[Blade of Ghost Slayer] as bright as the sun

Back to the village.

What went wrong?

Judging from the fact that the ghost only chooses to feed on the villagers when it has to, it is very likely that this ghost is lurking in the village.He needs a safe way to hide without arousing suspicion, and as long as the villagers are not harmed, the villagers who indulge in the benefits brought by outsiders will hide it for him unconditionally.

"Is there anyone in your village who is seriously ill?" Oneiri Hinata thought for a while, "The kind that can't get out of bed."

"No, everyone is in good health," the little girl sat in front of Ichiri Hyuga with a serious expression, "Even if you get sick, you will recover soon. Last autumn, there were old people who were too old to move and had to lie at home , but it dies in winter.”

There are only a few ways that ghosts hide from humans that they cannot move in the sun.

Sickness, special occupation, or simply living alone without communicating with other people.

This small village is relatively closed, and everyone knows the basics. Except for the grandpa and grandson who opened the medical clinic, everyone has basically been active in the sun.And the owner of the clinic is even less likely to be a ghost. If he were a ghost, he would never leave Hinata in the village.

No, there must be something wrong.

The black-haired girl subconsciously clutched the knife in her arms.

Calm down and think about it, the surrounding area is surrounded by mountains and forests, and it is very convenient to enter and exit. The villagers are tight-lipped about the abnormal death toll, which also provides an excellent hunting ground for the ghost. They attract outsiders for their own consumption.

Generally speaking, a ghost who can do this kind of thing has left the stage of attacking humans only by instinct, and has a certain amount of intelligence. If he wants to enter this stage, I am afraid that this ghost will also eat a lot of people.

The most rampant ghost activity was during the period from autumn to winter last year. In other words, the ghost in the village probably became a ghost in autumn.

It will not be an alien ghost.

If it was ghosts who came here from other places, the death toll in autumn and winter could not be explained.

A large number of dead people will cause panic among humans, which is the last thing a ghost wants to see. If an intelligent ghost comes to the village from other places, it will definitely not hunt on a large scale, and it is not in his interest.

There are no ghosts in the village, and those who are suspected have died long ago, and the rest of them have also been active in the sun.

There is simply no trace.The girl gasped.A sense of powerlessness like being stuck in a quagmire spread up her spine, and she had the illusion that she could do nothing at all.

She hasn't felt this way for a long time, and the last time was when Butterfly Chanae died.

Now that she is in the light and the ghost is in the dark, it is obviously impossible to go to the mountain to catch ghosts in the dark.She didn't know where the ghosts appeared, and there were so many people in the village. The worst thing she could imagine was that the ghosts attacked the entire village directly while she was wandering around on the mountain.

She's been here for so long, there's no reason why she can't find out.

All in all, first find a way to determine where the ghost is——

"Sister Hinata?"

In the center of the line of sight appeared the little girl's intentionally stretched hands. There were several calluses growing on the lower end of her fingertips, which were the result of carrying a bamboo basket for a long time.

Seeing that Hinata didn't answer, Chisato waved his hand again, "Sister Hinata? Are you in a daze?"

"No, no." The black-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then immediately changed back to her usual calm look, "What's wrong?"

"There was a big brother outside who said he wanted to find you. He called himself the Ghost Killing Squad, so grandpa let him in." The little girl turned her wrist and pointed at the young man who appeared at the door at some unknown time.

As soon as Hinata raised his eyes, he happened to meet the young man's gaze.

The crow sitting on the young man's shoulder deliberately dragged out his tone, making a mocking sound.

"Order—Please Tomioka Yoshiyuki capture the second-class team members and bring them back to the Demon Slayer Squad—order—please Tomioka Yoshiyuki capture the second-class team members as soon as they enter Hinata—"

The expression on the girl's face with black hair and red pupils fluctuated subtly. Under the bewildered gaze of Qianli, Hinata suddenly jumped up from the tatami and fled through the window.

计划

In a daze, Qianli followed the new big brother and ran out to chase people.

The ghost hunters ran very fast, and the little girl's physical strength was not enough to keep up, so she lost them not long after she ran out of the village.

She stood blankly under the tree at the head of the village, wondering if she should turn back home.Before turning around, the girl with black hair and red eyes poked her head out of the tree, startling her.

As soon as Hinata hooked the tree trunk with his hands, he quickly jumped behind the little girl.

Qianli was taken aback by her.

The ghost hunter quickly covered the little girl's mouth: "Shhh - don't scream out, Mr. Yiyong will find out!"

It turned out that the big brother was called "Yi Yong".Qianli nodded vigorously while thinking.After receiving the guarantee, Ichiri Hinata relaxed her grip, and she held the knife with a distressed expression on her face.

"I originally planned to stay for two more days, but if Mr. Giyuu chases after me, there is absolutely no way to stay here..."

Chiri blinked.

She didn't understand the necessary connection between "Mr. Giyuu is chasing you" and "Sister Hinata can't stay here", but the talking crow brought by the big brother named "Yiyu" just now seems to have called To catch sister Hinata.

Did sister Hinata do something wrong?

"All in all, I'm leaving now." The black-haired girl sighed and took out a small bag of coins from the pocket of her coat and put it in Qianli's hand, "Thank your grandpa for taking care of me, this is the reward, ah, remember Tell Mr. Yiyong for me, there is a ghost in this village, let him kill the ghost and then—"

"Is there a ghost in the village?" Yoshioka Tomioka appeared behind the two of them like a ghost.

Yiri Hinata jumped up like a cat that stepped on its tail: "When did it appear——"

Tomioka Yoshiyuki thought for a while, "You have too many flaws."

The black-haired girl moved stiffly, and quietly moved a few steps in the direction of the little girl.Immediately afterwards, Shui Zhu's words pierced her fragile heart like a sharp arrow without hesitation.

"...If you run again, I will find a rope to hold you."

Qianli thought about it for a while, and a young man who looked very dull was holding a rope tightly in his hand, and a beautiful girl was tied at the end of the rope.

You will be arrested as a human trafficker, you will definitely be arrested as a human trafficker!

Even if they are not mistaken for human traffickers, they will definitely be mistaken for other bad guys!

Once Niriya Hinata stopped running away, she probably imagined that scene too and felt ashamed.The girl with black hair and red eyes raised her hand and scratched the back of her head while muttering about "trouble".

"I know, I know, I won't run away... But there are indeed ghosts in this village."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but when I entered Hinata, she was much more lively in front of Yoshiyuki Tomioka than a few days ago, at least Chisato never saw her indifferent expression like a puppet again.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka was distracted by the topic.

"Didn't you kill it?"

"I didn't notice it at the beginning, because there are no ghosts among the villagers," explained Iririyuga. "A person died at the entrance of the village this morning. I went to see the corpse and found that something was wrong... According to this child, The dead seem to have been going on since last fall."

She stretched out her hand and pushed Qianli's back, sending the little girl to the young man.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka looked down at Chisato's face.

The latter nodded.

Shui Zhu turned around and was about to walk into the village.

As soon as he entered Hinata, he was startled: "Where are you going?"

"Go and tell the villagers that there are ghosts in the village," Tomioka Yoshiyuki replied without hesitation, "Isn't it impossible to keep them on alert?"

"You will be beaten out, you will definitely be beaten out!" Izuru Hinata was dumbfounded, "If it would be useful to tell the villagers that there are ghosts here, I would have said it a long time ago!"

Let’s not mention that ordinary people don’t believe in such things as “ghosts” at all, and this village relies on outsiders for a large part of its economic income. Just rushing over to them and saying, “There are ghosts in your village” will easily be taken as a ghost. Those who make trouble are called out.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka stopped.

He's not very good at dealing with people.

Hinata Iriri is also not good at it, but relatively speaking, she is better than Giyu Tomioka.

"Then what do you want to do?" Shui Zhu asked.

"I didn't think about it," Ichiri Hyuga leaned on the tree trunk and broke his fingers, "Now I can be sure that the ghost is not one of the villagers, but the ghost only appeared last autumn. It is also impossible to trace the entry and exit records one by one."

Not to mention whether such a simple village has such a thing as "entry and exit records" that only big cities have. From autumn to now, too many people have entered and exited the village, and there are even a considerable number of outsiders who have repeatedly entered and exited. It is simply a fantasy to rely on visit records to check.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki also fell silent.

The general process of killing ghosts by the ghost killing team is basically "killing the ghosts directly while they come out to look for food after confirming the information", and there are very few situations like this.Besides, the situation in this village was more complicated than any haunted place he had ever seen.

People shielding ghosts sounds like a fantasy, but the two sides have formed a temporary but surprisingly solid united front due to some subtle and unspeakable reasons.

"Since the ghost isn't lurking in the village, it's probably on the mountain." Iruri Hinata whispered, "Go up to the mountain to have a look tonight?"

If it's just her alone, she really needs to worry about whether the ghosts will attack the village.But now Tomioka Yoshiyuki is here, as soon as Hinata enters