Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 371 The Legend of the Headhunter Warrior
I thought Tongshan Huan would come to report the situation after going to participate in the parade tonight, but in the end a mother-in-law came to make his bed.

Sunda was full of doubts and dared not speak out, and this mother-in-law didn't talk too much, so he could only worry.

He was able to confirm one thing, something must have happened!
He suppressed his curiosity and waited until the next morning. Before he could go out to look for it, Tongshan Huan finally came.

She looked very bad, her eyes were red and swollen, and her spirit was listless. She seemed to have cried and didn't seem to sleep much.

But she wasn't in a bad mood... It shouldn't be something that ordinary people can easily imagine.

"Are you okay?" Sunda Falcon asked with concern.

"I'm fine, but... I don't know where to start. There's too much bad news."

Tong Shanhuan's expression darkened, and he recounted what happened last night.

At that time, she participated in the festival parade with Kazuhiro Kaneda and Miyuki Nanase as promised.

Along the way, Jin Tianyi asked Tongshanhuan many questions as expected.

The first question was about the family affairs of the previous generation of Sundanese people. For example, the original wife liked to bully others like Ryuzosuke, the original head of the family had a weak temperament, etc.

These are all good, just ask anyone in the family and they will almost know that there is nothing to hide, and the next step is the main event.

Jintian asked one by one what kind of story the "Legend of the Headhunter Warrior" is.

Although the old people in this legend often talked about it, they would not tell outsiders if they really wanted to mention the origin of it, so Jintian Yiyi set his target on Tongshan Huan, who was about the same age as them and had a harmonious relationship. on people.

Tongshan Huan was actually unwilling to say it at first, it was a taboo in the village after all, but the Sundarin had told her to answer any questions, so she just said it.

Speaking of this legend, almost everyone in Zhizi Village knows about it, but no one wants to say it, and everyone thinks it is a curse.

That was the time of the Sekihara War 400 years ago.

At that time, after a general of the Western Army was defeated, he led some of his remnants into Zhizi Village by mistake, so he decided to rest in this village for a period of time.

The general's name is Zhong Jianchun.

He sent several envoys to the village to inquire about the news, but when the attendant came back to report, he was caught off guard and killed him.

In fact, these remnants and defeated generals have long been tired of the life of wandering and wandering, and they also know that the general situation is over, so they want to sacrifice the head of Chu Kaneharu to Tokugawa Ieyasu in exchange for their own lives.

Before dying, Zhong Jianchun made a curse with deep resentment.

"I will never forget this hatred. I will turn into an evil spirit and stay on this land, cursing you for generations to come!"

In the end, these people cut off Zhong Jianchun's head and exchanged it for their own lives, and were allowed to grow grass and grow roots in Zhizi Village.

But not long after, strange things happened in the village.

Those subordinates who died in the end of Jianchun died strangely one after another, and the way of death was all by losing their own heads.

Rumors began to spread in the village that this was all cursed by Sukane Haru, who turned into a "Headhunting Warrior" and came to seek revenge.

Those subordinates who died at the end of the spring seemed to have been rewarded with some money and saved their lives, but they were actually dispatched to this village, and they could not escape at will, or they would face a death penalty.

In the end, they had no choice but to unite with some villagers at that time to build an ancestral hall to worship the armor and samurai swords of Zhong Jianchun, and also made many statues of Jizo and put them in the village, hoping to suppress the undead of Zhong Jianchun.

Since then, the bizarre deaths have ended, and instead, those Ksitigarbha statues have lost their heads one after another.

Everyone said that the evil spirits of Zhong Jianchun hadn't been suppressed, but the statues of Ksitigarbha accepted the curse instead.

In fact, Zhizi Village was not called this name, but Headless Village, which is named after this legend.

Now most of the villagers in Zhizi Village are descendants of those subordinates who died at the end of spring. This legend has naturally been passed down from generation to generation. It is said that every few decades, several people will die because they do not believe in this curse. , so they hold the first birth ceremony every year.

It is also because of this that the village keeps this legend secret. If the murderer uses the legend of "Headhunter Warrior" to kill people, most people in the village will not help.

The ancestor of the Xun family happened to be the one who took the lead in betraying Zhong Jianchun and beheaded him for credit. He received the most rewards back then, so he became the landlord of this village.

Therefore, they are also the primary targets of the revenge of the "Head Hunters", if there is such a curse.

In fact, the reason why the previous head of the family remodeled the anti-thief warehouse "Pingmen Room" into his bedroom in his later years was probably to avoid the "headhunter".

Tong Shanhuan told this story to Jintian Yiyi, and naturally asked some questions in accordance with the instructions of the Sunhun people.

Jintian Yiyi was very puzzled why she asked those questions, but he told her the truth, because the secret room technique of the tape recorder that Tongshanhuan said before was indeed very reasonable.

Regarding the time of death, although the body was discovered quickly, due to the average local autopsy level, the time of death was not very precise. It was probably within an hour between ten and eleven o'clock that night.

In terms of the cause of death, Saburo Akanuma was not beheaded to death, but was pierced through the abdomen from behind, and eventually died of excessive blood loss due to multiple internal organ injuries.

The murder weapon was preliminarily judged to be a samurai sword, which was probably the missing "Kenharu Blade".

Saburo Akanuma was indeed sitting upright on the cushion when he died. Judging from the cause of death, it is likely that the murderer attacked and killed Saburo Akanuma from the rear first, and then put him in a sitting posture and chopped off his head.

In addition, there is nothing strange in Saburo Akanuma's luggage, even too little, not even some basic daily necessities. Of course, it may have been taken away by someone, anyway, it has been confirmed that the 300 million is missing.

The two were exchanging information in the festival parade, and before they knew it, thick fog began to form, and visibility was very low.

Tong Shanhuan has lived in Zhizi Village for more than ten years, so he is very familiar with the terrain here. Kaneda Yiyi and Nanase Miyuki don't have that ability anymore, so they had to go back.

Halfway the three of them met another parade.

Because it was retrograde, the three of them were dispersed by the parade.

In the end, Tongshan Huan and Jintian successfully merged one by one, but they couldn't find Miyuki Nanase.

The two searched around for a while, and finally found a sandal belonging to Miyuki Nanase.

Jin Tianyi felt that something was wrong, because they found some scattered footprints next to the sandal, and those footprints were very similar to the "headhunters" who attacked Mrs. Shino before.

Jin Tianyi immediately decided to let Tong Shanhuan go back to find Jian Chiyong for support, and he would look for it nearby.

However, after looking for it, Jin Tianyi disappeared.

(End of this chapter)