Great Swordsman Ke Xue.

Chapter 591 The mastermind behind the scenes
Are brain-eating worms so scary?

Koji Shimizu didn't quite understand it, but he was not nervous or panicked. It was not only because he had never experienced it in reality, but also because his strength gave him such confidence.

He calmly observed the situation in the venue, and unlike the people involved in the game, he did discover some situations that were not easy to notice.

For example, two people fell to the ground without any warning, twitching and bleeding from the mouth and nose. Those two people were not staff members of the trade fair, but people at the edge of the venue, so he was the first to discover them.

The others were a few steps slower than Koji Shimizu, but that didn't stop them from becoming even more panicked after discovering the situation.

"I, let's go, Koji."

Hattori Shizuka was so nervous that she stuttered a little, but it was not her fault. Her situation was actually good.

Because there is one very important piece of information that Hattori Shizuka did not make clear, which is that this brain-eating worm can spread and is difficult to prevent.

Until the parasite dies, it is likely that the parasite will not even notice its own abnormality.

"Well, but we should take those things with us." Shimizu Koji nodded rationally in agreement, but said something irrational.

Following Shimizu Koji's gaze, Hattori Shizuka saw the Matsutake mushrooms in the display case on the stage, a display case that was still covered by a curtain.

Want to fish in troubled waters? !

This idea was rejected by Hattori Shizuka in just one second, because although the scene had started to become a little chaotic, there were still quite a few people gathered around the display case, maintaining the proper order.

"Let's rush out!!!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and a figure suddenly took the lead and rushed towards the gate that was guarded by several security guards.

The security personnel are naturally not ordinary security personnel. Since this place is under the name of the Kendo Association, the majority of them are naturally Kendo practitioners. In fact, in today's world, spiritual power does not exist, and other schools are struggling to survive. Only physical schools such as Kendo are still well inherited. Aristocratic practitioners such as Onmyoji have long lost their former glory and power.

Otherwise, the people in charge of Japan now would not be those wealthy chaebols.

But before the black-clad security guards could act, the figure that had rushed out quickly suddenly stopped when it was still seven or eight steps away from the gate.

Then, just like a replay of a movie, he twitched, blood oozing from his mouth and nose, and fell heavily to the ground, lifeless.

Weird, indescribably weird and terrifying, the atmosphere of terror filled everyone's heart, and the venue was greeted by a sudden silence.

At this moment, a burst of inappropriate laughter suddenly came from the edge of the venue.

“Hehehe, see? This is the end. I don’t want this to happen again, unless some of you are like him, eager to become a cold corpse.”

It was almost as if the words "the mastermind behind the scenes" were written on his face. An old, white-haired man slowly walked into the venue. He first looked at the two spiritual foods on the trading table, and then scanned the faces of the people below the stage one by one.

"Who are you?!"

"Qi Mu, brother?"

Some people know him, some don’t, but now even those who know him seem to not recognize him.

Koji Shimizu watched all this silently and had some calculations in his mind. It was not difficult for him to see that there was something abnormal on this man's face, and the real brother Saiki was probably in great danger.

"No! He, he is a puppet controlled by the brain-eating worm!"

In less than a few seconds, someone with good eyesight cleared up Shimizu Koji's doubts. Puppet, yes, according to Hattori Shizuka, the main function of the brain-eating worm seems to be this.

That means the real mastermind behind the scenes is still hiding among them?

This kind of thing needs no explanation. The people present were not fools, so they naturally thought of this point quickly and their faces turned very ugly.

The few old men who had originally accompanied Yagyu Ryunosuke now became the backbone of the group. They looked at each other, exchanged opinions silently, and then sent out a strong old man with a sword at his waist.

"Who are you and what is your purpose? Don't you know that if you use such vicious means as brain-eating worms, you will be attacked by everyone in the world?!"

"Hehehe, I'm so scared~, but as long as all of you here die, I won't be discovered, right?"

The faces of the people present turned pale. No one had expected that what was originally a party for practitioners would suddenly become so sinister.

But the old swordsman who could kill evil with one sword——

At this moment, even the dumbest person would have vaguely realized that Yagyu Ryunosuke had been lured away from his mountain home.

And the bait is that spiritual food!

Thinking of this, some people's faces couldn't be worse, because the other party could even use something like spiritual food as bait, so the other party's purpose was chilling to think about.

At this moment, Koji Shimizu and Shizuka Hattori were particularly inconspicuous in the venue. They stood on the edge of the crowd and looked like a young couple. It was not that Koji Shimizu looked mature, but that Shizuka Hattori had lost her usual dignified demeanor of Mrs. Hattori, and looked as young as a college student in her twenties.

Hattori Shizuka was a little at a loss, and her heart was completely dead at the moment. Her strength was only at the level of a swordsman, and many people present were much stronger than her, but no one dared to speak now, because the opponent's methods were simply terrifying.

Someone's life can be taken without being noticed, and no one knows how the other party does it.

Where the brain-eating worms come from is also a terrible secret.

"Ms. Ikebo, did you eat anything at the venue just now? Drinks count."

Shimizu Koji observed for a while and suddenly asked in a low voice. Hattori Shizuka froze all over, then looked at Shimizu Koji with some surprise and slowly shook her head.

Shimizu Koji smiled slightly and explained: "It's just a suspicion. After all, it's impossible for that kind of insect to be put into the human body out of thin air. This is the most likely possibility."

"But what's puzzling is, if such a large insect was in the diet, wouldn't anyone notice it?"

"Insect eggs."

Hattori Shizuka's voice was low, but surprisingly smart.

Koji Shimizu nodded and began to scan the people in the venue. If nothing unexpected happened, that person was definitely among them, and there might be more than one. This could be seen from the way he lured Ryunosuke Yagyu away from his mountain hideout.

What the other party wants may not be as simple as the remaining two spiritual foods~.

But what does it matter? Just go and get it if you want.

Koji Shimizu was very welcome to the mastermind who suddenly came out to take the blame for him. Not only did this save him a lot of effort, but it also completely relieved him of his guilt.

(End of this chapter)