Weird collapse, chasing husband crematorium

However, the strange law of Yaemura is that it constantly absorbs the vitality of living things, and it is impossible for it to replenish nutrients for a cherry tree.

The reason why the cherry tree can last so long is because of the nutrients it absorbs from the ground.

Find a chance to cut it open and take a look.

As for the seeds of sorrow mentioned in the notebook, they must be a manifestation of the mysterious source that caused Yaesakura to lose her vitality.

Or perhaps it could be said that the Seed of Sorrow is the source of the weirdness of this world.

What is that ceremony? A sacrifice?

But over the years, all kinds of people have been sacrificed, so why does the ritual continue?

Li Mo thought carefully for a long time. Although the behavior patterns of everyone in Yae Village during the day were not completely normal, most of them were common to living people.

There are no organized activities, let alone other ceremonies.

Plow at sunrise and rest at sunset.

The only ritual is the sacrifice, which is held every once in a while.

After each event, the phenomenon of draining vitality from Yae Village will be reduced significantly.

Was it because the seeds of sorrow had been digested and satisfied? Or was there some other reason...

Also, is it really such a coincidence that I'm holding a sacrifice right after arriving?

In the sheep pen, Yaezakura said that the sacrifice would be held in three days, and she never heard Grandma Chiyo or Yaezakura mention it.

Normally, a sacrifice must be announced before it is held, but the notebook says that the sacrifice will be held tomorrow.

So something must have happened during this period.

Something I knew but hadn't thought of, something that would speed up the ritual...

"what is it……"

Li Mo turned his attention back to the notebook, trying to get some clues from the contents.

After all, notebooks don't lie.

But the notebook did not reveal the subsequent content, and all the clues came to an abrupt end 50,000 years ago.

Li Mo looked at the notebook calmly, and without hesitation, tapped the blank space at the back with his fingers.

"If these are the only clues you can give me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to act according to your ideas."

"Or do you know the strange patterns of Yaemura and want to make a bet that I must solve it as soon as possible?"

"I'll give you some time to think carefully about how to set a trap that will make me walk into it voluntarily. Otherwise, I will definitely ask her to come and tear you apart before I die."

Li Mo opened the window, the sky was clear and bright like spring.

It’s such nice weather. At night, the moonlight will surely shine into the house.

Li Mo leaned his hands on the window, his cloudy pupils could hardly sense the intensity of light. In the triple death state, most people would judge him as a ghost.

Despite this, I still retain a part of myself that is human.

The personality stripping of fantasy ghosts, doom ghosts, and haunted house worlds is back.

Over and over again, experiences and gains like these allowed him to think about questions that only humans would think about in this terrible state.

Instead of just thinking about dealing with the weirdness and using any means to achieve the goal as before.

Although the past and the present are not much different.

Looking back, the contents of the notebook appeared again, as if responding to Li Mo's request and setting a carefully set trap.

[My name is Li Mo. When you see this sentence, I am dying and about to be reborn.]

Chains bound my limbs, firewood piled beside me.

[The fire ignited the firewood, the flames burned my body, and the thick smoke filled my lungs.]

[Beneath the altar, there are countless indifferent and expectant gazes.]

【And that faint, insignificant cry. 】

The seeds of sorrow above my head shed tears, but they could not extinguish the flames on the altar, nor could they extinguish desire and sorrow.

I can’t laugh, but I’m very happy.

【I saw Akazome Sakura walking towards me. 】

【I saw Akazume Sakura waving Yaezakura. 】

I saw my headless body.

【I saw myself dying little by little after being polluted.】

【Everything should have ended here.】

[However...however...everything has just begun. I hope I can change something this time. Or perhaps, in fact, I can never change the established course.]

My name is Li Mo. I sob and lament.

【With this sword, you will never be defeated. 】

But I know that great power comes at a price.

The notebook stopped displaying content and the style changed, although Li Mo was not quite sure what the pattern of this page was.

But I always feel like I am absorbing the previous rules.

The notebook is evolving.

"The most crucial part is not explained in detail..."

Li Mo focused on the last few sentences, from where everything had just begun.

It was hard to imagine him whimpering and groaning.

What kind of knife is it that is always effective?

The final ending is not explained, it is a mystery.

"Will I encounter a demon sword similar to Akazume Sakura later?"

“There is too little information to make an effective judgment.”

"But what can be confirmed is that I became a sacrifice in the sacrifice, and I did it voluntarily."

Li Mo leaned against the window, looking out at the bustling and bustling streets with apathy. Villagers came and went, trading, chatting...

They look extremely honest and kind, but in the prophecy, they see their own eyes are cold and expectant.

The coldness is understandable, as the offerings may be just some livestock in the eyes of the villagers.

So what was the reason for this hope? Did they hope that he would die quickly so that the village could return to normal?

"Chains can't hold me, and flames can't kill me. The only thing that can kill me and prevent me from restarting is the demon sword Akazenzakura in Yaesakura's hand."

"Why should I take that blow head-on? Why not just avoid it?"

Li Mo pondered this question.

He had no idea why he wanted to die. Did he find some clues in the sacrifice and had to take the knife, or was he restricted by strange rules?

"What bothers me more is that the notebook's description of Yaezakura's sword swing is very strange."

"I saw Akazome Sakura walking towards me. I saw Akazome Sakura waving Yaezakura. The user and the object were reversed."

"The normal logic should be that Yaezakura walked towards me and waved Akazume Sakura."

"But the notebook doesn't lie. It must have its reasons for saying that."

"Perhaps, this is the reason why Yaezakura can ignore the cost of using Akazome Sakura."

Li Mo quickly deduced that it was still the same point, there was too little information to refer to.

So far, I haven't seen Yaesakura's mother, and even if I did, it wouldn't prove anything. In this village where cognition is easily disturbed, I can only rely on myself.

Make bold guesses and verify carefully.

Li Mo faced the notebook and closed it. "Very good, you have provided some useful information. Although I still don't understand why I would voluntarily choose to be a sacrifice."

"Or why didn't they resist after becoming a sacrifice?"

"Either way it's strange, but it also proves that I've missed some important information. If I find that information, I'll know the driving force behind this incident."

"What would that message be?"

Li Mo thought hard, many things in Yae Village were very strange.

There is always a law of absorbing vitality in the village. As long as you interact with the villagers, you will be contaminated, and then your vitality will be stripped away bit by bit by the pollution.

When their vitality drops to a certain level, they will become livestock in the eyes of ordinary people, and will be killed by Yaezakura and placed on the altar for sacrifice, to be offered to the Seed of Sorrow in the sky.

The Seeds of Sorrow require vitality, so why choose sacrifices whose vitality is close to zero?

and many more……

What it wants may not be vitality, but pollution.

Li Mo seemed to suddenly remember something and blurted out: "Demon Sword: Red Sakura."

The laws of the Seed of Sorrow and the Demon Sword, Akazume Sakura, complement each other...

Assuming the hypothesis is correct, what the Seed of Sorrow desires is not vitality, but pollution that can be absorbed.

This would easily explain why the sacrifices were fallen outsiders rather than the natives of Yae Village.

Because the indigenous people are all ghosts, ghosts cannot be killed and will never be used as sacrifices.

The Seed of Sorrow does not have the power to kill ghosts.

Then it can only create a place that the living yearn for, and then isolate the exit passage, leaving only the entrance cave.

Let all the living people who come in become dead.

“It’s like a tomb.”

Li Mo gave his evaluation.

"So the reason Chiyoko was the demon's main target that day wasn't because her vitality was too strong, but because she wasn't polluted enough."

"Life and pollution are inversely proportional. Pollution erodes life. The two are in an absolutely inverse relationship."

"I'm actually the top choice for sacrifice, because I'm probably more polluted than Grandma Chiyo, who has lived here for decades."

"But I still can't understand why I would willingly become a sacrifice and be killed by Yaezakura. That doesn't fit my style."

"and many more……"

The Seed of Sorrow and the Akazume Sakura are complementary, but they also have a competitive relationship.

Or maybe, Yaezakura is actually standing on the opposite side of the Seed of Sorrow?

The Seeds of Sorrow can only harvest the pollution from the living through sacrifice.

But Akazome Sakura is different. Whether it is a ghost or a human, she can swallow it into her sword.

Those who die by the knife will all be swallowed by the knife instead of being absorbed by the seeds of sorrow.

There was just one thing Li Mo didn't quite understand, if the phenomenon in the village was caused by the seeds of sorrow.

Since Yae Sakura stands on the opposite side of the Seed of Sorrow, why doesn't the Seed of Sorrow let the villagers kill Yae Sakura, even if it's just to interfere.

Yet he still tried his best to protect her.

He even deliberately kept the villagers who turned into ghosts at night away from Yaezakura.

Could it be that the Seed of Sorrow loves Yaezakura?

Is it reasonable?

A ghost falls in love with a twelve-year-old girl.

"No, that's not right. There's too much information. Whether it's the description of Yaezakura and Akazome Sakura in the notebook, or the relationship between the Seed of Sorrow and Yaezakura in reality, it all contradicts the strange original law."

"Except for a very few incomprehensible beings like Irene, the more polluted most of the strange beings become, the more confused and scattered their minds become, and they are absolutely unable to maintain normal human thinking."

"The fact that the rats were able to attack Grandma Chiyo, who was holding a strange pistol, shows that the ghosts in Yae Village are actually not afraid of strange things or weapons that can threaten their lives. My previous speculation has been overturned."

"Then the reason for not attacking Yaezakura is definitely not because of Akazome Sakura, but because of the existence that caused this village to become abnormal, and it does not allow its derivatives to harm Yaezakura."

"In addition, the ghosts in Yae Village seem to have an incomplete yet complete pattern. The strange pistol can suppress them, but the suppression will be offset by a very complete pattern at a certain moment."