not from a family. Now it seems that it is speculated that the best of these characters have at least the strength to retreat from the Aragami.

In modern society, the soul slayer who can independently deal with the strange stories of the C level or above is already the elite in the countermeasure room.

But it can't be said so absolutely.

After the separation of the present world and the ordinary world, the human world has clicked on the technology tree and embarked on a completely different development path from the previous one.

You must know that the bullet engraved with the Dharma can remove the spirit, if you can flip the table and directly add the Dharma to the nuclear bomb, then the lethality of the ghosts and gods should be terrifying, right?

"Thinking about it this way, it seems that this world is quite strong?"

Kamiyagawa complained silently in his heart.

Although he thought so in his heart, he said on his lips: "So, Xingxiong you want to see it, right?" ”

"See...... What? ”

The one-horned female ghost is drunk more than usual at the moment, and her eyes are already completely blurred.

"Those strange stories with good intentions can live in peace."

"yes. But will there be such a world? ”

"Yes." Kamiya nodded.

Perhaps this is the duty of the co-lord of ghosts and gods.

Of course, his ideals are not so grand, and when it comes to letting the strange people live peacefully, the only figures that come to mind are the Shikigami and the strange stories at home, the craftsmen of Takamagahara, and the eternal Crab Hime, Isohime, Rabbit Pill and others.

All of these strange gossip distrusted and followed him.

Originally, Kamiyagawa may not have had any clear reason to become the co-leader of ghosts and gods.

The pursuit of power, the desire to see a completely different side of the world, is probably that. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the benefit thrown out by "Strange Story", which promotes the climb towards the throne.

But now, it's not the same as it was at the beginning.

"You're still the same arrogant. Obviously, he is not even the king of the great country, but he can swear by such beautiful words. Xingxiong smiled and shook her head, a few strands of soft blonde hair swaying in her ears, "But...... But it's annoying. Inujiro, you're a lot like Ishokuma. ”

"It's like you're complimenting me. Speaking of which, is that what is on your mind? ”

Kamiyagawa felt that Xingxiong's temperament today was very different from usual.

It shouldn't have been a simple retrospective that made her so sentimental.

It always felt like something had happened that touched her emotions.

"Sort of, but there are other ......"

"Others?"

Kamiya's voice fell, and he didn't have time to ask in detail.

There was a sound from the gate of the mansion, the familiar rattle of chains.

Listen to this voice, it is the golden bear boy who is coming.

Because he was drinking in the yard with Xingxiong, the gate was not closed and was completely open.

The two-horned male ghost outside strode in, and beside his tall body, a relatively petite and strange figure followed.

Dressed in white, with bright red silk strips wrapped around his waist, and a bunch of bells hanging from him, ringing step by step.

The one who followed the golden bear seemed to be a female ghost. Pink lips and bright eyes, feminine and delicate and beautiful face, and natural charm.

The strange female ghost was draped in a white hat with a hood attached to it, and it was covered with a head. The hood completely covered her horns, revealing only the bulge of two pieces of fabric. The long white hair hung out of it, loosely tied, strands of hair reflecting the soft moonlight.

Seeing the golden bear and the white female ghost coming in, the star bear boy raised his hand and rubbed his temples, sighed, and stood up from the ground.

"Dog Demon." Jin Xiong's attitude towards Kamiya is still bad, "You are a ghost general in the Great River and Mountain, although you have only joined for a short time, and you have not been allowed to participate in the battle of expansion and crusade, but you have the merit of clearing the revival of a group of ghosts and ghosts in the palace......"

Expanding towards the surrounding crusade, it seems to be a fat gap in the mountains.

After all, it is possible to plunder the spoils of war and talk about slaves at will.

Such an errand was not arranged for the Golden Bear to Kamiyagawa, and he would only think of Kamiya if he dealt with the strange and fruitless tasks inside the palace as he did before.

Kamiya didn't speak, but sat on the ground and looked at the golden bear, of course, more observing the white female ghost who looked a little timid.

Although she really showed "timidity", the seemingly natural charm on her face still existed, but it was even more sympathetic.

"So according to the custom, you should be assigned a female ghost banshee to serve." Jin Xiong said this, subconsciously turned his head to look at the white female ghost beside him, his eyes flashed with a trace of uncertainty, "This is the slave captured from Wakasa Bay, Tribulus Hime, she will serve you in the future." ”

"Ah......h

Kamiya opened his mouth weakly.

No way?

Are you really going to send me a beautiful female ghost?

Look at the female ghost named Tribulus Hime.

Her feet are dressed in white foot-toe socks, the delicate elastic socks tightly wrap the arch of the instep, and the front section is bare and flexible toes.

The feet, which were supposed to be dexterous, were restrained from the ankles by a pair of heavy shackles.

His hands were tightly cuffed by a cohesive pair of black metal shackles, and it seemed that he could only perform some relatively simple activities.

Controlled in such humiliation, maybe she was really a slave?

But Kamiyagawa feels that things are not so simple.

The attitudes of the Star Bear Boy and the Golden Bear Boy are very strange now, although they have done a certain amount of cover-up, they can still feel the strange atmosphere.

Xingxiong, who was still drinking just now, suddenly stood up, although it was just a movement that didn't need much attention, but according to Kamiya's understanding of her, if it was just a visit from the golden bear, according to her character, she should not look back.

There is also the high-flying golden bear, his attitude towards Tribulus is not like facing a slave who lives and kills all in his own thoughts.

In addition, Kamiya also noticed that Tribulus Terrestris's state was also very strange and weird.

He couldn't see through the general strength of this female ghost, it was a vague feeling of "probably quite weak".

But if it's really a weak weird talk, with Kamiyagawa's perceptual ability, he should be able to see through a few catties and taels at a glance.

"That shackle seems to have hidden her original aura."

Kamiyagawa's attention shifted to Tribulus Hime's hand.

Her arms were hidden by large, white cuffs, and only the exposed part of her wrists was firmly held in place by hideously exaggerated shackles.

The left hand is white and soft, and the five fingers are slender. But her right hand was covered with bandages, and there was no bare skin to be seen, and the tightly wrapped bandages stretched all the way to her cuffs.

"This tribulus terrestris that I haven't seen before at all, it can't be an Ibaraki boy, right?"

Kamiyagawa's expression changed wonderfully, alternating with surprise, stunned, and speechless, but fortunately, the [Oni Leather Coat] was able to hide his facial features.

"Inujiro...... My lord. ”

Tribulus Hime saluted to Kamiya in a soft, somewhat frightened tone, her movements looking very sluggish and clumsy due to the heavy humiliating shackles.

Kamiyagawa: ......

I have the impression that the meaning of the word "Ibaraki" itself has the meaning of thistle and thorn.

No! Are you pretending to be a little too perfunctory?

It's kind of disrespectful to me. (End of chapter)