I’m a Witch In Dongying

　　 "……"

　　This mission suddenly appeared on the way when Shiraizu was chasing Yosuke Iwata.

　　Because of this, Bai Shuiqiu knew the true identity of the thing before Jiufeng Shiyuan talked about it.

It is not that she has never thought of painting skin and will escape from her own hands. After all, the latter can quietly commit three or four missing cases without leaving any traces, which in itself shows the nature of this thing. Cunning, not so easy to deal with.

　　Yes, Painted Skin slipped from under her nose in a playful way after changing her skin, leaving a nearly provocative smile when she left...

　　 These sights made Bai Shuiqiu feel a little angry.

　　 even dissatisfied with the old monster.

after all……

　　 If Jiufeng Shion shot in time, this painted skin should not be difficult to deal with, and the latter kept the attitude of standing idly by before letting this guy escape.

　　 Of course, Bai Shuiqiu himself knew that this kind of dissatisfaction was a bit unreasonable.

Because Jiufeng Ziyuan has said before that he does not want to reveal his true identity, unless Bai Shuiqiu is in danger of life, will help, and in the previous match, Painted Skin did not appear to pose a real threat to her. Ability, so the old monster did not violate what he said before.

　　Furthermore, this woman is also a demon herself, and she has no obligation to help her slay demons and demons. To measure her by human values, it is inherently biased...

　　 "For the time being, I can only wait for the results of the investigation by Officer Kurimi..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu sighed, calming the restless mood.

　　As I walked back, I saw Li Jiancheng also hurriedly ran down from the apartment while talking on the phone, and walked in the direction of Liangshu and Dagu.

　　 When she saw Bai Shuiqiu, she patted her on the shoulder by the way, and told her not to destroy the scene after going upstairs.

Because Bai Shuiqiu’s guards blocked it, the injuries of the two policemen were actually not too serious. Among them, the good tree was hit by Iwata Yosuke head-on, and his ribs seemed to be broken. He stood on the side of the road, clutching his waist. Gu was barely able to stand up on his own. The two and Li Jiancheng also exchanged a few simple words, and then began to take out their mobile phones to contact the nearby Jiao Fan and the hospital.

　　 But Yosuke Iwata is in trouble.

　　 Although Painted Skin had escaped, the latter's body was still burning in the middle of the street. The fierce flames licked the decomposed body, emitting billowing smoke and an unpleasant stench. Many passersby stopped and watched.

　　 Although Kuri Jiancheng is still trying to maintain the scene, the noise is too loud, and the scene is a bit out of control.

in addition……

　　 The owner of the private car whose roof was flattened by Iwata Yosuke just now also ran down from the upper floor, beat his chest at his car, and yelled.

　　 In this chaotic situation, Bai Shuiqiu could only lower his head silently, walked into the apartment building quickly against the corner, and then climbed the stairs to the third floor and returned to the room just now.

　　 Jiufeng Shion is still here.

Probably when Kuri Jiancheng was about to leave, she entrusted her to help guard the scene, so this woman is now stopping at the door of Iwata’s house, waving her hand at the residents in the corridor, and I don’t know if she used the spiritual aspect. With hints, several residents, including Wei Lu, who originally wanted to watch the excitement, had curbed their curiosity and turned back to the house.

　　 The old monster smiled slightly when he saw Bai Shuiqiu and turned around and entered the door:

　　 "Be careful when you come in, and be careful not to touch things around you. The policeman said that he wanted to protect the scene. If it gets messed up, it will be very troublesome."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu nodded, cautiously walked through the corridor, and followed the old monster to the middle of the living room.

　　 There is still a mess in the living room.

The furniture knocked down by Iwata when he fled, a few kitchen knives scattered everywhere, and broken glass on the windowsill... all prove that there was a fierce battle here not long ago, and Li Jiancheng was also protecting the scene. Purpose, did not clean up these debris.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu avoided a kitchen knife nailed to the floor by his feet, and looked up at Jiufeng Shiyuan: "What you just said about painting skin refers to..."

　　 "It's right here, you can see it by yourself."

　　 Jiufeng Shion raised his finger to the corner of the living room.

　　 There is a refrigerator there. Now a gap has been opened, and wisps of white cool air are rising from it.

Bai Shuiqiu frowned. After the latter gestured to the refrigerator, through the half-hidden refrigerator door, he saw a few masses of human skins in the upper freezer, all neat and tidy like clothes. Stacked up neatly and kept refrigerated in an environment of a few degrees below zero.

On the lower level of the refrigerator, there are bags of chopped corpses. These things are probably the owners of those human skins. I don’t know how the painted skins removed the smell of blood. They were entangled in a mess. Can't tell which part of which person comes from.

　　 This scene is far more terrifying than the corpse seen in the police station morgue before.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was so scared that he took a step back without being mentally prepared, his face was a little pale and he looked away: "How many people... has this thing killed?"

　　 "I don't know."

Jiufeng Shiyuan shrugged and slowly said, "But according to my feeling, this painted skin should be still in its infancy, and its strength is not very strong. The casualties that can be caused by painted skins at this stage are generally not more than double digits. . And now it’s not like the war in ancient times. If it kills too many people in a short period of time, no matter how good at hiding itself, its whereabouts will be exposed long ago."

"Yes……"

Bai Shuiqiu thought about it. From the first two high school students, to Yosuke Iwata and Masami Momotani, as well as the other missing case that Kuriomi Naruya mentioned before, there are currently five people known, and the rest are Even if there are, I don’t want to come too much...

etc……

　　 Where is Iwata Yuta?

　　Since I came here today, this guy hasn't appeared before, and now so many human skins have been found in the refrigerator of the Iwata family, maybe that guy has already...

　　 Bai Shuiqiu looked into the refrigerator again with doubts, and probably counted the number of human skins.

　　 only three.

　　In this way, the owner of these human skins should be...

"The human skins in the refrigerator have been dead for a long time. They should have been peeled off half a month ago. I don't know who they are. If you are looking for Iwata Yuta... His human skins are not. Not in this refrigerator, but I think that guy may be the source of the whole incident, and the first human to be taken over by the Painted Skin Ghost."

"……Why do you say that?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Jiufeng Ziyuan.

　　 didn't know why, when she heard the old monster talking, the scene of the black shadow escaping just now flashed through her mind.

　　Think about it carefully, the silhouette of that dark figure...seems a bit similar to Iwata's figure.

　　 Jiufeng Shiyuan did not respond directly, but turned and walked into the bedroom: "Come with me and show you something interesting."

　　 "……"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu hesitated for a moment, and followed.

There are two bedrooms in the apartment where the Iwata family lives. The father and son have one room. The area on the left hand side is relatively small. It is estimated that it should be the room where Iwata lives. The facilities inside are very simple, except for a bed, a pair of tables and chairs. , There is only one cabinet, which should be used to store things daily.

　　 When I came in at this moment, the cabinet door had been opened.

　　 On the bottom of the cabinet, there is a half-person-high bear doll. But it looked a little dirty, as if it had been thrown in dirty water and soaked, and it was not cleaned when it was picked up.

　　 In addition, the puppet’s body was chopped with a knife many times, the old cotton wool was exposed, and there were traces of stitches, but the technique was very rough. Moreover, the eye part was also cut off, leaving only a pair of black eye sockets.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu pursed his lips.

　　 Although it is just a shabby doll, this dirty look full of knife-edges looks a bit oozing.

　　 After all, ordinary people would not cut so many cuts on an inanimate puppet, looking like a masterpiece made by a person with mental problems.

and……

　　 I don't know if it is a psychological effect. When Bai Shuiqiu stood in front of this puppet, he always felt a strange feeling, as if he had a pair of eyes staring at him from behind the pair of eye sockets.

　　 "What happened to this puppet?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu looked at the Jiufeng Shiyuan beside him.

　　 "Be careful, don't be scared anymore."

　　 Jiufeng Shion smiled, just stretched out his right hand, and put his fingers together, a faint flame of light fluttered at the fingertips, and then he swiped the bear puppet's body.

　　 Wow!

　　 The rough ball of thread at the seam immediately unraveled.

　　 Almost at the same time that the puppet’s skin was cracking in the middle, a few dark objects rolled out of it and fell into the cabinet.

These things are all wrapped in a cloud of black air. When seeing the light, the black air quietly dissipated, revealing the true face of the inside. It was a bunch of shriveled internal organs, emitting a disgusting burst of disgust. The stench.

Besides……

　　 There is also an old yellow photo.

　　 The photo seemed to be torn into pieces and carefully glued together. It looked like a family portrait.

　　 "These things should belong to Iwata."

　　 Jiufeng Shion smiled and said softly, "I know a little bit about monsters like Painted Skin.

This thing is different from ordinary mountain spirits and monsters. It is actually a kind of existence between monsters and evil spirits, which means... its initial prototype is actually a special obsessional body formed in humans. In the shadow of society, it grows and grows by absorbing grievances from others.

At this stage, Painted Skin’s strength is usually very weak, even weaker than the average wraith spirit, and it does not have the ability to kill humans alone, but compared with the wraith spirit controlled by the resentment, this thing is more intelligent. It often takes advantage of the human’s psychological weaknesses to make humans voluntarily dedicate their skins to it through similar transactions.

　　 After getting the first skin bag, Painted Skin completed the transformation from the spiritual body to the physical body, and this kind of monster is truly formed.

　　 Then, you can move freely in the world, actively hunting other humans or monsters, peeling off their skins, and taking them as your own.

In addition, Painted Skin also has the ability to swallow and fuse the victim’s spiritual body to obtain their memories and skills during their lifetime, thereby pretending to be a human being and continuing to live in the human world. Even the people around it are difficult to distinguish between true and false. ...

Chapter 134

　　"...In terms of strength, Painted Skin is not very strong among monsters, and can only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches, but this ability to deprive others of their identity is very tricky.

　　Especially when the people who are taken away are some high-ranking figures, or practitioners of the onmyojis, witches, etc., they will often bring great disasters to the world.

　　 This kind of thing has appeared several times in history. Since then, practitioners among human beings have a deep hatred of Painted Skin, and as long as they discover its existence, they will kill it at all costs. "

　　 In the unhurried voice of the old monster, the basics of the monster like Painted Skin were told.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu listened, raised his hand to take out the yellowed photo, and glanced at it.

The photo was torn to pieces, and the person who pasted it obviously took a lot of time and energy to restore it to its original shape, but the traces of the glue are rough, and the three faces on it are also cracked into several pieces. Barely recognizable, it is clearly Iwata Yosuke, Momotani Masami, and Iwata Yuta.

　　 This is a family portrait.

　　 Judging from Iwata's height, it should have been taken when he was about two years old. A family of three stood cuddling together with smiles on their faces and looked very happy.

　　 just...

　　 It seems a bit ironic to look at this picture with current eyes.

Jiufeng Ziyuan watched Bai Shuiqiu's movements and continued: "But as I said, Painted Skin itself is a special obsession. No matter how you kill it, only individuals will die. As long as human grievances accumulate. , Will appear again sooner or later."

　　 "If I guess right...

The place where this painted skin originally stayed was the bear puppet, and Iwata learned of its existence by accident and took the initiative to communicate with it. After painted skin made a certain promise, he actively dedicated his skin to it. , Let this painted skin really come into this world..."

The voice behind 　　 has gradually become inaudible.

　　While Jiufeng Shion spoke, Bai Shuiqiu reached out and touched the surface of the bear puppet.

　　 The pictures flashed before her eyes as if they were playing a movie.

　　 The old monster’s guess is correct.

　　 Iwata did indeed take the initiative to trade with Huapi.

　　……

　　 As early as more than ten years ago, after Yosuke Iwata discovered the fact that Momokani Masami had an affair with his boss, he once suspected that Iwata was not his own son, but the kind of evil that was born to the derailed subject.

　　 This kind of thought was just a thought at first.

　　 But as time goes by, it gets deeper and deeper in Iwata Yosuke's heart.

　　 Plus some rumors of catching the wind, spread around the company and the streets.

Therefore, Yosuke Iwata confirmed his own judgment without doing any DNA identification, and out of malicious revenge, when he divorced Momotani Masami, he asked for custody of Iwata with a rare tough attitude, and then took All the grievances against Momokani Masami and the adulterer were all vented to this child.

　　Since Iwata was 4 or 5 years old, I can see my father coming back from the outside drunk every day, and then screaming at him. If it doesn't go well, it's just a slap in the face.

　　 On several occasions, the noise made by the Iwata family even shocked Oulu, who lives next door.

　　 It’s just that after a few persuasion and no effect, Wei Lu gave up.

After all, he himself is just a widowed old man. Although he is an apartment manager, he is not the owner of the apartment building. He just takes a monthly salary of more than 100,000 yuan to help take care of the apartment building. What he said was not very useful, and he was even scolded twice by Iwata Yosuke, suffocating his anger.

　　 As for the alarm...

　　 For such a trivial matter, the loss of a tenant’s rent for nothing, is a bit more than worthwhile.

　　 Therefore, since then, Olu has kept a cold eye on the affairs of the Iwata family based on the principle that more is worse than less.

Long-term domestic violence, and various rumors from around, made Iwata develop an extremely low self-esteem and taciturn personality, and severe malnutrition. Since elementary school, it has been the thinnest in the class until the fifteenth. When he was 10 years old, his height was less than 1.5 meters.

People like 　　 are almost natural targets of school violence and bullying.

　　 The unscrupulous teenagers in the class and in the school stared at Iwata one after another, performing various pranks and cynicism on him.

　　 In the beginning, the female teacher who served as the head teacher would occasionally take photos of Iwata.