Zongman, can you be immortal with me for the rest of your life?

It felt like the familiar streets turned into an unfamiliar forest, and those familiar scenes became alienated and uncomfortable.

It is a feeling that is hard to explain. It is like being in a bustling school during the day, but walking alone at night, everything seems strange and makes your heart beat faster unconsciously.

Even the guards guarding the scene at the door felt uncomfortable and wanted to shrink back.

However, all this had no effect on the three people who were walking on the street at this time.

After Kerry and the other told Ninomiya that he could go back first and that the expenses would be reimbursed, Yujiro spoke impatiently.

"Hey, two experts, have you found any clues?"

I don't want to bother with this guy who has made me obsessed with him.

Keri and Kazuma walked while discussing the situation in their heads.

The town did look a bit old. Along the way, the two saw an abandoned library, and in front of them appeared a commercial street that looked like it was about to completely decline.

Beneath the various signs were tightly locked rolling doors and a lot of dust. Only a few shops on the street seemed to be open during the day, but strangely, they were all closed before nightfall.

Kerry and his companion finally discovered some abnormalities in one place.

It was a small shrine located in the center of the commercial street, where both Kerry and Kazuma sensed a faint eerie aura.

"The Centipede God of Akagi? What a rare shrine! How about you two go in and pray for wealth?"

The two people who noticed something was wrong and were about to go in to check turned around and looked at Yujiro who spoke.

"People in Gunma used to believe this very much. They said the centipede was the god of commerce and copper mines."

Yujiro pointed to a pattern on the small shrine and explained.

Yujiro, are you also a folklorist?

"Go in and have a look."

Kerry said as he stepped over the Torii Gate, and at the same time, the Demonic Hour finally ended, the sun sank behind the distant mountains, and the last ray of light fell below the horizon.

At the same moment, when there was no visible light, a burst of brisk footsteps came from the end of the street.

The noise also made Kerry and the others stop and look over.

It was a girl with a red bow on her head and a pink lop-eared rabbit backpack on her back. She ran towards the two of them anxiously.

Speak anxiously.

"Hey, brothers, have you seen the girl with golden hair and a blue bow? We had planned to go see the fireworks display at the foot of the mountain today, but when we got out we found out that something happened at the factory up the mountain, so the fireworks display was canceled."

There was nothing else that could make the two of them stop, because the girl who suddenly appeared also exuded a certain fragrance, a fragrance that made Kerry feel very familiar, a smell that he could occasionally smell in his old nest.

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Chapter 368: Urban Strange Stories: Encountering a Ghostly Animal and Shin, Trying Your Best...

He frowned and looked at the girl in front of him with some vigilance.

But the girl didn't show any intention of attacking, she just asked the question.

And the other guy in front of him, Hanma Yujiro, didn't seem to notice anything wrong.

He lowered his head and stretched out his hand as if to touch the little girl's head.

"Kid, it's very dangerous to run around outside alone."

As he spoke, he made a ferocious face.

Ordinary humans would be completely unable to withstand this level of pressure and would probably have turned around and run away.

But the girl in front of him acted out of character and insisted on staring at the tall man with her eyes wide open and stubbornly.

"Have you seen the girl I was talking about? She's Xiaoyao. We got separated and I want to find her."

[Kerry: There's something wrong with her, and the child is missing. Maybe it's related to the factory. Let's follow her and see if anything happens.]

Satou Kazuma: OK, let's just go with what she said and say we'll help her find friends.

Kazuma agreed to what Keri said and walked forward.

"Little sister, we haven't seen the friend you mentioned, but it's too dangerous for you to be here alone at night. Let us go with you to look for him."

Kazuma came over, acting like a gentle older brother.

"Then...thank you, big brothers."

The girl seemed to realize only now that it was somewhat dangerous for her to talk to three strange adults alone on the deserted street. She shrank back, but then nodded vigorously.

"Big brothers, you can just call me Xiao Wei.

Xiaoyao and I were originally there today, planning to go to the top of the mountain together to watch the fireworks display held by Higashi Kagura.

As she spoke, the girl who called herself Xiao Wei pointed to a small hill over there.

“But when we got to the top of the mountain, we found that there was no festival going on there. We thought it was cancelled because of something that happened in the town, but when we were going down the mountain.

Xiaoyao kept saying she heard strange noises, but I didn't hear anything, so I asked her to hide while I went out to check, and then we got separated."

After hearing what the little girl said, Kerry and Kazuma looked towards the mountain over there with some caution.

Another mountain! Another mountain!

They discovered that the status of mountains in the spiritual world is just like the high-speed moving objects that suddenly appear in animated graphics on Twitter.

It's like, if nothing unexpected happens, the World Trade Center Twin Towers will appear in the animated picture in a few seconds, and in this kind of mountain, if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen.

Kerry and Kazuma both made up their minds that if they encountered any situation in remote areas in the future, the first suspect would be the nearby mountains.

The little girl over there is still talking.

"While I was looking for the source of the sound, I seemed to trip over something and fell. When I woke up, I was already in town. I just ran a few steps and saw you guys, brothers."

"Then let's go to your friend's house."

"Uh-huh."

Xiao Wei nodded repeatedly, then took the lead and ran forward.

"Hey, don't you have a mission? Do you have time to play tag with a little girl? That's really gentle."

Yujiro saw the little girl running away with her hands in her pockets.

"Huh? Better than a middle-aged guy like you who's trying to scare people back home by making faces?"

Kazuma replied.

What? Yujiro's face changed.

"You mean to say that I, Yujiro..."

Before he could finish his words, Keri and Kazuma caught up with him.

It made him feel like no one cared about him at all.

Baring his teeth at the air, Yujiro also chased after him.

Several people ran all the way to the street.

The little girl pressed the doorbell several times, but there was no response.

"Xiaoyao's family members have all found jobs in the city, and now she's the only one at home."

Xiao Weiyi pressed the button and spoke, but there was no response after pressing it several times.

This made her a little discouraged.

"It seems Xiaoyao didn't come back... huh?"

Just as Xiao Weiyi was talking and ringing the bell, he saw the three people next to him easily jump from the ground and jump into the courtyard wall.

Kazuma walked over, opened the window skillfully, and stuck his head in to look.

"There's really no one."

Then the three of them easily jumped out from the two-meter-high courtyard wall.

Xiao Wei stared blankly at these big brothers who were picked up randomly on the street.

Is this...is this right?

While Xiao Wei was still surprised, the three people over there had already started discussing.

“Could it be the same as that factory, but the criminals found the scene unsafe and might move to another place.

Hey, little guy over there, think about whether there are other places where no one often goes. You may want to go there later.

Also, why don’t you call the police? If your friend is missing, they can help you find him.”

Kazuma directly contacted Kirito in his mind and asked him to contact the Metropolitan Police Department to send people to block the exit of the town to prevent humans from committing crimes, and then took the little girl away.

"what?"

Xiao Weiyi was stunned by his question.

Are you calling me, little brat? Also, I think the teacher did say that if you have any problems, you can call the police.

"Forget it, since he disappeared on the mountain road, let's go to the mountain first to check."

Kazuma agreed and headed towards the mountain.

Xiao Wei always felt that it was not she who was looking for someone but these brothers. She felt a little helpless, but she quickly stepped forward and caught up.

Seeing that he was running too slowly, Kerry felt a little unbearable, so he stopped for a few seconds and waited for Xiao Wei to run over, then he picked up the little girl.

Xiao Wei was frightened by Kerry's sudden action and thought she had met a bad guy, but then her eyes blurred and she was carried on Kerry's shoulders.

"You're too slow."

Then she felt a gust of wind blowing in her face.

This was the first time in Xiaowei’s life that she realized that she seemed to be... dizzy!

Kerry and Kazuma both started running, and their speed was like the Shinkansen. Xiao Wei was so dizzy from being swayed that she almost vomited.

But I feel like I can't vomit anything out.

After a while of tossing and turning, Xiao Wei realized that the people in front of him suddenly stopped.

She thought they had arrived at the station, only to find out that they hadn't. The few of them had simply rushed to the edge of the town near the foot of the mountain, and the three people on the ground were all looking in one direction at the same time.

At this time, the sky had turned into a foggy gray, and the street lights, one of the only public facilities in the town, were faithfully performing their duties.

And then there came a strange ringing sound in my ears.

"Dululululu! Dulululululu!"

Following the source of the ringtone, I saw it was a pink flip phone.

The situation before him was too strange. The sudden appearance of a cell phone on the deserted street and the only ringtone in the silent night.

Kazuma frowned and walked forward, picked up the phone and answered the call. There was also a faint smell on the phone, but it seemed that it was not edible. Kazuma pressed the answer button with some doubt, and then pressed the speakerphone button.

"Hello? Is this the owner of the lost phone?"

"Hello, hello, I'm Miss Mary, I'm on my way now."

Suddenly, a sweet female voice came from the phone.

Then there was the busy tone.

"what?"

Kazuma was stunned. Isn't this a very famous Japanese ghost story, it seems to be called Miss Mary.

It was said that once you answered the phone, a female ghost would haunt you, as if it was a rag doll abandoned by its owner and full of resentment.

Kazuma had thought about this legend when he first discovered that there were strange things in this world.

I even considered getting a high-end adult Tifa doll and throwing it away to see if I could get a custom-made wife.

The next moment Kazuma was confused, the phone rang again.

Kazuma pressed the answer button again.

"Hello, I'm Miss Mary, I'm three blocks away from you..."

Before the other party hung up, Kazuma yelled into the phone.

"You'd better come! Otherwise, as long as you're not Rozen Maiden, you'll be found and torn apart. The cotton inside will be used to make a doghouse for our little white dog, the eyes will be attached to the door as a doorbell, and the cloth will be used as a loincloth for me!"