Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 21 Self-Deception
The people in the room were far away from the window and their voices were not very loud.

But the man and the ghost outside the house were not ordinary either, and they could basically hear the conversation in the house clearly.

"Quite a lot. We already have a lot of luggage. We're not going to live there, so there's no need to take so many clothes." said the male voice.

"Well, after all, this is the first time for the whole family to travel, and we're going to a place like Hokkaido, so we must be prepared. It should still be very cold there now."

Another female voice sounded very excited: "Besides, Seiji will start school in two weeks. We must let him see the world. Otherwise, he will have nothing to talk about with his friends when he goes to college."

"Well……"

As if he thought what the woman said made sense, the man hesitated for a moment and then stopped objecting.

"I'm just a little worried about the decoration of the house. I hope nothing goes wrong." The woman sighed suddenly while packing her luggage.

"Don't worry about that," the man said. "I've already told my dad to help keep an eye on us while we're traveling. When we come back from our trip, the house will be renovated and we'll be able to live in a new home!"

"Oh my! This is really exciting. We are lucky. We didn't expect to get the insurance money so soon, and it's such a large sum of money." The woman clapped her hands happily, "That guy is still somewhat useful. At least he helped us make a lot of money after his death!"

……

The man and woman inside were still chattering about something, but Masayuki Matsuda could no longer listen.

The black ball that imprisoned Matsuda Masayuki's spirit broke away from Yang Liu's hand and automatically floated in the air, vaguely forming his shape.

"why why……"

He had already recognized the voices of two people inside, and the female voice was his mother.

But...why?!

Endless pain eroded Matsuda Masayuki's heart, causing him to hold his head.

Finally, when the pain in his heart reached its peak, a light seemed to flash in the depths of Matsuda Masayuki's soul, and the memories that had been covered up were turned up again.

"Yes... yes... I already knew it a long time ago, why do I keep lying to myself..."

Yang Liu clasped her arms, standing quietly in the darkness, watching expressionlessly as the surface of Matsuda Masayuki's spirit vibrated like water waves, and even the spirit's appearance began to gradually distort.

Although I didn't hear much just now, I can basically understand what happened based on the surrounding situation.

It has been less than half a month since Matsuda Masayuki passed away. Instead of feeling sad for his death, his family used his insurance money to renovate their homes and even planned to go on vacation.

To say that people leave and the tea gets cold is not enough to describe this kind of indifference.

Yang Liu had already chatted with Masayuki Matsuda when she was riding the subway before, and had a general idea of his life situation.

Masayuki Matsuda did not have a very good childhood. His father was just an ordinary worker who loved to drink and would commit domestic violence when he was drunk.

So Masayuki Matsuda's childhood was always under the shadow of fear.

It was not until he was five years old and his father drowned after falling into the water while drunk that Masayuki Matsuda was able to escape the shadow of domestic violence.

My mother married my father's former lover seamlessly less than a week after his death.

According to Masayuki Matsuda, although his stepfather was taciturn, he did not have too much dissatisfaction with him.

For Masayuki Matsuda, who grew up in domestic violence, such a family environment is already a dream come true. It was only after his mother gave birth to a new brother that Masayuki Matsuda felt a little alienated, but he also understood these things.

Moreover, his mother would always prepare lunch boxes for him and even participate in parent-child activities at school, so Masayuki Matsuda was always very grateful to his mother.

But judging from the current situation, I'm afraid he lied.

"No, it shouldn't be considered a lie. Maybe... he deceived himself."

Yang Liu looked at Matsuda Masayuki, whose spirit was on the verge of collapse, with eyes full of pity.

But to be honest, Yang Liu was not surprised by such a result. He had already anticipated it when dealing with the chimera evil spirit before.

People can deceive themselves through self-deception, but they cannot deceive their subconscious mind.

Masayuki Matsuda's initial obsession manifested itself as restraint and suffocation, and it was so strong that he could restrain a dozen other evil spirits by himself when he was just born.

However, after changing his obsession to seeing his mother, his power weakened to the point where he couldn't even maintain himself, and he was even devoured by the other evil spirits of the chimera.

Now that I think about it, the abnormal intensity of his deepest obsession was probably not only due to the pain of hating to be killed, but also because of the suffocation he felt in his family for the first ten years of his life.

Seeing that the fluctuations of Matsuda Masayuki's spirit were becoming more and more serious, Yang Liu lowered her arms and quietly prepared for battle.

Although this guy's situation is pitiful, if the other party really loses his mind, then he needs to get rid of him.

Stimulated by the words he heard, Masayuki Matsuda finally broke the filter in his memory.

Then he finally "remembered" that his mother actually hated him very much and blamed him for all the difficulties she suffered.

The domestic violence he had suffered came not only from his father, but also from his mother who became furious after being abused.

After remarriage, he gave himself over to her and could only eat leftovers. The so-called lunch box was actually just the leftovers that his stepfather threw into the trash can after making the lunch box for him, which he picked up himself.

They even only participated in the parent-child activities organized by the school once, and that was because their younger brother went to the same school as them, so the parent-child activities they had participated in were not for themselves at all.

"what!!!"

All the past events were recalled to his mind, and Matsuda Masayuki howled in pain, with blood-like tears flowing from his eyes and dripping onto the ground.

In other words, his spirit is now weak and has returned to the level of a normal evil spirit. The sound he makes cannot be felt by ordinary people, so he did not alarm other people.

Seeing that the power in Matsuda Masayuki was growing stronger and stronger, Yang Liu clenched his fists and was ready to take action at any time.

Suddenly, the fluctuations of Matsuda Masayuki's spirit stopped.

Yang Liu was slightly stunned and immediately loosened his hand.

Masayuki Matsuda's spirit grew rapidly, becoming the size of an ordinary person, but it became quite illusory, as if it could dissipate at any time.

Matsuda Masayuki slowly turned around to face Yang Liu and suddenly laughed: "Sorry to bother you... "

His expression was clearly smiling, but with the bright red tears in the corners of his eyes, Yang Liu felt that he was crying.

(End of this chapter)