Plague Doctor

Another troublesome thing about jumping with a sofa is that the sofa will not move by itself, and there is no one to help carry it.

Wu Shiyu couldn't carry it on his own, so he could only pull it to a relatively hidden location before walking away.

She had considered the possible problems with Xianjun's thinking. What should she do if the sofa was occupied, stolen, vandalized, or ran away on its own? It is possible to make a sofa like that again, but encountering any emergency situation is another matter.

Fortunately, cats can jump from the roof without a mat on the ground. Apart from the painful fall and death at any time, they are not completely passive.

Now, this forest is full of shadows, but not overgrown with weeds. It is almost hidden everywhere, so Wu Shiyu doesn't care.

"There are no weeds here. It doesn't look like a complete wilderness. It looks like it has been taken care of for a long time. Moreover, the trees grow neatly. Is this a seaside residential area?"

Wu Shiyu walked a short distance through the forest, and gradually saw the sea in the distance through the gaps between the trees. It was also at this time that she vaguely smelled a bit of blood in the sea breeze.

She suddenly became more alert, and once again made sure that she had enough spirit and strength to escape, she stepped closer and closer...

She probably didn't jump here for no reason. She wanted to investigate the abnormal movement of the Black Goat's power. That was probably the direct cause. There are clues here.

The branches and leaves of the Mediterranean pine trees were swayed by the sea breeze. Wu Shiyu soon saw that the edge of a lush pine tree in front of him was covered with blood. There were traces of fighting in the soil on the ground, and there were things scattered around, including mobile phones, travel bags, children. Toy……

Didn't anyone clean up after the fight? robbery? murder?

The further Wu Shiyu took a step forward, the stronger he felt the power of the black goat, just like when approaching the black fog area outside the main alley of Anfu Village.

There must be something abnormal ahead, related to the black goat... but the surroundings are still silent, and there doesn't seem to be anyone.

This is weird, because the scenery here is beautiful and the sky is not dark. Whether it is a residential area or a tourist area, it should not be so quiet.

She walked slowly over, picked up the phone on the ground, pressed it, the screen turned on, and there was still 43% of the battery. It hadn't been long since the incident.

May 15, 14:43, I slept for five days.

"what language is this?"

The phone was not in Chinese, but looked like English. Wu Shiyu entered the system settings of the phone and operated from memory, adjusting it to English. There was no Chinese option.

She quickly knew where it was. She opened the map and looked at the location. It was Capri, Italy. This is a small island located in the southern part of the Bay of Naples, with an area of ​​only 10 square kilometers and a population of more than 7,000. It is a limestone island with the highest point, Mount Solaro, 589 meters above sea level.

Keigo Higashino told her that to do research, she should ask more questions about why, why here? What's so special about this island?

Wu Shiyu pressed his phone to search for more detailed information on Capri Island, and after a while he frowned and said, "Okay."

The name Capri may come from the Latin capreae, meaning goat.

This island has been inhabited for a long time. According to Suetonius, the famous historian of the early Roman Empire, when the first emperor of Rome, Gaius Octavian Augustus, was digging the foundation to build a palace here, people discovered "huge bones" and "stone weapons," which are believed to be evidence of ancient human habitation.

"Stone weapons?" Wu Shiyu thought. Were they weapons made by primitive people in the Stone Age?

But primitive humans were just humans, maybe a little shorter than the Romans, so how could they be "giantbones"?

The word giant means giant or giant beast.

A strange feeling flashed through her heart, and she thought of the black goat baby. If it had bones like a lamb leg, it would be huge enough...

Tiberius, the second emperor of the Roman Empire, was described by Roman writers as a cruel and lustful tyrant.

Tiberius spent his later years on Capri and died on this island. Tiberius built his own palace on the island, where he lived in debauchery every day. Because he believed in the Greek god Paine, the tyrant was called "Old Ram" by the Romans.

[A good shepherd shears the sheep but does not skin them. 】

This is a famous quote from Tiberius. There is even a legend that if anyone who killed a goat was found out by Tiberius, he would be executed for death.

Caligula, the third Roman emperor, had sparse hair and a hairy body. He looked like a goat and had a more violent and crazy temperament...

Looking at this, Wu Shiyu already understood that this was inseparable from the belief in the Black Goat of the Forest.

"Sure enough, it's not just the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks had Paine, the god of fauns, and these Roman emperors also worshiped goats."

Wu Shiyu looked around again. In addition to the ruins of the Roman emperor's palace, this small island has one of the most famous natural attractions, the "Blue Grotto". It is one of only a few sea caves in the world flooded with naturally refracted bright blue and emerald light.

It was also once the private swimming pool of Tiberius the Great, as well as a temple.

In 1964, archaeologists unearthed three statues of Roman sea gods from the grotto; by 2009, seven more statues were unearthed. It is still a mystery whether, how many, and what kind of statues there are in the Blue Grotto...

Wu Shiyu looked at the map on his mobile phone and found that his location was near the Blue Cave. If he walked a little further and walked down a mountain ladder, he would reach the entrance to the sea. Visitors can only take a rowing boat and use a metal chain attached to the cave wall to pull the boat along for sightseeing.

route.

The blood stains on the ground were heading towards the blue hole, as if they were being dragged there.

The feeling in his heart became worse and worse. Wu Shiyu opened the gallery of his mobile phone and took a look. The latest photo was taken 45 minutes ago. The owner of the mobile phone is a middle-aged man who is the husband of a white family. There are many photos of his wife, son and daughter. The two children looked less than ten years old.

There are many photos taken at the attraction, and the family was apparently visiting Capri and broke into it…

Blue Grotto, ancient temple on Goat Island.

Who injured this family and dragged them away? Bad guy, evil believer?

This weird feeling... is there some kind of sacrificial ceremony going on in the Blue Hole? So ordinary tourists were victimized, maybe even sacrificed?

But the Blue Grotto is a popular attraction. It is always guarded by employees and security guards of the tourism operator. If something goes wrong, you can call the police... What is the situation that caused it to be controlled by evil believers?

Wu Shiyu had many chaotic thoughts. At this time, there was other movement in front of the woods. Her eyes widened slightly, and she saw countless ugly brown frogs jumping here, as well as flying insects, flies, etc., all densely packed. The buzzing sound of the exotic locusts in Mobei was nauseating.

She immediately turned around and ran back to the sofa, while scrolling through current affairs news on her phone. She immediately saw a lot of news about the disaster.

Something happened in cities around the world, including here on Capri.

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