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"Frogs should hibernate at this time. Naughty frogs will be punished." Cirno said as she threw a bunch of frozen frogs into the air and smashed them to the ground, breaking them into pieces.
Of course, the frog inside was torn into pieces and had no complete body.
The girl had no intention to kill, for her this was just an ordinary game. Killing without any intention to kill always felt more terrifying.
But that's how monsters are. There's no comparison between their worldview and moral values and those of humans.
But Cirno's actions also angered the monsters, no, it should be said that the gods were angry.
"Cirno! You bastard, you come to hurt the frog again!"
"Ah, it's Suwako, run!"
Suwako is a deity symbolized by a frog and is one of the eight million ancient gods.
Return safely without any trouble, and "gui" is pronounced the same as "wa". Return of wealth and money, and "fan" is pronounced the same as "wa". Therefore, since the mythological era, she has been a god who blesses safe travel and abundant wealth.
The frog is a symbol of peace and wealth.
Of course, nothing is absolute, and frogs also have evil gods.
Suwako looked at the direction where Cirno ran away, angry, but she did not chase after her.
Chapter 364: The Monster is a Will-O-Wisp
Because it was still early, Bei Dao was leisurely fishing on the shore with the simple fishing rod he carried with him.
The ancient village is quiet and leisurely.
Seeing that Kotaro was still patrolling diligently along the lakeshore, Kitajima shook his head, not optimistic about the effectiveness of his efforts.
Fighting wits and courage with the air.
"Kotaro, you're wasting your energy. How can a will-o'-the-wisp be a monster?"
"Even if there are ships that can fly in the sky, even if there are monsters that can turn into water, I bet there won't be a will-o'-the-wisp monster. Just wait and see, there must be a child messing with us."
Kotaro did not find anything suspicious and walked in the woods for a long time, but he met a policeman who was patrolling the town.
"You mean the will-o'-the-wisp? I've never seen that. I'm the only one patrolling here on weekdays."
"What about after twelve o'clock at night?"
The child who called said that his father was so angry that he kicked him out of the house because he wet the bed in the middle of the night, and he saw the ghost light after midnight.
"Twelve o'clock? Who is still wandering outside after twelve o'clock? This is not your Tokyo." Patrolman Ben was also tired from walking, so he sat down against a tree stump and started chatting with Kotaro.
When he had some free time, he wanted to smoke, so he took out a match and tried to light one. But maybe it was damp, and he couldn't light it after rubbing it for a long time.
Kotaro took a lighter.
"Use this from me."
"Oh, thank you so much, it's a high-end product, this lighter is not available in our village. This place is like a place forgotten by time, as if it was stuck a hundred years ago. Do you want to smoke one?"
"No, no, I don't smoke."
"Then you must have missed a lot of fun. But it's okay, not smoking is good for your health. I can't quit even if I want to." The patrolman took a puff and exhaled the cigarette from his lungs after a long while.
"You patrol on foot? You don't even have a bicycle?"
"Hey, this village is so small, why would you need a bicycle? It takes less than half an hour to walk around. You just said after midnight, so I don't know. But if you want to talk about something strange, I remember that several villagers have disappeared recently."
"Missing? No investigation?"
"I checked. I always wear glasses when I'm on patrol."
In this remote mountain village, all we can do after calling the police is register and be more careful during patrols. There's not much else we can do.
As the two were talking, Bei Dao's voice was heard from the other side.
"Kotaro, come here!"
"What's the matter? Did you find anything?" Kotaro hurried over and the patrolman followed.
"What discovery? I mean my fish is hooked!" Beidao pulled the fishing line and brought it online little by little.
What’s the difference between catching a fish and not catching any fish if no one sees it?
But when Bei Dao reeled in the line, he discovered that what was pulled out of the water was not a fish, but a briefcase.
"Ah, that's Kumada's briefcase!" The patrolman recognized it at a glance. They were all from the same village and were very familiar with each other.
"His wife bought this bag for him at a department store in the city center during a big sale last year. Many young people in the village were envious of it at the time. This bag was in the water. Did he disappear because he fell into the water?"
It's not surprising that he fell into the water unexpectedly, but Kotaro instinctively felt that it was not that simple.
"Hey, Kitajima, keep fishing! It's time to show off your real fishing skills!"
Bei Dao was very excited when he heard this. He was not bragging, he was a professional when it came to fishing!
He was indeed very professional. In the next half hour, he caught all kinds of fish except one.
"Ah, these rubber shoes are from Daewoo... the umbrella is from Nohara... and this baseball glove is the New Year's gift that Hanada said he would give to his son!"
Now Bei Dao also realized that something was wrong and said it was an accident of falling into the water. How could so many people fall into the water?
Half an hour later, the Tianjing landed in an open space outside the village.
Araki brought Minamihara with him, and there was also a newcomer, who should be the new team member who replaced Nishida as Asahina mentioned before.
"This is the Ueno team member, just reported in."
"Hello seniors, I'm Ueno Takashi."
Like Nishida, Ueno is also a top student who graduated early from the military academy and is only 18 years old this year.
"What's up, have you found anything so far?" Araki approached the shore, where a pile of debris was piled up.
They were all caught by Bei Dao using a fishing rod.
"According to the police, five people have gone missing in the village in the past two months. All of them disappeared after walking at night. These debris caught in the water have been identified as belonging to these missing people."
"That's amazing, Beidao, you caught so many. Did all these people fall into the river?"
"It's like this, sir." The patrolman came over. "Among the missing people, some are good swimmers. Our village is right by the sea. People like Dayu swim in the sea all day. I think it's unlikely that they all fell into the lake and couldn't get out."
This is indeed true. Although there is a saying that "those who drown are those who can swim", it refers to people's overconfidence. It is not normal for five fishermen who are good swimmers to drown in two months.
Moreover, no body has been found on the water surface for a long time.
In Gensokyo, while Suwako was away, Cirno was playing the frozen frog game by the river again.
"Aren't you going to do something about it, Reimu?" Yakumo Yukari hid in the gap, with only half of her body exposed.
Reimu calmly drank tea from the cup, with the tea leaves standing upright in the water.
"What does it have to do with me?"
If it was bullying of other cute animals, Reimu might have stopped it, but frogs are slimy and not cute at all.
"By the way, why does that stupid ice fairy always pick on frogs?"
At first Reimu thought that the other party found frogs funny, but now it seems that there is more to it. It is more like some kind of obsession.
"Maybe he was bullied by a frog before?"
"Being bullied by a frog? No matter how stupid you are, you wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, right?"
"Who knows, maybe there is a frog monster."
"A frog monster?" Reimu glanced at the open gap, "Zi, do you know something?"
"Nothing special. You know, frogs have always been worshipped as gods in the past, and faith led to their status as gods. But after the great changes in the world, science replaced the belief in mythology, and it is not surprising that the gods who lost their worship have degenerated into evil spirits, right? Without faith and worship, they can only be replaced by blood."
Cirno was also like this. She was imprisoned as food for the winter and finally escaped. She took out her dissatisfaction on the frog. If such a little goblin holds a grudge, it will be really troublesome.
Suwako also knew this, so even though she would stop Cirno from bullying the frog every time, she never really did anything harsh.
"You mean, there are still monsters in the world that feed on human blood?"
"Why, you want to eliminate the changes in the human world outside of Gensokyo?"
Reimu was speechless. She really didn't have this ability. She was just the guardian of Gensokyo.
"I heard that you also wanted a role in that TV series?" Yakumo changed the subject.
"Yes, Coral's sister, her name is Amber. She was initially controlled by Naraku using the Four Souls Jade, and she will also appear in the later plots."
"Naraku... That Momiji Kari guy is really unlucky. A lot of this TV series is real, right? You better not be too careless and beat him to death."
Even the former Demon King of the Sixth Heaven was now just reincarnated as a human. With Reimu's power in Gensokyo, it would be easy to kill him if she didn't hold back.
"It's just filming, how could I really kill someone?" Reimu said that she was not that careless, "You seem to care so much, so, do you want a role too?"
Yakumo's heart was slightly moved, but she didn't dare to. She was not Reimu, and she knew nothing about the true appearance of that person.
"I think it's okay."
It wasn't until they spoke that Reimu and Yakumo realized there was someone nearby.
"Reiya? Why didn't you make any footsteps? When did you come?"
Lingye is now wearing the costume of "Ling" in the story.
Not only the footsteps, but even the slightest breath was not detected. But Reimu soon realized that it was not that there was no breath, but that she was too natural to be noticed.
So rather than saying that Lingye was silent and did not deliberately restrain herself, it was Reimu and Yakumo who were too "careless".
Although this carelessness is incredible, one is Reimu, who is given the highest authority in Gensokyo, and the other is Yakumo Yukari, the top monster in Gensokyo.
But to Yakumo, this was simply a matter of course.
As soon as Lingye spoke, she froze like a statue.
dare not move.
There was no hostile threat from the opposite side, but just facing each other like this was the most terrifying torture for Yakumo.
To be precise, it should be 'temptation'.
As a monster of this realm, he is born with an understanding of rules, and what he seeks throughout his life is the laws of the world. He instinctively wants to pursue the truth.
She knew that standing before her was the law itself. If she chose to look up at this moment, she would be able to see the end of her lifelong wish.
In the name of 'truth'!
However, that would be fatal, even if the other party had no hostility, had no intention against her, and might even have good intentions.