Chapter 10 Listen to the Wind Singing10

[Side Quest 4: Please exorcise the cursed spirit and subdue the curser hiding in the dark.]

Hoshino Nozomi quickly scanned the task list and confirmed that he had encountered a new specialty.

Just when he was drinking the juice, he felt a cold gaze, like a slippery poisonous snake slowly wrapping around his body, making his heart tighten.

However, in just a blink of an eye, that vision disappeared.

Since the system has issued a task, it couldn't be an illusion just now. The cursed spirit and the curser are most likely hiding in this bar.

He had seen cursed spirits and sorcerers before, but the word curser was a word he had never heard of.

[A sorcerer is a sorcerer who violates the rules of sorcery.]

Hoshino Nozomi understood.

Curse master = wanted criminal.

He scanned every corner of the bar without leaving a trace. The bar was still deserted during the day, and even the arrangement of the tables, chairs and benches was exactly the same as when he first came in.

no……

That vision disappeared completely.

There is a wooden spiral staircase in the bar. The light near the second floor is dim. Xingye squinted his eyes and could not see clearly what was on it.

It would be best to go up and take a look.

Thinking of this, Xingye Wang's hand on the table suddenly trembled. He looked to the side and saw the bartender's mobile phone on the bar.

Is it because your phone vibrated when it received a text message?

Hoshino Nozomi turned her head and saw an official emergency evacuation notice on the screen, which said that there were a large number of explosives in the street and that residents were advised to evacuate before professionals defuse the bombs.

The bartender looked flustered, shaking his head and nodding as he said something to Nakahara Chuuya, who raised his eyebrows and pushed the paper to Hoshino Motoko: [They are closing the store, let us go first.]

"Is that so... It's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it," Hoshino looked at the bartender who seemed to be preparing to go upstairs. One of his feet was already on the stairs. "Aren't we going to close the store? Why isn't he leaving?"

Nakahara Chuuya shook his head. The bartender didn't tell him, and he wouldn't ask such a trivial matter.

"Hey, Mr. Bartender!" Hoshino Nozomi called out to the bartender, "What's on the second floor? Ah, please help me translate, Chuuya-kun."

[He is going to wake up another employee who is resting on the second floor.]

"I want to go too." Hoshino Wang jumped off the chair.

Nakahara Chuuya looked at Wendy in confusion. Wendy winked at him, turned around and ran to the bartender, blocking the bartender's steps forward.

Nakahara Chuuya noticed something was wrong.

Yokohama is not a place with good public security. Things like "someone is carrying explosives and preparing to blow everyone up" happen once or twice every year. Therefore, when Nakahara Chuuya saw the text message, he was very calm. He even had the leisure to wonder whether the bomb was hidden in the wooden board under his feet, and whether the bartender in front of him might be the bomb maniac mentioned in the text message.

The bartender said the shop was closing, but he didn't care too much. There were many bars in Yokohama, so he could just take Wendy to another shop.

But he didn't expect Wendy to suddenly suggest going to the second floor, and she even winked at him, as if hinting at something.

Is there something on the second floor? Is it related to the emergency evacuation? But he didn't find anything unusual. If the bomber had just appeared, he would have noticed something...

"Sir! Please take care of your...your brother!"

The bartender interrupted Nakahara Chuuya's thoughts with a shocked and angry voice. He looked up and saw that Wendy was no longer on the stairs. Just like in the hospital, she ran up to the second floor without waiting for anyone to react.

Now, Nakahara Chuuya was certain that Wendy had noticed something unusual, and at the same time he silently updated his assessment of Wendy's strength - Wendy was more sensitive than he thought.

Chief Mori allowed him to try to get closer to Wendy, implying that he should find out as much as possible about Wendy's strength and identity background without angering her. If there was really danger on the second floor, this would be a good opportunity.

He stood up, grabbed the bartender's shoulders, and forcibly stopped the bartender's action: "He is not my brother."

"Also, if you don't want to die, leave now."

After Nakahara Chuuya finished speaking, he didn't even stare at the bartender to make sure he left, but walked straight up.

As soon as I stepped onto the second floor, the scenery in front of me suddenly changed.

The place where several VIP rooms were supposed to be has now turned into a turbid body of water, and the concrete walls on both sides have turned into rough rock walls. Nakahara Chuuya looked back and found that the stairs had disappeared without his noticing.

The retreat route is blocked.

Nakahara Chuuya's expression became serious. He was about to remind Wendy to be careful, but when he turned around, he saw Wendy holding the piano, turning around and looking around like a curious child. When she moved, a breeze was created, and ripples were formed on the water surface.

"Chuya-kun is here too."

Seeing him coming up, Wendy smiled and waved. Faced with such a strange scene, she was not nervous at all. Instead, she was as relaxed as if she was on vacation.

...Should I say he is a fool, or is he just too confident in his own abilities?

[Did you see anything?]

"Huh?" Wendy shook her head. "No, you came not long after I arrived."

After saying that, the boy's eyes suddenly lit up. "Then again, such a wonderful experience is hard to come by, and I think it will be a good material for a story! Chuuya-kun, we can't go back anyway, are you interested in going on an adventure with me in the deep?"

Nakahara Chuuya nodded, and at the same time, following Wendy's example, used gravity to fly out of the water.

The water gave him a bad feeling. It was too turbid and he couldn't see clearly what was underneath. In order to avoid attacks from enemies hiding underwater, it would be better to fly.

Wendy probably thought of this, which is why she used her supernatural power to fly.

In his heart, Chuuya Nakahara gave Wendy a label of "considerate".

"So Chuuya-kun can fly, too. That saves a lot of trouble. I was planning to let the wind lift you up as well."

After all, it's disgusting to be touched by such dirty water.

Hoshino thought with disdain as he used the wind to blow dry his wet socks. He was very dissatisfied with this dirty and messy environment.

When they first reached the second floor, if the system hadn't tried its best to ensure that they were still in this world, Xingye Wang almost thought that he had traveled through time again.

According to the system, they have entered the realm of cursed spirits.

They moved forward and found a torn coat on the water in the corner. There were bloodstains on it. It seemed that the employee who was originally on the second floor had been killed.

Hoshino Nozomi moved closer to the jacket and carefully examined the damaged area, trying to see something from it, but unfortunately he found nothing. He raised his head, a little disappointed.

A notebook full of words suddenly appeared in front of him. Hoshino looked over and saw that Nakahara Chuuya had written something new on it: [Don't take it too seriously].

Hoshino Nozomi shook her head: "It's okay."

He didn't expect to be able to see anything with his naked eyes at first. After all, he was just an ordinary person before crossing over, not a detective. Moreover, he now has a system.

Conduct forensic investigation, he thought.

【Detection and identification, success.】

Xing Yewang’s eyes suddenly darkened.

The world seemed to be made up of countless gray silhouettes, with the smoky green light making it particularly clear.

[You find several winding water marks on the rock wall. You follow the water marks until you see the rock wall in front of you on the left.]

The color there is particularly darker.

This time, Xingye Wang did not hesitate. He turned the zither in his hand into a bow and arrow. Three arrows flew out into the air. At the same time, several black shadows knocked down the arrows and rushed towards him. Xingye Wang immediately dodged to the side and finally saw the full appearance of the black shadows.

...octopus tentacles?

It is not accurate to call them octopus tentacles. At least, Hoshino Moto has never seen any octopus with tentacles that grow into a curved shape or covered with densely packed eyeballs.

The moment his eyes met those of countless others, Xingye Wang's head seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer. Everything in front of his eyes went dark, and the darkness was like a surging tide, drowning his thoughts.

Unable to think.

Only the heart is still beating slowly.

Boom, boom, boom…

【The will is determined, and success is achieved. 】

My mind instantly became clear again.

As if he was immersed in warm water or walking under the warm sunshine, Xingye Wang's heart was filled with peace. He immediately mobilized the wind around him, compressed it into wind blades, and cut off the nearby tentacles.

Seeing that the attack failed, the cursed spirit immediately crawled inside and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Chuya-kun, let's chase him!"

Hoshino Nozomi gripped the bowstring tightly and flew deep into the air, so fast that only a blue afterimage was left on Nakahara Chuuya's retina.

Nakahara Chuuya held onto the wall and quickly withdrew his hand.

He stared at his gloves, and thinking about the possibility that the thing just now might have crawled over the rock wall here, Zhong Yuanzhong wanted to throw the gloves away immediately, the farther the better.

It's simply spiritual pollution.

This was the first time that Chuuya Nakahara's brain went completely blank since he was born.

As the dense eyeballs on the tentacles stared at him, Nakahara Chuuya's brain went blank with a buzzing sound, his consciousness and five senses left him, and his limbs could not move. If Wendy had not cut off the tentacles in time, he would probably have been hit by the tentacles because he could not dodge in time.

Unlike him, Wendy seemed not to be affected at all. Even when being stared at by such a thing, he quickly fought back without changing his expression and chased after it without hesitation.

Doesn't he feel any evil at all?!

Nakahara Chuuya took a few deep breaths and followed.

By the way, I also added labels such as "extremely strong psychological quality", "rich combat experience" and "strong reaction ability" to Wendy in my mind.

It seems that Chief Sen's decision was correct. Regardless of Wendy's background, based on his own strength, he is a person who should not be treated casually.

There is another corner. The color of the rock wall on the left is as dark as ebony, and you can smell a damp and cold breath when you get close.

There was the sound of waves and the sound of metal colliding. Just as Chuuya Nakahara was preparing himself mentally, he heard Wendy yell, "My—"

Nakahara Chuuya's heart was shocked, and he rushed in instantly. A black shadow suddenly flashed before his eyes, with a body as agile as a cheetah. Nakahara Chuuya subconsciously wanted to kick it away, but stopped abruptly the next second.

"--hat!"

Wendy leaped upward and grabbed the fragment of the hat.

Nakahara Chuuya: “…”

He took back what he said before, it's not a cheetah, it's a cat.

The movements are exactly the same as a cat catching a cat stick.

Wendy looked at the piece of cloth that was no longer the size of her palm with sorrow: "I am not complete anymore..."

Is the hat the real body?!

"Why do you still care about hats?!"

An irritable female voice sounded, and the woman in the dark blue uniform felt like she was a substitute for Nakahara Chuuya: "Could it be that the true form is a hat? A hat-bearing god of the dead?!"

She raised her long sword and threw away her tentacles: "If you are fine, come and help me quickly, damn it——"

"Calm down, calm down, maybe that hat is very important?"

“Salmon.”

Nakahara Chuuya was silent.

He looked around and saw Wendy holding her head in mourning for her dead hat, a panda that could stand and speak human language, and a boy who was inexplicably talking about rice ball fillings.

He suddenly felt that he, the carrier of the "Huang Ba Tu" energy body, was not so abnormal.

Nakahara Chuuya kicked a tentacle away, walked up to pat Wendy, and signaled him to cheer up.

The notebook and pen on his body fell into the water in the attack just now. Nakahara Chuuya could only use his eyes, actions and mouth shapes to try to make Wendy understand what he meant.

Wendy raised her head, and her emerald eyes lit up instantly, like a lake illuminated by the warm sun: "...Chuye-kun, thank you for comforting me."

Zhongyuan Zhongya felt a little embarrassed by his gaze.

"I didn't expect you would be willing to sew a new hat for me!"

Nakahara Chuuya, who was inexplicably tasked with sewing the hat, said: “Huh?”

"——It's getting so crowded here! It's a bit rude to ignore what others are saying! Are you two here for a spring outing?!"

"I'm back to fighting spirit!"

Wendy stood up suddenly, the green longbow in her hand gleaming with light: "Look at me, I'll take care of this annoying guy!"

In an instant, the water moved and the wind moved.