Crossover anime/manga, can you be my immortal companion for life?

As soon as Takano spoke, the uniformed men pulled out batons from their bodies.

"Let's go, it seems the investigation can't continue."

And you...you give it to me..."

Before leaving, she pointed at Kazuma, about to say something harsh.

However, Kazuma immediately beat him to it.

"Village chief, look! She dares to disobey the village's decisions now! I don't even want to think about what will happen to her in the future! She even threatened me. It must have been them! You have to protect me!"

Takano was speechless again. She was really frustrated and afraid that Kazuma would stir things up again. She flung her sleeves and got into the car with her people and left.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you'll regret this!"

"boom!"

Takano, who had been studying hard since she was an orphan and had never watched anime, slammed the car door shut.

Watching the other party drive away in the white van, the villagers looked at each other, some unsure of what to do next.

Upon seeing this, Kazuma immediately stepped forward to offer advice.

"Village Chief, I think there's something fishy about those people! I suggest we have some villagers keep an eye on their clinic. Look, there are still traces here. Let's follow those traces together and search for my companions and Lady Pear Blossom!"

The village chief, who was still pondering what to do, felt that there was some truth to what he said. He squinted at Kirito and Kazuma, and noticed that the two of them were also a bit strange and could not be ruled out as suspects. It would be good to take them along to prevent them from sneaking away and Kazuma from running away, thus creating a diversionary tactic.

So Kazuma and the villagers began searching while reporting the location to Kerry and his companion to facilitate their relocation. Incidentally, they also had these villagers, who were completely different from criminal investigators, make a mess of the scene.

He also relayed what was happening here to Kerry.

Toyokawa Shoko frowned deeply.

[Toyokawa Shoko: Is it because the research institute has some shady facilities, or are they actually conducting research that cannot be permitted?]

[Kerry: Don't worry, we have prisoners, don't we?]

"Ugh?"

Xiangzi looked at Kerry with some confusion.

Weren't these prisoners interrogated?

"Consultant Xiaochun, please stay here and keep an eye on the surroundings."

Kerry waved his hand, signaling Toyokawa Shoko to leave first.

Xiangzi was somewhat puzzled, but he nodded, picked up his weapon, and walked to the side to begin his patrol.

Kerry's way of thinking is very simple: if there are still problems after interrogation!

That must mean the interrogation wasn't enough!

Kerry first went to the pear blossoms that were trapped.

At this point, Pear Blossom was feeling a bit numb from being bound for so long and in such an awkward position. She also had some physiological issues that she wanted to resolve, making her look rather pitiful.

Kerry thought for a moment, then asked about something else first.

Have there been any missing persons cases in your village? Or any deaths without a body?

Kerry's way of thinking was simple: if they were really going to conduct an experiment, and these people were using whatever materials were available, they would just randomly select a lucky villager to die.

Just as Kirito discovered at the beginning, five years ago, it was announced that a dam would be built here, but four years ago, the dam supervisor was dismembered, and even now, a piece of his remains has not been found.

It's like some kind of sealed-away dark sorcerer.

Pear Blossom was about to open her eyes and answer, because Hinamizawa really did exist; for example, one of her parents fell ill and the other disappeared.

But considering what Kerry had asked before asking this question, she finally realized something was wrong for the first time in 100 years.

But then her pupils contracted.

“Yes…yes, people die every year during the Cotton Stream Festival in June. First, it’s the supervisor of the dam, then it’s Satoko’s parents who supported the construction of the dam and moved everyone away from the village, my parents, and Satoko’s brother and aunt.”

No... that shouldn't be the case with Satoshi..."

As she spoke, Rika realized the truth: people died every year. Because she had seen the so-called Oisha deity before, she knew that it was not the Oisha deity who was responsible. She had tried to stop those people from dying, but she was too young at the time.

But now, through the question Kerry had asked earlier, she realized a possibility.

The man in front of him suspected that those people had been captured for human experimentation...

Kerry didn't hear what she murmured the second time, but he didn't care, because knowing that something like this had happened was enough.

He left a message and turned to face the other side, toward the men in uniform from the Mountain Dog unit.

"Building a dam in the village will probably hinder their research."

Although it is a question, it does not sound like a question at all.

Pear Blossom raised her eyes, staring in horror at Kerry's retreating figure.

Wait a minute! Thinking about it that way, it does seem to make sense, but... but, it shouldn't be... it shouldn't be that the stubborn old traditions of the Sonozaki family and the extremely xenophobic villagers don't want to move away...

She thought for a long time and realized that she may have had the chance to save her parents but did not cherish it, and she felt a pang in her heart.

On the other hand, she saw Kerry randomly pick someone who had been awake for a while and whose pants were even wet, and slap him twice.

"Hey, are you awake yet?"

"Woo!"

"Oh, I forgot to take your socks out."

"Hoohoo!"

The other person gasped for breath in terror, shaking their head and begging for mercy.

Kerry ignored what the other man said and just asked what he needed to know.

"Cotton Flow Festival... is that the name? Who is responsible for the deaths at this festival every year?"

"I...I don't know."

The other party shook his head repeatedly.

"It's alright, I'd be happy to play you a tune to help you remember."

Kerry's words startled both the other person and Pear Blossom, who was listening behind him.

Performing? At a time like this?

Then they saw Kerry pull out several wires from his instrument case.

“These are my guitar strings. I’m going to pierce them through some part of your body in a bit, and then I’ll strum them for you, and you can make music for me.”

As he spoke, Kerry stretched out his large hand and gestured.

"no, do not want!"

The man on the ground immediately understood what Kerry meant, his expression of terror spiraling out of control as he retreated continuously.

"Hmm... but your colleagues might tell me after watching our duet, and then I'll let them go. You'll be at a loss if you keep this instrument."

As the steel needle slowly approached his trousers, the uniformed man, who had imagined being turned into a yakitori lantern, finally couldn't take it anymore.

"I'll talk! I'll talk! We didn't! It has nothing to do with us! The only people we know are that kid in the basement named Wushi, and that kid's mother over there!"

It's all because Director Takano said he wanted to study living Queen Infected individuals! And also! And also! The dam supervisor, he was already in the throes of illness when we found him!

And another thing! The son of the congressman, the son of the Minister of Construction who proposed building the dam, was also kidnapped by us. Those villagers thought that the country family had connections everywhere. If we hadn't kidnapped their son, no matter how much they protested here, it would have been useless!

"Please spare us. My family will suffer if I tell them this. Don't tell them, don't tell them I told them. Just kill the others. I know everything they know. Just ask me. If they run away, they'll spread rumors!"

138

Chapter 138 Guilty Cat!

Pear Blossom trembled with fear at the way Kerry looked at that person.

Hinamizawa had a now-abolished tradition called "intestinal rout," where people in ancient times would tie up a sick resident and then, while he was still alive, cut out his intestines and eat them.

Of course, from a scientific point of view, this is similar to getting a vaccine, getting a little bit of antibodies first.

However, Pear Blossom felt that if Kerry were to play, the level of pain would probably be no less than that of intestinal bleeding.

But what that person said quickly provoked Pear Blossom.

As for how her parents died, she would have a high fever every time she was reincarnated, then her father would die in an accident and her mother would disappear. She has never been able to figure out what happened.

"What do you mean? What happened to my mother?"

Because Pear Blossom wasn't gagged, she shouted out excitedly.

This prompted Xiangzi, who was patrolling the area, to immediately return. He glanced at it and then walked over to Lihua.

"Keep your voice down!"

Xiangzi pretended to be fierce and scolded Lihua, who immediately became obedient.

Seeing Xiangzi return, Kerry didn't chase him away anymore, because it seemed that there was no need to perform musical instruments this time, since they had already spoken. Then Kerry looked at the bread man who had given some instructions.

"Tell me more about it."

"We don't know how much...we only know that our boss gave us a sum of money, much more than our wages, so we listened to him."

First, they said a dam was going to be built here, and then if the dam was built, our research might have to end, so they sent us to kidnap the Minister of Construction's son and threaten him to stop the project..."

"No, I'm talking about the experimental subjects."

Kerry has no interest in their boring political struggles.

As he spoke, Kerry pushed the wire in his hand forward a little further.

The man was so frightened that his face twitched, and he continued speaking with some stuttering.

"That...that time, the Queen Infected...that little brat over there, she was sick, and her mother came to the hospital and made a scene!"

They believe our research caused her daughter's illness and are demanding that we stop the research.

so……"

"so?"

"So we cooperated with Takano to drug her father, and... we also helped Takano control her when her mother came looking for us."