"What is Lord Matsubara doing?"
"I get it! Matsubara-kun is just being too cautious; he's trying to extract information from the locals!"
"Why do I feel like he's copying The Chosen One from China?"
"Idiot, this is called learning from experience. The think tank will analyze the behavior of the chosen ones in other countries and help them find a way to pass safely. Without a doubt, home is the safest place right now."
"But with such a big map, it's impossible to complete the game while staying at home, right?"
"That's right. I saw on the forum that some chosen ones from other countries encountered natives and said that danger would soon befall them."
Just as the comments said, it wasn't just Yin Zhu who learned about this from the Nurarihyon; other Chosen Ones had also encountered similar things. Although the monsters might not be the same, their premonitions were surprisingly similar.
Almost all the powerful demons sensed an impending storm in the air.
This can also be seen as a kind of "countdown".
Liam, the chosen one of the Maple Leaf Kingdom who returned from Aoandon, also heard about this, but his current threat did not come from the "future crisis".
Rather, it is "the current crisis".
In the past two days, relying on his white talent—the ability of the Seer—Liam has repeatedly foreseen future events by collecting diaries imbued with the power of rules.
However, he noticed that the cat's gaze towards him was becoming increasingly strange.
Today, he even dreamed that the cat wanted to eat him again.
It is the ability to foresee.
What makes the cat feel like a human again? He no longer carries his diary.
Liam's talent allowed him to sense the location of the diary. After the think tank warned him of the diary's threat, he simply collected it in one place instead of carrying it with him. Logically, it shouldn't have been tainted by too much human presence.
Besides that, the kappa didn't come to wake Liam up today.
Considering that Liam's idea of the kappa was just a short, lazy cook, his disappearance was far less important than the threat to the cat's life.
However, Liam also discovered something.
There are more and more spider lilies near my home, and far more than those along the streets of other villas.
Could it be?
Liam suddenly thought of a possibility.
"That's the red spider lily, which only blooms where death energy is abundant."
"Don't touch it randomly. Although that thing may be very attractive to you, it may not necessarily be good for your health."
The cat's voice echoed in Liam's ears again. Under the pressure of the crisis, Liam suddenly thought of a problem he had been ignoring:
The increasing number of spider lilies indicates that the deathly atmosphere near my home is growing stronger.
Do the "flowers of life" that grow by absorbing death energy truly represent "new life"? Liam initially assumed they were flowers of life because the crimson petals of the spider lilies had undercurrents flowing within them, like blood vessels constantly supplying human blood.
However, its name is "The Other Shore".
If he is human, why would the "Flower of Life" pose a threat to him? And why would he be attracted to the spider lily?
There's definitely something wrong with this.
Could the truth be the opposite, that these spider lilies have a life-giving glow because they absorb life, thus making the surrounding death aura heavier and heavier?
Although he wasn't entirely right, Liam already suspected he had found the truth.
“I see.” The more Liam thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct. “Because there was a human scent in the diary, that scent nurtured the spider lilies, which is why the spider lilies near my house are more lush than the surrounding ones.”
That's not right either.
Liam's mind went blank again. If it was just a matter of cultivating spider lilies through diaries, how could the cat recognize him as a human? Is it really only humans who collect diaries?
Intuition told Liam that there was a crucial place he had missed.
This led to his consistently flawed reasoning, with inconsistencies in his arguments. But regardless, now is not the time to dwell on this.
Since collecting the diaries last time, he has had a total of five opportunities to make prophecies.
If a life-or-death threat arises, the system will automatically waste one of Liam's prophecy opportunities, allowing him to learn of the impending deadly crisis in the form of a dream or daydream.
Although a house with a cat is safe, if even the cat becomes a threat, then it's better not to stay there. After packing some things, Liam carefully bypassed his other "roommates'" rooms, slung his bag over his shoulder, and prepared to leave.
He had already inquired and found out that the school was also a place to stay.
The moment Liam left home, the door to a room behind him opened, and the cat, its eyes bloodshot, stared intently at Liam's retreating figure, a forced smile on its lips.
His smile revealed sharp teeth, with shocking streaks of blood between them.
Saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth.
The cat's room was dimly lit, with only the flickering candlelight illuminating a small area.
If the camera is pointed into the room at this moment, and the brightness of the room is increased after taking a screenshot, then a kappa corpse that has been torn to pieces can be vaguely seen in the picture, as if it has just been torn apart by a huge beast.
The bloodstains on the ground were all hidden in the darkness, and all the cruelty and horror ran rampant in an unknown corner.
"Run, run as far as you can."
The cat's voice was low and painful because it suppressed its true nature.
"If we don't run now, we might never be able to escape again..."
She looked at the empty doorway and house, not daring to look back at what she had just done, afraid of losing control again and exposing her most brutal side.
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