Tokyo: My Hundred Ghosts Scroll

Chapter 6 Fox Forest

"The grandson of the snail."

"A girl, a boy."

"The blood of the Iijima family is so strong."

Grandpa is walking in the forest with a child in each of his hands.

The trees around were swaying, and there were many figures looming. They talked a lot, and they were very curious about the identities of the two children beside Grandpa.

"grandfather."

Lu was very timid, he stuck to his grandfather tightly, and didn't dare to look at those monsters and ghosts at all.

"Take it easy, Lil."

Gu Yun said: "They are not malicious."

In a week, Gu Yun learned many low-level spells, including the spell to perceive the maliciousness of monsters and humans.

According to Gu Yun's perception, these monsters are very weak, and most of them are negligible miscellaneous ghosts.

Occasionally there are a few little monsters, and they don't have the power to harm humans.

What's more, with grandpa around, even powerful high-ranking monsters probably wouldn't dare to approach easily.

"grandfather."

Gu Yun walked all the way, and found that the demon power of the monster was not high, and he was a little puzzled: "Are there no monsters here?"

"Goblins are not common."

Grandpa smiled and said, "Most of them live in the hidden world."

"Most of the monsters in the present world have their own territories. The ones we are going to visit today are mid-level monsters living in the forest."

Demons are monsters that can threaten humans.

According to the level of monster power, they are divided into lower level, middle level, upper level, and special level second only to the big monster.

Qinglan and Xiaobai belong to the powerful super monsters, the monsters among monsters.

They have the potential to break through the big monsters.

If one day, the two attract enough monsters to establish their own Hyakki Yakō.

At that time, Qinglan and Xiaobai will rely on the fear of ghosts to break through into big monsters.

"Demons are actually the same as us human beings," Grandpa said, "Xiao Guyun is in the second grade of elementary school, right?"

"Ah."

Gu Yun nodded, and his grandfather said, "Would little Gu Yun look down on classmates from poor families?"

"will not."

Maybe some people will, but Gu Yun definitely won't.

"As expected of Xiao Guyun."

The grandfather secretly thought that his daughter was right, his grandson was not only a genius, but also extraordinarily sensible.

"Grandpa and I see no difference between monsters and humans."

Humans measure their status by money, while monsters determine their strength by strength.

Human beings offend the monsters and get revenge.

Just imagine, if the monster is replaced by a human, and the human offends the human, shouldn't the other party be angry and take revenge?
"Some warlocks believe that people are people, and monsters are monsters."

"Humans protect human beings, and it is only right and proper to exterminate monsters."

But from Grandpa's point of view, the logic in this actually doesn't make sense.

"In this land, the boundary between ghosts and gods has been blurred since ancient times."

"Ghosts can become gods, monsters can become gods, and ghosts can too."

The Japanese believe that everything will die one day and will become a spirit after death.

The death of human beings is ghosts, the death of mountains, rivers and lakes is gods, the death of animals is monsters, and the death of pots and pans is Fusangshen.

This is the origin of the saying that there are 800 million gods in Japan.

So according to this theory, humans become ghosts after they die.

Are humans humans, or ghosts?

Could it be said that ghosts are not human just because human beings have flesh and blood but ghosts do not?

If one day, Gu Yun's mother turns into an evil spirit.

Does Gu Yun want to get rid of her?
Obviously, Gu Yun would not do this.

Because that was his mother.

In the eyes of grandpa, monsters are people of another race.

Monsters threaten humans with power, just like rich people among humans threaten ordinary people with wealth and power.

"When in trouble, we are the spirit removers."

Grandpa smiled and said, "But if we have no grievances or enmities with us."

"Then Xiao Guyun, you can forget about their monster status and regard them as a nation with their own cultural customs, just like foreigners."

Grandpa's code of conduct does not mean he will go all over the world as an envoy of justice just because monsters cannibalize people.

"This…"

Seeing Gu Yun hesitating, grandpa thought that Gu Yun was too young to understand these things: "You don't need to think so much, Xiao Gu Yun just needs to do what he thinks is right."

"We're just tiny people."

"The world is huge, and our power is limited, so we can't manage it."

Of course, if it is really encountered.

Grandpa told Gu Yun: "Do what you can, maintain the balance of the two worlds, and try your best to find an answer that satisfies both parties."

Eliminate directly, very simple.

As a spiritual master, the most difficult thing is to purify, that is, to satisfy both parties.

Regarding this point, grandpa often visits friends, discusses and shares knowledge with them, so as to improve his virtue and understanding.

Humans are good and bad, and so are monsters.

If you encounter a very evil monster, then Gu Yun doesn't need to show mercy.

The other party is evil, and I am even more evil than you.

Even if you want to reason, you have to convince both parties first, and then you can sit down and talk slowly.

"That's why we need to work on improving ourselves."

Grandpa told Gu Yun that they are existences between the two worlds, and they are diplomats who uphold the law.

"Okay, here we are."

Just as he was talking, Gu Yun saw a simple torii gate erected in front of him.

"Through this torii, we have entered another world."

This torii is not the vermilion that is common in Japan, but is built purely with wood.

And under the torii gate, an old woman in a kimono stood there, waiting for grandpa's arrival.

"Master Iijima."

The old lady is the fox fairy in this mountain, and also the highest seniority among all the demon foxes.

She signed a contract with this forest, and can practice with the help of aura in the forest, so she possesses the power of an intermediate demon.

"Excuse me, Grandma Fox."

Grandpa took the two children and bowed to the fox fairy in front of him, showing the etiquette of the Iijima family.

"Are these two little fellows grandsons of the master?"

"right."

Grandpa introduced: "The older one is Gu Yun, and the younger one is Lu."

"Om~~~"

When Grandpa introduced Ritsu and Gu Yun, the Hyakki Escroll moved again, shining with a light blue light.

"Open the picture scroll."

Gu Yun thought to himself, and saw the picture scroll slowly opened.

【Three-tailed Fox】

Awakening task: contact 10 fox monsters (no limit to level)

Completed: 1/10
"Hey?"

Gu Yun looked at the task of the three-tailed fox, contacting fox-like monsters, which is much easier than contacting 5 dragons.

"aunt."

"Mother."

Just as she was thinking, two small figures ran out from behind Grandma Fox. They had fox ears on their heads and a fox tail behind them.

Judging from their appearance, their age is about the same as Lil's, that is, about 5 years old.

【Three-tailed Fox】

Awakening task: contact 10 fox monsters (no limit to level)

Completed: 3/10
"So fast!"

Gu Yun looked at his grandfather, the old man smiled slightly and said, "Let's leave the law to Xiao Gu Yun."

"Uh, good."

Gu Yun grabbed his younger brother's hand, he was carrying many talismans and Xiaobai's protection.

To some extent, he is actually stronger than Grandma Fox.

The person who should really be afraid is not the Iijima family, but Fox Forest.

"Gu Yun."

Suddenly, grandpa called Gu Yun.

The latter turned his head and looked into Grandpa's eyes. The old man smiled slightly: "Don't bully them."

"I see, grandpa."

Gu Yun understood what Grandpa meant.

He still subconsciously distinguishes monsters from humans too clearly.

Just like people in previous lives would instinctively scream when they encountered ghosts, because they thought ghosts were bad.

Gu Yun's previous thoughts were like visiting his grandfather's friend's house, touching the pistol in his arms, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

What is this doing?
Is Fox Forest an extreme way, or an evil organization?
They are just foxes who have lived here for hundreds of years, Gu Yun and the others are outsiders.

"My name is Fox Taro, and this is my sister Ayako."

Fox Taro and Ayako saluted Gu Yun politely, just like the children of ancient Japanese noble families.

"Forehead."

Gu Yun could only imitate their appearance, and saluted: "My name is Gu Yun Iijima, and this is mine, my sister Ritsu Iijima."

Gu Yun remembered his grandfather's instruction, in front of outsiders, he had to address Lu as his younger sister.

This gender inversion is a kind of deception for the cognition of monsters, a disguised protection law.

(End of this chapter)