This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 406 - 279: Role-playing at Beichuan Si (4000 words)

Chapter 406: Chapter 279: Role-playing at Beichuan Si (4000 words)

Nanami Qiao was wiping her eyes with the back of her hand as she spoke, then she looked at Beichuan Si, "I had promised Sister Shan Yuan to visit her in Tokyo. Then, my mother just..."

She didn’t finish her sentence, but Beichuan Si knew what she meant.

Because of a kidnapping case, Nanami Qiao’s mother died in front of her, and she became able to see things that the living could not.

Since then, she had been transferred to the Ibaraki Prefecture Second Mental Hospital for treatment until Beichuan Si came, and she finally returned home.

"I will help, but I might not be able to do much. You need to be prepared mentally."

Beichuan Si’s expression was utterly unchanging; he didn’t give Nanami Qiao any verbal hope.

"I can do it," "I can help," and the like, were phrases that Beichuan Si wasn’t really good at saying.

If he easily gave hope to others and then failed to fulfill it, it would only lead to more disappointment.

Moreover, the term "Jade Destruction Disease" was something Beichuan Si had only heard about recently. It would not be good to make hasty promises about it.

Just when Qiuxiao Yunai thought the atmosphere seemed to become somber and wanted to liven things up, Shenzhu Shihui suddenly thought of something, "I remember—how to treat Jade Destruction Disease."

Upon hearing this, everyone standing involuntarily lifted their heads.

Even Nishijou Kurenai, who was leaning on Beichuan Si’s shoulders, shifted her buttocks, her button-like eyes turning towards Shenzhu Shihui.

"Jade, Jade Destruction Disease... Essentially, it’s the withering of the spiritual body and the physical body of the living... Beichuan, your death aura can repair the flesh... For the spiritual body..."

Shenzhu Shihui swallowed, her eyes raised slightly to look at Beichuan Si, hesitating for a moment.

Beichuan Si seemed aware and met her gaze.

"Speak."

He said, unconcernedly.

"I don’t know if you have thought about entering Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s heart world..."

This statement from Shenzhu Shihui was unexpectedly smooth, almost without any stammer, but she didn’t dare to lift her head to look at Beichuan Si, as if afraid of being scolded.

"Entering the heart world?" This was also a new term; Beichuan Si showed a hint of curiosity, "What does that mean?"

"The so-called... heart world, as the name suggests, is actually... that person’s inner world."

"People have various states of being, and heart worlds have... different forms of expression. In Shenzhu Village, it’s called an ’image’, and to align with your term here, I just call it the heart... world."

"Most people’s heart worlds... tend to be stable, but it’s different for patients with Jade Destruction Disease—I, as one of the Soul Suppressing Twins, have... personally seen someone’s heart world."

Shenzhu Shihui, as one of the Soul Suppressing Twins, naturally possessed extraordinary spiritual intuition and medium constitution.

During her time as a Twin, she had also had the good fortune to witness the inner world of a person with Jade Destruction Disease.

It was a twisted world.

The sky was colorfully mottled, the sun occupied by a giant eye.

From that single eye emitted madness and cruelty, the ground was covered with spots of blood, green miasma spread, reaching out from the cracked ground with numerous tentacle-like appendages, that wriggling, twisting frenzy made Shenzhu Shihui stay only for an instant before leaving that Jade Destruction Disease patient’s heart world.

Even as a Soul Suppressing Twin, Shenzhu Shihui couldn’t find the hidden self of the patient to bring him back, the same was true for others, eventually leaving nothing but to let the Jade Destruction Disease patient’s spiritual body and physical body wither day by day.

"Each person’s heart world is different, each person’s experiences and past encounters... can produce many different heart images. Finding that person’s true self in it and taking it out is a very difficult task..."

Shenzhu Shihui said, shaking her head, "After all... if not a close kin... it’s very hard to understand... what each and every heart image in a heart world represents."

Then Shenzhu Shihui gave some examples.

If someone saw their father kill their mother as a child, then the heart image representing the father might be the weapon used to kill the mother, and that representing the mother might be an object the mother liked or a small animal.

There’s no strict definition or standard, only those who truly understand that person, through these clues, may find the hidden true self within the heart world.

But the problem arises, these relatives may not have the ability to enter someone else’s heart world.

This also leads to those afflicted with the curious disease like Jade Destruction Disease eventually dying.

"Finding the hidden true self in the heart world..."

Beichuan Si murmured to himself, then looked up and asked, "How exactly should we do it?"

"...Uh... Beichuan, your mental strength indeed is sufficient... You also don’t seem like someone who would be affected by those messy... heart images. Nevertheless, I still want to warn you not to become too immersed in the other’s heart images; otherwise, you too will have difficulty extricating yourself." Shenzhu Shihui spelled out each word, "Now... trying wouldn’t be a problem. Because Beichuan... you carry the scent of the Soul Summoning Flower, entering someone else’s heart world isn’t a difficult task..."

"Then let’s give it a try." Beichuan Si said nonchalantly.

After all, it was just to specifically try to feel what it was like to enter the heart world.

"Good."

Shenzhu Shihui nodded.

The pale golden thoughts arose, then she extended her finger towards Beichuan Si—

The crisp system sound followed.

’Detection of special ability activation from the Soul Summoning Flower.’

’Soul Summoning: the ability carried by the Soul Summoning Flower, passed down through generations in Shenzhu Village, allows those carrying the Soul Summoning Flower, guided by the Soul Suppressing Twins, to have the spiritual ability to glimpse into others’ inner worlds.’