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The third U-bend has a section of railing on the cliff side, about four or five meters long, that looks much newer than the ones next to it, clearly indicating that it has been repaired.

Xu Ming immediately activated his spiritual vision.

Sure enough, a clump of pent-up black resentment was found on the railing.

These negative energies extended all the way to the bottom of the cliff.

Xu Ming followed the trail.

To their horror, at the bottom of the cliff, in the center of the lawn, lay a large, barren wasteland, where an incredibly terrifying black resentment lingered.

These terrible negative energies even blocked the growth of vigorous weeds, leaving the area barren.

Having read this far, Xu Ming basically understood.

He turned and went back to the car, instructing the driver to return to the convenience store at the top of the hill.

Then he said to the driver:

"I'll be spending the night at the convenience store tonight. Please come pick me up tomorrow morning."

The driver was stunned.

"Ah, this..."

After a while, the driver assigned to him by the Yukinoshita family, perhaps remembering his superior's instructions, quickly bowed slightly.

"Hi! I understand, please be careful."

Xu Ming slung his backpack over his shoulder, got out of the car, and the SUV slowly drove out of the parking lot, turning back in the direction it had come from.

Xu Ming returned to the convenience store.

The shop was still nearly empty. Ikeno Koichi looked at Xu Ming, who had returned, with some surprise.

"Why are you back again?"

"I just went to the hairpin bend to take a look."

Then Xu Ming changed the subject, saying mysteriously:

"Uncle, is this place open 24 hours?"

"Yes, what do you want to do?"

Koichi Ikeno looked at him with some suspicion.

Xu Ming took his phone out of his pocket.

"Actually, I am a ghost hunting enthusiast. I came here specifically because I heard that there was a ghost of an AE86 on Mount Akina."

I plan to stay here and go up the mountain again tonight.

Koichi Ikeno was taken aback by this answer and was left speechless, both amused and exasperated.

"You rich people are really strange."

Xu Ming spread his hands.

"There's no other way, life is just too boring, I have to find some fun for myself."

"Don't blame me for not warning you, there have been five car accidents on Mount Akina this month, and every single one of them happened at night, right where the AE86 plunged off the cliff."

Koichi Ikeno warned.

"I understand, I'll be careful."

After visiting the site, Xu Ming believed that the other party was not exaggerating.

Volume 6: The Abandoned Village of Konoha

Chapter 414 A Deal in the Dark

Later, perhaps Hiroshi Ikeno found him somewhat agreeable, or perhaps the image of Fukuzawa Yukichi had an effect.

Koichi Ikeno ultimately agreed to let Xu Ming stay.

"Whatever you want. Business isn't good right now anyway. Having customers here makes the place feel more lively."

"Thank you very much, sir~"

Next, Xu Ming leaned against the cashier, flipping through the comic books he had just bought while chatting with Ikeno Hiroichi.

Perhaps business on Mount Akina was just too slow, because Koichi Ikeno gradually started to open up.

However, what he talked about most was the street racing gangs and underground car races that were once very popular here.

Time passed by, and soon it got dark.

The entire Mount Akina became increasingly quiet.

Xu Ming bought a bento box at the convenience store and had lunch and dinner there.

To be honest, it felt really awkward to make my own lunchbox.

Perhaps because business is slow, the convenience store doesn't offer many types of bento boxes, only two or three kinds: fried chicken, hamburger patties, etc.

The taste was just so-so, but the owner was honest in his business dealings, and the bento boxes were all made on the same day.

It was completely dark outside by then, but Hiroshi Ikeno had already turned on the outside lights, and the parking lot in front of the entrance was immediately illuminated.

However, further away, it was pitch black, with only one or two streetlights occasionally casting a thin light in the distance.

This convenience store is like an isolated island standing in the darkness.

Xu Ming glanced at the wall clock.

It was already 10 p.m.

He stood up and slung his backpack over his shoulder.

"Are you ready to leave?"

Ikeno Hiroichi looked up at him.

"Yes, it's getting late."

Xu Ming smiled and nodded.

Hiroichi Ikeno's lips remained motionless, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't, and in the end he only said one sentence.

"Be careful."

Xu Ming waved his hand.

"I'm so sorry to have bothered you for so long, I'll be going now."

After leaving the convenience store, Xu Ming turned around and looked behind him.

Koichi Ikeno and he looked at each other through the glass door of the convenience store, as if they were in different worlds.

Then Xu Ming turned and walked into the darkness...

He continued down the mountain path.

The brightly lit convenience store behind us grew farther and farther away, and after turning a corner, it disappeared from sight completely.

Compared to the daytime, Mount Akina is even quieter under the cover of night.

There were hardly any cars in sight on the long mountain road.

A strong wind blew, and the trees on the mountain swayed, making strange noises, as if countless monsters were hiding in the woods, ready to devour people.

Xu Ming remained unmoved and continued walking down the mountain path.

Some of the older trees had branches that grew directly above the road, and when the wind blew, it looked like many tiny arms were swaying above Xu Ming's head.

As night fell, the atmosphere on Mount Akina became increasingly eerie.

It was as if something was awakening from the mountains.

However, Xu Ming only took out a crowbar but did not summon his shikigami.

After all, he came to Mount Akina today to subdue a shikigami to serve as his... driver, not to eliminate the other party.

To prevent Fujiwara Takumi from sensing the presence of other shikigami, he dared not show himself.

Xu Ming then used himself as bait, attempting to lure him into a trap.

However, before Takumi Fujiwara could take the bait, something else had already taken the bait.

Xu Ming had just rounded a bend when a strange noise suddenly came from the woods beside the road.

Swish!

It looked as if something was crawling rapidly across the ground.

Xu Ming shone his flashlight over.

The thing was very cunning. Xu Ming only saw a pale white thing flash by in the darkness.

Xu Ming raised an eyebrow, ignored him, and continued forward.

After a while, the strange voice got closer and closer to him.

Swish!

It makes you feel itchy all over, as if countless tiny insects are crawling on your body.

Xu Ming remained unmoved.

Just then, something suddenly fell from the treetop above his head.

A dozen pale arms reached out to him like spiders.

Xu Ming suddenly looked up, picked up a crowbar, and swung it at the top of his head!

Bah!

With a loud bang, he knocked a pale object into the middle of the road.

Xu Ming shone his flashlight over.

A terrifying monster was lying in the middle of the road.

It looked like four or five corpses sewn onto the body of a car, which was incredibly bizarre.