"What kind of 'Paranormal Adventure' is this? It's just some ghost story."

The cursed spirit whose skin was all green was hunched over, leaning on a cane in one hand and holding a cigarette in the other, walking slowly on the road. It was the volcano-head cursed spirit that had burned down a hotel at the foot of Mount Fuji some time ago.

The cursed spirit that could speak human language said with disdain, "A mere human being wants to explore the world of cursed spirits. It's simply overestimating one's own abilities."

Next to it was a tall white cursed spirit. One of its arms was wrapped in a white cloth and there were branches growing where its eyes were. It was obvious that it was not a human being.

The white cursed spirit responded in its own unique language. Although it was an unfamiliar language, it was automatically translated into understandable words after being transmitted to the brains of its companions.

The volcano head curse spirit, Louhu, cursed: "Don't talk in my head!"

The branch curse spirit Hua Yu fell silent meekly.

They are powerful cursed spirits that hide in the dark and possess human intelligence. They are much stronger than ordinary special-grade cursed spirits, and it is not an exaggeration to call them super special-grade.

The volcano-head cursed spirit Louhu was born from human beings' fear of the earth. He has a bad temper and likes to collect rare collectibles.

Branch curse spirits were born out of human fear of forests. They are gentle in nature and have an aura as pure as an elf, which is completely different from ordinary curse spirits.

For a while, they were each other's only friends.

There are many cursed spirits on this land, but not many of them can talk, think and make friends. Until some time ago, a cursed spirit named Tagore was suddenly born on this land, and they finally got their third companion.

Torgon, born from human's fear of the sea, is a red octopus, and can transform into a human body when fighting with all its strength. The newborn Torgon is still very young and the weakest among them, but he worships Louhu very much and dreams of becoming a handsome cursed spirit like Louhu.

The sorcerers have been making frequent moves recently, and internal strife continues. They have no channels to get accurate information, but they have also vaguely sensed changes in the situation with the sorcerers.

They have an intuition.

If they want to take action, now is the best chance. Once they miss the opportunity, by the time the sorcerers have finished their reorganization and established a more complete system, their ultimate goal of destroying the sorcerers will be further and further away from them.

Because of this incident, Louhu's temper has been worse than before. Fortunately, they had a good harvest today and found a cursed fetus of a top-grade cursed spirit on the most prosperous street in Kyoto.

If nothing unexpected happens, the cursed spirit born from this cursed fetus will be of the same super-special grade as them.

They walked through the woods and returned to the abandoned house in Kyoto.

This used to be the house of a wealthy family, but later it was abandoned. Lou Hu and Hua Yu found this place by chance and made it their temporary base.

Far away from the noisy city and malicious humans, it is quiet enough, comfortable enough, and there are plenty of empty rooms to store Louhu's collection.

Today they went out together, leaving only the little curse spirit Tuo Gen to look after the house.

However, as soon as they entered the house, the two special cursed spirits noticed an unusual atmosphere. Hua Yu was sharp-sighted and said:

——"There is a strange smell."

Lou Hu's face darkened, "Togen!"

They immediately rushed into the house and as expected, saw a strange figure in their base.

That was a "teenager".

He was wearing a golden kimono and his long golden hair was blown out exaggeratedly. The end of his hair was burning like a raging fire, revealing his non-human identity. In the hand of the strange "boy", he was holding a large golden bone knife.

The young man held a large knife in one hand and stepped on the weak, helpless and pitiful octopus curse spirit - Takugen with one foot. When he heard their movements, he turned around and looked over.

Lou Hu immediately spotted the cursed spirit that he was stepping on and shouted angrily, "Who are you?!"

"Hmm?" The young man, whose body was all golden, tilted his head and said arrogantly, "My name is Ibaraki Douji, and I am the leader of the demons of Mount Oe."

Ibaraki Douji?

Which Ibaraki Douji?

Louhu was incredulous and said, "What, Ibaraki Douji from Mount Oe? You are - an imaginary cursed spirit?!"

"Cursed spirit?" The young man snorted disdainfully and emphasized loudly: "I am Ibaraki Douji!"

Louhu said angrily: "Ibaraki Douji, isn't he just an imaginary cursed spirit?!"

The young man said angrily: "What imaginary cursed spirit? I am Ibaraki Douji!"

"Ibaraki Douji is the imaginary cursed spirit!"

"I am Ibaraki-douji! Ibaraki-douji! Ibaraki-douji!"

Hua Yu: “…”

Togen: “…”

Hana Yu said, "That's enough. Let's not dwell on this topic anymore. Just call him Ibaraki Douji."

Louhu was furious and said, "Ibaraki-douji, how dare you break into my house and hurt my companions!"

"Ibaraki Douji" laughed loudly, "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Plundering is the nature of evil spirits. From today on, this is my territory! Volcano Head, get out!"

Lou Hu said angrily: "How dare you insult me?!"

Ibaraki Douji raised his voice and repeated, "Volcano-head! Get out!"

"you--"

Louhu was so angry that his whole body was on fire. Seeing that the fire coming out of his body was about to burn to the ceiling, Hua Yu quickly advised Louhu: "Louhu, it is a cursed spirit, but also our companion."

A talking cursed spirit is rarer than a three-legged sorcerer, and each one is a most precious companion.

After hearing this, Louhu managed to calm down. Hua Yu said to Ibaraki-douji, "Ibaraki-douji, please let go of Tagore. It is still a young cursed spirit."

"Um?"

Hanazu's unique way of speaking caught the attention of "Ibaraki Douji", who lifted his foot with interest and let go of the red octopus under his feet.

Too weak, he simply doesn't care about it.

Hmm...but if you calm down and take a closer look, aren't these two cursed spirits in front the cursed spirits in the legend that can communicate with humans and have intelligence equivalent to that of humans?

Al, wearing the "Ibaraki Douji" vest, stroked his chin and asked Louhu, "Are you the cursed spirit that burned down the hotel at the foot of Mount Fuji?"

Louhu snorted softly and said proudly, "It is this old man."

"Ibaraki Douji" said with interest: "Not bad, not bad, I've seen news about you on TV, hahahaha... ahhahahahaha! Okay, then let me test your strength!"

The large bone knife in his hand suddenly turned over, and the sheen on the blade showed that it was not an ordinary sword. Lou Hu, who loved collecting, was immediately impressed: "This is--"

"This is a large bone knife that only big ghosts like us can possess! It is a collection of resentment and curses, and it is something that a mere iron knife cannot contend with!"

Resentment and curses, aren't these the ingredients of a cursed spirit?

After hearing this, Louhu and Huayu became even more certain that this "Ibaraki Douji" was their fellow cursed spirit.

And "Ibaraki Douji" was still excitedly introducing his most proud large bone knife: "Look, this pervasive demonic aura! And this most solid and toughest blade! This is a powerful blade that can shock the night, a weapon forged from demon bones for a hundred days! Be terrified by it!"

He raised the big golden bone knife and rushed towards the strongest Lou Hu present like a sharp arrow!

This "Ibaraki Douji" is none other than Al who had been away from home for many days.

The reason he ran away from home was that he had an argument with Geto Suguru in the "Minamoto Raikou" mode, "How can you have two mothers?" vs. "I don't have two mothers." Both sides insisted on their own opinions and neither was willing to give in.

Gojo Satoru, the only one who could mediate the quarrel, was not afraid of making trouble when he saw the excitement. A stubborn boy fanned the flames, which eventually led to Minamoto Raikou's mother leaving in anger, leaving behind the deafening words "I would rather leave you than share you with another mother", which gave Geto Suguru a myocardial infarction on the spot.

"Don't you have a bunch of kids too?!"

"Wuwuwuwuwuwu, how dare you talk back to your mother!"

The unreasonable male mother left the Bandei Cult behind and walked away, but he later thought calmly and felt that it was very childish to be angry with his son, so after a series of unknown mental processes, he switched himself to the personality of Berserker "Ibaraki Douji".

——God knows what he is thinking.

Anyway, after switching to "Ibaraki Douji", Al was no longer angry, and even felt that "Minamoto no Raikou" was indeed a unreasonable guy.

But he wasn't going home yet.

As the leader of Mount Oe, if he wants to apologize, he must send enough gifts. It just so happens that he is so idle these days that he is almost going crazy, so he can go out for a stroll and plunder a few more unlucky cursed spirits to give to Geto Suguru.

Summer Oil Geto's cursed spirit reserves were almost consumed in the previous series of events. Since they cannot be replenished in a short time, the total amount of cursed power has been greatly reduced. However, because he has absorbed the techniques of high-level cursed spirits, he has become stronger in the eyes of outsiders.

Only Al and Gojo Satoru knew that Geto Summer Oil's total cursed energy was insufficient, and in order to avoid being discovered, he had to change his fighting style.

Gojo Satoru: "I let you use the cursed spirits to rub the light cannon every day. Look, it's no longer useful, right?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

So Al decided that he would gather a thousand cursed spirits outside before going home!

As for Gojo Satoru, bring him some delicious and fun things before you go home!

This abandoned house in Kyoto is the temporary residence that Al has chosen.

He used a large golden bone knife to chop up the coral and thought he could drive the three natives away. Unexpectedly, after the fight, the three cursed spirits became very friendly and looked like they wanted to have a long talk with him.

Louhu, Huayou, and Tuogen sat in a circle, and Al sat among the cursed spirits without realizing it. His eyes couldn't help but fall on the thing in Huayou's arms.

Like a placenta, with strange patterns printed on it.

"I recognize your strength." Louhu said in a deep voice: "Ibaraki Douji, where were you born?"

Al took his eyes off the placenta and said proudly, "Of course it's Mount Dajiang!"

Louhu showed a thoughtful expression: "Hmm - where is Oeyama?"

Al said unhappily: "Dajiangshan is Dajiangshan, how dare you look down on Dajiangshan?!"

Lou Hu blew his beard and glared, "When did this old man look down on Da Jiang Shan?!"

Hua Yu said gently, "Luo Hu, it seems that Mount Oe is in Kyoto Prefecture."

"Hmm?" Louhu suddenly realized, "So that's the case. Then it makes sense for you to be here... I don't know what happened in the past two years, but super-standard cursed spirits have been born one after another. Maybe this is God's will."

Al raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

He sat cross-legged on the ground, his burning hair spread out magnificently like wings. Compared to the three grotesque humanoid cursed spirits in front of him, "Ibaraki Douji" was obviously more in line with human aesthetics. The more human-like a cursed spirit is, the more it conforms to human aesthetics, the more powerful the cursed spirit is.

Louhu asked seriously: "Ibaraki Douji, what do you think of humans?"

"Ibaraki Douji" said as a matter of course: "I am an evil ghost, and humans should respect me. But I was born to be an evil person who took away human lives, and I have nothing good to say to humans."

Lou Hu slapped his thigh and immediately said in unison: "Yes, humans are all hypocritical liars."

It sneered and said, "They are always hostile to their own kind and resentful of their own kind. Cursed spirits are born from their negative emotions. Killing humans is our instinct. But in the final analysis, it is actually the malice of humans themselves that kills humans."

What Louhu said made a lot of sense, and Al nodded in agreement.

Seeing that his words were recognized by Al, Louhu continued: "They are full of evil intentions, but they still show friendly smiles on the surface. This shows how hypocritical humans are! Their every word and action is a lie. On the other hand, we, the cursed spirits born from negative emotions, are the most real."

Al nodded again.

"You are quite right."

Louhu came to the final conclusion: "Therefore, the cursed spirits are the real humans!"

He slapped his thigh fiercely and said with more determination:

"We are the real human beings, and the ones who live uprightly in this world should be the cursed spirits. In a hundred years, the cursed spirits will become the masters of this world. In order to welcome that day, we must eliminate the annoying sorcerers! As long as we kill all the sorcerers, the remaining humans will be at our mercy!"

Al was very interested and asked, "Oh, what do you want to do?"

The coral is stuck in the shell.

How to do it?

cough.

There is a great goal, but how to achieve it...

Lou Hu hesitated for a long time, coughed lightly, and said seriously: "First of all, we need to gather together and unite as one."

Al pointed at Louhu, then at Huayu and Tuogen, and finally at himself who seemed to be a cursed spirit, and questioned, "Are there only four of us?"

Louhu said: "Of course, other special-grade cursed spirits can also unite with first-grade cursed spirits! However, we are the only cursed spirits that can communicate like this."

Hanayu said, "Ibaraki Douji. Including you, there are five of us in total."

"Oh? Besides you three, who else is there?"

Hua Yu pointed to the luxurious placenta in her arms.

"This cursed fetus was born from human malice. As long as some time passes, a new cursed spirit companion will be born smoothly."

Upon hearing this, Al immediately looked at the placenta in front of him with great interest... no, the cursed fetus.

It turns out that this is what a cursed spirit looks like before it is born. Negative emotions give birth to a cursed fetus, and the corresponding cursed spirit is born from the cursed fetus.

He had heard from Gojo Satoru before that among all kinds of cursed spirits, those born out of "malice" were the most aggressive and the most difficult to deal with.

Ibaraki Douji asked excitedly, "Is it very strong?"

Hua Yu said in a deep voice: "I have a feeling that Zhenren will be the strongest among us."

"A real person?"

"Its name is Zhenren."

Lou Hu was stunned. "Master? How come I don't know about this?"

Hua Yu said mysteriously, "I can sense it."

Al rubbed his chin.

This branch curse spirit had a bit of the feeling of a tribal high priest. He invited, "Branch curse spirit, what's your name?"

"Flower Yu."

"Hua Yu, do you want to come back to my Dajiang Mountain? I like you very much."

Hua Yu was stunned, "Are there other cursed spirits in your Oeyama?"

"That's not the case." Al said with regret: "Although I am the leader of Mount Oe, I am the only one left in Mount Oe now, and I don't know where Shuten-doji has gone."

He seemed to be very into the role, so Hanae couldn't help but ask, "In the legend about Mount Oe, Shuten-douji is the king of Mount Oe, and Ibaraki-douji is Shuten-douji's subordinate."

Ibaraki Douji was not offended at all: "Shuten Douji loves wine and never cares about the trivial matters of Mount Oe, so the actual king of Mount Oe is me."

The cursed spirits looked at each other and asked, "Where did Shuten-doji go?"

"Ibaraki Douji" shook his head and thought, who knows? He's probably still drinking in the Throne of Heroes, cursing "Minamoto no Raikou" a few more times while drunk.

Lou Hu sighed and said, "What a pity."

The legendary "Shuten-douji" who can coexist with such a powerful "Ibaraki-douji" must also be very powerful. If Shuten-douji is also there, he will definitely be a powerful helper.

Hua Yu comforted him, "Louhu, believe in the master, our companion will not lose to the legendary Shuten-doji."

"Oh?" Al asked, "Is it stronger than a thousand cursed spirits combined?"

Louhu said disdainfully: "If you mean ordinary cursed spirits, even the youngest Tuogan is stronger than a thousand of them combined!"

Tagore waved his red octopus tentacles and echoed Louhu's words.

Ibaraki Douji suddenly laughed and said, "Hahahahaha... So that's how it is. What a wonderful progress. Well, in that case, I'll give you an idea!"

Lou Hu was interested and asked, "What's the idea?"

"Let's put aside the question of how to destroy the sorcerer for now. I will only talk about how to gather more forces."

"You say!"

"Defeat the Curse Master Xia Yujie, and you can liberate more comrades!"

"oh?"

Al Dao: "Curse Spirit Manipulation, as the name suggests, is the technique of manipulating curse spirits. In order to make himself stronger, he has absorbed nearly four thousand curse spirits so far."

Louhu, Huayu and Tuogen gasped immediately.

Four thousand!

Eat it as a meal!

Louhu said angrily: "There is such a vicious spell in the world, what a vicious sorcerer!"

Well, for cursed spirits, cursed spirit manipulation can indeed be regarded as the No. 1 technique on the list of disgusting techniques.

Al added fuel to the fire and said seriously: "As far as I know, he absorbed the special curse Zhenzi, Sugizawa Village, the incarnation of Kaguya, the incarnation of Tamamonomae, Porcupine Demon, Snow Woman, Pants God..."

The Snow Woman is a special cursed spirit contributed by Fushiguro Shinji, and the Thai God is a cursed spirit subdued in the Thai psychic incident. They didn't want to bother with that and simply named the special one the Pants God.

Well, who made the only memory of that cursed spirit be a pair of red pants?

The more Louhu listened, the more his blood pressure soared. Unexpectedly, so many of his peers were oppressed by the sorcerer! How could this be possible!

"In addition, there are a number of first-level curse spirits, quasi-first-level curse spirits, and countless second, third, and fourth-level curse spirits..."

"Enough!" Louhu said angrily, "Ibaraki Douji, what do you want us to do?"

Ibaraki Douji smiled slyly, "It's easy to liberate our comrades. Just kill the cursed spirit operator, and the cursed spirits enslaved by him will regain their freedom. Then, you will have 4,000 more cursed spirit companions."

Louhu, Huayu, and Tuogen: “!!!”

They were shocked and said, “Really?!”

"real."

Oh, of course it’s fake.

The number of special-grade and first-grade curse spirits is real, but the consumption of low-grade curse spirits was a bit high in the past two years, and now there are only about a thousand of them. Fortunately, there are enough high-grade curse spirits in his body, and although the number has decreased drastically, the quality has not been affected too much, otherwise it would be impossible to hide it.

"So, what you have to do is to defeat the Curse Spirit Operator. Do you dare?"

"Oh."

Lou Hu said disdainfully: "A mere top-grade sorcerer, I don't even take him seriously!"

…

Three days later, late at night, "Ibaraki Douji" brought three super-standard special-grade cursed spirits and quietly passed through the barrier of Bankei Palace.

The cursed spirits outside Panxing Palace immediately surrounded them, but were suppressed on the spot by Al with talismans. As extremely loyal cursed spirits, Louhu and the other two would certainly not harm their poor fellow enslaved by humans.

Al led them around in a circle pretending not to know the way, and made the three simple cursed spirits dizzy and turned around, and then led them to stop in front of a door.

Boom boom boom.

No one cares.

Boom boom boom.

Still no one cares.

Al knocked persistently for a while, and finally the door of the room opened.

Gojo Satoru, with white hair, opened the door with an impatient look on his face. His room was pitch black, with only the glaring light from the computer screen flashing. It was obvious that he was playing a game, and familiar skill sound effects could be faintly heard from inside.

Al couldn't help but say, "Go-chan, be careful of your myopia when playing games in the dark."

Gojo Satoru curled his lips, "You still remember to come back."

Although he was not worried at all that Al would suffer losses outside, everyone in the Panxing Sect was very worried about him when Al was away for the past few days.

The white-haired boy raised his chin, looked at the three strange-looking cursed spirits behind Al, and asked, "Who is this?"

There are volcano heads, tree branches, and octopuses. I thought it was some special performance for Children's Day.

Al said, "This is takeout for JJ, but you can play with it for a while first."

Louhu: “……?”

Hua Yu: “…”

Togen: “…”

As the cursed spirits looked horrified, Al said earnestly, "Louhu, Huayu, and Tuogen. Remember, human hearts are evil. Human hearts are always the dirtiest. Just like some people, they actually have the heart to deceive you innocent little cursed spirits."

Cursed spirits: “…”

Ten days later.

The cursed fetus condensed from the malice of mankind finally turned into a cursed spirit, a beautiful cursed spirit with long blue hair and traces of stitches on its face. When it opened its eyes, it saw three heads of gold, white, and black, which were watching it with great interest.

Real person: “…”

It felt very distinct malice!

Al said faintly: "Are you awake?"

Gojo Gorao said with interest: "Not bad, this guy looks very strong, more like a human than Sadako and Tamamonomae."

Xia Yujie said with relief: "That's great, it's not the placenta anymore, we can finally eat it."