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

Hotsujiji pushed up his glasses and spoke.

"However, I can tell you briefly."

"It also allows you to know more about this village and Himeka Shrine."

Hotsujiji tried hard to recall those long-ago events.

Frowning slightly, he tapped the tip of his pencil on the paper in his hand.

"When you explore Jixiang Village, you should find that the villagers here dig cellars under their rooms, right?"

Optics Valley Falcon nodded.

He did find that out.

It was in the cellar of the house that he found so many strange torture props, the notes left by Hotsujiji, and the pendant containing the fragments of the Mitsutani family's power.

"At that time, because the joyful fruit in Jixiang Village was so famous, tourists would come here every day."·

"They may come here to pan for gold, or they may come here to buy happy fruits, and some simply come here for the hot springs in Jixiang Village."

"Of course, none of that matters."

"The important thing is that the villagers of Jixiang Village will quietly mark the bodies of these visiting tourists, especially those young, beautiful and inexperienced girls."

"Use medicine to make it fall asleep, and then quietly abduct it in the dead of night."

"Then they were imprisoned in the cellar and force-fed happy fruits, making them completely slaves to desire."

"In this process, the villagers will use various cruel methods to satisfy the black desires in their hearts, and at the same time, in order to better activate the effectiveness of the Happy Fruit."

"After the effect is fully activated, the villagers will send them to the shrine."

"Soon, the fresh life will become that puddle of black water. The villagers will fight for it, fill it with happy fruits, and then make profits from it."

"This also explains why there are always some weird hidden events happening near Jixiang Village."

"In order to divert the conflict away and distract the attention of the outside world, the villagers deliberately made up many bizarre anecdotes. For example, the eccentric mountain god would kidnap a girl who accidentally violated a taboo."

"These anecdotes really caused me a lot of trouble during the initial investigation, and even affected the direction of my investigation for a time."

"However, the villagers are really bad at making up stories."

"It didn't take long for me to find the flaw, follow the clues, and grasp the most critical clues."

Having said this, Hotsujiji stood up and rummaged around the room.

She picked up the torn pieces of paper under her feet, and after confirming that the content on them was not what she was looking for, she crushed them up and threw them aside.

Repeatedly.

Finally, she found what she was looking for in a pile of waste paper under the desk.

After smoothing the paper, he dusted it and then handed the paper to Guangtani Falcon.

"Here."

"This is the result of my investigation."

"You watch and I talk."

Hotsujiji sat back on the bed.

After taking the paper, Kotani Hayabusa quickly read the text on it.

At the same time, my ears were listening carefully to Hotsujiji's narration and explanation.

"Although I have never entered Jixiang Shrine, nor have I seen those... so-called witches."

"However, the village chief of Jixiang Village has always maintained correspondence with the shrine."

"I accidentally discovered part of it when I sneaked into the village chief's house."

"From the words of the letter, you can feel the village chief's dissatisfaction with the shrine."

"Due to the popularity of the happy fruit in the outside market, it has brought unprecedented development to Jixiang Village. And the village chief of Jixiang Village has also made huge profits from it."

"Seeing that the supply of pistachios exceeds demand, the village chief hopes to further expand the planting area of ​​pistachios to gain more profits."

"Hehehe... Such pathetic greed."

As Hotsujiji spoke, he did not forget to mock the greedy village chief.

“And if you want to expand, you need more black water.”

"It's a pity that the village chief's proposal did not receive the approval of the shrine."

"This incident also completely angered the greedy village chief."

"As the saying goes, people's hearts are not enough for snakes to swallow elephants. In order to satisfy his greed, the village chief ordered people to excerpt the content related to the ceremony from the letter secretly sent from the shrine, hoping to make black water by himself."

"It's a pity that the shrine is not a fool. It is impossible to tell the village chief all the contents of the ceremony. It even deliberately missed some key steps in the letter."

"The greedy village chief didn't realize this, and was still complacent because he finally replicated the shrine's rituals."

"Unknown to him, he had already walked into the trap set for him by the shrine."

"Of course, this is not something I should consider anymore."

Chapter 214 Success

Although Hotsujiji did not witness the ending of Jixiang Village with her own eyes, she had already foreseen the scene of everything falling apart when the greedy village chief held the ceremony according to the excerpted content.

Thinking of this, Hotsujiji couldn't help laughing softly.

From Hotsujiji's words, Mitsutani Hayabusa vaguely sensed the truth that led Himika Village to become what it is today.

The entire village disappeared from the map, taking everyone in it with it.

Perhaps it was the wrong ritual she was talking about.

Just when Hotsujiji was about to tell more about the ceremony.

Suddenly, it seemed as if he noticed something.

He closed his mouth and frowned.

"anyway."

"Don't you think it's a little noisy outside?"

Hotsujiji murmured to himself, then stood up suddenly and took a few strides to the window.

The moment she opened the curtains, her beautiful eyes under the lenses widened in surprise.

"how come......"

"Why are there so many debris around here!"

Hotsujiji remembered something and immediately looked at Mitsutani Hayabusa.

"What on earth did you do to the pendant when you were at the door?!"

Hotsujiji's mind was spinning rapidly.

Without waiting for Optics Valley Falcon to answer, he remembered what he had said before about picking up the pendant in the cellar and then absorbing the fragments of the Optics Valley family's power inside.

In fact, she should have thought of it at that time.

However, at that time, all of Hotsujiji's attention was focused on Mitsutani Hayabusa's strange ability, and he ignored the small silent movement he made when he stood at the entrance of the courtyard.

Touched the pendant.

It was this action that allowed Optics Valley Falcon to successfully absorb the power belonging to the Optics Valley family in the pendant.

Still careless!

Thinking that the pendant was intact, I thought nothing would happen.

But beneath her intact appearance, the power that could help her seek good fortune and avoid misfortune has long since disappeared.

"It's really a secret..."

"Perhaps this kind of unchanging life has been lived for too long, and even the original sensitivity has been worn away."

Hotsujiji picked up his cane and took big steps to leave, but was stopped by Mitsuya Hayabusa.

"Believe me, if you go out now, it's no different than sending yourself to death."

"It will be safer if you stay here."

Hotsujiji stopped and looked at Mitsutani Hayabusa in surprise.

"What does this mean?"

Optics Valley Falcon pointed out the window with his thumb.

"You only saw so many debris standing outside the wall, but you didn't realize that they didn't break through the courtyard gate immediately."

"The remnants have no soul or thoughts, they are just a bunch of walking corpses."

"They don't care about social etiquette. Once they find a target, they will rush forward desperately until they tear the target into pieces."

"You have lived here for so long, you should know better than me."

Mitsutani Hayabusa's words woke up Hotsujiji.

She carefully observed the state of the remnants outside, and it was indeed as Optics Valley Falcon said.

Their undisguised malice can be felt through the windows, but these things just stand outside the courtyard wall and make no further moves.

This incident alone is shocking enough.

"So, you mean..."

"What really scares the scumbags is not the pendant, but the power belonging to the Optics Valley family in the pendant?"

"And that power is transferred to you."

"So, they didn't rush in?"

Optics Valley Falcon smiled and nodded.

"That's what it means."

"Hotsujiji, if you think about your own safety, it's best not to stay too far away from me, especially at night."

In an instant, Mitsutani Hayabusa and Hotsujiji completed the offensive and defensive transition.

Hotsujiji, who had been in a dominant position before with full aura, suddenly had to keep a certain distance from Mitsutani Hayabusa in order to be safe.

silence.

Still silent.

After a long time, after confirming that the remnants still made no further movements, Hotsujiji finally sat back on the bed.

The cane is held in her hand, which means she is on guard.

It's just that the target of the warning is Guanggu Falcon.

Hotsujiji hates this feeling, this feeling of destiny being controlled by others.

Very unhappy...

He pushed up his glasses, and his tone of voice was so cold, without any good attitude.

"So...you knew this from the beginning, right."

Optics Valley Falcon nodded unabashedly.

"Correct."

“The moment I touched the pendant, I felt the shards of power return.”

"Although it wasn't as profound as the first time, I definitely felt it."

Hotsujiji's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of anger flowing in them.

"Then why didn't you tell me from the beginning?"

Optics Valley Falcon stretched and said lazily and casually.

"If I had told you this from the beginning, we wouldn't be in this situation now."

Hotsujiji knocked his cane hard on the ground.