Chapter 6: Green Lantern

Green lantern.

When the lamp is about to go out, it lights up again, and the remaining flameless lamp casts a flickering shadow.

It is said that at that time there was a blue lantern. In ancient times, people who performed the Hundred Tales used to cover the lanterns with blue paper, hence the name.

Don’t talk about ghost stories at night.

Talking about ghost stories will cause strange things.

——————”A Hundred Demons: The Lost Tomb, Volume 2, Fog”

In the room filled with green light, the green lampshade looked like a door that could connect to another world, attracting people’s attention involuntarily.

Horii Suzune only took a glance and quickly looked away, went behind her father and tried to awaken his reason with words.

But it was of no use. His eyes were fixed on the candle flame inside the lampshade, as if there was something there that could not be ignored.

Words were of no use, so Horii Suzune was silent for a while, then she stretched out her snow-white, delicate hand and slapped Horii Yuji on the cheek.

Snapped!
There was a crisp sound, but it still had no effect.

Seeing this, Horii Suzune took out a brass bell from her pocket.

This is a small magic weapon that she bought from Hiramiya Chiye for 5 yen.

Ring ring ring!
A clear bell rang out, and the green light in the room seemed to dim.

Horii Yuji, who was squatting on the ground, moved slightly, with an expression of hesitation, struggle and confusion on his face, as if he was about to wake up from some state of addiction.

call.

There was a faint blowing sound around.

Inside the cyan lampshade, the flickering orange-red flame of the candle gradually turns cyan with the sound of blowing.

The green light that enveloped the room became increasingly dense.

Ring ring ring!
Horii Suzune shook the bell in her hand even harder and tried to step forward and kick over the green lantern.

Before she kicked out with her right foot, the green flame suddenly shrank and then bloomed rapidly, like a layer of green ripples.

Clang.

The bell that Horii Suzune was holding tightly in her right hand was blown away by a huge force and fell to the ground.

Horii Suzune, who lost her small protective weapon, instantly felt that her soul was being torn apart by some force.

Her shadow shone through the lampshade of the green lantern and was magnified and printed on the wall.

This should have been a very normal thing, but the shadow began to shrink, then walked down from the wall and walked towards Qingxuandeng.

When the shadow came in front of the green lantern, it had shrunk to the size of a bean sprout, and it seemed that it would be pulled into the candle’s wick in the next second.

Horii Suzune could clearly feel that her soul would also be immersed in the wick.

At this moment, a pair of warm hands pressed forcefully on his right shoulder.

“Relax and move back with me.”

It’s Hiramiya-san’s voice!

Horii Suzune subconsciously followed Hiramiya Chiye’s instructions, relaxed her body, and stepped back step by step following the guidance of those hands.

The shadow, which was originally the size of a bean sprout, gradually grew larger as Horii Suzune’s figure retreated, and gradually moved away from the Qingxuande and returned to the wall.

Restored to a normal shadow.

“amazing.”

There was no fear in Horii Suzune’s eyes. Instead, she was curious about the magical phenomenon of only the shadow remaining on the wall.

“It’s amazing. They always make Newton’s coffin unable to hold it down.”

“Hiramiya-san…”

The fear in Horii Suzune’s heart suddenly dissipated.

Soon, she thought of her father and asked Pinggong Qianye to help her father return to normal.

“It’s not a difficult thing, but your father seems to want to catch up with her.”

Under the gaze of Hiramiya Chiya’s diamond eyes, Horii Yuji’s soul is now deep in the flame of the burning candle inside the green lantern.

In addition to his soul, there was another soul imprisoned with him.

The reason why Horii Yuji had that strange feeling for so many years was because a part of his soul had been following that soul day and night.

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“will not.”

Hiramiya Chiya answered with certainty that Horii Yuji had not suffered any harm over the years.

One reason was that only a tiny bit of his soul was taken away when he was young, and the other reason was that the other party had never had the intention of hurting him.

Otherwise, he only needed to swallow a wisp of Horii Yuji’s soul. Even if he couldn’t kill him, it would be enough to make him seriously ill.

“Now I am curious about what they will talk about in there.”

Pinggong Qianye squatted down and stared at the green lantern carefully, with a look of delight on his face.

“Can I see it too?”

Horii Suzune came over, held down the hem of her skirt with one hand, and squatted down with her legs together.

“Close your eyes first.”

Horii Suzune closed her eyes, and Hiramiya Chiye dipped her right index finger in some of her saliva, circulated her magic power, and tapped Horii Suzune’s left and right eyelids.

“It feels a bit cool.” Horii Suzune whispered.

“You can open your eyes now.”

Pinggong Qianye withdrew his fingers and wiped them on his trouser legs, with no other unnecessary expression on his face.

Two dark shadows, are they human souls?

Can human souls really communicate with each other?
Whose soul would the other one belong to? Horii Suzune was surprised.

About ten minutes later, the candle in the green lantern gradually burned out.

Hiramiya Chiye stood up and walked towards Horii Yuji. He patted Horii Yuji’s shoulder three times with his right hand, then exhaled and blew out the candle in the green lantern.

The green light in the room dimmed instantly and gradually disappeared.

“Return to the soul!”

Hiramiya Chiye leaned close to Horii Yuji’s ear and shouted angrily.

It was like a burst of thunder.

Horii Yuji’s body trembled violently and he came back to his senses instantly.

He fell back, subconsciously supporting himself on the ground with his elbows, sweating all over and breathing heavily.

“Pat your head, and the Buddha will bless you.”

Hiramiya Chiya stretched out her hand and circled Horii Yuji’s head three times.

The coldness in my heart is dispelled, replaced by light and warmth.

“Ugh.”

Horii Suzune walked over, squatted down, and wiped the cold sweat from Horii Yuji’s forehead with the tissue she carried with her.

After a while, Horii Yuji finally came to his senses and looked at the extinguished Aoandon with an extremely complicated look.

“Master Liansheng, is there any way to help her soul return and become whole again?” Horii Yuji stated his request.

“If she is still alive, then yes. If she has passed away, then we can only pray for her soul to be reborn.”

“I’ll leave everything to Liansheng.”

Horii Yuji stood up with the help of Horii Suzune and bowed slightly to Hiramiya Chiye.

Having experienced it personally, he had a different view on such supernatural things.

He also truly recognized Hiramiya Chiye’s ability in this area.

But it is limited to professional skills. If you want to pursue his daughter, he will not agree easily.

“Father, do you remember what happened?”

“Well, I see it.”

Horii Yuji nodded.

It happened when he was four years old. At that time, the adults went to work in the fields, and he stayed in the room playing with a little girl.

He came to his grandfather’s room by accident and saw this green lantern.

It happened to be a rainy day that day. It was raining heavily outside and the house was dark.

He and the little girl lit the candles, and when they saw the green lantern on the bookcase, they thought it was interesting, so they stacked up some chairs and climbed up.

They took down the green lantern and put the candle inside the lampshade.

The blue light illuminated the entire room.

Their shadows were projected onto the wall through the green lanterns.

The two of them played in the room for a while, and then they couldn’t control their fatigue and fell asleep.

He had no recollection of what happened afterwards.

As for the little girl, she should be from the same family that lived in the village in the past.

Later, her family moved away from the countryside and moved to a big city.

Because with the help of the magical power of the green lantern, he had vaguely seen where the girl was currently living.

That familiar environment should be in Tokyo.

It’s just that the girl’s identity cannot be confirmed, but she must be alive.

Perhaps like herself, she has always felt that she should have a brother or sister over the years.

After listening to Horii Yuji’s story, Hiramiya Chiye couldn’t help but sigh.

It’s a bizarre story indeed.

Horii Suzune pursed her lips and gave Hiramiya Chiye a slight glare.

She clearly just came here to ask him to help her solve the problem with her father.

But now, why does she feel that her father is going to find a stepmother for her?

She had no doubt about the complex and exciting emotions her father would have when he met the girl again.

brothers and sisters?

If the girl is married, then maybe it’s possible.

Oh, that’s so annoying.

“What should I do next?” Horii Suzune sighed and tried to divert her attention.

“Take this green lantern back and make it into a soul-guiding lantern. Use its guidance to find the girl.”

“What about here?”

“There is no other danger.”

On the way here, Pinggong Qianye had already converted all the undead and evil spirits in the two houses.

As for the legendary big monster Qingxuande, it is not here.

The abnormal phenomenon just now was just the inherent ability of this lantern.

It can already be considered a magical tool, but it is temporarily useless to humans and needs to be transformed.

(End of this chapter)