In front of the Internet-famous breakfast shop at the school gate, a line of students and office workers has lined up far away. Dongguo people... or most human beings have this problem, that is, the more people queue up in one place, the more crowded they become. Go and line up.
Fortunately, the team disappeared very quickly. After roughly estimating the number of people, Linhua pulled Yurihua and walked over. At the same time, she returned to the previous topic and said:
"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly become interested in weird stories? Didn't you say you wanted to draw a clear line from those topics?"
"I, I just figured it out! Surreality is hyperreality, and chuunibyou is chuunibyou. They can't be confused!" Bai Hehua said stiffly, holding her neck, and then added weakly:
"After all, ghost stories do exist. I believe ghost stories can't be considered chuunibyou, right?"
"Yeah, you should have thought so a long time ago!" Seeing that her best friend had regained the interest that a normal person should have, Linhua nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile:
"Come on, what do you want to know? Don't look at me like this. I'm a know-it-all!"
"It's the one you talked about yesterday." Bai Hehua originally wanted to ask about last night's dream, but she felt that it would be too straightforward and would easily make her best friend worry, so she followed the previous excuse and asked.
"New Year's Eve Parade, right?" Linhua thought about the weird stories she had talked about yesterday, and after realizing that there were too many, she chose the most impactful one and asked.
"Yes, that's it!" Bai Hehua nodded vigorously, and Linhua also started chatting:
"You know about the Master's Walk and the Bean Throwing Festival, right?"
"Don't think of me as a fool. I am a native of Dongguo after all. How could I not know this?" Bai Hehua glared at Linhua, but Linhua said with a smile:
"The Shizuo Association gives ordinary people the power to exorcise demons, and the Bean Throwing Festival is a ritual to expel monsters and ghosts by throwing beans. Therefore, generally speaking, during the period after the New Year, monsters and ghosts such as ghost stories will be temporarily hidden. , but since the New Year this year, there have been sightings of ghost stories in Chiba, and it is said that a large group of ghost stories were seen patrolling the streets, seemingly looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?!" Lily Hua originally just wanted to open up the topic, but she couldn't help being attracted by the topic and asked subconsciously.
"I don't know, but many people in the club speculate that this may be looking for a Kamen Rider." I don't know if she is deliberately creating an atmosphere, but Rinka lowered her voice and said.
"Is it related to Kamen Riders?" Yurihua's eyes widened. Although this national tokusatsu drama has been ordered to stop broadcasting since last year, the Kamen Riders who appear in reality are still leading the conversation.
"That's right! Everyone suspects that Kamen Rider's headquarters may be in Chiba, so Kaitan is searching door to door in Chiba! Not only is there no reason for Hyakki Yakō to appear, but it is said to be Hyakki Yakō, but in the past few days I didn't see anything, Sayuri, have you seen the kaidan?" Rinka seemed to be very concerned about the fact that she had never seen a real kaidan. When Lilyhua heard this, she also shook her head and said:
"I've definitely never seen it in reality, but I have seen it in my dreams. Speaking of which, will any strange stories creep into dreams?"
"I asked!" The seemingly casual words were finally spoken after several struggles. Bai Hehua sighed in her heart at her own wit while looking forward to Linhua's answer.
"In the dream, there is." Rinka put her finger on her chin, but just when Lily was looking forward to the answer, Rinka turned around again, took out a few Natsume Soseki and said:
"Bring me two limited-edition puffs, another five-color Dafu, and two custard buns..."
"Rinka-chan!" Yurika grinned, but then a burst of abdominal rumbling made her also take out her wallet, because she knew very well that no matter how much Rinka ordered, she ate it all by herself!
"I want a puff and a custard bun."
…
A few minutes later, Yurika and Rinka came to the class and sat on the window seats, nibbling on puffs.
The stunned Rinhua seemed to be very satisfied with the taste of the limited edition puffs. She ate them all in three mouthfuls. Then she noticed that Lilyhua's expression was a little strange, and she immediately asked:
"Sayuri, what's wrong with you?"
"No, it's nothing!" Lily Hua shook her head absentmindedly. Thinking of the few unknown coins in her wallet when she took out money before, her heart felt like a mess.
She suppressed the complicated thoughts in her heart and reluctantly said:
"I was just talking about the strange stories in my dream."
"Ah, yes!" The carefree Linhua licked the cream from the corner of her mouth and said suddenly:
"There are quite a lot of strange stories related to dreams. The more traditional ones include the 'dream-eating tapir' who eats dreams as food, the Western-style ones include the 'sleeper demon' who can have sex in dreams, and the 'sleeper demon' who can have sex in dreams. There are the 'Yumei Dao' who scolds you, the 'Kurobozhu' who secretly sucks the essence while you are asleep, etc., but if it affects the dream, it should be the 'Pennu Return'."
Lily Hua's mind was originally on those coins, but when she heard the words "sucking essence", she couldn't help but turn her attention back to the topic.
"Zhenhui is also a quite traditional ghost story. It is said to be a kind of imp. After people fall asleep, they will take away the pillow, turn it over, or put it at the feet, or simply change the direction of the person. By doing so, The behavior causes the person to have nightmares, and then absorbs the pain, distress, sorrow and other negative emotions of the dream owner when he has nightmares. He is a harmless and annoying monster. In some places, this is regarded as a zashiki. Children’s little pranks, but there are also murderous legends that can make children indulge in fantasy and never wake up.”
Rinka introduced the knowledge about the monster named Zhen Hui like a treasure trove, and at the same time she did not forget to add:
"To put it bluntly, this ghost story is actually the practice of those who have bad sleep habits and blame their sleeping habits on ghosts and gods. Of course, there are many people who have told the story of returning to the pillow at the Midsummer Eve Festival in recent years, so maybe it is really true now It’s not necessarily a return even if there is a pillow.”
"Will Zhenhui leave any evidence? For example, bring out things from the dream." Bai Hehua thought of the coins in her wallet and tentatively smelled them, but Linhua shook her head and said:
"How can such a good thing happen? Well, it's not necessarily...decided! Can I contribute such a strange story to the Midsummer Eve Festival this year? I wonder if it will repay the favor? Let me have a sweet dream, and then put all kinds of delicious food The...suck..."
"..." Seeing her friend fall into delusion, Bai Hehua opened her wallet, looked at the few coins in the bag that seemed to be worth ten to twenty million yen, and sighed helplessly:
"What about money? Are there any monsters related to money? The kind that give money?"
"Hey, Sayuri, are you actually worried about money?" Linhua looked at her best friend in surprise, thought for a while and said:
"Are there many people who steal money? The one who gives money... seems to be the only one who says 'a rat in a house is like a treasure'. The one who lets you beat passers-by violently and gives you money based on the strength of the person you beat. The golden spirit, and the Zashiki Warashi who can bring good luck."
"Zashiki Warashi? I think it was said before that Zashiki Warashi was responsible for the prank... So I have a Zashiki Warashi at home?"
"..."
"Hey, Rinka, did you hear that?"
"What did you hear?"
"It seems like someone scolded me!"
Continuing from above.
Devouring ghost stories is like merging folders. Files that are not in your original folder are equivalent to pollution.
Because you own the entry for this ghost story, some of the files in your two folders and the ancestor ghost story have the same name. Therefore, when merging, you can choose "do not copy" to reduce the difficulty of digestion.
But no matter what, you can't have all the "documents" of the Ancestor's Ghost Story.
Take the Gap Girl as an example. Its killing methods include mouth-cutting, face-cutting, and piercing. Different versions play different roles, and the [tags] and [powers] that condense the entries will also be different. However, the Ancestor Monster has all versions at the same time. [Label] and [Capability].
When devouring the Ancestral Ghost Stories, the player can easily digest the [Tags] and [Powers] that he already possesses, but the rest must be swallowed hard, which is inevitable.
To sum up, the higher the popularity, the more complex the setting, and the more versions of the monster story, the more difficult it is to swallow it up, and Hyakmonogatari is the most successful among them. Any high-profile monster story of the Eastern Kingdom can be pulled out. There are dozens of versions, but there are still some with fewer versions. For example, there are only a few "piece" versions, which will be easier to swallow.
Then back to the power of [Martial God], it can directly absorb the power of other [Martial Gods], but the power of Kaidan is [Consciousness], so absorbing power is equivalent to directly entering the state of devouring.
But because there is no entry for the other party, there is almost no compatibility, which is no different from eating a bad omen directly. Only those with few versions and no reputation can barely digest it. The principle is similar to that of real people eating ghost stories.
(End of chapter)
