My wife's name is Platycodon

After Kikyo returned to the shrine, she prepared to lock herself in and practice.

Although Hades Shura said that Naraku could be left to him to deal with, Kikyo declined.

She is a witch with a strong sense of fatalism, and believes that such a thing does exist in the dark.

It affects everything in the world, with ebbs and flows, continuous fluctuations, and is omnipresent. It eventually condenses into a trend and rushes towards the distance in a mighty manner.

But no matter how far it rushes, it will eventually return to its original state, like a cycle, repeating over and over again until it ends and begins a new cycle.

Kikyo firmly believed that this was a battle between her and Naraku, and only she could end Naraku's life.

Throwing the Four Souls Jade to Naraku is actually a tactical contempt and strategic attention.

In fact, he had made up his mind from the beginning to kill Naraku with absolute certainty and completely end this evil relationship.

The bandit Spider was born because of her, and the monster Naraku died because of her.

What a perfect cause and effect.

But Naraku is not a fool. He can remain calm when facing the Four Souls Jade that he has always longed for. If Kikyo had not forced him with the situation and provoked him with words, Naraku might not have taken the Four Souls Jade. He did not care about the humiliation of Hades Shura in every way, but his self-esteem was very strong when facing Kikyo. In a sense, he was very similar to Hades Shura and would not accept Kikyo's charity at all.

He planned to use the enemy's trick against him, but Kikyo had a trick up his sleeve. Both of them knew what was going on, and in short, neither of their cards were revealed. It was still unknown who would win in the future.

And the words that Naraku said before he left showed that he had seen through Kikyo's plan, and he would never surrender, and he would make Kikyo pay the price for despising him.

With Kikyo's wisdom, she could naturally see Naraku's hidden meaning.

Kikyo didn't want to fall into the gutter, so as soon as she returned to the shrine, she prepared to start her second round of hard training. The first time was when she was training as a shrine maiden, and she was proficient in the techniques of hundreds of schools and learned various secret techniques. But later she became a jade-guarding shrine maiden, and monsters attacked day and night, so she had no time to practice at all.

She has powerful spiritual power, excellent comprehension, and was born with full talents. She is completely blessed by God.

I guess when God looked at Kikyo, he thought she was very suitable to be a shrine maiden.

So when distributing the talents, his hand shook accidentally, and the originally 50-50 share between Kikyo and the other priestesses suddenly became a situation of 8 buckets of talents, with Kikyo taking one stone alone and the others lacking two buckets in total.

But this is only the basics. Her current status is inseparable from her acquired efforts. She has mastered many secret skills, but because she has too many skills and is busy with work, she has rarely used them.

Eventually, he developed a character of being indecisive and giving in to the devil's arrow.

"Kikyo, you were lonely and helpless before, but why don't you choose to rely on me now?" The Asura of the Underworld held his chin with his right hand, muttering to himself, his eyes passing through the window and falling on the spire of the shrine.

He knelt against the wall. The comics in his hands had lost their appeal and he flipped through them out of boredom, but he never looked down to read the contents of these exquisite materials.

Hades Shura hopes that Kikyo will say to him, "Please help me kill Naraku." This will make him satisfied, and one day in the future, he will definitely be able to give Naraku's body to her.

He possesses great power, which is deeply desired by the world. There are also many ambitious people who try to control this power, but no one succeeds.

Kikyo is the only one qualified to use his power as a tool, but the miko seems to want nothing more than to save him.

She is as noble as a saint.

Change his spiritual world, restrain his demonic power, and do not be greedy for his body.

But are there really people in the world who are spotless?

Does Kikyo really have no weaknesses or shortcomings?

Although he watched a good show today, he didn't get as much happiness as he imagined.

His mind was turning, but the more he thought, the more he had. All his complicated thoughts were like a school of fish emerging from the sea, so dense that Hades Shura was lost in them.

"I'm so annoyed. I can't figure it out. Why don't I just go and kill Naraku!"

He couldn't analyze Kikyo's mind like he analyzed himself, because he couldn't use his own thoughts to arbitrarily determine Kikyo's thoughts. Even if they were correct, he couldn't do that, because it would be an insult to Kikyo.

She is independent, has her own ideas and plans, and can work hard and persevere. Her firm belief is difficult for others to understand.

Moreover, how can the Shura of the Underworld block the light emitted by Kikyo?

When Hades Shura came to his senses, the sky had already darkened completely. He had been sitting there for quite some time without realizing it, and when he stood up, his bones crackled all over.

Although I didn’t do anything today, I worked hard!

He came to the shrine and kicked the door. This time, the door opened without waiting, and it was not Kikyo who came out, but two little girls.

Both of them are about ten years old, with delicate features and pretty faces. The one on the left is wearing a light blue kimono embroidered with five-petal red flowers, with two pompoms tied in her ears and two short strands of hair hanging down in front of her chest. Her face is indifferent, but her eyes are inexplicably sharp.

The little girl on the right is wearing a light yellow kimono with a butterfly pattern and a white hairband tied behind her. She has a gentle face and innocent eyes, giving her a clear and clean look.

The Asura of the Underworld looked down at the two little guys. Although they looked strange, they also looked familiar.

These two children have the scent of Platycodon.

"You..." He was a little hesitant. Since he had never seen them before, he was not sure who they were or why they came out of the shrine.

The two boy-like children walked out of the shrine with their left feet together, both with their hands in their sleeves and their feet together, appearing very polite. Then they bowed to the Asura of the Underworld, with basically the same movements.

The person on the left said, "I am a bird!"

The person on the right also said, "I am a butterfly!"

"Greetings, Lord Shura!"

The Hades Shura suddenly realized, "You are Kikyo's children..."

The two shook their heads together, indicating that they didn't get the point of Hades Shura, and they didn't intend to accept the joke. The butterfly on the right said, "We are the shikigami of Lord Kikyo."

Asuka on the left also continued: "It is a life created by Lady Kikyo from paper and hair with spiritual power!"

Butterfly continued, "Lord Kikyo is now comprehending the secret method. Let the two of us take care of your life."

Then it was Asuka who said, "Please forgive me, Lord Shura of the Underworld!"

They spoke one after another, explaining their origins in a very concise manner.

Hades Shura didn't know much about Shikigami, but these two words seemed to be linked to Onmyoji. However, there were very few Onmyoji in this era, and he didn't expect that Kikyo even had her own Shikigami.

Moreover, the spiritual power residing in the bodies of butterflies and birds is very strong. That is the spiritual power of Platycodon. They have inherited Platycodon's temperament and personality. No wonder these two boys give the Asura of the Underworld a familiar feeling.

“Do you have any wisdom of your own?”

The two nodded together. They were indeed intelligent, able to distinguish between good and evil, and knew how to think. They were real living beings.

However, Hades Shura believes that they are similar to the dead soul bugs, but their life level is obviously higher than that of the dead soul bugs.

In other words, if you kill, you will also gain points for strengthening.

He looked inside the shrine. The light was dim and visibility was extremely low, but with the vision of Hades Shura, he could still see Kikyo's motionless figure with her back to him, as if she was asleep.

Hades Shura casually asked, "What is Kikyo practicing?"

"Complete strategy for spells, secret seals and talismans, mantras and secret spells, brief divination strategy, ancient Shinto mystical methods, secret techniques for practicing magic, nine-character seals, a complete collection of magical techniques and secret methods..." Butterfly named a whole bunch of names in one breath, without any repetition, which made people's scalp tingle.

When they gained life, they also gained Kikyo's memories.

Hades Shura was overwhelmed by what he heard. He couldn't tell at all that Kikyo was a top student. It was too outrageous that she could remember so many books.

“Do I need to practice all of these?”

Asuka shook his head: "Most of these can only serve as a reference for Lady Kikyo!"

Butterfly added: "This is just a mortal technique, it has no effect on Naraku. Lady Kikyo hopes to find a way to deal with Naraku among the many secret techniques."

For example, Zhanshiluejue is a divination technique developed by Abe Haruaki, the Nine-Character Seal is passed down by Ashiya Doman, the Mantra of Shingon is from the Shingon sect, the Ancient Shinto Mystic Method is a secret technique passed down in the shrine, and Shufu Oden is a technique for magicians...

“Will there be any results?”

Butterfly shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either. She inherited Kikyo's gentle side and had a strong liking for Hades Shura, so she said, "Naraku is too special. It is not possible to truly kill Naraku by only destroying his body. His soul must also be killed. Lady Kikyo has always intended to wait until the Shikon Jade is restored to its original state, and then destroy both the Shikon Jade and Naraku."

The Asura of the Underworld was very curious. Why did they still need to practice when there was obviously a solution?

"Isn't it a bad idea to do this?"

Butterfly and Asuka looked at each other, not knowing whether they should tell the truth. After all, this was Kikyo's privacy, and they were Kikyo's Shikigami. Theoretically, they could not betray their master and could not reveal key information to outsiders.

But the Shura of the Underworld holds a very important position in Kikyo's heart, even higher than her own life.

Asuka was more decisive than Butterfly. With an indifferent expression, she said, "Because Lady Kikyo doesn't want to die with Naraku!"

Hades Shura's heart moved and he quickly realized that that method would exhaust Kikyo's life.

Seeing Asuka tell the truth, Butterfly also said: "Lord Kikyo still has attachment to this world."

Asuka said: "Maple also hopes that Lady Kikyo can rest in peace, but Lady Kikyo still has a wish and does not want to die with regrets."

But it wasn't because of Inuyasha, nor because of Naraku, nor because of the Four Souls Jewel...

The Asura of Hades finally understood Kikyo's inner thoughts.

He asked softly: "Kikyo, does she want to live?"

He has the ability to see through people's hearts, but this ability can only allow him to judge a person's good or evil character. How can he understand that person's specific thoughts?

The two shikigami stood together in silence, hands in their pockets.

This question is too heavy, and they don’t know either. They are natural Shikigami. Kikyo’s spiritual power created them and gave them personality and wisdom with her own memories.

But that’s all, they don’t understand Kikyo’s heart.

Finally, Butterfly said, "Master Kikyo's soul has been reincarnated!"

The implication is that there is nothing that can be done.

What has happened cannot be undone.

Even if Kagome died, that complete soul would no longer belong to Kikyo, but would be reincarnated again.

The eyes of Hades Shura penetrated the darkness and stared at Kikyo's sculpture-like figure.

Did the witch with a sad fate always think so?

Everything she did seemed to have nothing to do with her.

Maybe she had some selfish thoughts, but in the end she didn't do it and curbed her desire to live.

There is no one in this world who is spotless and without confusion.

Even Platycodon can't do it.

She does not claim to be perfect, but lives in her own way and always sticks to her own ideas.

Asuka and Butterfly retreated. Kikyo created them not to let them chat with Hades Shura, but to entrust them to take care of Hades Shura when she was away.

She was worried about this Underworld Shura who had careless living habits.

The Asura of the Underworld looked at the two boy-shikigami who were busy. He sat beside the fire pit and saw the bonfire burning. The firewood was burning red, making crackling sounds and exploding from time to time. The flames were jumping as if they had life.

Platycodon, thank you for your care!

If you really think so, then let me use my hands to pave the way for your life!

Chapter 74: Kikyo's Fate

He really intended to do this.

I want Kikyo to appear in this world alive.

But he had no idea. He saw himself very clearly as a typical violent person. When in doubt, he would resort to brute force and his style was to push forward.

Kikyo is knowledgeable and well-informed. There is almost nothing she doesn't know. She is also familiar with various secrets and may be able to provide some clues.

The relationship between the two is actually quite complicated now, mainly because neither of them is a normal person.

Kikyo is very strong, especially after getting rid of the past, she is very rational and calm in times of crisis. But she is very reserved and introverted in her emotions, and has a very traditional style.

Who doesn't love a woman who is quiet, reserved, gentle, considerate, calm, and has a noble and virtuous temperament? Especially when this person is a witch.

Simply irresistible!

However, perhaps because of her status as a dead person, Kikyo cannot respond to emotions as freely as a living person, so she did not make any biased response to Hades Shura's confession, but answered with an "I know".

The boundary between life and death is clear and does not need to be pointed out. Its mere existence is enough to make Kikyo feel what an insurmountable chasm is.

Although passionate and reckless love is admirable and makes people yearn for it, how can such a short and intense emotion last long? How can people ignore the cold and cruel reality?

When Hades Shura confessed his love, I understood Kikyo's answer.