Chapter 107 Butterfly Dream Interpretation

"Your turnip salmon, guest."

The boss crossed the partition, placed the steaming white porcelain bowl on the wooden table, and handed the chopsticks to 23-year-old Tomioka Giyu.

"Eat slowly. It's very cold outside today and there aren't many customers coming. It's okay to stay a little longer."

Tomioka Giyu, who didn't know why he was here, held his chopsticks in confusion.

The familiar smell of the fish soup in the bowl, the wooden door blown by the cold wind, with a few snowflakes drifting in from time to time, and the busy figure of the table board shop owner across the table, triggered his long-lasting memories: he had been to this shop.

The first time was two days after he met Tanjiro.

After coming out of the mountains, Tomioka Giyu received the order from the raven and came to Kitanojo Station to deal with a "bear eating man" incident.

Of course, the so-called "bear" is a ghost transformed by a hunter, otherwise it would not be his turn to take care of this matter.

After the incident was resolved, Tomioka Yoshiyuki had a meal of radish salmon with an unforgettable taste in this store.

【It seems that I ate with someone...but who was it? Why can't I remember? 】

Tomioka Yoshiyuki felt like his brain was like an invisible fog, and he had forgotten many important things.

However, delicious food comes first, so these trivial matters can be put aside for the time being.

His expression was relaxed, and he waved the chopsticks with his right hand to gently wave away the steaming heat in front of him. He placed the Nichirin sword at his feet with his left hand, intending to eat first and then think about other things.

The reason why Tomioka Giyuu can't forget this store is simply because the bowl of soup in front of him tastes almost exactly the same as the radish and salmon soup made by his sister in his memory.

In other words, it feels like home.

Therefore, I am afraid that nothing is more likely to make him smile than the bowl of fish soup in front of him.

There was no preamble like "I'm starting", nor a polite word of thanks to the boss. Tomioka couldn't wait to reach out with his chopsticks to the almost crystal clear radish slices. As for the fish, he planned to save it for last.

But just when the radish soaked in soup was less than a centimeter away from Yiyong's teeth, the cold winter wind suddenly rushed in - the wooden door of the restaurant was knocked open by an agile figure and fell heavily against the wall. .

Tomioka Giyuu stopped moving.

He could see clearly that the person coming was a young man wearing a tortoise shell haori and a Demon Slayer uniform. He wore a hollow cat mask on his face and a Nichirin sword on his back.

[Are you the team member who came to see me? Are there other ghosts nearby that haven't been eliminated? 】

Tomioka Yoshiyuki waited where he was without moving. As a water column, although he is not popular, it is normal for someone to come to him to report, although it is not very common.

And that person did rush towards his direction.

But unexpectedly, the opponent's charging posture did not slow down due to the close distance. Instead, it went faster and was about to collide with Yiyong's body.

[Is there something wrong with the breathing method? Can't stop? 】

Tomioka Yoshiyuki immediately made a judgment and was about to force the opponent to brake, but the man suddenly took off and flew over his head nimbly.

"Sorry, sorry! It's an emergency, please borrow it."

When Tomioka Giyu turned around again, the man had disappeared, but cool snowflakes blew directly into his face.

The wooden wedged window behind the stove was pushed open by force, exposing the wind and snow outside. The salmon and radish soup bowl on the table overturned, and there were some deep footprints on a piece of fish. The boss cooked it The big iron pot for the soup suffered a similar fate.

【Today...can't you eat? 】

Tomioka Giyu watched blankly as the soup dripped along the table and onto the floor, and he suddenly felt an indescribable loss in his heart.

【Obviously this is the last time. 】

A strange idea suddenly flashed through Tomioka's mind, and he successfully captured it.

[No, why should I say the last time? 】

Just as he stood there, waiting for his boss to come out from behind the partition and deal with the mess in front of him, someone poked him gently on the back.

"rich."

Then came the second blow.

It was a touch between soft and hard. It could not be mistaken for an attack, nor was it a light touch by accident. Instead, it was a finger pressing slightly hard on his spine.

"Gang."

At the third blow, Tomioka Giyu turned around and looked at him with a pair of translucent deep purple eyes as if the prank had succeeded.

"Mr. Tomioka."

The sound was as clear and gentle as pearls falling on the ice, but it shattered all the fog in Tomioka Yoshiyuki's heart. He suddenly understood what was happening.

His angle of view began to get lower, his arms and sleeves slowly shortened, and the Nichirin Sword at his feet disappeared.

The purple-eyed girl opposite still folded her arms and chuckled, as if she was watching an interesting show. Her wide translucent butterfly-patterned feathers are like flapping wings, gently swaying in the wind together with the purple hair tips.

In just three seconds, the 23-year-old Tomioka Giyu successfully shrank and transformed back into the nearly 10-year-old Uchiha Giyu.

If he looked straight forward, he could only see the girl's shoulders.

"Butterfly?"

Yiyong called out the girl's name, and the confusion in it was clearly audible.

"Oh, I have heard my master talk about your situation and I have made some preparations. But I still feel a little uncomfortable seeing Mr. Tomioka with such a cute face. What should I do?"

The butterfly ninja squinted his eyes and leaned down slightly, seeming to enjoy the terrain advantage brought by his height.

She stretched out her right index finger from the sleeves of her wide butterfly robe, and slowly, at the speed of a slug, she poked Yiyong's left cheek with a sly smile in her eyes: "I'm sorry, I just can't help it anymore, but I can't. Can you let me——"

Yiyong pinched her finger and said in a tone of embarrassed alienation, "Am I dreaming?"

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain everything that appears in front of you.

The wind and snow suddenly stopped, the body suddenly shrank, and the boss disappeared like a ghost. In an instant, only the two of them were left in the shop that had been a bit smoky before.

"finally……"

The butterfly ninja tugged hard, trying to pull his fingers out of Giyuu's hand, but failed.

She didn't know if she remembered something bad, but a light blue blood vessel clearly appeared on her forehead, and her confidence increased unconsciously when she spoke.

"Are you just realizing it now? Seeing that you are still as slow as before, I feel relieved at last. Even if you die, some things will not change, which is a kind of comfort."

"Then you are a figment of my imagination."

Yiyong didn't let go of his hand, his eyelids drooped, as if he felt lucky and disappointed at the same time.

He remembered.

After the live snake ate Wan Snake's head, it separated into a bunch of smaller snakes and slowly ate away at its body. Several people sat on the back of the big snake and continued to the Kingdom of Water.

Considering that being on the back of a psychic beast was not suitable for practicing dangerous swordsmanship, Yiyong took out his summer homework to write. As a result, after writing less than two pages, he didn't know what happened and became drowsy.

Of course, this could be fatigue caused by the sudden evolution of his Sharingan.

But then came the dream just now.

Although his expression remained calm, for those who are familiar with Yiyong, his loss at this time can be said to be "beyond words."

"What's wrong with dreams? Mr. Tomioka, the more taciturn a person like you is, the more you should pay attention to your dreams."

Butterfly Ninja sat down next to Yiyong, "Before I died, I listened to lectures by some cutting-edge psychiatrists. There is a popular saying from Europe: 'Dreams are the fulfillment of wishes.' For example, like you Such a depressed person can often only do what you really want to do in a dream. At this time, instead of feeling disappointed, why not think carefully about the meaning of this dream? Maybe it will help you see clearly what your true thoughts are. ”

(Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams" was published in 1899, and Butterfly Ninja died roughly in 1915, around the third year of Taisho.)

"A dream is a dream."

Yiyong was noncommittal, "What wish can it fulfill?"

As he spoke, he pinched the bridge of his nose hard, eager to wake up.

Even if it was just a dream, he was still not ready to face another teammate.

Among the nine pillars, Butterfly Shinobi was the one with whom he had the best relationship (you can imagine how bad his relationship with the other pillars was), but Yiyong always felt that the other pillar liked to tease him, and he would do it without even saying a few words. Will be angry.

"Mr. Tomioka, look, you are escaping again, and this is not okay. People who dare to face the enemy may just be motivated by the atmosphere, but those who dare to face themselves are real warriors."

"..." Not being confused by the provocative method, Tomioka Giyu asked: "Why can't I wake up?"

"Don't you feel that you are hot and cold? The weather in the dream is not the cause, but the result. Outside, you are not just asleep, but in a coma with a high fever."

Butterfly Ren took out a thermometer from nowhere, looked at the reading carefully, and sighed: "In short, until your fever goes away, you can only stay with me and can't go anywhere. Alas, you It seems that I have to make up for the time I never went to Butterfly House to heal my wounds. Sure enough, what I owe in the past life will still have to be paid back in the next life. This is a kind of karma. "

"This is impossible, my body..."

If there is a transparent world, if he is going to get sick, he should find some signs.

"Your coma may not be pathological, but psychological. After all, diseases are sometimes a way to force you to rest. The more people like to force themselves when they are awake, the more likely they are to suffer from their own body in unexpected times. Betrayal. To be fair, I have never seen anyone more tired than you, and this situation seems to make sense. "

"How do I wake up?"

Hidan's head still needs to be carefully guarded, and there are many dangers on the sea, so Giyuu really can't rest assured.

"The more you resist, the less you can do. You have to be patient and accept treatment."

The Butterfly Ninja's index finger swayed from side to side like a lost second hand, and then his eyebrows drooped slightly, "Does Mr. Tomioka hate talking to me that much? It was obviously not like this before."

【But you are fake. 】

Yiyong didn't say anything, and sat down a little depressed: "Just say what you want to say. Just let me wake up quickly."

"You and Immortal Sichuan really have a good understanding of each other when it comes to passively confronting doctors."

In the sleeves of the robe that Giyuu couldn't see, the Butterfly Ninja's fists clenched suddenly and then released palely, and then the conversation got back to the right track.

"Let's start with dreams. Let us first assume that if 'dreams are the fulfillment of wishes' is a truth, then Tomioka, can you guess the reason why you dreamed of me?"

"Resurrecting you is one of my most important things at the moment. I was thinking about the carrier not long ago."

Giyong thought for a moment and tried to apply the template given by Kocho Shinobu.

"In this case, it is normal to dream about you. I hope you will be resurrected, and you will be resurrected, although it is in a dream."

"Then why is it here?"

Kiko Shinobu pointed to the roof and drew a circle, "Why do I appear here? Although there are not many occasions when we appear together, there are not a few. Obviously we can meet at the lord's house or on the training ground, but what is special about this place?"

"..."Giyong remembered, "We once had lunch here together."

The "bear eating people" incident was handled by the two of them together, and they had lunch here after it was over.

It was there that the two of them had the initial understanding of each other and corrected their views on each other (mainly Kocho Shinobu).

"That's all?" Shinobu Kocho asked in a thorough manner, "Does this place have no other meaning to you?"

"...My last meal."

Giyong continued, "I also ate here because the taste was nostalgic. I knew I was going to die soon, so I came here specially."

This was something Shinobu Kocho had not expected, and it was obviously a bit unexpected.

"But what does this mean?" Yiyong looked at her in confusion, "It's just a place that left a deep impression on me. It should have nothing to do with my wish."

"You are oversimplifying the human subconscious when you say that. All the clues in the dream are riddles, and the answers are in your memory."

A smile flashed across Shinobu Kocho's brows: "When I was alive, you would send the wounded to the Butterfly House, but never go in for treatment; we didn't have much chance to talk at the Pillar Meeting. This is one of the few places where we can chat. If I were to ask you, Tomioka, the reason you dreamed of me appearing here should be that you have something very distressing to talk about. But considering that you are a big idiot who rarely asks others for help, I will 'take the initiative' to appear to help you solve your problems. You see, this is also a manifestation of wish."

Yiyong was silent for a moment, but still denied: "But I don't think I have anything to say."

"I said that dreams are wishes suppressed in your subconscious, and your conscious denial is not recognized here."

Seeing that Yiyong still had an expression of "whatever you say is what it is", Shinobu Kocho's smile became more and more stiff.

"Since you are embarrassed to admit that you want to talk to me, why don't you tell me about the dream before. If I'm not mistaken, you should have some guesses about the identity of that person. The pattern on his haori is exactly the same as the pattern on the left half of the haori you wore in the past, Tomioka."

"...The person just now was wearing the clothes of the rabbit, but it didn't look like him."

Yiyong said thoughtfully.

He didn't know he was dreaming before, and couldn't remember where he had seen the other person, he just felt familiar, but now it is easy to guess the relevant information.

"Oh, is there something wrong?" Shinobu Kocho asked guidingly.

Giyuu: "If it was Satsuki, he should have a fox mask on his face, not this cat style. Also, Satsuki's sword should be hanging on his waist, but that person has it on his back."

He paused, "In this respect, he is more like my brother Uchiha Itachi. When he worked for Konoha Anbu, he was dressed similarly."

"Do they have anything in common?"

"No." Giyuu thought about it and answered seriously: "Satsuki gives me the feeling of a more severe Kyojuro. But Itachi may be more like Tokito, they both like to make Stupid. "

"Ala, what we are talking about here is not their personalities, but their meanings to you. In fact, this is not difficult to judge, right?"

Kohiko Shinobu's eyes lit up, and she accurately concluded: "For you, whether it is Satoshi or this Uchiha Itachi, they are all your "brothers" in various senses, right? So, we can think that the person who just knocked over your soup bowl is actually a combination of your two brothers, right?"

"Yeah. But what does this have to do with wishes? Especially Satoshi."

Yiyong still questioned Kocho Shinobu's psychoanalytic theory.

"If what you said is correct, then whether it is Itachi or Satoshi, they should take off their masks and meet me, but he ran away. How can this be my wish?"

"No." Kocho Shinobu shook her head, "Who they are is only one aspect, and what they do is to satisfy your wish."

"You mean, I hope that 'the food I like to eat is knocked over by my brother'."

Yiyong rarely showed his half-moon eyes, a little speechless.

"The correct explanation is that you want to be punished by them."

Shinobu Kocho said bluntly: "What you are doing or planning to do may be opposed by them, or even harmful to them. You may be able to accept this trade-off when you are awake, but your subconscious mind cannot accept hurting them. So in the dream, the radish and salmon that almost represent all your happiness and joy will be overturned by this combination of "brother". Their departure and alienation from you are the second round of this punishment."

Hearing this, Yiyong subconsciously wanted to deny this outrageous statement, because he had never thought of doing anything bad to Sane or Itachi.

But immediately, he remembered something, his face turned pale as if it had cooled down a degree, and he sat in his seat in distress.

Shinobu Kocho smiled with satisfaction. She rested her face on the table with the heel of her palm and asked softly, "Now, do you want to talk?"

"I might..." Giyuu gritted his teeth and said, "Let something like Muzan Kibutsuji appear in this world."

"You mean the body that was eaten by the shark?" Shinobu Kocho understood, and her expression was not as relaxed as before.

"Well," Giyuu raised his eyes, his eyes trembling rarely, "So, did I disappoint Santo? That's why he didn't want to say more to me?"

"I've already said that this is your own subconscious. It's not that Santo is disappointed in you, but you are very disappointed in yourself, but you expressed it in the form of a dream, with the help of another person's attitude."

Kohiko Shinobu pressed her eyebrows, and then comforted her in a gentle voice: "In fact, I asked for you when I was in the underworld. Santo went to reincarnate shortly after Tanjiro completed the Fujiki Mountain Trial, so you couldn't disappoint him. Even if Santo really knew, it's not your fault. Who would have thought that Muzan Kibutsuji was in the hell, but reached out to another world? None of us have the ability to predict the future, so it's normal to have such omissions."

After hearing this, Giyuu's face did not improve at all, but became even colder.

"Since you have explained it clearly to me, it's time to let me wake up. This matter must be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Have you explained it clearly?" Shinobu Kocho blinked, "It's too early. You want Santo to 'punish' you, which seems to explain it; but what about your blood brother?"

Giyuu was even more directly ashamed this time.

"Itachi has a terminal disease. But the person who may cure him is a guy who can cause dozens or even hundreds of people to die if he lives one more day." Shinobu Kocho immediately understood: "So you have decided to kill him, but in this way, the hope of saving your brother will be reduced by one point, right?"

"..."Giyuu did not answer, his eyebrows tangled together.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Shinobu Kocho asked tentatively.

"You want this Orochimaru to cure your brother's illness, but you also want to kill him?"

Giyuu subconsciously reached out and touched his eye sockets.

This was an idea he would not have had, and he would not even have considered it in the past, because it involved Giyuu's principles--

He would use others, such as making friends to improve the resolution of the breathing method, but he would definitely compensate them, such as feeding, guiding training, and meeting some of the needs of others. In this way, he would have a clear conscience.

But the idea of ​​using others and killing them-even if Orochimaru is a villain, how is this behavior different from that of a ninja?

But then again, at present, this Orochimaru is still Itachi's greatest hope for survival.

[Why is he a person like Muzan Kibutsuji? ]

Giyuu was furious when he thought of what Orochimaru did-using a hundred lives as the appearance fee for Man Snake.

This anger was partly because of the mountain of bones in Man Snake's body, and partly because Giyuu had to make a difficult decision.

And the Sharingan, which had accumulated pupil power to the critical point, evolved under such circumstances.

Then, under the influence of the Sharingan, Giyuu immediately did something that violated his own principles.

He used a rather despicable word game to "cheat" Orochimaru's information from Mandra, and then "killed the donkey after it had done its job" and got rid of Mandra.

And Giyuu was also very clear that what he did to Mandra was exactly the replica of what he was eager to do to Orochimaru in his heart -

He had a dark idea in his mind:

Or force or trick Orochimaru into diagnosing Itachi, and then get rid of him.

When the pair of Sharingans opened, this idea was so vivid, as if things would definitely go as Giyuu wished!

But after turning off the Sharingans, Giyuu returned to normal and was shocked by his potential dark side.

"Although I or Fuzugawa can do this without any psychological barriers, it's still a little incredible to think that it's you who wants to do this."

Shinobu Kocho put her hand on Giyuu's shoulder, "It's not nice to say this, but this kind of eye you inherited from your parents and clansmen..."

"Sharingan." Giyuu said, "It's a bloodline limit."

"Yes, this 'Sharingan' seems to make some unexpected changes to your brain and thinking due to the emotions during evolution. For you, Tomioka, this change is too sudden, which may be a hidden danger of this bloodline limit. It's best to be careful when using it."

Shinobu Kocho smiled again, "Personally speaking, I don't like you, Tomioka, to have too many changes in this kind of personality. You got yourself into a high fever and coma because you cheated a snake. It's hard to imagine what you would become if you really played some tricks on this 'Orochimaru'. The swordsman of Mizuho can't do this after all."

"But Itachi's disease..."

This is still a problem that Giyuu can't avoid.

"You are so slow."

Shinobu Kocho launched another personal attack, with a shadow of anger floating above her nose, "Since you are going to revive me, have you never thought of letting me help him with his illness?"

"This is another world." Giyuu emphasized seriously, "The number of cells in the human body is different, and the entire medical theory..."

"I can learn." Butterfly Ninja looked very interested in the knowledge of this world, "I can't wait to start research."

Giyuu retorted again: "But Dr. Tsunade has been studying for decades, and she is not sure."

"However, I have been studying for less than twenty years, but I almost cured Wu Ke!"

The Butterfly Ninja seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and his smooth forehead covered with veins leaned forward, as if a barrel stuffed with cannonballs was poking into Yiyong's face.

"Mr. Tomioka, I know you have always had a low opinion of yourself, but can you have some confidence in others? Considering that we will be getting along for the second life in the future, can you make people a little more comfortable in this regard? You don't want to Are you being hated again?"

Yiyong was not affected by the invisible threat and remained silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "You are not my dream, right?"

"Oh?" Butterfly Ninja was startled, brushing his hair and retreating from Yiyong, "Why did you say that?"

"If you were just my dream, you wouldn't agree to what happened after my resurrection."

Yiyong looked serious, "You just said that you asked about Qiu Rabbit in the underworld. If you were just a dream, you wouldn't be able to do such a thing."

"Then have you ever thought that it was just your wish that I would say what I just said?"

Butterfly Ren analyzed calmly: "You hope that I can try to save your brother, and you hope that Qiantu will not blame you. Dreams are the fulfillment of wishes, so I said that."

"That's the key."

Yiyong caught the flaw, "What's the 'subconscious', 'dreams are the fulfillment of wishes', if you were really just a dream, you wouldn't be able to make sentences with words I've never heard of. Besides, if you were created by dreams to satisfy me If you don’t want to be hated, you won’t say things like ‘I don’t want to be hated anymore’.”

Butterfly Ninja was speechless for a while, and then his smile bloomed like a flower: "Ara ala, Mr. Tomioka, you actually saw through it! It seems that Xiaobanai said that you are stupid and so on, it is really just his personal prejudice."

"Did Yihei say that?" Yiyong's focus fell on strange things.

"It's not important."

Butterfly Ninja waved his hand, "Actually, ever since you mastered more than half of the Moon Breath Sword Form, I have entered the depths of your consciousness from the underworld. Logically speaking, this is not possible, but you see, with the civil servants of the underworld, Maintaining good interpersonal relationships has this unexpected benefit.

"Originally, I thought Tomioka would have an easier time living in a child's body, but I didn't expect that you would still be able to carry the whole world on your own. You should know better, Zhu. There are nine strokes in Chinese characters, and no building can be supported by a single pillar.”

"But I never heard you talking to me, Mingming Xingshou..."

It was obvious that Xingjulang only shouted in his heart, but he could hear it outside.

"Compared with his voice, the rest of us combined are no match."

Butterfly Nin put his hand on his forehead, "If you hadn't dreamed of me today, and I happened to be living in your subconscious, I wouldn't have been able to meet you so early."

As she said that, she put her fingertips against her cheek, "Actually, I shouldn't have appeared so early. I should have waited and seen what you imagined me to be like in your dream. If you think too much about me, I’ll just ask them to open a back door for me to go back to the underworld.”

"..."

Yiyong waited for a few seconds before spitting out a few syllables: "Thank you."

He knew that the butterfly ninja appeared just to enlighten him about his tangled psychological problems.

"Those Europeans say that politeness is about drawing boundaries. Sure enough, Tomioka, you are still eager to keep your distance from me."

Butterfly said in a strange tone, but then she changed her tone and said, "But if you really want to thank me, just have more confidence in my medical literacy and learning ability. It's better to place your hopes on someone you can trust than to It's better to leave it in the hands of a villain who doesn't take human life seriously."

"I see."

Yiyong also made a decision, "I will not dwell on this matter anymore. I will find a carrier for you as soon as possible and resurrect you."

"Go at your own pace, I don't mean to rush you."

The butterfly ninja took out a pocket watch and shook the watch towards Giyuu, "Just in time, it's almost time."

"What time?"

As soon as Yiyong finished speaking, he suddenly felt like he was pushed hard by someone, and he quickly fell backwards. Then his body continued to sink, as if he had fallen into a bottomless pit.

Jiyong opened his eyes.

Kito Suigetsu and Ranmaru were staring at him with worried expressions, and Kyuubi was lying on Kito Suigetsu's head, also paying attention to Giyuu's face.

"I'm awake, teacher, I'm awake!" Gui Deng Shuiyue shouted in surprise, "The fever has gone away."

Ranmaru added: "The eyes have returned to the gentle color before."

"I'm just saying that it's a normal evolution of those eyes, so you don't have to worry about it."

Kyuubi flicked his tail proudly, looked down at Giyu and said: "Kid, don't sleep, we are at the place."

Yiyong first touched his eyes. The soreness and swelling had disappeared, and he felt completely normal. It seemed that the sequelae of being suddenly stimulated to evolve had been basically resolved.

He closed his Sharingan, sat up, and looked towards the huge silhouette in the mist due north.

He knew that he had finally reached the last stop of his journey.

[But, does Yihei really have to say that to me? 】

There are five to six chapters left before the end of this volume