Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Take it away together? ...

Slit-mouthed woman, a monster known to almost all Japanese people. There are two versions of the legend of Slit-mouthed woman that Eri Kimoto knows.

It is said that the Slit-Mouthed Woman was a beauty before her death. During a plastic surgery, the doctor accidentally cut both sides of her mouth. After seeing her disfigured face, the woman angrily killed the doctor and left. Later, because the citizens mistook her for a monster, she died in a hail of gunfire. Her vengeful spirit transformed into a human form to avenge humans.

There is also a saying that the slit-mouthed woman, who is actually a monster, will appear around the school and catch human children to answer her questions. She will ask the children, "Am I beautiful?" If the answer is "yes", she will take off her mask or scarf and ask them, "Am I beautiful like this?"

Generally speaking, she will kill any frightened child. If the child answers "not beautiful" at the beginning, she will be very angry and kill the child immediately... In short, no matter what the child answers, it is basically a dead end. She is a very unreasonable monster.

I didn't expect that she would actually encounter it!

It’s actually a slit-mouthed woman!!

It felt like rushing over right now and turning her into her own doll—but why couldn't she move? And why did the surroundings become strange? Eri Kimoto wasn't panicking, she just felt a little strange.

"Oh my, Eri-chan likes her?"

"But don't let your guard down too much, Slit-mouthed Woman is still very strong."

Xia Yujie found her excitement amusing and couldn't help but give her a lecture. "This is a very powerful fictional vengeful spirit."

"The reason you can't move is because there's a simple area that forces you not to attack each other before answering her question."

Eri Kimoto blinked her eyes and asked like a curious baby, "What is a simple domain?"

"Eh? Eri-chan, don't you know what a simple field is?"

Geto suddenly transformed into a good teacher, even politely raising his hand to ask the slit-mouthed woman to wait a moment. "Then let's start with the field."

"The first is called the innate realm. While it's innate, it's not something you're born with. Rather, it refers to a person's inner world, a special space where their spirit or soul enters and materializes."

"The second, more complex method is called Domain Expansion. It's like using mantra to create a range that's advantageous for combat, like a small world. It uses the innate domain as a foundation, overlaying spells to create a concrete combat space. However, Domain Expansion consumes a significant amount of mantra. Within the domain, the caster's strength is enhanced, and spells cast on the domain are guaranteed to hit."

"The last type is the simplified domain you see now. The biggest function of this domain is to neutralize the local domain. It can play a very good protective role when the enemy's domain is deployed. Although the principle of the simplified domain is different from that of the domain deployment, we can simply understand it as an extremely simplified domain deployment."

"Do you understand, Eri-chan?"

Xia Yujie was a little confused by her strange expression. He put his hands in his wide sleeves and asked with a smile, "Am I speaking too fast? If you don't understand something, I'll explain it again."

“…”

At this moment, with a complicated expression on her face, Eri Kimoto's mind was... the image of that silver-haired idiot happily making a "V" sign to her.

Compared to this guy in front of him, Gojo Satoru really should go back and retake his teaching certificate... Wait, he should have that thing, right?!

Qi Ben Eri couldn't really deny the extremely detailed scientific explanation of the person in front of her, so she could only sigh and say, "I understand. Thank you, teacher. By the way, can I ask you one more question, do you have any fields?"

With an intriguing smile, Xia Yujie shrugged and said, "Who knows?"

"So, what are you going to do, Eri?"

....

....

The air seemed to be filled with a strange smell of decay and dampness. The feeling of being stared at made Eri Kimoto feel a little cold on the back of her neck, but she was more excited and expectant about how the slit-mouthed woman would act.

The slit-mouthed woman in sight suddenly raised her head. Not only was the lower half of her face wrapped in bandages, but her mouth, which was split from left ear to right ear, also had frighteningly sharp teeth.

"Am I...beautiful...?"

Eri Kimoto looked at the upper half of her face, and it was all eyes... I thought she had half a perfect upper face as the legend said, but the Cursed Spirit version of the Slit-mouthed Woman was not quite the same as I imagined.

"It will begin after you answer the questions," the ill-intentioned fox said, still chuckling, "You have to tell the truth, Eri-chan. The slit-mouthed woman is also a very sensitive little girl."

Eri Kimoto tilted her head, trying hard to think about how to answer the question from the slit-mouthed woman, but after being reminded by Geto Suguru, she decided to be an honest child.

More and more scissors appeared in the air, as if they would stab her mercilessly as soon as they heard her answer.

Sighing, Qi Ben Eri looked at the slit-mouthed woman honestly and replied, "I'm sorry, you're not even as pretty as my sister's finger."

“…”

“…”

This should be an answer that the slit-mouthed woman has never heard before, and it is also an answer that Geto Suguru could never think of. For a moment, it seemed that both he and the slit-mouthed woman were stunned.

The slit-mouthed woman who finally reacted was shaking with anger all over, and the murderous intent in the eyes on the upper half of her face surged. The monster screamed with an offended expression, and the scissors in the simple field all turned into silver light with her movements, rushing straight towards Eri Kimoto's face!

"Ahhhh... Sorry, was that too aggressive?"

"Why do the scissors feel bigger?"

While using incredible speed to block the large pair of scissors coming straight at her head, Qi Ben Eri said unconvincedly, "I'm not wrong. If you don't believe me, just look for yourself!"

?

? !

Suddenly sensing danger, Geto Suguru's body almost froze. He could feel something suddenly appear behind him, as if it was sticking to his back.

A cold gaze and a terrifying chill enveloped him, and he seemed to be able to hear the strong pounding of his heart.

But what I heard more clearly was the young voice of an unknown girl. She spoke in a cold tone filled with murderous intent.

'Kill you.'

!!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. In the corner of my eye, I saw the blurry white giant raising its claws.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and he turned around abruptly and subconsciously put his hands to shield his side, but he was still directly slapped away by the huge slap.

"Hey, look!"

Holding the doll that suddenly appeared in her hands tightly, Qi Ben Eri rubbed her cheek contentedly, looking very comfortable: "Of course my sister is still the prettiest!"

Geto Xia Yu was blown away by the slap and crashed heavily into the second tree before he could barely steady himself. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the gentleness in his eyes completely disappeared, replaced by an even more excited fanaticism.

Everything he saw confirmed his guess. Sure enough, the connection between Eri Kimoto and her sister was no less than that between Eri Kimoto and Yuta Otsutsuka. So he would definitely not miss such a good opportunity to take Eri Kimoto away today.

"Hahahahaha! This is so funny!"

Seeing the furious 'Rika' piercing the slit-mouthed woman with one claw in a terrifying manner, Geto Suguru laughed even louder: "Eri, come with me! Let's free your sister together!!"

"Sister, let me touch her later——"

However, at this moment, Qi Ben Eri didn't want to pay any attention to him. She rushed to the side of the slit-mouthed woman, raised her hand and launched a spell.

But unexpectedly, no matter how she activated the spell, the slit-mouthed woman who had been pierced by her sister's claws and fell down showed no sign of wanting to transform... She even wanted to stab herself with the scissors in her hand and refused to give up at all!

"Huh?"

Eri Kimoto kicked the scissors out of the slit-mouthed woman's hand, then squatted down and pinched her chin with her right hand, forcing her to look at her: "Why can't you subdue her?"

"Of course."

"Eri, you've seen Pokémon, right?" Xia Yujie explained with a chuckle, "How can someone else capture a Pokémon that already has an owner?"

Eri Kimoto showed an expression of sudden realization and then stood up.

Standing behind the giant white cursed spirit seemed to make her figure even smaller, but the cunning and malice on her face were not concealed at all. Qi Ben Eri tilted her head and laughed softly.

"Then we can only let Poxmon become ownerless first."

Not feeling threatened at all, at that moment he found the girl even more interesting. Xia Yujie chuckled softly and asked her again if she wanted to become a family with him.

"No, I don't want to..."

The seriously injured Slit-mouthed Woman had her Poké Ball taken back by Geto Suguru. Feeling a little sorry, Eri Kimoto retreated behind her sister and made a big face at him.

'Eri,'

'fine? '

After confirming that she was not injured, Rika protected her behind her. Her desire to protect and her increasingly angry desire to attack surged, but she still did not forget to remind her sister to be careful.

"She can still communicate normally. She's truly a special-grade Curse Queen."

"Interesting, very interesting indeed!"

He rubbed his chin with his fingers, and the increasingly intense interest and deep thought in his eyes made Geto Suguru look even more like a fox. He originally wanted to obtain the power of "Rika", and now, he felt that this curse queen was more coveted than he had imagined. He was right. As long as he had Rika, there was no need to collect those curses bit by bit.

“Hehe!”

At this time, Eri Kimoto, who called on her sister for support, seemed very proud. Just thinking about joining forces with her sister to kill the cult leader named Geto Suguru was very pleasant. She must be able to cooperate with her sister more perfectly than that guy Yuta Otsutsuki.

"It's two against one now, just wait for me and my sister to take care of you!"

This was the first time she called on her sister to support her, which made Geto Suguru very proud. But unfortunately, when she asked her sister to help, she did not think of leaving him alive. She would not let Geto Suguru leave here alive.

However, the cursed energy was like a dark wave. Geto Suguru raised his hands with a smile, and behind him, a large group of cursed spirits appeared, countless in number.

Eri Kimoto's smile froze silently on her face.

"...Call the police." The girl's mouth twitched: "Someone is cheating here."

Why can his technique summon so many cursed spirits?!

This is so unfair!

Although her ability can also summon the collected dolls, she can't summon so many. Although her sister now has her own consciousness and does not need her to control it unless it is a critical moment, didn't this person named Geto Suguru say that their abilities are very similar? Asshole.

This guy is cheating!!

Obviously amused by her reaction, Geto Satsuki waved his hand, and the summoned cursed spirits rushed towards her from different angles at the same time -

"Eri, hold on!"

'Yuta is on the way!'

The number of cursed spirits summoned by Geto Suguru was so huge that it was frightening. The more Eri Kimoto chopped her face, the uglier it became. Although these cursed spirits were very weak and could not cause any substantial damage to her, it was still very annoying to chop them.

But after hearing his sister say that Yuta Okkotsu was coming too, he still frowned. But what role could that guy play, in terms of styling?

There is no need to wait for Yuta Okkotsu to come. Now it seems that Geto Suguru's strength is even stronger than he imagined. Maybe he has been letting him win just now?

Eri Kimoto, who split the cursed spirit into two pieces with one knife, was a little annoyed because she felt that even now, Geto Suguru was not using his full strength and still looked like he was at ease.

"Sister, we can't delay this any longer,"

"Hurry up!"

Rika understood what she meant and followed her lead as she rushed towards Geto. The two sisters worked together very well, killing all the cursed spirits in front of them along the way. They stepped on the cursed spirits to gain leverage and jumped high. Eri Kimoto's knife was completely aimed at his head.

Facing the knife that was about to chop off his head, Geto Xia Yu was not at all panicked. He pulled out a nunchaku from the mouth of an ugly cursed spirit that was wrapped around his back.

"Clang—"

The sound of weapons being exchanged was harsh.

The knife could no longer cut down. Seeing that Geto Suguru's strength was much stronger than he had imagined, Eri Kimoto narrowed her eyes slightly and flashed. She turned around and appeared behind Geto Suguru like a ghost. Then the knife in her hand turned into a silver light and pointed directly at his heart.

However, he was blocked by the smiling Geto Suguru.

The moment the two separated, Rika also grabbed him fiercely, without letting down her guard, the three of them attacked each other again, and in an instant, the sharp blades, claws, and nunchakus collided and sparks flew. At this gap where Xia Yujie was not paying attention, Qi Ben Eri moved her fingers.

"?"

The side of her face was cut by the dagger that attacked her secretly. If she hadn't dodged in time, it would have been really dangerous. After wiping off the blood, Geto Suguru also put away his smile and sighed: "Eri-chan, it was really dangerous."

"But I don't want to drag it on any longer," Xia Yujie looked at her deeply, concentrating the twisted cursed energy on his fingertips, "It's time to end it."

Instinctively sensed the danger.

This creepy sense of threat gave Eri Nori goosebumps, but it was Rika who reacted faster than her. She hadn't reacted yet when her sister blocked her from behind. The moment her eyes widened—

“!”

"Big snake!"

The thick snake's tail wrapped around Eri Norimoto's waist and dragged her backwards in an instant. Fushiguro Megumi suddenly appeared and caught her who was thrown into the air by the snake.

"Eri, go!"

Eri Kimoto had no time to think about why Megumi Fushiguro appeared here. She could only see Geto Suguru as Megumi Fushiguro carried her. However, the other party tilted his head slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened a little.

"Oh, it's the little devil of the Zenin family's Ten Shadow Technique."

“What a pleasant surprise.”

Xia Yujie laughed softly, then raised his hand and waved.

"Then take them together."