The Witch's Taste

"That's it." Yue Gong Suzuna was in a good mood.

That's right, regardless of whether she is the future wife of the senior, she has to start from scratch in this life, hehehehehehehahahahaha!

She really wanted to say "Then please start from scratch with me", but thinking of the honest character of her predecessor, she would definitely feel uncomfortable again, and then beat around the bush and declined herself.

You still have to get used to it slowly, so that the seniors can get used to their existence.

Tsukimiya Suzuna looked at the movie screen again, the hero Masaki finally recognized his feelings for the heroine Mizukoto, and the plot gradually came to a happy ending—as the seniors said, this bloody plot must end up being Have a great reunion, otherwise I will be sorry to the audience who paid for the tickets.

"After watching the movie, shall we take a stroll outside?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked softly.

"Not good." Chen Ziang said hesitantly, "You are out all day today, won't your family worry? You should go home early."

"Senior, do you treat me like a child?" Tsukimiya Suzuna pretended to be angry.

"It has nothing to do with children." Chen Ziang explained, "Parents will worry about girls staying out overnight and not coming home, regardless of age."

"It makes sense." Yuegong Suzuna smiled thoughtfully, "Then senior, can you send me back tonight?"

"Okay, let's go home first."

After taking his sister home and settling down, Chen Ziang turned around and asked:

"Where does Moon Palace live?"

"No. 737, Guanting Street, Jinchuan District." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied.

Guanting Street, as the name suggests, is the place where bureaucrats live and work, and the residents are basically the political and powerful families of the island people.

However, Chen Ziang also knew that this young lady had a lot of background, so he nodded and said:

"Then I'll call you a taxi."

Taking a taxi from Gunma to Jinchuan spans two administrative districts, and the fare is at least 170 yuan, so Tsukimiya Suzuna just smiled and said:

"No, it's too expensive. Senior just accompany me to take the subway back."

"It takes two hours to go back and forth by subway." Chen Ziang said in surprise.

"But if I go home alone, my parents will definitely be worried." Tsukimiya Suzuna resorted to the same way, and also gave him the best way, "Senior, don't worry about me going back alone, right?"

"This..." Chen Ziang was really speechless.

"Why don't you." Yuegong Suzuna took out her trump card, "How about I stay at Senior's house for one night?"

"I'd better go back with you." Chen Ziang had no choice but to surrender.

If this young lady is allowed to stay overnight at home, it is not in line with his code of conduct, and if it gets out, it will also damage her reputation.

In contrast, although it was a long way to send her home, it seemed reasonable to think that she had traveled all the way to study business with him.

Tsukimiya Suzuna showed a pretty smile with a successful trick, and said cheerfully:

"Then let's go, senior~senior~"

"Yeah." Chen Ziang replied with a helpless wry smile.

A strange intuition arose in his heart again, as if this girl knew his own thinking habits so well that he could influence his judgment quietly every time.

Could it be mind reading?

Chapter 14 Feeling a little dangerous

The suspended light rail train roared past, making rumbling vibrations.

Since it was not yet the evening rush hour, there were not too many people in the carriage. Chen Ziang and Yuegong Suzuna sat side by side in the seats, and outside the window was the fleeting scenery.

Yuegong Suzuna was playing with her mobile phone with her head down. Chen Ziang glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, as if she was browsing Moments.

Of course, this world also has large social platforms such as Moments. Chen Ziang doesn't play much, but it is said that they are very popular among young people, especially high school students.

"Senior." Suzuna Yuegong said suddenly, "Add a friend?"

"I'm in the work group." Chen Ziang said, "Just add me to the group."

"Senior, do you understand what a sense of ritual is?" Yue Gong Ling Nai brought the phone closer, touched Chen Zi'ang's phone, and said crisply, "Clang! Bluetooth sensor magic!"

A pop-up window pops up on the phone screen:

[The user "Yutu refuses to admit defeat" requests to add you as a friend. 】

"This is you?" Chen Ziang asked for confirmation.

"That's right." Suzuna Yuegong replied, "Speaking of 'Moon Palace' and 'bell', isn't the jade rabbit making medicine the first thing that comes to mind?"

Chen Zi'ang really wanted to ask "what does it mean to not admit defeat", but felt that it was a bit too abrupt, so he endured it.

"Senior's nickname is so long." Yue Gong Suzuna clicked on the user interface, giggling, "Look, why is it this name?"

On the screen of the mobile phone she leaned over, the user nickname column read:

[Is there any urban legend? 】

"It's like this." Chen Ziang explained, "Some citizens who encounter a strange change by chance may feel that what they see is too unimaginable, so they are not willing to report to the Public Security Department, but if they share it with the circle of supernatural lovers, Then there's nothing to worry about."

"So that's the case." Yue Gong Suzuna nodded and said, "Senior, have you ever found a similar strange talk in the circle, and it turns out that it is indeed a mutation?"

"There have been two times." Chen Ziang replied, "Most of them are old-fashioned horror stories, such as the rip girl, Hanako in the toilet, Kisaragi station that doesn't exist, etc."

"As long as the description is very detailed and the atmosphere is terrifying, it can basically be confirmed that it is a fabricated story. The kind that is really worthy of vigilance is the letter that is vague and unclear."

"Indeed." Tsukimiya Suzuna watched him operate the phone, and sure enough, most of the letters on the screen were works with obvious literary creations, such as "It was a summer night" at the beginning. It is simply impossible for a person who uses this tone to narrate a victim of mental pollution!

Huh?

Suddenly a new text message popped up from the top of the screen:

"Mr. Legend, I received a submission today and found it very interesting. Do you have the time to help me take a look?"

As he clicked into the text message, Yuegong Suzuna clearly saw that the sender's nickname was "Han Xin, editor-in-chief of "Urban Strange Records".

"Please tell me." Chen Ziang quickly typed back.

"That's it." Han Xin responded quickly and seemed to have edited it a long time ago. "A certain manuscript from Akita District claimed that she had just moved into the ancestral home left to her by her deceased grandfather the day before yesterday, but it turned out that she had just moved into it that night. Had a nightmare.”

"In her dream, she dreamed that she was lying in a coffin, paralyzed and unable to move. The coffin was completely open, and she could see three figures standing around the coffin outside. In the dark, it is impossible to see the specific face clearly."

"At first she thought it was just a dream, but then she had the same dream for three days in a row, so she was looking for a psychiatrist on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also submitted an article asking about the meaning of this nightmare-according to her, it was our magazine Dream Interpretation loyal reader of the column."

"What do you think of the story?"

Chen Ziang thought for a moment, then replied:

"I think it's worth investigating."

"Very good." The other person replied, "I'll give you the phone number of the other party. You can ask in the name of our editorial department. If you have any good materials, you can directly feed us back."

"That's it." Chen Ziang tilted his head and said to Tsukimiya Suzuna, ""Urban Strange Records" is a magazine that focuses on supernatural stories, and has signed long-term contracts with many authors who are good at creating supernatural novels. But because of the excellent theme inspiration It is relatively rare, so they also collect contributions in this area from all walks of life, and then hand them over to their authors to create."

"Many times, manuscripts are just some fragmented information. If the editor thinks there is value in supplementing and improving, he will interview the contributor to complete various details...Of course, editors alone are definitely not enough, so I will also ask some Fans in the supernatural circle go to interview on their behalf, such as me."

"Hey, that's great." Yuegong Suzuna said casually, seeing Chen Ziang texting the contributor, "Senior, do you think it might be a mutation?"

"Sounds like mental pollution, right?" Chen Zi'ang said thoughtfully, "Although the possibility of making up stories cannot be ruled out, the parties who are actually making up stories often add superfluous details and create many useless details that exaggerate the atmosphere, such as "holding Black silhouette of a knife', something like 'a low-pitched death threat', you can tell it's fake when you hear it."

"On the contrary, the simpler and plainer the description, the more likely there is a frightening truth hidden behind it."

He looked down at the screen again, only to see that the writer immediately replied a text message:

"If possible, can I come to visit tonight? I happen to have some questions and would like to consult your company."

"Yes." Chen Ziang typed two words, only to hear Yue Gong Ling Nai suddenly yell again:

"Senior, are you going there tonight? Is this too urgent?"

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm fine tonight." Chen Ziang said with a smile, "If there is really a change, it's better to confirm it as soon as possible."

The power at the Altar of Chaos requires a full 50 fire seeds to be exchanged. If you don't take extra money, when will you have to save it?

"Really?" Tsukimiya Suzuna tilted her head cutely, and thought for a while, "I think what Senior said makes sense."

She lowered her head and pressed the phone screen, and dialed her father's number:

"Father, I'm not coming back tonight, the unit has to work overtime."

"Working overtime?" Yuegong's father's majestic voice could be vaguely heard even without turning on the loudspeaker, "Aren't you taking a day off today?"

"Moon Palace! Isn't this good?" Chen Ziang said in shock, "Your family..."

"Who?" Yuegong's father's hearing was very keen, "Suzuna, who are you with now?"

"It's the senior I mentioned last time." Tsukimiya Suzuna said with a smile, "I'll be on duty with him later, I'm busy, hang up!"

"Lingna! Is it the one you mentioned last time..." Yue Gong's father's voice was cut off roughly, and Chen Zi'ang who was beside him was also dumbfounded.

"Well, Moon Palace." He asked cautiously, "What does your father do?"

"It's the chief of the Foreign Affairs Agency." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied.

Although her tone was downplaying, it is well known that the "chief of the Foreign Affairs Office" is a high-ranking official with real power, so that Chen Ziang even began to think seriously about a question:

Once Yuegong's father finds out his identity, will he be fired the next day for stepping into the Public Security Office with his right foot?

Chapter 15 Ancestral House and Ancient Books

Akita District belongs to the suburban area of ​​Jibei City, and 70% of it is covered by dense forest.

In the north is the well-known "Aomori Sea of ​​Trees", which was chosen by many islanders as "the place where they hope to stay on their last day", so that the district council had to allocate funds to set up a large number of patrols and patrols on the edge of the sea of ​​trees. Psychiatrists are stationed to alleviate the persistent suicide rate in the area.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when I arrived at Sendai Station in the southern part of Akita District by taking the local light rail train.

Chen Ziang sent a text message to the other party again, and after confirming the address, he and Yuegong Suzuna transferred to the subway, and it took another 20 minutes to arrive at the door of the contributor's house - a "one household building" with a courtyard. "Kikuchi" is written on the name plate next to the main entrance of the courtyard wall.

After hearing the doorbell, Miss Juchi quickly came out and opened the main entrance of the courtyard wall for the two of them.

"Take the liberty to visit, I'm sorry to bother you." Suzuna Tsukimiya saluted and said, "We are from the Urban Odd Records magazine."

"It's all right." Miss Juchi quickly waved her hand, "It's good to have guests visiting, this old house always makes me flustered."

Out of professional habits, Chen Ziang quickly looked at the young lady.

There is light makeup on the face, and the polite smile on the face is also very skilled. It should be a woman who has been in the workplace for at least 3 years.

There is no ring on the hand, indicating that she is unmarried.The dark circles under my eyes are a bit heavy, I often stay up late, and there are coffee stains on the front of my chest.

Following Miss Kikuchi into the house, Suzuna Tsukimiya suddenly said:

"a little cold."

"Well, I don't know if it's the aging of the heating pipes. It's really unbearably cold at home these days." Ms. Juchi sighed, "I've already made an appointment with the boiler master, and I'll come over for maintenance tomorrow."

"By the way, I haven't told you about the nightmare, have I?"

She beckoned the two of them to sit down on the sofa in the living room, and then began to describe her nightmare vividly, as if it was an anecdote worth sharing.

Tsukimiya Suzuna took out a small notebook seriously, and began to take notes based on Miss Kikuchi's description, her attitude was impeccable, and she cooperated with questions from time to time, which made Miss Kikuchi's conversation more intense, and the relationship between the two quickly became familiar.

Chen Ziang looked around, thinking that it was the right thing to bring Yuegong Lingna here.

If there were no Suzuna Tsukimiya, he would be the one sitting on the sofa and being entangled by Ms. Kikuchi to describe the dream—of course it does not mean that the testimony of the parties is not important, but he is still more used to investigating by himself.

The ancestral house left by Ms. Kikuchi's grandfather has a unique decoration style.In the living room, except for the TV wall and windows, the rest of the bookshelves are placed against the wall, at least [-] meters high, filled with all kinds of books, and the top floor can only be accessed with the help of a ladder.

Chen Ziang inspected carefully, and found that the partitions and the spine of the book were covered with dust. It was obvious that Miss Juchi, who inherited the house, was not a person who loved reading.

"I've flipped through a few of those books." Miss Juchi, who was half lying on the sofa, looked at Chen Ziang at the front of the bookshelf, and said with a smile, "It's all in ancient Meneus, so I can't understand it."

"Ancient Meneus?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise.

"It's the ancient elven writing." Miss Kikuchi waved her hand, "You know elves, right?"

The Meneus tribe is the first alien race encountered by human beings in the Milky Way during the era of cosmic colonization.

Its appearance is very similar to that of humans, but the upper ends of its ears are pointed, so it is also called "elf" by humans for short - after all, the name "Meneus" is long and difficult to remember.

"Grandfather used to be a folklorist." Ms. Kikuchi continued, "he has stayed in the Meneus Federation for decades, so these books should be brought back from the elves."

"I see." Chen Ziang nodded his head to express his understanding, "Can I read these books?"

"Please." Miss Juchi said casually.

Chen Ziang took out a book and opened the title page.

Indeed, as she said, it was all in unknown elf characters.Judging from the degree of yellowing of the pages, it seems that I have thought about it for a long time, and there is a faint musty smell on the surface.