Chapter 297 [(*^▽^*)]
Alright, so the village chief really has his eye on Xue Rui. How can we let him succeed?
Lin Leyou interrupted him, "Village Chief, you don't need to mention my junior brother."
The village chief was taken aback for a moment. "What... does this mean? Could it be..."
Lin Leyou said matter-of-factly, "He was knocked unconscious by the female ghost and almost died. If someone hadn't saved him..." As he said this, he glanced at the woman hiding inside.
"He can't possibly be here now, so it's definitely not feasible to send him out to exorcise the ghost alone. Even if he finds the female ghost, he's no match for her and will only be killed."
The village chief... the village chief was speechless.
After all, if he were to refute her, wouldn't what she just said be contradictory? However, it would seem like a waste to give up this opportunity.
"Does Master Lin have any good ideas?"
Lin Leyou said, "There are always solutions, of course there are, it just takes time. Anyway, this female ghost can't hide forever, she will definitely come out."
"I just find it strange..."
Village chief, "What's strange?"
Lin Leyou stared intently at the village chief, "This female ghost knocked my junior brother unconscious, why didn't she kill him? And she..."
At this point, Lin Leyou's gaze fell on the woman hiding behind him. "Since she saved my junior brother, it means she may have seen the female ghost. If that's the case, why did she hide my junior brother?"
"She could have explained it as avoiding further trouble or causing my junior brother to suffer a second injury, but even after I went back, she still wouldn't tell me until I threatened her..."
The village chief opened his mouth as if to say something, but Lin Leyou interrupted him, "Although the village chief explained a lot just now, I don't really believe it. However, since my junior brother is indeed alright, I won't hold it against him."
What could the village chief do but nod?
Lin Leyou said, "I hope we can get along well in the future. If problems arise, I hope you can communicate properly with us, your fellow disciples, instead of making decisions on your own. Also..."
He looked at the village chief and said, “In the future… never run away before you’ve finished talking, making us come here specifically to ask the village chief.”
"It's such a simple matter, why didn't you just tell us directly? Why waste so much of the village chief's time? Don't you agree?"
The village chief agreed, saying, "You're right."
If this woman hadn't been so foolish, these two, who were probably the most talented fellow disciples, would never have bothered him. He glanced back, his eyes filled with hostility.
The woman who noticed the village chief's unhappiness could only walk out with an awkward smile. She knew she was alright now, and if she didn't leave, the village chief would only get angrier.
"I'm so sorry to have caused you trouble. I was just too scared at the time, so I did some thoughtless things. I hope you don't mind."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the village chief and said, "I'm sorry, village chief, it's my fault for causing you trouble."
The village chief's expression softened considerably. "Alright, just be more careful in the future. Go back now, you still have a lot of things to do at home."
She nodded. "Then I'll go back..."
Lin Leyou and Xue Rui also said goodbye to the village chief, and then followed the woman back to their residence. When Lin Leyou left, he casually tossed a mechanical spider there.
After they returned to their lodgings, they went straight to their room on the second floor. They did not interrogate her as the woman had expected. Only after seeing that she was alone on the first floor did she truly breathe a sigh of relief.
Not long after, her husband came downstairs.
Seeing his wife looking listless, he asked curiously, "What's wrong? Did something bad happen?"
The woman hesitated for a moment before saying, "Just now... she came by and knocked out Master Lin's junior brother. If I hadn't told her not to do it, she probably would have killed him."
"How could this be? Why is she out in broad daylight?"
She rolled her eyes. "How would I know?"
"What's wrong with you? You killed him, so what? What can Master Lin do if he finds out? Kill you?"
She was furious. "You have no idea how terrifying Master Lin is. If his junior brother really dies in our house, will we ever have any peace?"
"If you want to kill her, go out and kill her. Don't let her die at home. Otherwise, if Master Lin can't find her, he'll turn his attention to us, won't he?"
The man paused for a moment before realizing this, "Yes, yes, you're right, that's definitely true."
It doesn't matter if all my fellow disciples die, but they absolutely cannot die in my own home; that's so unlucky.
"What about them?"
"Where else could I have gone? After I came back, I went upstairs. I thought they would interrogate me, but they didn't ask me anything. What should I do? I'm so uneasy."
"If I ask, it's fine, but if I don't ask, I can't put my mind at ease."
The man sighed, "Let's try to find out what they have to say during dinner. Maybe we can get some information out of them."
We are currently on the second floor.
Xue Rui, "Brother Lin? This couple clearly knows a lot, and..."
Lin Leyou: "I know."
Xue Rui, "Aren't you going to ask?"
Lin Leyou looked at Xue Rui's calm expression and said, "You've probably figured it out by now, haven't you?"
Xue Rui suddenly laughed, "Yeah, I didn't expect Brother Lin to see through it? I thought I was pretending very well!"
Lin Leyou: "In that case, there's no need to ask any more questions. When do you think they'll make their move?"
Xue Rui stroked his chin. "Let's first analyze what exactly happened in this Yaoshan Village."
Lin Leyou nodded. "Go on."
Xue Rui said, "First of all, Ah Rong's parents may not be as innocent as Fan Yu said before. They must have done something wrong."
"Secondly, the relationship between this Ah Rong and the couple, as well as the village chief and the villagers, is not as hostile as Fan Yu said, and they may even be in cahoots."
Lin Leyou: "Yes, continue."
Xue Rui said, "Logically speaking, if the village is haunted, it is only right for the village chief's lover to come and exorcise the ghost. But he invited more than thirty... masters to come to the village to exorcise the ghost. This is obviously not right."
"Furthermore, I was once taken into the female ghost's coffin, so I can confirm that there was no corpse inside. So where is Ah Rong's corpse?"
"Brother Lin said that when he first arrived in the village, he injured a female ghost near the well. This shows that there is indeed a female ghost in this village, which is very likely Ah Rong. This means that Ah Rong is indeed dead."
Lin Leyou nodded again, "Anything else?"
“Ah Rong is indeed dead and has become a female ghost. She has a good relationship with the village chief and the others. The village chief has also strangely invited so many masters. There must be some conspiracy involved.”
"Brother Lin, do you think every single household in Yaoshan Village... at least the ones where players are staying, has a basement like that? What kind of people are they used to lock up?"
Lin Leyou: "There's a high probability of that."
Xue Rui said, "The most important thing now is to find A Rong's body. I have a feeling that once we find the body, we will be close to discovering the secret of this village."
Lin Leyou said, "I also had a feeling that once we found Arong's body, we would be hunted down by the villagers and start a battle royale."
Xue Rui: "In this case, I need to find some mission items before this final battle royale begins."
Lin Leyou: "This is a bit difficult."
Although I have found two myself, I'm sorry, but these are the ones he found, and he absolutely will not give them to me!
Moreover, he knew that even if he gave it to Xue Rui, she wouldn't want it. Besides, who said that Xue Rui hadn't found any quest items yet?
Maybe they found it just like me but didn't say anything!
Lin Leyou: "Shall we go out now?"
Xue Rui said, "I think we can try looking in the village chief's basement; maybe we can find something good there."
Lin Leyou said, "There are too many people at the village chief's house; it might not be that easy to sneak in."
Xue Rui: "It's okay, there are always times when you make a mistake."
Lin Leyou said, "In that case, I'll release a few more mechanical spiders out to monitor the village chief's house."
Xue Rui said, "I have some too. We can't let Brother Lin do all the work."
Lin Leyou did not refuse, "Okay."
The mechanical spider he just threw at the village chief's house naturally brought Lin Leyou a lot of information as well.
As soon as they left, the village chief quickly closed the gate. The house was surrounded by a wall, so it was impossible to see inside from the outside.
"dad?"
The village chief sighed deeply, "Don't lay a hand on these two fellow disciples anymore. Make sure they hide well and don't appear in front of them. After we've caught everyone else we can, I'll find an excuse to send them away."
"But will they really leave?"
The village chief sneered, "They're all here for profit. As long as I give them the promised benefits, do you think they'll stay and exorcise ghosts without getting paid?"
"That's true, so now..."
The village chief sat in an armchair. "How many have been arrested so far?"
"There are ten now, and six more... with those two fellow disciples."
The village chief frowned slightly. "How come there's only so much? Where are the others?"
“We find this very strange too. It seems like one or two of these people disappear every now and then, and we can’t find them. Now, there are only eighteen of them left in the whole village.”
"Moreover... ten have been captured, leaving only eight in the village. Should we capture the remaining six? They are all quite capable; they avoided many traps beforehand, and their strength is very high."
The village chief took a puff of his cigarette. "Let's put it aside for now. Use these ten people first. We'll see if the others are enough after these ten people have used them. If not, we'll go and get a few more."
"Dad, besides those two, there are only six left. What if they all die during this time?"
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