I, Hikigu, are contained by the evil god

An understatement of slaps, a wave of one's will... It's as simple as that, the fourth stage of the big man inspector Bi Qigu, killing a red-level monster will not be more difficult than killing a chicken.

...Besides, there was an episode in the middle of the tour, and it was a good thing that the episode didn't affect Biqigu's vacation mood that much.

The short episode passed quickly, so I called the branch of the Kyoto Association and asked them to come and wrap up. Hikigu and others took the subway and returned to the gate of the monsters' mansion.

The street occupied by monsters was brightly lit at the moment, and it didn't look like it was late at night. Even during the New Year and holidays, the lanterns were hung high, decorated with colorful lights, and it was very lively.

Under the bright red and orange lights, a group of monsters took human form, men and women, dressed in traditional kimonos and lined up respectfully in two rows at the intersection of the street.

When Bi Qigu's five people reached the intersection, they heard a bang, and everyone shouted in unison, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, with a powerful momentum.

"Welcome your lord to return home!!!"

Hikigu, Yukino, Kasumi Hills, Kaguya, and Shana have never seen such a formation before, and they were stunned for a while.

feel at home,

Probably so?

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Chapter 14 Lucky Charms That Light Up, Big Questions

The little old man Nuliang Huapiao trotted over, followed by the big cadres of the Japanese monsters, "Welcome back, adults."

Bi Qigu hurriedly helped Nuliang's painting ladle up, "The summer night is very humid, the old man is so old, and he is still waiting for me so late outside, how can this make me feel so bad?"

"Wherever it is, this is what we should do." Hua Piao shook his head, coughed twice and said, "Anyway, he's a big monster, so the time doesn't matter."

Don't cough if it's okay... Bi Qigu was surprised, even though he said that,

But I never thought in my heart that Nuliang Huapiao, the majestic fourth-stage monster, reigns over millions of monsters in Japan, and is second only to the top monster king of Yuyi Fox... he actually coughs, coughing like a Just like any ordinary mortal old man.

Monsters are different from humans. Even humans in the fourth stage have a chance of getting sick, but monsters are not humans, and rarely suffer from illnesses. Higher-level monsters are said to never get sick.

Even some monsters are invulnerable to all poisons... After all, with the increase of practice, the evil spirit on their body will also increase, and their own bodies carry strong toxicity.

But this cough doesn’t look like it’s faked, and even if a big monster coughed for others, no one would believe it. If Hikigu didn’t know that Nuliang Huapiao had a hidden injury, he wouldn’t believe it, so it should be real. of.

Hikigu knew that Nuliang Huapiao had a hidden injury because of his eyes chasing the real thing... From this point of view, Nuliang Huapiao's injury that time was not serious.

... Nuliang Huapiao didn't know what Hikigaya was thinking, but after he stopped coughing, he asked Hikigaya with a smile on his eyes:

"Such a welcome, is the supervisor satisfied?"

"Ah, satisfied, satisfied." Bi Qigu's face froze, a little embarrassed.

How can I answer?Too exaggerated to be honest?That doesn't make sense.Are people treating you well or being wrong?

Look, this level of welcome ceremony, knowing that the guests are back, but not knowing that the guests just arrived... No, even if the guests just arrived, this battle is too much.

Fortunately, there is only one family of Japanese monsters living in this whole street, otherwise Hikigu felt that he would die of embarrassment in the monkey-like eyes of passers-by.

... This feeling is actually very subtle. If you have never experienced it before, ordinary ignorant teenagers have imagined such a scene, wanting many people to welcome you with mountains and tsunami on both sides. Such a dream must be very grand.

But when Biqigu experienced it, he felt very embarrassed, made people blush and at a loss, and felt that this was too much... Of course, deep down in my heart, to say that Biqigu has no power expansion and happiness, that is pure Lied.

It's like people with good grades but not so good will dream that they get the first place in the exam, and then speak under the national flag in front of the teachers and students of the school. On the stage, I felt so embarrassed and at a loss. I felt proud and joyful accompanied by nervousness and shame.

At this moment, facing the overly exaggerated "Welcome back" with lights and festoons in front of him, this is probably how Hikigu felt.

However, there are many people who are courteous. No matter how excessive the enthusiasm and etiquette are, people will not bring up the idea of ​​disgust and reprimand. In this mood of "proud and joy accompanied by nervousness and shame", Hikigaya coughed a few times and walked through the row. A burst of welcome, into the high threshold of vermilion.

The night in the yard is intoxicating, all kinds of hills and rivers are available, the mountains are strange rocks in the world, the flowing water is running water, the flowers and plants are full of famous flowers and exotic plants, and the flowers are full of flowers, which are beautiful against the night and the orange light of the lanterns.

As soon as he entered the yard, Hikigaya raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and took out a lucky charm from his pocket—the "real" lucky charm offered by both hands of the Shinto Yasaka Shrine.

It was glowing reddish.

Hikigaya stopped and narrowed his eyes.

As soon as he stopped, the people behind him immediately stopped. Everyone looked at Hikigu at the front in confusion, not knowing what happened, and feeling inexplicably nervous.

Hikigu turned his head, just in time to see Kasumigaoka, Yukino Kaguya, and Shana cast their gazes at the amulet in his hand, and their eyes became sharper.

"Is something wrong? Your Excellency the Overseer?"

Nuliang Huapiao, who was following behind, trotted over and asked Hikigu respectfully.

He also saw the lucky charm in Biqigu's hand, and wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start.

Hikigu narrowed his eyes, and asked Nuliang Huapiao strangely, "Is there anything weird in your house?"

Nuliang Huapiao blinked, "It shouldn't be so... There are so many big monsters living here, if there is any weirdness that can hide under our noses, then I really have to admire it."

"Yes."

Nodding, Hikigu slightly raised his hands and raised his sleeves, the diamond-encrusted steel dial of Patek Philippe reflected light slightly in the moonlight—it was calm and motionless.

"I think so too."

Stuffing the lucky charm in his pocket, Hikigu shrugged, "There's nothing wrong with that. This is a charm made by the association in imitation of Shintoism. It's called a health charm. Apart from flashing when you find something weird, it will occasionally glow to remind you The detective's physical condition is not good recently, and he needs to pay more attention."

Bi Qigu lied casually,

"It must be that I have been staying up late until three or four in the morning, which makes this amulet dissatisfied with me."

Nuliang Huapiao was in awe, "Ah, it's really hard work for Mr. Supervisor to do his official duties."

"That's not true." Bi Qigu waved his hand, "I just stayed up all night playing with my phone."

"This..." Nuliang Huapiao was at a loss for words for a moment.

"OK OK."

Hikigu shook his head, then nodded kindly at Nuliang Huapiao, "It's late at night, please lead the way, we'll wash up and get ready to rest."

"Well, okay." Nuliang Huapiao glanced at the glowing red lucky charm again, and nodded.

This "Health Talisman" is really made by the association in the style of Shinto charms... I said that it looks a bit like the lucky charm from the Yasaka Shrine.

However, Nuliang also knows that the lucky charm only shines when encountering hostile monsters... So, obviously this is not the case.

After all, it also knows that the watch of an agent of the association is the most convenient and effective thing in the world to detect weirdness... He saw it, and Bi Qigu just looked at the watch, and the watch was fine.

——So the same sentence,

How could there be something weird hiding in the monster's mansion?What a joke in the world.

It seems that Agent Biqigu needs a good rest.

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Chapter 15 "It seems that the wood beetle is more powerful now"

Came to an independent courtyard with five rooms next to each other. This is the residence arranged by the Japanese monsters for Hikigu and others.

"I will send some adults here, so I won't go there anymore... If the adults need it, you can call the phone at the bedside at any time. You only need to dial 123456, and someone will come over to provide you with services."

Saying that, Nuliang Huapiao bowed, and all the monsters behind him bowed together,

Bi Qigu nodded, and also bowed slightly as a return gift, "I have a heart."

Xue Nai and the others also bowed slightly, returning the salute to the monsters,

"It's troublesome."

After the monsters left, Xue Nai sighed, "I always thought that my family was considered a wealthy family...but until today, I didn't know what a rich family is."

Regarding Yukino's words, Kaguya blinked and said nothing.

As Hikigu guessed at the beginning, she is from the Shinomiya family

...It is the Shinomiya Consortium, one of the four major Japanese chaebols, with a net worth of 200 trillion yen and over a thousand subsidiaries. She is the daughter of the current patriarch.

What I saw today was indeed quite powerful, but if the mysterious factors were excluded, this level of luxury would not shock her.

"Are these prepared for us in style?"

Hikigu looked at the exit of the courtyard, but there was no one there.

He narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Stylish." This was Xia Na's nodding answer.

Bi Qigu smacked his lower lip and shook his head, "Don't look at them being respectful and enthusiastic in front of us."

"If we weren't the Ombudsman, they wouldn't even talk to us."

Turning around, Hikigu walked to his room, which is the middle room among the five rooms, leaving behind the four of them,

"This is the benefit that the association brings us."

Xue Nai shrugged, "It's only natural that they are afraid of the association, not us who have nothing to do with it."

"But what does it matter?"

Looking up slightly, Xue Nai said, "In Kyoto, this time, we are the association."

Shana raised her eyebrows, "A fox pretends to be a tiger?"

"Yes." The corners of her mouth curled up, and Xue Nai rubbed Shana's little head, making her show an expression of shame and satisfaction, "It's just a fox pretending to be a tiger."

——What kind of fox is pretending to be a tiger? It's like a dog taking advantage of others... Bi Qigu thought in his heart.

But Bi Qigu didn't say that, he was always good at putting himself down, but the four behind couldn't stand this kind of "self-mockery".

Without turning around, he shouted, "Come to my room first, let's talk about something interesting."

Then he walked up the wooden steps with his head down, and stretched out his hand to open the sliding door.

Four people behind him also walked in, and the five people saw the scene inside together.

Unsurprisingly, in such a large traditional Japanese mansion, the rooms are of course also traditional Japanese.

All the lights were turned on in advance by the servants, and Bi Qigu and their luggage were placed in the most conspicuous place in the center of the room—it was left when they left in the morning, and there was nothing important inside anyway.

Inside the room, the wooden furniture is matched with the wooden floor. The furniture is chosen to maintain the natural texture of wood without any industrial material processing. The mottled floor has beautiful textures, which makes people feel peaceful and beautiful at a glance.

All the units face south, so it is conceivable that the lighting must be great during the day.

The room is equipped with a fresh air system, a new type of indoor ventilation and exhaust equipment. The fresh air system is a new type of indoor ventilation and exhaust equipment, allowing people to breathe fresh, clean, and high-quality air indoors.

The ceiling lamp, floor lamp and some local wall lamps are all turned on but not dazzling. The light and shadow create a hazy and soft light space, and the moonlight brought by a large area of ​​natural lighting neutralizes this light, making the room look as a whole. It is hazy, warm and cozy.

Generally speaking, the colors tend to be flat, with low color saturation and mostly natural primary colors. The furnishings are simple, simple and orderly, which is a very typical and beautiful Japanese style.

But although the style is simple and simple, every detail is perfect. Every piece of furniture is made of top-grade wood. The teapots and cups placed on the small table are masterpieces of famous masters. The hanging calligraphy and paintings and antiques are all worth a thousand dollars.

For example, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by the Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai, which even ordinary people can recognize when they enter the door, and "Taiko Five Wives Nakto Tour View" by Kitagawa Utamaro, who Kaguya recognized at a glance.

Another example is the paulownia maki-e hand box, such as the white sandalwood carving of the eleven-faced Guanyin Bodhisattva statue.

Even the flax-colored curtains by the window seemed to have a good history.

Each of these arrangements has a good history and a glorious past, and has become more and more thick after time has passed. Many of them even have the title of national treasure, but at this moment, they are content to be ordinary in this room, a low-key mess.

——It is expected that Yukino and the others' rooms are similarly furnished.

When Kaguya and Yukino called out the names of the things they recognized, Hikigu felt a little overwhelmed; when Kaguya and Yukino told Hikigu the approximate value and status of these antiques, Hikigu began to hold his breath, and even almost wanted to Suffocated.

"This...is this all genuine?" Bi Qigu took a deep breath and looked at Kaguya Yukino and the others... Although he asked this question, he already had an answer in his heart.

Kaguya spread out his hands, "I don't think a rich family in Kyoto like Japanese Yokai would collect fakes at home."

Hikigu frowned, "But... don't some of these things claim to be lost, or are they stored in famous museums?"

Kaguya blinked, "In the world that is not passed on to others, what others can no longer see, isn't it just lost?"

"And... if it is collected in a famous museum, must it be genuine?"

Hikigu had never heard of this kind of reasoning, and was immediately shocked by Kaguya's words, "Ah, is this a rich family?"

After a few seconds, Hikigu came back to his senses, shook his head, and then sighed again, looking painful, as if he had lost a hundred million.

"It's a pity that I am the guest being received. At this time, I represent the face of the association."

"Otherwise, if I casually browse through this room and sell it, wouldn't I be able to eat and drink for the rest of my life?"

Hearing this, Yukino, Kaguya, Shana and Kasumigaoka rolled their eyes at the same time.

...Although Kasumigaoka and Shana had similar thoughts at the moment when they just entered the door.

If such a room is genuine, its value may be immeasurable... Even if you look at it from the perspective of Hikigu, you will feel that it is worth tens of billions of yen.