"Kojiki", known as the first literary work in Japan, uses Chinese characters throughout the book and contains myths, legends, ballads, historical stories, etc. about ancient Japan. It is divided into two categories: "Honki" and "Eiji", but...
Because it is an oral history, and the content recorded in it is too fantastic, many of the contents are different from historical documents, and the credibility is extremely low. Experts from various countries believe that the above content is fabricated and pure fantasy.
To put it bluntly, it can be regarded as a mythological novel like Investiture of the Gods and Flowers in the Mirror.
However, there are also factors that have influenced later generations.
For example, the "Eiji" in the Kojiki mentions the story about Emperor Jimmu that Makoto Sakaki remembered.
The story is about Emperor Jimmu, a descendant of Amaterasu, who encountered danger during his expedition to the Kumano area and was saved by a three-legged crow. This crow was also regarded as the messenger of Amaterasu and was called Yatagarasu. Later, it became the founding bird of Japan. The Japanese Football Association painted it on its emblem to symbolize good luck.
This is news related to crows.
But Sakaki Makoto couldn't follow him down!
Could it be that he had to travel back to the Jomon period, negotiate with Emperor Jimmu, and ask him for the crow?
Stop joking. If he had that much skill, wouldn’t it be great if he could just shoot that guy to death?
Directly cut off the descendants...
He flipped through the Kojiki for a while, and the classical text used in it made his eyes sore and painful, but he didn't find any useful information. It seemed that he was looking in the wrong direction.
Standing next to the bookshelf, Sakaki Makoto changed his mind.
Crow, where had he seen a crow before?
Family crest!
Yes, how could he forget about this!
The crow emblem is engraved on the grips of the two Colt M1911s left by Ryunosuke Sakaki!
Considering that Sakaki Ryunosuke married the granddaughter of Karasuma Renya and must be a member of the family, it is not difficult to guess that the crow emblem is the family emblem of the Karasuma family.
This is indeed a clue related to Karasuma Renya.
WHAT ELSE?
Sakaki Cheng recalled the half-secret code he saw at home...
'When the red water overflowed from the crow's nest, dyed the moon red, and finally fell into the abyss'
The code hint was only half a sentence, and the rest was burned. Sakaki Makoto didn't know what was in the latter part, but based on the first half, he successfully found the base hidden under the Dusk Villa.
So the question is, the first half of the code mentioned the Dusk Villa, what will the second half mention?
Could it be a villa hidden behind the mountain in Fujimi Village?
Damn it, which bastard burned the second half?
Speak half way, be a man without limits...
If Sakaki Makoto knew who did it, he would beat him to death!
It's really whetting people's appetite...
"Cheng, come and look at this."
Just as Makoto Sakaki was frowning in deep thought, Miss Miyano poked her head out from behind the bookshelf and waved at him.
"What's wrong?"
Sakaki Makoto walked over and saw that his girlfriend was holding a tattered biology encyclopedia in her hand. He didn't know where she had found it from. When he looked at the revision date, he found that it was from 1952, more than 40 years ago.
"The page about crows in this book has been torn out."
Miss Miyano opened the illustrated book and found that there was indeed no record of crows between the pages. Judging from the remaining traces, a long time had passed.
It is not common for library books to be scribbled on or damaged occasionally.
The torn page must have recorded something. The criminal didn't want others to see it, so he simply destroyed the evidence. However...
The question is when was the page torn off?
"Definitely not recently. The paper has already started to become brittle. When I got it, the book was hidden at the back of the bookshelf. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all."
Miss Miyano said seriously:
"Someone got ahead of us and arrived at Gunma University first, and is also investigating Karasuma Renya..."
Stroking the illustrated book, Sakaki Makoto suddenly said "Huh":
"The paper used in this illustrated guide...I think I've seen it somewhere before."
"You've certainly seen Munken paper. Besides Dawson paper, 95% of the world's books are printed on this kind of paper."
Miss Miyano glanced at her boyfriend:
"Where have you seen him?"
"...Our home."
Miss Miyano frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled, as she really couldn't think of any clues.
"I told you before that we have a piece of yellow paper with a secret code recorded on it, which was cut in half by fire. It's the one about the Crow's Nest..."
"Um?"
After a pause, Miss Miyano realized:
"you mean...."
"Yes, the feel of this illustrated guide is almost exactly the same as that piece of paper. I'm afraid they are from the same book."
"Could it be that it was my uncle who tore up the records about the crows?"
'"I have no idea."
Sakaki Makoto shook his head. He didn't understand why the code was written on the paper used for the illustrated guide, and he was not sure if it was some kind of hint.
but....
The person who tore off this page of the illustrated book undoubtedly left him a clue and hinted at something.
If Sakaki Makoto had not come to Gunma University, he would probably never have seen this illustrated book in his life, let alone connected this illustrated book with the code word. The same goes for other people.
"Where's Akai Mari?"
Looking around, Makoto Sakaki suddenly found that Mary Akai was nowhere to be seen. He hadn't seen her for a long time.
"Strange, he was here just now..."
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