Mr. Aoki was reluctant to forge a sword for Kenshin, but due to his friendship with the ancients, this man who exuded exhaustion and impatience all over his body kept urging the three of them to leave quickly, but he still took in Kenshin, who was infected with the disease, and even asked the child called Happo to make a decoction for Kenshin.

During the day, Hiko would disappear, leaving Nanami to take care of Kenshin, while Haga would carry a wooden bench in their house to boil medicine on the stove, the little girl didn't say a word, she stepped on straw sandals, her toes drew circles on the ground, and the "rustle" sound sounded regularly, and Happo was still holding a fan, patiently watching the stove, accompanied by the "beep" and "beep" sound of burning, the smell of bitter grass gradually diffused in the house.

"......" Nanami sat next to Kenshin and fed him porridge and drink, and observed the girl who seemed to be dumb with her spare eyes, her eyes were blank, and she obviously looked like she was in a daze, but she was meticulous in her work.

What a weird child, incongruous, not like a human at all.

"Thank you, Kenshin, he won't be ** when he smells this bitter medicine." I tried to talk, but Bafang was unmoved, she didn't seem to hear Qishi's words at all, and the girl's little hand waved the fan lightly, and the only reaction was to sniff.

Well, what Nanami knows, no matter what she says to her, Bafang doesn't seem to be able to hear, the communication between them in the past two days is one-sided, if there is any strange behavior in Bafang, it is that when Nanami goes out, she will stand in front of Kenshin's head, stretching out her fingers and gesturing something up and down.

In short, it's weird.

“……”

After the medicine was cooked, Bafang got up and walked away, she didn't care about anything but boiled the medicine, maybe this was what Aoki told her to do, and when the thing was done, she left.

Nanami sent her away, and then filled Kenshin with a decoction and fed him to drink.

"Kenshin, I'm going to thank the villagers who lent us water that day, so I'm going to leave for a while."

Calculating the time, it is almost the same, Qishi asked the master for a gourd of good wine yesterday, and she will take the wine to return the gift to the woman later, but for some reason, since coming here, there has always been an inexplicable sense of stagnation in her heart, and this incongruous feeling makes Qishi never feel at ease to leave Kenshin alone.

"If anything happens to you, shout it out."

Lying in Kenshin's ear, Qishi repeatedly admonished.

"Absolutely, absolutely shouting so that everyone else can hear it." Kenshin closed his eyes and nodded, probably remembering his senior sister's words.

"Well, I'm gone, and I'll be back shortly."

After putting away the dishes and spoons, Qishi covered the quilt for Kenshin, took the wine gourd and pushed the door away.

Only the children who were still asleep in the empty room were left.

……

……

Plague, plague in the village.

Qishi was carrying the gourd in her heart, but she was thinking about the "plague" mentioned by Master Bigu, she was not afraid of being infected with the virus, and always felt that if she was infected in this kind of place, she might not survive, but when she came to this village before, she felt something else.

The villagers looked at themselves with "doubt" and "fear", and they could have such a great vigilance against a child, this vigilance was obviously not aimed at natural disasters and plagues, but for things with real physical existence, Qishi was a little concerned about this, so although she was afraid of being infected with the plague, she still came to the entrance of this village again.

By thanking them in return, Nanami wanted to know a little bit about the source of their fear, what kind of things were hidden there.

It was still daytime, but it was even quieter than the last time I came, and every house, with its doors and windows closed, and no one was seen on the street, and the only living creatures that could occasionally be seen were dirty wild dogs.

The abnormal environment of "......" made Qishi's arms cold, and the slightest chill climbed up his back, even if the sun hung high in the sky, it still couldn't hide the strange aura in the shadows.

This is the atmosphere refined by the human heart, and it is difficult to feel it last time when I have worries in my heart, but this time Qishi can't ignore such an uncomfortable atmosphere.

It's uncomfortable, the girl has a good memory, she found the house of the person who borrowed water last time, and gently knocked on the door.

"Anyone? Does anyone ask me again? Repeatedly banging on the door, but there was no response, Qishi raised her voice to shout, and after shouting for a while, she heard footsteps coming from inside the door.

I could hear that the other party was stumbling, and it seemed that he had knocked over some equipment, and finally someone opened the door from the inside.

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

“…… You? "It's the same woman who lent Qishi water last time, but after two days of not seeing her, the woman is so haggard that even her hair is half white, and she squints at Qishi, as if she has forgotten her.

"I'm the one who came to borrow water from you the day before yesterday." Smiling slightly, the girl tried to make herself look as amiable as she could, and she held up the gourd and said, "I'm here to return the salute to you." ”

"Water?! Ah, it's you. The woman remembered Qishi, and she raised her finger and pointed to Qishi's head and repeated, "Is that you?!" ”

The woman, who had not spoken to her more than half a word the day before, was now extremely excited, and her distorted facial features even looked a little crazy.

"Yes, it's me."

"Come on in!!"

"Uh, I'm just here to thank you for bringing you a drink, no need to ......"

"Come on in!!" The woman showed unusual hospitality, she beckoned to Qishi, and pushed the door open as she beckoned, and her left hand, which was as dry as tree bark, was on the door and was similar in color, Qishi could not refuse the hospitality, only bowed, and then stepped into the door with wine.

"Where should I put this?"

The girl with the wine gourd asked the other party tentatively.

"Ah, put it in ...... Put in, oh, put in ......"

There was no one else in the door, the small yard was a mess, it didn't look like a place where people could live, and the door to the house was tightly locked, and it seemed that it was impossible to get in.

Ping-pong, the sound of steel colliding.

"Go to hell, you devil."

Turning around, he was greeted by a small scythe used to cut crops and weeds, which was a farming tool, and now this scythe set the target of the harvest as the neck of the seven realities.

“！”

Raising the gourd and blocking the other party's attack, Qishi took a few steps back, and the wine spilled on the ground, and the aroma of wine instantly overflowed in the courtyard.

"You?!"

The woman's facial features were distorted, she was obviously crazy, her weak hands were waving the sickle indiscriminately, Qishi wanted to question her, but after seeing the woman's stunned appearance again, the questioning words could not be said for some reason.

Crazy man with tears in the corners of his eyes and a smile in the corners of his mouth.

"Give my child back, you devil."

Shouting evil ghosts but not showing fear, it's a pity that Qishi is not afraid of such a disorderly attack, she is Bigu's apprentice, so except for the first distraction and almost landing, now Qishi is not afraid of this ordinary woman's sickle.

Subdued her three or two times, took off the murder weapon and knocked her unconscious, Nanami sighed, really couldn't understand why this person had become so crazy.

"Demons? Do you mean me? ”

Qishi has only been here for three or two days, even if he has the intention to harm people, he has no chance, how can it be some evil ghost.

Looking at the tightly closed inner door, he hesitated slightly, but Nanami still picked up the woman's sickle and pried the door open.

"Smack"

The moment she pried open the door, she covered her mouth and nose and closed the door again

Inside the door was the stenching corpse of a child, although it was only a glance, but Nanami still saw it, the child's corpse was divided into two parts, as if someone had used a sharp weapon to cut it off at the waist.

"What is this ......?"

Didn't you say that the plague was spreading? Then why did this woman hide the corpse of a child who had been killed?

……

Happo stood at Kenshin's side.

She looked at Kenshin's face and watched silently, not speaking.