Published at 5th of July 2019 12:25:15 PM
Chapter 1022
Hyakuonogatari Kaidankai was a game where people lit 100 candles and took turns talking about strange or terrifying stories . Each time they finished telling a story, they would blow out one of the candles . After all of the candles were extinguished, it was said that everyone would be brought to hell .
There was dignified-looking woman who had snow-white hair and snow-white eyes . She wore a white kimono and gave a gentle smile as she looked at Zhao Fu . She was called Yuki-onna .
She was a traditional Japanese Devil everyone knew about . She lived in mountains and looked quite beautiful . She would often attract men to places where there was no one else and kiss them . At the same time, the men’s bodies would freeze, and she would devour their souls .
The Yuki-onna’s children were called Yukinbo, and Japanese folklore believed that the Yukinbo were the Devils who brought the first snow of winter . The Yuki-onna was a world-class beauty and had a cold personality . She was a subordinate of the mountain god and controlled the snow of winter .
Juvenile Yuki-onna were harmless, but mature Yuki-onna liked to freeze men and take them back to where they lived to look at .
There was a pure-looking and slim woman who wore a lace kimono and looked at Zhao Fu while smiling; she was called Hashihime .
Hashihime was called ‘the maiden of the bridge’ and was a divine type of Devil . It was both a Water Devil and a Water God .
Because she could not be with her beloved person, she drowned herself . If men crossed the bridge at night, she would appear and cause the water to drown them . If women crossed, she would pull them into the water .
Hashihime first appeared in the poem Kokinshu, and there were many stories about her .
There was another woman wearing a palace dress who had fluffy, long hair . She was quite pretty, but her teeth were black and held a mirror . She did not look at Zhao Fu for some reason; she was called Ao-nyobo .
Ao-nyobo was forty-fifth out of the Hyakki Yagyo . She ate humans and was incredibly dangerous .
They were mainly in Kyoto and often appeared in dark and old houses, holding a mirror . She was actually quite pitiful due to her story .
A beautiful woman with an enchanting figure wearing a bathrobe coldly smiled as she looked at Zhao Fu . She was called the Drowned Woman .
She often appeared in onsens, and people would often see a beautiful woman bathing . However, if she stood up, they would see skeletons in the water around her .
She was similar to Kappas, which were Devils that lured people to commit suicide .
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There were two types of Drowned Women . One type had the upper half of a beautiful woman but had the lower half of a skeleton; these were called Skeleton Drowned Women . The other type had the upper half of a beautiful woman but had the lower body of a snake; these were called Snake Drowned Women .
A woman who wore exquisite clothes, had a voluptuous figure, and looked like she put extreme detail into her looks looked at Zhao Fu with a gaze full of desire . She was called Futakuchi-onna .
The Hyakki Yagyo recorded that she was a lascivious woman who stole husbands, and she was extremely gluttonous and quite dangerous .
There was also a woman who looked drenched and wore thin white clothes . She had a graceful demeanor, and her looks were quite good . She was called Nure-onna .
Nure-onna were also called ‘sea women’ or ‘sea concubines,’ and they lived near the sea .
She was the spirit of a woman drowned in the sea, and usually her lower half was a dragon tail or snake tail . She was always drenched, and from behind, she looked like a rock .
A middle-aged woman with an elegant figure, delicate looks, and a pale face looked at Zhao Fu expectantly . She wore a simple kimono, and she was called Ubume .
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Ubume actually came from ancient Chinese legends and sometimes appeared with nine heads . It was said that she was formed from the obsessions of a woman who had died in childbirth . She held a child as she walked in the night, and the cry of the child became the cry of Ubume .
Sometimes Ubume would steal children and sometimes they would adopt them .
Another woman, who looked quite lazy, leaned against the wall . She was quite tall and slim and had an aura that stood out . She looked at Zhao Fu with interest in her beautiful eyes . She was Tenjo-kudari, a Devil from legends that often appeared on the top of houses .
There was another woman wearing a red dress who had a fiery figure . Her hair was long to the point that it fell to the ground; she was Harionago .
Legends had it that if someone in Shikoku saw a beautiful woman smiling at them from the side of the road, they should not be too happy .
It was quite likely that the beautiful woman would suddenly use her long hair to drag them in when they got too close . They would then find out that there were sharp barbs on the end of her hair, bringing extreme pain .
There was another beautiful middle-aged woman wearing a gorgeous dress and looking at Zhao Fu with a lustful look while hiding a smile behind her hand – she was a Smiling Woman .
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It was said that Smiling Women came from dead prostitutes, and they had frivolous personalities and liked to laugh . Those who heard their laugh were often in dire straits .
Finally, there was a woman wearing a black kimono with her hair coiled up . She was devilishly beautiful but also contained a trace of maliciousness . Her figure was quite mature, and she held a black cat – she was Nekomata .
Nekomata was a cat devil, and it was said that she was a black cat with nine tails . Her ears were pointed and her teeth were quite sharp, and legends said she had nine lives .
Seeing so many female Devils, Zhao Fu felt quite startled . When he had attacked Japan, he had only talked with Masanori Hano, and he had not gone into the Devil City . After going in, he was quite surprised .
He did not know why they were here, but some of them were evidently tempting him . Masanori Hano was a friend to Zhao Fu, and since he treated her as a friend, he would not let her down .
Zhao Fu thought about it and decided that they had some kind of goal, so he turned around and planned to take another route in order to not make trouble .