January 13th, 10 p.m

"It's still raining outside, but it doesn't seem to affect our journey tomorrow" Shizunobu Muroi looked out the window and clapped his hands, "Then everyone, let's go to sleep now, so that we can get up and hurry tomorrow morning."

"Hey~? I still wanted to play the Tale of 100 Things," Shiyin Sonozaki said with a pouting of some disappointment

"Don't use your precious candle for such things," Chong reminded him

"What about the boring man" Nana also grimaced at Chong as if disturbed, and the latter's emotionless "wow" voice was returned with a pillow

"I want to play the pillow fight, but everyone brings sleeping bags" After looking at the people around her, she found that only Nana had a pillow "Mi Pa (yawn)~ Then forget it, it's really time for a good child to sleep."

"I'll sleep at the gate with Keiichi-kun and Chong-san," because this wooden house, which was originally used as an abandoned warehouse, was relatively small, so if you want to separate the men and women, you must have one side next to the dripping broken window

"Thank you for your hard work," Yumemu laughed softly, and Keiichi Maehara received the Iron Fist diplomacy from Sonozaki Meine because of this smile

"Speaking of which, there is a village legend here, too," Keiichi Maehara said with a wicked smile before laying out the sleeping bag in a straight straight line

"Tell me about it," Chong, who was waiting for the lights to go out, raised his eyebrows, signaling that he could speak

"We had a mudslide here for a while, and on that day an outsider disappeared, and I heard that he walked through a long tunnel, and then met a gentle and virtuous witch, an innocent and lively girl, and a proud and charming lady in a mysterious little village!" Keiichi Maehara's lustful expression, coupled with the content of the story, made the women present can't help but give a gesture of "disdain".

"......" always feels like I've heard this plot somewhere, Qu Lin Jingshu or something... Ah, my instincts reminded me that I couldn't delve any further, and Lord Lucifer's laughter seemed to be ringing in my ears

"Then I'll turn off the lights," he blew out the oil lamp brought by Shizunobu Muroi, and the two groups said "good night" to each other, then got into their sleeping bags and began to live their first night away

(It's embarrassing now...... Chong, who still opened his eyes as big as a brass bell in the dark night, fell into a very embarrassing situation, usually when he couldn't sleep at night, he usually went online, read books, listened to songs, or went out for two laps and rolled in bed, but now in this state, he seems to be able to only listen to the slight breathing of the two men around him for the night

(Speaking of which, the rain is about the same as the one two days ago...) There was also a heavy rain on the 11th, and when he went to Sakurada Junya on the 12th, the rain stains on the ground had not dried, but I didn't expect it to rain again after a day

Chong, who was trying to calculate the time and wanted to hold out until the early hours of the morning, suddenly heard the sound of uncovering the sleeping bag in his ears

"Hey, what are you doing?" Chong opened his mouth with some vigilance and stopped Keiichi Maehara, who had just gotten up

"Huh? Oh, I'm thirsty and want to go to my backpack and get some water to drink" Keiichi Maehara was startled by Chong's cry, "What are you worried about, it's impossible for me to go out in such a heavy rain outside"

"Who knows... By the way, pull the teacher's water cup over too, so that the two of you don't take turns to get up and make a noise with me" Chong scolded a little impatiently, so Keiichi Maehara could only mumble a few words and then went over to get the bag

(If this guy gets ghosted, I'm welcome...) Chong already has this plan for the current situation, since the atmosphere is so good, then it is impossible to spend this night without incident, anyway, sleep is not an unnecessary thing for him, just watch yourself like a sentry

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— at half past six in the morning

The people who had woken up to the ...... sat silently in the center of the hut, and around them there were a large amount of food scraps, as if some wild beast had come in and feasted on it

"Shion Sonozaki, Meine Sonozaki, Rika Furute, Keiichi Maehara, and Shizunobu Muroi," Chong repeated, the names of these four people, "The four of them were gone early in the morning..."

"It's... Got out foraging? Nana said as if she was forcibly comforting herself

"Except for Ryunomiya-san's backpack, none of the three of us have any items missing," Mengmeng said seriously after confirming it, "But Reina's backpack..."

"It's all gone... Really, Rena likes that pink backpack very much, Keiichi-kun and they can easily make Rena angry when they joke with me like this" Ryunomiya Rena grinned, and that smile made Nana feel cold

(Sure enough, I shouldn't have come here in the first place...) I only slept for about fifteen minutes at about half past five in the morning because of habit, could it be that at that time they floated out collectively and went out) Chong secretly gritted his teeth, impossible, he just slept in front of the gate that could completely block the gate, and it was impossible for Keiichi Maehara to leave the wooden house if they didn't cross over him, unless it was through the wall......?

"I'll look around the area" Chong quickly got up and planned to go out to find someone, the thought was simply terrifying, like ...... They're actually dead like that

(Are you sure no one moved last night)

(Although I just woke up, I didn't notice anything in my sleep) Bai Ya affirmed (don't underestimate my instinctive reaction in the dormant state, it's impossible for someone to move me not to know, and I deliberately blocked near the window)

"I'll go too," Mengmeng said with a gesture of relief, "There are plants nearby, I can help."

"Isn't that just..."

"It doesn't matter... If you want to find someone, hurry up, I'll just stay here with Reina" Nana waved her hand with a little pale, the daughter of the overlord of the universe is actually afraid of ghosts?

“… I know, then don't move casually with the two of you" Chong still couldn't help but explain before following Mengmeng and Bai Ya out of the door, although I don't know why only Ryugu Rina was left here, but the most important thing now is to find others

"I know what you're worried about, don't worry, Nana stayed on purpose" Mengmeng took the initiative to say as she jumped between the water pools step by step, "If both of us stay, something may happen, and if you take Ryugu-san, if something happens, there will only be two of us left, so the wisest way is to exchange one for one"

(I have another one on my side...) Originally, I wanted Bai Ya to keep such a good radar for surveillance, but if I think about it carefully, it will only be lost together, so I have to take it with me at least to avoid evil or something...

"Essentially, Nana still trusts you, but I don't have to."

"At such a time, the person who says this is usually the next person to die," Chong threatened

"Haha~ I just say it if I have something to say, I have at least the identity of a third princess who can be used to chat with you" Mengmeng lifted the corner of her skirt and saluted, and then Chong understood that his relationship with him was definitely not good

"Hmm... Ay? After walking some distance, Mengmeng suddenly frowned

“？” Chong subconsciously glanced back, "What?" ”

"Nothing... I just think that the plants in this area are a little too lifeless," Mengmeng said to herself with a little puzzlement, "Was the rain really too big yesterday...?" ”

"Just rot your information in your stomach," Chong said with some annoyance, and then continued walking, he could see that Mengmeng was not lying, that is, these useless things were just a waste of time

An hour later

"It's almost up the hill... There wasn't even a trace of it," Chong stood on the hillside and looked ahead, and if he went any further, he would have to go all the way to the other side of the mountain, and instinct told him that it was better not to do this

“… Mr. Chong, have you looked back" Mengmeng suddenly said behind her back at this time

"I don't have a habit of looking back......?!!" Impatiently, he turned back and scolded him, but his voice suddenly became mute, because the scene in front of him was obviously unreasonable

“———！” Not far from where the two of them were, there was already a torrential rain, yes, the part of the road they had just walked was in a state of lightning and thunder, and the two of them had not heard it until now

"What's going on...?!" Chong was shocked by this sight that seriously violated common sense, what kind of joke?! It's really haunted here?!

(There is no trace of the lingering soul...... That's true! It's raining on the road we've just come from! Bai Ya's words made Chong's only possible answer become a bubble of disillusionment, since it was not a haunted, what was it? A once-in-a-century climate anomaly?

"Nana......" Mengmeng whispered a sentence and then suddenly sped up on the road he was on, and Chong hurriedly followed

(Damn...) This rain is even heavier than yesterday) At this time, I was under the rain to understand how heavy the rain was, and my body was already involuntarily washed into the shape of a shrimp by the rain curtain, and ordinary people may not even want to open their eyes in this kind of rainstorm

Half an hour later

"......" and when Chong saw Mengmeng's figure again, he was already in front of the wooden house, and by the way, he had to thank Bai Ya here, if she hadn't reminded Chong, he might have gone home directly with the rain, and he didn't know the way at all

“… No matter what you see, at least you have the courage to face it," Chong walked over and pushed Mengmeng hard in, and he was fully prepared to follow her in anger that might turn into slaughter in the future

"You two are finally back! Why go out in such a heavy rain! ”

"Hurry up and wipe yourself clean! I've got hot tea here! ”

"Dream dreams, you idiot! Just hang out with him on a date! ”

"Great... The teacher thinks you two have been abducted by someone."

"I thought you really believed that rumor and went to find a beautiful girl... Not anymore! Then both of them were stunned by the sight in front of them, which was even more incredible than the heavy rain outside

——— all staff... All in?

"Nana...? When did they come back...? Mengmeng, who was hurriedly rubbing her body by Nana, asked with some hesitation

"Huh? What's back? I was going to brave the rain to find you just now" Nana was stunned for a moment because of this question, "Everyone is here, when I woke up today, I found that you and this man were gone, and we were all very anxious!" ”

"That food..."

"Huh? Do you want to eat? Rena has cookies here," Ryunomiya Rena pulled out a box of cookies from the precious pink backpack she said, "If you eat it, it will also help your body."

"I'm sorry, it's just that I went out yesterday while the rain was light, and as for Mengmeng, I may have been worried about me, so I went out" Chong admitted his mistake very "frankly" "I won't do it again next time"

"It's good to admit that you're wrong... Anyway, let's go to bed after drying off, and I'm going to get up early tomorrow," Shizunobu Muroi said with concern, "I have to go to the shrine."

"What sleep?" Mengmeng forgot to laugh because of this development

"Look outside, it's still night" Nana asked with concern, "Mengmeng, are you okay today?"

“？！” Mengmeng hurriedly looked out the window when the sky was still dark, what was going on?! The abnormal climate can still be explained, but why does even day and night turn around...

"Ahh It's the same," Mengmeng turned around with the same smile on her face as usual, "I'm sorry, maybe my head was a little messed up by the rain."

——— this must be ...... Because of someone's mischief

Note 1: Hmm... I don't want to recall how many times I've done that, but I'll say it again, I've rewritten the first chapter! It's been rewritten again! This is the fifth time I've rewritten the first chapter! (Pound the table!) This first chapter doesn't burn IQ, and it doesn't need to be combined with the later plot! I don't want to change it anymore hahahahaha!