How to survive in a world full of weird talk [Comprehensive fear]

It seems to be autumn here, the grass is overgrown, and the ground is full of potholes.

Although it is a village, the buildings in the whole place are almost connected together, from low bungalows to traditional houses with high eaves in the center of the village.

Just like the corner of the maple tree where Sidelle was hiding, there was still a circle of dirt walls around it. She took a few glances and found that there was no door at all, and it didn't look high, but she couldn't climb out.

But in this entire village, not every household is occupied.

……

"Master Miko..."

"Find the witch..."

A group of villagers with pale faces and dull eyes, wearing coarse linen clothes seemed to be muttering to themselves. They wandered slowly on the village road without self-consciousness, and their empty eyes shot around.

Look for the figure of the "Witch".

Sidelle: "..."

Look no further, your miko have all turned into blond foreigners.

Even if she finds it, she won't know anything.

So what kind of sacrifice, should she be asked to dance to the Great God?

Sidelle leaned over and walked through the bamboo baskets in front of different houses. She was slender, and it was not too difficult to hide with her body low. However, if she kept hiding like this, she would definitely not have a chance to find the root of this curse in the village. .

Find out... what happened in the village a hundred years ago, causing all the villagers to die and the whole family to be wiped out.

Sidelle's goal is very clear. She just wants to find a corner that is temporarily empty. This village is not too big, and she can see at a glance that the barren weeds in the southeast corner are much higher than other places.

First find an abandoned house and think about what to do next.

But this plan was quickly dashed.

It took her almost 10 minutes to count from the maple tree on the wall of the village to the remote corner of the village.

At this time, the patrol team in the village checked around and came back.Sidel had just entered the barren haystack that was almost as tall as a person, pushed open the door and entered, and saw the guards scattered a few meters away from the window to search.

The field of vision is wide, if you don't hide in the house, you can only sneak out.

But the village is full of villagers looking for witches.

She was almost impossible to hide from.

Sidelle: "..."

She squatted by the corner of the table and began to think deeply about the possibility of her success in breaking out with a crowbar.

After thinking for a few seconds, Sidelle turned around and opened the door of the bamboo leaf cabinet next to her.

Drilled in.

Take a gamble.

In other words, these people who seem to have no self-awareness may not be aware of... Check the room.

The bamboo leaf cabinet is connected to the closet on the second floor, separated by a thin layer of wood. Not long after Sidel entered, she suddenly heard the crisp sound of unpacking things from above her head.

"Crack-click-"

Sidelle held her breath, pressed the copper lamp in her arms, and secretly hid the crowbar behind her back.

The sound of the board being destroyed was not loud, and someone jumped down.

The next moment, the crowbar that Sidelle swung stopped in mid-air.

Seventeen looked up at her.

His eyes paused for a few seconds on the crowbar.

It seemed a bit strange where Sidelle took out the weapon from.

But he quickly restrained himself, and slightly nodded towards Sidelle: "I am Seventeen."

Sidelle: "...It's you."

She withdrew her hand as if nothing had happened, and looked Shi Qi up and down calmly. He was also "changed" into clothes, a gray floor-to-ceiling long coat, and a little bit of white underwear was exposed under his neck. He didn't seem to be a villager in the village. On the contrary, he looked like a dusty traveler.

Seventeen looked away from the crowbar in Sydel's hand, and he listened attentively to the movement outside the door, the sound of heavy footsteps gradually approaching.

His eyelashes drooped slightly, and when he looked up at Sidelle again, he suddenly said, "Take off your clothes."

Sidelle: "...?"

"I just walked around the village." Shi Qi pursed his lips and explained briefly: "There is no exit. They won't answer. I... can't see ghosts, and I can't find certain things."

Especially about the secrets of this place.

"You're different," he said.

Sidelle: "..."

She was really at a loss this time.

She understood what Seventeen meant——

Only a person like her who can see ghosts and hold a copper lamp can discover its hidden secrets from the apparently innocent village.

If Sidel was taken away by those people as a witch.

She is likely to lose the right to move freely, and naturally has no way to explore the village.

Therefore, the witch cannot be Sidelle.

But now the whole village is looking for the witch. It seems that without the witch, they will not make the next move.

The outsiders now are only her and Shiqi.

If the witch who was discovered was not her, then... could only be another outsider.

Seventeen frowned slightly, seeing that Sidelle hadn't moved yet, she urged softly, "Hurry up."

He has always been calm and rarely has emotional fluctuations, even in life and death situations.

Moreover, Shi Qi doesn't like killing, violence, and bloodshed very much, especially after he left his previous organization and blew up other people's lairs, he hardly took the initiative to do anything to others.

In fact, the treatment in that place is not bad.

But he hated smoking and drinking, and he hated killing.

I also don't like to communicate with people.

So he is now actively proposing to exchange identities, or he is exchanging himself in a dangerous situation, not because he believes in Sidelle.

To be precise, it wasn't because he believed in Sidelle as a human being, he just believed in her abilities.

Compared to Shi Qi herself, Sidelle is obviously more suitable for finding clues to leave in the village.

He took off his gray coat, took out a roll of old letters, and explained to Sidelle by the way: "'I' is a traveler who wanders around, and I am used to recording various things in my wanderings. I just wrote a few days ago. Come to this village."

Sidelle felt subtle in her heart, she could see the alienation of this person, but she didn't really care too much, because she also had this kind of alienation, but she didn't show it.

It's just that she didn't expect--

Even if it is because of the maximization of real interests, in this case, he can completely entrust his life and safety to another unfamiliar person.

Still a person with the personality of Seventeen.

It is indeed a very strong decision.

Ordinary people really can't do it.

"Let's exchange identities first, and after we find a way to leave," Seventeen briefly stated his thoughts while lowering his head and undressing: "You come back to me... that's right.

"Are you coming back?"

When he said this, his voice paused slightly, and he raised his head. It was clearly a question, but his words were still flat, his dark eyes were emotionless, and he looked straight at the blonde girl in front of him.

Sidel pursed her lips, raised her eyes, met his gaze, and nodded without hesitation: "Of course."

Although it was for the purpose of maximizing benefits, this method of exchanging identities, to a certain extent, could be regarded as the... trust given to her by this person.

I can entrust my life in her hands.

She certainly won't disappoint.

The two quickly changed their clothes. Seventeen was a little taller than Sidelle, but he was thin, with thin waist and legs. Putting on the witch's white coat and scarlet hakama didn't go against him too much, but the scarlet skirt was from the The state of mopping the ground has changed, and the coat is obviously slightly shorter.

It looks a little weird, but it's not obtrusive.

The young man raised his hand to take the bright red hair rope from Sidelle, wondering if he had entered another layer of the world. They are now in the Meiji era hundreds of years ago, and the identity of Seventeen is also an ancient wanderer. His hair had grown much longer and was wrapped in a bundle of gray coarse cloth.

After changing into the priestess costume, he took off the coarse cloth and gave it to Sidelle, her black hair was scattered, Shi Qi held the bright red hair rope, and paused in a subtle way.

After all, they had been together for almost a day, and although he was still expressionless, Sidel could tell at a glance that this person was a little confused.

As she quickly tied her hair up, she approached him and taught in a low voice: "It's very simple to tie your hair..."

But knotting is not easy. When the red-headed rope was on Sydelle's head before, it was specially tied into a pattern, although she didn't see the whole picture.

But now obviously there is no time to pay attention to these details, Sidelle explained a few words, there is only one earring hanging on her right earlobe, only one, the material is very special, like a bright red thin stone flake, and a strange stone is also engraved on the stone flake pattern.

While confessing in a low voice, she took off the earrings and stuffed them into the young man's hands.

"Crench."

The door was opened, and the guards who were searching outside came in.

The sound of heavy footsteps was getting closer.

Running out of time.

"Witch, witch, witch..."

While the guards were bewildered and chattering ruthlessly, Shi Qi walked out of the bamboo leaf cabinet expressionlessly, holding the hair rope in one hand and the earring in the other.

Sidelle had already changed into the clothes of "Vagabond". She held the scroll of letters in the palm of her hand, held her breath, and was ready to fight immediately if the exchange of identities was discovered.

After Shi Qi came out, he even put the hook on the door of the bamboo leaf cabinet.

Separate the sight of the people in the cabinet from the guards outside.

A young man with a cold face, a slender figure, and a red and white priestess costume came out.

His complexion was translucent, and when he drew his eyebrows, he felt calm and introverted, and the scarlet hakama swayed slightly as he walked.

It seems that she is really a classy and elegant miko.

The pale faces of the guards froze, their cloudy and empty eyeballs remained motionless, and they stared stiffly at Shi Qi.

"I am a miko, I... am back."

Shi Qi looked at these people and said slowly.

Sidelle hid in the dark bamboo leaf cabinet, listening carefully to the conversation outside.

The headed guard's eyes were a little more flexible, and he looked like a dead body suddenly resurrected, with a strange sense of horror.

However, the next moment the guard said coldly: "You are not a witch."

Sidelle in the bamboo leaf cabinet: "..."

She thumped in her heart, and couldn't help but think——

Indeed, Seventeen is a man no matter what. She has never heard of any shrine maiden in Japan who can be a man.

But the point is, Sidelle is not Japanese either.

She has never seen any place in Japan where the miko is a blonde girl!Could it be that those people can believe her when she goes out?

If you can't hide it, you still have to turn on the violent mode...

But meeting the people of a village is indeed quite difficult.

This is also the reason why Seventeen should be able to fight, but in the end he didn't choose to fight head-on, but changed his identity to take advantage of it.

Seventeen standing in front of the guards: "..."

He looked at these "people" coldly, and repeated: "I am a witch."

Seventeen repeated a sentence, and started to tie up the scattered black hair with a red rope, but he really didn't know how to tie his hair. After trying it and found that he couldn't make a pattern, he simply tied it into a dead knot.

The guard's eyes seemed to be confused for a moment, but he looked at Shiqi, hesitated for a moment, and repeated: "You are not a witch!"

Now, this "person" is becoming more and more agile.

It seems that it has gradually changed from an NPC to a person with autonomous consciousness.

Seventeen: "...I am a witch."

He was patient and repeated it again.

The head of the guard: "But you are a..."

man.

Seventeen tied the headband, and took out the red stone earrings. There were no pierced earlobes on his earlobe, but the young man didn't hesitate. He rubbed the sharp tip and inserted it directly through the flesh holding the earlobe.

Thin drops of blood leaked from between the earlobes.

After dressing up, Shi Qi looked at the guards.

—Look, the miko you are looking for.

Guard leader: "..."

After the red stone earrings were hung on, Shi Qi was already dressed exactly like Sidelle who just came to this world.

So the last "man" of the leader of the guards didn't spit it out. He frowned suspiciously and looked Shiqi up and down. His eyes were very blank, as if he was questioning Shiqi. It changed into a pious and fanatical worship. The man fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted with gratitude: "Master Miko! We finally found you, please come back with us, don't run around in the village... ..."

The guard leader knelt down, and a group of people behind him also knelt down.

Seventeen: "...um."

He nodded nonchalantly.

"Oh, thank God, I finally found you." The leader of the guard got up and wiped away his tears: "I can't find you again, the patriarch is going crazy... You can go with us."

Sidelle hiding in the bamboo leaf cabinet: "..."

She and Shiqi really changed their identities just like that.

She didn't even want to slander.

but--

Which witch is a man? ?

These people are really...

It's hard to say.

In other words, they are not human at all—after all, their words and deeds were very stiff at the beginning, and it was not until they found the so-called "witch" that they suddenly seemed to regain their normal consciousness.

"Yes, that's right." These guards hugged the "witch" and walked out the door.But when he was approaching the door, the leader of the guard suddenly asked strangely: "Mistress, where have you been these few days? Why did you leave?"

"You hid in that cabinet before..." The guard leader turned his head in doubt, and looked at the cabinet where Sidel was hiding: "Is there... anything in there?"