Chapter 184 The Visible Girl
The dark streets made it increasingly difficult to see clearly, let alone looking outside from inside through the glass windows.
Even though street lights had already been turned on, they were still unable to dispel the suffocating black fog.
Where would Hiramiya-san be now?
Horii Suzune leaned sideways, close to the window, looking out at the street that was as dark as late night. She couldn't stop daydreaming and imagined many possible scenes in her mind.
"There are too many people. It's too crowded."
Koike Chinatsu hugged Horii Suzune's waist tightly, rubbed her head against Horii Suzune's underdeveloped part, and complained with resentment.
As the situation on the street became more complicated, more and more people squeezed into drink shops.
Originally, the four of them were seated in two rows, but now with the increase in the number of people, they can only barely squeeze into one row of seats.
Because once someone sees an empty seat with a bigger butt, they will want to sit down.
In order to avoid conflicts and arguments, Horii Yuji suggested that the four of them sit together, and he himself sat in the outermost aisle seat to prevent accidents.
It's okay if there are three of us, but now with four of us, it seems very crowded.
Huh, huh.
A cool breeze blew in through the open windows in the front row, instantly cooling down the crowded and hot beverage shop.
"It's so cool."
The cold wind blew past, dispelling the irritability in her heart. Koike Chinatsu instantly felt relaxed and sighed.
Horii Suzune frowned slightly. She could clearly feel the chill brought by the cold wind, which did not penetrate into the body from the outside of the skin, but from the inside out.
It's very much like the body's yang energy being gradually excreted, causing the feeling of cold hands and feet due to weakness.
Horii Suzune reached her right hand into the bag on her thigh and grasped a small Buddha statue inside.
After experiencing many supernatural events, she felt that small magical instruments like the small bell were not powerful enough, so she specially went to Pinggong Qianye to buy a statue of Vairocana Buddha.
This statue of Vairocana Buddha was carved by the hands of Heimiya Chiye, who also consecrated and blessed it personally.
It is about 13 cm high, 10 cm wide and weighs about 550 grams.
According to Hiramiya Chiye, the power of this Vairocana Buddha statue is very strong. Just carrying it with you on a daily basis is enough to ward off attacks from demons and monsters with a danger level below 15.
She didn't quite understand what the so-called danger value was, but it was very powerful. It was said by Pinggong Qianye himself, so it couldn't be wrong.
Therefore, whether she is going out for fun or resting and sleeping at home, she will not let the statue of Vairocana Buddha leave her more than 2 meters away.
The maximum warning distance she can accept is 3 meters.
When Horii Suzune held the Vairocana Buddha statue in her hand, a warm current flowed through her palm and into her body.
It dispelled the chill radiating from the inside out without causing heat in her body. On the contrary, she felt very peaceful.
But when her eyes swept towards the open window in the front row again, her pupils shrank slightly and goose bumps appeared all over her body.
I saw a series of ghosts and spirits that were invisible to ordinary people floating in through the windows from the street.
A lot, crowded.
There are many strange-looking monsters wandering around outside the street.
The closest thing to him was a ghost holding his severed head in his right hand and pressing his cheek against the window glass.
Tick-tick, drip-tick, bright red blood is flowing.
Fortunately, the window on her side was closed, otherwise the ghost would have floated in through the window long ago.
Thinking back to when she was looking out the window at the street and was face to face with the ghost, Horii Suzune's body stiffened slightly.
She turned her head stiffly. Although the ghost seemed unable to pass through the window, after seeing it, she could no longer look straight at the street.
Looking towards the beverage shop, the demons and monsters that floated in were wandering around the crowd, seemingly without much self-awareness.
However, as the black fog outside intensified, the figures of those monsters and demons were gradually becoming more solid.
"what."
Koike Chinatsu, who was close to Horii Suzune, noticed something different and tilted her head slightly to look at Horii Suzune, but got no response.
Horii Suzune simply took Koike Chinatsu's hand and asked her to hold the hand of her mother Koike Miaki as well.
"Hold hands."
Koike Chinatsu poked Koike Miharu's waist with her finger, grabbed her hand, and asked her to hold hands with Horii Yuji like herself.
The four people held hands, and the power of the Vairocana Buddha statue flowed through Horii Suzune's palm and into the bodies of the others.
A golden holy shield of Buddha's light was faintly propped up, and the demons and monsters that had gathered around were cleared away in an instant.
The demons and monsters that escaped slowly were directly dissolved and turned into a ball of air and dispersed.
They all looked at me with fear and hatred.
Horii Suzune took a deep breath and ignored everything.
"I always feel like something is staring at me." Koike Chinatsu muttered, and squirmed her body to get closer to Horii Suzune.
She and Yuji Horii and others are still mortals with mortal eyes and cannot see the monsters and demons running rampant outside.
"It's okay if you can't see it."
Horii Suzune sighed in her heart and tightly grasped the Vairocana Buddha statue in her bag.
She didn't dare to take out the Vairocana Buddha statue for fear of attracting the attention of the terrible demon.
Pinggong Qianye once told her that there is a relative rule between humans and demons and monsters: when you can see them, they can also see you.
She held the Mahavairocana Buddha statue in her hand, just like holding a torch in the dark night, illuminating the surroundings, but also being noticed by the terrifying existence hidden in the darkness. Horii Suzune tried to communicate with the woman sitting in the front row, asking her to temporarily close the window, but was rejected, saying that it would be cooler if the window was opened.
Horii Suzune wanted to persuade her a few more times, but the next second, a long-tongued ghost sat on the woman's face. Its tongue was very long and forked, like a poisonous snake.
There was a black claw on each of her shoulders, and some terrifying black creature was moving against her back.
A cheek burned by fire also grew on her head, and the burn marks on it were extremely hideous.
At this moment, they all looked over here.
"..."
Horii Suzune did not speak again, pretending that she saw nothing, but her body was trembling slightly.
She regretted speaking.
Those demons and monsters seemed to have no self-awareness and acted only on instinct.
But when she opened her mouth, they gathered around her like cats seeing fish stranded on the beach, and more and more of them came.
From the beginning, there were four or five, and gradually increased to more than ten, and then dozens...
The woman sitting by the window in the front row had monsters and demons hanging, sticking on, and sitting all over her body.
"so cold!"
The woman shuddered, her lips turned white, her skin turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her body kept shaking.
"..."
Horii Suzune looked at the other person and tried her best to hold back and didn't say anything.
How can this not be cold?
You are covered with a bunch of demons and monsters!
If each one of them just sucks a little bit of your yang energy, even a 200-pound man would not be able to withstand it.
The woman wanted to get up and close the window, but her body suddenly felt weak and she had no strength at all.
"..."
The woman looked at Horii Suzune and opened her mouth to say something, but a child ghost the size of a fist was stuffed into her mouth.
"..."
Horii Suzune watched the whole scene but didn't say a word because their eyes were now on her.
"You see it, you see it, you see it..."
Eerie, strange, male or female, and various other sounds came out of their mouths.
As they opened their mouths at the same time, gusts of cold wind blew straight towards their faces.
Fortunately, the power contained in the statue of Vairocana Buddha easily kept out the gusts of cold wind.
But Horii Suzune's long hair was also blown a little messy by the wind.
"..."
Horii Suzune naturally would not respond to their calls, but pretended to be calm, ignored their presence, and chatted with Koike Chinatsu with her head slightly lowered.
"Sister Lingyin, your voice is a little trembling, are you scared?"
"Well, this situation is definitely a bit scary." Horii Suzune wanted to smile and say that everything was fine, but in the end she just nodded slightly.
"Don't be afraid, I will protect Sister Lingyin."
Chinatsu Koike's little head continued to rub against Horii Suzune's arms.
Horii Suzune stroked her cheek and said nothing.
She had planned to remain silent until the woman in the front row collapsed on the table with a thud, her face pale, as if she had been dead for a long time.
Countless monsters and demons were already lying on her body, one stacked on top of another, one squeezed inside another.
"Did you see that?"
"Can you see us?"
"You are sure you can see us?"
"Did you see that?"
The voices of these questions grew louder and more frightening, even louder than the chirping of cicadas in the trees during a summer nap.
The demons and monsters wandering around the entire drink shop seemed to be attracted by the commotion here, and they floated over and surrounded Horii Suzune and the others.
They didn't dare to get too close and could only watch from afar, casting malicious glances.
Horii Suzune caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye, and ultimately she couldn't just sit there and watch the woman die like this.
Moreover, these demons and monsters gathered here because of her, thus harming the woman in the front row.
"Something might happen later, don't be afraid."
Horii Suzune whispered something to Koike Chinatsu, and then, in Koike Chinatsu's puzzled gaze, she took out the Vairocana Buddha statue from her bag and placed it on the table.
For a moment, endless light that was invisible to ordinary people illuminated the entire beverage shop.
For a moment, their figures appeared from the unpredictable nothingness.
Everyone in the beverage store saw their presence.
(End of this chapter)
