"I can't believe it! What the hell is my brother thinking!? "
Although Crimson was naturally very happy to see her brother and know that he was still alive, her happiness was soon replaced by an unknown anger.
"Why is he helping that female ghost?! Doesn't he know how terrifying that female ghost is? "
Crimson had witnessed how the female ghost brutally killed the cameraman, the woman, and Gao Feng himself during the backtracking process. In Crimson's heart, the female ghost had basically become a terrifying monster. But she did not expect that her brother would be so obsessed as to stand in front of her and stop her from destroying the female ghost!
"Miss Crimson, what do you think about having a ghost sister-in-law?"
"I absolutely don't want it! Absolutely not! "
At this moment, Crimson was not her usual timid and gentle self. Instead, she seemed rather aggressive.
"I won't let my brother be bewitched by a female ghost! I must get my brother back!! "
Whoa, sister-in-law is really troublesome.
Seeing Crimson clenching the camera and wishing that she could rush over and send the female ghost in white to her afterlife, Yu silently crossed her unlucky brother in her heart.
Currently, Hibiscus Crimson's reaction was no different from when she saw her brother bringing home two black flowers for a ceremony in the Realm of Emptiness …. For a split second just now, Miaomiao clearly sensed killing intent from Hibiscus Crimson.
Thinking about it, both her parents were dead, and now she could only rely on her brother. In the end, her brother left without saying a word and never contacted her again. Her younger sister went to look for him out of worry, but after going through a lot of hardships, she found out that her brother had gotten together with an unknown woman outside....
If the other party was not a female ghost, if they were not on the set of a horror film, it would have been a family ethics drama where the sister-in-law and sister-in-law fought each other.
Let's call it "My Girlfriend and Sister's Tragic Shuraba".
Yu silently pushed open the door and walked into a nearby room. It looked like a bedroom, but there was no TV or household appliances here. It was obviously designed a long time ago. There was only a table by the wall with some photos scattered on it.
"Ah, these photos are....!"
Crimson hurriedly ran into the room and gazed at the photos on the table with a nostalgic expression.
"What's wrong with these photos?"
Yu also picked up a few photos to take a look. The photos were not of scenery or people. It was more like someone was taking photos of random people out of boredom. There were walls and corridors. If it weren't for the strange, transparent spirits in the middle of these photos, these could be said to be materials used by primary school students to practice taking photos.
"No, it's just that … my mother used to take these pictures when she was alive …"
Looking at the photo in front of her, a hint of nostalgia appeared on Daisy's crimson face.
"I remember when I was young, my mother used to take pictures of places where there was no one around. Even in the room, she would take pictures as if she was chasing something. At the time, I didn't know why my mother did this … but after seeing these photos, I understood … .so this really is where my grandmother lived. "
Crimson Daisy sighed and put down the photo in her hand. Although she had seen it before, it was only at this moment that Crimson felt it was real. Unless it was a coincidence, there shouldn't be two identical cameras in this world, and it was even more impossible for them to take the same photos ….
Thinking of this, Crimson suddenly felt a little suffocated. She walked to the other side of the room, opened the paper door, and went to the balcony to take a breath of fresh air. However, just as Crimson looked down, she suddenly seemed to have seen something and screamed.
"Miss Yu!"
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Crimson Daisy's scream, Si walked out and looked down from the balcony. In front of him was the front yard of the Ice House. There was nothing there except for a withered old crooked tree.
"I, I saw someone hanging there just now. It's …."
"Let's go down and take a look."
Upon hearing Crimson's words, Ayumi extended her arms, wrapped her arms around Crimson's slender waist, and lifted her off the ground like a princess. Then, she leaped from the balcony on the second floor to the courtyard. She wasn't going to do something as troublesome as running away again.
The Young Kitsune Crimson was startled by the sudden movement, but she didn't think too much about it. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she hurriedly ran to the crooked tree and pointed at the branch beside it.
"It's here, Miss Yu. I saw it here just now …."
"Hmm …. Let's do it again."
"Huh?"
"Just like before, you know what I mean. Put your hand on this tree."
"… Okay."
Hearing this, Crimson seemed to have thought of something. She blushed slightly, then nodded obediently. She placed her right hand on the trunk of the crooked tree and closed her eyes. Then, Yu clenched her left hand and pressed it against her forehead.
"Let's begin."
The scene changed again.
Soon, the line of sight returned to the ice house.
There were still three people standing there, but this time, there were two women and a man. All three of them were dressed in kimonos and looked like characters in period dramas. Judging from their ages, the two adults and the child should be a family.
"Mom …."
Crimson couldn't help but cry out when she saw the face of the woman in the kimono. Because the woman in front of her looked exactly like her mother.
But soon, their identities were revealed. The three of them were Shuho Ryozo, Shuho Yatsugu, and their daughter, Shuho Meiqin, who went missing in the ice house.
"It seems that this world is the timeline of the previous generation …."
After confirming the identities of the three people, Yu couldn't help but sigh. Crimson didn't say a word. She just looked at the family of three with a complicated expression.
The whole world was like a cycle. Gao Feng's group of three came here to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Shuho Ryozo and his family. The purpose of Shuho Ryozo and his family coming here was not simply to help his weak wife, Shuho Yatsugu, recuperate.
On the contrary, Shuho Ryozo came here to investigate the disaster that happened in the ice house many years ago. It was said that many years ago, there was a terrible disaster in the ice house. After the patriarch of the Shuho family went crazy, he killed 1,347 people in the family and eventually committed suicide. As a folklore scholar, Shuho Ryozo came here to investigate the cause of the disaster and the mysterious ritual passed down by the Shuho family.
"Sure enough, folklore scholars are courting death."
Seeing this, Sakura Mikoto silently gave her evaluation, and Mikoto had nothing to say.
If it was one, it could be said to be a coincidence, but if it was two … it was really hard to say.
Unlike Gao Feng's group who encountered a tragedy as soon as they came here, Shuho Ryozo and his family lived quite comfortably at first. Shuho Ryozo's wife, Yatsugu, spent most of her time recuperating, while their daughter, Mikoto, became good friends with the children nearby and played together every day. Shuho Ryozo focused his energy on exploring the secrets of the ice house.
However, the good times did not last long. Before long, strange things gradually happened.
The first was that his daughter, Mikoto, met a girl in a kimono — it was Mie Miki, whom Yu and Crimson had also met. Then, the girl gave a camera to Mikoto, and Mikoto gave the camera to her father, Shuho Ryozo.
Shuho Ryozo was obviously surprised by the gift his daughter received, but after careful investigation, he did not seem to find anything wrong with the camera, so he accepted it as an ordinary gift.
After that, Mikoto Yatsugu's health began to improve, and she began to take pictures with the camera.
During this process, Mikoto Yatsugu seemed to have discovered the strange ability of the camera to take pictures of ghosts. If it was an ordinary person, they would have been scared away. However, Mikoto Yatsugu seemed to be possessed. She took pictures everywhere in the room with the camera every day.
"Mom was like this too."
Looking at Mikoto Yatsugu taking pictures everywhere in the room with the camera in her hand, Crimson said with some pain.
"At that time, I saw Mom was the same. She took pictures with the camera every day … I was really scared …"
Hearing Crimson's words, Yu reached out and gently touched her head, but did not say anything.
After that, Mikoto Yatsugu's body began to weaken again, and she could not get out of bed again. However, it was not over yet. Not long after that, their daughter, Mikoto Mikoto, secretly took away the camera when her mother was not paying attention and went to play hide-and-seek with her friends — — then, she never came back.
The disappearance of the children naturally attracted attention. First, the villagers went up the mountain to look for them, but after their efforts were in vain, they chose to call the police. However, even if the police were dispatched, they could not find any trace of the children. It was as if they had disappeared into thin air, without a trace. Because of this, many people spread rumors that the children had been "hidden".
During the disappearance of her daughter, Mikoto Yatsugu cried a lot, and because of the influence of the camera, she could now see the ghosts even without the camera. In the end, Mikoto Yatsugu could not bear the burden and chose to hang herself on the old crooked tree in the middle of the courtyard.
The death of his wife was naturally a great blow to Mikoto Yatsugu, but he did not feel depressed because of it. Instead, he turned his grief into strength, which allowed him to find the entrance to the ice chamber used for the ritual. Just as Mikoto Yatsugu opened the stone door of the ritual entrance and tried to find out what was going on, countless snow-white arms suddenly stretched out from the door and pulled Mikoto Yatsugu into the door. Then, the stone door closed again.
Then, the video ended.
"I didn't expect things to turn out like this …"
After watching all this, Crimson could not help but sigh. She was not interested in all this at first, but when she connected all this to herself, it became a different matter.
"But Miss Mikoto is very strange. According to what we saw, our grandmother had disappeared for many days at that time. How was she found later?"
"I don't know about that. I'm afraid only your grandmother herself knows what's going on."
Having said that, Mikoto turned around and looked behind him.
"But now, we have guests to greet."
Along with Mikoto's words, Crimson felt a cold aura. Then, a voice quietly appeared and began to echo around.
"Mikoto … Where are you … Mikoto … My daughter, where the hell have you gone …?"
Accompanied by a resentful cry, the figure of a woman in a kimono hanging from a tree slowly appeared. She stared at the two of them and floated towards them.
"Mikoto … Where the hell are you …"
"Miss Mikoto, this …"
Although Crimson was very afraid of these evil spirits before, now that she knew their past, especially after learning that the evil spirit in front of her was even her great-grandmother, she really did not know what to do.
"Leave it to me."
Mikoto smiled at Crimson. Then, she stepped forward and raised Frostmourne.
"Wake up, Lady Yatsuru. Your daughter is not dead!"
As he spoke, he gently flicked his finger on Frostmourne's blade. With a ding, the originally muddle-headed undead seemed to have become much more clear-headed. She stared blankly at Grizzly and asked softly, "What did you do? What did you do?"
"My daughter … is not dead?"
"Yes, I don't know the specific reason, but your daughter did not die after she disappeared. She was adopted and married to that family."
While saying that, Mikoto gestured for Crimson to walk past.
"Look, this is the daughter of your daughter's daughter … You should be able to feel it. The blood connection won't disappear so easily."
"Ah … … Ah … …"
At first, Mikoto Yatsuru did not show any reaction when she saw Crimson, but gradually, she seemed to sense something. She slowly floated over and stretched out her hands to Crimson.
"My child … My child …"
While crying, Mikoto Yatsuru hugged Crimson in her arms. Although Crimson was a little nervous, she did not move.
"I'm sorry … I couldn't find you … I'm sorry … I shouldn't have brought you here …"
As if he was apologizing for his sins, Yatsura Shokugeki kept apologizing to Crimson.
"Why did I forget? If I hadn't forgotten at that time … I'm sorry, Mikoto, you have to leave this place, leave this place, and never come back. There's something just as terrible here … Maybe this is my fate. Maybe I shouldn't have run away from all this … I'm sorry, Mikoto, I'm sorry … Mikoto … Mikoto …"
With her final apology, Mikoto Yatsuru's figure turned into light spots and slowly disappeared.
Crimson watched all this with a complicated expression. Finally, she took a deep breath and looked at Mikoto.
"Miss Mikoto, erm, has my great-grandmother … already ascended to heaven?"
"No."
Mikoto frowned and looked around.
"She just fulfilled the wish in her heart and temporarily fell into a deep sleep, but she didn't leave. But they didn't leave. This world is like a cage, imprisoning all souls. Hmm … looks like there's something very strange waiting for us here. "
"By the way, Miss Mikoto, who is the Mikoto that great-grandmother mentioned in the end?"
"I don't know."
Mikoto shook her head at Crimson's question.
"Maybe it's a relative of Mikoto Yatsuru. I didn't investigate that much … Anyway, let's move on."
(End of Chapter)
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