Onigishima the second.
Ed was stunned and his feet was rock solid in reaction towards the view.
Tunki welcome them saying " welcome to the onigishima the second. "
The place was relly big it can be considered as an city, where old people where gathering and chating. Some people were just roaming around the house. There was even a market where it can be see some people selling fish it seems that the fish are fresh from shores.
Inari said " so we should go down. "
And then they go down through the stair while going down ed notice that the stair was not built but craved he can feel it by walking on it.
The city was Relly down. It was more like getting down from a mountain after a hike.
Around the city there was a ring more like pound. It maybe there water supplies directly connected with the ocean.
They reach to the gate of the city there was a guard who see them and said with a light tone "oh..! You guys are back with those people? "
The gurd glance at ed and other it was really like he wanted to intarogat them.
Ed feel like a thief who is going to caught ,but the guard expression suddenly Change over to suspect to trust.
" you know that I know you very well so..,you can write your entery later since you have a special guest for us "
Inari noded and garud continue to say "..but be carefull since our people are not used to see unknown people "
Tunki put his hands on his shoulder and said " hey!! We know that "
The guard look at him with a annoyed look on the face " you know that we are not same age. "
Tunki chukle " Ha I know it " the garud sigh. And put down Tunki hand out of his shoulder.
He walk to his table
the table was small made out of wood and there was an apple red button on it.
Garud click on the button and the gate open.
Grhhh ...
It opened really roughly. The noise was ear piercing .
"Oh.. No ! I think it got a technical problem again!" garud said with a concerning voice.
" there is no one at city to fix it? If I remember that we have a technician "inari said with a clam voice, garud noded but he said " that ...the problem Mr Okinawa is out of the city to to get there supplies and tool. And he will not comeing until yesterday. " he sigh like he lost his all energy.
" now I have to do more shift!" then he looked at the ed and other "oh.. I am relly sorry that I am telling you my... You know he.. " The garud has small smile of sarcasm
Inari noded at looking at him " don't worry Tunki will do it instead of you. Since he didn't work for last three day. "
He look at with a selfish smile .
" but.."Tunki try to say something but stop by seeing the inari scary face which is glance at him.
"okay I do it please don't do anything to me!! "
Ed chukle.
And then they enter in the city. The city was quite chilly and normal people doing there job meeting each other .
But lan notice something very interesting that the house in the the city was made in modern style but when they where getting down here he saw some house that where craved in. And also there was not one multiple hole that was indicated that the place is connected Everywhere though the tunnel in Island.
lan describe it as " ant colony " in his mind. Just like a ant colony it is spread all over place that unbearable and undefined.
Ed ask the same question again to inari "can you tell me what is momotaro are? "he ask him while looking at him with his eyebrows filch up.
" to know what is momotaro you have to know that What us what is oni really is. ' inari said with low and clam tone.
Mean while Tunki sees a shop where chip where sold so he gose to buy them.
Inari continue to say " ignore him since chip is relley a rare commodity here. "
Ed thought " rare commodity? This place that far cut off from outside wold? "
" so where I was?ho! Yaha What is a oni so to tell we oni are not alive. "inari said with a silent and emotionless tone.
By hearing it the atmosphere of lively city fall apart from the ed mind his eyes started gaze overall place.
" the person I was eating chip is dead? " ed body petrified.
Inari try to light the mood and said with a polit tone " oh.. Don't think we are like something similar to death crop or a puppet. But rather we are haif dead and haif alive. "
Ed mind was confused what just inari said.
" to explain in Simple word we are some kind of a corrupted sprit not properly but partially yes "
lan ask him an qution " so you are not that different? "
inari said in denial voice " wrong "
lan fell quite by the answer it was not he expected that inari will react.
" so let me allow to explain It to you it is going to be big lore."
Jake smiled faintly " I love this kind of story "
" so see in old time Japan the environment was harsh and Curle. It does show mercy to child or old.
It was cold hearted.
So in this kind of negligible the fire of people heart to each other.
The fire of ' hatred "
Jake repeated the word in low voice " hatred huh.. How common " his vioce was that low that even inari was unable to hear .
" people who are successful, people who have meal of two times. People who was happy in there life. Other where jealous of them.
That jealousy was on the Leval of madness. They where still jealous Evan after there death. "
Ed was shocked that how a human can bhave like that.
" the cursed word of those people make soul feel the guilt of the crime they never committed.
And by those cursed word, guilt unhappiness drag those sprit away from salvation. and those sprit got corrupted...
And those sprit is What called as "oni" "
Ed while cluchiting his lip " so then whene momotaro come? "
Inari answer quietly " um..., actually when a oni sprit got corrupted and rearcnate in there half dead body they have forgotten everything about there family and there previous life.
So they are lonely in a big word and the there empty heart fell with void of emotions being alone. And they gose on rampage we call it " sanzu "
Jihgen mumble something but it was really as if he knows it all ready know it " sanzu "
And then inari sigh for moment " and here where the momotaro come. They were born to kill the oni who are in sanzu.
And from it oni sanzu rampage where getted in control and around the 1960 the onigishima the second was made. "
Ed sigh in tiredness "that was really big history. "
Inari unusually chukle and said " it was a just a start. "
And he start walking, they go through the streets and store of the onigishima the second. While walking there some kid hit ed.
Ed look at them he was scared that he didn't injured them. "are you all right? "
Ed ask the kid.
But the kid give him a uncanny gaze as if he is scared of him. And run away saying sorry.
Ed was feeling very weird lan look at him " what happened? "
" that kid.. " lan tilted his neck and sigh "are you expecting a proper apologize form a kid? To a foreigner? "
" but.. " ed was relly uncertain with his experience so he doesn't think much about it and move on.
While following inari they reach to tunnel which was carved through the ground and after walking some steep they see themselves under the water.
Ed was shocked he doesn't have word to describe it.
It was like they are standing in ocean but they are able to breath. Where there was there was five piller.
And roof that had written something on it.
Inari turnd around them and said "welcome to the "oni king catsal! "
Ch 39 end