Chapter 76

"So I said, although breakfast is indeed not dessert, why is it still a bun with sweet red bean filling?" Amamiya took a bite of the bun bought by Gojo Satoru, stared at the red bean crumbs flowing out of it, and fell into deep thought.

Gojo Satoru said nonchalantly, "It's just a bun, so what's wrong with a sweet bun?"

"Wu-kun really likes sweets." Amamiya shook his head helplessly, but still continued to chew, "Is it because of the ritual?"

"That's about right."

Gojo Satoru waved his hands nonchalantly, "But sweets are indeed delicious. You need to replenish your energy, too. You need to eat more to recover from injuries."

Amemiya Ruisheng shrugged, thinking about going back and giving Gojo Satoru a bottle of anti-cavity toothpaste and a teeth cleaning set.

"Okay, after eating, let me check out the mission." Gojo Satoru ate the buns in two bites and turned on his mobile phone to confirm the mission content. They were able to run out after taking on nearby missions, so they should finish it early and play early.

"The owner of a shopping mall said that there seems to be a cursed spirit in their mall, and a lot of strange things have happened recently." He stroked his chin and said, "Why can't it be a ghost? Two people died in this mall in recent years, which leads to bad feng shui."

Amamiya said helplessly: "There is no such thing as a ghost."

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true. After all, there are cursed spirits, so why can't there be ghosts? Maybe we just can't see them."

Gojo Satoru put away his phone. "Okay, I checked. The next mission is a bit far from the mall, but it's on the way back to the hot spring hotel. We can go there after we go to the mall. As for the other missions, we'll talk about them tomorrow. Anyway, the missions we take are not urgent."

Many missions are only "suspected" or "possible", and [Window] has not really detected any traces of cursed power. Although strange things happen frequently, there are no casualties. In the past, the final results of such missions were always man-made, so there is really no need to rush.

"So, if it's a man-made accident, just call the police. We sorcerers don't deal with these things." Gojo Satoru crossed his arms and looked at the mall owner with a bad look. He and Amamiya Keisei spent an hour walking around the mall and investigating, but in the end they didn't find any trace of cursed power. From his six eyes, he could see that it had nothing to do with cursed spirits.

Amamiya Raisei looked at his embarrassed boss and said, "It's okay. At least it's definitely not caused by the curse now. We can just call the police and let the professional police handle it."

The boss sent them away awkwardly and gave them a lot of coupons before they left.

Gojo Satoru was walking on the street, using the coupon as origami in his hand: "I'll just give it to the inn owner later. We won't be going to this mall anymore anyway." He looked a little disgusted, probably because he thought this owner was too stingy. The reward for the mission was so little, and even the gift was just a coupon. No wonder even low-level sorcerers wouldn't take this kind of mission.

"Well, isn't this a good excuse for us to go out and have fun?" Amamiya Raisei checked the next location. "Well, it seems to be in the mountains, a small village, and it takes an hour by car."

Gojo Satoru: "Oh, that's really troublesome. Why don't we go another day?"

"Since we've already decided, why not go and take a look, okay?"

Amamiya Leisheng smiled and said, "I took a look and it seems that the village has some very good fruit production. We can go and give it a try."

Gojo Satoru curled his lips: "Okay, okay."

They sat in a shaky car for an hour and finally entered the mountain. After entering the mountain, they still had to walk for a distance. Even though the weather in the mountain was a little cool, Amemiya was sweating from exhaustion.

Amamiya Reizo walked and stopped, leaning against the tree trunk, a little out of breath.

"You knew you were not feeling well, but you still came in. I was really worried that you would faint on the way." Gojo Satoru shook his head, "How about we go back? I don't want to be told by Glass that I was exhausted after traveling."

"Since we're here, we might as well finish the rest of the journey."

Amamiya Leisheng stood up and looked around: "Isn't the village already in sight? We'll be there in a little while."

They walked hard for a while and finally reached the village gate when they were starving. They knew that professionals had come to deal with the unusual situation in the village. The village chief had been waiting at the entrance with several villagers. When they saw Gojo Satoru and the others coming, they greeted them warmly.

"Two young gentlemen," the village chief rubbed his hands and walked forward, "welcome, welcome. You must be hungry after walking for so long. I have prepared lunch at home. You can eat first and then solve the problems in the village."

Gojo Satoru had already eaten the dessert he brought with him on the way. It was already past lunch time and he was very hungry. He waved his hand casually and agreed.

"Tell me what happened in the village." The meal provided by the village chief was quite rich, and Gojo Satoru was not picky about food. After he was full, he wiped his mouth and asked.

Village chief: "It happened like this. Two months ago, there were always children in the village who went missing for unknown reasons, and then suddenly reappeared a few days later. At first we were very anxious and called the police to look for them, but later it happened every time, and gradually the police stopped caring."

"But we are very worried. Although there has never been a case of not coming back before, what if it happens in the future?" The village chief sighed and shook his head. "I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, I get it. Take us to the place where the children disappeared and appeared."

Amemiya Keizo and Gojo Satoru followed behind the village chief, looking around the village. Perhaps because it was quite remote in the mountains, there didn't seem to be much of the world here. The houses were quite old, and there were not many villagers. Most of the people they could see were elderly, and with the recent disappearance of a child, there wasn't even a single child to be seen on the road.

"The young people have all gone out to make a living, leaving only us old folks with our children to stay in the village, so everyone is very worried."

The village chief narrowed his eyes and looked sad: "It would be nice if this could be solved quickly."

Amamiya Leisheng comforted him, "Don't worry, we will solve the problem before leaving."

He walked a step slower, came to the side of Gojo Satoru who was lagging behind, and asked in a low voice: "Go-kun, did you see any cursed power impairment?"

"It seems to be, but the cursed power seems to be very weak, generally the strength of a fourth-level cursed spirit. This level of cursed spirit can be knocked unconscious by even a child with a baseball bat." Gojo Satoru muttered, "This kind of cursed spirit can't be so cute that children can't help but follow it and play with it for a few days, and then come back on its own."

The cursed spirit is too cute? Amamiya Ruisei shuddered and said that he couldn't imagine it at all.

"But we can't rule out the possibility that the remaining cursed energy has been cleaned up. After all, it's been a week since the last time the child disappeared and reappeared. If there really is someone behind this, then they should have been able to clean up the mess within this week."

"Hmm... But regardless of whether there is a mastermind behind this, this kind of behavior is really confusing." Gojo Satoru shook his head. "The child disappeared and reappeared. It's impossible that he caught him to play with me and then put him back when he got bored."

Amamiya Leisei also found this strange. He glanced at the village chief's back and said, "Let's go check on those children later. The village chief didn't mention their mental state. I wonder if they were frightened. It would be great if we could find some clues from them."

The children disappeared at different places, but they reappeared at the entrance of the village. The two walked around the small village and did not feel any strong cursed power.

"Ah," Gojo Satoru scratched his hair, "I don't want to stay in the village. I can go back to the hotel and soak in the hot springs."

"Why don't you go meet the kids?"

The village chief said: "Several children did not go to school today and are all at home."

"The children..." Amamiya Raisei thought for a moment and asked, "How are the children? Are they frightened?"

The village chief had a strange and hesitant expression. "I don't know if they were frightened or not. They are usually very quiet, but they talk in their sleep and sleepwalk at night. Because the elderly in their family can't control them, I decided to hire a nanny to come and look after them."

Amamiya Raisei: "Can I meet the nanny?"

"Of course, but she should be in the fields at this time and won't be back for a while."

Amamiya Reizo thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I go find the babysitter and ask about the situation? Go-kun, you go take care of the children."

"Huh? Are you sure?" Gojo Satoru's face fell, "The kid is really troublesome...Okay, then I'll go take a look." This is the kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, Amamiya Keisei is more popular with kids, right?

The village chief showed Amamiya Leisei a way and he headed for his destination. However, he did not plan to go there right away, but instead wandered around nearby. With the village chief following him, it would not be very convenient for him to investigate the village carefully.

"Are all the children really at home or at school?" Amemiya Reiichi muttered to himself, "The children here are so well-behaved, they really don't go out to play?" If they really didn't go out, there wouldn't be any missing persons incidents.

Sure enough, when he got to the other side of the village, he heard the noise of children.

"Those two disaster stars are here again!" The child said with disgust and ridicule, "Get rid of them quickly, they are so disgusting. All the accidents in the village recently must be because of them!"

Yu Gong Leisheng was startled.

What are you talking about?

Hearing these words that were clearly bullying, Amamiya Reizo was about to run over to stop them, but was stopped.

"Are you here to solve the problem in the village?" A gentle female voice sounded behind him, "You look like a stranger."

Amemiya Reizo stopped in his tracks and looked back, only to see a woman holding farm tools standing behind him. Her face looked kind, but for some reason, she seemed a little weird, with a bad feeling all over her.

He blinked in confusion, his eyes sliding across the woman's body, lingering on the strange seam on her forehead for a few seconds, and tentatively asked, "Hello?"