Rebirth of Japan's Sekiro Legacy

Chapter 70 The Twisted Shadow

"But do you trust us that much?" Arakawa Wang said.

"I can't think of a reason for you to lie to me. I am already dead, and I buried my body with my own hands."

"A few days ago, a girl who was about the same age as you found me and explained the matter to me. So when you found me, I was not as surprised as before. I pleaded with her because tomorrow is Shen Yi. It's his birthday, I wanted to give him a birthday present, but this body can't get out of this community at all, so at least... I want to make a cake for that child in the last time."

Arakawa understood.

It turned out that Qiu Xue had discovered the whole story of this matter long ago.

No wonder she only booked two days.

Because tomorrow is the day she agreed with the landlord, if she fails to deal with this matter within tomorrow, then she will do it.

"Although it's rude, can I ask the cause of your death?"

"It was just a heart attack," the landlord said. "It was probably half a year since he died."

"I live in this house alone. I grew up in an orphanage. When I had a heart attack, I was curled up on the floor in the living room. The medicine was next to the pillow in the bedroom. After I died, I wanted to be more than once. Will the outcome be different if I have a husband or a child? I have suffered from serious congenital heart disease since I was a child, and the children in the orphanage are not willing to play with me, because my heart rate will be too high whenever I exercise I fainted, and other children would be scolded for taking me to play. I knew that my illness would cause trouble and distress to those around me, so I consciously stayed away from them. In fact, death is no big deal to me , but I still want someone to be by my side when I want to leave..."

Nozomi Arakawa fell silent. He had just asked the landlord what his obsession was.

It's clear now that she was just too lonely to die alone.

He remembered that he had read a novel.

There is a sentence in the novel that says that a person will die three times in his life.

The first death is the cessation of bodily functions, biologically he is dead.

The second death was when people came to his funeral, people mourned him at the funeral, he died in society, he no longer had a place in society.

The third death is when the last person who remembers him forgets him, and then he really dies, and the whole world deserts him.

The landlady survived the previous two deaths.

Sometimes death isn't scary, it's just too lonely.

When a person goes through the journey called life and returns to the darkness, he always hopes that someone can safely accompany him.

Some elderly people in Japan are lonely all their lives.

Died alone at home like a landlady, no one knew.

It wasn't until the stench of rotting corpses spread that specialized personnel came to clean it up.

But the landlord was lucky. Although she was a little sad, she was still able to bury herself with her own hands.

But Nozomi Arakawa disagrees with the landlord's way of life.

But it's too late to say anything now.

And I believe the landlord should have noticed this after his death.

What she did was not a kindness that didn't want to cause trouble to others.

But dare not face the cowardice of others.

As a social animal, human beings will cause trouble and trouble to others when they live in the world.

The gangsters robbed junior high school students.

Lonely child being bullied.

Accidentally hit another vehicle while reversing.

The crying of the baby in the middle of the night wakes up the parents who have worked hard all day...

It is absolutely unavoidable to cause trouble to others, and it happens all the time.

But because of this, the connection between people will be closer and the emotions will be richer.

Whether it is hatred or love, it is precisely because of the enrichment of various emotions that "human beings" are formed.

"Do you want to prepare a birthday cake for Shinichi-san even after death? You like him very much." Nozomi Arakawa smiled.

"Yes, this child came during the summer vacation. He is a very kind child. He often feeds stray cats downstairs." The landlord smiled.

It seems that she is really happy when she is with Shinichi.

At least she wasn't alone anymore.

She provided a safe place for Shinichi who ran away from home.

And Shen Yi brought her warmth, like a fire that lights up the night.

"And he recently got a girlfriend," Arakawa said.

"Really?" The landlord's face showed joy.

"Well, a very beautiful girl." Nozomi Arakawa smiled, "Maybe the child born in the future will also be very beautiful."

The joy on the landlord's face was just like that of a mother who sees her child get married.

"Time is running out." Nozomi Arakawa said, "There is still a little time, let's finish the birthday cake, it will be done as soon as twelve o'clock, it is an adult."

"it is good!"

The landlord perked up, and she patted her face.

Now is not the time to be depressed.

Anyway, I'm already dead, why are you still obsessed with it?

At least at the last moment of disappearance, let Shen Yi eat the birthday cake he made himself.

This is her greatest wish at the moment.

Seeing the figure of the landlord busy in the kitchen, Kazuya gently put his shoulders on Nozomi Arakawa's shoulder.

"Don't worry, there's still time, and it won't be too late when she finishes making this cake."

Nozomi Arakawa reached out and unzipped the racket bag.

"You should have noticed, right?" He Mi whispered.

"Yeah." Arakawa nods solemnly.

From just now, they have been targeted by something unknown.

The other party didn't hide his intentions at all, he arrived with such a big fanfare, and the aura he gave off was disgusting.

Arakawa Mochi followed Kazuya to the window. At this point in time, there were no people in the community, and most people were resting at home.

But beneath a tree, a twisted shadow was melting into the night.

It stretched out its slender fingers, pointing at the windows of building B bit by bit, its arms twitched slightly, as if suffering from Parkinson's syndrome.

Nozomi Arakawa's eyes twitched.

That distorted shadow was counting the floors they were on!

Nozomi Arakawa licked his lips.

"Don't bother you to come to me, I will come to you in person."

There was one more thing he didn't ask.

That is, the landlord should be in the state of a "ghost" invisible to ordinary people after his death.

Why does she have a body that can wash and cook?
He believed that if he rubbed that son of a bitch down there on the ground later, the answer would come out.

"Landlord, let's go down and buy some delicious food. After all, we will celebrate Shen Yi's birthday later, so it shouldn't be too shabby."

"Okay, I can't leave the community, so I will trouble you."

Nozomi Arakawa walked out with Kazuya side by side.

The landlord looked at the backs of the two of them, and suddenly shivered.

Because the aura of the two of them didn't look like they went out to buy things, but rather like they went out to chop people with a machete.

Are the two really students?
The landlord was secretly startled.

　Come and invest~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)