Part-Time Witch Higurashi
Chapter 9
Nana Nishimura was temporarily detained in the Tokyo Police Department and enjoyed the treatment of being guarded in a single cell.
Since Tezuka Guo Qing knew about her special abilities in advance, even the cell was engraved with charms to isolate spiritual power and demonic power, as well as to block off space.
The Kumura family's products were all of the best quality. It was guaranteed that even Kumura Yoshimori himself would not be able to break into the prison.
… Alright, the Yukimura family was fine.
"Do you think we, Yukimura, don't know the weakness of your Kumura family's barrier?
Only Tezuka -kun would still believe you after doing such a terrible job. "
Yukimura Shiyin, who had turned on her vengeful mode, scolded Ryōshou as she jumped into the prison.
Ryōshou, who walked out after her, was submissive. He was crying in his heart.
Nana Nishimura, who was sleeping in the corner with a haggard face, heard the commotion. She opened her eyes and saw the two most outstanding barrier masters of the current generation in front of her. She rolled her eyes mockingly.
"What, Kanna Hyuga was poisoned to death?"
"Hey, you bastard — —" Ryōshou rolled up his sleeves and was about to teach this bastard, who indirectly caused his precious niece's injury, a lesson. However, Shiyin pulled him back.
"It seems that you know our two families quite well?"
A woman would not show mercy to another woman. Shiyin's gaze was cold as she said indifferently, "If you honestly answer a few of my small questions, everyone will be at peace.
If you don't cooperate, I don't mind making you cry and rush to answer my questions. "Shiyin finished speaking and clenched her fists.
Nana Nishimura chuckled, "So you're still saying that you want to avenge your niece?"
She leaned lazily against the wall and turned her head away. "I don't dare to say anything bad about the Black Awn Tower. Otherwise, I don't know when my mouth will be sealed again."
That day, in the dark room of the villa, trapped by Kanai's enchantment, she angrily cut open Matsuda Jin's wrist and activated the blood curse according to the master's instructions. In Matsuda Jin's confusion and pain, the shadow of her imagination appeared in the blood.
Filled with joy, she thought that she had been saved. Just as she revealed a joyful smile, the virtual figure said in an extremely gentle voice, "You're really ugly, Nainai."
"My lord … It's like this —" She hurriedly explained but was interrupted by the other party just as she was about to speak.
"You were discovered by the Sunset Shrine's shaman, how troublesome — — well, forget it, you're already useless."
The smile on her face froze, and the projection disappeared. Countless ghouls emerged from the blood and pounced on her, howling.
… Why?
She knelt on the ground in a daze. Outside the barrier were ghouls that were hitting the barrier.
Those ferocious, drooling ghouls had never made her feel so disgusted.
It's really ugly to be abandoned — —
"The enchantment in this room can guarantee your safety." Shiyin said lightly.
"It was a man named Crow who taught me the spell of human transformation and demon control.
I don't know if he's a human or a demon. "
"He said he was from the Black Mang Tower, but I don't know anything else.
As for the Black Mang Tower, my talisman paper came from the Black Mang Tower.
If you want to study it, you can get it from the police officer in charge. "
Knowing her situation, she did not hesitate to disclose the information of the master to Ryōshou and Shiyin. Nana Nishimura couldn't help sneering in her heart.
What a pity, Crow -Sama, I'm an out-and-out egoist.
Since you don't want me first, don't blame Nainai for being ruthless.
*
On the day Huang Se and Kanai made an appointment to go to Yayuan, the weather was particularly good.
"Mr. Huang Se — —"
Arriving at the Sunset Shrine at the agreed time, Huang Se smiled and hugged Virgin, who rushed over, and turned in circles.
"This is a small gift for Little Virgin ~"
The blonde teenager happily handed a delicate small gift box to Virgin to thank Virgin for protecting him that day.
"Is, is it for Virgin …" Virgin, who was a little nervous, looked at Kanai inquisitively. After seeing the other party smile and nod, she was flattered and took the gift box and opened it.
A delicate blue hair ribbon lay quietly in the velvet box, with two lustrous and warm sapphires at the end of the hair ribbon.
Under the sun, it shone like stars.
"It looks like Little Virgin's eyes, right?" Huang Se squatted down and rubbed Virgin's soft hair, smiling brightly.
"Thank, thank you, Mr. Huang Se!" Virgin blushed and took out the ribbon and tied it to her hair.
"Ne, Ne!
Master, Shuweng DRen, Red Leaf, does it look good? "The bouncing chick turned his head and asked for the elder's opinion.
"It looks very good." Kanna Hyuga smiled and said thank you to Huang Se gently.
"No, you're welcome." Huang Se blushed. "Are we going to go to Yayuan next?
Red Leaf, Big Sister, Little Virgin, and Shuweng DRen, will they go together? "
"The Yayuan monsters are a group of their own, and the situation is special.
Big monsters like Red Leaf and Shuweng will cause unnecessary trouble over there, so they won't go. "Kanna Hyuga explained.
(Red Leaf: Hey!
Dead boy, who is the big sister?
En??)
"Virgin …" Kanai glanced at Virgin, who was still jumping around excitedly. "Let her have fun today, don't tire her out." (Red Leaf: Brat, come here!
Come here, I promise I won't kill you!)
Kanna Hyuga looked at the time, and magically stopped Red Leaf, who was chasing Huang Se. She stepped forward and pulled Huang Se. "It's getting late, let's go."
"Eh?
Are we going to take the Shinkansen? "
"If there are coordinates, we can walk there."
Kanna Hyuga took the coordinates given by Shiyin and began to carve the talisman and chant the spell.
"What —" Before Huang Se could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt his entire body go numb. A huge pulling force pulled him forward, causing him to stagger. A blue light crackled around his body like electric currents. He finally managed to stand firm. When he straightened his body, he found himself in an unfamiliar forest.
Huang Se:??
"This is the space positioning technique developed by my aunt. It can also take people away, but not many people can be taken away." Kanai explained roughly. "The premise is that there must be space coordinates."
"Then we are now …"
"We are already in Yayuan!"
Kanai smiled. "According to the coordinates, this should be the residence of Uncle Ryōshou's friend."
"Ha, ha ha … Is it, the boundary master is really amazing …"
"It's not a boundary technique. My aunt is a witch. She taught me Yin Yang Technique."
"Eh?
Is there a difference? "Huang Se asked curiously.
"Of course there is – wait, there is a demon aura."
Kanai looked serious and covered Huang Se's mouth. She didn't notice that Huang Se's face instantly turned red because of the girl's sudden approach.
The wind rustled the branches, and the sun cast spots of light through the dense leaves. There was no one in the silent woods.
Kanai became more and more nervous. She pinched the blue talisman with one hand and protected Huang Se with the other.
[Witch from afar, what are you doing in Yayuan?]
She didn't know where it came from, but it seemed to be the voice of a middle-aged man.
[This spiritual power … What is it?
It's really interesting.]
"Who is it –?!"
Kanai's face sank. Just as she raised the scepter in her hand, she didn't know why a strong sleepiness suddenly came up.
Her eyelids were heavy and her head was dizzy. Kanai resisted the urge to yawn and tried to use magic to find the creature hiding in the dark.
However, this kind of sleepiness was too strong. Huang Se next to her had already fallen to the ground and slept soundly.
Just a short moment, Kanai couldn't help but close her eyes and fell asleep on Huang Se's body.
[This, this seal is?]
[Ryōshou's child?
Yaya, it's really a flood against the Dragon King's temple.]
She woke up in a daze, and the strange voice appeared in her ear again. Kanna Hyuga yawned and sat up lazily.
"This is …?"
Only then did Miko-sama realize that she and Huang Se were in a strange forest. Under the crimson sky was a vast purple forest. The light was dim, and from time to time, strange orange-yellow monsters would float over their heads, chirping and shouting something.
There was a long and moving bamboo flute sound in the distance.
"Oh … so sleepy … little Hyuga?" Huang Se next to her also opened his eyes and frowned.
When he saw that he was on a purple grass, he was frightened: "Where, where is this?"
"Ho ho ho, here, it's the world of dreams."
The strange voice sounded again, and a huge beast came out from behind the forest and walked towards the two.
"Wow, what a big pig —" Huang Se's surprised voice disappeared when Kanai covered his mouth again.
The huge beast was long and narrow, with a long nose moving back and forth. There was a strange red pattern on its forehead and a round collar around its neck.
Its four thick claws were strong and powerful, and its long tail swung back and forth.
The beast's orange inorganic eyes looked at Huang Se, and a bright red cross appeared on its forehead: "It's Nightmare Tapir -sama!
How rude of me. "
"I'm really sorry!"
Kanai pressed Huang Se's head down and apologized: "I'm the part-time witch Kanna Hyuga of the Sunset Shrine. I heard about you from Uncle Ryōshou, so I took the liberty to come here."
She handed out a huge black food box with both hands. "This is the letter that Uncle asked me to bring to you."
"It's all right," Nightmare Tapir shook its head and wagged its tail to show that it didn't care. "It turned out to be Ryōshou's niece. What's the matter with you coming to Ba Yuan to find me?"
"It's like this..." Kanna Hyuga was not vague either. She immediately told the Nightmare Tapir about what happened to Huang Se during this time, and that Huang Se unknowingly had the ability to predict dreams, and expressed the hope that Nightmare Tapir could teach Huang Se how to control prophetic dreams.
Nightmare Tapir listened patiently to Kanai's description and shook its head: "I can't do this control."
"If you want to make dreams, I can contact the Butterfly Spirit to help you.
But foresight itself is not within the scope of our abilities, and it is even more difficult to control.
As far as I know, the only one who can control the ability of foresight through the orbit of the stars for hundreds of years is the 800 Bhikkhuni Da-Ren of the Pingan Jing period. Even Seimei Da-Ren has little research on this. "
"Even the ability to weave dreams is the ability of the Butterfly Spirit.
All I can do is help you eat some unnecessary dreams. "
Nightmare Tapir opened the food box sent by Ryōshou with its nose. After finding that it was full of its favorite pastries, it was in a good mood and kindly warned Huang Se:
"You kid, you have the ability to foresee the future that the Gods and the Demon Realm dream of. It is your luck and misfortune.
You should know that foresight itself is a very frightening ability, and it is also sought after by those Heavenly Officials and Great Demons. If you don't want to be used by those with evil intentions, it's better that you don't tell others about your foresight ability.
"Is, is that so..."
Huang Se, who was originally full of ambition, was a little scared and couldn't help but lean closer to Kanai.
"Don't worry, I will protect you." Kanai looked at Huang Se's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but comfort him.
Huang Se: QAQ Hug Big Boss tightly and don't let go!
"Hohoho, that's all I can say."
Nightmare Tapir laughed heartily. "If this kid's spiritual power is inclined towards foresight and inspiration, it is useless to rely on our teachings alone. He can only comprehend it himself.
We just need to teach him how to control his spiritual power. "
Kanai nodded and promised, then suddenly thought of something.
"That... Can you bring us into other people's dreams?"
This was a small matter for Nightmare Tapir, so he readily agreed.
After all, Kanai and Huang Se were already in their own dreams.
And the worlds of dreams were all connected. As long as they found the passage between dreams, they could travel back and forth freely.
Nightmare Tapir fed on nightmares. Because he needed to search for food, he often went back and forth in the dreams of humans. Therefore, he knew the passage of dreams like the back of his hand.
Because no one had chatted with him for a long time, and no one had come to be a guest.
Nightmare Tapir happily took out his collection of good tea leaves and exquisite teapot to accompany the tea and snacks sent by Ryōshou. He generously invited Kanai and Huang Se to drink tea and eat snacks.
The two people and one demon ate and drank, chatting as they ate, talking about dreams and the demon world.
"Speaking of which, recently, a child with spiritual power comparable to this kid's appeared in Yamagata."
Nightmare Tapir ate tea and drank the tea that Kanai had carefully brewed. "I think it's a child called Natsume, the descendant of Reiko."
Thinking of Natsume Reiko, he paused and put down the tea and snacks. "Little girl, can you do me a favor?"
"Yes, please say it." Kanai nodded seriously.
"If you want to teach this kid, you don't mind adding one more person, right?"
"You mean?" It's not what I think it is …
"I hope you can teach Natsume how to control his spiritual power. It's best if he can protect himself," Nightmare Tapir said.
He said nostalgically, "His grandmother, Natsume Reiko, was a very, very good friend of mine."
"The lifespan of humans is so short. I always feel that Reiko will grow old and die before I have time to have a good talk with her.
Now, her grandson is so similar to her and has the same strong spiritual power. I don't want him to live alone like Reiko. "
*
After dealing with his daughter's funeral, Ryuhei Osaki returned home exhausted.
It was already late at night, and there was no light in the dark room.
Ryuhei Osaki turned on the light. As the light came on, he found his wife sitting by the window in a daze. Under the dim light, her face was pale and expressionless.
"I'm sorry, is it dark?"
She didn't react until her husband entered the door. She stood up helplessly. "I'm sorry, I forgot to cook. I'll go right away —"
"No, I brought takeout back." Ryuhei Osaki sighed in his heart and put the lunch in his hand on the table.
"I'll make some hot tea. You should eat something."
After learning that his daughter had an accident, Ryuhei Osaki, who seemed to have aged ten years overnight, bent over and went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.
The two ate a little without tasting anything and looked at each other in silence.
"You should rest early."
Ryuhei Osaki told his wife dryly. "After all, tomorrow is the funeral … You should be well.
I'll go to the study to discuss something with the lawyer. "
When he mentioned the lawyer, Takako Osaki's eyes lit up.
"Husband," she stopped her husband who was about to go upstairs. "That woman will be sentenced to death, right?"
Ryuhei Osaki's footsteps paused. He couldn't guarantee it, so he had to evade the question and quickly went to the study.
Takako didn't say anything else. She quietly cleaned herself up, took a few sleeping pills, and lay on the cold bed with her eyes open.
After some time, the sleeping pills took effect and she fell into a deep sleep.
She had a dream.
In the dream, she was still standing in the kitchen cooking beef burgers. The sound of the key turning the lock came from the door.
Her daughter, her living daughter, just like that, opened the door and shouted to her. "Mom, I'm back. Where's my beef burger?" Her eyes were like the brightest gems.
Takako Osaki opened her mouth. She wanted to say something, but she held back.
"Well, it's on the dining table. You eat first, don't wait for dad." She heard her own trembling voice.
Song Lu Osaki changed her shoes and hugged her mother like a spoiled child.
"Mom, I'm fine. Don't worry."
The girl hugged Takako tightly.
Takako's tears finally flowed down.
"Are you fine?
My Song Lu?
Are you doing well now? "
Truffle Ohasaki smiled at her mother and gently wiped away her tears.
"I don't hurt anymore."
— — This was the message that the remnant soul, who endured unbearable pain and kept her consciousness until the end, asked Kanai to bring to her mother.
"Mom, I'm fine now. I … don't hurt anymore."
At the edge of the dream, in the corner of the room, the witch's white clothes fluttered.




