Chapter 650: Fuzugawa Miya (1)
'Boom thump—'
"--Mother?"
"No." A girl's gentle and childish voice came from outside the door, "Excuse me, can I come in?"
Fushigawa Xuanya hugged his younger brother tightly, called his younger brothers and sisters to come to him, and looked at the door vigilantly.
"If I say no, will you not come in?"
"Ah, I can stay outside the door."
Several brothers and sisters surrounded Fushigawa Xuanya and shouted worriedly: "Brother..."
"That shadow looks like a child."
Fushigawa Xuanya gritted his teeth, his worry for his younger brother and sister taking over. He did not let her in just because there was a girl outside, and still looked at the door vigilantly.
The figure seemed to be leaning against the door. Fuzugawa Xuanya didn't know how much time had passed. In the silent night, he only heard a sound -
"coming."
"what?"
"--seal."
It was as if the sound of papers being blown by strong wind kept ringing outside the door, and even their door was shaking violently.
This noise only lasted for a few seconds, and then it returned to silence, and soon their brother's voice was heard.
"who are you?!"
"It's brother!"
"My brother is back!!!"
'Snapped--'
The door was opened, and several children ran out one after another, stood beside Fushigi Nikawa, and looked at the girl standing in the middle of the road in confusion.
She looked only 5 or 6 years old, with her hair tied into two small buns with a red hairband. She wore a red and white shrine maiden costume and a small bow and arrow set on her back. At her feet lay a human-shaped object covered with dense white talismans.
Fushigawa Genya's throat rolled and he nervously stood behind Fushigawa Saneya.
"Brother! Have you found mom?"
Fushigawa Miya shook her head. She went to her mother's workplace and saw that work had stopped long ago.
"Ah, your mother has returned." Yun Ci pointed at the person at her feet, "But she is no longer your mother, so you'd better not tear up these talismans."
"what?"
"mom, Mom, Mom?!"
Fushigawa Shiya frowned tightly: "What did you say?"
Yun Ci looked on the ground, picked up a hairpin, walked up to Busei Kawai and handed it to him.
"This belongs to your mother, right?"
"It's mom's!"
"Unfortunately, she... was turned into a ghost. She lost her mind and only knew how to eat people. I can only seal her up first."
ghost?
What man-eating ghost?
What the hell is this guy talking about?
Fushigawa Miyako stared at the simple black hairpin, which was his mother's only jewelry.
He snatched the thing away, his eyes full of distrust.
"If you don't believe me, I can let you see it with your own eyes."
Fushigi Miya clenched his hands, and his voice was steady with a bit of trembling after he tried hard to suppress it.
"Xuan Mi, take your brothers and sisters home."
"But brother..."
"Do it!"
Fushigawa Xuanya looked at Yunci, then at Fushigawa Shima, and could only obediently take his six younger brothers and sisters back to the house.
A few seconds after the door closed, roars were heard outside the door, followed by something heavy being knocked to the ground, accompanied by a muffled groan from Uzui Nakagawa.
Fuzukawa Xuanya suddenly opened the door: "Brother——"
Before he could even utter a call, Fushigi Genya's pupils suddenly dilated.
"Mom...Mom?" Fuzugawa Xuanya subconsciously took two steps forward and shouted, "Mom! That's my brother! What are you doing to my brother!"
"——Didn't I tell you? She was turned into a ghost."
The white talisman paper whistled around Busikawa's mother and Busikawa Miya.
The ferocious expression of Busei's mother slowly softened, then she closed her eyes and was lifted into the air by the white talisman paper.
The talisman papers fluttered and stuck to Busei's mother's body one by one, and when the last one landed, it fell to the ground again.
Fushigawa Shimokawa was still lying on the ground, unable to recover from the feeling of his mother rushing over to eat him as soon as she appeared.
Yun Ci walked to the side of Fushigawa Shiya and looked down at him: "Don't worry, she hasn't eaten anyone yet. If she can develop a medicine that can turn a ghost back to its original form, she will be eligible to receive a share."
The dull eyes of Fushigawa Shiya slowly regained their brightness and fell on Yunci: "Where can I get the human transformation medicine?"
"It hasn't been researched yet." Yun Ci spread his hands, "But I believe it won't take a few years."
Immortal Kawa Saneya: "..."
Isn't that just saying nothing?
He sat up and looked at his mother beside him.
However, as long as people are not dead, there is still hope, right?
"Why did my mother become a ghost?"
"Perhaps she encountered the Demon King, or perhaps she encountered other upper strings. In any case, she was injected with demon blood, which is why she was transformed." Yun Ci looked compassionate, "There are many beings who have had the same experience as you."
"Flutter..."
A white shadow flashed across the night sky.
Yun Ci looked up and spoke faster.
"You are lucky to have met me. I can seal her up and wait for an opportunity. But if she has already eaten someone by then, I won't save her." Yun Ci's voice became cold. "Ghosts that have eaten people, whether they are willing or not, will only have one way to go, which is death."
"Okay, that's all I have to say. I should go now."
"If you want to know more, go find the house with the wisteria sign—"
Yun Ci waved her hand, trotted away quickly, and her figure disappeared into the darkness.
Three minutes later, a man in white shrine attire appeared on the street.
He sensed the residual spiritual power fluctuations here and decisively chased in the direction Yun Ci left.
'boom--'
The door is closed.
In the dim room, Fushigawa Genya turned around and looked at his elder brother.
"Brother, someone is really chasing that girl. No wonder she left in such a hurry."
Fushigawa Miyako responded without any emotion, his eyes fell on his mother who was lying on the futon, and the sobbing of his younger brothers and sisters echoed in his ears.
Fushigawa Genya could not hide the sadness on his face, and he walked to Fushigawa Saneya.
"Brother, Mom...what should we do next?"
Fuzugawa Shiya clenched his fists and said, "I'm going to find the house with the wisteria logo printed on it."
He looked at Fushigawa Xuanya: "Xuanya, I'll ask you to take care of my brothers and sisters first. Wait for me to come back!"
"Brother! Can't we go together?"
Fushigawa Shiya shook his head: "We don't know the situation over there yet. It's too dangerous to go together."
Although it was dangerous to stay, from what the girl said, there should be a lot of ghosts, maybe they would encounter them again...
To protect my family.
Fushigawa Miya stood up, walked to the kitchen, picked up the knife and put it behind his waist.
"Hide mom in the closet first, Xuan Mi. Go to mom's workplace after daybreak and ask for a few days off. I'll leave now and will be back before dark—"