Dramatic Blade

The scarlet five points brought the atmosphere to a freezing point again. Yushi Ninzu put his hand on Jirou Akutagawa's shoulder, but he didn't even have the strength to pat him. Instead, he seemed to hold his teammate's shoulder nervously.

Shitou Muichiro always had no expression on his face, but he pursed his lips, and there was more doubt than panic in his dark and big eyes.

Yu Sui Tianyuan looked around after the soup bowl was uncovered.

It is impossible for ordinary people not to be afraid. Hirai Goro has been covering up his strong anxiety with rage and irritability. Kobayakawa almost never wants to cry, and the expressions of Yamato Shinichi and Hojo Shang are also clueless.

Yusui Tianyuan's ability to observe words and expressions has always been good, and then he saw Nuliang Rikusheng asking Asahikawa for a while: "Do you want to go?"

Everyone knew where he said he was going, and his expression was even uglier. He looked at Nura Rikusheng as if he was looking at something different, even though he had a force value.

After all, what can human beings do in the face of strange powers and chaotic gods.

However, Nuliang Rikusheng only looked at Asahikawa for a moment.

Yu Sui Tianyuan clicked his tongue lightly on this, too good observation skills will really make people eat a lot of dog food.

He knew the identity of Nuliang Rikusheng, but he had never met Nuliang Rikusheng. Now that he looked at the gentle young man beside Asahikawa, he couldn't think of what the so-called master of monsters was like.

Clues are accompanied by danger, and knowing that the plot itself has only a few choices of exploration, inquiry and hunting, Asahikawa nodded for a while: "Go."

It sounded like he had decided to go for a walk like a normal walk no matter what was cast.

Goro Hirai jumped and cursed: "Crazy!", "Crazy!", and then slammed the door and left.

Yu Sui Tianyuan pretended to think for a while, and then suggested: "Mr. Yishi and I will go here together. If we go to explore the way to the foot of the mountain, we will trouble Shitou boy and your classmates."

Exploration is at two o'clock, Kitajima Shang and Yamato Shinichi said that they can go together, Usui Tengen said that the exploration at two o'clock stipulated by the dice should not change, but he was afraid that something would happen to the house, and suggested that they stay in the mansion together.

Hirai Goro's unreliable appearance was seen by everyone, and the other one was a woman, Kitajima nodded in agreement, but Yamato Shinichi snorted dissatisfiedly, and looked at Kobayakawa with disgust.

What Kobayakawa could do, he could only show a pitiful, weak and helpless look.

After the discussion, Asahikawa and Shitou greeted each other and set off. Their attitudes were neither close nor alienated—it could make people feel that the relationship between the cousins ​​was mediocre and that they didn't have any deep feelings.

In the morning after the rain, the village was quiet. There was a small road paved with stone slabs outside the house. The three of them walked out of the house. For a village without any drainage facilities, too many potholes on the ground made the roadsides bright like mirrors. The puddles in the water made Asahikawa take a second look.

There is a certain distance between the village and the house, until Yusui Tianyuan saw that there was no one around, he looked at Asahikawa speechlessly for a moment: "I thought this was a trap set by some ghost for tourists, but it turned out that it was with the monster again. Is it relevant?"

After knowing the so-called "Onimai Tsuji and the monsters cooperate", Usui Tengen, with the help of the monsters sent by the Nuragumi, has also dealt with several ghost-eating incidents related to monsters, but he did not expect this time to involve a The size of the village is also related to monsters.

Asahikawa rolled his eyes for a moment, and replied, "It would be scary if a village was full of ghosts. There's not enough food for a few tourists."

As soon as Yu Sui Tianyuan changed his face in front of people, he felt troubled and grinned, "I can't tell if it's a blood ghost technique."

The two ghost killing teams finally made a joint.

The situation on Usui Tengen’s side was the same as Asahikawa had guessed for a while. The mountain road was steep and abnormal. The investigation of the Hidden Army was unable to go deep after some members disappeared. .

So Yusui Tianyuan pretended to be a mountaineering enthusiast and came to travel.

Asahikawa's eyes were a bit sad: "Can't you prepare a few more fake identities when you are on business, Asahikawa Tianyuan."

Now it was Yu Mao Tianyuan's turn to roll his eyes: "Who knew you would show up."

Umo Tengen, Yinzhu of the Ghost Killing Team, is a descendant of the declining ninja family. He practiced the breath of thunder. He has certain advantages when entering the mountainous area. For training, he didn't have high requirements for water and food, but he didn't know how long it would take to find the enemy camp, so he brought enough dry food for him to eat for a month into the mountain.

Yusui Tianyuan’s face did not change when he heard that the whole village was the domain of monsters, and he repeated the investigation results of the hidden army before he joined: “The hidden army has collected many maps of different time periods. If this village is Really, then his location should be a mountain river, which is very easy to flood, and no one will live nearby for hundreds of years."

He asked Nuliang Rikusheng: "Since it is the domain of monsters, do we have to follow the plot of that manga to get out?"

The Yokai Village itself is an existence between the virtual and the real. The real location of the Cannibal Village can only be said to have known a terrible clue.Asahikawa and Nuliang Rikusheng conjectured that the manga artist of "Vokoku 99" might be a monster painter. Since the Hyakumonogatari Group and Onimai Tsuji have cooperated, then the purpose of this monster painter must be to kill people and eat them. People, pulling in Shitou Wuichiro, who had no intention of entering, is probably trying to attack ghost hunters through ghost stories.

Yu Sui Tianyuan nodded, wrote down the name and planned to go back to investigate, and thought of another question.

"Then what are the villagers here, are they also monsters..."

Nuliang Lusheng shook his head: "It's not a monster, but it's not a human being either. It's the product of a strange talk, more like the condensation of monster energy."

Chaorichuan looked at the surrounding houses for a while. In order to avoid moisture, the floors of the old-fashioned houses were basically supported by low pillars. The houses were scattered and connected, and it was quiet.

While he was looking around, the door of a room under the cloudy sky was suddenly opened, and a young villager with a hoe came out.

When the villagers saw the three travelers in the distance, they had the same reaction as yesterday's villagers.

He stood under the shadow of the eaves, lowered his hands to stop his movements, looked at them with a blank expression on his face.

Asahikawa and his eyes met, and felt that this unpleasant look was a bit familiar, and Yusui Tianyuan also saw it, and silence seemed to cover them for a moment.

Yuhao Tianyuan asked casually as if remembering something: "Speaking of which, what kind of difficulty is the five points in the manga?"

Asahikawa replied truthfully: "The person who was voted by the outsider at five points was eaten."

Yu Sui Tianyuan frowned: "By the villagers?"

Didn't the villagers feel that the outsider's meat was too sour and didn't want to eat it, so they continued to be self-sufficient?

Asahikawa has always had a deep memory of the plots of excellent comics. He winked at the two of them and said, "No, he was eaten alive by his teammates who were so hungry that they collapsed."

Now it is Asahikawa who casts five points for a while.

squeak-

cluck, cluck.

The doors of all the houses around them were opened, and the villagers hiding inside the doors held all kinds of farm tools in their hands, showing faint eyes.

Those eyes are not empty and lacklustre, on the contrary, they are too energetic. The two dark eyes on the expressionless faces of the villagers are as eye-catching as dots of paint in the shadows, like long-starved beasts eager for food. And scary.

They seemed to be clad in pale still human skin, with a real monster underneath.

Such eyes are all too familiar to Asahikawa Ichiki and Yusui Tianyuan.

It's the eyes of a ghost.

Nuliang Rikuo observed the cloudy sky, as if thinking about whether the daytime here would affect his demonization.

Yu Sui Tianyuan laughed, and stretched out his hand to the waist covered by the clothes: "It's the first time I've seen ghosts eat ghosts."

Asahi Chuan quickly retorted: "Hey, I can't even smell them as ghosts, maybe they also regard me as a human being!"

Then he took a step forward, recalling the lines of the plot, and asked these ghosts who wore the skins of villagers and were so eager to walk when they saw humans:

"Do you have anything to eat? Staying in the village, we are a little hungry."

In the dead silence, only his questioning.

Then this inquiry seemed to be a switch. Under the thick shadow of the eaves, all the villagers let out hungry and rapid panting sounds, and the pale human skin that imprisoned their movements began to rise and fall, and then melted and dissolved.

Countless sarcomas-like ink-colored shadows surged out from under the skin, screaming and rushing towards the three of them.

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On the side of the exploration team, the three teenagers were already on their way back.

Like in the plot, they chose the only relatively flat mountain road out of the village to explore. The surrounding forest was filled with white mist. After walking for about two or three hours, the mountain road was interrupted by knee-high weeds. In front, a few meters further ahead is still the forest.

The three of them are not surprised. If they can walk out of the village all the way on the first day, they must at least meet the mountain guards with a difficulty level of six. Seeing that there is still plenty of time, a two-hour walk is not enough for teenagers who exercise a lot every day. It was nothing, the three of them went straight into the forest as soon as they got together, wanting to see if there was another way.

After entering the forest, Shinozu, Akutagawa, and Tokito Muichiro became vigilant. They were always on guard against the danger of "two o'clock" and did not dare to relax. The forest was very dense, and suddenly a bear chasing a deer appeared in the three In front of the young man, he roared endlessly.

Japanese black bears are forest animals, so there are often black bears in the deep mountains and old forests. It is not uncommon for travel friends to be hurt by bears. However, this kind of crisis is also the first time Ninzuzu and Akutagawa have seen it. mountaineering equipment defense.

Then they saw Shitou Muichiro raising his sword and using the sword still wrapped in the sword bag to stun first the deer and then the bear.

With two plops, the forest was quiet.

Akutagawa Jiro: ...

Ninja Yuuji: ...

Akutagawa Jiro: "That's... so handsome, Shitou."

The trouble at two o'clock was solved like this.

The black bear was about two meters tall. Although he was knocked out, Tokito Muichiro's movements were fast and skillful. The height and lightness of his jumps were almost stronger than that of any tennis player they knew.

Shi Tou Wuichiro also knew that they were actually quite acrobatics in tennis, so he was so relieved to show off his skills.

He pointed at the deer and the bear: "Do you want to take them back?"

Hunting is also one of the ways of survival in this dungeon story. I looked at the bear reluctantly and felt that it was a burden. Akutagawa Jiro touched the deer, which was cute and fluffy. He suggested that there was enough food, and they didn’t have tools to deal with it. Just let it go.

Shitou Muichiro had no objection, he could call again anyway, so he nodded.

After ensuring that the bear would not wake up for a short time, the teenagers walked around again, finding nothing, and returned to the village.

As soon as they got back to the house, they heard Kobayakawa's scream.

The three ran into the courtyard almost immediately.

"What's the matter...?" Ninja Yuuji asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Asahikawa Ichiki, Usui Tengen, and Nuliang Lusheng entered the door with their front feet, and they came in with their back feet, but the state of the former three was quite frightening, covered in blood, but the blood was black, and it was more fishy than ordinary blood. There was a foul stench.

Kobayakawa was so frightened that he hid behind Yamato Shinichi. Yamato Shinichi, who had always disliked her, didn't push him away, and he was also frightened by the situation of the three of them.

Bei Dao asked weakly, "Are you all okay..."

The three of them looked very tired, Yu Sui Tianyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "It really is a difficulty of five points."

Chaorichuan disliked the smell on his body for a while: "Speaking of how many of you killed, who won?"

Nuliang Lusheng shook his head: "I don't remember."

Kill... win... The people around looked at them as if they were looking at three monsters. Those who were interested found that Nuliang Rikusheng was holding the sword bag in Asahikawa Ichi's hand-he was the weapon the master.

Shitou Muichiro asked curiously: "What did you encounter, Asahikawa?"

Asahi Chuan poked Yusui Tianyuan momentarily: "I'm calling you."

Shitou Muichiro: ...

Yusui Tianyuan took a breath and explained to everyone.

After the three of them entered the village, the villagers they saw reacted with the same gloomy eyes as yesterday, so they went up and tried to ask if there was any food.The villagers who were accosted took them back home, and the moment they closed the door, the mutation happened.

The villagers turned into black monsters like lunatics, holding all kinds of farm tools and trying to chop them into meat. They were all villagers who looked at them quietly.

Yu Sui Tianyuan recounted a story comparable to a battle royale. After the villagers turned into monsters, they were no longer human beings. The blood that splattered when they were cut was black and smelly.

As expected, he saw that the fear of the three of them from ordinary people turned into awe.

"It's terrible... You have worked hard." Hojo sighed with lingering fear.

The difficulty of five points and the fact that the three of them were covered in blood did not make them suspicious. Yamato Shinichi also muttered, "No wonder I heard the explosion"--Usui Tianyuan said that he bought defective flash bombs, and some of them were sent out. It sounded like a cannon.

Yu Sui Tianyuan took the towel that Kobayakawa handed over slightly tremblingly and wiped his face: "There is a little distance between the village and the house, and there is an open space. It seems that the villagers can't be exposed to the sky for too long, so they didn't catch up. I suspect they are afraid of light."

Hojo's complexion was not very good, and he asked the same question as Yusui Tianyuan: "But didn't you say that they don't eat outsiders?"

Asahikawa pointed to the dice on the ground, the meaning was obvious, the crisis at five points was enough to turn the villagers into ogres.

This is the end of the day's operation. Everyone has exchanged information. Shitou Muichiro has nothing to gain, but the crisis at two o'clock was easily resolved and comforted everyone. This proves that the difficulty of the dice finally has a clear definition, and the unknown becomes known. Enough to weaken the fear to a certain extent.

Another piece of good news is that there is no danger in the house today. Kitajima Shang and Yamato Shinichi found that the well in the backyard can be used. The water from the well is very clean. After boiling hot water in the kitchen, it can be used for drinking and cleaning .

Yusui Tianyuan and Asahikawa, who were about to be stinked to death by themselves, were thankful for a moment, and their humane reactions made them seem a little easier to approach.

"Tomorrow's action depends on tomorrow's points. Since the road out of the village is blocked, we have to go to another direction for exploration and go directly to the forest."

After Yusui Tianyuan finished speaking, he looked at Asahikawa for a moment to see if he had any opinions to express, but the latter looked at the sky instead.

"What's wrong?" Nuliang Lusheng asked.

Asahikawa said for a moment, "It seems that it won't rain tonight."

"What happens if it doesn't rain?" someone asked.

Akutagawa Jirou seemed to have remembered something, his face was ugly.

Chaorichuan smiled mysteriously for a while: "You will find out in the evening."

late at night.

Kobayakawa recalled what happened during the day, and couldn't sleep, tossing and turning in the damp bedding.

Although she didn't go out, she still felt a little uncomfortable seeing the three men she didn't know came back with stench and blood. The sticky feeling made her feel the same from a short distance away. Fumbled to the kitchen to boil hot water.

Her room was next to the living room, which faced the courtyard, and the night watchman stayed in the living room.

Kobayakawa gently opened the door, and saw Asahikawa Ichimo—the Nuliang Moji she knew sitting on the porch of the living room, looking at the courtyard.

Hearing the movement, the man looked back at her.

Asahikawa's behavior in front of people for a while was eccentric and a bit nasty. After today, everyone knew that he also had a force value, and Bei Dao was still a little afraid that he would want to kill if he was unhappy.

But now he asked Kobayakawa very calmly: "Can't you sleep?"

"Think, I want to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water..."

Asahi Chuan: "Shi Tou has gone, you can wait for him to come back."

Tonight's vigil is Asahikawa Ichiichi and Tokito Muichiro.

Kobayakawa nodded dully, and found that Asahikawa turned his head and continued to look into the courtyard, not paying attention to himself.

In Kobayakawa's eyes, Asahikawa's appearance is not inferior to Yusui Tianyuan's, but his temperament seems a bit gloomy, which makes people not easy to get close to. Now he is sitting peacefully under the night, and his sight is not good in the dark night, but there is no rain At night, the faint natural twilight framed the outline of the young man, and Kobayakawa blushed a little after watching it for a while.

She suddenly remembered a question: "Nu, Mr. Nuliang..."

"What?" Asahikawa responded naturally.

"You said what will happen on the night when it doesn't rain...then...what will happen...?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a strange voice.

"Du" sounded.

This came from far away, and the direction of the transmission was the residence of the villagers in the distance.

Kobayakawa was startled, and after careful identification, he suddenly felt a little creepy.

"Du, Du, Du" came three more times, coming from different directions.

"This, this is..." She exclaimed in fear.

People who often cook with their hands will not be unfamiliar with this sound. It is like a kitchen knife hitting a chopping board with more force, as if chopping off the connecting flesh and bones.

In the gloomy night, the sound of duk duk came from afar, and soon it changed from one sound to another.

Chaorichuan looked outside the courtyard, there was no light in the night, but it seemed that every household was chopping up meat and bones, preparing to eat raw flesh and blood.

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I didn’t update my diarrhea yesterday, but I made up the word count today (chew chew