It wasn't easy for Lin Pingzhi to get his hands on the Bixie Swordplay manual, only to find that everyone in the pugilistic world had a copy.
That was how Aso Kaito felt right now.
"Why do you have this?"
Aso Kaito was completely dumbfounded when she saw the ancient camera in the hands of the two people in front of her.
Amateraso Kaito and Heizawa Ren looked at each other when they heard her question.
"Um … I picked it up."
"Me too … I picked it up."
"Picked it up?!"
But for Aso Kaito, she might as well not answer at all.
"How could it be such a coincidence that I picked up a camera made by my ancestor!"
"Even if you say so …"
Amateraso Kaito and Heizawa Ren didn't know what to say about Aso Kaito's dissatisfaction. After all, as they said, they really only picked it up. Amateraso Kaito and Amateraso Kaito found the camera in a civilian's house in Aishin Village, while Heizawa Ren found the camera in the House of Sleeping ….
"Alright, alright, it's just a coincidence. Don't mind it too much."
Aso clapped his hands to signal everyone to come back to their senses.
"Regarding the camera, it's not too late to deal with it later. Let's deal with your lost memories first."
Asou Kaito nodded and didn't pursue the matter any further. Beside him, Moonless Aqua and Flowing Song picked up a notebook from the other side of the table.
"Ah, there's Dr. Aso Kunihiko's notebook here."
While speaking, Moonless Aqua flipped open the notebook and read it aloud.
"In ancient times, Hazy Moon Island was called 'the island closest to Yellow Springs' …. Uh, what's wrong with you guys?"
While Flowing Song was reading the notes, she discovered that when she mentioned the word "Yellow Springs", Scarlet, Tian Ceti, Tian Ceti Ao, and Hei Zawa Lian all stiffened, their expressions changing as if they had heard something bad.
"It's nothing. I'm just allergic to a certain word. Let's continue."
Zhui shrugged his shoulders. The other four also exchanged glances and sighed silently.
How should they put it …. It was the feeling of a bad premonition coming true.
Actually, there was nothing special written in the notebook. It was mainly a record of Asou Kunihiko's journey here. He had come to Hazy Moon Island because he had heard about the Hazy Moon Kagura Ritual and wanted to find materials to build a projector. The ruler of the island welcomed him very warmly …. Apart from that, the most important part of the notebook was the mask on the island. According to Asou Kunihiko, during the Hailing Moon Divine Music Ceremony, five masked musicians would perform in five different corners. In the middle of them, there would be a witch who also wore a mask and was responsible for the dance. According to Dr. Asou Kunihiko's analysis, the mask was probably the connection point between the world of the deceased and the modern world.
"A mask …"
Upon hearing this, Sasori narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment before looking at Yuen Yuen, who was hiding behind everyone.
"You said that in your memories, there were five masked girls and a Miko-sama? And then they all died? "
"I, I think so …"
Tsukamori Yuen replied with a trembling voice.
"All I remember is that they suddenly fell down, then the crowd was in chaos, and then I was taken away …"
"So the ceremony failed again?"
Crimson whispered in front of Sasori. Sasori shrugged his shoulders and did not answer. On the other hand, Moonless Aquamarine, Flowing Song, and Asou Kunihiko looked at each other in confusion.
What did he mean by "failed again"?
"Okay, that's it."
Sasori gestured for everyone to return to the topic.
"Let's split into two groups. One group will search upstairs, and the other will search downstairs. It'll be faster this way, and we can take care of each other if anything happens."
In a horror movie, this kind of suggestion would be the standard opening of a flag. But with Sasori's strength, she was the kind of person who could put a flag on a ghost's head, so she naturally would not care about such a small trouble.
"But the passage to the second floor has been locked by an iron fence."
Yuen Yuen Yuen asked uneasily. Sasori shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
After that, everyone was divided into two groups. Because Tau Cetanya's legs were not suitable for climbing up and down, Tau Cetanya, Aquamarine, Flowing Song, and Sasori were in charge of searching the first floor. Asou Kunihiko, Yuen Yuen Yuen, Rina Kurozawa, and Crimson were in charge of searching upstairs.
Asou Kaito had a projector of his own, Tsukamori Yuen had taken the one from the museum, and Kurozawa Rena and Hidaka Crimson … Hmm, the evil spirits on the projector would probably die before they knew it.
By the way, the iron gate on the second floor had been ripped open like paper by Sasori, so there was no need to think about finding a key to open the door.
Next, Sasori led the other three to search around the first floor. At the same time, she briefly told Moonless Aquamarine about what had happened to the others. After listening to Sasori's story, Moonless Aquamarine and Flowing Song finally understood why the others reacted so strangely when they heard the word "Yellow Springs".
"So … .miss Haruhino, you're saying that Hazy Moon Island also has that … .gate of Yellow Springs?"
"Based on the current situation, the possibility is quite high. What happened on Hazy Moon Island is basically the same as the other places affected by the Gate of Yellow Springs. "
As she spoke, Sasori picked up the information in her hand and glanced at it. It was information they had found in another room. It described a disease called "Youyou Disease". It was a very mysterious disease. The patients would suffer from mental confusion and memory disorders. Sometimes, they would even behave like another person. In the end, the patients would gradually lose their minds and die a miserable death.
This Hazy Moon Hall was built to treat these patients. According to the hospital's information, Moonless Aquamarine, Flowing Song, and the other two girls had been hospitalized here as patients before. The next mystery was solved. Why did five girls from different families know each other and appear in this place?
It seemed that when they were young, Moonless Aquamarine, Flowing Song, and the other three girls had suffered from Youyou Disease, so they were sent to the Hazy Moon Hall for treatment. But something happened later, so they left Hazy Moon Island.
But it was certain that the other people in the Hazy Moon Hall did not have such good luck. Along the way, they had encountered many resentful spirits of the nurses and patients.
And at this time, Tau Ceti had to be mentioned.
She indeed had difficulty walking, so she walked slowly. But perhaps because of this, Tau Ceti's perception was very strong. It could be said that she was like a human radar. In fact, most of the time, before those resentful spirits appeared, Tau Ceti could immediately sense that something was wrong.
This also meant that it was impossible for the ghosts to suddenly jump out from the crack of a door or window like in a horror movie to scare people. Basically, before they completely appeared, Tau Ceti had already pointed out a place for her sister to be careful of. Then, Tau Ceti immediately changed her direction and aimed at that place. As a result, when the resentful spirit came out and wanted to give the target a fierce blow, it was greeted with a flashing light and the power of a projector ….
It had to be admitted that the power of this pair of sisters was greater than the power of one plus one is greater than two.
Forget it, Sasori suspected that the so-called Hazy Moon Kagura Ceremony was just a disguise.
The reason was very simple. Based on the Icehouse Village, Eishin Village, and Hisashi Clan, sealing the Gates of the Underworld was a very dangerous thing to do. A single mistake could result in the team being wiped out. The other three places were so cautious that they wanted to kill everyone who had come into contact with the Miko, but Hazy Moon Island actually dared to show this once-in-a-decade ceremony to the public?
Were they really that careless? Weren't they afraid that something would happen?
Of course, the reason why Hazy Moon Island dared to show this ceremony to the public was that the ceremony was not that cruel. It would not tear people's cars apart, it would not make the elder sister choke the younger sister to death, and it would not tattoo people with tattoos all over their bodies and nail them to the ground. According to the records, the so-called Hazy Moon Kagura Ceremony was similar to an ordinary folk sacrificial ceremony. It consisted of five masked girls, each holding a musical instrument, playing kagura music while the masked Miko danced in the middle. The whole ceremony would last for an entire night.
It seemed that the only inhumane aspect of this ceremony was its duration.
One night was very hard to endure.
Moreover, Hazy Moon Island's experience itself was very strange. According to Yuka Mori, they had personally witnessed the failure of the ceremony and the death of the Miko. However, according to the newspaper that Flowing Song had found, it clearly stated that after the Hailing Moon Kagura Ritual ended that year, five girls, including herself, Asou Kaito, and Tsukimori Yuen Ka, had mysteriously disappeared. They were only found two weeks later. Although they had lost their memories, according to the current news, the five girls should have been returned to their parents after they were found, and then their parents took them away from Hazy Moon Island.
And it was only two years after this Hazy Moon Kagura Ceremony that the entire Hazy Moon Island died and mysteriously disappeared.
This was also a little different from other places. Based on the locations of the Gates of the Underworld that Si had been to before, the moment the ritual failed, the Gates of the Underworld would immediately erupt, sweeping away everything in the surroundings and wiping out the entire team. Nothing would work.
But there was actually a delay here?
"But, is there really a Gate of the Underworld here?"
"We'll know after looking for it. According to our experience, this thing is usually underground …"
"That's enough!!!"
But before Hazy Moon could finish, a sudden scream and noise came from upstairs.
"You've never looked at me, never! Why?! Why are you always like this!! I've had enough!!! "
Along with the scream, a series of hurried footsteps could be heard and gradually disappeared.
"What's going on upstairs?"
Hearing this, everyone was taken aback. Hazy Moon frowned.
"I'll go up and take a look."
Then, she clenched her fists, bent her knees, and jumped up!
"Bang!!!"
The fragile old floor was instantly pierced through, and then her whole body flew up, with a somersault, she landed firmly on the floor of the second floor. Only then did Yu realize that Hei Zeren and Asou Kaito were staring at him, who had crawled out from under the floorboards.
"… Miss Hazy Moon? What are you … "
"Oh, we heard a quarrel upstairs when we were downstairs. What happened?"
Asked Hazy Moon as she patted the sawdust off her hair. Upon hearing her question, Heizumi's gaze shifted back and forth between the hole in the floor and the sawdust on his body. In the end, he decided to keep his mouth shut and ignore the question.
"Actually … Miss Yuka and Miss Hazy Moon were quarreling just now …"
Heizumi quickly explained the situation to Hazy Moon.
The second floor was the patient's area. In fact, they did find a room with their names written on it. Obviously, they used to be patients of this Hazy Moon Hostel. Asou Izumi seemed to have remembered someone important. But this was a huge blow to Yuka Mori. She was terrified and agitated. She kept calling out a name called "Yao-ko".
At that time, the agitated Yuen Tsukamori wanted to seek comfort from the Asou Kaito, but the latter pushed her away and muttered another name under his breath.
This caused Yuka Mori to explode.
"You've never looked at me! You're just using me as a substitute! I've had enough!! "
Yuka Mori roared at Asou Izumi, probably out of extreme fear and anger. Then, she turned around and ran out.
"I see."
Hazy Moon nodded after hearing the whole story from Heizumi Rei. She could tell that Yuka Mori treated Asou Izumi differently, and now it seemed that there was a conflict between the two. Asou Izumi stood aside with a complicated look on his face. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Where's Crimson?"
"Crimson was worried that something would happen to Miss Yuka, so she followed her. I stayed here to look after Miss Hazy Moon."
"I understand."
Hazy Moon nodded when she heard Heizumi's answer.
Since Crimson followed her, then … there should be no problem.
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