Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 236 - 21: Fujiwara Kaoru
"It's nothing."
"I'm just a bit curious, and you look very much like someone I know."
Look very alike?
Fujiwara Kaoru's expression turned a bit strange as she whispered, "Really? Who is she? Can I meet her?"
"That might be difficult." Su Ziyu shook his head and replied.
Ao Andon is already a demon.
The Ghost Capital must be very chaotic now, there's no way Su Ziyu would take her to the Underworld unless Ao Andon came to the Mortal World to meet her.
What was Ao Andon's identity in the past?
Her behavior completely embodies that of aristocracy, and she looks so similar to the girl before him. Su Ziyu felt it necessary to probe a bit.
"I recently found a book." Su Ziyu thought for a moment and said softly, "But it's a book of ghost stories."
"I wonder if you'd be scared."
Ghost stories?
Fujiwara Kaoru's eyes lit up with curiosity. She whispered, "Really? Can I really see it? It's okay! I sometimes read ghost stories!"
Su Ziyu took out the Hundred Tales, carefully handing it to the girl in front of him and said, "If it makes you uncomfortable, stop reading it."
"Hundred Tales?!" When Fujiwara Kaoru saw the book, her face turned pale instantly, seemingly a bit scared.
But after hesitating for a moment, she reached out and took the book, murmuring, "It's actually the Hundred Tales!..."
Fujiwara Kaoru seemed to know something.
Su Ziyu immediately asked, "Why? Have you read it before?"
"No..." Fujiwara Kaoru shook her head, flipped through the Hundred Tales in front of her, and whispered, "I just remember there was an aunt who was extremely fond of ghost stories and even planned to write a Hundred Tales."
"It's just..."
Su Ziyu quickly asked, "Just what?"
Fujiwara Kaoru's expression showed a hint of fear and sadness as she timidly said, "But then she disappeared..."
Disappeared?
Su Ziyu immediately thought of Ao Andon, recalling the scenes left on the Hundred Tales. From those images, Ao Andon's family background must have been very good, definitely a daughter of aristocracy.
"What was her name?" Su Ziyu asked slowly.
Fujiwara Kaoru recalled for a moment and whispered, "Fujiwara Naoko."
In an instant!
Su Ziyu felt a gust of eerie wind blow through the room, then ghost fires invisible to the naked eye appeared on the Hundred Tales. Fujiwara Kaoru just felt a slight chill, involuntarily shivering, while Su Ziyu calmly turned his gaze behind him.
——"Ao Andon!"
Her figure appeared out of thin air in front of Su Ziyu, her gaze slightly complex, looking at Fujiwara Kaoru before shaking her head towards Su Ziyu, transmitting a message, "Don't tell her!"
Su Ziyu thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
Anyway.
Fujiwara Kaoru is just an ordinary person; exposing her too much to the world of demons and ghosts is not a good idea. However, there are some tales of ghosts and demons in The Tale of Genji, and seeing her both scared yet curious, she must have inherited Ao Andon's penchant.
Ao Andon's gaze fell on the Hundred Tales, with worry appearing on her beautiful face.
She raised her fair wrist and made a subtle gesture, and the Hundred Tales automatically left Fujiwara Kaoru's hand, returning to Su Ziyu's hand.
Indeed!
This artifact is truly unique.
However Su Ziyu flipped through it, he couldn't find a way to use it, while Ao Andon could easily control it. This Great Demon must have an agenda for giving him the Hundred Tales.
"The Ghost Capital is very dangerous now!" Ao Andon transmitted, "The Netherworld is in chaos, demons are rampant."
"Be careful at night."
"If you want to find me, the Hundred Tales will tell you where I am."
After saying this, Ao Andon vanished in front of their eyes as a cloud of smoke.
"Huh?" Fujiwara Kaoru was holding the Hundred Tales, absorbed in reading, when it suddenly disappeared, only to find it in Su Ziyu's hand. She hesitated, "I... I can't read it?"...
She had just started reading the Prajna Chapter and found it very interesting.
"I have to go." Su Ziyu smiled and shook his head, "I'll visit you if I get the chance."
"Oh... Is benefactor leaving?" Fujiwara Kaoru's expression showed some reluctance.
Su Ziyu thought for a moment and advised, "Don't go to the Vermilion Bird Avenue these days."
"It's best to leave Kyoto for a while."
After speaking, he ignored Fujiwara Kaoru's surprised gaze, directly turned around, and disappeared into the street.
In a deserted alley.
Su Ziyu turned around, looking at the empty space behind him, speaking deeply, "Come out!"
Two ghostly spirits resembling samurai gradually appeared.
However, unlike other Netherworld patrols, they had a 'sun' character on their foreheads, indicating they were day patrol gods appearing in daylight.
"Pollution detected!"
As these two day patrol spirits appeared, Su Ziyu's expression froze, for the Space-Time Monitor System indicated a pollution entity alert.
"Kill!"
"Kill!" These two samurai spirits simultaneously drew swords to slash at Su Ziyu.
Their pupils were a strange crimson, completely different from the night patrols seen before. Two cold blade lights aimed at Su Ziyu. After all, they were samurai in life; their posthumous abilities mostly retained swordsmanship, while their waist tool, the Soul Hook, seemed more like an accessory than a weapon.
Clang clang!
The Meteor at Su Ziyu's waist instantly unsheathed, with arcs of electricity appearing on the blade.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two samurai spirits lunged again, surrounded Su Ziyu from front and back, slashing with fierce attacks, seemingly trying to prevent him from defending both sides.
Bang.
The bluestone ground cracked with fissures. Su Ziyu struck forward toward the front samurai spirit, and in the instant they crossed paths, a cold sword light flashed, accompanied by the electricity arcs on the blade. The samurai spirit started to collapse inward, its entire body caving in, swiftly disappearing into a faint black bead.
"Go!" Su Ziyu's Meteor in hand shot out like a bolt of lightning.
He didn't turn back.
The Meteor Longsword pierced through the spirit behind him, flew over ten meters, before Su Ziyu gently beckoned, "Sword, come!"
A streak of electric light followed.
The Meteor Longsword automatically returned to Su Ziyu's hand.
Telekinesis.
After enhancing Spiritual Energy to LV6, Su Ziyu also strengthened his Telekinesis Mastery. Although he couldn't achieve the level of bald professors, he effortlessly manipulated objects from a distance.
"Gained 1 Source Power Value."
"Gained 1 Source Power Value."
The arrival of these day patrol spirits was sudden, unclear if they were sent by the Netherworld to capture him or drawn here by Ao Andon's recent appearance.
They seemed totally deranged, full of murderous intent.
What happened in the Netherworld?
Su Ziyu beckoned as two Soul Beads fell into his palm, glanced and tossed them into the storage space, all Tier One curios, named 'Warrior Spirit.'
His figure leapt into the air.
Wrapping himself in the Invisibility Cloak, Su Ziyu masked his presence, heading directly towards Rashomon.
The situation in the Ghost Capital is unclear, and aside from the words before Ao Andon's departure, Su Ziyu felt it's necessary to sneak in for investigation. These day patrol spirits turning into monsters implied potential issues if Netherworld's night patrols also turned into monsters—signifying severe problems.
Of course.
This also indicated a wealth of Source Power Value available in the Netherworld.
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