Chapter 156 The story and the war against foreigners
Suddenly a rumor arose in the village - Katsuki was born an evil ghost, but the evil ghost successfully grew up, so the gods were offended and punished him.
The villagers who are tortured by hunger and the despair of seeing no future don't actually care about the truth. They just need a place to vent.
So when this rumor spread, almost everyone who heard it recognized this statement at that moment, and in order to pray for God's forgiveness, they tied Sheng to a dry haystack.
The moment the flame was lit, a child with a tail behind him knocked down the village chief holding the torch.
The child waited in the forest for a long time today, but did not wait for Sheng to come over. He knew that things were not peaceful recently, so he quietly ran over to look for Sheng, and then he saw Sheng who was about to be burned to death.
He put out the torch and angered the villagers.
The tied up Sheng watched helplessly as the excited villagers beat the child to death. The unusual tail behind the child seemed to be more evidence that Sheng was a monster despised by the gods.
Only monsters stay with monsters.
--why?
Why must we kill them?
They obviously didn't do anything?
Sheng opened his eyes wide and was gradually swallowed up by the scorching flames.
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As Qiao Xi told the story, Xu didn't seem to have much reaction. Instead, the three children looked a little nervous. Seeing Qiao Xi suddenly stop, they quickly asked: "Then, did Sheng get burned to death like that?"
?”
Qiao Xi glanced at Xu with an unclear look, then shook her head: "No, at that moment, Sheng was not completely dead."
The burning flames waved their teeth and claws in the air, and also cast deep and shallow shadows on the ground. The strong obsession and unwillingness made Sheng turn into a monster in an instant, using the shadows cast by the flames to scare the surrounding villagers.
Together they were dragged into the flames.
Sakata Gintoki: "..."
Takasugi Shinsuke: "..."
Gui Kotaro:"……"
The three children fell into silence for a moment, while the one next to them sneered faintly: "Human!"
There was no trace of malice in his tone, which made Gintoki and the others feel uncomfortable.
After a long while, Sakata Ginzai said in a daze: "In the end, Katsu just became a youkai and lived like that...?"
"This..."
Qiao Xi showed a subtle expression, and then cast her eyes on Xu as if nothing had happened: "That's not true. Later, when he met me, he killed many little monsters, so I sealed him away.
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Three children: "..."
Xu: "..."
Xu Xiang, who was being watched deliberately by Qiao Xi, sneered. However, facing Qiao Xi's gaze and recalling the scene of being beaten before, he was inexplicably short of breath - was it a threat? Is this definitely a threat?
Unknowingly, the hostility that Xu had felt when he woke up had gradually disappeared. Instead, Yoshida Shoyo, a normal person, had a bit of a temper that came to the fore.
Qiao Xi noticed this and thought that it looked like his passive skills were still effective in another world, but she did not remind Xu. She just handed the bead in her hand to Xu and said warmly: "This bead is already
What was left after Masaru disappeared as a monster."
Although what the three children heard from Qiao Xi sounded as if they were true, in fact, they did not believe Qiao Xi's lies. If they had to say it - they also "harmed many little monsters", forget about evil spirits.
Can they still think that it is Katsu who suddenly breaks out in the face of death and ends up being spread rumors, etc. Do monsters really exist in reality?
So after calming down for a while, the children quickly listened to this story as a pure story. Knowing that such a tragic story was just fiction, they were able to focus on other things.
Gui Xiaotaro stared curiously at the bead in Qiao Xi's hand and asked, "So what exactly is this?"
Not wanting to show any dignity, Qiao Xi did not catch the bead that Qiao Xi handed over. Qiao Xi didn't care at all. She casually took back her hand, held the bead and played with it, and then said: "This is the only thing that Sheng has left in this world."
of goodwill.”
It is said that it is for this world, but actually it should be for the child with the tail behind him, but that child was beaten to death by the crazy villagers in order to save him.
However, even so, in Sheng's memory, those days spent with that child in the forest are still warm and worthy of his cherishment.
Those memories are so precious that he refuses to forget them even if he becomes a mindless monster. In the end, even if they are about to turn into dust, they must remain in the world——
"It's a wonderful memory."
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Yoshida Shoyo finally returned to normal. The physical and psychological effects of the prison disaster seemed to have dissipated. The three children were very happy about this. The master and apprentice seemed to have returned to the way they were in Matsushita Private School at that time.
That kind of happy atmosphere.
Of course, in fact, this incident had a great impact on several children, which was manifested in their eagerness to do something for this decadent world.
Takasugi Shinsuke, who was originally from a samurai family, had an aura of concern for the country and the people. After the arrest of Yoshida Shoyo, he felt more and more that this world was not quite right and that it needed to be changed.
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"To this end, I hope to make changes in this world, even if it costs my life."
After a period of careful consideration, Takasugi Shinsuke finally knelt in front of Yoshida Shoyo and made the above declaration.
Yoshida Songyang: "..."
After being silent for a long time, Yoshida Songyang smiled slightly: "If this is your wish, then go ahead and make it come true."
Normally, Yoshida Shoyo is really a very qualified teacher. He knows the wishes of his students and does not point fingers. He just becomes more serious when teaching them swordsmanship.
The three of them participated in the war against the barbarians together, and soon gained great fame. Yoshida Shoyo was a famous teacher, and they were proud disciples carefully taught by their famous teacher. Takasugi Shinsuke also had great leadership skills to create a disciple.
The Ghost Soldiers made a strong presence on the battlefield.
Qiao Xi did not participate in the war with them at first, but took the initiative to take Yoshida Songyang around - he simply cared about Yoshida Songyang's slightly unstable mental state, and always felt that the monster in his heart was because of the previous incident.
The outburst seemed to be uncontrollable.
While wandering with Yoshida Shoyo, Xu would occasionally come out on his own initiative. Anyway, Qiao Xi was not afraid of him. After all, although his swordsmanship and murderous aura were no match for this man, his age (...) only had this little benefit.