Chapter 1655: House of Strange Stories (I want to eat something good)

After that, everyone found Mr. Ueno’s third brother, Miyamoto.

Miyamoto's appearance looks like a typical fat otaku image, fat and otaku, and wearing thick glasses, it's like the fat otaku in the animation has traveled to reality.

And his personality is similar to that of Fei Zhai. When Duanmu Huai and Bana saw them, they were so nervous that they couldn't speak at first. After taking the initiative to open a distance of a coffee table, Miyamoto's expression relaxed a little, but he still stuttered when he spoke.

"You, you are talking about strange stories about food... Actually, as the teacher said, there are many in ancient Japanese legends. For example, the famous... eight, eight hundred bhikshunis."

"Ah, I know this too!"

Yana clapped her hands at the sight.

"I remember the legend said that eight hundred bhikshunis saved a mermaid, and then the mermaid gave her his own flesh to repay her kindness, and then eight hundred bhikshunis became immortal, right?"

"Well, well, that's true, but...the important thing is not the eight hundred bhikkhunis, but the mermaids..."

Having said this, Miyamoto also piled up the fat on his face and showed a strange smile.

"You, what do you think, a human, a mermaid looks like?"

"Huh? Isn't it just that the upper body is a human and the lower body is a fish?"

"Hehe... Hehe... Well, that's a Western fairy tale. Because mermaid animations are very popular, everyone thinks so..."

"Isn't it?"

Chitanda also asked curiously, and Miyamoto nodded vigorously.

"No, no, that's right. Actually, the legend also says that it is very clear that the eight hundred nuns met people, mermaids. Not beauty, beauty, mermaids."

"???"

Isn't it just one word difference? What's the difference?

"Sun, sun, there is a mermaid legend spread in ancient Japan. The mermaid in the legend... actually has the body of a fish, and then grows the head of a baby."

As he spoke, Miyamoto opened his tablet and placed what looked like an ancient painting to show to the three of them. Indeed, as Miyamoto said, the mermaid in the painting has a human face and a fish body, which looks extremely weird and terrifying, not at all as beautiful as the Little Mermaid in the cartoon.

"Huh? Is this what eight hundred bhikkhunis encountered?"

Chitanda looked like her dream was broken. Perhaps in Chitanda's imagination, she was imagining the wonderful scene of the eight hundred nuns and the little mermaid sister talking and laughing at the beach.

But if you replace the mermaid with this thing, it will only be weird.

"Ah, I see, no wonder!"

On the contrary, Yana clapped her hands when she saw the look of realization.

"Kingna-san?"

"I've always found it strange. According to legend, the mermaid invited eight hundred bhikkhunis to eat its flesh. But how did they eat it?"

"………………"

It's true that with Yana's mind, it's impossible for him to have other ideas.

"If it were in the form of a mermaid, it would feel like cannibalism, wouldn't it? Eight hundred bhikkhunis wouldn't want to eat it, but if it were in this form, it would be fine. As long as the head is cut off, no matter how you look at it, It’s an ordinary fish, isn’t it?”

"…………"

What you said sounds a bit like a horror story, so instead of saving the mermaid, eight hundred nuns chopped off the mermaid's head, made it into sashimi and ate it, and then obtained immortality?

Seeing Hanami happily telling Chitanda whether this kind of food should be grilled or fried, Duanmuhuai had nothing to say.

Maybe when Yana encounters such a mermaid, he won't hesitate to take action.

"But, don't eat random things you don't know..."

But then Miyamoto interrupted.

"I, let me also tell you a strange story related to food."

"ah……………"

Speaking of which, the one just now doesn’t count.

"The story I'm telling you has something to do with not eating food indiscriminately. Legend has it that a group of hikers went climbing, and then they accidentally discovered an abandoned village. A few hikers curiously went over to check it out, and the result was There are strange trees found in the village. They are about two meters tall, with white flowers and yellow fruits that smell very sweet."

"Hmm, what next?"

Sure enough, when she heard about the food, Bana's eyes widened more than anyone else's.

"Of course, those hikers picked a few fruits out of curiosity. Their outer skin looked like mangoes, and after peeling it off, there was pink flesh inside. Some people couldn't help but take a bite and found that they were sour, sweet, and very delicious. . So other people also ate the fruits. However, some people felt that this wild fruit should not be eaten casually, so they did not eat it.

"Hmm, what next?"

"Of course, then those who ate the fruit became very uncomfortable. Just when that person thought they had eaten the fruit, suddenly those people opened their mouths and took it, and then from their nostrils, ears, and mouths, Lots and lots of little bugs spewed out, and the bodies of those people shriveled up as if they had turned into skins......... In fact, it was not a fruit, but an insect egg. Those people ate the insect eggs, so the insects hatched in their bodies, then ate their internal organs and meat, and then emerged from them... So the person who did not eat the fruit. , then finally set a fire and burned the insects, the corpses of their companions, and the village together..."

“Wow……………”

Although Miyamoto’s storytelling skills were not very good and he was still stuttering, this content was enough to make people feel sick. At this moment, Chitanda was already pale, covering her mouth and staggering, while Yanami tilted her head in confusion and thought.

“It really can’t be eaten raw, I wonder if it can be roasted?”

In a sense, Yanami can be regarded as a god.

“In short, in short… It’s better not to put unfamiliar food into your mouth easily…”

Even Miyamoto couldn’t keep up with Yanami’s brain circuit, so he had to say this.

In any case, this time the harvest is not small. As expected of a domestic folklore research expert, just a few leaks are enough for their clubs to eat.

“Thanks for your advice.”

Duanmu Huai said to Miyamoto, and the latter scratched his head embarrassedly.

"No, nothing. By the way, Miss Duanmu... I'm your fan. Can I get your autograph?"

"No problem."

"Great!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Miyamoto hurriedly took out a postcard and a signature pen from his pocket. The postcard was a promotional video for a horror movie starring Duanmu Huai. It showed a girl in a long dress standing in the middle of a lake, looking like the protagonist.

Well, in fact, this was also a publicity fraud. The method used in the promotion was to make people think that Duanmu Huai was the protagonist. In addition, he rarely showed a sad and pitiful look on the poster, which made many viewers think that Duanmu Huai had changed his ways and changed from the one who scared others to the one who was scared.

So they bought tickets to enter the venue, wanting to see what this actor who always liked to scare others would look like when he was scared.

In the end, Duanmu Huai used facts to tell them who said that being pitiful doesn't mean you can't be a killer...

Recalling the wailing of the fans who were tricked into the cinema, and the scene where they walked out of the cinema unwillingly and turned into ghosts to drag others to death... Well, it's still a bit interesting.

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Duanmu Huai took the pen and signed his name on the back of the postcard.

"Thank you, thank you! I will treat it as a family heirloom!"

There's no need to be so exaggerated.

"Is it difficult to get Xiao Ai's autograph?"

Looking at Miyamoto's ecstatic look, Yanaijian asked curiously, and Miyamoto nodded vigorously.

"Of course, because Miss Duanmu rarely attends events, let alone interacts with fans, if you want to get her autograph, you can only rely on luck except for the premiere. This postcard was taken out of the safe after I learned that Miss Duanmu would come!"

A safe...

"By the way, Miss Duanmu's autograph can be sold for hundreds of thousands of yen online!"

"Hey---!"

"People with a lot of money are just idle people."

Duanmu Huai silently complained. After all, things are rare and valuable. From his debut to now, Duanmu Huai's autograph, apart from the signature on the contract, may not have exceeded 10,000.

Although Duanmu Huai doesn't mind signing for others, there is a prerequisite.

That is, the other party must be able to find him first.

As for whether Miyamoto wants to take it back as a family heirloom or sell it, Duanmu Huai doesn't care.

"Ah, yes, yes."

After solemnly putting away the postcard, Miyamoto looked at the three people again.

"You, you should also be careful, because this house is also a legend of ghost stories."

"Huh?"

It must be said that even Duanmu Huai was stunned when he heard this.

"Shirayukan?"

"Well... I heard that it is a famous haunted house in the local area... This house has been built since the Meiji period, and the owners of the house have died in successive generations... Everyone says that this house is cursed..."

"Well..."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes meaningfully and thought for a moment. And Yanaijian frowned slightly, looking a little uneasy.

"In other words, this house itself is also a kind of ghost story, and Mr. Ueno also put so many things from folk ghost stories in this house?"

What is this, fighting poison with poison?

"Excuse me, what kind of ghost story is it?"

"This..."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's question, Miyamoto thought about it for a while.

"In fact, I'm not very clear. There are rumors that people who live here will be killed by another self..."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai immediately perked up. He had encountered a similar situation in another world before. The shadow in that world could kill the original body and then replace the original body. But apart from this, most worlds have similar legends, such as the doppelganger - people who see another self will die in a short time.

And different people have different explanations for this.

For example, Caiyi believes that this statement is because people have spirits and souls. The other self is likely to be the soul that has left the body. If a person has no soul but only spirit, then he will naturally die soon. After all, China has had the saying of calling souls since ancient times. For example, if some children are frightened and unconscious, they say that the soul is scared away, and then take the child out to call the soul.

Flyllian thinks this is just a coincidence, just like the survivor effect. Many people have seen another self, but few have been killed. Of course, it is not ruled out that it is some kind of magic effect.

Lumiel thinks it is simply an illusion, or it may be because the disease invades the brain, causing the patient to have hallucinations. Generally speaking, most diseases that affect the brain are difficult to cure, and it is possible that they have reached the late stage, so the patient died after that, and this legend has been created.

In short, similar situations exist in every world, but the reasons are varied.

"Can you tell me more?"