【Light Cut】Playing hard to get

As an important gathering place for monsters and monsters, Dajiangshan's heavy news can always be spread in a very short period of time. Almost every day, monsters big and small come here, wanting to see what the "children of Dajiangshan" are like. Due to his ability, Onikiri's plan to take his young master to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests without caring about worldly affairs was completely aborted.

Onikiri has always been cold-hearted towards the visiting monsters, and he has never had a good temper, because he is very clear that the real purpose of those uninvited guests is "to tease the shrunken 'Minato Raimitsu'", and that is to bring all kinds of weird things to life. All kinds of ingredients are stuffed into Laiguang, and shamelessly borrowing Laiguang's cooking skills to make tooth sacrifices-it's so shameless, too despicable, and too despicable!How unreasonable!

But he was full of complaints, but his little master was calm.Raikou has his own calculations and plans. Although he is kind and generous, he has never been a good person. When the monsters ask him for money, he will also make requests to the monsters. I want the syllabus of the courses recently taught by well-known lecturers hired by the Yuan family and the Fujiwara family, I want the military books of the Tang Dynasty privately kept by the royal family, and I also want high-quality knife oil and rare yeast to maintain the beloved knife and refine wine. technology.

When Laiguang made requests, he paid special attention to "seeing the dishes and serving them, and tailoring clothes to suit the individual".If the opponent is a big monster entrenched in one side, he will make harsh demands, such as ordering Da Yuewan who came from Suzuka Mountain: "I want 99 different kinds of sea fish to make fish balls. Send them away." When they come to me, they must all be alive.” ——Even as the young master of Mount Suzuka, Dayakemaru racked his brains and still couldn’t do it, so he had to go back home hungry and sad, and was laughed at by Onikiri for a while.

Laiguang is extremely tolerant of some innocent little monsters who rely on shouting to fight, and often open their mouths after turning their big crimson eyes around: "Play with me. I want to play hide-and-seek."

After all, he is a child, no matter how young and mature he is, he still cannot do without "wanting to play".Laiguang likes hide-and-seek, a strategy game that can not only fight wits and bravery with peers, compete with others, but also run all over the mountains and fields without restraint. The little monsters are also willing to accompany him. Qie had no choice but to join the search team of "Little Laiguang is missing, where is he hiding?", and shouted across the mountains: "Master—where are you—"

His little master can always hide in a place that no one can think of, for example, under Ibaraki Doji's hair. "Ah, Onikiri is calling me. Thank you Uncle Ibaraki, I'm going home first, see you tomorrow." Then the little boy jumped off Ibaraki Doji's back and pulled the Rashomon Oni's thick, thick white hair away. He made a gap, got out, and waved goodbye to Ibaraki.

Ibaraki punched him threateningly, and said sharply, "You bastard full of evil thoughts! Don't come back tomorrow!"

But Laiguang didn't care at all, because Ibaraki's mouth still had crumbs of the sweet-scented osmanthus hair cake he brought!

Laikou's winning rate is extremely high in any game that requires strategy and planning, but if there are big monsters joining, the little boy will also fall short. The haystacks where Guang was hiding were all blown away, and the little boy was also swept up into the sky. Then the big monster grabbed the little boy by the back collar, raised half of his eyebrows at him, and said proudly and proudly: "You lost!" .”

Then he lowered his voice and added: "The Chawanmushi from last time...is very fresh and tender. You may consider doing it again."

Unlike the big tengu who like quick battles and can distinguish between right and wrong, black and white, the big monsters like Higanka are extremely vicious. In order to force Laiguang to show up, they will use horrifying illusions to frighten the timid little monsters , Let Laiguang have to throw himself into the trap amidst the screams of "Little Laiguang, save me--" in the mountains.The battle with the "Peerless Demon" Tamazaqian is even more so. The thousand-year-old fox demon's charm technique is miraculous, and the little monsters are bewitched by his bright eyes and hope, and they play tricks on the fox, chasing Laiguang all over the mountain. It is impossible to drive him to Yuzaoqian.

The "hide-and-seek" with Tamazamae was the most embarrassing time for Raikou. Not only did he not have fun, but he also lost the guard that Seimei gave him during the run. The demon soldiers and other big and small monsters helped him search back and forth, but the guard seemed to have grown legs and went somewhere.

Daozhifu Sangshen couldn't bear the little master's sullenness, so he rushed to the peerless demon with the knife and asked him if he had taken away the young master's guard, but the world-renowned fox demon just smiled ambiguously, using a low voice that was indistinguishable between male and female. He said softly: "How long can you and my good nephew maintain this false dream? Whether the child's surname is 'Yuan' or not, we will soon know."

Onikiri was startled by the prophetic reply of the peerless demon. He rushed back to Dajiangshan from the land of encountering demons with the fastest footsteps, but when he just set foot on the border of his hometown, he was surrounded by little monsters waiting there. Shantu cried and cried: "It's not good! Little Laiguang is gone! We can't find him anywhere, what should we do!" Yingcao even wiped her tears with her sleeve: "Wuuuu, White Wolf and I searched all night, as did Ibaraki-sama, but we couldn't find him no matter how hard we searched... Where did he go?"

Onikiri took a step back, clutching his heart tightly.His face was too scary, so that the little monsters didn't dare to cry anymore.But Yingcao plucked up her courage, tugged at his sleeve timidly, and urged him in a low voice: "Onikiri, use the blood contract quickly, only you can find Xiao Laiguang."

But Onikiri shook his head, his tone sounded like he was about to cry, he said: "I can't sense... I can't sense my master."

"I lost him again."

The children of Dajiangshan were lost-the shocking news spread across the land overnight, and even spread to Arakawa.In order to find the half-demon boy, all the monsters in Dajiangshan were mobilized. They lifted every stone, dug every tree hole, and even smashed an ant nest, but the monsters stared impatiently after searching. The dialog is always:

"Did you find Xiao Laiguang? Or that big guy called 'Ghost Warrior Department'?" "No! I didn't eat any food, so I was looking for him! And you, did you find anything?"" Neither do I, alas..."

"By the way! What about Onikiri-sama's blood contract? Still no response?" "Yeah, do you think it's strange? That's the blood contract, the one that Minamoto Raimitsu used before." "No response from the blood contract, Could it be--?" "Bah, bah, don't be crow's mouth! Keep looking, maybe little Laiguang has fallen into a crevice, and I'm worried that I won't be able to get out alone!"

On the third night, Lai Guang still disappeared, and almost all the monsters felt that the "child of Dajiangshan" was in danger.Sorrow and mist hung over the hearts of the monsters, they sighed, thinking that it was only two years since Lai Guang came to Dajiangshan, how could such a kind and intelligent child suddenly disappear.Obviously that hateful Yuan Laiguang has no conscience, but he can still enjoy his old age shamelessly... Sure enough, only evil can live for a long time?The world is so unfair.

As the night of the third night got darker and darker, the monsters in Dajiangshan gradually chose to give up, but the ghost king of Dajiangshan chose not to close his eyes for three days and three nights in a row. "As the goal, continue to search in the ghost country he has blessed. "Ibaraki, take care of Onikiri, don't let him do anything stupid. I just remembered that there is still one place I haven't looked for, so I'll go there now."

The King of Ghosts is the highest place in Dajiangshan. It stands thousands of feet high, the terrain is dangerous, and the violent wind is like a ghost crying. It carries the painful memories of the battle between Dajiangshan and Haiguo a hundred years ago.Jiu Tun didn't expect a little Douding like Laiguang to climb here by his own strength, but the half-demon boy can always give the majestic ghost king a surprise and the impulse to touch his forehead: he is here.With the ghost army.

The little boy hid in the shadow of the giant demon soldier's heels, his small body curled up into a ball, wrapped himself in a coat with ghost-cut demon patterns, and lay pitifully on the ground.

The ghost king stared at the thin back that was the size of a sesame mung bean, and after staring at it for a long time, he came up with an idea: he finally found it, "the child of Dajiangshan".

"Hey, little one?" The Ghost King strode towards the little boy, ignoring the warning from the Ghost Army Department, and squatting down beside Raiguang, he found the little boy's eyes were closed, his teeth were chattering, his fingers were deep in his palm, and cold sweat was soaking through his hair. Bright red hair.The ghost king called him a few times, but he didn't respond, as if he was in a nightmare, and he would never wake up until he reached the worst end.

"Tsk, it's troublesome. Could it be the dreamland of the demons left here again..." Jiu Tun gestured to the ghost soldiers to signal the giant demon soldiers to be more vigilant. He himself sat cross-legged and put one hand Catching Raikou's eyes, taking a deep breath, using the demon power, sneaking into Raikou's dreamland to find out——

As soon as the ghost king opened his eyes in the little boy's dream, he was startled by the devastated scene of purgatory.I saw blood and fire soaring into the sky, stumps and minced meat piled up into mountains, stinky swill slowly flowing on the barren scorched earth, and endless gunpowder smoke dyed the rotting corpse into a pus-like color.Jiu Tun looked around, and found in the distance a stranded ship with a broken mast, a tattered Genji banner, and scattered wreckage of demon soldiers. The King of Ghosts immediately identified the place where the boy's nightmare took place: the Battle of Mountains and Seas .

"Laiguang! Little guy! Where are you? I heard a squeak!" The ghost king tried to call the little boy, but his vocal cords were vibrating, but he couldn't even hear the sound, which made him twitch irritably.He was just about to summon the ghost king demon fire, burn everything before talking about other things, but he heard a familiar scream: "Don't touch me! Don't come here! Go away! I don't know you!"

"Little guy?!" Jiu Tun hurriedly took a step forward, but felt that he was "floating" rather than "running", probably this is the "restraint" he must endure when he is in someone else's dream.

He quickly "floated" to the little boy's side, and found that Laiguang was surrounded by a group of rotting humanoid monsters. Some of these monsters had only half of their heads left, some of them were missing half of their bodies, and some of them had their chests and abdomen stuck. Knives and arrows, or being brutally peeled open, even the large and small intestines and internal organs with maggots in the broken bones can be seen clearly.Their tragedies are countless, but their clothes, without exception, more or less bear the logo of the Genji Legion.

"Lord Laiguang, don't you know me?" Jiu Tun heard one of the monsters say, "I am Ah Fen! The first time I went to the battlefield, I followed you to Mount Dajiang...but I didn't survive When I went back, I failed to propose to Axiang...Axiang, Axiang must have married someone else long ago..." The living dead who called himself "Ah Fen" staggered forward, but because one knee had been cut off, He fell to the ground within a few steps, but he didn't seem to feel any pain, and crawled on the ground with both hands, persistently wriggling in the direction of Raikou, like a sad insect, "Everyone says you only win battles, Everyone said that if you follow you, you will definitely be able to go back alive, although I am afraid, but I believe in you, I thought I would be able to go home soon... But we lost that time."

"Why, Lord Raikou? Don't you only win battles? Why did you lose, did you do it on purpose? I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Lord Raikou! I'm in so much pain! I want to go home!" With a sudden jump on the ground, he grabbed Laiguang's ankle and dragged the little boy to the ground. Blood and tears flowed from his scorched eyes, and the nails scratching Laiguang's calf also began to ooze blood, "I don't want to Die! Minamoto Raimitsu! I don’t want to die! Why don’t you be responsible to us, aren’t you a general! Why do you only care about your sword and ignore us! I also have a family, and I want to go home and ask Axiang for marriage! I want to go home, I I want to go home! Why do I have to die, I am so unwilling! I feel so painful, Minamoto Raimitsu, you give me back—"

Ah Fan screamed and opened his bloody fangs, biting the little boy's exposed calf, but Lai Guang kicked with all his strength, hitting Ah Fan's jaw, completely kicking his already loose jaw shattered, and Ah Fen also flew out, hit the encirclement of the living dead, and was bounced back to the ground by his indifferent companions, softening into a puddle of slightly twitching blood.

Lai Guang escaped from danger, and just wanted to escape from these living dead in one go, but saw an old man with a fairly intact face striding forward, blocking Lai Guang's way out, "Who are you!" The terrified little boy collapsed He screamed, "I don't know you, I can't understand your words! I'm not the 'Master Raikou' you said, I don't have the last name Yuan at all! Why do you pester me like this every night, why!"

Lai Guang tried his best to clarify his cry, but the expression of the old man who was originally ashen was distorted, "Old minister, keep righteousness. You are a nobleman with complicated affairs. You don't need to remember the old minister, but how can you forget the identity of the person with the surname Yuan? Are you going to forget about the duties of the head of the family?"

The old man suddenly began to tremble, and the whites of his eyes slowly turned black.The muscles on his face twitched strangely, as if the subcutaneous blood vessels were expanding, contracting, expanding and contracting, and finally with a "puff", he spurted blood from all seven orifices, and his voice turned into a hoarse and crazy voice: "We love you and respect you. You, I would like to break my heart for you, we swear to use the smallest casualties in exchange for the extinction of the ghost race and the eternal happiness of mankind. For this, we have paid so much and ruined so many lives! Witches, soldiers, you All the courtiers are ruined for your ideals! Now you say that you don’t have the surname Yuan? You still want to shake hands with shameless ghosts? You have become so, so—”

"So let us down! Your so-called 'righteousness' is a scam. You trampled on the flesh and blood we sacrificed to expel demons and ghosts! You let the monster with the sword go against the law for selfishness. A meaningless sacrifice! You are no longer worthy of being the head of the Genji family, and you are no longer a general who slays ghosts! You have disappointed us so much, so give back everything Genji gave you—the sword in your hand, the person holding the sword Hands, your body, your name, your surname—give it all back to you. We ask you to pay back everything to the Minamoto, Minamoto Raimitsu."

Shouyi's entire face was soaked in his own blood. The old man walked towards Laiguang slowly, and took out a strangely colored talisman paper from his cuff. He held the talisman with both hands, and held it deeply in front of Laiguang. Yiju, "Surrender yourself and apologize, Lord Raikou, the poison on this talisman can help you endure only a short period of pain. Please pay back to the shrine maidens, soldiers, and your courtiers who were deceived by you, please pay back to the Genjia, Please pay back to this world that still praises your achievements, but doesn't know that you carelessly ignore human life, please pay back everything."

The old man waited for a while before raising his face. Seeing that the little boy not only refused to accept the talisman, but turned over and ran away, trying to break through the encirclement of the living dead, he couldn't help roaring angrily: "Men Laiguang! Why run away! You haven't paid back, How can I just walk away! Pay it back, Minamoto Raimitsu, pay it back! Pay it back! Pay it back! Pay it back!”

Under the leadership of Shouyi, the living dead began to chase Laiguang, rushing like wolves trying to tear the throat of a small rabbit; other victims of the Genji Legion in the Battle of Mountains and Seas also appeared like a flood, and the black pressure was like destroying the city They chased the little boy who was running away in a panic, shouting the same curse with different voices: "You deceived everyone, hypocritical hero! You will die a terrible death, and you will suffer forever! Use your life to die Repay, Minamoto Raimitsu!"

Genji's army of living corpses was so powerful that the little boy seemed to be resisting thousands of troops with his own strength. Jiu Tun, who sneaked into his dream, was anxious and angry, but no matter how much he shouted and punched, he still couldn't Interfering in this cruel nightmare, I can only watch the little boy running and panting, panting and crying, falling and getting up, getting up and struggling forward, he is so clean and doing things The child who was originally well-organized, now has disheveled hair and blood stains all over his body, his small face is so dirty that he can't see his features clearly at all, and the desolation and helplessness in his eyes is heartbreaking.

Finally, after being tripped by a pair of withered hands that suddenly protruded from the ground, the little boy fell heavily and was unable to stand up again even though he tried his best.He could only barely sit up, looked at his swollen and painful ankle, and then looked back in horror at the army of living corpses that were getting closer and closer. Shouting out a tsunami of hatred and killing intent—"Onikiri! Onikiri! Help me!" The extreme fear made him blurt out the name of his beloved sword, "Onikiri! Save me, Onikiri——"

Responding to him was the red-horned ghost that suddenly flashed in front of his eyes. The silver-haired and white-clothed swordsman stood expressionless in front of him like a statue, casting a dark and ominous reflection on him. "Onikiri..." When the little boy saw his love sword coming, he just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, and just wanted to burst into tears, when he was pierced through the heart by "Onikiri".Raikou's dumbfounded expression hadn't lingered long on the gorgeous blade of Higakiri, when he was lifted into the air by "Onikiri" with the knife, and was slashed down by the blade in his heart, cutting his entire small body open .

"Onikiri" threw the broken little boy aside, letting a lot of blood stain his white clothes red. "It's not enough, it's not enough. Using me, deceiving me, and causing me to slaughter my fellow clan's blood feud is not enough to repay." The knife ghost walked towards the little boy who was only half breathed, and raised the knife in his hand to him again, " Eating flesh and blood for you is not enough to relieve the hatred in my heart, this knife forged by you, now let you taste its true anger, Minamoto Raimitsu!"

"Onikiri" fell like a torrential rain, piercing the little boy's body as if it would never stop.Laikou's young body gradually turned into a pool of blood. The last thing he saw was probably the fingertips of "Onikiri" stretching towards his left eye and gouging out his eyeball; and the last thing he heard must be "Onikiri" Laughing wildly and ecstatically: "Ha, haha, hahahahahahahahahahaha! Do you feel this pain, Minamoto Raimitsu? I'm so excited, I can't stop! I finally killed Minamoto Raimitsu! Ha, ha ha ha ha ha—”

Even though he knew it was a dream, the ghost king who was forced to watch still looked away early and covered his ears, unable to bear to watch or listen any longer.He couldn't help but wonder, did Laikou, who lost the protection Seimei bestowed on him, go through this all alone these days?Oeyama's retreat, Onikiri's betrayal, and the bloody battle between mountains and seas are all memories of his previous life. They are Minamoto's demons and self-blame, but that child has to replace Minamoto to bear this burden. Bloody sin, how innocent he is.

Only then did the ghost king understand why the little boy ran away from home without saying a word, and hid far away on the ghost throne. That immature life might be angered by the wraiths wandering in the mountains and rivers as soon as he closed his eyes. Can't escape the fate of being used as Minamoto Raimitsu's substitute.Minamoto Yorimitsu was still able to resist the intrusion of evil spirits by virtue of his age, seniority and strong heart, but Raimitsu was still too young, no matter how outstanding his talent was, he could not reach the realm of Minamoto Yorimitsu overnight, which caused him to experience repeated nightmares and was dragged into the swallowing The old battlegrounds of his mind were flayed and tortured by Onikiri, the victims of the Genji Legion, and perhaps Ibaraki, and other youkai who lost their loved ones in the Battle of Oeyama.He must have been afraid that the nightmare of infinite reincarnation would become a reality, so he avoided Onikiri, Ibaraki, and other monsters in Oeyama. The throne, hiding in the highest place of the great rivers and mountains, endured endless crimes alone.

"Little guy..." The moment Onikiri gouged his eyeballs out of their sockets, the little boy stopped breathing, and the dream ended immediately. The moment King Oni returned to reality, he took that little body soaked in cold sweat into his arms, " Raikou, it's okay, it's me, it's my uncle, good boy, it's okay, it's okay."

The little boy curled up in front of the ghost king's chest, and it took a long, long time before he let out a trembling breath.His heart was beating wildly, and his limbs were trembling uncontrollably. The King of Ghosts put his big hand on the back of his heart, pouring it with a gentle demon power like sweet rice wine, stroking his bony back like stroking a young leaf riddled with holes. And comforted him with a brisk tone: "You little guy is very capable, playing hide-and-seek with the whole Dajiangshan, playing all the monsters around - except of course, this uncle. You know that Onikiri can't find you, Did you cry like a ball again? Ha, it’s miserable, but it’s also funny. If a knife cries like that, won’t you make yourself cry? My uncle asked Ibaraki to watch him next to Onikiri, and Ibaraki probably Gotta hold an umbrella."

The King of Ghosts stretched out his other hand to the little boy's eyes, letting the little boy hold his palm with his slender fingers, using his broad palm as a handkerchief, and wiped away his tears.

Hiding behind the ghost king's palm, the little boy was silent for a long time, hiccupped silently, and then began to confide vaguely: "Uncle Jiuten...in the dream, Uncle Ibaraki...once, I broke the All my bones were broken one by one...but, but I don't think...it hurts when the ghost pierces me." The little boy put down the ghost king's hand before the snot was about to flow out, and raised his cuff, Rubbing his wet nose, "Lai Guanggong wrote in his notes, 'Bushido is the way of death, don't think about victory or defeat, and don't care about life and death', I, I am not afraid of pain...and I am not afraid of death...but why do my friends Hit me...Uncle Ibaraki too, Onikiri too...everyone hates me...I'm afraid my home will leave me again."

The ghost king took the small, messy and dirty head into his chest again, and gave the frail little boy a firm hug full of the courage of a king, "little boy, look at how fast you usually move your mind, why are you so busy at this moment?" Confused? The beatings and killings in your dream should have been borne by Yuan Laiguang, but the bastard put oil on the soles of his feet and pinned the pot on your head, making you unable to sleep well. Sigh , or else I would go out and whip Yuan Laiguang himself? Or dig out his bones, stuff them into gourds, and use them to make medicinal wine? Which one do you think is better, my little one?"

Jiu Tun deliberately made an exaggerated and lively tone, which made Lai Guang smile a little bit involuntarily.The little boy shook his head, pouted his lips lightly and said: "It's not good. The dead will be buried in peace, don't bother Mr. Lai Guang anymore. I... Now that I got the name 'Lai Guang' and inherited the famous sword 'Onikiri', I also borrowed Lai Guanggong's Ghost Army Department, those dreams, those pains... I deserve it. I will not admit defeat, I will definitely be able to endure it, believe me Uncle Jiutun, I will not run away again."

Hearing this, the King of Ghosts held the little boy's shoulders, looked at him seriously for a while, and said, "A long time ago, my uncle stayed in the temple for a few days. Kind of like this, but mortals don’t voluntarily bear the sins of others, what they are good at is throwing their troubles to gods and Buddhas.”

"I heard from Onikiri that you are a child adopted by the old abbot of Manjusri Bodhisattva Temple, and your baby name is 'Manjusri Wan'. Hehe, coincidence, you and this uncle have a lot in common. Manjusri Bodhisattva rides a lion with a sword , use wisdom as a sword to cut down the troubles of the world; use the power of a lion's roar to deter evil, resentment and delusion. Aging, sickness, death, resentment and hatred will cross the sea of ​​suffering."

"Small, you don't have the surname Minamoto, and you don't owe Minamoto Raimitsu anything, but why are you willing to bear the murder caused by Minamoto Raimitsu? With this small body, you'll save Minamoto Raimitsu's troubles, "dude" The troubles of wandering spirits and wild ghosts in the great rivers and mountains, and the troubles of being reincarnated in the world, having a head and a debt without a owner, in the eyes of this uncle, you have already become a Buddha."

The ghost king grinned, rubbed the top of the little boy's hair with his big hands, and said with a smile, "Should I build a temple for you, little Bodhisattva? Just get rid of my troubles that I can't live without wine, let me let you go!" Uncle’s sea of ​​bitterness has also turned into a sea of ​​fine wine, drunk for a thousand years, and he will never return if he is not drunk!"

The King of Ghosts touched the little boy's forehead with his forehead affectionately, his contagious smile made the little boy burst into a real smile, and the boy puffed up his face and muttered like a little squirrel: "No, Uncle Jiu Tun is a big Ghost King of Jiangshan, if you are too drunk to wake up, other monsters will feel sorry for you when they are in danger, and they will definitely smack your face with the sole of their shoes in anger."

The little boy paused for a moment, and let the King of Ghosts pinch his cheek like a lesson, and then added in a low voice: "No matter how good a temple is, it's not as good as Onikiri's hut...I'm not a little Bodhisattva, I'm Dajiangshan The little monster... half a little monster."

"You protect me, protect Dajiangshan, and I will definitely repay you, Uncle Jiutun." The little boy stretched out his fingertips, touched the ghost king's neck, and said in a serious tone like an oath, "Even if Mr. I will not let him touch a single hair on your head and neck. If Mr. Laiguang succeeds again, I will definitely grab your head back before Uncle Ibaraki, and exchange your rebirth with everything I have. I will protect you like you protect me Yours, Ghost King."

Shuten-douji curled his lips, bumped fists with the little boy, and said to the old enemy in the past and the child who is now concerned about him: "Okay, the little guy is a man, I will make a deal with you!"