I rely on cooking to dominate the ghost killing team

Inadvertently said such a disrespectful lie as "lover", which made Wuyue feel awkward.She kept rubbing the edge of the envelope, letting the sharp corners draw a slight pain on her fingertips.

Ah... It's really embarrassing to say that it's a letter from a lover or something.

Her sense of embarrassment was almost overflowing, and of course Kojima would not fail to notice it.She secretly covered her mouth with a smile, and stood up briskly.

"In that case, I'll leave you alone. I'll get something to eat—I'm starving."

She found such a wonderful reason for herself, and tiptoed out.

Before she had gone a few steps, she suddenly turned back and stuffed a small square object wrapped in oil paper into Wuyue's hand.

"Hey, I'll give you candy." Kojima made a silent gesture in a mysterious manner, "I bought it when I went back to Xingyuan yesterday, so don't tell Masako-sama. She doesn't allow divas Eat this stuff."

As for the reason for banning snacks and sugar, Kojima has never figured it out.

Maybe it's because they are afraid that they will get fat, and they are afraid that the sweet and greasy things will abrade their lithe voices.After all, for Diva, both are extremely important.

"Miss Xiaozhen, did you go back to Xingyuan yesterday?"

Wu Yue never knew that singers could leave Liren Pavilion.

Kojima nodded, and explained to her: "Yes. But on any rest day, Master Mashiko will allow us to return to Xingyuan. Well... Although most of us are not from Xingyuan, we can leave At sea, it can be regarded as a very happy thing.”

"Zhen Shizi...I mean Master Zhen Shizi." Wuyue almost missed the honorific title, she added it hastily, but luckily she didn't show any signs, "Isn't she afraid of you running away?"

As long as she is at sea, Diva has nowhere to go. Even if she makes up her mind to jump into the sea, she will not be able to swim very far.

Moreover, the distance between Liren Pavilion and the nearest coastline is not short.These thin-looking divas must not be able to swim that far.

But in the boundary of Xingyuan, the situation is quite different.Not to mention that there are a large number of people in Xingyuan, the area alone is already quite vast.If you want to hide, maybe you can hide in Xingyuan for a long time.

not to mention……

What's more, Matoko is a ghost—a ghost that can only act in the dark and dark, but cannot appear in the daytime.Doesn't this create more convenient conditions for Diva's escape?

Wuyue didn't understand Zhen Shizi's intention to let the singer go ashore.Even with all the conclusions and possibilities in front of her eyes, she still couldn't figure it out.

"Hmm... There was indeed a songstress who ran away before."

Kojima stood by the door.She had stepped into the dark corridor with one foot, and the other half of her body was shrouded in bright and warm sunlight like May.

She had already prepared to leave.If it wasn't for hearing Wu Yue's words, she would not have stopped.

"She parked on the shore of Xingyuan with a small boat, trying to escape to the next town. She did escape far enough, but Master Mashiko still captured her..."

Wu Yue interrupted her: "Master Zhen Shizi, she personally captured that singer?"

"……what?"

Kojima looked back at her, his eyes were full of confusion, and implied an emotion that Wuyue couldn't see clearly.

In a blink of an eye, that strange emotion disappeared again.

"Yes. It was Master Mashiko who brought her back." After a pause, Kojima frowned and asked, "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

The reason for asking such a question is of course because Matoko is a ghost.

But of course May would not say such things.She smiled and waved her hands, pretending to be nonchalant, and changed the subject.

"What happened to that singer after that?"

"Her..." Kojima really lowered her eyes, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, "She was severely beaten by Master Mashiko, her face was ruined and her legs were broken. Then...then , in front of all the singers, she was thrown into the sea from the top of the Liren Pavilion by Lord Mashiko."

In the process of falling, she was still struggling.But when she hit the water, her struggle stopped abruptly.

At that moment, what Kojima really thought of was that falling into the water from such a height would be fatal.She and the other divas always thought that even if they fell from a height, the gentle sea water would protect them.

...It turns out that's not the case.

May trembled.Why does she feel that even the wind on the sea has become chilly?

"This..." Wu Yue said in a low voice, trembling, "This should be regarded as massacre, right?"

However, compared to killing, Wu Yue thinks more about...

...Why didn't Masako eat that diva?

Wuyue didn't want herself to think about such things like an evil ghost, and she didn't want to regard human life as food that could be chewed and swallowed at all, but she had to think like this.

Why didn't Zhenshizi eat the escaped diva?Could it be that she felt that it was more important to use her to make an example to other cowardly divas than to feel full?

Or... Zhen Shizi is not a ghost at all?

This possibility obviously does not exist.May knew that Matoko was a ghost—this was the conclusion her intuition gave her.

So, what is the reason?

She longed for everyone to know the secrets hidden in the Liren Pavilion.

"Torturing...? Uh... this... shouldn't be used in this way."

When saying this, Kojima smiled again, as usual.However, at this moment, the corners of her raised mouth seemed to reveal helplessness and humbleness.

"Yuanzi...I'm talking about the singer who ran away. She did something wrong, so there's nothing wrong with being punished..." She said slowly, "Maybe...maybe it's true. Shizi-sama's punishment is indeed a bit harsher."

Wu Yue really wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to say them.She pursed her lips, suppressing the idea of ​​persuasion in her heart, and only asked Kojima: "After that, has anyone else escaped?"

Kojima pursed her lips and shook her head slightly: "No more."

This was the expected answer in May.She thought so too, there was a foreshadowing for the public execution, because no one dared to challenge Mashiko's authority anymore.

But what Kojima said next seemed to be somewhat different from what May was thinking.

"Actually, everyone didn't want to escape." She said, "We are all children born in poor families, and most of them are already orphans. Master Mashiko gave us food, clothing and shelter, and we are really grateful for that." Grateful. We can't go anywhere if we leave Liren Pavilion. Besides, she promised, as long as..."

She paused suddenly.Wuyue waited for her next words, but Kojima really didn't say any more.

"Well... that's probably the case."

Kojima smiled, stepped into the dark corridor, and closed the door, leaving only a small gap.

Through this small gap, she whispered to Wu Yue: "Hurry up and take a look at the letter. Don't keep your sweetheart waiting."

"Um... well..."

May watched the door slowly close.Her heart was still in a mess.

Sitting on the edge of the terrace, she reorganized Kojima Makoto's words, picked out all the weird and wrong things, and planned to discuss with her after Ishikawa woke up in the evening.

Then tell the news to the volunteers who are stranded on the shore.

The plan is perfect!

May stood up.

She was really frightened by Xiao Dao who suddenly appeared beside her before, and she still has lingering fears in her heart.Before opening the letter, she decided to eliminate all uncertainties around her—she wanted to make sure that no one was around at the moment, and no one would peep while she read it.

She circled back and forth on the terrace several times, looking around a few times.

Very well, there is no one on the terrace.

She opened the door again, and looked into the aisle with her head.Make sure that no one is around at this moment, and the inspection work is finally declared over.May took out the letter again.

When I first got the letter, May hadn't noticed it yet.Now that she is finally free, Wu Yue discovered that this time the letter of righteousness and bravery was actually sealed with wax.

...Why sealant?

May couldn't figure it out.

She stared at the red sealant with an olive branch pattern printed on the seal for a long time, and she seemed to understand why today's little messenger was not the familiar gray dove, but her ruthless crow.

Probably to prevent the wax from being damaged.If it is a letter delivered by a carrier pigeon, the letter paper must be folded into a small cylinder, so that even the most beautiful wax mark will become crumbs.

But if you let the bigger crows hold it, you don't need to worry about such troubles at all.

Thinking about it, Wu Yue couldn't help but chuckle.

It seems that even Giyuu, who is usually a little dull, has a place for carefulness.

But one size fits all.Although she really wanted to admit that the way she seals the letter with wax paint is indeed quite handsome, but...

...However, generally speaking, the heraldic seals printed on the red wax are the family crests that represent the family.But it seems that Yiyong just randomly picked a good-looking seal and printed it on it, right?

Such wax has no soul!

Wu Yue thought angrily, and tore off the circle of paper that was stuck with wax paint, and put it in her sleeve.

That's right, it's true that this thing doesn't have a soul, but at least it's pretty good-looking - there shouldn't be any conflict between the soulless and her desire to keep it, right?

Wuyue comforted herself with this thought, and pulled out the letter paper.

Today's letter is very short, not as much as usual.There is only one sentence in the total.

—I will wait for you at the wooden ladder at the back door tonight.

Signed, Yoshiyuki Tomioka.

May's heart skipped a beat.She is stupid.

this... this this... this...

The content of this letter really looks like a letter from a lover!