The Magician of Conan's World

At this time, the mayor of Hachibei, who was an atheist, had left, and President Hiromi saw that Hakuye was curious about the legend of Iwami Town, so he proposed, “Do you want me to take you to the shrine?” ”

Bai Ye nodded slightly when he considered the moment, “That’s exactly what I mean.” “The best way to learn about the legend is to investigate it and maybe meet the priests and witches.

Although Hakuya himself is not an atheist, he agrees with the mayor that local ghost legends are thought to have been invented by the shrine in order to control the people.

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It was almost dusk, Bai Ye took Xiao Wei’s hand, followed President Yumi and walked on the road of the town, this trip female secretary did not come together, because there were still some things to deal with.

Along the way, I saw many residents in the white night, but they did not have much affection for the president, and they were probably poisoned by the shrine.

Although Iwami Town is small in people, it is very large, and the two ends of the town are separated by several kilometers, and it is estimated that it will take an hour to make a circle.

“There’s the Water Ghost Shrine in front.” After walking a few miles, Hiromi pointed to the top of the ramp, where a small temple-like building sits with a staircase to reach.

Stepping on the stairs, the group came to the entrance of the shrine, and at this time the shrine was empty, so Bai Ye walked in.

Similar to other shrines in Japan, there is a cash box at the door, and a rope with a bell tied to it. It is said that throwing sesame oil money in it, pulling the rope and making a sound, awakens the gods, and then just prays.

Of course, Bai Ye didn’t believe in this set at all, and woke up the gods with a bell? No kidding, if there is a god who is woken up in sleep, the first thing I am afraid is to stand up and give you two slaps.

“Is this what the townspeople call ‘Lord Water Ghost’?” Xiao Mo stood in front of a statue and looked up.

“That’s right, this is it.” Hiromi nodded.

Bai Ye also cast his eyes on this side, and the statue was about one meter six to one meter seven in height, placed on a one-meter-high pedestal, which was to facilitate the residents to kneel.

Water ghosts have the same limbs as humans, covered in long black hair, grinning teeth and hideous faces. However, Bai Ye found that its teeth were very strange, legendary ghosts generally had terrible fangs, but the water ghost’s teeth were neat.

Why is that? Aren’t the teeth of ghosts all thin and pointed? Why are the teeth of water ghosts the same as those of humans? This is not quite in line with the human imagination of ghosts…

Thinking of this, Bai Ye turned to President Yumi and asked, “Why do you know that water ghosts look like this?” ”

Hiromi replied, “I heard that many residents have seen water ghosts swimming in the water at night, but the first to witness water ghosts is the shrine’s witch, Misa Suzuki. ”

It was about ten years ago, and it was dusk when Misa Suzuki took her eight-year-old son to the river to wash. Bathe. She herself crouched on the stone-made steps, her son standing naked in the water, and Misa wiped his body for him.

Suddenly, her son began to scream and struggle, and hurriedly carried him ashore, only to find that his son’s feet were bleeding. Her husband, Officer Suzuki, was also swimming in the river and took his son to the town’s clinic.

They originally thought that their son was a water snake, but when they saw the wound clearly, they couldn’t help but gasp. The neat row of imprints was obviously from humans, but there was no one else in the water except Misa’s husband, and it was impossible for humans to ambush in the water for tens of minutes.

“I see…” At some point, a woman dressed in a witch’s costume appeared at the door, it was Misa Suzuki, a witch from the Water Ghost Shrine. She looked at several people in the shrine and said, “My husband didn’t see it, but I saw it, a black figure swam away from the scene from the water, that is the water ghost, absolutely right…”

As she spoke, Misa came over and clasped her hands together and saluted the hairy, grinning statue in front of her. Then looked back at Hiromi Yamazaki, “What are you doing here?” ”

Her attitude was obviously unwelcome, because the shrine opposed the tourist area plan, but was forced to obey by the mayor’s strength, so the shrine did not like Yamazaki Hiromi at all.

“I’m just here to see Lord Water Ghost.” Yumi didn’t want to contradict Misa, so he answered more peacefully.

……

Leaving the shrine, Hiromi said to Hakuye next to him: “Actually, the first person to come into contact with the water oni is not Misa, but Onimon Daisuke, that is, the priest of the shrine. ”

“Did he see the water ghost too?” Xiao Wei asked curiously.

Yumi shook his head, “No, he didn’t see the water ghost, but he was attacked by the water ghost. ”

A few days before Misa’s son was injured, Daisuke Onimoto, a bachelor, came to the river alone in the middle of the night to swim because of the hot weather. There was no one around, but Daisuke Onimon felt that he had been bitten by something and hurriedly struggled to escape ashore.

Since there was no light, he didn’t know what was biting himself. When he came to the clinic with the wound to see the wound, even the old doctor Sakurai in the clinic was stunned, it was a human tooth mark, someone had bitten off a piece of flesh on his foot with his teeth in the water.

Bai Ye asked thoughtfully, “Where is Misa Suzuki’s son?” I want to see him. ”

“Impossible.” Yumi smiled bitterly: “Her son has died, died due to excessive blood loss.” ”

Bai Ye couldn’t help but be stunned, and then frowned, so it seems that it is impossible to fake this matter. Black humanoid monster, covered in hair, living in water, what the hell is that…

“Original sin, you help me search this river from beginning to end, and find out what fits this image in the water.” White Night gave an order to the original sin transmission.

Original Sin, who had been lying in the air doing nothing, sat up all of a sudden, “What are you kidding?” This river is so long, do you want Uncle Ben to check it from beginning to end? ”

“Going or not?” Bai Ye glanced at him.

“Uh – okay, but you remember to compensate me with good food!” After saying the original sin and left.

……

At night, because the villa administrator had been arrested, and President Yumi and the female secretary Jiang Li could not cook, Bai Ye became a temporary cook.

“I didn’t expect Bai Ye to be so good at cooking.” Eating the dishes made by the white night, Yumi couldn’t help but sigh.

“yes, you’re not supposed to be a professional chef, are you?” Nakamura Esari looked curious.

Bai Ye said modestly: “It’s just a matter of cooking some home-cooked food.” ”

“Like egg fried rice or something.” Xiao Wei continued with a smile, and Bai Ye almost choked.

Yumi asked suspiciously, “What’s wrong with egg fried rice?” ”

“No, nothing.” Bai Ye smiled dryly.

After eating and resting for a while, at about nine o’clock in the evening, a bell suddenly sounded outside. Hearing this voice, Yumi suddenly stood up from the sofa, and Bai Ye asked: “What’s wrong with the bell?” ”

Yumi replied with a solemn face: “This is a wake-up call that only rings when something big happens…”

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