Traveler, High School Student, Homeless

"go out!"

In the next second, the woman grabbed a water glass and threw it at Jiang Ming amidst a stern roar.

Sighing, Jiang Ming reached out to grab the cup and put it on the ground, and the next moment the woman got up from the ground and rushed up madly.

"Everyone is gone, what's the use of you coming now!"

"You policemen, you didn't do anything before the accident happened, and you came here when the accident happened. What's the use of coming here now!!!"

"Get out! Get out! Get out!!!"

Amidst the crazy voice, the woman stretched out her hand to slap Jiang Ming.

"Calm down."

Then the pillow that Jiang Ming took out from the ring was hit on the face first.

[Intermediate magic weapon, healthy sleep and worry-free massage pillow]

A non-combat magic weapon refined because of occasional insomnia. It has multiple functions such as soothing the spirit, falling asleep quickly, massaging the neck, and preventing stiff neck.It's just that it cannot be used on ordinary people, because it is a magic weapon after all, and its powerful power will make ordinary people who use this pillow unable to wake up after lying down.But if you just pat it once, it won't be so powerful, and you can wake up after sleeping for three or four hours at most.

"I don't know whether to say it's pitiful or pathetic, alas."

Jiang Ming sighed, and helped the fainted woman to lie on the ground again.

Next, let's investigate this room. If the conversation can't proceed, we can only look for other clues.

Thinking like this, Jiang Ming walked around the room.

The house, which has not been cleaned for a long time, is covered with dust, the sink in the kitchen is full of dirty dishes, and the half-open refrigerator emits a stench. It is obvious that many ingredients have rotted and moldy .

Jiang Ming quickly found Tachibana's bedroom. As far as a girl's bedroom is concerned, it can be called simple. There are almost no decorations, and some rare hanging ornaments. It seems that they cannot be made by children's little hands. Maybe it's the parents who think so.

Moreover, when the outside room was already in a mess, only this room could still see the traces of being cleaned.

That is, was it ever a happy family?

I found a diary from the textbooks and comic books. The immature handwriting is all about playing with the puppy and various adventures with my friend Xiaoyao. There is nothing special about it.The only thing worth mentioning is that many pages of this diary have been torn out. I don't know why.

Then, I also saw a photo of Tachibana Wei, who looked like a pretty lively girl with long orange-brown hair and a big red bow, sitting with Xiaoyao and looking at each other, smiling very It is a happy photo.

"I feel like I'm going to get depressed after watching it."

Jiang Ming, who complained like this, chose to leave because he didn't find anything of value, and then began to look for Xiaowei's father's study.

I have heard that Xiaowei's father is a folklorist before, maybe there will be some clues in the records left by him.

This time, it was obviously the right one.

"Is there a research interpretation on the relationship between the mountain god and the deity?"

Jiang Ming spent some time in this clean study and found a thick handwritten notebook.

The remaining language function of the system allows Jiang Ming to decipher these crooked handwriting without any problem. It describes the belief system of local gods that Quanming Town used to have but has completely declined now. It is quite rich in eloquence.

"Being bound to the mountain gods, initially maintained by terrifying human sacrifices, can they connect each other's fate?"

"Heavenly Venerable Jieyuan, cut off unnecessary fate, is it a good god?"

What is recorded in the notebook is the local Ksitigarbha Mountain God. Its specific image is unknown, but its image is related to spiders and fingers.

This is the joint sacrifice of Quanming Town and the nearby Quangui Town. It is the oldest god belief in this place. At first, hundreds of years ago, it was a terrifying belief maintained by human sacrifices to maintain local peace.However, with the gradual development of the surrounding area and the gradual changes of the town, human sacrifices gradually turned into animal sacrifices, and finally turned into symbolic incense sacrifices. Later, even the incense did not exist, no one believed in it, and the future The god was completely forgotten.

According to records, the shrine of the mountain god is located behind the tunnel on the side of Inuki Town, and it has collapsed and cannot be accessed. There was originally a shrine of the mountain god in Inunaki Town, but it has been completely destroyed now. There is still a statue of the Ksitigarbha Mountain God left on the nearby mountain, but it has been damaged very badly.

In contrast, it is recorded in the notebook that in Quanming Town, there is also a Tianzun Jieyuan, who corresponds to the mountain god of Jieyuan, and can even be said to be the opposite of the local god. His images range from monsters to normal old people. It is said that the believer's thoughts will affect its appearance.But the only constant description is the huge scissors carried by this god, which can easily cut off the human body. This is the way to completely cut off the fate that wants to be cut off. Although it is bloody, it is a good god.

However, the ending of this god is no different from that of the mountain god. It is also forgotten and no one believes in it anymore.It is said that there is still a shrine for this god in Inunaki Town, but it seems to have been submerged in a heavy rain not long ago.

"The records are very detailed."

Jiang Ming flipped through the pages one by one.

There are quite a lot of records of mountain gods. Judging from the records, it seems that this folklore scholar originally wanted to find the records of Jieyuan Tianzun, but for some reason, it is always easier to find related records of mountain gods. Therefore, it has been continuously improved, and gradually restored the historical records of this mountain god.

"Eat people as sacrifices, and the eaten people become part of their bodies."

"Take the eyes and use a part of the body as a sacrifice to eliminate their hatred?"

I always feel that the more I look, the more I look like an evil god.

The sky outside the window was gradually getting late. Jiang Ming was thinking of taking this book and going back to read it again, but suddenly realized that it was still morning, how could it be dark all of a sudden.

"Not right."

Walking outside the door, in the corridor, it became dark at some point, and the door at the end of the corridor could not be seen.

A rustling low laugh sounded suddenly, as if something was hiding in the dark, approaching bit by bit.

Tick-tick-tick-

It felt like something was dripping on his head.

Jiang Ming raised his head and saw the dry cheek smiling at him amidst the tangled long black hair.

Then he grabbed the face and tore it off in one fell swoop.

"You put it here and pretend to be your mother!"

He stepped on it hard again, causing the other party to let out a scream.

Chapter 97: Peaceful Time and the Six Shadows of the Unfinished

"I don't want to be separated from Xiao Wei."

"Hold your hand, don't let go."

"Xiaoyao, you can hide here for a while, I'll go ahead and take a look."

The little girl woke up from her dream.

Looking up with a somewhat bewildered expression, the first thing Xiaoyao saw was Fengzi who was sleeping in her arms like a pillow, and was sleeping extremely sweetly at the moment.

Then, in the corner of the room, Virgil was sitting on the tatami against the wall and reading a book.

"Uncle Virgil?"

Carefully breaking free from Fengzi's arms, the startled brown-haired girl stretched out her hand unconsciously, Xiaoyao thought for a while, then picked up the pillow she was sleeping on and stuffed it in, so Fengzi hugged the pillow tightly and let out a cry Hey silly laughter.

Afterwards, Xiaoyao looked at Virgil with a somewhat curious expression.

"wake up?"

After closing the book, Virgil looked at Xiaoyao calmly.

"Ah."

The little girl nodded slightly.

"Uncle, what are you reading?"

Xiaoyao took a few steps closer curiously.

Although he always exudes an aura that strangers should not enter, because of the experience of being protected last night, Xiaoyao felt that this man was not as indifferent as he appeared on the surface, so he tried to get closer.Virgil didn't respond to this, and turned the book in his hand slightly so that the girl could see the text on the cover of the book clearly.

Is this... a sonnet?

The girl looked at the introductory text on the book with a confused expression.

"It's just a personal preference."

Virgil spoke in a flat voice.

"Does uncle like reading poetry very much?"

Xiaoyao simply "hey", sat next to Virgil, and looked at him with curious eyes.

"Well, poetry calms me down and makes me happy."

Virgil nodded.

"Uncle is very, very powerful, right?"

Thinking of the roaring sounds of swords and swords heard last night, the little girl couldn't help asking again.

"Of course, there is no one stronger than me in this world."

Virgil's face once again showed a haughty look.

"Uncle uses a samurai sword, will uncle know how to do it?"

After racking her brains for a while, the girl asked again.

"Of course, Iai is one of the foundations of my sword skills."

Virgil nodded.

If it was Dante here, he would probably show a very shocked expression.

Because his irritable and arrogant elder brother, Virgil, was actually patiently answering various questions for a little girl of a few years old at this moment, no matter whether it was normal or abnormal, there was no trace of impatience at all.

"Is uncle's sword very powerful? Can it cut through the iron gate? I was late for school once and was locked out of the school gate. At that time, I thought, if only I could cut the school gate directly, hehehe, Too bad I don't have the strength to say that."

"It's so easy, even if I cut through the whole town, I can do it."

"Then uncle, can you fly? I have seen some people from the office invited by the mayor, and some of them can fly."

"Yes, it's not difficult."

"That's amazing, uncle, you are so handsome, don't there are many girls who want to make friends with you?"

"Well, there have been many, but I'm not interested in them."

"Hey, why are you not interested?"

"It's too weak, and I can't see my own weight clearly. I think I can mess around if I have a closer relationship with me. After a few experiences, I get tired of it."

"Uncle, do you hate people who talk to themselves? Well, I hate it too. When I was playing with Xiaowei, some classmates said that I played with freaks. I was so angry that I poured ink on that As a result, my parents gave me a lesson at school, hehehe, but when I got home, my father praised me for being brave."

"Well done, when facing someone who doesn't know the severity, you have to use your strength to let the other party know that there is a price to pay for being unrestrained, so that when the other party wants to do such a behavior again, you have to think about it." Is there any way I can afford the cost of doing this?"

"Hey hey, my uncle also supports me. Sure enough, what I did was right."

A little thought of that child Nero.