My tenants are monsters

"correct."

Bai Shilin reviewed what he had just heard, and suddenly caught a detail: "Sister Qiu, in the things you just said, it seems that the name of the ghost girl Hongye was not mentioned, right? That woman... She is involved in these things. What role does it play in it?"

"Ghost girl Hongye..."

Bai Shuiqiu paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, he didn't answer directly, but asked a question first: "You should all have heard that the ghost girl Hongye is the incarnation of the 'Sixth Heaven Demon King', right?"

"Ok?"

Shiraishi Rin and Shizaiye glanced at each other, their hearts skipped a beat.

This statement is no longer a secret, but a rumor known to the entire Japanese exorcism world.Even some supernatural enthusiasts who do not have the quality of spiritual media may know it, because if you open any storybook or folklore work describing "Hundred Ghosts at Night", you should be able to see fields about it.The allusion that Oda Nobunaga was called the "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" because of his extermination of Buddha may be even more famous among the Japanese folk.

It's just that few people have seen the ghost girl Hongye with their own eyes, let alone the "Devil King of the Sixth Heaven"-the seen here refers to the real image, and of course the ones carved on Buddha statues or murals are not counted.Therefore, there is no way to confirm the authenticity of this information.

When Bai Shuiqiu suddenly brought up this topic, it is easy for Shiraishi Rin and Izayoi to think of a possibility: "Could it be that this legend is false, the ghost girl Hongye has nothing to do with the 'Sixth Heaven Demon King', everything is just Later generations mistakenly believe in rumors and spread false results?"

Sixteen nights asked.

Bai Shilin also had similar thoughts in his heart, but when the girl next to him had already asked, he stopped talking and waited silently for Bai Shuiqiu to give an answer.

soon.

I saw Bai Shuiqiu shaking his head: "No, on the contrary, this legend is true."

"Speaking of which, you should all know a very ironic fact, that is, as the leader of Mount Togakushi, the big monster who controls the largest and only ghost clan that has been passed down from the Heian period to the present, the ghost girl Momiji herself is not a ghost. Her real identity is the human body of the 'Sixth Heaven Demon King'. In a sense, she is not only not a 'ghost', but should be regarded as a member of the 'God'.

Because in Buddhist mythology, the 'Devil King of the Sixth Heaven' is actually a demon god, and he is in charge of the highest heaven in the world of desire, so powerful that he once rivaled the Buddha.

However, just like many so-called '800 million gods' that once existed in ancient myths, but disappeared unknowingly in the long years, and can only be found in the pile of old papers, the Sixth Heaven Demon King also, a long time ago, It has already left the vision of most human beings, and is no longer in this world,"

"Not in... this world?"

Shiraishi narrowed her eyes slightly: The so-called "this world" of course refers to the present world they live in.If it's not in this world... then it can only be in the "Nation of Underworld"?

"Yes."

"The specific reason for this result has been unable to be verified. It may be that the aura of the present world is gradually exhausted and is not enough to support the existence of these 800 million gods; In a war, both sides were injured, and the part of the gods who lost the ability to fight could only find a place that humans and other ghosts could not approach to quietly recuperate;

Or, these so-called gods and big monsters from the ancient times came from that world from the very beginning. go home'……

all in all.

Not only the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, but also many existences similar to him have left this world one after another in the long history and entered the "land of the underworld". Evidence that exists in the world.This phenomenon has different names in different cultural areas. For example, the Chinese call it "Jedi Tiantong", the Japanese call it "the decline of the age of gods", and some Western countries have similar sayings.

And this 'recession' is likely to be a one-way street.

In other words, even if the gods who have gone to the "Nation of the Underworld" want to come back on their own initiative, it may be difficult for them to come to this world in the form of the body as they did thousands of years ago, and they can only take some Alternatives that require less force.

For example, explain the intentions you want to convey to the believers who remain in the world, and then let him act as your spokesperson to convey these words on your behalf.Or borrow the body of this spokesperson to return to the present world for a short time.

The former is the so-called 'Oracle', while the latter is the source of the spell 'God's possession'.

However, if you want to use this method, you must first have a believer, and you must be a devout believer in the true sense, not a hypocrite like "become famous and chant the Buddha, and he will do his best."

This condition is relatively easy to achieve for those gods who have their own shrines or religions that have been passed down to this day.For example, Amaterasu from Ise Jingu Shrine, and Kashima Shrine's Jianyu Lei Shen from Kashima Jingu Shrine, both descended to the world in this way, showing amazing miracles.

But it is impossible for a demon god like the sixth heaven demon king who is neither the main god of the religion nor enjoys offerings.If an existence like him wants to return to the human world, he must create an 'incarnation'. "

"..."

Bai Shilin frowned slightly, but there were thoughts floating quietly in his heart.

She was searching for information related to the ghost girl Hongye in her mind——

In fact, the Japanese exorcism world has some opinions about the life experience of this "Sixth Heaven Demon King", and most of them are fairly unified.

It is said that her "parents" were an ordinary couple in the Heian period. They had been married for many years but had not conceived a child. For this reason, they prayed to God and Buddha everywhere, but it was still in vain.Finally, when they were very old, the old couple did not hesitate to go back and forth, praying for a child to the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, who is in charge of the highest heaven in the world of desire.Soon after, she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, named "Wu Ye", which was later the ghost girl Hongye.From this point of view, this should be the way for the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven to return to the present world.

Hmm...why does it feel a bit like the reincarnation of some gods in Chinese mythology?

However, it would not be surprising if this were the case. After all, the phenomenon of "gods leaving the world one after another" is not unique to Dongpu, so some situations should be roughly similar.

And under the circumstances that "the ghost girl Hongye is the incarnation of the Sixth Heaven Demon King" and "the Sixth Heaven Demon King's body is in the 'Nation of Underworld'" really exist.

The motivation of the ghost girl Hongye to seek the "Gate of the Underworld" can also be explained relatively reasonably——

"I probably understand."

While thinking, Bai Shilin turned his gaze to Bai Shuiqiu, and said slowly:

"That is to say, the ghost girl Hongye is the incarnation of the devil king of the sixth day, and she wants to release her body by opening the connection channel between the 'Nation of Underworld' and the present world; and Ping Wuyue was exiled to the 'Yellow Spring' because of Ping Jiangmen. country', so she wants to bring her father back.

In the case of a common purpose, the two parties have cooperated, and the number of cooperation has been at least twice.

The first time was in the Warring States Period 500 years ago. The two teamed up with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi to achieve this goal, but failed due to various reasons.In the end, the ghost girl Hongye had to use a fire at the Honnoji Temple to escape, and Ping Wuyue disappeared from there.

The second time was 30 years ago, just like what you said just now, Sister Qiu, Ping Wuyue accidentally discovered the entrance of the "Nation of Underworld" in Baishi Apartment, and entered the "Nation of Underworld" through there. I stayed there for 30 years, during which time I may have found Ping Jiangmen, but for some reason I couldn't bring him back.

The ghost girl Hongye missed this opportunity, so she could only stay outside, and wait until Ping Wuyue came back to greet her as soon as she came back, hoping to learn about the current situation of the 'Nation of Underworld' from her.That's why she appeared on Mount Fuji during that time in early January.

The cause and effect of the whole thing should be like this, right? "

Bai Shilin finally connected what he had learned before with the secrets he heard from Bai Shuiqiu, and made a summary.

Then I want to confirm with Bai Shuiqiu again.

"Well... basically right."

Bai Shuiqiu hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to add something, but swallowed the words again, and then picked up Bai Shilin's words and continued: "In fact, the person who knows the most about these situations is the person concerned, that is, the ghost girl. Hongye herself. Sister Xiaolin, after you go back this time, you can find an opportunity to ask her, I think she should tell you part of the truth.

What I want to say now is that the location of the Baishi apartment is the entrance of the "Nation of Underworld", which was first discovered by the ancestors of the Baishi family, probably in the 70s.

After discovering this matter, the Baishi family built a house in that area and took care of this 'entrance', which was the predecessor of Baishi Apartment.

And the person in charge of the Shiraishi family at that time should be Mr. Genichiro's grandfather Shiraishi Isshin.

That Mr. Yixin is also an amazingly talented folk exorcist, with a very good cultivation, but his reputation in the exorcism world is not well-known, which is probably the result of his intentional choice to live in the city. "

Shiraishi Rin is not interested in the idea of ​​"looking for the ghost girl Hongye to confirm the situation". After all, no matter what the ghost girl Hongye's purpose is for looking for the "Nation of Underworld", it is definitely not something that an outsider can randomly speculate on.If she asked this question rashly, causing the ghost girl Hongye to become furious, then her fate might not be good.

However, when he heard the time point of "the 70s", Rin Shiraishi still felt moved, and subconsciously recalled some information about the apartment.

Yes.

The construction time of Whitestone Apartment was indeed at that time, around 1974-it has been more than 40 years.According to the age of Genichiro Shiraishi when he passed away, he should have been only in his early 20s when this apartment was first built. Unless he is a genius like Abe Seimei or Shiramizu Sana, his strength and experience should be average, or not enough. In the stage of continuous grinding and growing.Moreover, Xianichiro's father and grandfather must still be alive, and it is not his turn to take power.

From this point of view, the Shiraishi family—more precisely, the Shiraishi Genichiro lineage—is more like a "gatekeeper".

As for why Baishi Yixin didn't hand over this "entrance" to the country...

The reason may be out of curiosity and wanting to explore first.After all, whether it is the "Gate of the Underworld" or the "Ghost", they are all very attractive things to an exorcist. If they are used properly, they can also gain some power from them, especially for their own strength. A confident person will not let go of this rare opportunity;

Or, the ancestors of the Baishi family have also been to the land of the underworld, knowing the dangers in it, which cannot be dealt with by special classes, so they chose to stay still.

——At that time, the term "special class" probably didn't exist, but presumably there should be an organization similar to it.

All in all, in the ten years since Baishi Apartment was built, the block where this apartment is located has been safe and sound.Except for the successors of Baishi Yixin's lineage, others don't know that there is an entrance to the "Nation of Underworld".

Furthermore, the "array" mentioned by Sadako Iwata may have been slowly built during this period.

Then, 30 years ago, Ping Wuyue discovered the Shiraishi apartment.

"I don't know exactly what happened that year, but in the end, the Baishi family reached an agreement with Ping Wuyue, allowing the latter to pass through the 'Gate of the Underworld' and enter the world on the other side." to the world, but only to let her pass alone.

It wasn't until Ping Wuyue left this world and went to the "Nation of Underworld" that the ghost girl Hongye got the news and rushed to Tokyo.During this process, Grandma Sana, who was also in Tokyo at the time, noticed it, so she tracked it down and found out all about it. "

"Ok?"

Rin Shiraishi raised his eyebrows: "So, Sana-senpai met Uncle I... Genichiro 30 years ago?"

Shiraishi Rin originally wanted to say that "Shiraishi Yixin", but she didn't think of how to call the latter for a while.After all, Genichiro himself is just her distant uncle, and Shiraishi Isshin is Genichiro's grandfather. If you want to say "great grandfather", it doesn't seem that close.As for the "uncle" who is farther away, Shiraishi Rin is not sure whether Dongying's name is the same as Huaxia,

Therefore, I can only temporarily change my words when I get to this point.

Volume 394: Chapter [-] Shall we go together? (two in one)

But change the words to change the words.

What Shiraishi Rin wanted to express has already been made very clear.

By the way, she did some calculations in her mind just now. If you look at the ages of both parties, Shiraishi Genichiro and Shiramizu Sana should be of the same generation, and they will be about seventy years old this year.And the grandfather of Shiraishi Isshin as Genichiro, even 30 years ago, should not be too young.Her cultivation level should not be comparable to that of Shirazu Sana, who was around 40 years old, but she is definitely not too weak.

It is estimated that there is no problem for a monster of the level of Heping May, or the ghost girl Hongye, to fight against each other, and it can be regarded as a top-notch end-of-term reality.

"Yes."

Bai Shuiqiu on the opposite side nodded, and said: "Grandma Sana was about 40 years old at the time, and it was the time when her spiritual power was at its strongest. The ghost girl Hongye had lost to her once before, and she tried again at that time. After challenging once, it still ended in failure. After the matter calmed down, Grandma Sana had a long talk with Senior Yixin, and decided to seal the existence of this 'entrance' as a secret.

At the same time, in order to prevent the breath of the 'Nation of Underworld' from leaking through this 'entrance' and causing harm to the world, the two teamed up to form a formation to seal it.

The ghost girl Hongye also knows about this matter, because she is also one of the insiders of the 'Entrance', and if she wants to hide the news, it is impossible to bypass her, and all three parties must speak with one voice.It's just that only Grandma Sana and Senior Yixin participated in the process of setting up the formation, and the others didn't know the style and specific principles of the formation.

Hmm... that Senior Genichiro probably knows too, after all, he is the only grandson of Senior Isshin.As for whether he told Xiao Lin this information through letters or other means, I don't know. "

"..."

Baishi Linxin said that before he received the call from the police, he didn't even know that he had such an uncle, so it was even more impossible to get any news from him.

As for the letters...

After having a long talk with Sadako Iwata last time, she did search in 101, and even took a look under the bed and refrigerator, but found no suicide note, secret letter or the like.It is estimated that Genichiro Shiraishi may not know that he still has a distant niece living in Nishitama County. In addition, the death may have been rushed, and he did not prepare his funeral in advance.

So……

"Since this is the case, does Sister Qiu know where the formation in Baishi's apartment is located?"

With a mentality of giving it a try, Bai Shilin asked Bai Shuiqiu in front of him.

The latter was slightly taken aback: "Hey, Xiao Lin, don't you know?"

After a pause, Bai Shuiqiu said again: "Grandma Sana told me a little bit, but I have never been to the Baishi apartment site, so I don't know the layout of the apartment. I only know that it should be underground. In addition, this place The formation still uses two very special artifacts as the eyes of the formation. They were provided by my Baishui family and your Baishi family respectively.

If it is an ordinary haunted place, with these two magical artifacts in place, it can be kept safe for a hundred years.

But such a special location as the 'Gate of the Underworld' is not necessarily the case. This limited period may be gradually shortened as time goes by, until it finally becomes completely invalid.Judging from the current situation, that formation may be approaching the limit of its service life, and it is time to find a way to completely solve this problem. "

"Well, this is not something to be rushed for a while."

Bai Shuiqiu smiled, and patted Bai Shilin's shoulder lightly: "I didn't expect Xiaolin that you didn't understand this past at all, so I explained a little more. But the 'Gate of the Underworld' is involved. It's better to be as cautious as possible.

According to what Grandma Sana said, and the calculation results of Rie, there will be no accidents at this 'entrance' at least in a short period of time.

And sister Xiaolin, you might as well find a time to meet and talk with those two tenants first, and you should be able to get some more accurate information from them.Especially Ping Wuyue, she is so far one of the few people who can return to the present world fully after entering the 'Nation of Underworld', so she must have a deeper understanding of the world there.

I'm not familiar with her, and I haven't met her before, so it's inappropriate to ask her rashly.But you Rin, because of the friendship between Shiraishi Isshin and Genichiro-senpai back then, maybe her attitude towards you will be different.