I’m a Witch In Dongying

Along the way, I only heard Jiexia twittering, and Bai Shuiqiu and Hyuga Asuka from time to time echoed or explained a few words.

However, Bai Shui Jiashi kept silent, occasionally raising his head, glanced at Bai Shuiqiu with a slightly complicated expression, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Bai Shuiqiu could clearly feel the gaze cast by the latter, but he didn't say much.

More than ten minutes later, the group returned to the riverside where the river lanterns had been set.

At this time, Bai Shui and Ren finally ended their greetings with childhood playmates. After saying hello, they walked over to Bai Shuiqiu and the others.

The group of people returned along the same way they had come, passed the torii at the foot of Tianmu Mountain, walked along the approach road for a while, and returned to the shrine.

The shrine is still lit.

Chiyo was sitting in the living room, flipping through a book.

Seeing his children come back, the old man naturally asked about playing outside.

In all fairness, this trip actually saw a lot of scenery, such as the star-like river lights, splendid fireworks festival, and the local special dim sums and delicacies eaten along the way. Overall, it is a worthwhile trip. And because Bai Shui and Ren ran to chat with acquaintances, and didn't come back to find them until he was about to go up the mountain, so there was no embarrassing conversation...

Bai Shuiqiu smiled and replied a few words, just as an excuse to change his clothes, he went back to his bedroom, and then took a look at his mobile phone from his pocket.

There was a missed call on the screen. It was just when they were going up the mountain.

Bai Shuiqiu's gaze stayed on the caller's number for a few seconds, then he pressed the callback button, and then put the microphone to his ear:

"Hello? This is Bai Shuiqiu."

"Oh, it turned out to be Uncle Mishima..."

This member of the special service team called Mishima has had several dealings with Shirasuiqiu. From last month to Shibayama Town to deal with the murderous house incident, to Ibaraki Prefecture not long ago to confirm the topography of the cliff, it seemed like half a deal. Her dedicated offline. And this time, Fujiwara Nanami also gave Mishima the responsibility of the "Peach Tree Demon" she had reported.

According to the statement on the phone, Mishima had taken a few secret service team members and searched the small forest.

Moreover, some clues were indeed found in this process.

The purpose of this call now is to ask her for the next course of action.

"In other words, there is a high probability that the'Peach Tree Demon' is still in the woods now?"

"Yes, we entered the woods from the location you mentioned, followed the soil and the traces of the bushes and shrubs along the way. After tracing the depths of the woods for tens of meters, we would lose the trace. If that monster If you don’t take off in place, you must hide your whereabouts in some way, but the real body is definitely not far away."

Mishima said very confidently.

Many of the members of their special service teams are people with spiritual media qualities, and even if they are not, after a few years in such a place, the number of spiritual events they have dealt with is definitely not a small number.

Although its effect in actual combat is limited, there is quite a bit of experience in tracking the sneaky tracks of monsters, and sometimes it is even more efficient than when a practitioner uses magic weapons to hunt down.

"I already have a rough idea of ​​the situation."

Bai Shuiqiu nodded: "Don't act rashly, just stay there, don't let that monster go too far away, I will rush over from home now."

After giving a few orders to Mishima, Bai Shuiqiu hung up the phone, took off his bathrobe, put on a set of lightweight sportswear, and then tucked [The Scroll of Demon Sealing] into his pocket.

Speaking of it, Bai Shuiqiu "borrowed" this thing from Suzuki Zhuxi.

The original intention was to carry some odds and ends during this trip to Kyoto, so as not to carry a heavy schoolbag every time I go out, which is very inconvenient.

It stands to reason that after returning from Kyoto, it should be returned to Suzuki Zhuxi, but the two have not seen each other for a few days, and Suzuki has not voluntarily asked for the return, so Bai Shuiqiu simply pretended to be confused and prepared. Use it for a while longer. And now, it just happened to come in handy again.

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Shuiqiu took the few lightning bolts with him.

She broke it down from the big peach tree.

If the big peach tree is really here for this, and there is no malicious intent to human beings... then just return these branches. Although it is unlikely that even the peach tree demon will re-grow the broken branches onto the body, it is better to fight to death if it can turn fighting into a jade silk...

Once everything was packed, Bai Shuiqiu summoned the puppet doll and put it in his bedroom to look after the house, and then pushed the door out of the room.

When I passed the living room, I said hello to my grandma.

"It's so late, do you want to go out?"

Chiyo was a little surprised.

The Heren couple next to him also turned their heads and looked over. Bai Shui and Ren, who are husbands, coughed lightly, and then said, "Yes, it's already over eight o'clock. A girl like you, this time to go out." It's too dangerous. If you have anything, wait until the daytime tomorrow...

Do you need to buy something? If you go to a convenience store, dad can help you go there? "

"No."

Bai Shuiqiu smiled: "I have the habit of exercising sooner or later. I just ate something while visiting the festival below the mountain. My stomach was a little bloated, so I plan to go out for some activities and then come back to sleep... It's just a few laps around Tianmu Mountain. If it’s too late, please ask your grandma and father to go back to your room and rest first."

"..."

As the current **** of Tenmoku Shrine, Chiyo is one of the people who know the secrets of Bai Shuiqiu the most. At this time, you can probably guess from Bai Shuiqiu's clothes that what she is going to do is probably related to the spiritual level. Although a little worried, the old man also knew very well that once Bai Shuiqiu made a decision, he couldn't be stopped.

Therefore, Chiyo only hesitated a little, and then let go: "Okay, then, remember to come back early."

Hearing that the old man had spoken, the son Kazuto didn't say much.

On the contrary, Bai Shui Jiashi walked forward two steps with a little worry, as if he was pulling Bai Shuiqiu towards him, but when he raised his arm halfway, he stiffened again, and slowly retracted:

"Xiao Qiu, be careful on the road... go home early."

Bai Shuiqiu nodded, and said lightly, "I will."

After speaking, she waved her hand and walked out of the inner room without looking back.

When walking outside through the courtyard, the wind raccoon had received the order and ran over, and Bai Shuiqiu leaned over and picked it up in his hand-of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, this action was just a bent over to fish. It’s just air—then I walked out of the shrine in strides and quickly descended the mountain along the approach road.

Ten minutes later.

Bai Shuiqiu, wearing a sportswear, reappeared near the small river where the river lantern was placed. After walking along the previous route for a while, he saw the small forest that Bai Shui Jiexia had mentioned before.

Several secret service team members, including Mishima, were now scattered and guarding several corners of the woods. There were two police officers in plain clothes beside them. They seemed to be dispatched by the Narita Police Station to cooperate with them. Next, we also monitored the surrounding movement together. When seeing Bai Shuiqiu's figure, Mishima walked over quickly:

"Miss Baishui, you are here."

At this time, nearly an hour had passed since Bai Shuiqiu, Jiashi and others came here.

Most of the crowd on the street has dispersed, and there are not many people on the paving on both sides, and there is still a small distance between the woods and the street, so the situation here does not attract too many people’s attention. .

"Ok……"

Bai Shuiqiu nodded, and glanced at the officer next to Mishima, feeling a bit familiar: "I remember you seem to be a subordinate of Officer Kurimi... You're called Liangshu, right? You were dealing with the Hyuga's house in Shimono Town before. Did we meet at the time of the incident?"

The police officer who was called by the name scratched his head: "That, you may have a wrong memory, I'm Dagu..."

"Forehead……"

The scene was a bit awkward for a while.

But both Bai Shuiqiu and Dagu knew that now was not the time to struggle with this kind of problem, so soon, Mishima explained the current situation.

The general situation is similar to what was said on the phone just now.

Moreover, under the perception of the "raccoon-shaped radar detector" of the wind raccoon, Bai Shuiqiu quickly discovered that there was a faint demon spirit lingering above the woods, which could be clearly felt by the wind raccoon. In the event of an accident, it should have come from the existence of the suspected peach tree demon.

"That guy is still in this woods..."

Bai Shuiqiu thought for a while, took out a few defensive pieces from his pocket, and handed them to Mishima:

"This thing is the guardian of my Tenmou Shrine. You have used it before... Remember to take it next to your body and keep it here. If you have any situation, please call me at any time. I'll go in and check it out."

Chapter 593

"clear."

Mishima clicked and responded. After taking over the guard, he took out a portable walkie-talkie from his arms and handed it to Bai Shuiqiu:

"This kind of walkie-talkie transmits signals through satellites, and has strong interference resistance. Even if it is within a range of demons, as long as it is not in the shadowy area like Lantern Mountain, it can basically maintain contact.

If you have any questions later, you can use this to communicate with us. "

"OK."

In fact, according to Bai Shuiqiu's idea, the forest is almost tens of meters to be visually inspected. It is enough to shout directly, and there is no need for an intercom at all.

But since Mishima specially helped with the preparations, she followed her kindness. After receiving the walkie-talkie, she probably listened to Mishima's usage and hung the thing on her body, then took a slight breath and stepped into the woods.

It was almost half past nine in the evening.

The night is already very deep.

A cloud of dark clouds drifted slowly from the high sky, covering the moon, and coupled with the shade of trees above the head, the surrounding field of vision dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bai Shuiqiu increased his vigilance, silently muttering the spell of "Opening Spiritual Eye Edict" in his mouth, and walked forward lightly.

Under the perfusion of spiritual power, the sight of the sight quickly became clear, like the day.

This forest covers an area of ​​almost thousands of square meters, which is close to the area of ​​a football field. It is not too big, but most of the trees that grow in it are some years old, and there are all kinds of varieties. Some of them are 20 to 30 meters high. Giant trees. The soil layer underneath is also covered with a thick layer of branches and leaves. When you step on it, you can hear a crunching sound.

When Mishima and others came in to investigate, they had left some marks, that is, the arrows indicated by the slaked lime carbon drawn on the trunk.

So Bai Shuiqiu didn't have much effort to identify the road, and soon came to the depths of the woods.

"That thing should have slipped in from here during the Obon Festival, and it happened to be seen by Jie Xia?"

After traveling more than 20 meters, Bai Shuiqiu stopped, looked around, and then slowly squatted down.

A small pink flower suddenly appeared among the thick green pine needles, which still looked quite conspicuous.

and……

Judging from the shape of the petals, it is indeed a peach blossom.

In this way, the previous guess was confirmed.

"Unexpectedly, this guy can really run so far..."

Moreover, it was able to escape smoothly from the hands of the cultivating families in Kyoto. This kind of thing is not something that ordinary monsters can do. It seems that the escape skill of this peach tree monster is not lower than that of the old monsters of the year.

Bai Shuiqiu took a close look at the pink flower in his hand, then gently put it back, stood up again, and continued to walk forward following the mark.

After winding around among the bushes a few times, they gradually moved away from the street outside. The figures of Dagu and others were completely blocked by the forest and could not be seen.

Also missing are the marks left by Mishima and his party.

On the way here just now, Bai Shuiqiu could still see some petals, and traces of grass and shrubs that had been broken by external forces.

But here, the woodland has become clean and clean, except for a faint floral fragrance, without any traces left.

and……

This scent of flowers is also permeating in all directions, front, back, left, and right. It seems to be everywhere, but there is no trace.

Faced with this situation, ordinary people like Mishima and others who can't understand spells really don't have any good solutions. But these guys said that the Peach Tree Demon was nearby, and they should be right, because even Bai Shuiqiu could feel the extremely strong demon-like breath spreading in the air.

"Wind raccoon."

As Bai Shuiqiu's words fell, the wind raccoon stood up on her shoulders with a trembling body, and the hairs all over her body opened slightly. Along with the surrounding air, there were waves of waves, and the demon power of this little thing was also freely released to the surroundings. , Like a large dense net, capturing the movement of breath among the woods.

After a few breaths.

"Hey..."

The wind raccoon yelled softly a few times.

When the mind was connected, the thought of this little thing was passed along with it, and it was immediately received by Bai Shuiqiu.

"Are you here?"

Bai Shuiqiu turned his head and glanced in a certain direction on the left. At the end of his vision, there was a slightly sparse bush. None of the surrounding trees looked like a peach tree, but since the wind raccoon made the other side here. Judgment, then it should be correct.

After thinking for a while, Bai Shuiqiu took a deep breath and said loudly:

"If you want to come out, just take advantage of it now.

I know that your real body is the big peach tree in Luo Lei Valley. I broke a few branches from you before. It was just an unintentional act. If this affects you in any way, I am really sorry.

This time I have brought back those lightning bolts, and I can return them to you at any time. If your goal is them, we should be able to talk about them, there is no need to regenerate minor details.

But if your arrival is something else...it's another matter. "

The crisp sound echoed faintly in the woods.

no respond.

Bai Shuiqiu frowned, but didn't take any further action. He just stood there and waited silently.

In fact, what she said was very clear, but considering that the peach tree demon is a newbie, it takes a little more time to understand the meaning of these words, but it is normal.

After a full two or three minutes, Bai Shuiqiu cleared his throat again, and probably repeated what he had just said.

This time, there was finally a squeaky sound from the bush on the left, and then a faint fragrance of flowers blew over.

Following along, there was a large piece of white and pink petals, like snowflakes that were scattered one after another, carried by the cold evening breeze, flying towards the woodland where Bai Shuiqiu was standing.