Chapter 78: Shirakawa, Kunimaro, and Izayoi

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  I hesitated for a moment and then followed after the faint footsteps, leaving Mrs. Arai's house, with Kimura and Amakusa also following me.

  Despite Mrs. Arai's repeated sincere and enthusiastic attempts to persuade me, despite her being so gentle and friendly, but as soon as I thought that the wounds on my body were inflicted by this benevolent-looking aunt, I almost couldn't maintain a calm expression on my face.

  Tian Xun Jun can be forgiven, after all, she hasn't been with Ruo Can for a long time and may not understand many things.

  And I can only think of this way to comfort myself, otherwise, I really worry that I will take action, and kill her!

  As for her, is it Arai or someone else... I'm not sure either.

  Jun Maluo only knew a little information that I had said before, and his killing intention has now reached the point of being extremely intense.

  I think that if it weren't for the fact that Yoruda had been in front of Mokuei, he absolutely couldn't have killed anyone at Mokuei's place. And just now, at Araki Obasan's house, I felt like Yoruda was trying to stop his actions. I think Araki Obasan might already be dead.

  After all, if I didn't still have a bit of sanity left, I would know that if Araki-san were to die now, it would definitely have a huge impact on Wakaba's life in Konoha. So, the one who was stopped by Wakaba at the time must be me.

  We first ran to a Yilai Ramen shop that was about to close, and indeed, the two umbrellas were still there.

  Although it was already quite late, I still politely declined the ramen shop owner's offer to stay overnight, because we didn't know where Lu was and had no mind to rest, at least not now.

  The three of us kids were running around in the rain at night, on the wooden leaves, I don't know why, but the crystal's reaction was abnormally low, and we could only vaguely sense that it was somewhere within the range of the wooden leaves, whether it was mine or Kumaheru's.

  This has never happened before!

  Calm down! I must calm down, if I show any panic at this time, Kimura and Amakusa will also become panicked. As Zan said before, when he is not around, both Kimura and Amakusa should listen to me.

  Moreover, as Ruo Zan also said, only by being calm can one see the next step. The more tense the situation is, the more one should keep their mind steady.

  If the last words meant to let him be alone for a while, although there was no time limit, but it didn't mean he wouldn't come back either. I've always known that Ruò Cán's promise to stay in Mù Yè for a few years was a commitment to someone, and Ruò Cán is the kind of person who keeps his promises, so he will definitely return. What I need to do now is not let the people of Mù Yè discover Ruò Cán's situation, nor can we let them notice any unusual signs from us. We can't even show obvious signs of searching for him, because I don't want Ruò Cán to be noticed too much by Mù Yè. I don't know why Ruò Cán wanted to transform into his original form and live in Mù Yè, but he must have had a reason. What I need to do is help him keep it a secret while he's away.

  As for accommodation, I think we have experience camping outdoors, even if it's not in Konoha village, the surrounding forest is also a good place to camp.

  I told my thoughts to Kimura and Amakusa, although I wasn't too happy with Amakusa's remarks about the "monster" earlier. However, since Wakaba has basically accepted her, I will give her basic trust, which is based on Wakaba-sama, not my opinion of Amakusa Jūrokuya.

  If she really gets into trouble, I think I'm no longer afraid of killing people, as long as it's for Ruoxi's sake, even if Ruoxi will blame me and hate me.

  On that snowy night, when I took over the steamed buns and blanket from Ruo Cans hands!

  After that experiment, if you put the necklace on me with your own hands!

  On that day in the valley, if Ruo Can had exchanged his eyes for mine!

  I already knew that, no matter how many people's lives and deaths the remaining hope was based on, what I had to do was only to support him unconditionally, follow him with all my might, and help him eliminate any obstacles.

  Other people and things are no longer irrelevant to me.

  My future motto is: happiness even in imperfection!

  As long as what I wish for can be achieved, this is the most important goal in my life!

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  Since I came to this house, I have always had a hunch that something is not quite right, whether it's the attitude or the expression, everything seems normal, but that's exactly where the abnormality lies.

  No matter whether it was the expression on Ruò Cán's face when he saw the ruins, or the expression on Ruò Cán's face when he heard that woman say "monster", although Ruò Cán never wiped away the smile on his face, but that smile gave me a feeling as if Ruò Cán wasn't in the same world as me.

  Although I had learned a little about Ruo Can's situation when I was alone with Bai for the first time, hearing it directly from the person involved gave me much more of an impact than I had imagined.

  Especially when that woman was scolding loudly at the same time, Wakasa's expression made me think that the "monster" she mentioned was not actually Wakasa...

  If I hadn't smelled the faint scent of blood coming from Zuo's palm...

  Then I found out that Ruo Can was actually raised by this woman, and it was with that kind of... food. Under the dinner table, the bony blade in my left hand had already come out, just as I was about to take action, I discovered that my entire left hand was completely immobile, as if the air around me had solidified. I looked at Ruo Can and saw the helplessness and self-mockery in his eyes, I felt a pang of sourness in my heart, and involuntarily retracted the bony blade.

  When I first saw Ruolan from that dark and cold prison cell, the first time I had such warm food!

  When Ruo Zan revealed a face of helplessness and bitter smile and put the necklace on me!

  When on that night, if Yu Ran appeared in front of me with that expression!

  I already knew that.

  No matter what you want to do!

  No matter how the world evaluates Ruo Ran, whether good or bad!

  No matter what others think is right or wrong!

  If cruelty intends to harm innocent people, I will be the blade in front of him; if cruelty does not intend to counterattack those who hurt him, I will be the shield behind his back.

  I only know that as long as it's what I want, reason, principle, norms, human relationships and emotions can't restrain me.

  The will of the scar is the only truth for me, Kira.

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  I ignored Shirakawa and Kimura's warnings and the murderous glint in their eyes, continuing to ask Oiwa-san questions that would hurt her.

  From the moment he saw this house, Ruo Zan felt that something was off about him. Even though his behavior seemed almost identical to ours, this was precisely what made it so strange.

  Although I've always known that my eyes are different from those of normal people, or rather, different from those of normal living beings.

  After all, there's no creature whose eyes can see those things that Dad explained to me as souls, right?

  Even after that night, I, Tenshi 16th Night, due to the fusion relationship, many past memories were confused, resulting in not many clear and definite ones, but more of them existed in my mind in the form of "data" rather than so-called "experiences".

  My eyes seem to have awakened to another stage, without the initial uncontrollable power, I now only possess a small skill, I can see the fluctuations of people's souls.

  Currently, only humans can see it, but once used in advance without the permission of Luo Zhan, my head will hurt extremely, extremely painfully, as if being sealed by Luo Zhan. However, I asked Luo Zhan and he said he didn't do such a thing to me, so who could it be?

  In short, it doesn't matter, as long as I think that my ability needs to go through Ruins' permission to be used, it's like this ability is something we both own, which makes me happy, and there's no feeling of being restricted at all, because he's Father Up, he's Ruins.

  Apart from when I first discovered this ability, I immediately told Ruo Canshen about it. Ruo Canshen gave this ability a very nice-sounding name - "Ming Shi". I don't know what the name means, but since Ruo Canshen chose it, it must be a good one.

  This so-called seeing is actually not like ordinary seeing, in substance it's more like a feeling of "finding".

  When I look at ordinary people, I directly see the color of that person's soul. The more delicate and deeper a person's thoughts are, the harder it is to see them, and the longer they need to be gazed at, sometimes even unable to be seen. And with the fluctuations of that person's emotions, there will also be changes.

  The color of Junmalu's soul can only be seen when the four of us are together... or when Yezhan is by his side and talking to him. Normally, when he's in a crowd, there's almost always a thick layer of ash-gray substance covering him up. But when Yezhan chats with Junmalu, this substance completely disappears, and his soul color is like clear jade, elegant and refined.

  And so is Bai Dage, who is gentle to everyone, but somehow different with Ruoxi. The best opportunity to see the color of Bai Dage's soul is when he quietly watches Ruoxi from the side.

  At that time, I could see the soul color of Bai Dage, which was completely opposite to his ability. The inner heart of Bai Dage had a warm and deep color, exceptionally warm, just like a piece of warm jade that had been warmed for thousands of years. Just like Bai Dage himself, when we were on the road, we would often encounter bandits or mountain robbers, and it was usually Junmalu who took action, deciding whether to cut off their hands, feet, waist, or head, getting his clothes all dirty in the process.

  It wasn't until later that one day, after Ryo said something to Kunimaru, he made a sudden improvement.

  You, I think you'd look great in white or light-colored clothes! At this point, Kimi's eyes suddenly lit up.

  Especially when you wear this kind of clothes, your posture in battle is just like dancing, it's really great! (Kazuki and I were both stunned at the time, with a faint smile on our faces as we recalled the memory.)

  Unfortunately, it was all ruined by the color that shouldn't be there. If he furrowed his brow and pointed at the bloodstain on Kinnosuke's clothes, the expression on his face also changed to one of regret.

  Before arriving at the next town, Kunimaru immediately went to study and improve his various dances, even buying many related books "Analysis and commentary on current mainstream dance genres", "Comparison table of ancient and modern dances (with color pictures)"...

  As for Bai Dage, he occasionally had a turn, but usually it was just going through the motions, so at first I thought Bai Dage was so kind and wouldn't even kill people.

  One day, in a certain place, a certain good-for-nothing... bandit A, seemed to have said some not very clean words to Ruo Canshen, and made some bad gestures. This was what I heard from Jun Malu later, because at the time my ears and eyes were covered by Ruo Canshen.

  In short, the outcome of that bandit Jia was just like... the way a peregrine falcon strings up a lizard. At the time, I looked at the person who had been pierced through the abdomen by a large icicle, with all four limbs frozen and shattered, yet still struggling, and asked Bai Ge: "What's going on?"

  At that time, Bai Dagei's heart was like a thousand-year-old iceberg, but his face remained calm and said: "Who told him to use that dirty thing to insult Ruo Can."

  I remember that at that time, the three of us had different expressions after hearing this sentence.

  It was the first time I saw a twitch at the corner of Ruo's mouth.

  And I and Junmaro immediately fell silent, starting to recall whether we had said anything that shouldn't be said. Poor me, I didn't even have a standard, and I couldn't remember what I said was within the scope of White Brother's permission! It's all because of Junmaro that I didn't hear it.

  What surprised me even more was that Ruo Can shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Let's go, Bai! Don't bother with this kind of thing."

  If I just said one sentence to Bai Dage, I found that the color of Bai Dage's soul changed from icy blue to warm earthy tone in an instant, this is really...!

  Finally, it's just a faint scent left.

  My father's heart is very special, I haven't seen this kind of thing before, or rather, I have seen it, but it's a completely different thing.

  I originally thought that finding the remnants of a broken heart would be difficult, but unexpectedly it was obvious, and I could see it at a glance.

  Completely reflecting the viewer's heart, just like a mirror. I originally thought that kind of thing that can completely reflect the viewer's innermost thoughts must be clear and transparent, just like still water.

  However, it wasn't until later that I realized that not only the clearest water can serve as a mirror, but also the murky black water formed when the water is contaminated with too many impurities has the same effect. At first glance, there is almost no difference between the two, and the latter may even be better than the former.

  But that's a story for later, I haven't discovered this yet, all I can sense is that the closer Luo Yu gets to this house, the calmer his expression becomes, but on the contrary, it seems like he's suppressing something in his heart..., just like a volcano before an eruption.

  So, I knew that this house or the people in it were related to Ryo's past, more accurately, they were related to the pain of Ryo's past. That's why there was such a reaction, and it was very used to suppressing it. When Mrs. Arai opened the door and appeared, I noticed that Ryo's inner heart had almost returned to normal.

  Watching her, I seemed indifferent to Ahara's aunt's words, but my eyes were unusually calm, and I felt more desolate than usual. I almost bit the corner of my mouth off.

  This is no good!

  I used to have this symptom too, back when "I" had multiple personalities. There was one of me who kept suppressing the pain until it became unbearable, and the outcome was usually destruction.

  At that time, I was lucky enough to meet Ruo Can who saved me, but what about Ruo Can?

  I can't just watch as Ruo Cans walks down this path of no return, but it's clear that she has accumulated too much emotional baggage, and it's not something that can be soothed with ordinary gentle comfort.

  So, all I can do is to let that wound explode prematurely, before the pain gets to its worst, before it's only connected with a thread of life.

  Only in this way can the wound have a good possibility.

  Only by letting Ruo Can face it again can this wound have a good chance of healing.

  At least it can delay the time limit for reaching the end!

  I'm not oblivious to the dissatisfied gazes and murderous intent of Bai Da Ge and Jun Ma Lu towards me, but as long as it's for Ruo Cans sake, I don't mind being the bad guy. I can definitely provoke Ruo Can's emotional wounds with minimal words, because Ruo Can is so similar to my past that if I use myself as a hypothetical subject, I can understand his psychological feelings.

  As long as the final result is good for Ruo Cans, I can do whatever it takes.

  If I had saved the "Tengoku no Jūkō" who was locked up in a cave by his own family and given us new life, I don't remember what happened afterwards, but all I know is that after that day, the "Tengoku no Jūkō" disappeared, leaving only the "Tenjū Rokuya" who was saved by Wakareso and had an inexplicable blood connection with Wakareso.

  I swear on the golden chakra crystal in my left hand, if there is a remnant of existence, it is I, the meaning of the sixteen nights of heaven's hunt!