Temperature, humidity, air pressure...
Plus evil spirits.
I don’t know since when, as long as the environment is suitable, nature will breed some corresponding monsters.
Yamahiko, Earth Spider, Crab Shop Master, Ippanti Kamen...
Those monsters left many monster legends in history.
Human beings are always helpless in front of those monsters.
until……
"Ghosts" appear among humans!
That is not an evil spirit among monsters.
Rather, they are people who have gained the powerful power to transform into ghosts after undergoing extremely arduous training.
Ghosts use shikigami as partners to collect information about monsters, and then use weapons made from ghost stones to strike clear sounds to destroy them.
In order to distinguish themselves from those exaggerated monster legends, the ghosts gave the monsters they conquered a special name - demonized demons, and turned the information about the demonized demons they conquered into words and recorded them. Come down.
During this period, some people who had been rescued by ghosts spontaneously united and established an organization dedicated to supporting ghosts - Warriors.
The warrior organization is not only responsible for integrating the ghost's notes and passing them on, it is also responsible for analyzing and collecting intelligence on demonized demons, on-site support for the ghost, and medical work for the ghost, etc...
Gradually, they also began to be responsible for further research and development of the weapons used by ghosts and shikigami companions.
Even, the ghosts scattered all over the place are united, and then coordinated according to the rules of the appearance of demonized spies.
To this end, the warrior organization has also established branches in various districts across the country to support ghosts operating in the corresponding areas.
According to the records of the Warriors organization:
For some reason, Doji and Hime are always surrounded by the same appearance.
They will take the initiative to capture humans before the demonized sprites grow up, and use humans as bait to feed the demonized sprites.
And, no matter how many times it is eliminated, it will appear again.
It seems like there will never be enough kills.
In this way, for hundreds of years, ghosts, boys and girls, and demons have been fighting non-stop.
Until modern times...
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【2005】
Kanto, in a foreign hotel.
There is a pair of mysterious men and women wearing kimonos, whose faces are exactly the same as those of Doji and Hime, who are conducting experiments...
To be precise, it was the man in kimono who was doing the experiment.
They are the ones who control Tongzi and Ji through the black and white puppets to cultivate the demonized scorpion.
However, as the warrior organization becomes more mature and the ghosts become stronger, they are constantly looking for ways to make the boys and girls they created, as well as the demonized demons under their control, stronger.
To this end, kimono men have done many experiments.
Including but not limited to letting him and the black and white puppets controlled by the kimono woman feed "armor" bait to Douji and Hime.
Using this method, he successfully evolved ordinary strange boys and bewitching girls into warrior boys and armored girls.
But it also bizarrely gave birth to a deranged boy who didn't attack anyone, but only attacked demonized demons.
This makes the kimono men more cautious about experiments.
After that, the kimono man used his hair and the kimono woman's hair, as well as other means, to create an unprecedented pair of super boys and super girls that combined the abilities of all previous boys and girls.
And Super Boy and Super Ji really lived up to the expectations of men in kimono.
Not only can they cultivate any kind of demonized demons on their own, they are also very powerful, far superior to the previous Doji, Hime, and Black and White Golems.
But soon, the appearance of the Kodori Forest made the kimono men and kimono women realize that the "big snake phenomenon" was coming.
It is a phenomenon in which demonized demons appear in large numbers and all go berserk.
Those rampaging demonized monsters will be like locusts passing through, destroying everything in their path.
If left alone, in the end, not only humans, but also them will probably perish together...
In order to avoid such an ending, kimono men and women want to use the power of ghosts.
Therefore, they ordered Super Boy and Super Hime to protect Oni.
However, what they didn't expect was that Super Boy and Super Ji, who were obviously just puppet creations, had their own consciousness and began to think about who they were and what the meaning of life was.
The sudden change in their absolute stance caused great confusion in their hearts.
At the same time, there is also their great rebellious psychology towards men and women in kimono.
Just like those children who reach the rebellious stage in humans.
Their actual age is less than half a year old. In this state, the only clear thought they have is - they don't want to obey the orders of kimono men and women!
For this reason, they immediately attacked the ghost who had just finished fighting the demonized demon.
The reason is the extremely simple thought of "I don't want to obey the orders of kimono men and women."
They lost the fight.
Because of confusion.
Because of vacillation.
Because of that simple and childish idea.
They are hurt.
He ran away in embarrassment.
But, but...
They are just puppet creations of men and women in kimono.
Those who disobey the orders of kimono men and women will not be tolerated by their parents like those rebellious children.
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…
Watching Super Boy and Super Hime, who were supporting each other, running away in embarrassment, the kimono woman was about to give chase when the kimono man raised his hand to stop them.
"Forget it, don't worry about it. As long as I don't feed them, they will die sooner or later."
As the man in kimono said, as created beings, Super Boy and Super Hime are not complete lives. If they want to continue living, they must take a special "bait" regularly.
If they don't take it, their body functions will stop and they will... die!
The kimonoed woman glanced at the kimonoed man, lowered her eyes, and gave up her intention to pursue him.
Then, she looked at the backs of Super Boy and Super Ji supporting each other and leaving, and sighed:
"I didn't expect them to develop self-awareness..."
At this point, she was silent for a moment, and then commented with pity or sarcasm.
"Pitiful."
Hearing this, the man in kimono did not speak, but his face was tense and his brows were knitted together.
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…
Just as the man in kimono expected, after escaping, Super Boy and Super Hime's bodies not only did not improve at all, but worsened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After not taking "bait" for a long time, coupled with the serious injury, the energy consumption was serious...
In the end, Super Ji's body couldn't bear it anymore and she fell to the ground, completely losing the strength to walk.
Seeing this, Super Boy immediately squatted in front of Super Ji and grabbed Super Ji's shoulders with worried hands.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Cheer up!"
Super Ji, whose eyelids are heavy and her consciousness is gradually fading, has already had a premonition of her own demise.
Therefore, she used her last bit of strength to send her wishes to Super Boy and entrust her will to him.
"We need to find...the answer."
Find the answer to... "What am I?"
Hearing this, Super Boy also had a premonition of something, and immediately hugged Super Ji hard, trying to keep Super Ji in his arms.
However, the miracle did not happen.
The next moment, Super Ji died in Super Boy's arms, and her body was scattered into a pile of ashes.
Next, fate vividly demonstrates its cruelty and impermanence.
Because, the super boy's body also began to collapse bit by bit.
He is going to die too.
"ah--!!!"
Reluctance, anger, confusion, resentment, fear... Super Boy couldn't help but roar.
And the ending of death amidst this roar is his destined future...
That's how it should be.
Da da da--!
Sudden!
Everything is still.
Only the illusory sound of the clock hands stopped.
Naturally, the progress of Super Boy's body disintegration also stopped with the arrival of the stop state.
"I like you very much."
A middle-aged man in purple, holding a strange knight watch with a ferocious devil's head, stopped in front of Super Boy.
"So, let me give you a special power for your revenge."
【Hibiki! 】
The man smiled evilly, pressed the activated alien ring ghost watch into Super Boy's body, lowered his head slightly, and whispered in his ear.
"I'm not asking for your permission."
【Hibiki! 】
As the special effects sound fell, dark and dense lines suddenly rushed out of Super Boy's body, re-binding his tattered body, and then transformed into a ferocious ghost armor burning with deep dark flames, clad in it.
Time stop is lifted.
Immediately, the evil ghost could not control his screams in the sky.
"Roar--!!"
The shrill and terrifying ghost's roar echoed over the forest for a long time, hovering endlessly.
(End of chapter)
