Chapter 1470 1442 [Filth]

Chapter 1470 1442. [Residue]

The villagers who had helped the village chief move a large pile of sundries for the ceremony started to dismantle the things again.

And Daisuke Kikuchi gave his son some instructions before turning to Lan En.

"The world is not stable now. You can see corpses that were robbed and killed by bandits on the roadside."

The old samurai said casually, just like an ordinary old man complaining about the current situation.

"The grudges and [residue] are accumulating more and more, and monsters are becoming more and more common. It's really a pity."

"The village is protected by the sacred cherry tree. Who would have thought that hungry ghosts from the hungry ghost world would appear in the village?"

[Hungry Ghost World].

Without making a sound, Lan En mainly caught the word.

One of the six reincarnations, if the hungry ghost really ran out of the so-called hungry ghost world and arrived in the human world. Then at least it means that this world really has a clear world after death and an order after death?

This is not a problem that can be easily concluded.

The destination after death is one of the ultimate questions of life in many worlds.

So far, even with Lan's experience, he has only encountered two worlds where the order of the afterlife is clearly confirmed.

In the world of fire, the soul of life is born beside the original fire, and without the soul, it is a zombie.

After death, there is clearly nothingness.

In the world of Arda, the world still watched over by the Creator God, the halls of Mandos accommodate the dead souls. Even if the gods under the Creator God are willing, they can put the souls back to the world.

For example, Glorfindel, the Lord of the Golden Flower, whom Lan had met before.

From this point of view, the world that can clearly confirm the order of the afterlife seems not simple.

I just don't know how "not simple" this world is.

"[Filth]?" Lan chewed on this word meaningfully.

From Daisuke Kikuchi's complaints, he can easily extract important information.

War is of course a bad thing, but the resentment and [filth] generated by war seem to be the main reason for the increase in the number of monsters.

Among them, the so-called [filth] is the main concept.

At the right time, the demon hunter showed an expression of listening very patiently.

The old samurai, the old samurai, he is first an old man, and then a samurai. The children at home are not the kind of people who are easy to worry about. If someone listens to his chatter, he will naturally say a lot more.

Lan En's precise control and reaction to emotions made Daisuke Kikuchi almost feel nothing, and he naturally complained for a while.

"Yes, [filth]." The old samurai looked like he was feeling the decline of morals, "It is estimated that the caravan passing by to rest and raise horses encountered something unclean on the road, and then brought [filth] into the village."

"That's why the hungry ghosts came from hell."

"Recently, there are quite a lot of them running out of hell." Lan En used nonsense that seemed to be sentimental but actually had no content to support the scene.

The old samurai agreed, "This is how the world is when things get chaotic. Not only humans, but also monsters and evil spirits will run rampant in the world."

"Don't even think about resting tonight." Daisuke Kikuchi tightened the belt with the scabbard inserted in it and said seriously, "The patrol team still has to patrol, but I have to speed up and find the person or caravan that brought the [filth] and purify them."

[Filth] refers to the filth left in the mystical sense because of bad things such as death, epidemics, fires, floods, etc. in a certain place.

Lan En can understand the meaning of this word because most Japanese horror movies are of this type.

In Chinese horror movies, when ghosts kill people, most of them are about the cause of the grievances. If innocent people are harmed, the righteous masters will think that the ghost has fallen into the devil's way and will eradicate it or send it to reincarnation.

However, in Japanese horror movies, even if ghosts kill people, most of them don't talk about revenge, but indiscriminate killing.

This is because of the different understandings of the concept of "ghosts that harm people" in the two cultural atmospheres.

Chinese culture believes that the soul that becomes a ghost after death is still human, and can be regarded as a person twisted by obsession. After resolving the grudge, it will be reborn.

But in Japanese culture, they are no longer human, and they have no humanity. They are [filth], the remaining filth.

Filth does not recognize people, they will only pollute everyone who passes by.

Reflected from the perspective of the victim, it is an indiscriminate expansion of the scope of harm.

In this world, [filth] seems to attract those unclean things.

Just now, Daisuke Kikuchi mistakenly thought that Lan En did not go to purify [Changshi] because he was a person who did not want to dirty his hands.

It can be seen that in this world, even killing ghosts is an act that will make oneself contaminated with [filth].

If there is no corresponding purification method, the more ghosts are killed, the more unclean the world will be.

And just staying around people who kill ghosts will also be contaminated with dirty things.

Therefore, people dare not approach, and even fear and reject it.

"Are you looking for someone who is contaminated by [filth]?" Lan En looked at the villagers who were gradually dispersing and going home, and said to Daisuke Kikuchi, "I may have seen that person."

"Huh?" The old warrior's eyes widened in surprise. This really saved him a lot of trouble. "This is really... Thank you very much!"

As he said, he bowed again.

So naturally, the old warrior asked for a torch from the patrol and followed Lan En to find the man who lived next door to the witcher and had just hit the evil one.

Lan En also briefly told Daisuke Kikuchi what he saw.

"I was restless, almost fainted from fright, physically weak, and there were strange noises in the room." The old warrior was a little angry. "This must be contaminated with [dirty]! Why didn't you tell me when you came into the village, you bastard!"

"Maybe he doesn't know either?" Lan En said as he led the way, "I saw that he also had a very sudden and panic expression."

"Don't know? Huh!" Daisuke Kikuchi snorted coldly, "The [destruction] that can summon evil spirits can only be caused by the effort of one or two days at most. The flesh of the dead has probably not been eaten by wild dogs or crows yet." After gnawing, would you know if you were passing by?"

"Look, that bastard caravan just doesn't want to pay for the purification ceremony! Baga! We have to let them compensate!"

He said angrily as he walked away.

The village is not big, and no one would dare to go outside the village at night. Just look around.

But before Lan En and Daisuke Kikuchi could look around.

The young samurai, Sadayoshi Kikuchi. The leader, who had just come down from the filth removal ceremony and resumed his night patrol, ran over in a hurry holding a torch.

"Father! Father!"

"What's the fuss about? Didn't I ask you to go back and continue patrolling? [The filth] hasn't been cleared yet, but what if the hungry ghosts are summoned again?"

"No, no, he's dead!"

"What?"

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The old warrior who had scolded his son with a straight face just now was suddenly startled.

No matter that Kikuchi Sadayoshi hadn't stood firm yet, he continued to ask: "Has the hungry ghost appeared again? Where is it?"

"No, it's not a monster." The young samurai swallowed, his eyes illuminated by the firelight revealing his confusion, "Someone hanged himself on a tree by the river."

"Suicide?" Daisuke Kikuchi's voice did not lower, but rose in anger, "Don't you think the village is dirty enough now?!"

But Lan En frowned, took a step forward and said, "Please lead the way."

Not far away, they arrived at the river.

Amidst the sound of running water, a man wearing only a jacket and a short coat, not even a crotch cloth, was just hanging up a tree in an awkward manner.

What was strangling his neck was his black and shiny crotch cloth.

The people present also frowned and called out bad luck. Tonight, there were hungry ghosts and suicides. Maybe there would be another exorcism ceremony to clean up the [defilement].

As for corpses, most people in this era are very accepting of it, but they don't feel much about it.

But when Lan En saw the man's blue and distorted face clearly, he stopped and spoke softly.

"That's him."

Then Kikuchi Daisuke also stopped in shock.

"Are you sure?"

The witcher just nodded silently.

"This is really..." the old warrior's face was twisted, "It's troublesome!"

It is different from modern people who may be frightened by the auditory hallucinations and weirdness brought about by [Remnant], have a mental breakdown and then commit suicide.

Perhaps it was because ancient people paid less attention to mental issues, or perhaps because life was inherently difficult and fleeting, that they were more resilient.

Call it mental numbness or strength.

Anyway, in Daisuke Kikuchi's eyes, it was nothing to say that he was killed by the monster summoned by [Zanhui].

However, it is not uncommon for someone to be frightened into committing suicide due to the indirect influence of [Remnant].

How scared did you have to be?

What level of [dirty] must it be?

"Let's see if he committed suicide first."

The witcher said calmly, while already approaching to take a look.

In the end, after scanning it with the demon hunter's senses, Lan En could only shake his head at the old warrior.

This is really suicide.

"Let's invite the village chief over again." Daisuke Kikuchi sighed first, and called a militiaman to run to the shrine to inform the village chief, and then squatted down.

Observe the body that was put down after being investigated by Lan En.

"He hanged himself, why did he plug his ears?"

The old warrior dug his fingers into both ears of the corpse, and pulled two cloth balls made from torn clothes out of the corpse with a distorted face and bloodshot eyeballs.

"I know that." Kikuchi Nobuyoshi held the torch and thought for a while before replying, "Before he ran over and hanged himself, he yelled like he was crazy."

"Say things like 'Stop pestering me, shut up those babies and stop crying, please'."

"Maybe this is just to block my ears."

"About [Despicable] about babies?" The old warrior sighed and had a headache. "Scaring people to death. You can do this just by relying on [Despicable]. Has such a big thing happened near us recently? Why didn't I Have you heard of it?”

The father and son lamented and discussed the instability of the world.

But Lan En frowned as he listened to their words.