It was quiet.

Qiao Qiao is in the middle of the team and is responsible for guarding the right front.

The murmur in the breeze became clearer and clearer, and even if the sound was imperceptible, Qiao Qiao could distinguish some sentences.

It is in the language of the country.

Eternity, sleep, dreams.

Although the same pronunciation may have several different meanings in the language of Wakoku, basically Qiao Qiao can confirm the meaning of these words.

These words can easily conjure up images of death-related things.

Walking into the village, Qiao Qiao found that in addition to the dilapidated buildings in the village, many walls and pillars were distorted to varying degrees, which was not caused by external forces, but as if the original buildings were like this.

"Be careful, everyone."

Qiao Qiao reminded.

At this moment, in the corner of a building in front of him, a figure suddenly appeared.

It was a faceless man, his whole face was very flat, he had no facial features, his hair was combed in a bun, his body was a dark kimono, and in his hand, he held a tattered katana.

"Faceless?"

Qiao Qiao remembered the guy who sold the statue of the evil god at the Kamogawa Market.

Soon, however, a more reliable speculation appeared in his mind.

Legend has it that in the Hachiman Forest, there is a legend that Heishomon and his spirits wander and kill everyone who enters the forest.

In this way, these buildings are not safe in the house, and maybe the weirdness of the lost home is waiting for people to enter the house.

The faceless warrior quickly noticed the four people on Qiao Qiao's side.

Raise the knife, and you are about to rush over.

The huge resentment and yin qi spread along with his movements, making people subconsciously tremble.

Bang –

Ryoko Kitagawa raised the shotgun in her hand.

As the faceless samurai approached, a shot hit the opponent's body.

Receiving a huge impact, the Faceless Samurai's movements paused for a moment.

On the body, where it was hit by shrapnel, white smoke came out.

"It's not enough."

Qiao Qiao reminded that Ryoko Kitagawa was loaded almost at the same time and shot again.

Bang Bang Bang –

Three shots in a row, and the faceless samurai fell to the ground completely.

The body was rotten and festering, and there was no movement.

"There should be more than one of these weirdnesses here, let's get to Target Location One."

Qiao Qiao ordered again.

The gunfire just now was undoubtedly noticed by other weird people, Qiao Qiao didn't want to fall into a state of being attacked on his back, and their top priority now was to rescue the hostages and then evacuate here.

As for why this village has become the way it is, what is the secret here.

Qiao Qiao was not curious at all.

The speed of the four began to pick up.

Around the corner, another faceless samurai, Ryoko Kitagawa relied on a half-unfolded blast shield to repel him, and then Qiao Qiao and Haruka Sasaki cleaned it up.

"Uruz4, give the shortest path to target location one."

Qiao Qiao said in the communication.

"Understood, go straight on this road, turn right at the first corner, then go to the next corner, there are two weird on this road, located on both sides of the road, Uruz1, please be careful."

Outside the village, Nanase Hayami reported via a drone located above the team.

"Uruz3, will provide fire support to help eliminate one of the weirdness."

Hashimoto Kotone has a precision sniper rifle in his hand, and it is not a wise choice to rashly use a sniper howitzer in this situation to attract more weirdness.

"Roger, Uruz3, the one on the left."

Qiao Qiao had just turned right when he saw that at the door of what looked like a vegetable store, there were two faceless samurai, turning their faceless faces to this side.

They were about to rush when the head of the faceless samurai on the left exploded, and his entire body lost its center of gravity and fell to the ground.

The other was shot by Haruka Sasaki and Maki Shinki, and finally made up for it by Qiao Qiao.

This village is not very large, and in less than five minutes, Qiao Qiao and the others came to the No. 1 target location.

"According to observation, there should be five human females in this, but they are in a strange state, they seem to have fallen into a coma, and their spiritual reactions are also very weak."

Nanase Hayami observes the situation inside the house through a drone.

"There is nothing else in the house."

Hearing this, Qiao Qiao gave Ryoko Kitagawa a look.

Ryoko Kitagawa took out the blasting hammer on her waist and knocked the wooden door of the Japanese style.

Whoop -

Because it was close to decay, the wooden door immediately turned into slag, and at the same time as breaking the door, Qiao Qiao first rushed into the house.

The spiritual vision swept over, and there was indeed no other weirdness.

Shinki Maki was still on guard outside the door, and Qiao Qiao squatted down and looked at the unconscious shrine maidens.

"Huh?"

The body touched by his hand was very cold, like a long-dead corpse.

"That's not right."

Qiao Qiao immediately raised his gun.

At the same time, the shrine maiden closest to him suddenly opened her eyes.

In the eye sockets, there are no whites of the eyes, only deep pitch black.

Five shrine maidens bounced up from the ground at the same time.

The reason why they are described in this way is because their movements completely violate the common sense of physics and the human body, like marionettes, and they are even more terrifying.

The screams rang out, but the helmets of the shrine maidens at Shimogamo Shrine acted as good sound insulation, and Ryoko Kitagawa raised the muzzle of her gun and shot at the shrine maidens who rushed towards her as she retreated.

Cheerful gunshots rang out in the room for a while.

Yes, these are not the real shrine maidens of the Riki Shrine who are possessed, but they are just illusions created by strangely changing their appearance.

Qiao Qiao was the last to evacuate the house, although the five monsters had been hit by the spirit removal and were gradually disintegrating, but for the sake of insurance, Qiao Qiao still threw a spirit removal grenade as a parting gift.

Boom –

Flames from the explosion came out of the windows, shaking down a lot of dust.

Because it was a wooden building from the Taisho period, the flames quickly engulfed the entire house and burned brightly.

"At least we know one thing, and that is that the weirdness should have been in contact with the shrine maidens of the Riki Shrine, otherwise, it would not be possible to make this level of disguise."

Qiao Qiao said as he moved towards the second target location.

The weirdness of the fan, which in ancient times attracted the lost through the opulent decorations and warm lights, must have evolved in this village to bewitch people by creating the illusion that Qiao Qiao wanted to see.

This level of memetic manipulation has even reached a certain level, and even Qiao Qiao didn't recognize it at first glance.

He looked ahead.

The faceless samurai walked through the village, and in the sky, a blood moon grew crimson.

......

Inside the house, Yui Takeda of Riki Shrine looked at the thing in front of him in horror, and in the palm of his hand was a pendant that had been reduced to pieces.

Shadows hung over the room.

One by one, the other shrine maidens fell asleep and lost consciousness.

Yui Takeda felt a dizziness in her brain, and just looking at that being, her consciousness seemed to collapse, and she was about to fall into madness.

In the wind, there was a whispering murmur.

It was a voice that had been haunting Yui Takeda since he came to this village.

It was only now that she finally heard what it was.

"In the eternal dwelling, I wait for you to dream."

Kazukoku's language turned into a strange language that Yui Takeda couldn't understand, and through the sound, it burrowed into her body.

Yui Takeda lost consciousness.