Bizarre Honkai, a Wife-Chasing Crematorium

It wasn't a fox ear from a game, but the slightly upturned pink hair on her head looked like cat ears.

"Alright, alright, stop asking so many questions. The priority is to go back to the village together. We can't possibly stay in this dark, cold little room for a whole night, can we?" Kallen suggested, then quickly walked towards the door.

She turned her back to the door as she left.

Originally, this action was nothing special. After all, Yae Sakura had encountered no danger on her way here.

The Sakura Blizzard in her hand was a ghost with unknown rules. The killing rule should be relatively difficult to trigger, otherwise Yae Sakura would have been the first to die.

Secondly, the ghost outside should have left. Otherwise, how could a seemingly ordinary little girl like Yae Sakura have come here safely? Or was that ghost afraid of the spiritual blade in her hand?

But the moment Kallen left the small wooden house, Li Mo saw a black shadow projected onto the floor in front of the door.

The shadow was below, so who was above?

"Come back!" Li Mo had just spoken to stop her when Kallen had already reached the doorway. She paused for a moment, looking at Li Mo with confusion.

But it was too late. The sound of the house shattering resounded through the silent night. The scattered falling splinters of wood made Kallen subconsciously look up.

The temperature above her head dropped sharply. A huge bear stood on the roof, its eyes glowing green.

Kallen wanted to run, but she found that her body couldn't move at all. She couldn't even tremble.

It wasn't because of fear, nor was it because of psychological factors, but due to some irresistible reason, she could only stand there foolishly, watching the bear open its bloody maw and jump down from the roof.

Kallen was very familiar with it. It was the same black shadow that had been peeking at her from behind the tree before.

"Tsk!"

Li Mo quickly drew his Bizarre pistol and continuously pulled the trigger, firing bullets at the top of Kallen's head.

A misjudgment?

No...

Li Mo had always known that this bear had not left, and he also understood that the ghost was nearby.

But Yae Sakura's appearance had overturned his logic.

As an ordinary person, she had done the same things as him and Kallen. Why hadn't she been attacked, and why could she come to the small wooden house and push the door open safely?

The thermometer had not given a warning.

The Bizarre pistol had no effect on Yae Sakura.

Even the small wooden house, which the notebook had indicated was a safe place, was easily pushed open, as if it were nothing.

Soon, Li Mo got the answer.

The bear was hit by the bullets Li Mo fired continuously as it fell.

Five bullets, the maximum amount of suppression the Bizarre pistol could produce.

The eerie blue nether fire instantly ignited the bear. This bear was confirmed to be a ghost, or a derivative of a ghost.

According to past practice, the nether fire would suppress all of this bear's rules, and it would soon lose its ability to move.

As events unfolded, the eerie light in the bear's eyes quickly dimmed.

But an accident happened. The nether fire was extinguished in an instant, and the eerie green light flickered again.

Sharp fangs pressed against Kallen's delicate, fragile neck, about to close.

Li Mo vaguely saw the image of Kallen's head separating from her body, the broken neck, the splattering blood, and the shattered head, the tattered body, the twisted face...

Why?

Why did the nether fire that had already started burning suddenly go out?

A rule?

What rule?

Shouldn't the rule be suppressed by the nether fire?

Kallen looked desperately at the huge bear beside her. Its claws had already crushed her shoulder, and her leg bones were broken. She didn't understand why she hadn't fallen yet. Her body was as motionless as a frozen block of ice.

At the critical moment, a small cherry-pink figure flashed in front of Kallen.

With a crisp sound of breaking air, the bear's head fell to the ground with a thud, and its body naturally fell to the ground.

Witnessing this scene, Li Mo's mind was in a storm.

Although he had no evidence, he vaguely felt that the ghost and this bear were one and the same. In other words, this bear was that ghost.

The bear could be ignited by the bullets from the Bizarre pistol, which meant that the other party was a ghost or a derivative of a ghost.

The possibility of it being a derivative was ruled out, as the notebook had hinted.

But from the current situation, the ghost that the Bizarre pistol could not suppress was killed by Yae Sakura with one blow. What did this mean?

Li Mo hesitated for a few seconds, then walked forward to observe the bear's corpse. The connection between the head and the body had been cleanly severed by a single slash.

There was no sign of healing, as if it were really dead.

"A derivative? It doesn't look like it..." Li Mo muttered to himself.

He looked up and examined the katana in Yae Sakura's hand.

The pink color scheme had become a striking crimson. The patterns on the blade had become vivid, emitting a faint red glow.

Perhaps it was the fresh blood that had changed its visual appearance.

Or maybe it was because...

Sakura Blizzard had become Crimson-Dyed Sakura.

The spiritual blade Sakura Blizzard, once enshrined in the Yae Shrine, was polluted and became a cursed blade after Yae Sakura was controlled by the Will of the Honkai and killed innocent humans. The blade was dyed a bright red.

This was the description in the game.

Perhaps because he had been staring for too long, Yae Sakura carried the injured Kallen on her back and turned to smile gently at Li Mo.

"Mo-kun, please follow me. I will protect you back to the village."

There was no change in her expression, as if killing a wild beast was a common occurrence.

That innocent face, stained with strange fresh blood, spoke words as pure and simple as a child's.

Li Mo did not refuse, but he did not agree either. He just silently followed behind Yae Sakura.

His gaze was fixed on the Sakura Blizzard in her hand, whose red glow was fading.

This blade was changing its form. What was the rule? What were the corresponding rules and abilities for different forms?

The Bizarre pistol had been supplemented once, changing from an old firearm to a modern handgun. The maximum capacity of five bullets could suppress most incomplete ghosts with physical bodies.

MEI had said that when she met that woman, Irene, next time, she would ask her to completely supplement the Bizarre pistol.

Li Mo didn't know what the completely supplemented Bizarre pistol would look like, but the katana in Yae Sakura's hand was definitely countless times more complete than the Bizarre pistol he had now.

Suddenly, the thought of taking it for himself appeared in Li Mo's mind.

Steal it?

No... that blade seemed to be specialized against ghosts. The nether fire could burn him to death, but it couldn't suppress that bear. But Crimson-Dyed Sakura could easily kill the other party and seemed to be able to put it into a high-intensity state of silence. Naturally, killing him would be as easy as killing a pig.

Steal it?

That was a good idea. He could always find a suitable opportunity if he observed more.

Borrow it?

Yae Sakura's attitude towards him was very subtle. She seemed to have an inexplicable fondness for him. It shouldn't be difficult to borrow it.

Li Mo shook his head. Things related to the Bizarre were never a one-way street.

Using bizarre power must come at a price, but who would pay the price was unknown.

A blade that could kill fierce ghosts, what kind of price would one have to pay to use it?

And the matter of fondness...

Li Mo didn't think this sudden fondness was a good thing. He always felt that it was connected to something strange.

As for Crimson-Dyed Sakura, Li Mo temporarily dismissed the idea of taking it. It was a terrifying bizarre object. If he took it without figuring it out, he might have to pay an extremely high price even if he didn't use it.

After walking for about ten minutes, they were very close to the village.

Suddenly, pairs of eyes glowing with an eerie green light appeared in front of them.

There were many of them. Li Mo was almost ready to run back to the small wooden house.

This number of ghosts was almost irresistible.

The notebook had predicted that no matter how many deaths he was in, he would die within half an hour.

And in the state of three or four deaths, his combat power could no longer be described as human.

But he would still die, which meant that the other party was not a derivative and had the ability to restart. He couldn't kill the other party, and he would trigger some rule in the entanglement and die suddenly.

"Mo-kun, could you please help me take care of her for a moment?"

Yae Sakura walked up to Li Mo, took Kallen from her back, and handed her to him.

"What do you want to do?" Li Mo asked.

Swish—

The blade was drawn, and a flash of blood appeared.

Yae Sakura slowly sank into the darkness. She glanced sideways at Li Mo, her voice gentle, signaling him to be at ease. "Don't worry. I'll go take care of the nearby beasts. Mo-kun just needs to wait... for a moment."

With that, Yae Sakura disappeared into the darkness.

Immediately after, the sound of flesh being cut and the wails of beasts echoed through the night.

A few minutes later, Yae Sakura returned to Li Mo's side, covered in blood, her smile radiant.

"Cleaned up. Mo-kun, please follow me home."

Li Mo silently followed behind. When they reached the battlefield from just now a few minutes later, the thermometer suddenly plummeted, indicating that the number of ghosts nearby had reached a terrifying number.

These corpses... were they all ghosts?

There were blood and chunks of flesh everywhere. But what puzzled Li Mo the most was why the ghosts hadn't restarted. Didn't this count as death?

After coming to Yae Village, there were too many phenomena that deviated from Li Mo's previous experiences.

It was definitely not a coincidence. There must be a corresponding reason...

"Home? Where? The shrine?" Li Mo asked.

If Yae Sakura answered that it was the shrine, then he would have to make a probing excuse.

At least from his current observation, the safest place in the entire village was Grandma Chiyo's courtyard.

Other places would more or less have bizarre phenomena.

Li Mo waited patiently, but after walking for a while, Yae Sakura still hadn't added anything.

Li Mo asked again, "So where is the home you're talking about?"

This simple question made Yae Sakura completely freeze, standing there in deep silence.

She lowered her head, her light green pupils shaking slightly, staring at the crimson cursed blade in her hand, her thoughts unknown.

"Home... home... where is home?" Yae Sakura stood there, muttering to herself.

Li Mo reminded her, "Since you are the miko of the Yae Shrine, isn't the shrine your home?"

Yae Sakura came back to her senses, her eyes refocusing. "It seems so... yes. The shrine is my home. I have lived in the shrine since I was a child."

"Does Mo-kun want to stay at the shrine? There are many guest rooms in the shrine. I will take care of your daily necessities before I rest. If you have any other needs, you can knock on the door of my room to wake me up."

Hearing this, Kallen on Li Mo's back couldn't help but praise, "Sakura is such a good girl! She's so good at fighting, and so considerate. Can you prepare something to eat? I'm so hungry."

Yae Sakura smiled brightly. "Of course. Please rest assured. But the conditions are limited. I can only prepare some simple food. Please forgive me."

Kallen was overjoyed. She had only mentioned it casually, but she hadn't expected Yae Sakura to actually go to the trouble of preparing food at night.

"No problem, I can eat anything!"

Hearing Kallen's reply, Yae Sakura turned her gaze to Li Mo, her questioning voice becoming much gentler.

"What does Mo-kun want to eat?"

Li Mo: "..."

"I'm not hungry. You can just prepare it for her."

"Also, I already have a place to stay. If possible, I will enter the shrine with Kallen. After Kallen has eaten, please send us to the gate of Grandma Chiyo's courtyard. Thank you."

As Li Mo spoke, he walked about ten meters in front of Yae Sakura. He could already see the entrance to the village.

Suddenly, a green light appeared on the small hill in the distance.

Brilliant cherry blossom petals danced at the entrance of the village, as if in mourning.

There were no lights at night. Once a living person lit a lamp, they would undoubtedly be immediately exposed to the ghosts' line of sight.

But that was nothing.

The reason Li Mo had said what he had just said was that all the windows of the houses in the village were facing west and were all wide open.

Although there was no one in front of the windows, Li Mo felt that there were "people" standing in front of all the windows, watching the living people returning to the village at night.

What identity did the person entering at this time have?

If Yae Sakura was not by his side, and he had entered the village alone...

It could be said that he had no choice now but to stay by Yae Sakura's side.

For some unknown reason, the ghosts of Yae Village seemed unwilling to approach Yae Sakura. Staying by her side was the best choice.

Even if she was a ghost, he couldn't leave Yae Sakura's side a single step in order to survive.

"Okay, I respect all of Mo-kun's choices."

Yae Sakura caught up to Li Mo and walked side by side with him.

The second before entering the village, Li Mo deliberately slowed down and let Yae Sakura walk ahead.

He only followed after Yae Sakura had completely entered.

Yae Village at night was not as bustling as it was during the day.

During the day, Yae Village was bustling with activity. The stalls of various vendors were crowded with customers, and the people's enthusiasm and eagerness were very sincere. It seemed that everyone was trying hard to enjoy life.

At night, it was completely silent. The entire village was as dead as if it had been buried in a grave.

Apart from the cherry blossom petals flying all over the street, the only living things Li Mo could see were the animals raised in the nearby farms.

"What is Mo-kun looking at?"

"Nothing, I just think these animals are very quiet. By the way, the sheep pen isn't closed. Aren't you afraid the sheep inside will escape?"

Li Mo said to the sheep pen. He vaguely remembered that a shepherd had greeted him with a smile during the day and invited him into the sheep pen to admire his flock.

Yae Sakura shook her head. "I'm not too clear about these things. If Mo-kun is interested, I can help you ask tomorrow."

"No need, I was just asking casually. Let's go. It's getting late, we should leave."

Li Mo let Yae Sakura lead the way, and the two of them slowly walked towards the Yae Shrine.

When there were no more people on the street, the countless falling cherry blossom petals suddenly changed their appearance, turning into pale paper money falling from the sky, landing where Li Mo had just been standing.