Zongman: The End of the Universe

Chapter 57 4. Murder
Liu Yuansheng raised his eyebrows slightly without hesitation.

【Yes】

[Generate "Traveler" panel]

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Name: Busujima Saeko

Race: human

Class: None
Attribute parameters——

Strength 3
Durability 5
Agile 7
Qualification 72
Lucky A
Capability parameters——

Sword Skills (Expertise) Level: 8
Type: Passive Skill

Attributes: Increases melee attack and knife weapon proficiency by 18%
talent--

Killing Heart (Blue): In combat, physical fitness increases by 20%, and skill proficiency gains are greatly improved (exponentially increasing with the intensity of combat)
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Name: Shizuka Marikawa

Race: human

Class: None
Attribute parameters——

Strength 1
Durability 2
Agile 4
Qualification 32
Lucky A
Capability parameters——

Medical Skills (Expertise) Level: 50
Type: Passive Skill

Attribute: Increases healing speed by 25%
talent--

Natural (blue): Empty your mind, be in a focused state, and increase your skill acquisition proficiency by 3 times

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As his eyes swept across the subtitles on his retina, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Liu Yuansheng's face.

"Gensheng, when did you change into the kimono?"

While he was thinking, Busujima Saeko's puzzled voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Liu Yuansheng was stunned and looked down subconsciously. Marikawa Shizuka's exclamation also sounded at this time.

"Saeko! Our clothes have changed too! It's magical!"

Marikawa Shizuka, who was dressed in a white shirt and cropped pants when she came, was now wearing a light yellow kimono with peach blossom patterns. Her curvy figure was wrapped in the kimono, and her full and round breasts were outlined by the waist belt and supported by the clothes. The overall look was very attractive.

Busujima Saeko changed into a blue-purple kimono with a small pattern of cherry blossom branches, which set off her slender figure and the gentle temperament that she exuded unintentionally, making her as elegant and charming as a daffodil.

"Eh? When?"

Busujima Saeko looked down in surprise, and subconsciously reached out to touch the fabric of the clothes. The thick and slightly rough texture under her fingertips told her that all this was not an illusion.

Liu Yuansheng also looked down at the clothes he was wearing.

The inner layer is a close-fitting undergarment with a white background, and the outer layer is a solid lead-gray garment, a plaid feather woven into the body, and a striped grid-pattern hakama on the lower body.

At first glance, both the fabric and the workmanship are extremely exquisite.

Liu Yuansheng narrowed his eyes and said:

"I think we put them on the moment we walked out of the door, but we didn't notice..."

As he was speaking, the door he had come from slowly disappeared. It twisted for a moment like an illusion, and then disappeared, revealing a tightly closed wooden shoji door.

Liu Yuansheng paused, and seeing this, Busujima Saeko and Marikawa Shizuka looked at Liu Yuansheng.

"Let's go out and take a look first."

Without any hesitation, Liu Yuansheng placed his left hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, pushed the blade out half an inch with his thumb, and reached out to push open the shoji door.

The door was pushed open in an instant, and a corridor that could accommodate two people walking side by side appeared before their eyes.

Liu Yuansheng looked around and walked out of the house. Busujima Saeko followed closely behind him with a serious look on her face. Marikawa Shizuka walked between the two of them, holding a medical box and looking around fearfully.

Every time he passed a shoji door, Liu Yuansheng would suddenly open it and carefully observe the scene inside the house.

But as time went by, a strange look appeared in Liu Yuansheng's eyes.

"Saeko... here..."

"Well... except for the different wall materials and the style of the shoji doors, the layout of the entire building is undoubtedly the Kendo Hall of the Busujima family."

Busujima Saeko pondered for a moment and then spoke.

Shizuka Marikawa looked at Busujima Saeko in surprise. Hearing Saeko's affirmation, a vague guess emerged in Liu Yuansheng's heart.

"You say... Is there a possibility that we are the masters of this place?"

Liu Yuansheng put his thumb on his chin and supported his elbow with his right hand. He squinted his eyes and spoke thoughtfully.

What he said was not without basis. Thanks to his more than ten years of life in Apocalypse, Liu Yuansheng had a relatively good understanding of Japan's history and clothing culture.

But since they had traveled through time, they should have been able to simply change into a suitable hakama. However, when they came here, they changed into a set of exquisitely crafted kimono attire - a Monzuki haori hakama.

You should know that in the feudal era before the Meiji era in Japan, common people were not allowed to wear Monfukuhaori hakama.

Only two classes could dress like this: the court nobles and the samurai.

That is, the Japanese aristocracy.

Busujima Saeko's beautiful eyes flickered, and she frowned and pondered for a moment:

"It's very possible."

"There's no point in guessing like this. We can find out after we go out for a walk."

Although I am very confident that my guess has been proven, it is still better to confirm everything.

Since he is a noble, the residents around him must be more aware of his identity.

Following the route they remembered, the three of them soon arrived at the main entrance of the gym and casually pushed open the wooden door in front of them.

The sunlight immediately poured into the house, and a lively front garden appeared before the three people.

The rugged path is paved with blue bricks, with lush green grass on both sides. A clear pond is located on the left side of the front yard. Several carps are playing in the pond, and moss is all over the stones by the pond, creating a lively scene.

But Liu Yuansheng's expression suddenly froze, because in the garden on the right side of the path.

An old tree with purple stamens like a little girl stands quietly in the garden.

It is almost noon now, the sun shines gently, the breeze blows, and the purple long stamens are like hair floating in the wind, and the stamens fall like snow. The picture is as beautiful as a poem or painting.

Busujima Saeko looked at the old tree in front of her with some surprise, but Marikawa Shizuka was confused, because the blooming stamens of the old tree in front of her were very similar to the wisteria in reality, but wisteria is a plant of the genus Wisteria in the Fabaceae family.

It's not a tree.

So even if she racked her brains, she couldn't match the plant in front of her with any knowledge in her mind.

“This tree is so strange…”

Liu Yuansheng had a vague idea of ​​what kind of world this was. He pursed his lips, his expression a little solemn, and subconsciously touched the sword guard at his waist.

Demon Slayer...

Thinking of those powerful cannibals in the animations, Liu Yuansheng couldn't help feeling heavy in his heart.

Because ghosts are not zombies without intelligence, and even if he can defeat the evil ghosts, he cannot cause fatal damage to them.

Only the neck cut by the Nichirin Sword cannot regenerate. Otherwise, the demon will die only when exposed to sunlight.

Thinking of this, Liu Yuansheng looked at Busujima Saeko and Marikawa Shizuka:

"It's still a little strange for all of us to go out like this. Saeko, you guys get familiar with the house while I go out and take a look."

Busujima Saeko came back to her senses. After thinking about it, it was indeed a bit strange that the three of them all walked out at once. It wasn't a special holiday. She then walked forward, stretched out her hand to straighten Liu Yuansheng's collar, and said with a smile without saying much:

"Yuansheng, be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Liu Yuansheng nodded calmly, then glanced at Marikawa Shizuka:

"Take good care of Shizuka, I'll be back before night."

After saying that, he turned and left, said goodbye to Busujima Saeko and Marikawa Shizuka, and Liu Yuansheng walked out of the gate of the mansion.

Watching Liu Yuansheng disappear at the door of the mansion, Busujima Saeko frowned slightly and whispered softly:
"Shizuka, I don't know why, but I always have this uneasy feeling."

"Is there something wrong, Saeko?"

Shizuka Marikawa suddenly became nervous and her pretty face tightened.

"No... I just have a feeling... Never mind, let's tidy up the house first. We'll need bedding to sleep in tonight."

"Ok!"

Shizuka Marikawa immediately perked up. After all, everything was normal at the moment and there didn't seem to be any danger at all.

Get out of the mansion.

What comes into view is a wide street.

On both sides of the street, houses of different heights are arranged in an orderly manner, but most of the houses are built with wooden boards. Red lanterns are hung on the eaves in front of the stores, and wine flags are inserted on the land in front of the stores, fluttering in the wind.

There are izakayas, inns, and some specialty ramen restaurants.

Although there were many people, it was not dense. The noisy voices were mixed with a few shouts of hawkers, and the street looked very lively.

At this time, Japan's economy was very developed due to its successive profits from foreign wars. The purchasing power of one yen was very high, and its value was almost equal to that of gold. Therefore, the basic unit of Japanese currency at this time was "sen", which was equivalent to "fen", and one yen was equal to one hundred sen.

This shows how developed Japan's economy was at that time.

Liu Yuansheng walked on the street, leisurely admiring the scenery around him. There were many ruffians at this time, but no one dared to approach Liu Yuansheng.

Even the pedestrians on the roadside looked at Liu Yuansheng with a sense of awe.

Because Liu Yuansheng is really too "tall".

In a country where the average height is 1.6 meters, 1.8 meters is enough to make anyone look up, because many people are only as tall as Liu Yuansheng's chest.

Liu Yuansheng stood out among the crowd, so it made sense that he didn't let Busujima Saeko and Marikawa Shizuka leave the mansion.

Liu Yuansheng kept playing with a silver coin worth 5 cents in his hand.

This silver coin has a unique style. There are 32 cherry blossoms engraved on the surface, a sun with countless rays of light in the center, and the words "Taisho th Year" engraved below.

It was also after seeing this coin that the three people were able to determine the current era.

But knowing the era is useless, because Liu Yuansheng doesn't know what year of the Taisho era it is now, or whether the plot has begun.

While Liu Yuansheng was thinking, a cry of suppressed fear suddenly came from the front.

“Someone’s dead!!!”

In front of a house not far away, a middle-aged man was sitting on the ground with a look of horror on his face, pointing at the room in front of him with trembling fingers.

The screams of fear instantly attracted everyone's attention, and there were always many people who came to watch the fun.

"what!!!"

A woman passing by with a basket of vegetables in her hand glanced casually into the house and uttered a shrill cry of fear.

"Hiss... This... is too miserable..."

"This looks like the Shimada family."

"The Shimada family still has two children! Could it be that…"

Some people gasped in shock.

The crowd quickly surrounded the road in front of the house, but soon, a security team appeared at the end of the street and shouted at the crowd from a distance:

"Disperse! Disperse!"

"All gone! Did you hear me?"

"Do what you need to do! Don't get involved if you don't have anything to do!"

"The first person who finds the body stays! Everyone else leave!"

Liu Yuansheng watched the scene in front of him coldly. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he noticed a black shadow flashing across the roof.

He immediately turned his head and looked, only to find that there was nothing on the roof.

Liu Yuansheng frowned slightly and murmured to himself in confusion:
"Hallucination?"

(End of this chapter)