The landlady refused to take Shino in for two reasons.

One reason was that the rooms were really full, and the other was that they were afraid that the so-called killer would come to the hotel and cause trouble.

After Al and his two companions moved in, another guest moved into the last room. It was said that he was a medicine seller. Before Shino rushed in to ask for help, the medicine seller was still chatting with the proprietress about the Chinese medicine he sold.

Finally, after Shino's earnest request, the proprietress took him in.

She said in a deep voice: "You can live in the room on the top floor."

The dark-skinned guy was stunned. "Huh? Living in that room?!"

The proprietress glared at the surprised waiter and said, "There's nothing we can do. All the other rooms are full. Only that room is empty. Don't waste your time. Take her up there."

The waiter responded and muttered to himself, "It would be better to let her live in my room..."

"Um?"

"Nothing, nothing." The waiter said to Shino, "Then just follow me!"

Shino breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you."

Whether it's the corridor or the warehouse, as long as she can stay for one night, it'll be fine. It's raining so hard outside. If she really gets wet all night, the baby in her belly will definitely miscarry.

She followed the waiter and the boss's wife upstairs step by step. Al and Gojo Goga and Yugetsu looked at each other, followed Shino silently, and then quietly transformed into a spirit when no one else noticed.

The waiter took out the key and walked in front. The boss lady accompanied Shino upstairs slowly and asked, "Are you planning to give birth to a child by yourself and raise him alone?"

"Yes." Shino held her belly and said seriously, "That's exactly what I planned."

The boss lady disagreed: "You are too young. You don't understand how hard it is for a woman to raise a child alone. Or, in other words, life would be easier without children."

Shino stroked her belly and said softly but stubbornly, "No, his arrival is already a gift from fate. I will only feel happy if he is born safely."

The proprietress shook her head helplessly, looking like someone who had just experienced this.

Suddenly, Shino heard the laughter of children. She was startled and looked up at the ceiling. Maybe because she was about to become a mother, the laughter of children was particularly pleasant to her ears.

She was infected by the children's laughter and started laughing too: "It's so late, are there still so many children playing?"

"Um?"

The proprietress glanced at her sideways in confusion, as if she had no idea what Shino was talking about.

The proprietress and the waiter obviously couldn't hear the laughter of the "Zashiki-warashi", but Shino, who is also an ordinary person, heard it. Why is that?

Because she is a mother now?

Al asked in the team channel, "Hey, Wu-chan, Jie-chan, why do you think the boss lady let her live in that room? Was it just because she was soft-hearted?"

Soon, Gojo Satoru's voice came over.

"I don't think so."

Kagome also said, "Although I don't want to assume too much about people's hearts, 'Zashiki-warashi' is a cursed spirit made up of obsession. Unlike 'Hakuroma' who has a grudge against his parents, the reason for its birth is 'the desire to be born'."

Want to be born.

Pakuruma wants to "punish incompetent parents", while Zashiki-warashi wants to "be born".

So what happens if a pregnant woman enters the realm of Zashiki-warashi?

"Wufufu, could it be that a 'Zashiki-warashi' will be born from Shino's belly?"

Xia Yujie said, "It's very likely."

After receiving a positive answer, Al asked again: "Then what will the child be? A human being or a cursed spirit?"

Xia Yujie hesitated and said, "There is no relevant record in the information about 'Zashiki-warashi', but if a cursed spirit is born in a human fetus, then the one born must be..."

Gojo Satoru affirmed, "Cursed Spirit."

There has never been an example of a cursed spirit being born from a human's belly, but there are many cases of evil spirits possessing fetuses.

Children possessed by evil spirits are all monsters without exception. Some bite their mothers to death when they are born, and some are born with purple skin, which looks very scary. Even if their parents do not abandon them, they will still show varying degrees of abnormality when they grow up a little, such as eating pets or even brothers and sisters at home.

This is true even for fetuses possessed by evil spirits, not to mention children possessed by cursed spirits.

The brutality is definitely doubled.

Al thought thoughtfully, "It's really interesting. If there is a cursed spirit with a human body, then wouldn't it be a monster that ordinary people can see with their naked eyes?"

"Yes."

"That's right."

To be honest, Al was quite curious about what the baby possessed by "Zashiki-warashi" would look like when it was born, but when he saw Shino carefully holding her belly, he decided to give up.

Such a mother should give birth to the most normal and lovely child and live the life she wants.

Moreover, only if she successfully gave birth to the child in her belly, Toyama Nishizawa hundreds of years later could...

etc.

In other words, the Toyama Shino in front of us was originally able to give birth to a child, but because of the intervention of external forces, she was unable to give birth to the child this time.

What is going on here?

Did she have a miscarriage? Was she murdered? Or did she really give birth to a "Zashiki-warashi"?

"Here we are. This is it."

The waiter unlocked the door with a key, and a spacious room appeared in front of Shino.

Cluck, cluck, cluck——

Children's laughter came from all directions, and then stopped strangely.

Shino walked into the room. She subconsciously covered her belly with her hands and asked in confusion, "...Can I really live in such a big room?"

"Well, it's been idle for too long, so there's not much furniture. It's a bit damp and cold, but the stove over there can be lit. Let us light it for you."

The waiter walked forward and began to tidy up the house. He brought Shino a set of dry bedding and lit a fire for him. The proprietress gave Shino some rice balls and some clean clothes.

While the boss lady and the waiter were busy preparing these, Al returned downstairs to meet with his fellow owners. He glanced at the rooftop with his golden eyes and smiled mysteriously: "Do you think the boss lady knows that there is a 'Zashiki-warashi' living there?"

If she didn't know, why didn't she usually use the top floor room to entertain guests? If she knew, then her intention of letting pregnant women live there would be very interesting.

"Wufufufufu... You don't think that as long as the Zashiki-warashi she created are born smoothly, she, the culprit, will be forgiven, right?"

Each of those fetuses was aborted by the boss lady herself amid the babies’ miserable screams.

Xia Yujie rubbed his eyebrows.

"According to ordinary people's thinking, it is possible."

Just at this moment, a man with a medicine box on his back and strange makeup came up.

As he walked up calmly and at a leisurely pace, white talismans that were only two fingers wide were neatly pasted on the wall one by one as he moved. Black patterns automatically appeared on the talisman papers that were pasted on the wall, and finally turned into eyes.

This is a talisman used to monitor the surroundings.

Ordinary people might not notice his action, but Al and the other two all noticed it.

Al narrowed his eyes, poked his head behind Gojo Satoru and Kagome Jie like a snake, and whispered, "Who is this?"

Gojo Satoru said calmly: "Who else could it be? Of course it's my neighbor tonight."

As he said this, he pointed to the room next to theirs. It was a little smaller than the room they lived in, but it was more than enough for one person to live in.

So that's it. This is the guest who will leave the last room. It is said that he is a drug dealer.

You know what, even though this medicine seller used weird makeup to make his face look weird, anyone could tell that he was actually very handsome and definitely a beautiful man with a good temperament. No wonder the lady boss kept chatting with him downstairs.

Feeling their scrutiny, the drug seller turned around and nodded slightly to them.

Gojo Satoru pulled down his sunglasses slightly and asked with a smile, "Who are you?"

The medicine seller looked at him and said calmly, "I'm just an ordinary medicine seller, that's all."

Al and Gojo Satoru were both startled.

This sound...

Sounds damn familiar.

They turned to look at Geto, but Geto didn't seem to be aware of the problem. He kept his usual business-like smile and asked politely, "Mr. Medicine Seller, are you also a sorcerer?"

The medicine seller shook his head and said slowly, "I'm just a medicine seller."

oh.

There are a lot of sorcerers with strange personalities, and Xia Yujie didn't think there was anything wrong with this answer. Moreover, he had a good impression of the calm and indifferent medicine seller in front of him.

He has always been friendly towards fellow sorcerers.

"Are you going to protect Miss Shino?"

“Originally, it was like this.”

The medicine seller looked at them and said calmly, "Yes, it seems there is no need to stay overnight tonight."

Xia Yujie smiled and understood what the medicine seller meant.

Just as they saw that Maiyakuro was not an ordinary person, Maiyakuro also saw that they were sorcerers and felt that they were strong enough to deal with the "Zashiki-warashi" that fell from the building.

He said gently, "With more people, the safety of this inn will be better guaranteed."

The three of them are definitely enough, but - this is a sorcerer from hundreds of years ago!

"If we hadn't come, the one who could protect Miss Shino tonight would be this sorcerer in front of you, right?"

In the team channel, Geto Kagami analyzed the situation clearly: "What kind of accident did you guys say caused Miss Shino to not give birth to the baby in her belly?"

When he turned around, he saw Al and Gojo Satoru looking at him as if he were a rare creature.

Xia Yujie: “…”

He instinctively felt uneasy, and Xia Yujie took a step back and said alertly: "What's wrong with you? I tell you, this is not the funny part."

Al tilted his head towards Gojo Satoru and said solemnly, "Go-chan, did you hear that?"

Gojo Satoru's expression was more serious than his: "Ah, I heard it."

Xia Yujie was a little confused: "What did you hear?"

However, his two jerk companions ignored him and turned around to whisper, "Wow, that's amazing. Except for the tone of voice, everything else is exactly the same."

"Yeah, yes, they are exactly alike. When the medicine seller started talking, I thought it was Jie-chan who was talking! Wu-chan, there can't be such a horrible coincidence in the world!"

Gojo Satoru came to a serious conclusion: "This guy must be Jie's previous life!"

"Huh?" Xia Yujie stepped forward and separated the two devils. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Al was surprised and said, "Didn't you hear it, Jerry? The medicine seller's voice is exactly the same as yours. This is a supernatural event!"

Xia Yujie: “…”

He hadn't noticed at all, but how could that be possible?

Xia Yujie turned his head and saw the medicine seller carrying a medicine box, walking past them leisurely. Noticing his gaze, he calmly said, "Well, good night."

The medicine seller opened the shoji door, walked in, and closed it all in one go.

Xia Yujie: “…”

Xia Yujie: “!!!”

Really, it seems!

Especially the "good night" that was said without any slow tone, it sounded so familiar! Anyone who is a member of the Panxing Cult would have heard it so many times that their ears would be twitched!

It was fine when he didn't notice it, but after he noticed it, it sounded so similar that Xia Yujie felt his scalp tingling. Al said seriously beside him, "Jie, aren't they exactly the same?"

Kagome nodded solemnly.

Gojo Satoru looked at the excitement and said, "The voices are the same, which proves that your cores are the same. If your cores are the same, then your souls are the same. Jay, this must be your past life. Go ask him if he is a cursed spirit operator."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Is this true or false?

He stared at the medicine seller's room with a very complicated expression. Gojo Satoru was laughing so hard behind him that his head was about to fall off. He laughed wildly, "He believed it. Hahahahahahahahaha——"

Xia Yujie: “…”

He couldn't bear it any longer and released the Pikachu curse spirit to bite Gojo Satoru's head.

"Then you should have a good rest."

The proprietress's voice came down from upstairs, and Al and the other two immediately fled back to their room and quietly closed the door.

They heard the lady boss and the waiter coming downstairs saying:

"Is this really okay?"

"What can we do? If Zashiki-warashi is willing to leave with her 'mother', then our help tonight will not be in vain."

...The boss lady really knew about it.

"But will the woman die?"

"The master said that if you want to get rid of the Zashiki-warashi in the room, the only way is to give him a mother. Moreover, this woman is being hunted by a killer and deserves to die."

In the room, Xia Yujie murmured, "Very good, these two guys have been expelled from the party."

…

Late at night, Shino curled up in his quilt alone, but couldn't fall asleep.

She suddenly opened her eyes and saw a cute doll in yellow clothes standing in front of her bed.

Shino was startled. "How did you get in?"

The little kid stared at her for a while and asked, "Is that your baby?"

"...Yes." Shino gently stroked her belly: "This is my child. In four months, he will come into this world. Whether it is a boy or a girl, I will cherish him."

The little kid asked, "He made it very hard for you, didn't he?"

"No." Shino's eyes softened: "He makes me feel very happy, so no matter what, I must give birth to him."

“…”

The little doll looked at him expressionlessly for a while, then disappeared inexplicably.

Shino was stunned and immediately looked around, but the child who was standing there just now had indeed disappeared.

What's going on?

Just when she was feeling a little scared, the tightly closed shoji door was suddenly opened from the outside.

“……!”

Shino was startled and reflexively lay back on the bed, starting to shiver.

Is it a killer? Is it a killer sent by the young master? Has he already... tracked me down here?

The cold blade pressed against her slender white neck.

"I'm sorry, but your escape has come to an end."

Shino screamed and tried to shrink into the quilt, "Please, let me go, I still want to give birth to my child..."

"If you give birth to a boy, you will be able to marry the young master smoothly because of your son's status, right? I have seen many maids like you. The young master will be very troubled."

"No, I won't do that... This child is only mine and has nothing to do with the young master!"

"There's no point in saying more."

Just as he was about to chop off Shino's neck with his long sword, the sword flew out by itself.

"What?!"

A huge suction force came from above, sucking the killer to the ceiling. Shino screamed loudly. She watched the killer being pulled to the ceiling, screaming like a killer pig. The children's laughter came from all directions.

Chuck, chuck, chuck!

Mom! This is our mom!

She saw children wearing red kimonos, children wearing blue kimonos, children wearing pink kimonos, and so many children!

Shino panicked and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Al said in a deep voice, "Here I come."

Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru rushed out of the room downstairs and were about to go upstairs when they suddenly noticed a crisis coming from another direction.

Boom——!

The wall of the corridor shattered with a bang, and a monster covered in armor rushed in wielding a large sword and rushed straight into the medicine seller's room!

Bang!

A young girl's voice was heard in the smoke.

"The birth of Zashiki-warashi is the highlight I have been looking forward to for a long time. Medicine seller, you must not ruin my good fortune this time. Also, take the prison gate——"

The girl's voice stopped abruptly.

The girl, Junko Enoshima, with a circle of seams on her forehead, was stunned.

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Hey man, it's you again!

This Sato Nauka not only stole the body of the leader of despair, Enoshima Junko, but now it seems that she also has connections with the Tracing Army?

The "Resurrection Group" incident of Rika Norimoto's father involved the Tracing Army, so it is very likely that the Desperate Forces have joined forces with the Tracing Army. As a result, Sato Nauka stole the body of Enoshima Junko, so now the situation has become Sato Nauka and the Tracing Army joining forces again?

What did Sato Naoha do to change history?

Want a Zashiki-warashi to be born safely?

Do you want the drug seller to hand over the prison?

What is Hell Gate?

Who is Sato Nauka/Enoshima Junko's true identity? What is her purpose?

I originally wanted to keep her and explore slowly, but now...

Gojo Satoru narrowed his eyes and gave Enoshima Junko an ambiguous smile.

He mouthed to her, "I'll remember you, old man."

Enoshima Junko turned around and ran!

You must be kidding. Her current body's spiritual power and spell power are almost zero. She has no fighting power at all. Let her fight against the Six Eyes and the Curse Spirit Operator? She might as well just commit suicide.

Damn it, why are they here again?

Could that devil Al be lurking nearby?

Under her command, the accompanying tracing troops broke into the inn one after another.

Odachi, tachi, katana, wakizashi, short sword...

The tracing army, emitting a faint evil light, launched a massacre according to Enoshima Junko's orders, trying to kill all the people in the inn.

The best way to hold back Gojo Goga Yugetsu is to attack ordinary people and use their lives to restrain their actions!

"Born from darkness, from darkness to darkness, filth and impurity are all cleansed away."

Following Kagome Geto's voice, a light blue "tent" slowly descended from the sky and quickly enveloped the inn.

"Wu, don't change history. The main purpose of our trip is to save people!"

"Tsk, I know!"

Now the situation is clear, how did those guys, including Toyama Nashi, disappear? Because their ancestors died today!

Gojo Satoru yelled, "Jay! Go save your past life!"

Xia Yujie angrily complained: "Just because we have the same voice doesn't mean we are the same person, asshole!"

At the same time, Al also manipulated the spirit particles to condense into shape.

Wow——

The fire rolled over like magma and burned towards the "Zashiki-warashi". The originally complacent "Zashiki-warashi" had his clothes ignited, and immediately screamed all over the room.

"mother!"

"mother!!!"

"Save me! Mom! Wuwuwu, lend me your belly!"

Shino was bewitched by the children's voices and tried to stand up by holding her stomach, but a pair of small hands held her back tightly.

Shino was stunned and looked down. The one who grabbed her was the little doll in yellow clothes at the beginning.

“Don’t listen to them.”

Her instinct was to save the children, but she couldn't bear to let go of the child's hand no matter what. She could only watch as the young man in the black and gold hunting clothes cruelly burned the children to death.

Al burped with a smell of gunpowder, picked up a tumbler, which was the body of Zashiki-warashi, from the ashes on the ground, turned around and walked towards them.

Shino held the little yellow-dressed baby tightly behind him and said in a trembling voice, "You...you can't burn him."

"I know." Al tilted his head and said with a smile, "Hey, he's not a zashiki-warashi, why would I burn him?"

"Huh?"

Shino was stunned.

Al pointed at her and then at the child in the yellow kimono.

"This child is a spirit, not a cursed spirit. Haha, Miss Shino, look carefully, he is the child in your belly."

“…”

Shino turned his head in disbelief, and the little doll in the yellow kimono was looking up at him, with the same stubbornness in its dark eyes as hers.

Al explained, "Because this is the domain of Zashiki-warashi, you can talk to the spirit of the fetus here. Hurry up, I'm about to roll Zashiki-warashi into a ball, so say whatever you want to say."

After a while, the child spoke in a low voice.

"Thank you for always touching me so gently."

"Thank you for always talking to me."

"Thank you for protecting me. I have made things difficult for you all along, right?"

“…”

Shino hugged the child.

"No, no, no. I like you very much. Thank you for coming into my belly. I should be the one to say thank you." She choked up and said, "I...Mom, I will love you forever."

The child looked up and finally smiled for the first time since they met.

"I like you, yeah! I like you to be my mom!"