Chapter 360: The Last Story Patch 41/116)
In an abandoned building in the wild, a bald old man suddenly appeared. This thing is really weird!
Nakaoka exclaimed and quickly crawled backwards, trying to distance the two of them.
At this moment, the old man suddenly said: "Child, don't be afraid, old man, I am not a ghost."
Nakaoka retreated to the corner, and his constant rapid breathing showed that he was indeed frightened.
Seeing that Nakaoka was very frightened, the old man hurriedly walked into the room so that Nakaoka could see his whole face clearly.
With the help of the blue paper walking lantern, Nakaoka could barely see the old man clearly.
He has no hair on his head, wears a slightly outdated pure gray kimono, and wears a silver bracelet on his left hand. His face is slightly ugly, but his smile looks unusually kind and peaceful.
It seemed that the other party's expression had infected Nakaoka. Nakaoka's breathing gradually calmed down, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Old man, why did you suddenly appear here?"
"Hohoho, I should be the one to ask you this question." The old man's voice was a little hoarse and delicate.
He continued: "I am a farmer living nearby. It was late at night, and I saw a fire suddenly light up in this abandoned building. I thought it was a homeless person wandering here, so I wanted to come over and help him."
As he spoke, the old man raised the yellow paper in his hand, and a cotton rope tied the yellow paper tightly. Judging from the degree of swelling, there should be a lot of food in the yellow paper.
Hearing the old man's explanation, Nakaoka let out a long breath: "It turns out it's an old man who lives nearby. I'm really sorry for disturbing your rest."
The old man smiled and waved his hand and said, "I should be the one to apologize. I showed up so late to scare you."
Nakaoka smiled awkwardly, stood up, patted the dust on himself, and walked slowly towards the old man.
The old man suddenly asked: "By the way, kid, I don't think you look like a homeless man in your clothes. Why are you here so late?"
Nakaoka looked at the blown out street lamps around him, scratched his head and said, "Actually, we are here to play the Hundred Ghosts Game."
"Hundred Ghost Game?" The old man suddenly understood and nodded: "I didn't expect that there are still people who remember this game these days."
Nakaoka was startled and asked quickly: "Old man, do you know this game?"
"Just light up a hundred lanterns and blow out one lantern every time you tell a ghost story. You know, you know, I used to play with my friends when I was a kid!"
Nakaoka Kazuki: "Really? What about the result at that time?"
"Hahaha. That's it." The old man said with some embarrassment: "We only persisted until the tenth story, and all those cowards ran away."
"Fear is a normal phenomenon." Nakaoka smiled helplessly. If the purpose of those four people's coming here was not to play games, they might have all been scared away in the middle of the game.
The old man looked around and said: "It seems that you have finished telling 99 ghost stories. Young people are different and brave."
Nakaoka naturally knew what he and others were capable of. He blushed and said, "Old man, please stop making fun of me."
"Why are you making fun of you?" As he spoke, a look of interest appeared on the old man's face, and he said: "By the way, young man, how about you let me play the last story with you?"
"Of course!" Nakaoka quickly agreed without even thinking about it. He was having a headache about the people participating.
Come to think of it, this old man must be much better than those four scumbags!
"Hahaha, come here, let's finish this last story together." The old man smiled and waved to Nakaoka.
Nakaoka walked over and sat down face to face with the old man.
Just when Nakaoka was about to tell the last story, the old man suddenly raised his hand and interrupted him: "Young man, how about you let me tell the last story?"
"Eh? Grandpa, are you going to tell me?" Nakaoka looked at the old man in surprise.
After thinking for two seconds, Nakaoka directly agreed.
It's more interesting to listen to other people's ghost stories than to tell your own stories with known endings!
The old man received the promise, smiled, and began to tell the last ghost story.
"A long time ago, about a thousand years ago."
"On our land, a group of man-eating and bloodthirsty monsters suddenly appeared."
"These monsters have no rationality at all, as if the purpose of their birth is to eat people and kill people."
"In such a chaotic era, a group of brave people stood up and used magic to fight against the monsters."
"However, human beings are physically weak. If we use magic to fight those monsters, we can still win if we defeat them from a distance. But as long as the monsters get close to us, humans will only die."
"Just when mankind was at a loss what to do, a great general at that time, a relative of the royal family, suddenly put forward a hypothesis that was difficult for everyone to accept."
"Monsters eat human flesh and drink human blood, so why can't humans eat monster meat and drink monster blood!? If humans can adapt to the monster's bloodline, then humans may have the ability to fight monsters head-on."
"This idea shocked everyone at the time. Some said he was crazy, some said he was a monster. When everyone couldn't argue, the emperor locked him in a dungeon in order to calm down the meaningless debate.
In the middle, wait for the autumn to be executed."
"Later, due to some coincidence, when he was escorted to the execution ground, he finally had the opportunity to try his own idea."
"The monster that attacked the team was beaten into pieces by the magicians, and a piece of the pieces of meat flying in the sky happened to fall in front of him."
"While the soldier wasn't paying attention, he swallowed the minced meat."
"The monster's power is a filthy power, which is not something ordinary people can afford."
"But just when he was about to lose himself, a huge force suddenly emerged from his body."
"He broke free from his shackles, and in his madness, he killed all the soldiers, even the magician who was killing demons."
"Then, at the end of the battle, his sanity came back to him."
"He returned to the palace and told the emperor at that time exactly what had happened to him."
"As for the Emperor, in order to kill demons and save the common people, he captured many people to be experimental subjects."
"What happened next?" Nakaoka couldn't help but asked.
The old man smiled: "Later, they formed a powerful ghost killing team and defeated the man-eating monster."
"But borrowed power is always borrowed. During the final battle, this hidden danger broke out."
"The adults of the Demon Slayer Squad suddenly switched sides and killed the magician behind them."
"at last......"
"What happened in the end?" Nakaoka asked again.
Chapter completed!