The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

In a word, it is fate.

Everyone has a unique mission when they come to this world. It doesn't matter whether it's sooner or later, and there's no order of precedence. It's just whether they are aware of it or not.

"This time, we must catch it!"

The short black hair was dyed with cherry-colored brilliance, and a kind of energy that could not be understood by current cognition returned and circulated between Yuko and Saigyo.

Three minutes of misaki, five minutes of misaki, seven minutes of misaki——

The originally bare branches were instantly covered by countless cherry blossoms in full bloom. The cherry-colored light almost encompassed the entire Kyoto. The dazzling brilliance made any color in the world lose its meaning.

This is not Takeya's subjective exclamation, but after Nanaisaki's Saigyou Demon came to the world, only this gorgeous cherry color was left between heaven and earth, and the originally clear sky was covered with a kind of gray clouds. blocked.

The cold, gloomy and desolate air surrounds Kyoto. The only light is the open Westward Demon, as bright as the North Star shining in the night sky. Unfortunately, the direction it points to is full of ominous flavor.

"As expected, is it the Westward Demon?"

Wu Ye's fists were clenched unconsciously, Yuko's swordsmanship level may be higher than Yaoji's, but her human body limited her strength.

If the army of monsters that even Takeya and Murasaki cannot do anything about is not taken seriously by Yuuko, then based on this, Takeya can think of only one way for Yuuko to break the situation.

Westward Demon.

This mysterious monster cherry blossom was full of mystery. Even after a thousand years, he had never seen it in full bloom. He had only heard a few words about it from many monsters.

This is an ominous monster cherry.

It has the ability to guide the living to death.

What's more, the food needed for flowering is "spring". To put it more simply, it is vigorous vitality.

That's all Wu Ye knew. In later generations, he also saw the Xi Xing Demon in the White Jade Tower, but the Xi Xing Demon he saw at that time was just an empty shell with only a superficial appearance.

He clearly remembered that during that trip to the underworld a thousand years later, he was taken to visit the White Jade Tower by Youyouzi, and naturally he also saw the Westward Demon.

Unlike the "monster" in front of him, which exuded a strong sense of oppression from beginning to end, the one thousands of years later was just a slightly larger cherry blossom tree.

After all, Yuyouzi also said——

The "inner part" of the Saigyou Demon was stolen. In other words, Yuyuko once entrusted him with the hope of finding the real Saigyou Yao.

Now, Wu Ye could see very clearly that the Xi Xing Demon in front of him was a complete existence.

Then, as Yuyouzi once said, when the Westward Demon is in full bloom, she will be able to meet "her" sleeping below.

Zila——!

At that moment, Takeya's head seemed to be invaded by strange radio waves, and a series of strange yet familiar scenes appeared intermittently in front of his eyes.

Is that a memory? Or is it another bizarre dream?

The girl under the cherry blossom tree followed him step by step from the Misfortune Tomb to the Baiyulou in the underworld. It was not the dreamlike purple cherry blossoms, but the Westbound Demon, yes, the Westbound Demon!

"Beautiful cherry blossoms."

The girl with a happy smile stretched out her hand to him. This time, her face was no longer a hazy fragment, but a look that Takeya was extremely familiar with.

"Are you right, Takeya?"

——The person who spoke was none other than Yuko.

"Woo!!"

Cold sweat broke out from his forehead, and Wu Ye hugged his head and bent down. After returning to reality from that momentary hallucination, he only felt as if he had fallen into the bottom of a cold lake, and all the noise around him became oppressive and dull. .

This shouldn't be the case. Why would you forget such an important thing? Why——!

Takeru gritted his teeth and propped up his knees, which were like lead. The Yuuko in front of him was about to merge with the Saigyou Demon.

Although compared in size, Youzi looks so small in front of the towering beast-like Xixing Yao, but in terms of spiritual power, Youzi is slightly better.

An unreasonably huge amount of spiritual power gushes out from Yuko's body, devouring Xixingyou bit by bit.

"etc.!"

Obviously it seems to be a favorable situation for Yuko, but Takeya's heart can't calm down no matter what, it's not that he doesn't believe in Yuko, it's just that nightmarish sense of fear is always shrouded in his heart.

Also, the most important thing, he had to tell Yuko.

He and Yuko met each other early in the morning, long before he came to the capital of this era, they had already met.

In the past, under the influence of Zizhiying from the Miyuanzuka, the girl Wu Ye saw was not someone else! It's Yuko!

When all the doubts are connected into a line, the final place guided is the truth.

Until now, Wu Ye finally understood everything,

That is not an accident that transcends time and space, but an inevitability that has long been doomed.

Hua Shan said that the Battle of Kyoto 200 years ago ended with a loss for both sides. The Xixing Demon killed all life in Kyoto indiscriminately, and the only one who can seal the Xixing Demon is the Xixing Magician.

And vice versa, the only person who can break the seal and manipulate the Xixing Demon is the lineage of the Xixing Demon. After the death of the previous Xixing Master, Yuko, the daughter of Xixing, became the only existence that can establish a connection with the Xixing Demon.

"Compared with more than ten years ago, she seems to have grown a little taller."

In the past, during a casual conversation, Wu Ye discovered that Wenwen had collected a large number of photos of Youyouzi. After repeated questioning, Wu Ye heard her comment on Youyouzi.

After saying that, Wenwen himself turned pale and left in a hurry. At that time, Wu didn't understand why the other party had such an expression, but now, he finally understood.

Because the undead cannot grow, only living people can grow.

As an undead, Yuyuko is a special being born based on the death of the living. Everything about her is fixed at the moment when the living die. Therefore, even if it takes thousands of years, the only way she can grow is through demonic power.

But Yuyuko has grown taller. Although only a little, Yuyuko is indeed still growing!

The meaning of growth itself is also very simple, that is, "living".

Takeru once suspected that Yuyuko was proof that Yuyuko existed as a human being during his lifetime, but he soon overturned his guess, because the undead must be born from the dead. If the "Yuyuko" during his lifetime has not died yet, If so, then the undead cannot appear.

But Yuyuko is an undisputed undead, which means that she must have died once. After excluding the absurd assumption that there are "undead who can grow after death", the only possibility left is Two kinds -

First, Yuyuko is Yuyuko, but she has lost her memory for some unknown reason and exists in a form that is "very close to the undead but not undead".

Secondly, Yuyuko and Yuyuko have absolutely nothing to do with each other, everything is just a coincidence.

Originally, Takeru was inclined to the first guess. After all, there was still Zi's attitude there. This was the reason why Takeshi was able to let Yuuko do whatever he wanted.

Because Yuyouko is still alive and kicking a thousand years later, there must be no danger for Yuyouko now.

but! However, after the appearance of Xi Xing Yao, all this had a completely new explanation.

Yuyuko is indeed an undead, there is no doubt about it, and Yuyuko is growing up is also a fact, so after eliminating all the impossible, what is left, no matter how absurd, can only be the truth.

There is only one reason why Yuyuko can grow, and that is that the "body" that created the cornerstone of the undead is also alive!

And the body left behind by Yuyuko Saigyouji, the dead soul, is the daughter of Saigyou Yuko Saigyou!

Youzi is the only existence that may have a connection with Xixingyao for thousands of years, because she is the "last Xixingyao", Yuzi who has merged with Xixingyao will not die, but she will never wake up again.

The unreasonably huge spiritual power that flowed out was exactly Yuzi's responsibility, and she practiced the unique Xixing Yimai technique to seal the vitality of Xixing Yao.

She is planning to turn herself into a seal. Only in this way can she use the Westward Demon to repel the army of monsters, and at the same time ensure that the tragedy of two hundred years will not happen again.

Yuyuko is indeed an undead, but it is not an ordinary undead, but a unique "living undead" that splits Yuyuko's soul and separates from the body.

She has always been obsessed with hoping to find what was buried under Xixing Yao, the lost memory that remained in Xixing Yuko's body after being divided!

The "she" sleeping under the Xixing demon is none other than Yuyuko herself!

Everything is clear.

Why Yuko and Yuyuko have everything incomparably similar.

Why did Wenwen tell herself that these speculations must never be told to Zi.

Why did Yuyuko, who was born as an undead, have such a random ability to manipulate death.

Westward Demon——

It is the origin of everything.

Wu Ye, who is clearly a master of lies, can't see through this most important lie. He is the one who is trying to be brave, but Yuko is doing the same thing.

She will die.

The future with the existence of Yuyuko Saigyouji must be maintained by the death of Yuyuko Saigyouji.

Wu Ye, who realized all this, suddenly ran desperately. He stretched out his hand and tried to pull Yuko back from the nightmare-like abyss, but it was still a step too late.

"I see, this is my destiny—"

Yuko, who was wrapped in layers of branches hanging down from the West Goblin, sank into the deep darkness little by little, and what fell down her cheeks was not tears of regret, but determined happiness.

Even if it was only one-sided, Yuko showed an incomparably bright smile at the moment.

"Finally, I finally remembered, Takeya, it turns out that before we met, we had already met a long time ago."