I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"Is Asagiri..."

Taking a closer look at the girl in front of him, Abeji repeatedly confirmed that he had never seen this person in his memory, and he didn't know where the familiarity came from.

"The grace of saving my life is too heavy to say..."

Because, you are already dead.

After adding this sentence in his heart, he quietly glanced at Junko Kato again.

The latter shook his head slightly, indicating that he had never heard of this name.

"Asagiri" is very common as a first name or a surname, but Yoshihara Yukaku was built in Edo, and most people at that time had names but no surnames, so the same name is also common.

"Well, Asagiri...do you know how to get out of this place?"

Abeji hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively.

As the saying goes, looks are born from the heart, this young girl's spiritual body is different from her appearance, and she can't feel any resentment...

Maybe she still has a sliver of reason and memory, and knows the secrets hidden in this hidden place.

"Leaving? The Yoshihara Yukaku is surrounded by water and high walls. Since its establishment, there has only been one gate... Except for the dignitaries who come and go by boat, the rest of the people can only enter and exit through the gate."

The girl who called herself "Asagiri" froze for a moment, and looked shyly and curiously at Abe Terajun's face back and forth.

"I see. This samurai must be a newcomer and not familiar with the direction."

Seemingly trying to figure something out, Chaogiri pointed his finger in a certain direction outside the alley: "Go along Nakamachi Street, go straight in this direction, and you will be able to reach the Yoshihara Gate..."

"This direction? Sure enough, it's the same as the one on the map..."

Just when the two subconsciously looked in the direction the other was pointing...

"However, Yoshihara is on fire tonight, it's better for the two of you to leave as soon as possible."

The girl behind her saluted slowly, and her figure gradually turned into a flash of fire and disappeared into the alley.

"Wait, what did you say..."

When the two turned their heads, there was no one in the alleyway.

"This is lust... Amitabha, this girl has an unusual spiritual body..."

Reaching out to touch the remaining sparks in the air, Junko Kato and Abeji looked at each other and nodded.

"Just like the buildings, city walls, and flames in this hermitage, she is just the result of an indelible obsession or memory left in this hermitage, just like the records recorded in magnetic sand on Easter Island. The sound is the same..."

"For the girl named 'Asagiri', the memory of this day must be more important than life."

"It's you kid who violated Yoshihara's 'Forbidden Knife Order'?!"

At the same time, several earth-bound spirits covered their faces and were wrapped in scorched black bandages, half of their bodies protruded from both sides of the narrow alleyway as if they were transparent...

"It's just that we don't take our "Yoshihara Self-Defense Force" seriously..."

These strangely dressed men seem to be able to move freely within the walls and ground like swimming.

"Stop talking nonsense, the shogunate has already issued a decree, whoever wears a sword in Yoshiwara, beheaded!"

Without saying a word, they drew their knives out of their sheaths, hid in the wall, stretched out their long knives and formed a mechanism-like formation of knives in the alleyway, and slashed at the two of them.

Looking carefully, the sharp blades they handed out actually extended from the arms that were broken at the root and connected with flesh and blood.

"It seems that there is no way to continue to 'act low-key'."

Abeji's waist sword was out of its sheath, and together with Wakisashi Tsukiyo in the air, weaved into a dense network of ice and fire swords...

The light of the knife flickered, and the limbs of these earth-binding spirits exposed outside the wall instantly shattered to the ground, but they still squirmed towards the two of them endlessly.

"It is said that Shoji Jinmaemon, the founder of Yoshiwara Yukaku, is actually a descendant of the ninja of the Fuma clan. While earning a lot of income for the shogunate, he also used this gentle township to secretly carry out espionage activities between the beds... ..."

"The "Yoshiwara Self-Defense Force" who is elusive and hides his head on the road must be his ninja warriors. "

Looking at these earth-bound spirits with mutilated bodies who were still immortal, Kato Junko waved his sleeves, bringing out a pink Buddha light.

"Ananda, people in the world do not seek permanent residence, fail to give up the love of their wives and concubines, their hearts are not careless, they are clear and bright, and they live next to the sun and the moon after death..."

Wherever the Buddha's light passed, these ferocious and terrifying earth-bound spirits, who regarded death as their own, turned into a few muscular naked men and walked out of the wall.

"I... I... have long...

"Damn it, it's so happy to be attacked..."

"Hmph...it's too light...try harder!"

"No... stop... don't stop..."

These men huddled together with blushing faces and sincere friendship, and gradually turned into pink dust and dissipated amidst happy shouts.

"This... this is... becoming a Buddha?!"

Although the hand-to-hand combat in front of him was a bit harsh, Abeji had already recognized that these ferocious earth-bound spirits were actually rescued by Kato Junko with every gesture. In this strange position, they instantly became Buddhas!

"Amitabha, thanks to Abe-kun who has seriously injured them, it's so easy..."

Junko Kato shook her head slightly, as if she was not satisfied with the result.

"My Dharma of Joy can indeed absorb the desires of all beings and feed them back with supreme bliss, leading them to lose themselves and forget their obsessions in great joy..."

"But the spiritual body's reason, memory, desire, and soul origin also collapsed in bliss, and it was impossible to re-enter reincarnation... This alone is completely different from the spiritual body letting go of its obsessions and becoming a Buddha."

Her "Land of No Desire" seems to be able to "let go of obsession" for all beings, but the joy obtained by force and voluntary are fundamentally different.

"Fire... on fire!!!"

During the conversation between the two, many people suddenly exclaimed from outside the alley.

"not good."

Abeji took a closer look and saw that a flame of a slightly different color was ignited on the building on the side of the alley.

Presumably, when the Hikari Saber struck and killed the "Yoshihara Self-Defense Force" inside the wall, the flames it brought out inadvertently stained the neighboring houses.

Since these houses were already burning with fire, the two didn't notice it at the first time.

At this moment, the flames of the sun disc that can burn resentment have intensified, enveloping the entire wooden house.

"Don't squeeze...get some water..."

"Go and knock on the logs first, and notify the people from the town fire department to come!!!"

"Cough cough cough...I can't breathe..."

The building that was "ignited" by Abe Temple, obviously not even the wood veneer was blackened...

But the Earthbound Spirit near the long street seemed to be awakened by the foreign flames, and the most terrifying memory in the depths of his heart was aroused, and he let out a tragic wail.

The flames and thick smoke on the surrounding buildings also became more and more turbulent.

The bustling long street that was originally Qinlou Chuguan and Jinying Flower Array was instantly filled with splashing flames, screaming in pain, and scorched and indistinct ground binding spirits. They became chaotic in the rampage and trampling on each other.

This situation seems to have returned to the moment when the Yoshihara fire happened in their memory.