I’m a Witch In Dongying

Compared with the previous day, Washamine Shion became a little more active, and gave full play to his role as a consultant. He pointed out several members, including Ogata, who were hopeful of winning the IH competition. . However, he didn't demonstrate in person like before in front of Bai Shuiqiu, most of the time he just raised a few words on his lips.

　　 Of course, the "hope to win the ranking" here refers to the regional competition.

　　 In this area of ​​Chiba Prefecture, the Kyudo Club of Narita City is quite strong, and it can get two or three places every year.

　　 And for the national competition...

　　 Even Ogata, who is the deputy commander, is still a little behind. Whether he can get in depends on the training results of the next two months and part of his luck.

　　 In the case of Kurimi Sanae not participating, the entire Kyudo Club is sure to be able to enter the national competition, and perhaps only Bai Shuiqiu is.

In fact, Bai Shuiqiu does not value his reputation that much. Even if he really wins the national competition, he will only get some false names such as awards and trophies, but it is mainly because I heard Li Jian Sanae say that the students who won the national competition might be. There are some scholarship awards, and this ranking can add a lot of color to your resume, and you may have a certain priority when you enter the university in the future.

　　 In addition, it will increase the annual funding that the Kyudo Club receives from the school.

　　 If there is no third national runner-up in the kyudo club of Narita High School, Kurimi Sanae, the funding will definitely not be as much as it is now...

　　 In this way, Bai Shuiqiu couldn't help but not work hard.

　　 After all, who would have trouble with money...

　　 At about five o'clock in the afternoon, under the organization of Kurimi Sanae and Ogata, the members finished their training a little earlier.

　　 After having dinner in the restaurant, he boarded the bus and returned to Narita City along the road.

Because the time was a bit late, Kurimi Sanae did not force everyone to return to the school gate and then disband. The group of people got off the bus closer to their home. Bai Shuiqiu also arrived in the eastern suburbs of the city by bus. At the time, he waved goodbye to Kurimi Sanae and others, and got out of the car.

　　 walked forward for another ten minutes before returning to the foot of Tianmu Mountain where he lived.

　　 By this time, it was already on the top of the moon.

Bai Shuiqiu returned to the shrine and greeted her grandmother who had not fallen asleep, then returned to her bedroom with her schoolbag, put her body on the bed in a large font, and rested for a while before getting up lazily. After taking a shower and changing into pajamas, he took a few more defensive pieces before drying his hair and going to bed.

　　 The next morning.

Bai Shuiqiu was routinely awakened by the wind raccoon around five o'clock. He got up and washed a bit. He ran to Houshan and played Bajiquan several times according to his usual habits. Then he packed up his things and rushed to school to participate in the archery club. After running in the morning, I washed it afterwards, and then returned to the classroom to prepare for class.

　　 was originally just a very ordinary Monday.

　　 But until the class bell rang, the seat next to Bai Shuiqiu was still empty, and Hyuga Asuka did not appear for a long time.

"Ok?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu frowned, feeling a little strange in his heart.

　　 If I remember correctly, this should be the first time Hyuga Asuka has been absent from school in the months since the beginning of school. Out of concern for his classmates, Bai Shuiqiu posted a few messages on LINE, asking about Hyuga Asuka's recent situation.

　　 But, until the lunch time, no response was received.

　　 On the contrary, from Hashimoto China, Shiraito learned that Hyuga Asuka's father had asked the teacher for leave by phone at around 8 o'clock last night.

After returning from Choshi City, Shiraito and Hashimoto China have gotten closer to each other than before. The latter’s personality is not as cold as her, and the social circle inside and outside the class is very extensive. It’s just a matter of a few words to have friendships and to inquire about this kind of news.

　　 Hashimoto China originally planned to invite Bai Shuiqiu to dinner with some of their girls, but Bai Shuiqiu declined.

　　 After all, apart from Hashimoto China herself, she is not familiar with other girls. She doesn't even match her name and face, and she doesn't have any common topics. Even if you force a meal together, the scene will be embarrassing.

Therefore, Bai Shuiqiu sat alone in the shaded promenade downstairs of the teaching building, eating lunch slowly, wondering if he should go to the monitor later to check the phone number of Hyuga Asuka and put it on the cell phone beside him. But it suddenly lit up, and there was a call.

　　 is a strange number.

　　 To be precise, it is a number that is not in the phone book, but a few digits look a bit familiar...

Bai Shuiqiu was holding a bento box in one hand and looking at the phone screen in the other. He recalled it in his mind. He soon thought of someone, but couldn't think of the reason for the call from the opposite direction. He hesitantly pressed the access button: "Hello? Is it the Kurimi police department?"

　　 A few seconds passed.

Li Jian Chengye’s voice came from the phone: "Is it Ms. Bai Shuiqiu? This is Li Jian Chengye. I’m sorry, but I took the liberty to make this call, but there is something wrong with me. You can consult, and please forgive me if I interrupt you."

　　"..."

consult?

　　 Bai Shuiqiu frowned.

When she first recognized that the phone number was Li Jian Chengya, she still subconsciously found something new in the Tachikawa Lan case, but after thinking about it carefully, it has been almost half a month since the matter was erased by Rain Girl. The corpse of Longshan can no longer appear out of thin air. If there is any new evidence involving her, Li Jiancheng should have found the Tenmu Shrine long ago...

　　 So what does this call mean?

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was a little bit unsure of the other party's intentions, and replied with a careful tone: "Please tell me, if there is something that requires my assistance in the investigation, I will try my best to cooperate.

Chapter 110

　　 Bai Shuiqiu's tone is very cautious.

Kuri Jian Chengya seemed to smile over there, and said, "No, you have misunderstood. The thing I am going to ask this time has nothing to do with Tonegawa's cement corpse case, but there is really something to ask for your help. , That is... Did you know that there is a kind of ghost, or some other monster... who likes to skin the victim after killing?"

　　 "???"

　　 Peel...skin?

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was taken aback by this nonsense.

　　 hesitated for a moment, then smiled reluctantly, and tentatively asked: "What you said would not be the same, similar to peeling when eating fruit..."

"Well, that's what you think. After killing someone, peel off the entire human skin from head to toe, leaving no corners, leaving a **** corpse at the end. , It's probably such a picture."

　　 Listening to the voice coming from the other end of the phone, Bai Shui Qiu's brain made up for the scene, feeling a little numb in his scalp.

In ancient times, some barbarians or cannibals often peeled off the enemy’s skins and made them into war drums and the like. In addition, during the period when the Wanzi Army was rampant in modern times, there were also cases where human skins were peeled off and made into chandeliers. Rumors of a type of handicraft...

　　 But these behaviors are either in a period of uncivilized ignorance, or a specific period of high pressure.

　　 In such a peaceful age, how can there be such a perverted person?

The thoughts in Bai Shuiqiu's heart flashed, and then he said to the other end of the phone: "Although this kind of killing method sounds a bit heinous, but...this should have nothing to do with ghosts? Shouldn't it be that way? Can a psychologically distorted perverted killer be able to do something?"

"It is true that there is also such a possibility, but... if it is within a week, more than one such case is committed in a row, and no trace is left in each crime—according to our survey of the scene of the incident, there is no If any fingerprints, footprints, bloodstains, DNA, etc. are detected, do you still think that this kind of thing can be done by normal humans?"

　　"..."

　　 I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

　　Kurimian Nariya's words gave Bai Shuiqiu a sense of meaning.

because…

The case of Longshan’s disappearance belonged to this kind of situation. Without leaving any fingerprints or blood stains, a large living person weighing more than two hundred catties disappeared from the world...so that she was a little bit suspicious whether the police officer was there. I deliberately used my own words.

　　 Fortunately, Li Jiancheng was not so boring either, and soon went on to say:

"If there is really a perverted killer who can do the points I said, then his modus operandi and psychological qualities are probably already very strong, even in all serial murders in Japan so far. The murderer should be able to rank, so if you don't catch him as soon as possible, the consequences will be disastrous."

"When I visited your shrine last time, remember to hear from you that you can communicate with the dead, so... if it is not too troublesome, I would like to ask you to come over and check the condition of the corpse and verify the identity of the murderer. If it is really just a perverted killer committing the crime, I will apologize to you for the interruption."

"This…"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu hesitated a little.

　　As the police department of the Narita Police Station, Kuri Jiancheng is certainly not a confidant. If he said that, it means that he should have some evidence in his hand that can prove that the perpetrator has some inhuman qualities. But... Suddenly, I made such a phone call just to get myself to go to the police station to help see a corpse? Moreover, it is still the kind of corpse that has been stripped of human skin, leaving only flesh and blood?

　　 This is too...

　　 This kind of thing is much more disgusting than the spirit body, and after seeing it, you will have nightmares!

　　 Besides, communicating with dead people or something...

　　 She did say last time that she met her after Tachikawa Ran died, but this is not the same as communicating with the dead, because the premise of “communication” is that the other party exists in the form of a spirit body.

However, not everyone can form a spirit body after death, even if the deceased of a vicious homicide, if the obsession is not strong, and there is no special chance, it will most likely dissipate within a few days. , She is not the kind of psychic who holds a crystal ball for fortune-telling. She can communicate with the underworld or something. To be honest, it is unknown whether the underworld exists or not...

　　 But this difference is not easy to explain to ordinary people.

　　 And Kuri Jian Chengya's identity is after all a policeman, or Kuri Jian Sanae's brother, who made such a call to ask for help, Bai Shuiqiu was really not good enough to refuse it too simply.

　　 "Skin..."

　　 once again recalled in his mind, Bai Shuiqiu confirmed that he had never seen a monster with this ability.

For the wraith spirit, the wraith spirit at the level of Nishionji Asako in the old school building in Sakura City has the ability to do this kind of thing. "Tear it off" are actually two different things. The former is a delicate task, while the latter just uses brute force.

　　Most spirit bodies are dominated by tyrannical instincts. Without sufficient reason, even if they kill, they will not use such troublesome means. It is easier to split the body directly.

　　 And if it is really evil...

　　 Bai Shuiqiu now has more than a dozen Huoling Talismans in his body, and the wind raccoon with them, and the blue resentment wind chimes are now in full spiritual power, and they are not afraid of being unable to cope with ordinary unexpected situations.

　　 can never be a monster like Yunv and Jiufeng Shion. Strictly speaking, the wind raccoon is also a kind of monster. The level of the average monster is almost at this level, even if it is strong, it is limited.

Therefore, after Bai Shuiqiu pondered for a while, he slowly said: "If I just confirm whether the case is related to the dirty things... I can help, but I may have to discuss it again because I am still in school, during the day. At school all the time..."

　　 "After school this afternoon, at about five o'clock, I drove to your school. After seeing the body, I will take you home in a police car. Is this okay?"

"…Oh well."

　　 Anyway, it’s just going to take a look, I guess it won’t take too long.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu thought so, and Li Jiancheng also determined the time and place to meet, and when he was about to hang up, he asked:

"By the way, there is one more thing to ask Officer Kurimi...Did you receive a call from a girl this weekend? The person who made the call should be Hyuga Asuka, 15 years old this year , I live in the Shimomachi area.

Chapter 111

　　 "Hyuga Asuka? Sorry, I haven't received this call."

　　 "...Really, that's all right."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu said perfunctorily, and hung up the phone, frowning as he fiddled with the chopsticks in his hand a few times.

　　 Neither contacted Kuri Jiancheng nor came to school. The message from the communication software seemed like a mud cow entered the sea. Even the request for leave was taken care of by the parents. To put it bluntly, the connection was lost... This situation is also too strange.

　　 Reminiscent of the thing Hyuga Asuka said on Friday, Bai Shuiqiu suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart:

　　 Is it that Hyuga Moriji doesn't have such a long memory, only a few days after he taught him last time, he can't wait to regain his nature?

　　 Speaking of it, the method Bai Shuiqiu used when he came home with Hyuga Asuka last time was only a temporary solution and not a root cause. It could make Hyuga Moriji stop for a while, but it is definitely impossible to expect him to change his sex.

　　 And if you really want to go into details, the matter between the Hyuga brothers and sisters has nothing to do with Bai Shuiqiu, and it is no good to intervene in it. On the contrary, it is easy to bring some side effects, but...

　　 The objective thing is not about hanging up high, and letting it go if you have the ability, they are two completely different attitudes. Hyuga Asuka is regarded as Bai Shui Qiusheng's first friend in high school, and helped her a lot. If you can manage the girl's affairs, you should try your best to manage it.

　　 As for the solution...

　　 Bai Shuiqiu began to wonder whether he was trying to get this guy to correct his evil through more straightforward physical persuasion, or to find a way to create a trap for Hyuga Moriji and send him in directly...

　　 Japan’s penalties for domestic violence are still quite severe. If the evidence is conclusive and the crime is convicted, certain criminal penalties can be imposed. Moriji Hyuga is over twenty years old and is no longer protected by the Juvenile Law. As long as it is done properly, it will not be a problem to send it in for a few years.

　　 It’s just that it takes a bit of brains to set up this trap.

　　 It's best to make yourself seem not directly related, and avoid antagonism with Hyuga's family because of this incident.

　　 Of course, Bai Shuiqiu wouldn't mind being a villain if he didn't know her clearly. It would be better to completely solve the Hyuga's affairs and lose a friend than to watch her live in dire straits.

　　 In fact, there is another plan, which is to seek the help of the old monsters, do some tricks on the memory of Moriji Hyuga, and directly reverse his concept of being a person from the root...

　　 But this method has too many drawbacks.

First of all, there is a big difference between the nature of reversing the concept and modifying the memory. Whether Jiufeng Ziyuan can do it, let’s not say, even if it can, the price of asking this old monster to act is definitely not cheap. Given that woman’s temperament, the ghost knows that it will raise the issue. What kind of exchange terms. If not necessary, Bai Shuiqiu doesn't want to have too much human relationship with her.

　　 "In short, after school this afternoon, first go to the old monster to ask something, and then go to Hyuga Fishery to check the situation..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu thought so.

It just so happened that Li Jiancheng had to come over to ask her for help, and take his car by the way. If Hyuga Asuka is really abused or locked in the basement, it happens to be stolen by someone and handed over directly. It would be good if Li Jiancheng also came to solve it, as the latter asked her to help the post-mortem in exchange.

　　 After making up his mind, Bai Shuiqiu put his main thoughts on listening to the class.

　　 The midterm exam is about to go in a week, and she doesn't want to get a bad result. At least the transcript must be able to be read.

　　 Time flies, and school is over in the afternoon.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu went to the archery club first, and after training at about 4:30, he packed up his things and left the dojo in advance.

　　 Jiufeng Shion is not in school today. It is estimated that her "friend" who is a carpenter may have gone to talk about renting stage props for the cultural festival.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu originally planned to ask her about the situation related to the "skinning" monster, but it could only fail.

　　 When they were in Choshi City, Kurimi Sanae, Ogata and others had drafted a plan based on the program plan proposed by the old monster, including rehearsal time and personnel arrangements, a list of purchases of various props, and so on. However, these matters have little to do with Shirasaki, mainly Ogata, Hashimoto China and others are in charge.

　　 So, she still has a lot of free time now.

　　 But in a few days, I am afraid that there will not be so many good days. After all, according to the arrangement of the old monster, in addition to rehearsing the show, she will also learn to ride and shoot with Kurimi Sanae and others.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu only hopes that Jiufeng Ziyuan will be a little safer by then, and stop deliberately making any fancy show operations...