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Chapter 1337 Accident (The meow rolled over and climbed to the head of the bed)

"Roar-----!!"

A huge shadow rushed out from the bushes, and at this moment Duanmu Huai also saw the other party's true face clearly.

That's a bear!

It's strange to say that there aren't many other things in Japan, but there are a lot of bears and wild boars. As the saying goes, there are pigs, bears, and tigers. Wild boars and bears are ranked before tigers, and they are all driven away by Japan.

It's really fun.

But... do you think I'm afraid of you?

Seeing the black bear in front of him, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly and clenched his fists. Are you kidding? In the world of Journey to the West, he dared to kill even the black bear spirit. How could he be afraid of a mere black bear that had not yet become a spirit? Huh?

However, to Duanmu Huai's surprise, when the black bear was about to pounce, it suddenly braked and stopped. Then it stared at Duanmu Huai, roared again, and then turned around and ran away.

In a moment he disappeared into the bushes and was out of sight.

"………………………"

Duanmu Huai knew what happened without looking at the system prompts.

So he was too lazy to look at it. If he didn't look at it, he could still comfort himself by thinking that it was the result of his own domineering aura, right?

At this time, Sha Jiuye also poked her head out from behind Duanmu Huai and looked at the black bear in surprise. Then she was silent for a moment and sighed.

"As expected of my brother..."

"…………………"

If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb.

Duanmu Huai had a dark face and silently urged Sha Jiuye to keep moving forward. Although the latter was still a little tired, he did not dare to rest any longer after experiencing the black bear attack just now. So the two of them continued to move upwards along the mountain path.

The mountain is not too high. As a small town far from the city, tourism is also part of the economy here, so there are two ways to get to the mountain. One is to take the cable car that Duanmu Huai told Sha Jiuye, which can go directly to the top of the mountain. The other way is to go through the winding mountain road, passing a lake in the middle, and there is a camping site.

Of course, it’s not the time for camping at this time of the year, so there aren’t many outsiders in the town.

Therefore, when Duanmu Huai and Sha Jiuye followed the winding mountain road to the camping site and saw the tents set up there, they were somewhat surprised.

What was even more surprising was the people in the tent.

"You, who are you?! What do you want to do?"

The man who came out of the tent was startled when he saw Duanmu Huai. He quickly stepped back and picked up a mineral water bottle from the side in a panic. He looked as if he saw a black bear walking towards him.

"I don't have any money! Don't come over here!"

"…………"

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes silently, then turned his head and looked at Sha Jiuye.

"give it to you."

Seeing Sakuya appear in a sailor suit, the man seemed to calm down a little. Sakuya also walked over and explained the identities of himself and others to the man. Only at this time did the man breathe a sigh of relief and put down the mineral water bottle in his hand.

“Huh… So you’re Mr. Hidehisa’s relatives… You scared me…”

"You are new here, right?"

Duanmu Huai also came over at this time. After all, the system had said before that with Duanmu Huai's height and appearance, it was hard for people to forget him. So much so that even though he and Sha Jiuye hadn't been back for so many years, the people here still remembered him. And this man obviously didn't know Duanmu Huai, which meant that according to the setting, he should have come after Duanmu Huai and his sister left.

"My name is Shanyuan. I'm a teacher at the school downstairs. I've been here for only three or four years."

“So it’s you…”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai reacted. He had heard from the customers in the tavern that a teacher went to the mountains to investigate the earthquake. Now it seems that this is the person.

"I heard from others that... you came to the mountains to investigate earthquakes?"

"That's right!"

When talking about his own profession, Mr. Yamahara suddenly became excited.

"In my opinion, it is very strange that earthquakes occur so frequently here. I checked the geological survey map here, and if I am not mistaken, this is not an earthquake-prone zone. Moreover, I have set up three seismic recorders on the mountain, at school and at my home for experiments. Since earthquakes are active on the mountain during this period, I believe that there must be earthquakes at the foot of the mountain as well..."

“Dong dong dong dong dong!!”

However, before Mr. Yamahara finished speaking, there was a sudden rumbling sound not far away, and at the same time the ground began to tremble. Mr. Yamahara's originally excited expression collapsed at this moment.

"Damn it, it's these construction teams again. It's because of them that I can't complete the measurement at all!"

"Construction team? What are they doing here?"

Yesterday in the pub, Duanmu Huai heard that a construction team had an accident due to the earthquake, but he didn't know what they were doing there.

"They were here to build a new driveway and said they wanted it done before the tourist season, and that's why my seismic test is a complete mess!"

This is understandable. The construction team is compacting the road and smashing rocks here every day, so vibration is inevitable. It would be too difficult to conduct earthquake research under such circumstances.

Duanmu Huai also told him about his previous encounter with a black bear. Hearing that there were bears here, Teacher Yamahara's hair stood on end. He was just a weak teacher, and if he really encountered a black bear, he would have to lie down and wait for death. In addition, he had not done much research in the past few days, but was tortured to death by the construction team. So Teacher Yamahara also decided to go down the mountain and come back after these guys finished the construction.

  After all, his main job is a teacher, and earthquake research is just his hobby. He wouldn't risk his life for it, right?

Before leaving, Teacher Yamahara asked Duanmu Huai and Sha Jiuye if they wanted to go down the mountain with him. Of course, Duanmu Huai's head definitely couldn't fit into Teacher Yamahara's second-hand car. Duanmu Huai originally wanted to let Sha Jiuye go back, but for some reason, the latter insisted on following him, so Duanmu Huai had to take her and continue forward.

But then again, they were just out for a walk... Never mind. After passing through the campground, the two came to a driveway that was under construction. Just like what Mr. Yamahara complained about, there was noise everywhere, and a group of workers were driving all kinds of heavy machinery to and fro.

"Hey, little guys, be careful!"

Seeing Duanmu Huai, a worker driving a bulldozer approached them and waved to the two of them, shouting loudly to remind them. Then he turned off the bulldozer, jumped out of the driver's seat, and came in front of Duanmu Huai and Sha Jiuye.

"Hey, isn't this Duanmu and Sha Jiuye? What are you doing here?"

"We just came to the mountain to take a walk. After all, we haven't been here for many years."

"Hahaha, actually there hasn't been any change here, except for this."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, the worker smiled and pointed to the driveway under construction.

“Is this for traveling?”

"That's right. We have quite a few tourists during the peak tourist season. Although we can take the cable car to the top of the mountain, it's too dangerous after all, so we decided to build a driveway... Oh, by the way, you have to be careful too. There have been frequent earthquakes these days, and there are falling rocks everywhere. Be careful not to get hit when you go down the mountain."

"We'll keep an eye out."

Duanmu Huai nodded and then asked.

"By the way, we encountered a black bear when we came here before..."

"Black bear?"

Hearing this, the worker suddenly became nervous. He raised his head and looked Duanmu Huai and others up and down.

"You are not hurt, are you?"

"without………"

Duanmu Huai hadn't finished speaking when Sha Jiuye spoke up beside him.

"It's okay, my brother scared it away."

"………………………"

If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb.

"Is that so? Hahaha, that's not surprising."

After hearing Shajiuye's answer, the worker not only did not doubt it, but laughed and felt relieved.

This made Duanmu Huai even more unhappy.

"Aren't you afraid of being attacked by wild animals?"

Duanmu Huai changed the subject directly and decisively. If he continued like this, his SAN would be reduced to zero before he met the evil god.

"We are not afraid. After all, there are so many people here and so many construction machinery. Even black bears would not dare to come here easily. But we still have to remind everyone to be careful. After all, there will be tourists coming here in the future. If black bears come back and forth, it will be a trouble."

Duanmu Huai chatted with the workers for a while. He was hoping that, like in some games or movies, these workers would dig up some sealed ancient relics during construction. However, the workers said that everything went very smoothly and they didn’t dig up anything strange…

  This is really weird. Are they really asking me to come back to attend a funeral?

In the end, Duanmu Huai could only return the same way listlessly.

"Brother, do we still want to stay here?"

Back at the hotel, while having dinner, Sha Jiuye also stared at Duanmu Huai and asked. Facing Sha Jiuye's question, Duanmu Huai thought for a while.

It was only a few days according to the plan. Now the body has been buried and the funeral has been handled. There is still no clue after investigation... Forget it, let's go. Maybe I just think too much. Besides, Duanmu Huai is not good at thinking and finding clues. The clues in Mary's world were found by the bell girl who turned into a black cat. If it were Duanmu Huai, he would not have such thoughts.

So... do whatever you want, I won’t serve you anymore.

"Back."

Duanmu Huai gave a decisive answer.

"We'll leave tomorrow morning after breakfast."

Duanmu Huai was not sure whether there was a problem here or not. Looking at Sakuya, it didn't seem like there was any problem, so Duanmu Huai simply stopped thinking about it. He knew that he was not the kind of famous detective who could tell at a glance the other person's identity, occupation, birth background, and whether he had been to the hotel with a high school girl last night, so Duanmu Huai didn't intend to waste his energy on this.

Whether it exists or not, let it be.

"Okay, I got it, I'll go back and pack my bags."

After hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Sha Jiuye didn't say much, just nodded, then stood up and prepared to go back to his room.

But at this moment…………

“Boom boom boom…”

Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently, and at the same time, the lights in the entire restaurant flickered. Sha Jiuye, who had just stood up, screamed and fell to the side. Duanmu Huai was quick to grab her.

The vibration continued for a while before it slowly stopped. However, the surroundings were in a mess and the restaurant was dark. Screams could be heard faintly from all around. At this moment, Sha Jiuye was also holding Duanmu Huai's arm, and his voice sounded very panicked.

"Brother? What is this...?"

"Earthquakes, they said before that there have been frequent earthquakes here recently, but not this severe..."

Having said this, Duanmuhuai paused.

"Let's go out and take a look at the situation first, then we'll talk about it."