After getting lost in the abandoned village, they gradually became confused and infatuated

Then, left the room.

Jixiang Village has also become lively.

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Mitsutani Hayabusa followed Hotsujiji to the second floor. After pushing open the door at the far end of the corridor, the two of them walked in one after the other.

This is Hotsujiji's residence, and it is also where she usually sorts out investigation information.

However, the long years have made her boring and boring. Even the sorting of information, which she was most passionate about before, feels boring to do.

Countless documents and materials that she once regarded as treasures were discarded by her.

Some were scattered on the table, some were thrown on the ground, and some were even trampled to pieces.

Pens that have long since run out of ink, old and yellowed notebooks, and some newspapers of unknown age, etc.

Optics Valley Falcon felt like he had countless places to stay.

Hotsujiji casually kicked away the documents at his feet, walked into the room, and looked around at the information on the floor.

His eyes were complicated and his tone was solemn.

"After I was swallowed by the shadow, the only thing I could do every day, apart from avoiding the debris, was sorting out these documents."

"At first, I could still get a little bit of comfort and a sense of being alive in the process of sorting it out."

"But as time goes by, day after day, year after year, in this imprisoned space, I do things that have been repeated countless times."

“You can’t see the future and you can’t touch the borders.”

"Even the most patient people can go crazy."

"The most important thing is that my life was actually terminated the moment I was swallowed by the shadow."

"No matter how long I live here, it will just be a replay of my past life over and over again."

“The longer you live, the more times you play it over and over again.”

“Without a future, you can always only look back to the past.”

"You can't understand my despair."

Speaking of this, Hotsujiji sighed sadly.

"Sometimes, I even think about how I might as well be caught and digested by the remnants, and then I can escape from this desperate situation."

"But, I gave up."

"It's okay to say I'm timid, or it's okay to say I'm going back on my word."

"In short, I decided to let nature take its course. I will not take the initiative to die, and I will never do unnecessary things."

"Gradually, I didn't even bother to tidy the room."

"Anyway, I don't feel hungry or thirsty here."

"I have imagined the feeling of death countless times, but no matter how much I imagine, it is always so lacking in imagination."

"I think that in my current situation, I should die."

Hotsujiji made a space on the bed and sat down on it.

Then he motioned for Kotani Hayabusa to sit on the chair opposite.

"However, this kind of life finally ushered in unimaginable major changes today."

"A member of the Optics Valley family, that is, you, appeared in my world."

Chapter 211: Investigation on Ceremony

Hotsuji picked up a relatively intact piece of paper from the ground, turned it over to the back, and found a small blank area in the gaps between the dense text on it.

Then, he opened the suitcase, rummaged through the messy box for a while, and finally found a pencil tip with only a little length left.

He pushed up his glasses and spoke.

"So, do you have anything to say to me?"

Kotani Hayabusa does have a lot to say.

Especially since the other party is Hotsuji Tsuji, a folklorist who once investigated and collected evidence in Jixiang Village.

"Where to begin?"

Hotsujiji thought for a moment and said, "A good story must have a beginning and an end."

"So, let's start from the beginning."

Optics Valley Falcon nodded and said, "That was when I just remembered it."

"I......"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Hotsujiji interrupted quickly and pushed up his glasses, his emerald eyes showing a trace of displeasure.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Who told you to start talking about it when you were a child?"

"Um..." Kotani Hayabusa said, "Didn't you say it from the beginning of the story?"

"That's too early."

Hotsujiji let out a long sigh, feeling that Mitsutani Hayabusa was simply making fun of her.

After taking a deep breath to adjust his emotions, he spoke in as calm a tone as possible.

"It started when you were lost in Jixiang Village."

Optics Valley Falcon shrugged, and after sorting out the information in his mind, he told all the things that happened to him and Wangxiang's companions after they got lost in Jixiang Village.

From the fragrance that emerged at night, to the chopped-up doll, to the weird and mysterious shrine.

While listening, Hotsujiji kept writing with the pencil in his hand.

Occasionally, I would put a pencil to my lips and think, and after a long time I would write down the results of my thinking.

Occasionally, I would stop the Optics Valley Falcon, ask some more pointed questions, and write down my inferences.

Time passed by minute by second in this quiet communication.

The two of them were completely unaware that a large amount of debris had already gathered outside the courtyard.

They stood upright outside the courtyard, motionless, like statues.

In the pale eyes, there is strong hostility between the dead and the living.

It's just that they seem to be afraid of something, and they seem to be waiting for an opportunity.

No one pushed open the courtyard door.

The two disappeared.

The words on the paper were even denser than before.

Although the characters are as small as ants, the writing power is still so vigorous and powerful.

"Well..." Hotsujiji sharpened his pencil with a knife: "I didn't expect that you would encounter so many things in less than a month."

“It’s really exciting and rich.”

"If possible, I would actually like to adventure in Jixiang Village with you."

"Unfortunately, I am already dead."

After finishing sharpening his pencil, Hotsuji glanced at what he had recorded.

He took another piece of relatively clean paper and started writing on it.

Write and talk.

"I've already asked almost everything I want to know."

"Judging from the information you have given so far, it is certain that you are a member of the Optics Valley family."

"So, I apologize for being rude to you before."

Optics Valley Falcon shrugged.

Isn't this correct nonsense.

I have said it several times, my name is Guang Gujun.

After chatting for so long, I came to this conclusion.

What a waste of time.

However, if you think differently, you might be more vigilant and cautious.

Optics Valley Falcon actually has no qualifications to criticize others.

Now that she has apologized, that's the end of it.

"Optical Valley...Jun."

"The information you gave me has been of great help to me. I need to sort it out for a while."

"After the sorting is completed, I will tell you all the information."

"I can't get out anyway, so I might as well tell you everything, which is considered as doing what I should do."

"But before that, is there anything you want to ask me?"

"As long as I remember, I will answer everything I know."

Kotani Hayabusa really had a lot of questions he wanted to ask her.

After sorting it out briefly, he spoke.

"In your eyes, what kind of place is Jixiang Village?"

"Also, what is the ritual you wrote in your notes before?"

"Himeka Village..." Hotsujiji's attention was still on the words written on the tip of the pen, and he said without raising his head: "A backward, isolated, exclusive, deep mountain full of mystery and weirdness. Villages and towns.”

"Perhaps due to the influence of the locally grown pleasant fruits, the people here advocate a weird ritual centered on the intercourse between men and women."

"This ritual seems to have been spread from Jixiang Shrine."

"Of course, I have no concrete evidence on that."

"The only thing I can say at the moment is that the core of this ritual is to use violence to ravage women."

"Flogging, dripping wax, restraint, in short, any hardcore play you can think of is normal in Jixiang Village."

"Based on the information I currently have, there are two theories about this weird ritual."

"First, the villagers have been planting happy fruits for a long time, and the taste of happy fruits has had a subtle impact on them."

"Desires skyrocket, and thoughts change."

"After the body's threshold for perceiving pleasure has been greatly expanded, ordinary intercourse can no longer satisfy it. Therefore, they will adopt this intense and cruel method to obtain pleasure by torturing women."

"Of course, during the long process of whipping and torture, the women in Jixiang Village gradually adapted to and liked this behavior."

"Oh, what a pervert."

"I can't understand this joy."

Hotsujiji's tone was full of ridicule and contempt for the villagers of Jixiang Village.

"As for the second explanation, it is more bloody and cruel."

"Although the soil in Jixiang Village is fertile, it is not fundamentally different from the farmland outside."

"Then, why can happy fruits be grown only on the land of Jixiang Village?"

"Have you ever thought about this?"

Kotani Hayabusa did think about it.

However, after Kotani Falcon was lost in Jixiang Village, he was restricted by the thick white fog, and the area he could explore was very limited.

Coupled with the pressure of life, the duel at Yabongi, and Rei Aine's departure from the team, things moved forward one after another, and this matter has been put aside.