Chapter 8 Replacing Life
"Oh my god, I have carefully prepared the character of an infatuated man who is attached to his family and refuses to leave."
Black Shadow reluctantly handed over his ID to prove his position to the shrine.
"It's boring, so what, do you still want to pester these mother and daughter?"
The shrine took a look and found that the black shadow was a "shadow ghost", a kind of demon that likes to replace other people's lives. It is also the so-called "double". It can be said to be full of malice towards humans, but it can prove that it is not
Harm people's lives.
Is it because the people replaced are all dead?
"Isn't this a good thing, my lord?" Shadow Ghost said eloquently:
"A wife loses her husband and a daughter loses her father. If the soul of the dead person turns into a ghost to accompany them, it must be a good thing, right?"
"The wife will no longer shed tears, and the children will no longer lack the company of their father."
"And you won't lack the sense of satisfaction. Pretending to be a dead person will make you happy at the same time, right?"
The shrine interrupted the shadow ghost's words. It avoided killing people by pretending to be a dead person. It parasitized in this family and absorbed the mother and daughter to grow.
"My lord, you think too bad of me. Although it is the nature of monsters like me to cheat and act, this is a mutually beneficial symbiosis. Monsters and people each get what they need, which is a good thing."
"The way you talk is disgusting." Shen Gong frowned in disgust. No matter how nice it sounds, the starting point must be to satisfy its own instinct of deception.
"A gentleman's opinions have no regard for his heart, right?"
This shadow ghost seems to have read a lot of books, and frankly admitted that his starting point was not good.
"So, sir, what do you think?" The shadow ghost appeared from the darkness, like a standing shadow.
"As long as you are willing to cooperate with me in a performance later, they will be convinced of my identity, and I will no longer need to pretend to be a ghost."
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to, I can leave now."
That’s right, according to what Sogaai and the others said about the consensus between shemales, there is no reason for the Shrine to remove this one.
It has not harmed anyone's life, and its actions can even be regarded as a model among monsters. If the situation it envisions is true, humans will not be afraid, and it will be able to obtain food for its own survival.
This can be said to be the optimal solution that can be achieved under this weird human-monster balance.
As for whether it is true or not, and whether the dead Mr. Nishikata cared about being replaced, what does it matter?
The souls of the living will be relieved, and this is enough.
Jingu glanced at the unconscious mother and daughter. The child instinctively leaned on the mother's arms, while Mrs. Nishikata still frowned even though she was asleep.
She must have experienced a lot of hardships after her husband died. If Shadow Ghost had deceived her, she might have been much more relaxed.
But what does this have to do with the Shrine?
In the stunned expression of Shadow Ghost, Shengong took back his hand indifferently.
"Why? You..."
"You disgust me so much. I endured my nausea and talked to you for so long. I just wanted to see what you wanted to do, but I didn't expect it to be so disgusting."
The Shrine does not care whether what it does is correct or not, and whether it conforms to the so-called consensus and the so-called rules.
If Jingu was just an onmyoji, he would think this was reasonable; if Jingu was still an ordinary person before time travel, he would think this is an acceptable situation.
But now the shrine is a god and a [Dragon Lord]. What he abides by is his own preferences and principles. As for the consensus?
It has nothing to do with him.
Perhaps this shadow ghost's humble and restrained nature in order to survive is pitiful, and perhaps the Nishikata mother and daughter will have many difficulties in their future lives.
But that doesn't matter. For Jingu, there is only whether you like it or not, there is no right or wrong.
He didn't like this kind of deceptive behavior, and he found this kind of drama very disgusting. When he imagined the girl calling a disguised monster as daddy, he was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit.
So even if this is a so-called good choice for everyone, Jingu will not do it.
Waving his hands to disperse the haze, the lights in the entire apartment became much brighter. As for the consequences of this shadow ghost being killed by him, it was not as important as the current mood of the shrine.
Besides, I've probably broken this rule before, so what does he care about now?
Reaching out to smooth the fear on the little girl's face, Jingu straightened Mrs. Nishikata upright, then reached out and flicked her forehead.
"Hiss~ It hurts."
Mrs. Nishikata woke up with a start, and her chest felt turbulent, which made Jingu secretly praise her. There was another reason for Shadow Ghost's death. She was too ugly, and the contrast with Mrs. Nishikata's appearance was too big.
"This is... Lord God, what happened just now?"
"It's nothing, it's just that you were knocked unconscious by the monster, and then I got rid of it directly." Shengong explained casually, omitting many details.
"Really?" Things happened so fast that Mrs. Nishikata still hadn't come around.
"Of course it's true. Don't you feel that the whole room is not so damp and dull?"
Jingu was a little too lazy to explain, so he stood up, patted his butt and was about to leave. Mrs. Nishikata mistakenly thought that Jingu was a little angry and quickly stopped him.
"I'm sorry, I'm not doubting God, it's just that everything happened too fast and I'm a little confused."
"It doesn't matter. As for the reward..." Jingu thought for a moment and said, "Please buy some daily ingredients and send them to the shrine for me. That'll be fine."
After saying that, in front of Mrs. Nishikata's eyes, it transformed into a little skylark, fluttered its wings and flew out of the window.
Mrs. Nishikata in the room had an incredible look on her face. For her, today is a dreamy day in every sense of the word.
Today she truly realized the ever-changing and moody gods in mythology.
And the shrine, which turned into a skylark and flew away, stopped on the eaves of the roof.
It was his kindness not to ask Mrs. Nishikata for payment. Although this approach can only be said to be hypocritical, Jingu was happy to do it.
It's still early, and since I've already gone out, I definitely won't go back to the shrine to lie down, so why not go visit your own shrine maiden's school?
It just so happened that Jingu was very interested and curious about the high schools in Yingzhou. Of course, he was not interested in the female high school students wearing uniforms and black stockings. He was just curious about whether their high school lives were really that happy.
Well, that’s right, he’s going to have a closer look at the high school life in Yingzhou. If he’s really happy, he’ll find a way to get in there too.
Shen Sheng is so boring.
Putting aside the serious business of making a name for himself, Jingu followed the connection with his shrine maiden and flew away as a skylark.
Chapter completed!