Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

The right side of her face was completely obscured by her bangs, leaving her left eye exposed, a circular pattern resembling the growth rings of a tree. She was wrapped in a pitch-black cloak resembling the wing membrane of a black dragon, making her look even more eerie.

"It's really... rare."

A hoarse voice echoed through the forest. The humanoid Kasumi Dragon stood ten meters away from Naruse Ritsu and spoke slowly and without any fluctuations in his voice, "It's actually... an ancient dragon who can apologize."

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Three days of fishing

There are too many models piled up at home.

So I'm going to take advantage of the holiday to clean up the mess

That's it

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95. The Mystery of Xialong

The poisonous fog released by the Xialong intentionally or unintentionally often causes humans who stray into its activity range to lose their way and even die, and then become "missing" in the eyes of uninformed outsiders.

This phenomenon is called "Xiayin".

At first, Xialong had no idea that his daily activities would be given such meaning by humans.

Shortly after it learned of this, the ancient dragon that symbolized the disaster of "Xiayin" experienced the disappearance of God himself.

It was he who had always caused the living to disappear silently from the world. Xialong, who was connected with the name "Xiayin", encountered "divine disappearance" instead and appeared in another world in confusion - for Xialong himself, this was not an interesting thing.

This world is strange and barren.

The energy contained in the creatures here is much less than that in the original world, and the environment it is in now does not contain any creatures that can satisfy its hunger.

The usual hunting method of the Xialong can be roughly summarized as "sitting by the tree and waiting for the rabbit", but this method is even less efficient when used on a small island where the total number of creatures is already sparse.

It's impossible for it to be full just by eating insects! Even if it occasionally steals food from humans in the mountains, that little bit is not enough to replenish its nutrition and fill its stomach.

Even if you turn on the energy-saving mode and stand still every day, you cannot prevent the energy in your body from being consumed day by day.

Generally in this situation, the hungry Xialong does not mind adding humans to its diet.

However, having witnessed the strength of the hunters, the ancient dragon did not dare to do such a self-destructive act.

Furthermore, since it had yet to understand the details of this world and was unsure whether there were any creatures stronger than itself, Xialong, whose thoughts were about to be dominated by appetite, quickly came up with a plan.

"So... in order to solve the problem of food, you disguised yourself as a mountain god and cheated people?" Mingse Ritsu crossed his arms in front of his chest and asked with a subtle look on his face.

Holding the gnawing insect handed to him by Ritsu Naruse, Kasumi Ryu, who had also transformed into a human, nodded while sniffing the insect he had never seen before.

She seemed very satisfied with the gift. She resisted the urge to swallow it in one gulp and slowly explained her method.

Xialong has a very strong talent for playing tricks.

After all, compared to the more destructive abilities possessed by other ancient dragons, "invisibility" is enough to exert 1000% effect in such a place.

Xialong's first step was to enter stealth mode, allowing the mountain people who mistakenly thought they had hit an air wall to gradually realize the existence of the "mountain god".

After that, it changed into human form and acted as the messenger of "Xia Shen" as a "witch", forcing those ignorant humans to offer sacrifices.

After observation, it found that the humans here were ignorant and cunning.

Compared to those gods that have been circulating in local mythology for a long time, no one would believe in a random god that suddenly appeared, and humans who have something to ask for would not spend food and energy on a name that cannot bring them comfort.

To this end, Xialong took further measures, or in other words, launched its first business.

Cure.

Not only Ritsu Narose, but even Belmont, who had been in a daze beside him, couldn't help but frown after hearing these words.

Taking a step closer, Jue Yinlong's scarlet eyes kept turning, as if analyzing what on Xialong was related to "healing"? "Can you also treat human diseases?"

"Of course not..."

As he spoke, the humanoid ancient dragon named "Xia" let out bursts of low laughter.

As if showing off, she said with a smug look on her face, "I... can't heal illnesses, but I can use more potent poisons to suppress their bodies."

Only at this point did Ritsu Naruse understand what Kasumi Ryuu meant by "treatment".

It's like a wooden chair with a leg missing.

Generally speaking, people will take it for repair or replace it with a non-damaged chair.

However, Xialong's approach was no different from taking an iron rod to replace the original position of the chair legs to support the chair.

This approach may seem good at first glance, but it is ultimately only a temporary solution. Just kick the iron rod supporting the chair and the balance of the entire chair will be instantly broken.

This question is just one of them, the more important one is——

"Can humans withstand your poison?"

Ritsu Naruse found this a little unbelievable.

After all, the human body is too fragile, and the bodies of those patients are even less able to withstand it.

Although the toxins released by Xialong are all produced by itself and are therefore highly manipulable, judging from the dosage, it is almost impossible for its toxins to act directly on humans.

“Yes, and they all like it very much.”

Xia Long put the gnawing insect he had been observing for half a day into his mouth, making a "crunch, crunch" sound while mumbling, "Because... this can make them happy..."

Seeing the gnawing insects he raised being bitten by Xialong and making crunching sounds, veins popped out on Jue Yinlong's forehead.

Turning to look at Naruse Ritsu, she lowered her voice and whispered in his ear, "You're quite brave to feed this guy my bugs."

And it tastes so delicious! ?

"I'll compensate you later."

After whispering to appease the slightly dissatisfied Belmont, Ritsu Narose carefully observed the ancient dragon again.

After swallowing the insect, which contained far more energy than expected, Xia Long smacked his lips with a look of satisfaction and continued, "I've specifically researched that humans have many drugs that can relieve pain. Whether it's morphine or other drugs, as long as they can temporarily relieve the pain, it's fine."

"Besides, I won't completely suppress the pain in them all at once."

"As long as they remember what it felt like to suffer, as long as they don't want to suffer anymore, they will come to me and offer their tributes."

Without judging Kasumiyuu's actions, Naruse Ritsu repeatedly raised his doubts: "So, those patients' illnesses weren't actually cured?"

"Yes." Xialong, who had already changed into a shrine maiden's uniform, grinned, "I used poison to stimulate their bodies, making them full of strength."

Being able to restore vitality and even enable bedridden patients to work - from a certain perspective, it does seem to be a "cure."

"Humans, it's very simple. I just need to let them wait happily until death comes."

"You really put your heart into it." The tone became extremely complicated, and Ritsu Narose couldn't help but sigh.

“No, no…”

Seemingly particularly pleased with the straightforward praise, Xialong's tone fluctuated slightly. "Anyway, humans will soon die... just deal with it casually."

96. Break into the interior

Ritsu Narose had no intention of judging Kasumiyuu's way of life.

"But I'm... much stronger than them. I didn't actively plunder them, but traded with them... This is already fair."

Just as Xialong said, the two ends of the scale symbolizing the transaction are not equal, and there are very few ancient dragons who are willing to show the scale.

No matter how hard it fought with the air in the beginning, after such a long time it realized that humans in this world were extremely weak.

In this situation, he still used such a roundabout and awkward way to give himself a snack. Mingse Ritsu could only attribute it to Kasumiyuu's nature.

After all, its original way of hunting was to stand still all day and wait for prey to bump into it.

Ritsu Narose's gaze swept around the dilapidated shrine behind Kasumiyuu again, and his inner doubts increased instead of decreasing.

If everything is as Xialong said, then why has this shrine, which is worshipped by people, fallen into such a state of disrepair?

When he heard Ritsu Narose's question, Kasumi's face froze.

Under the watchful eyes of Ritsu Naruse and Belmont, she hesitated for a long time before explaining awkwardly:

"Because humans will imagine what the mountain gods will do, so usually I just need to rest peacefully. But one time I accidentally overslept after eating... hehe."

After a few dry laughs, Xia Long couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "When I woke up, I realized no one had come to pay tribute to me for a long time... Humans are really a bunch of greedy people!"

——This guy is hopeless.

Looking at Belmont, Ritsu Narose could read the thoughts in each other's eyes.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw Xialong, who was whispering and exuding a gloomy aura, suddenly look up and stare straight into the depths of the forest.

Seeing this, Ritsu Narose vaguely understood something...

……

"What on earth did you understand? Did you let that monster smoke my mother out?"

Taking her eyes off the master and servant who had fainted on the ground, Shoko Toyokawa stared closely at Ritsu Naruse.

She never imagined that Ritsu Narose would actually cooperate with the monster that they had fought not long ago, and even let it release mist to force the other two humans present into an abnormal state.

Kneeling on one knee beside the two, Ritsu Narose observed their physical conditions while asking Toyokawa Shoko, "Is there a landline at the Toyokawa family's vacation home?"

"Yes, I think so..." Not understanding why Ritsu Narose suddenly asked this irrelevant question, Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment, then answered honestly.

"What's the phone number?"

“Eh, eh?”

Seeing Ritsu Narose take out an old-fashioned cell phone from his pocket, Shoko Toyokawa became even more confused.

Trying hard to squeeze the landline number out of her memory, she couldn't help but ask Ritsu Narose what she wanted to do.

"Of course, contact your family and take them back."

"Weren't you the one who ordered them to faint?!"

Glaring at Ritsu Narose angrily, Shoko Toyokawa turned around and glanced at the strange shrine maiden hiding behind the shrine.

Suddenly, there was silence. After a moment, she asked, "Why not take blood now?"

"There should be a private doctor in the villa, right? If he finds traces of blood drawn by us while examining Ms. Mizuho's condition, it would be troublesome."

The phone in his hand finally dialed, and Ritsu Narose quickly explained to the servant on the other end of the phone.

After explaining in detail that "the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family fainted around the forest shrine," he hung up the phone and waited patiently.

Noticing that Toyokawa Shoko was still staring at him, Naruse Ritsu blinked and then held up his recently purchased cell phone: "I bought it on the way to buy sleeping pills."

"That's not what I want to ask..."

Sighing, Toyokawa Shoko said seriously, "Are you planning to meet with the Toyokawa family?"

"That's right," nodded Ritsu Naruse, explaining, "In order to facilitate the nighttime infiltration, it would be beneficial for us to be able to observe the internal structure in advance."

As he spoke, Ritsu Narose suddenly paused for a few seconds.

As if he was thinking about something, he said slowly: "Besides, I also want to see the situation of the other members of the Toyokawa family..."

……

It was the first time for Shoko Toyokawa to step into this villa as a guest, and she felt a little weird.

In order not to attract attention, she had to control her every move - especially avoid showing her familiarity with the villa's spatial layout to avoid arousing others' suspicion.

Not only that, she also had to continue wearing sunglasses to cover her face.

Although we can use the excuse of "eye disease" to get away with it for the time being, we cannot completely let our guard down.

On the other side, Ritsu Narose was talking to the current head of the Toyokawa family.

The content of the conversation was nothing more than their identities, the reasons for their appearance on the island, and things about Toyokawa Mizuho and the shrine on the island.

After an unknown amount of time, Shoko Toyokawa saw her grandfather, who now looked very young, get up from the sofa and leave.

Adjusting her sunglasses, she turned to look at Ritsu Narose.