Chapter 931 Chapter 10: Bride
"Live here?!" The female police officer was the first to object. "You've got to be kidding me! How can people live here?!"
"Aren't all these old people living here human beings?" Sherlock glanced at her.
The female police officer wanted to say something, but the old policeman immediately interrupted and said, "Hey, shut up, ma'am, are you serious? Do you really want to live here?"
Sherlock lit a cigarette and looked towards the village entrance.
"I just said I'll live here, you guys can do whatever you want."
The two policemen breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, but then looked at Fang Chunlizi who was standing beside them.
After all, this is a leader from Tokyo.
If she didn't leave, the police at the local police station wouldn't be able to leave rashly.
"My orders are to assist you two in investigating the murder case at Danye Mountain. At the same time, I am also responsible for protecting your safety in Fusang. Before you leave Fusang, I will definitely protect you every step of the way!"
Yagyu was very serious, while Fang Haruko had a cold face all the time.
"Please explain your reasons for wanting to stay in the village. I will determine whether to allow you to stay based on your reasons."
"Oh." Sherlock seemed very impatient. She said after throwing away the cigarette butt and stomping it out.
"I miss my ancestors, but I dare not approach the real Black Spring Hunter Village. There are still many doubts about this village and these villagers. Only by staying here can we find out the truth."
Fang Chunlizi was stunned for a moment and then said.
"Actually, I've discovered something. There are 107 people in this village, and there are 107 Buddha statues. I don't think they're descendants of the Black Spring Hunter Village, but rather correspond to those Buddha statues, maintaining some kind of barrier?"
The blonde girl rolled her eyes after hearing what Fang Haruriko said, and the contempt in her eyes couldn't be clearer.
"There are indeed curses and enchantments in this world, but in this village I only smell the scent of conspiracy. Okay, you guys go negotiate with the villagers, and I'll look outside the village to see if there are any clues."
After saying that, she left everyone behind and walked towards the village entrance.
"How... rude." The young female police officer couldn't help but complain as she watched Sherlock's slender and tall figure gradually go away.
"How can there be such a woman?"
The old policeman patted her shoulder, sighed, and then turned to look at Fang Haruriko.
"Ms. Fang Chun, what should we do now?"
Fang Chunlizi's face was not looking good either, but after weighing the pros and cons, she still spoke to the old policeman.
"These two are experts invited by the Fuso government. Naturally, we cannot leave them alone in this village. However, I also need to report to my superiors, so I must go down the mountain."
Then she looked at Miyamoto Yagyu.
"Yagyu, you stay in the village and protect them."
"Hi!"
Leia found it a little funny.
Why can't you report anything here? You just want to go down the mountain and find an excuse. There are so many people and only Yagyu is left as an outlier.
It seems that in Fusang, the relationship between humans and aliens is really not that good.
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At this moment, Sherlock was still investigating the black soil outside the village.
She walked around the village and collected some black soil of varying shades.
Then she discovered that there was a small stream behind the village.
She followed the sound of the stream and heard the sound of children laughing.
This cheered Sherlock up, and she quickened her pace, passing through a dark wood. The moonlight shone through the sparse branches and leaves, casting patches of light on her body, as if it was a light spot guiding her forward.
Moonlight...? Wait...is it dark?
It was as if Sherlock's mind was trying to make her understand something at this moment.
But her body did not stop at all and continued to walk towards the stream.
When she finally reached the stream, the sight before her made her stop involuntarily.
A group of children aged five or six, their clothes were tattered and the fabrics were covered with patches and stains, as if they were relics forgotten by time.
But they had innocent smiles on their faces, but in the dim moonlight, they looked extremely strange.
They were chanting an old Japanese nursery rhyme. The melody was simple but carried an indescribable eeriness, as if it was a call from another world.
[The head is missing, the bride is gone,
It was dark at night and no one was around.
Red clothes fluttering, blood and tears dripping,
The bell rang softly, standing by the well,
The bride's steps are light and silent.
The song is sad and the clothes are stained with blood.
That was exactly the nursery rhyme that had appeared in Director Yang Yi's notes.
The children held hands and surrounded a little girl in the center.
The girl's clothes were completely different from the others.
She was a little older and dressed in fancy clothes, but her eyes were empty and lifeless, and she was muttering something along with the children.
The circle they formed slowly rotated, and every step seemed to step on Sherlock's heartbeat, making her feel an indescribable fear.
fear......?
Is this the emotion I should be having?
Or rather, is this the emotion Sherlock should have...
Suddenly, the children stopped moving and slowly turned to look at Sherlock.
"What a pretty girl."
Suddenly, an old woman's voice came from behind Sherlock.
She turned her head suddenly and saw a tall, fat old woman in a kimono with a heavily made-up face appear behind her.
"This time...it's your turn to be the bride."
Sherlock thought she was talking to him.
But then a scream was heard.
She turned back again.
It turned out that the girl, who was surrounded by several children, had her head cut off.
When the head rolled to his feet, Sherlock recognized it.
Isn’t this the half face I saw in the village just now?
Her originally snow-white clothes were stained red with blood, and her headless body was pushed into the stream by the children.
The stream water suddenly began to change color, from its original clear state to slowly turning pitch black.
"Hehehe...this year's Black Spring is very fresh."
The fat old woman picked up the girl's head and walked towards Sherlock step by step.
"Next time...it's your turn to be the bride."
Those eyes... stared straight at Sherlock, and then shook the head in front of the blonde girl.
Through the eyes that were still closed, Sherlock saw his own reflection in her eyes.
...Who is this blonde woman with a nice figure?
I’m Sherlock Holmes, and I… am a private investigator.
But who is this woman...
"Miss Sherlock!"
The next moment, she woke up from her brief hibernation.
Leia and Yagyu both stood in front of her, looking at her with strange eyes.
"Why did you suddenly cut off the connection with me? Also, why did you enter hibernation just now?"
Faced with Rhea's question, Sherlock didn't know how to answer, nor did he know whether he should tell her what he had just seen.
Now she was standing by a stream that had long since dried up.
This mountain...seems to be influencing her mimic personality...
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