[Female Oni Tribulus Terrestris who was arranged to serve]

In such a short sentence, Kamiyagawa saw three doubts.

The first is the identity of Tribulus Hime, and he now has reason to suspect that the other party is the Ibaraki boy who has never appeared.

Secondly, if Tribulus Ji is really the famous ghost of Rashomon, then he definitely didn't come to his side to "serve".

Kamiyagawa wasn't sure if he had exposed something; Or is it some kind of test, Ibaraki boy wants to get up close and personal with himself?

I don't understand what the ghost clan is planning for the time being.

There is also the last suspicion, which is ...... "female ghost".

That's right.

Tribulus may not be Tribulus, or she may not really be here to serve herself.

It's even possible that she's not a female ghost at all!

In the legends of Oeyama and the story of the "Ghost of Rashomon" itself, the gender issue of the Ibaraki boy has always been confusing.

Its image is also very changeable, with the duality of a ghost and a demon, and sometimes even appears in a more elegant image.

In the well-known "Rashomon Pair" anecdote, the sinologist and poet of the Heian period, Toraka, also wrote poems with Ibaraki Boy.

"The wind combs the willow hair, and the ice and waves wash the old moss."

It is said that the first sentence of this poem was sung by Tsurakaka, and the next sentence was picked up by Ibaraki Boy.

During the Heian period, Rashomon was the last gate in Kyoto.

At the end of the Heian period, the samurai class had begun to rise, and the imperial power was weakened, and even in Kyoto there would be a large area of desolate land, and outside of Rashomon, it was even more barren and not too far from the mountains.

It is in disrepair, dilapidated and desolate, and there are often many unclaimed corpses piled up here. At that time, it was believed that the eerie Rashomon was inhabited by dead people on the first floor and ghosts and gods on the second floor, so Rashomon was described as a mythical gate that passed through life and death, through the two worlds of yin and yang.

And the ghost of Rashomon, that is, the Ibaraki boy, who is active here, has many legends.

One of the most famous is the story of Ibaraki's broken arm recorded in "The Tale of the Heike Family":

Watanabe Tsunada, the demon exorcist under Minamoto Yorimitsu, met a beautiful young woman when he passed through Rashomon Gate at night, and escorted her home with him. Halfway through, the woman turned into a ghost, and Tsunade Watanabe fought and killed, and finally cut off one of the opponent's arms.

In the story, Ibaraki Boy appears as a woman, and in other related stories, he is often depicted as a young and beautiful thin-necked ghost.

Then the legend of the drunken boy began to spread near the great rivers and mountains.

The story of the wine swallowing boy in Kyoto and the Oe Yama area was formed later than the Ibaraki boy.

This indirectly confirms a clue that Kamiyagawa currently has -

It is likely that he was the heir of the Yaki Orochi, who was born in Mt. Ibuki, and for some reason came to Okawayama and fell into a ghost.

Compared to the Ibaraki boy, who was born and raised in the Okawayama area, he is an outsider.

The Wine Swallowing Boy established his own power in the Great River, and then the Ibaraki Boy was probably absorbed into the gang.

After that, the two ghost kings appeared together in the story, and the image of Ibaraki Boy in people's hearts also changed into a fierce evil ghost, usually considered to be a subordinate henchman of Jiu Tun, and the image of a male Ibaraki boy began to spread.

However, because of the story of Tsunabe Watanabe beheading the arm of a female ghost in front of him, and the great rivers and mountains represented by Jiu Tun give humans more external fear and deterrence, while the Rashomon represented by Ibaraki gives people more of a deep and gloomy feeling. Therefore, the Ibaraki boy will give people a more feminine feeling than the wine swallowing boy.

Even in some grass stories, there are still many fragrant dramas about the image of Ibaraki's glamorous female ghosts.

And the heroine of these fragrant dramas is naturally an iron-beaten Ibaraki boy, and the male protagonist is sometimes a drunken boy, sometimes a ...... Tsuna Watanabe.

Among them, there are many peach-colored versions of the story of Tatsuna Watanabe.

After all, from the perspective of the listener, it sounds boring to talk about "Watanabe Tsunade exorcises the ghost at night and cuts off the right arm of the ghost". It seems that "Tsunade Watanabe escorts beautiful women at night and rides home in a friendly manner".

But if the two are combined, and then some innovation, the story will become: "Tsunade Watanabe entangles and fights with a beautiful female ghost at night and cuts off Ibaraki's arm." Later, the two took this opportunity to have a peachy contact that fell in love and killed each other, which is not enough for outsiders......"

Listeners, no matter what era they are, will prick up their ears for the storyteller to elaborate.

These wild stories spread by human beings are hard to say whether the content is true or not, but the wild is really wild.

In short, in the relevant stories that Kamiyagawa has learned, the gender of the Ibaraki boy has always been a matter of opinion, and it is difficult to make a conclusion.

In the image of the story in which he is male, he is usually the subordinate of the drunken boy.

When it is a female figure, it is considered to be the wife of a drunk, or a ghost who falls in love with Watanabe and kills each other.

……

"If Tribulus is the Ibaraki Boy, then the real gender of the Rashomon Oni is actually female? Yes...... Isn't she really the widow of the drunken boy or Watanabe Tsunade as told in the Kusako story? ”

Kamiyagawa continued to look at Tribulus Terrestris.

Then it didn't feel right.

The story of the Ibaraki boy is so complicated, how can I assume the gender of the other party so hastily?

What if this is a woman in women's clothes?

Wary!

Having said that, let's call Tribulus "she" first.

Moreover, regardless of whether Tribulus is male or female, Kamiyagawa doesn't really want her to enter the mansion to "serve" him.

There's still a shrine in the basement.

So, he cleared his throat and said against his will, "I don't need the female ghost I serve. I'm not close to women, you should know that the banshees of the mountain man before were also dismissed by me. ”

"I don't care if you like it or not, anyway, according to the rules, now the tribulus belongs to you." The Golden Bear Boy's tone was undeniable, "Ghosts won't let go of what they already have!" ”

"Can you get me another one? I'm a dog demon, no matter what, I have to be matched with a female dog, right? ”

"This ......," the golden bear choked slightly.

Then he went to look at the tribulus beside him, who seemed to give him a look of immobility.

The golden bear's expression became embarrassed, as if he had made up his mind before he said loudly, "Even if you want a female dog...... She can be too! ”

As he spoke, he vigorously pushed a handful of thistles, and violently pushed the white lovely man to the feet of Kamiya, and the shackles rang.

After doing all this, the golden bear boy was relieved, turned around and left.

And just now, he was chatting with Kamiya about life and ideals, and the star bear boy also packed up the wine bowl and strode towards the gate, but when he walked to the door, he glanced back at Kamiya, and his eyes were extremely complicated.

"That's no room for me to refuse."

At this moment, only Kamiyagawa and Tribulus were left in the center of the courtyard.

"Inujiro-sama."

Tribulus Tsurestris on the ground raised her head, and a bundle of silver hair swayed out of her white hood. And the gaze that came from the bottom up was soft and weak, like a tame puppy.

On her delicate and seductive face, a smile squeezed out in fear: "I will serve you well." ”

"Huh...... Hehe. ”

The corners of Kamiyagawa's mouth twitched.

Okay, okay, right?

"Since you're going to serve me, then Tribulus Princess, go and clean the courtyard first, and then there's something else for you to do." Kamiya quickly regained the initiative.

Since you want to be my "slave" so much......

So good, let's be honest, I'm quite good at being a "master" and have a lot of relevant experience.

Before you reveal your true intentions, let's do a full set of acts.

"Yes, sir."

Tribulus got up from the ground and meekly cleaned the courtyard.

However, a set of shackles made her movements sluggish.

A slender and graceful girl's figure, with heavy shackles. The texture of softness and hardness is almost two extremes intertwined on her body, which is particularly abrupt and dazzling, and it is really unbearable to let her work clumsily.

But Kamiya didn't have much idea of pity and cherishing jade, just quietly watched the imprisoned hooded white big man swaying in the courtyard lined with strange stones:

"Tribulus terrestris, you'd better not really be an Ibaraki boy."

Otherwise, when we tear our faces, I can give you a bigger surprise than you show your true body.

……

Golden Bear and Star Bear are heading in the direction of their respective mansions, and they will inevitably stop by for a while.

"The dog demon shouldn't have seen anything unusual just now, right?"

The golden bear who successfully placed Tribulus Terrestris next to Inujiro felt pretty good about himself at this time.

At this moment, the star bear was staggering, he couldn't walk in a straight line under his feet, and he didn't pay attention to the golden bear's words, but he just cursed a stupid fool in his heart.

But in fact, it doesn't matter if Inujiro realizes the true identity of Tribulus Hime.

Hoshikuma feels that Inujiro is biased towards a "orderly" character. If he guessed the identity of Tribulus Terrestris and was really innocent and there was no problem, then he would be polite to Tribulus Terrestris instead.

On this basis, Inujiro has close contact with that wayward adult, and if he can gain the trust of that adult, he will inevitably be reused in the big rivers and mountains in the future.

Maybe you can really become a king.

But is Inujiro really okay?

Subjectively speaking, Star Bear hopes so.

Even before the return of the adult, the Star Bear Boy had already begun to have a certain trust in Inujiro.

One can drink and chat with himself, and can understand what he says and thinks in his heart, and it is difficult to find the second one in the big country.

But the news that the lord brought back ......

Tribulus terrestris, that is, the Ibaraki boy in the great rivers and mountains.

After the last battle with the Genji clan thousands of years ago, the remaining demons hid in the eternal world isolated from the present world to recuperate. The beheaded drunken boy revealed the true nature of the snake god, consumed his divinity to protect several of his men who were dying but not yet dead, and retreated back to the shrine of Ibuki Damyojin before he completely lost control.

After a long, long time, the surviving Ibaraki, Star Bear, and Golden Bear woke up one after another.

The division of labor among the three has been carried out.

Left behind by the Star Bear and the Golden Bear, while guarding the Liquor Swallow Boy Shrine, they try to revive the power of the Oni Clan.

The Ibaraki boy left the Great River Mountain to find a way to restore the ghost king to normal.

And just a day ago, Ibaraki, who had not been heard from for a long time, quietly returned to Dajiangshan and met with the two heavenly kings.

"I found a way to get the king back, but it could be very costly. In addition to that, I got a message ......"

Ibaraki brought back a piece of news, a news that was completely unexpected by Star Bear and Golden Bear -

It is likely that the Japanese will attack the emerging forces.

Wu Jianming, the mythical martial honor.

According to the corresponding legend, this god was dead, at the hands of Ibuki Daimyōjin, who was considered to be an "evil god" who was considered to be disobedient at the time, and later became the Drinking Boy.

But in the world of ghosts and gods, nothing happens that is too surprising.

It stands to reason that the drunken boy has also died at the hands of Yuan Laiguang, but after he has dissipated his divinity, he is still alive and distorted, and he is still alive and breathing.

Ibaraki is unsure of what form Wakenmei is in now.

But she had been to Mt. Ibuki, where she did feel the distinct remnants of the aura of Martial Zun.

Wu Jianming will definitely come to seek revenge on Jiu Tun.

Since Wu Zun is likely to come to take revenge on Da Jiangshan, the strange foreign talk Inujiro who has recently appeared here has naturally become particularly conspicuous.

The identity is mysterious, the appearance is vague, the strength is strong, and the time node of appearance is so sensitive.

It's hard to believe that there is no connection between him and Wu Jianming.

Even the Star Bear Boy regenerated suspicion in his heart.

This may also be the fundamental reason why she will be a lot more emotional than usual today, and suddenly come to Inujiro for a drink and chat.

Maybe Inujiro is a spy sent by Wuzun?

Or maybe he is the Wuzun himself who is in an unknown state?

In addition, Ibaraki, who has not yet shown his face in the interior of the emerging Daikayama, offers to go and stalk Inujiro one-on-one.

If that dog demon is a spy who has infiltrated the great rivers and mountains, then I will sneak into his side!

The Ibaraki boy has a shackle that can completely hide his strong aura, which he obtained in the process of wandering around. With the cover of this equipment, it is possible to carry out some espionage work.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if the identity of "Tribulus Terrestris" is perceived to be abnormal.

The ghosts of Rashomon do things that are almost unpleasant, such as incarnating as a soft young woman, teasing Watanabe Tsunawa, the exorcist king who was still strong at the time, and riding a horse with him affectionately.

Even if Inujiro's identity is revealed, the Ibaraki boy will stay by his side almost openly.

If the dog demon is really innocent, it will be forgotten, but if he shows any clues, then Ibaraki will loosen the shackles and attack him. (End of chapter)