"What? Are you dead like us?"

"..."

If possible, Ian would never want to have anything to do with Shuten Douji.

It's a ghost.

And he is an Onmyoji.

Onmyoji must regard ghosts as enemies.

"Uncle, why don't you speak?"

Shuten Doji put his hands on his back.

"You didn't react at all when you saw us?"

"Ha." Ian looked at the Shuten boy in front of him.

"Then tell me, how should I react?"

"At least show some surprise!"

Shuten Doji began to dance, and the angry horns on her head also flashed - that seemed to be a reflection of her mood.

"The Ghost King of Dajiangshan is standing in front of you!"

"Uncle, it's only reasonable for you to have some reaction, right?!"

"..."

After hesitating for a while, Ian looked at the Shuten boy in front of him and opened his mouth slightly.

"Ah, it's the Ghost King of Dajiangshan."

"scary."

"Hey!"

After hearing this, Jiutan stomped his feet like a child.

"This is too perfunctory!"

"She's just like a bad geisha!"

"But I really don't think I should be surprised."

Ian looked at the vast white surroundings.

"After all, shouldn't it be perfectly reasonable for ghosts to appear in a place like this?"

Ian wasn't lying.

After all, this is where "life and death" come to a close.

The appearance of ghosts like Shuten Douji here is nothing to be alarmed about.

He didn't feel like he should be surprised, nor did he think he needed to be surprised.

"It seems true when you say that..."

Shuten Doji scratched the back of her head - there was a conspicuous wound on her neck that would not heal.

"This kind of place is really suitable for ghosts to stay."

"So what do you want to do?" Ian looked at the ghost king in front of him, "You appear here just for me to praise you?"

"Then I don't think it's necessary."

"After all, you have already been killed by Lai Guang once. I don't think my praise can change anything."

Several small veins popped out on Shuten Doji's forehead.

Obviously, she was hurt by Ian's words.

"It's okay if you don't tell me!"

"We'll get angry when you say it!"

"She has no martial ethics! Come to lie to me, come to attack me!"

"So do you think you have a chance to defeat Lai Guang if you do it again?" Ian asked.

"..."

With just one word, Ian silenced the Shuten boy who was still making a fuss.

It took a while before she spoke again:

"Well, we don't think so either."

"That guy is obviously not normal."

"Obviously abnormal?"

[You noticed the key words in Shuten Douji’s words. 】

[You realize that as the ghost king of the country, she might know something. 】

[You decide to continue asking about this matter. 】

"Why do you think Lai Guang is abnormal?"

Ian asked directly.

"That--"

Shuten Doji seemed to want to prove something.

"Do you think we are awesome?"

"Awesome." Ian replied without thinking.

This was not a compliment he was putting on to get Shuten Doji's answer.

The Ghost King of Dajiangshan is indeed very powerful.

Not only can the entire country be controlled like a chessboard, but it can also lay all kinds of traps in it.

The fact that almost all the ghost hunting troops were wiped out is the best proof.

Although there are some unpleasant details, it is still very powerful overall.

And if you really want to talk about it——

If it weren't for Minamoto Noraimitsu's sword.

Ian wasn't sure how long he would be entangled with Shuten Doji in the sea of ​​fire.

From an Onmyoji perspective, he admits that such ghosts are extremely difficult to deal with.

After hearing what Ian said, Shuten Doji seemed very happy.

For her, being recognized by the Great Onmyoji seems to be a very gratifying thing.

"Well...since you admit that she is strong, you should understand how powerful she is when she breaks through, right?"

“This is as powerful as a ghost—maybe it’s not a human at all.”

Shuten Doji looked at Ian in front of him.

"You two are really more outrageous than the other."

"We will all be left with a psychological shadow."

"..."

[Shuten Douji’s words reminded you of something. 】

[That’s what she said after biting you. 】

["You are neither a human nor a ghost."]

[You don’t understand why you are evaluated like this. 】

[You don’t even understand why you saw memories like that. 】

[You are very confused. 】

[Shuten Doji quickly understood all this. 】

"Uncle, are you curious why we say that?"

"Yeah." Ian didn't hide his thoughts at all.

"I do want to know."

"That--"

Shuten Doji licked his lips.

"It's not like we can't tell you."

"You have to agree to one condition."

"What conditions?"

"Let us leave this hellish place with you."

Shuten Doji looked at everything around him and rubbed his hands.

"This way you can know what we are thinking, and you can leave here. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

"How is it? It's a good deal, right?"

"Are you afraid of staying here?"

Ian directly exposed Shuten Douji's thoughts.

"Afraid that one day you will really disappear, right?"

"..."

Shuten Doji, who was still smiling just now, suddenly stopped smiling.

She looked at the man in front of her for a long time before she confided in her heart:

"Well, I really don't want to stay here."

"Because we discovered something very interesting and want to know the truth."

"What happened?" Ian asked.

"It's you."

Shuten Doji looked at Ian in front of him and responded like this.

"We want to know what you are."

"Otherwise, we will never be willing to accept it."

"..."

Ian was silent for a moment, and then realized a key question.

"But if I take you back, wouldn't it be equivalent to not killing you at all?"

Shuten Doji shook his head.

"It's not."

"My situation is different from yours."

"You are in a dying state with a chance to go back, but we are already dead. There is nothing to hold on to."

"Then don't you miss your family?" Ian asked.

"Of course I miss you."

Shuten Doji answered without thinking.

"But we also thought that this day would come."

"After all, people can't accept ghosts. We have tried hard."

[You realize that the chaos of ghosts in Heian Kyo may not be just Shuten Douji’s indulgence. 】

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