The main Hokage man will only hinder my speed in making hand seals

The middle-aged woman closed the door and took a few steps back helplessly: "Why... shouldn't it be me..."

She didn't win the lottery ticket, and she didn't have to take a test ride. Why should she go through all this?

Qinghe walked to an empty seat and sat down, waiting for them to start their performance.

No wonder the medicine seller said there were even more coincidental things. Looking carefully, all the people present were familiar faces.

What lies will they make up this time?

The police came to their senses and immediately asked, "Who are you two? How did you get in?"

"I'm just a medicine seller." The medicine seller introduced himself as usual.

"As you can see, we opened the door and walked in."

The police pointed at the medicine seller and ordered him, "Go open the door again."

Since he could open the door to come in, he must be able to open the door to leave.

"I can't do that." The medicine seller refused directly.

He looked at the people with different expressions and said quietly: "You have been marked."

Even if he opened the door and let them escape, they could not escape from this train.

On the contrary, running around will only accelerate their death.

"W-What do you mean? Who marked it?"

Nomoto Chiyo asked hesitantly: "Mr. Yaolang, you must have a way, right?"

〖Meow--〗

The crisp cat's cry was particularly clear in the tunnel, and this time everyone present heard it.

The medicine seller's box opened automatically, and the scales floated up from the drawer.

He extended his index finger and gently swiped it upwards, and the scales were placed on the roof one by one, forming a row.

The balance is still quiet at the moment, giving us plenty of time to uncover the truth.

"Yes, transform into a cat." The medicine seller did not set up a barrier with talisman paper in advance to protect them as he did before.

During these long years, he gradually saw some things clearly.

Human desires are scarier than monsters. Not everyone is worth risking his life to protect.

"The only ones who can save you are you." The medicine seller took out the demon-killing sword and said, "Please restore the truth before the cat attacks."

"What are you trying to restore?" The middle-aged woman was about to collapse: "I don't even know them, what truth do I need to restore!"

The driver couldn't really think of what to say: "Yeah, we're all fine, can you give me a hint?"

Nomoto Chiyo was irritated and afraid. She quietly approached Odasaku and the others:

"If I must say, I only know the writer and his friend, and I've only known them for two days."

The only contact was that she brought them coffee and they chatted for a few minutes.

The child was the most confused: "I don't know anyone, and I haven't done anything bad. I'm still a child!"

Why did they mark him? He had never hurt cats or caused any trouble, so why did they capture him?

The reporter looked up, his face calm, "I only know the policeman and the missing mayor."

The policeman scratched his head. His job today was to protect the mayor. He had no impression of other people. “Me too. I don’t know anyone else.”

The topic turned to Odasaku and the others.

Kunikida spoke as a representative: "The three of us are together to investigate... the truth behind Setsuko Ichikawa's death."

Ding--

The head on the Demon-Exorcising Sword suddenly closed its mouth, and the teeth collided with a tinkling sound.

The key to the incident has appeared.

"Setsuko Ichikawa?" The policeman thought vaguely, "The female reporter who committed suicide a few months ago?"

The person in charge of the case at that time was the police officer Kadowaki Eiji.

"No, she didn't commit suicide." Dazai corrected the police: "Obviously, you are related to the truth."

Hearing this, the police looked at everyone one by one and said, "Now that you mention it, I seem to have asked you all these questions at that time."

The middle-aged woman also remembered: "I said at the time, I don't know her!"

The driver tried to clear himself of suspicion: "I only found out about it afterwards... you can't blame me, right?"

The child continued to wail: "I don't know them! Reporters, and you adults, I don't know any of them!"

Nomoto Chiyo also quickly passed the buck: "I don't know her either. The cat-turning is definitely the wrong person to take revenge on!"

"You're lying!" The police stared at Nomoto Chiyo: "That's clearly not what you said at the time."

"Mr. Police, did you remember it wrong?" Nomoto Chiyo began to play dumb: "It's been so long, I can't remember what I said."

The police mercilessly exposed her: "It was you who said that Ichikawa Setsuko had suicidal tendencies, so I am investigating in the direction of suicide!"

The middle-aged woman immediately found someone to blame. She yelled at Nomoto Chiyo: "You gave false testimony?! That's a human life!"

Not wanting to be outdone, Nomoto Chiyo accused the police: "The police officer asked me questions in a leading way, so I just said that!"

Nomoto Chiyo stamped her feet in frustration: "That's enough. I just made up a few sentences. Can they influence the investigation of the case?"

The child also yelled: "So what does this have to do with me? I really don't know!"

The driver huddled in the corner and shivered:

"I only realized afterwards that I had crushed a corpse. If you want to blame me, then I admit my mistake, but... it's not entirely my fault, right?"

Chiyo Nomoto, the middle-aged woman, the police, the child and the driver were arguing endlessly, and no one admitted that they had anything to do with the truth.

The medicine seller watched them quietly as they were pulling each other down, without saying a word.

Seeing that there was no conclusion to the argument, Kunikida took the initiative to walk over to the medicine seller and said, "This... Mr. Medicine Seller."

"I can assure you that my two friends have nothing to do with this case. Why are they implicated?"

Three or four months ago, Kunikida and his men were still in Yokohama and had no chance of having anything to do with this place.

The medicine seller glanced at Kunikida and replied calmly, "Because, you."

The mark on Kunikida's body was more obvious than on the others.

As for Odasaku and Dazai, they were sent to carriage No. 1 together simply because they had contact with Kunikida at the time.

"Did you make a deal with the cat?"

The first thing a cat does after taking shape is to seek revenge, and it is unlikely to involve innocent people.

Even the medicine seller and Qinghe had to enter the cat-transforming illusion from the outside.

The policemen stopped arguing instantly and all turned to look at Kunikida.

Odasaku clarified on Kunikida's behalf: "We just came here two days ago and have not had any contact with this aspect."

And Kunikida wouldn't be that kind of person.

Dazai thought, "Kunikida-kun, did you hear a strange noise on the bridge that day?"

"On the bridge?" The policeman remembered that there was no bridge worth sightseeing in this small town.

Dazai pointed out the specific location to awaken Kunikida's memory: "Kirirara Land Bridge, the scene of Ms. Ichikawa's death."

Kunikida still remembers it clearly, but he thought it was an illusion at the time: "[I will never forgive you], it was a woman's voice."

Hearing the familiar sentence again, the temperature at the scene dropped suddenly.

The middle-aged woman covered her ears and screamed: "You heard it too! Why did I hear it? It's none of my business!"

"Let me go! I don't want to ride! I wasn't supposed to be the one to test ride!"

The middle-aged woman took out the lottery ticket and crumpled it into a ball. She was completely devastated.

The lights in the car dimmed and then brightened again.

It turned out that the train had returned to the subway station.

Through the car window, one could clearly see the huge crowds of people outside, and all kinds of cheers were squeezing into the car through the crack in the door.

Saved? Saved!

The policeman took the lead in prying open the car door, and others also rushed to help.

"Wait, it's an illusion outside, we can't open the door." The medicine seller spoke up to stop them.

The cheers outside continued, as everyone celebrated the success of the subway's first test ride: "Ohhhh! Hooray! Hooray!"

Seeing that others hesitated because of the medicine seller's words, the police still chose to believe his own eyes and ears.

"We are saved. The real world is out there..."

The crowd and cheers disappeared in the blink of an eye, and outside the opened door was unfathomable darkness.

It seemed like something was moving in the darkness, and suddenly, a huge cat's eye appeared on the door of the carriage.

〖Meow--〗

"Bang!" The carriage door closed again.

There were still crowds of people outside the car windows, but there was no more cheering. Everyone was staring at the few living people in the car.

Outside at the subway station, the police were hung in the air by invisible objects, being tortured and toyed with.

Finally, the policeman's body with twisted limbs was thrown onto the platform.

Under him was the body of the mayor who had disappeared first.

"Why..." Kunikida looked at the two bodies outside in disbelief.

Isn't the cat Setsuko Ichikawa? Doesn't she want the truth? Or does she just want revenge on everyone involved?

The refreshing scent of peach spread throughout the car.

"..." The medicine seller turned and stared at Qinghe: "You are going too far."

Is she really treating this as a performance? She even drank the juice.

Qinghe put the drink back into his backpack and asked nonchalantly, "Would you like some too?"

She didn't do anything and didn't say anything, so couldn't she just drink something to calm down?

"...Is there any water?" The medicine seller didn't hesitate for long and compromised from the bottom of his heart.

Qinghe found a bottle of mineral water in his backpack and handed it to the medicine seller: "You have grown up too."

At the beginning, he believed whatever others said, and in order to protect those people, he almost lost his life.

The medicine seller calmly drank a mouthful of water to moisten his throat: "Since they would rather die than tell us, then, just go and die."

If you don't save yourself, no one else can save you.