Shan Lao continued and chirped: "The level of madness and aggressiveness of ghosts is even worse than those witless ghost stories. Old lady, I am doing a good deed by killing and eating ghosts. Don't you think so, sir?"
?”
Kamiyakawa raised his head and glanced at her, saying nothing, noncommittal.
but--
When a living person enters the other world and experiences "death" a few more times, the living soul will completely leave the body, and the skin left in the ghost world will slowly turn into a ghost.
Kamitani carefully looked at Shan Lao's expression when he said this just now, and it didn't feel like he was lying.
It was also mentioned in the optional mission of [Kisaragi Station] that the state of existence of living people will change greatly after entering the other world.
Moreover, those foolish and foolish people I saw in the corridor of Shan Lao Residence, now that I think about it, they most likely became like that because they "died" too many times in the other world and lost most of their souls.
There is also Nagatomo. This is probably how the mutilated creature that haunted him came about.
All these evidences prove that what Shan Lao said is true.
"But having said that, every time a living person dies here, part of the living soul will peel off. Although the creature on Xiao Pingtou's body is a bit incomplete, the overall outline is still complete. It has to be slowly pieced together through death after death.
Get up."
"The creature can remain in this process for a long time without dissipating until it finds a good support like Xiao Pingtou, which means that it should be quite strong in the first place and might be a spiritual master. You need to pay extra attention to it."
Kamiyakawa thought so in his heart.
At this time, the old lady on the opposite side spoke again: "Sir, you brought five people to my place, and you probably didn't just want to hear this little information about the devil, right? If you have anything you want to ask, I will tell you all.
"
Kamiyaxin said that this old lady was quite straightforward.
However, he knew very well that the information Shan Lao had here was definitely not shared with him for free.
If it was completely free and without any price, he would be a little worried.
When the conversation is almost complete, the other party will most likely put forward some conditions, or directly entrust a side task.
The neutral ghost stories he encountered in the world of ghost stories basically looked like this.
Because he was familiar with this process, Kamiya was not polite and asked directly: "What is the way for these strangers trapped in Aokigahara to leave here and return to their world?"
"Hey, this is the first question I've been asked. If I knew, I would have sent them out long ago. It would be annoying to stay here and watch them. But let me tell you, since they passed through that ghost platform
If you come in, the method of leaving should also be related to that platform. If you want to send the strangers out, you might as well investigate in this direction. Old lady, I am too lazy to move and do such troublesome things."
"That's right." Kamiya nodded, "By the way, why do you protect those strangers?"
"Because I have a kind heart, old lady, and I don't want to see them suffer."
"Yeah?"
"Huhu——" Shan Lao let out a slightly creepy smile, and at the same time tore off a large piece of meat from the roasted chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth:
"Why do you ask knowingly? What is your purpose of helping these strangers? You must be the same as me, right? Don't look at me like this, I am still half a mountain god. If I have the opportunity to enter the world of those strangers in the future, I still want to
I can still enjoy their incense offerings. It may not be possible to protect these strangers, but at least I won't take the initiative to harm them."
"Those strangers can stay here and leave as they please. Old lady, I don't care at all. But because I'm here, most of the ignorant and weird people don't dare to come near here. The safety of those strangers can
You get a certain level of protection, that’s all.”
"Hmm." Kamiyakawa thought for a moment.
I feel like this reason is quite acceptable.
He knew that in the real world, the official organization of exorcists maintains certain connections with some neutral or friendly powerful foreigners.
Even some powerful friendly foreigners will be managed by the government and enter certain shrines in name to enjoy the incense and faith in the world.
The mountain lady in front of me seems to want to develop in this direction.
Therefore, it is understandable that she has a neutral attitude towards the strangers trapped in Aokigahara.
In addition, Shan Lao seems to have preconceived the idea of taking Kamiya River, who sent Nagatomo and others to Shan Lao's residence, as his companion.
fair enough.
It is better than explaining to her that I am actually doing this to complete the task.
"Are there any powerful ghost stories in this area of Aokigahara?"
"Of course there are, and there are all kinds of them. But to say that the strongest among them... I'm not bragging, I can barely count myself as one. The other one is the King of Pigs who lives in the cave to the north of the sea of trees."
The Pig King.
This ghost story Kamiyagawa is a little strange.
I just remember that in the corresponding legend, it seems to be a spirit made from a wild boar.
Because he was injured by a former human hunter, he became a spirit and harbored great malice towards humans. On December 20th every year, he would appear and eat people wantonly.
In short, they are similar to the soil spiders that were treated before, they are both extremely vicious monsters.
However, in Japan, it seems that there were some places in the past where King Inozusa was worshiped as the god of the forest.
"After all, we have entered a higher-level map. The background stories of the big monsters here, such as the Mountain Lama and the Pig King, are starting to have a touch of folk gods."
But Kamiyagawa was also a little surprised.
Why didn’t Shan Lao talk about Chuo Shan Yan?
Obviously, the main mission given to me in "Kaitan Monogatari" is to eliminate the B-class Fate Yamayan in this area.
After thinking for a while, Kamiya asked again: "Is this King Inojisa powerful?"
"It's not a question of whether it's powerful or not...but if you have to say it, according to human terms, it's probably Class B."
Level B, the same echelon as the final boss to be fought in this area.
I'm afraid it would be a bit tricky if we really encountered it.
In addition, Shan Lao doesn't seem to have any tendency to visit outside the country. Kamiyagawa cannot judge her strength through the system, but since she puts herself together with King Inosaki, her rating is probably around B level.
"Are there no other strange stories that need to be taken care of in this sea of trees?"
Shan Lao suddenly stopped chewing the meat of the leg and raised his hand to wipe the saliva and blood from the corner of his mouth: "What is this sir referring to? Apart from me and the Pig King, other strange stories are probably not allowed to enter your eyes."
Kamiyagawa:……
Qing Mu Hai Ying Hao, Wei Zhu King, Jun Er and I, right?
Probably because of the [Oni's Leather Clothes], Kamiyagawa felt that Shan Lao's evaluation of him was a little too high.
After a moment of pause, he asked again: "Are there no such things as mountains and rivers in the sea of trees?"
Shan Lao's plump and long face showed a bit of doubt: "I've never heard of it."
This is a little strange.
But Kamiyagawa also felt that since "Kaidan Monogatari" gave the task of defeating the fallen Yamabana, then this kind of ghost story should exist here.
When he was confused, the mountain lady put down the roasted chicken legs on her shoulders and laughed strangely again: "My lord, if you have finished asking all the questions you want to ask, then I will dare to ask you...
trade."
Here you go, see you soon.
"you say."
"Huhu." Shan Lama's plump lips grinned, "Sir, can you help me, the old lady, kill King Zhuji?"