I, enter the zero world, change the ending

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Arriving at the mask room, everyone came to the square stone pillar.

When four masks with different expressions were hung on the four sides of the column, a "click" sound was suddenly heard from somewhere, and it was suspected that the lock was opened. Through the direction, Crimson analyzed that the sound came from behind the leftmost wall, and guessed that it was the door decorated with a terrified human face.

Unfortunately, they were locked in this room. If they took off the happy mask and put it back on the door at the entrance of the room, the door next door would probably close again.

Caught in a dilemma, everyone turned their eyes to Zhiyao. Zhiyao twirled her chin and thought for a moment, then took off all her masks at once.

"This way."

Coming to the wall at the end, Zhiyao hung the four masks on the protruding wooden stakes one by one. When it was the turn of the sad mask, the wall suddenly reacted, so he pushed the wall hard as usual.

As the secret door in the wall was pushed open, a row of lattice windows came into view in front of them. Outside the windows was a courtyard-like area, but it was not as spacious as the previous atrium with cherry trees, with an area of ​​less than 20 square meters.

"There's a place like this?" Yae muttered to herself, "The size of this house is truly beyond imagination."

"Have you ever thought about exploring every corner?" Zhiyao smiled.

Yae thought for a moment and said, "I really didn't know there was a secret door in the entrance hall. I did see a door at the end of the corridor behind the hearth room, but it just wouldn't open."

"If you can't open it, you have to find a way. It's your own house after all." Zhiyao gently poked the back of Yae's hand. When her eyes moved to the side of her face, the voice, appearance and smile of another girl with the surname Kurosawa who grew up to this age appeared in her mind.

Kurosawa Saeki.

If it was Saeji who lived in the Himuro residence, would she be as obedient as Yae, or would she try her best to open every passage like herself? Zhiyao was curious about this, and suddenly wanted to find out about Saeji.

"Ryozou likes exploring more than me," Yae said.

"Because I'm a folklorist." Zhiyao responded as a matter of course.

"Hey, you even know this?"

"Maybe he knows where you come from." Crimson suddenly interrupted, "Including how you and great-grandfather got together."

The courtyard is surrounded by corridors in a U-shaped layout, and people stroll along the corridors.

When they reached the other side, they walked up the stairs into the courtyard, and then saw a rockery in front of them that was as tall as a person. The rockery was surrounded by wooden fences, and there were ropes tied to it with talismans attached to it.

"I have this at home too." Gudu said excitedly.

"Tell me something you don't have at home." Zhiyao replied, yawned, and sat down on the steps.

"Sikong, the lord's ancestral hall is over there." Xiao Wuhui pointed to the most luxurious door in the northern corridor and reminded.

“Hua ...

Glancing over there, Zhiyao rubbed his temples and took out a cigarette case and lighter.

"Don't be in a hurry, smoke a cigarette first to refresh yourself."

After he finished speaking, the others dispersed. Shenhong and Gudu sorted their things, while Yae went to watch in every corner of the courtyard.

When the cigarette was two-thirds burned, Gudu came and sat next to Zhiyao, leaning directly against him.

The intimacy came too suddenly, and Zhiyao almost moved to the side reflexively.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm tired, let me lean on you for a while." Gudu covered his mouth and yawned.

"Don't sleep against me, it makes me sleepy." Zhiyao gently pushed her body, "Go lean against the wall over there."

"No, dirty."

"Then go rely on Yae."

"She has a low temperature and is cold."

Yae heard the conversation and laughed dryly in embarrassment.

Gudu was determined to stay with her. For a moment, Zhiyao suddenly didn't know where to put her hands. Feeling awkward, she slowly shifted her gaze away.

Not long after, as the cigarette butt burned out, Zhiyao put it out. Seeing Gudu squinting his eyes and looking as if he was asleep, he subconsciously held his breath and moved closer to look at his face.

It’s true, this face is really good-looking. If we just rate it based on appearance, if Deep Red is 80, then Ancient Capital can get 85.

Come to think of it, isn't she really a relative of Mihua...

As the saying goes, appearance reflects the heart. At such a close distance, Zhiyao, who had already had doubts about this, felt that their faces were becoming more and more similar. Then, unknowingly, as his vision suddenly blurred, he actually saw Mihua leaning on him.

However, the illusion was fleeting. In less than a second, Mihua's face changed back to Gudu, so that he smiled bitterly, mocking his own wishful thinking.

Furthermore, even if his dream could come true, he didn't want Mihua to appear. He would rather not have Fang Xili appear. Among the five heroines, he liked Xili the most and she was his first choice of love.

Unfortunately, it is 1986 now, and Xili may not be born yet.

By the time Xili is born and turns sixteen or seventeen, and the plot of the fifth part begins, I will probably be forty years old.

I heard that people's thoughts change with age. When that time comes, the way I look at Xili and my thoughts about her will probably be more like those of a daughter or a junior, rather than a woman I want to get.

It seems that the story of Higashinoyama has nothing to do with her. Yuri should really be with her peer, good friend, Hinasaki Fukaba... No, no, no, absolutely not. Fukaba's appearance means the disappearance of Shenhong, and this is the only thing she cannot compromise on.

After about ten minutes, Shenhong, who thought she had rested enough, came to Zhiyao and wanted to urge her to set off quickly, but she saw that Gudu had fallen asleep, so she shut up tactfully.

After looking around for a while, Shenhong went to the north gate of the ancestral hall alone.

Just as expected, the door was not easy to enter. It was embedded with a large mechanism lock like a puzzle game. Shenhong took a photo of the lock, and the photo showed a rockery. She turned around and noticed that it was the one in the courtyard behind her.

Very good, the distance is very close, no need to run around.

She immediately prepared to leave, and just after taking a few steps, she saw her great-grandmother coming to her and handing her a piece of stone engraved with runes.

"I saw this on the rockery and thought it might be useful, so I took it down." Worried about waking up Gu Du, Yae deliberately lowered his voice, and then looked over there with a gentle look.

Crimson took the piece, nodded, and immediately turned back to try to solve the puzzle with her great-grandmother.

After tireless and repeated attempts, the lock was successfully removed.

Afterwards, Shenhong and Zhiyao waited quietly for nearly ten minutes. When they turned around by chance, they noticed that the door of the ancestral hall had been opened. Zhiyao gently patted Gudu's forehead.

"Hmm?" Gudu's vision was blurry and her head was dizzy. She rubbed her temples vigorously, and gradually felt better. "I...how long have I slept..."

"Less than half an hour, how was your rest?" Zhiyao smiled and complained, "I told you to sleep somewhere else but you didn't listen. Seeing you sleeping so soundly, I almost fell asleep."

"Ahaha, sorry." Gudu stuck out his tongue playfully.

Thinking that only Crimson hadn't rested yet, Zhiyao helped Gudu up and quickly walked over to Crimson, "Do you need to rest for a while, Hinasaki?"

"No need." Shenhong declined.

"No, no, no, Kurosawa and I both took a nap and rested. You don't need to force yourself, really."

"If you say no, then no." Shenhong sighed, then turned her back and raised her hand to rub her eyelids.

How could Zhiyao not notice this action? It was obvious that he was saying one thing and thinking another.

"I don't think you need to be so tough."

"Are you leaving or not? If not, I'll go alone." Shenhong turned around, and her irritated expression became obvious.

For fear of angering Hinasaki, Zhiyao had no choice but to shut up.

The lord's shrine was wider than expected, at least as large as four shrines in the backyards. Worried that bodies would fall from the sky like before, Zhiyao's first thing after entering the shrine was to shine a flashlight at the ceiling. Only then did he realize that the height was far beyond his expectations.

It is at least ten meters from the floor to the roof, and there are several beams about the width of two people's shoulders at a height of six or seven meters.

Perhaps it was the noise made by the door opening, because suddenly, a dark mass fell from the beam, struggled to run away quickly after landing on the ground, and the three humans were caught off guard and were startled. They reflexively shone their flashlights over and could barely see that it was a creature with a long tail.

"There are still rats in the Bingshi residence?" Zhiyao said to himself.

"Rats are everywhere. What's the big deal?" His deep red eyes looked at someone without common sense. Then, he suddenly thought of something and smiled knowingly. "Why, are you scared?"

"A little bit," Zhiyao admitted openly, "mainly because I'm afraid of bacteria and viruses."

"I'm afraid of mice, too." Gudu joined in. "I even got a cat at home because of that."

"Shouldn't a shrine raise a Shikigami?" Zhiyao said excitedly, "You should bring the Shikigami here, so we don't have to be afraid of Wuhui."

Gudu admired this man's imagination from the bottom of his heart and hit him lightly, "It's just an ordinary cat."

The next moment, something fell to the ground where the mouse had just landed. Gudu was the first to notice it and shone the flashlight over there. Zhiyao looked in that direction and saw a red piece of object.

Could it be the red film that Xiao Wuhui mentioned?

He quickly stepped forward to pick it up without delay and consulted Xiao Wuhui.

"Is that the red film you mentioned?"

Xiao Wuhui gave a positive answer after just one glance, so he immediately handed the film to Shenhong and told him its importance.

After hearing this, Shenhong stuffed the film into the portable bag without saying a word. After thinking for a while, he took it out and put it back in the interlayer. This is a powerful weapon used to deal with Wuhui and Kuki Tokisada. It must be kept separate from the blue film and must not be confused.

Chapter 45: [Fragments in the Ghost's Mouth]

Xiao Wuhui said there were about ten pieces of red film. Zhiyao couldn't help but look up at the beam, guessing that there might be some spots on it. As this idea came to mind, he began to look around, thinking about how to get there.

"The door over there leads to upstairs." Xiao Wuhui read the message in his mind and pointed to the door on the inner left side to remind him.

Zhiyao immediately headed towards that place, but when she arrived she found that the door could not be opened at all.

"Is there any way to get around to the back?" he asked Xiao Wuhui.

Without waiting for Xiao Wuhui to answer, Yae suddenly said, "I can go up there and take a look. You're looking for the red film, right?"

After saying that, Yae gently stood on tiptoe, broke free from the constraints of gravity and floated straight towards the beam, showing Zhiyao her excitement.

"How come she is so amazing?" Zhiyao's eyes sparkled with envy and longing. "Xiao Wuhui, can you fly?"

"No, the Evil Mist Painting can float off the ground."

"What determines whether or not to acquire this ability?" Gu Du interjected with equal interest.

"I really don't know." Xiao Wuhui thought for a moment, "Maybe it has something to do with the strength of the individual? Or maybe it depends on how he died before he died. For example, Munakata Yae hanged himself, and his body was suspended in the air before he died?"

"How about I try hanging myself?" Zhiyao twisted her chin and said something without thinking, and then added, "Anyway, at the moment, it seems that there is no difference between being a human or a ghost."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became cold.

After a moment, Yae floated back to the ground as lightly as a feather.

"I've checked everything, but I didn't see anything on it." Yae said with regret.

"You're amazing, Sister Yae!" Zhiyao didn't hide her admiration at all. "I want to fly too. Can you carry me on your back for a while?"

No matter how he thought about it, he felt that there was something wrong. Gu Du's expression suddenly became strange, "Hey, Sikong, there's something wrong with the address."

"What's the problem?" Zhiyao was puzzled.

"Mrs. Munakata is Hinasaki's great-grandmother. You and Hinasaki are of the same generation. How can you call her sister?"

"Can you please stop being distracted? What are we here for?" Finally unable to bear it anymore, Shenhong interrupted the people here, his eyes full of helplessness.

Admittedly, she was no longer as anxious as she was at the beginning, but... didn't she come here to find the fragments of the Imperial Divine Mirror? Why did she always suddenly start talking about other things? Please, can you be a little more serious?

"The fragments of the divine mirror are in the cabinet of the altar over there." Xiao Wuhui pointed to the deepest part of the ancestral hall.

Upon hearing this, Shenhong hurried forward and opened the cabinet door. However, she found that there was nothing inside, so much so that she had to wonder if Xiao Wuhui had remembered it wrong.

Shenhong didn't respond for a long time. Xiao Wuhui also felt something was wrong. She took Zhiyao's hand and said, "Sikong, let's go over and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Gudu and Yae also went there.

「Click」

With a try-it attitude, Shenhong pressed the shutter.

The photo content has not changed.

Gu Du and Yae, one floated above the cabinet and the other went under the altar to search, but they also found nothing.

"It must have been taken away by someone, just like the mask of sadness." Xiao Wuhui guessed and analyzed.

"Who is it, Chiba?" Zhiyao continued.

"That's unlikely." Shen Hong was skeptical. "Why would a blind person like her use a mirror? Especially since it's just a broken lens."

At this time, Gu Du emerged from under the altar.

"Look at this."

The others looked towards her and saw that she was holding a pure white mask.