I loaded the ghost talk game

The "battle between Oeyama and humanity" mentioned by the lamp-carrying monk should refer to the battle between Minamoto Noraimitsu and Oeyama's crusade.

So it can basically be concluded that the legendary war between humans and ghosts should be real.

According to what the Countermeasures Room said, during the Heian Period when the forces of the Great Rivers and Mountains were active, Japan was an era of symbiosis between humans and ghosts.

It is speculated that the stage where humans and ghosts are active is in this world, or perhaps the current world and the eternal world are not as clear-cut as now. In that era, the two worlds may have a more convenient way to communicate with each other.

It was probably precisely because the existence of Dajiangshan in the present world endangered Kyoto in the human world at that time, that the conflict broke out with the Minamoto family who guarded the human side.

After talking to the lamp-carrying monk, Kamiyakawa repeated his old tricks and continued to use soul crystals to throw stones to ask for directions, and asked several strange stories in the city that seemed to be relatively tame.

The information obtained is almost the same——

Now it can be confirmed that Minamoto norimitsu's crusade has indeed seriously damaged Dae Jiangshan's vitality. This directly led to the death of Tiger Bear and Ishikuma among the Four Demon Kings in that battle; Shuten Doji and Ibaraki Doji's status was unknown and they had not been seen for a long time.

Among the upper echelons of ghosts in Dajiangshan, only two people, Xing Xiong and Jin Xiong, are left struggling to support them, and they are the public talkers of this monster force.

After experiencing the Yuan family's crusade, Dajiangshan most likely used some method to hide back in the ordinary world and lay dormant, and has not been revived until now.

These are almost the basic overviews Kamiyagawa can ask about in the Yokai City and related to this force.

"Neither Shuten-douji nor Ibaraki-douji seems to have appeared directly in Oeyama's forces. Could it be that they no longer exist? But the ghost stories in this city seem to firmly believe that Oesan is still controlled by Shuten-douji. The commander..."

Kamiyakawa was thinking and guessing in his heart.

Then he raised his head again, his pupils narrowed, and he looked towards the north of the city.

Now he was in the middle of the central axis of this big city, surrounded by strange and strange monsters.

From the cracks in the stone bricks on the street, a cold ghostly aura constantly overflowed, gathering ghostly mist on the ground, so thick that it flowed past the feet like a stream. The white and red paper lanterns above floated out of thin air, floating up and down. The pale or blood-red will-o'-the-wisp light was like long slippery tongues hanging from high places, taking the trouble to lick everything around them.

Looking north from here, one can see the outline of a gorgeous palace in the distance through the layers of ghostly fog and will-o'-the-wisps.

The palace was like a giant beast sleeping soundly, lying flatly in the northernmost part of the monster city.

Kamiya looked at it with focused eyes, and could see that the head of the giant beast made of bricks, stones, and earth was entrenched with an inestimable aura of ghosts and gods, twisting into a huge vortex that could not stop spinning. In the dark vortex, ferocious faces bulged. Dissipated again, roaring and roaring.

However, after unlocking the ability to perceive vision, this strange and terrifying sight was no longer visible.

"The overall aura of this monster city is very strange, and there must be something special and powerful over there in the palace... This may be why the monsters in Daejiang Mountain now believe that Shuten Douji is still leading them."

"The current situation is still not clear enough. If possible, I would like to explore inside the palace."

Just as Kamiya was thinking about and planning his next move, the strange rumors around him suddenly started boiling down.

A large number of sane ghosts crawled, ran or flew towards the east city.

"What is this doing?"

Kamiya, who stood quietly, was still out of the situation.

He looked around and saw the lantern-carrying monk who had first asked the question, stumbling past with the small lantern in his hand shaking.

"Hey, little monk with a lantern."

Kamiya, who had quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the young monk by his collar and pulled him in front of him.

"Wow! Ah, ah...it's you again."

After the lamp-carrying monk saw clearly who the ghost talk was that was holding him back, he wasn't particularly panicked anymore.

After the simple contact before, he felt that this white, blurry and unclear ghost story was quite good.

After simply answering a few questions from him, I got more than thirty soul crystals from him.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Oh, you just got here, so you don't know. The arena, the arena is about to begin."

The lamp-carrying monk did not ask for any more soul crystals from Kamiya this time. As a very weak Kaitan, he would not be able to keep any soul crystals even if he had too many soul crystals on his body. Otherwise, to the other monsters in Dajiangshan, he would be like a moving money bag, and he would be filled with gold coins every minute.

"The arena?"

"Yes, Dajiangshan's general arena. If you win a match, you will have the chance to become a captain of ten. If you can win consecutively, you can also become a ghost general!"

The lamp-carrying monk scratched the back of his bald head:

"It's because the arena is going to be held today that there are so many strange stories coming to the city. Even foreign visitors from surrounding places like Atago Mountain and Wakasa Bay will come to join in the fun. If you can fight, you can also try it. If you can be a Not only can the ghost general get a lot of soul crystals, but also...well, a beautiful female ghost succubus as a reward. However, the arena is a bit dangerous."

"How dangerous?"

"There have been a lot of strange stories about people dying in the ring recently."

"oh."

Kamiya roughly understood.

Pointing the generals in the arena seems to be a simple and crude way for the powerful forces to select "military talents."

Go on stage and compete, and whoever has the bigger fist can get a position in the army of the powerful forces.

Dajiangshan has recently made moves to expand into the surrounding areas, so it holds such point-and-shooting competitions more frequently.

However, it is obviously a competition to select talents, but it seems that life and death fighting is allowed, which will definitely lose some monsters who can still fight, so this method is really primitive.

In comparison, Kamiya felt that his own power management method was much more civilized.

"I'm going to Dongshi!"

After the monk with the lantern answered the question, he hurried away with the paper lantern.

Kamiya thought for a moment and followed.

Clicking on the general arena sounds like a way to understand the battle strength of Dajiangshan, so it’s not a bad idea to watch the excitement.

And...a beautiful succubus.

I want to see how beautiful it is.

…

The east side of Dajiangshan City.

There is an open space here, the outside of the site is surrounded by a circle of hemp rope, and the exposed mud is full of pits. The ghostly energy flowing above the mud seemed to smell more like blood than other places in the city.

This is the place where Dajiangshan City holds the general competition.

In the center of the open space, there is an old locust tree growing.

The crown of the tree is high, and the dense leaves are swaying like human hands.

From one of the thick branches, a white "rope" hangs down, and the end of the rope is connected to a large horse head.

The two round eyeballs on the horse's head were twitching, and it roared "咴——咴——" from time to time.

The whitish "rope" connecting the horse's head to the locust tree, perhaps something like a trachea, is constantly squirming following the neighing of the horse's head.

This weird existence should be a monster named "Horse's Head".

In Japan, there is a kind of monster that suddenly hangs down from the tree. The things hanging down are all kinds of strange things, such as human heads, horse heads, babies, bamboo baskets, tea bags, fishing bottles, or a ball of fire. The legendary things dropped in each region are different and have regional characteristics.

And "Horse's Head Hangs Down" tells the story of a horse's head hanging from a tree——

[In Okayama Prefecture, one night, a man was walking alone on the road. When he passed an old tree, there was no wind, but the branches kept rustling. The man felt strange. He looked up at the tree and saw a horse's head hanging from the tree, shouting "咴-咴-". ]

This horse with its head hanging down is not a monster participating in the fighting in the ring, but more like a host in the ring.

When Kamiya arrived here following the stream of ghost stories, he could see two other monsters in the clearing, fighting each other.

As the battle became more intense, the horse lowered its head and roared more and more excitedly along with the surrounding monsters.

Soon, the battle in the ring was decided.

One of the monsters fell to the ground, and the audience burst into cheers or ridicule. The horse hanging on the locust tree lowered its head and neighed. It exhaled violently from its mouth and nose, blowing its generous lips out of shape:

"Eh-Atagoyama Shiba Tengu wins!"

Mount Atago is located near the mountains of Mount Oe.

There is a legend of Tengu in that place, and "Shiba Tengu" can be regarded as one of the Tengu monsters.

The one on the ring was only about 1.4 meters tall, with a bald head. Although there were a pair of wings on his back, the skin on his body was like an aquatic monster, covered with smooth scales.

The Shiba Tengu is a kind of monster that lives in the water. It has some characteristics of both Tengu and Kappa.

"Atagoyama Shibatengu chooses to defend the ring! Eh-" The horse hanging on the tree lowered its head and roared again.

"Ho ho ho!"

Hearing this, the crowd of monsters who were watching were filled with excitement, and the mountains roared and the tsunami roared.

Dajiangshan's point-and-shooting ring rules do not pursue absolute fairness. The winning monster can choose to stay in the ring and directly face the challenge of the next monster.

Standing outside the field, Kamiyagawa quickly narrowed his pupils and looked up and down at the Shitengu who was showing off his power.

"It's probably at the D level, but definitely not C level anyway. It's much worse than the Karasu Tengu, and it's far less beautiful than my cub."

While he was observing, many of the demons onlookers had begun to make moves.

Kamiya thought for a moment, pushed aside the group of demons in front of him, and strode into the hemp rope circle of the venue first.

You’ve come here, why not try the local specialties?

Moreover, by experiencing Dajiangshan's general arena in person, you can also get a rough feel for the strength of the monsters in this place.

"When the warriors enter the ring, tell them their names!"

Ma lowered his head and only glanced at Kamiya before shouting.

"Tokyo, Inujiro."

Kamiya's own name sounds like it belongs to a human being. Although ghost stories can also have human names, in order to avoid trouble, he chose to report the "real name" of his Inugami during his lifetime.

The dog's real name is known only to the monsters who live under the same roof in the real world. Even the monsters in the ordinary world call it "Inugami-sama".

So there won't be any trouble.

Moreover, considering Kamiya’s vague appearance wearing the [Oni’s Leather Clothes], no one can doubt that he is a dog demon.

"Shitengu vs. Inujiro!"

The horse lowered its head and roared loudly again, making strange sounds of "咴咴".

Kamiyakawa walked to the center of the arena, glanced at the gleeful group of strange talkers, and then turned his attention to Shibaten.

Likewise, Shibatengu was looking up and down at his new opponent.

This aquatic Tengu's force value is pretty good among Kaidans with the same rating, but its perception ability is not so good.

"Dog demon?" He raised his big red nose with slight disdain, and did not take Kamiya seriously.

Arrogant, perhaps all Tengu have this personality to some extent, even the Karasu Tengu of the Kamiya family is no exception. Being arrogant is not a bad thing, but being overly arrogant can be arrogant.

Kamiya ignored his opponent and maintained his posture calmly.

Bow your legs, bend your waist, and hold the handle of the Ichimonji sword with your right hand.

The Shiba Tengu on the opposite side was holding a big sword and started to dance with its bang. Although the way he dances with a broadsword is a little funny due to his extremely short stature, his advantage is that his technique is fast and his steps are nimble. The knife moves with each step, and the murderous intent is dazzling. His figure is so danced that the sword and light are mixed together, and the locust leaves are falling. It was cut into shreds before it even hit the ground.

Such exquisite and fancy skills actually caused the surrounding ghost talk to roar again.

"Um……"

Kamiya's pupils were condensed, and he maintained the starting stance of Iai Slash, and watched Shitengu's sword dance for a while.

Then he released the scabbard with his left hand, flipped it over the hem of his clothes, and a sandalwood-red musket appeared in his palm.

No unnecessary movements, just raise the gun and shoot!

boom!

The muzzle of the musket erupted with tongues of flame, and howled like a banshee.

An overwhelming barrage of iron projectiles shot out.

The still proud Shiba Tengu finally reacted and danced with the airtight sword light in an attempt to kill the iron bullet.

But the speed of the bullet was much faster than him.

There was a "pop" sound.

The iron bullet directly penetrated the base of Shitengu's right wing.

Blood flowers bloomed, and the Shitengu fell to the ground after being hit.

He was quite fast, and he quickly grasped the handle of the knife and raised his head while on the ground.

But all he saw was that the white blurred ghost story had turned into an afterimage and rushed towards him. The light long knife in his hand fell down, stirring up the ghost mist with the smell of blood on the ground, and then tore the mist into pieces. A strange visual effect of space.

The dexterity of the sword is real and not flashy, but it carries terrifying power.

clang!

The swords clashed, making a crisp sound like iron being struck.

The Shitengu only blocked the attack, and his short body was smashed outside the hemp rope circle of the ring like a broken sack.

Kamiyagawa's attacks were considered sparing, and none of the swords and spears were caught in the lightning method, leaving Shitengu's life intact.

Otherwise, after these two rounds, the opponent can be defeated without any effort.

Today, a D-level Kaitan can no longer be considered his opponent.

The outcome has been decided.

The Shiba Tengu hit the ground with a dull sound, but the onlookers all fell silent at the same time.

Even the horse hanging on the old locust tree lowered its head and opened its mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time.

This made the sound of the landing particularly harsh.

After a while, the horse-headed monster hanging on the tree finally reacted and shouted: "Inujiro, win!"

"Ho ho ho!"

The onlookers raised their arms and howled, and the shouts shook the entire Kaitan City.