The road of the house owner of the pig in the Chanyuan

This is a remote place tens of kilometers away from the Zen Monastery and away from the urban area. Because it is still in May, there are still a lot of dead branches and rotten grass around, and there is a bit of greenery in the sporadic bordering fields. , Occasionally passing a few birds, singing in the blue sky, it adds some leisurely meaning inexplicably.

However, in what should have been such a peaceful and quiet suburban area, where there should have been a small village, now there is only a piece of dark and pungent scorched earth, and within a few kilometers, there is no trace of human habitation.

It is as if a corner of hell emerges from the peeping in the depths of the ground, and the fire that burst out from it burned all the witnesses and everything they owned. What is left to the later people is only a piece of scorched earth that is almost endless and mottled. The mantra is filthy, even if you want to know the cause and effect, you don't know where to start.

Not to mention that there is a faint sulfur smell permeating the scorched earth, which is very pungent.

"The news we got is that the village disappeared suddenly the night before yesterday. We didn't receive any distress messages in the middle, and because of the remoteness of the terrain, there were no immediate witnesses. If it wasn't for the people who patrolled the surrounding areas on the second day to report that there was something strange. , I am afraid that the situation here cannot be known so far, so right now we can only make a simple judgment based on the traces left on the scene."

A man dressed in team uniform, bowed his head and reported all the known situation to Shir and Naoya respectfully.

However, Shier, as the captain of the remaining team, reacted flatly to this. He looked at the scene in front of him indifferently, and responded lazily without opening his mouth, without turning his gaze away to the subordinates at the side.

Even if the opponent is the vice-captain who stayed in the team, he still enjoys a certain command power, and is even much older than Shier.

After a lot of hard work sorting out the news, I only got such a perfunctory reply. Although the deputy captain said that there was no change in his face, the hand that was just holding the knife handle on the side of his waist, so as to deal with emergencies at any time, suddenly tightened faintly, quietly A few slightly ferocious veins popped up on the ground.

This is not a conspicuous change, Naoya on the side saw it, his expression remained the same, he raised his eyes to look at the submissive face of the vice-captain again, he thought about it, so he said with a smile, "I see, thank you for your hard work Let’s take some people to check around.”

Probably because he had received some entrustment, or maybe he was worried about something else. After hearing Naoya's words, the vice-captain hesitated for a moment, "But you, Master Naoya..."

"It's okay, isn't Shire still following me?" Naoya immediately waved his hand to interrupt the vice-captain's worries, and continued, "If there is anything wrong, I will notify you immediately."

"...Yes, I understand. I will lead one-third of the troops to check around. Once I find something, I will sound the signal flare to inform Master Naoya."

After finishing speaking, the deputy captain bowed his head and retreated, summoned some of the team members who had stayed in the team and left.

After the person walked away, Naoya sighed and said, "It seems that your vice-captain is very dissatisfied with you."

"Really?" Shi Er glanced at the direction the vice-captain left, nonchalantly, "It's just a little guy."

"It looks like he still thinks he's hiding it well."

Obviously, Naoya is also very aware of this, so he doesn't care about the inconsistency of the vice-captain, but when he thinks of the vice-captain's extreme forbearance just now, as if he had to grit his teeth and endure the humiliation, he It is inevitable that it is funny.

In the final analysis, why does the vice-captain think that his little tricks can be fooled by Shier who possesses the sky and the curse?

The rest of the remaining team members were still carefully examining the scorched earth under their feet, trying to find more traces of the curse spirit, and did not pay much attention to what their captain and Master Naoya were saying.

In fact, ever since they knew that Master Naozai would participate in this operation, they inevitably underestimated a lot in their hearts. After all, in the past three years, the entire Chanyuan has passed on this humble useless son-in-law. Everyone knows very well that this son-in-law It's already a superficial appearance, although he still bears the title of son-in-law, but that's just the temporary luck of the current Patriarch who hasn't come out yet.

I don't know what the head of the family is thinking in his heart, but he would actually allow Master Naoya to participate in this investigation. Some team members thought a little angrily in their hearts. Naozai was laughing and laughing endlessly, and secretly despised him even more, only thinking that this young master who doesn't distinguish between grains and has no magic power will get in the way when he comes.

Besides, what should they do if they get hurt and bump into each other halfway?

Although the status of Young Master Zhizai is not as good as before, almost no one cares about him, but he is the son of the head of the family after all, if something happens, the first to be dragged out to take the blame will be their powerless subordinates.

If I had known earlier, I should have left with the deputy captain just now, these people couldn't help but hate in their hearts.

Naozai is naturally not clear about these dirty and dark inner voices, but after observing for a long time, he still understands one thing. Shi Er, the so-called captain of the team who has stayed in the body, has no extra prestige other than the unquestionable command power, and even more Not to mention the trust of his subordinates, the vice-captain who has already left is obviously better at winning people's hearts.

I didn't see several team members, even if they didn't stop their work, they couldn't hold back, and looked in the direction where the deputy captain left from time to time.

"You are not good at being the captain." Seeing this, Naozai couldn't help but tease, with a bit of teasing in his expression, "These people and their vice-captain are on the same page, even, do you think you seem to be interfering? A one-footed scumbag."

"Tch," Shi Er was not angry, Naozai said jokingly, just knocked the other person on the head, and said disdainfully, "It doesn't matter, they are just a bunch of laggards anyway."

Shi Er's words are not bad. After all, if he hadn't relied on his own power to perform many dangerous tasks for the rest of the Juju team, it is still unknown whether the Juju team is qualified to come here for investigation.

In the final analysis, if you really want to investigate something, it is enough to appoint Shi Er alone, but the vice-captain and these team members seem to ignore this point on purpose.

"Sometimes I really don't understand these people who stay in the team. They know that if there are super-level curse spirits here, they are just paving the way for their death, but they are all so enthusiastic. I am afraid that you will steal them. They deserve the same credit."

Naoya looked boredly at the people looking around, with a hint of insight into all the indifference in his expression.

He said so, but he didn't really understand.

These people just want to take this opportunity to prove themselves so that they can stand out in the monastery. The best thing is that they don’t have to stay in the team with no prospects at all and become members of the Bing organization—even if it’s just there To start with, the resources available are far beyond what a mere team can match.

Naoya, who was once the head of the Byung Organization, naturally knows this all too well.

These people have long been blinded by the filth of the monastery, leaving only a nose that can smell benefits, regardless of life and death, only for status, money, power and fame.

"That's why I say it's all rubbish." Shi Er doesn't care, but it's not certain who will take advantage of who.

Naoya shrugged, but said nothing.

He looked at the scorched earth under his feet, knelt down and scraped the ground with his fingers, put it under his nose and sniffed it. The rough smell was indeed the smell of sulfur, but he only found it when he got closer, and there seemed to be other things in it. The stench, but I couldn't say it for a while.

"This scene is both like an explosion and a volcanic eruption." Naoya patted his hands stained with burnt ash, frowned and said his inference, and then asked, "Isn't it that there is a deep pit, you Do you know where it is?"

Shi Er didn't speak, just raised his chin slightly, but the direction he pointed was exactly where the vice-captain led some team members to.

"It turns out that the vice-captain isn't looking around aimlessly."

Immediately, Zhizai felt a little interesting, looked at the direction the vice-captain was leaving, and wondered if the vice-captain was walking too fast, and because of the slope of the terrain, he couldn't see the vice-captain and the others. From a distance, all that caught the eye was pitch black, against which the sky was particularly blue today.

"Speaking of which, have you noticed that the terrain of this piece of scorched earth is very similar to a low crater?" After being blocked by the slightly undulating terrain and knowing the location of the deep pit, this was an afterthought reaction Naoya, who came over, said with some surprise, "If you compare the deep pit to a crater, then we should be at the foot of the volcano now."

It's just that the scope of the scorched earth is too wide, and Naoya didn't know the location of the deep pit at first, so he didn't react immediately.

But Shi Er glanced at him with a look like a fool, and then even shook his head seriously and sighed.

Naoya: "...Yes, I know my reaction was half a beat slow, so you shouldn't be exaggerating like this."

Don't even think about it, but he has been holding back in the mansion of the Buddhist monastery for three years, three years!People are almost being held back!

"Remember, you must not approach that place."

Shi Er ignored his words and pointed to the direction of the deep pit. There was no usual sense of joke in his tone. It must have come to a certain time. He didn't say much, but just ordered in a low voice, "I'll let everyone go there later. In the deep pit, in about 10 minutes, you will hear an explosion, and as a signal, you immediately go to the southwest, and your maid is waiting there."

"Explosion, what explosion?" Naoya frowned after hearing this, and quickly grabbed Shier's hand and asked, "Please explain clearly to me, otherwise I won't listen to you."

Expecting that Naoya would have such a reaction, Shier clicked his tongue a little irritably, scratched his head and tried to shake off the opponent's little hand, but Naoya couldn't let him do what he wanted, so he simply wrapped his hands tightly around Shier's entire length Arms, feet off the ground, stubbornly demanding a satisfactory answer.

"Let go, believe it or not, I'll throw you out!" Shi Er cursed in a low voice, with an impatient look on his face.

"Don't let go, unless you tell me, I will never let go!"

Although this trick is naive, it works, and it can be said that he has made full use of his age and body shape advantages.

Finally, Shier, who was no match for Naoya's stalking, and didn't really want to throw him out like this, finally let go, gritted his teeth and said, "Young master, don't you really think that you can rely on a Only the curse spirit whose location is not yet known can completely attract the attention of this group of people, and then leave easily, right?"

Naoya was stunned, and lost all strength in his hand for a while, "So, the meaning of the explosion is..."

Probably really upset, Shi Er scratched his head endlessly, and did not take out the other hand that was being held. After a long silence, he finally spoke again, "I didn't want to tell you so much, didn't I say everything, you Just be obedient and not be fine."

Hearing this, Naoya immediately subconsciously hugged Shier's arm tightly again, with a look of vigilance.

This small gesture amused Shi Er, and let out a sneer.

But Naoya doesn't care, as long as he can achieve his goal, this small matter is harmless to him. Anyway, he is already in his 50s mentally, and he is facing Shier again, so he is afraid that he will not be ashamed. It makes sense, and I still didn't forget to urge, "Stop laughing, just say it!"

"Tsk... Originally, I wanted to kill them all, and then pretend to be the work of the curse spirit, and solve them all with one fire." Shi Er restrained the upswing of the corners of his mouth, and said lightly, not feeling at all He said some words of horror, "After all, there is such a large area of ​​scorched earth, even if there are a few more pieces of black charcoal, there is nothing surprising."

"However, your maid did not know where I was thinking, and found me behind your back," Shier said, looking at Zhizai who was stunned, and raised his brows, "Provided me with a new train of thought."