(a)

"Hah...... Ah......h

Rinnosuke Mori pulled his mind out of the scroll and stretched. The somewhat stiff muscles and bones on his body www.biquge.info stretched for a long time, and they made a "rattling" and "rattling" sound when they rubbed against each other.

"Oh, that's it?"

Rinnosuke glanced at the sunset outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh to himself. He obviously hadn't even had time to finish a book, and this day and evening had passed.

It's time to call it a day again, and although he didn't make any money today, as always, that's not a reason to work overtime. Compared with glory and wealth, it is still a leisurely and quiet life that attracts him more.

"Jingle Bells"

"Excuse ......"

As he cleaned up the shelves, a woman's voice came from behind him.

"I'm sorry, but if you want to buy something, please come back tomorrow, our store is closed. Rinnosuke was busy dealing with the matter at hand, and replied without looking back.

The visitor didn't sound like he was an acquaintance, so there was no need to delay the closing of the store for her.

"No, I'm not here to buy something. The man quickly argued, "I just wanted to ask you to do me a favor." ”

"Huh?"

This term sounds familiar, and Rinnosuke remembers that when those annoying imps came to make trouble for him, they often used the excuse of "helping" or "borrowing something".

He turned around and saw the man standing in the doorway. It was a blonde girl in a purple dress, and judging from the style of dressing, she didn't look like a Gensokyo native.

"Huh?"

The moment he saw her, Rinnosuke was stunned for a moment. The orange sunlight filtered through the window and fell on the girl's shoulder, blurring her figure a little, and she looked rather like a big man in Gensokyo.

But he soon came to his senses, and looked at her carefully, only to realize that it was indeed a raw face.

"It's not the time for girls to go out alone, is it?" Rinnosuke reminded.

In Gensokyo, the sunset of the human world is the sunrise of the yokai world. Unless you have a stunt and really know what you're doing, it's better to get home at dusk.

"I know, but it's really important. The girl looked into Rinnosuke's eyes without wavering, "I think you can probably help me." ”

"Tell me about it, maybe I can help you. Out of curiosity, Rinnosuke was willing to listen to her.

"That's right, I'm looking for someone who is called ......"

"Oh, that guy, he was here the other day, and if I'm not mistaken, he's probably ...... right now."

"Thank you very much, so how do I get there?"

"It's not far from here, but it's very dangerous to walk at night. If you don't like it, you can stay overnight in the humble house and wait until dawn before leaving. ”

"Thanks, I'll bother then. ”

"By the way, my name is Mori Kinrinnosuke, and I am the owner of this Xianglin Hall, so you can call me Rinnosuke. ”

"Ah, yes, Mr. Rinnosuke. ”

"And what shall I call you?"

"Maellubery, Hearn, just call me Melly. ”

(b)

"This place is at least 80 years old. Lianzi judged.

By the faint light of the small flashlight, she could see the rusty old medical equipment stacked on both sides of the road.

"There must have been a lot of deaths here before. Caiodis covered his nose and frowned, "Ah, I can't stand the smell." ”

"What does it smell like?"

Lianzi said, sniffing the air carefully, but unfortunately she couldn't smell anything but rust and rotten wood. It seems that Caiodis must have smelled something that humans can't.

"Speaking of which, dogs often bark at murderers, but you ......"

"As I said, if you compare me to a dog, I'm going to be angry. ”

"Ah, sorry......"

For some reason, Caiodis was very taboo about being called a dog. Thinking of the name registered on Nalan Twilight's mobile phone address book, Lianzi could almost guess how the two usually got along.

Speaking of which, aren't she and Melly in this kind of relationship?

"'The smell of dung is fragrant, but the smell of corpses is not smelly', this is what Nalan Twilight told me before, a Chinese proverb of theirs. Caiodis said to himself, "There is the smell of death peculiar to decaying corpses. Even after all these years, it still hasn't dissipated. ”

"This ground is not so much a bomb shelter as a morgue. ”

"Morgue, ......"

After listening to Caiodis's description, Renzi was suddenly a little glad that her sense of smell was not so sharp.

The reason why the two of them came to such an eerie place was, of course, not to test their courage. Thirty minutes ago, they found this abandoned bomb shelter on the back of the hill, and the large iron gate at the entrance of the cave had been broken by someone, leaving only a piece of broken iron in the ground. Seeing this, Caiodis walked in without saying a word, and although Lianzi was unwilling in his heart, he could only follow with his head.

After all, if you want to build a secret underground base, this is the perfect place to go.

They had been exploring it for more than half an hour, and still hadn't seen the end of it. This dark and deep underground passage seems to stretch all the way to hell.

"Speaking of which, I've been thinking," Hasuko began, "if their goal is to break the barrier, then why don't they just camp next to the barrier......?"

"Hmm. ”

"And it's the kind of place that I don't think anyone would want to go into, even if the door is open. ”

"Hmm. ”

"I think most people don't even know it exists. ”

"Hmm. ”

"It's really a World War II building, no, it was probably built long before the start of World War II. No wonder ......"

"Lianzi, you talk a little too much. ”

"Ahh

Noticing the abnormality in her behavior, Renzi was very embarrassed and lowered her head.

"It is said that when humans are in a dark and claustrophobic environment for a long time, their personalities change," Caiodis said with a smile, "but you seem to be just scared." ”

"What! I'm afraid!"

"Don't panic, lotus seeds, don't panic. The statistic shows that the number of people killed by the ghost curse each year is not even as high as the number of people choking to death by eating, which is telling......"

"Caiodis, you guy!" Renko blushed and punched him in the waist.

This guy too, so does Nalan Twilight, these mythical creatures who look like people are actually not humans, but they especially like to see humans frightened, as if they are their masterpieces.

Speaking of which, what kind of demon and monster is this guy Keodis?

"Lotus seeds, boxing is not done in this way. Caiodis suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Lianzi with a wicked smile.

His eyes flashed with a faint blue light, and his face, which usually looked a little handsome, looked a little hideous under the light of the flashlight.

"You want ...... What for?"

Lianzi shivered and unconsciously took a few steps back. Under Caiodis' gaze, she felt like a rabbit being targeted by a wolf. The man in front of her was completely two people from the Caiodis she had seen before.

Now Caiodis exudes undisguised aggression all over his body, as if he will pounce on her and tear her to pieces in the next second. Lianzi didn't know what he had done, but he suddenly changed his hexagram.

Then again, does a wolf really need a reason to kill a rabbit?

"What are you doing, of course, to teach you a little fighting skills!" Caiodis smiled and raised his right hand, "Look, the right way to punch, this is it!"

"Whoosh!"

"Bang!"

It was too late, it was too late, and Renko didn't see how Caiodis' fist flew over her head. She didn't even have time to close her eyes before the arm was resting on her head.

"Huh?"

It took her two seconds to make sure she was unscathed, but just now, she heard the muffled sound of her fists hitting her flesh.

So who was hit?

Renzi slowly turned around and lit the way with a flashlight, seeing the man who had been knocked to the ground.

It was a strange man in a black cloak, with a pointed metal mask with a bird's beak on his face, quite like a medieval doctor. There was also a black top hat lying next to him, which was supposed to have been knocked to the ground when he was boxed.

"This guy...... Who the hell is it?"

As soon as Renzi wanted to go up to investigate, she was stopped by Caiodis.

"Be careful, this guy wasn't knocked unconscious, he's playing dead. As he spoke, he took a step forward and stood in front of Lotus Seed, "This guy wanted to attack you just now, but I found out." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man lying on the ground got up silently and picked up his hat. Then he stood there like that, staring at Caiodis motionlessly.

Lianzi didn't know what kind of face was hidden under that mask, but she knew that it was such a taciturn person who had been quietly following her just now. Once she was wrapped in that pitch-black cloak and taken to the depths of darkness, I am afraid that even Caiodis could not save her.

As soon as she thought of her possible end, her heart was dominated by fear, the fear of darkness, the fear of the unknown, and the fear of death.

"I'm sorry......" Renko whispered as she shrank behind Keodis, "I was suspicious of you just now, thinking you were going to hit me. ”

"We'll talk about this later, we're in trouble now. ”

"Dash...... Da ...... Da ......"

The sound of orderly footsteps sounded all around, although at first glance it sounded like the footsteps of one person, but if you listened closely, you would find that it was the sound of many people coming from different directions at the same time.

In a few moments, the people who made the noise gathered in front of the two of them, or more accurately, surrounded them. The men were of the same height and size, dressed in black, cloaks, beak masks, and top hats, as if they had come out of a mold.

"I'll see, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, plus the first one, a total of twelve, you're all about it?" Caiodis waved at the gang with some arrogance, shouting: "If you have a kind, go together, if you are afraid of death, let me go!"

His voice echoed through the dark tunnels, and eventually everything fell silent. There was no response to his provocation, and the men just stood there, staring at him in unison, without saying a word.

And Caiodis was outnumbered, and he had to protect Usami Renzi behind him, and he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only confront them like this, staring at them with big eyes.

Lianzi looked at the black holes on the bird's beak mask, and only felt hairy in her heart. She wanted to make a noise to relieve her nerves, but she didn't dare to do so.

"Dash...... Da ...... Da ......"

Finally, the dead silence was broken, and the sound of uniform footsteps rang out again. The men in black pulled out their weapons, long and short, hidden under their cloaks, and began to shrink their encirclement, closing in on the two of them step by step.

"Very well, let me see what you are capable of. ”

Caiodis is ready for the battle to come.