"Anyway, that's all I have to tell you, this incident is clueless at all, so I don't know what to do." Ryoko Okano sent Kitagawa Temple out of the police station and suddenly spoke.

"Hmm." Kitagawa Temple nodded expressionlessly.

Seeing him like this, Ryoko Gangno couldn't help but scratch his head and emphasized: "I'll say it again, Beichuan boy, I don't know anything, and I haven't told you anything." Did you know? ”

"Hmm." Kitagawa Temple nodded emotionlessly.

Does this kid understand or not?

Ryoko Okano has a headache, and the appearance of Kitagawa Temple is not reassuring at all.

And just when she wanted to speak for the third time, Beichuan Temple suddenly looked at her deeply and interrupted:

"I see, you don't have to stress it so many times."

The disgust in his eyes is clearly visible.

"You bastard!" Ryoko Okano wanted to reach out and kick Kitagawa Temple's ass, but the other party dodged as if he had expected it.

"Tsk..."Ryoko Okano took out a cigarette from her bag, lit it for herself, and said, "No matter what, Kitagawa boy, all actions must be based on the premise of your own safety, understand?" ”

"I'll remember that." Kitagawa Temple stretched out her hand, and under the stunned expression of Ryoko Gangno, she took off the cigarette in her hand: "Smoking less cigarettes is not good for your health." ”

Kitagawa Temple snuffed out the cigarette and said in a flat tone.

"You kid." Ryoko Gangno stretched out her feet funny and angry: "Get out of the old lady, prick my eyes here." ”

Kitagawa Temple is also not inked.

He threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the trash can and said without looking back, "Then I will take my leave." ”

Ryoko Gangno restrained her smile and said, "Well, pay attention to the danger all the way, Kitagawa boy." ”

Kitagawa didn't answer the question, but just waved his hand away from her, signaling that he knew.

......

After separating from Ryoko Gangno, Kitagawa Temple sat in the car and flipped through the book "The Lost Mikawa" with his mobile phone.

On the opening title page there are words left by the author Lai Hucheng -

Tragedy can be called a tragedy because it has not been forgotten. ’

The story is about 50 years ago, in a small village called Mikawa, which is not easily accessible, there is the only elementary school in the area.

Mikawa Elementary School.

As a national public school, Mikawa Elementary School has excellent teaching equipment, and many students are attracted to study here.

After graduating from Mikawa Elementary School, the students went to study in the surrounding prefectures and cities.

More than 40 years have passed in a flash.

During this period, Mikawa Elementary School sent away batches of students, and some of them who had achieved academic success in the big city and returned to the small village of Mikawa to renovate the roads and help the village develop transportation.

And this kindness is often the beginning of all tragedies.

With ever-increasing traffic, locals prefer to send their children to larger cities for primary school.

The situation of Mikawa Elementary School, which has gradually failed to keep up with the times, is declining.

Backward teaching facilities, thin teachers, and some unreliable old dilapidated wooden school buildings-

In the end, at the request of the locals of Mikawa, Mikawa Elementary School was closed as a matter of course.

But in the wake of this trend, four elementary school students who are particularly fond of this elementary school sneak into the old abandoned school building every night to play the game of hide and seek that they often play in the school.

Time passed day by day, and one day, it was discovered that the four children were missing. They searched everywhere and eventually settled on Mikawa Elementary School.

But even if I searched through the entire abandoned Mikawa Elementary School, I still couldn't find any trace of the children.

Since then, there have been rumors that many children have disappeared from Mikawa Elementary School.

When the people of the town heard about this, they raised funds to invite venerable monks from some famous monasteries to come and spend their time.

But the monk knew that Chaodu could not calm the anger of these children's spirits, so on the day of the ceremony, he chose to seal the old campus.

The incident was resolved, and the area around Mikawa Elementary School was also classified as a forbidden area for children, and elementary school students were not allowed to approach.

The tragedy of the Mikawa people is gradually erased from their minds by time. And the name of Mikawa Elementary School seems to have been lost somewhere in my memory.

Another 10 years have passed, and because Mikawa Elementary School is located in a remote area, even though the traffic has improved, it has not attracted any investment from large companies, and the original old school building has been left to this day.

And in this decade, a group of curious travelers came to this small town with beautiful mountains and rivers, and they inadvertently touched the seal.

From the seal, there is a resentment that has been accumulated for ten years-

Since then, anyone who plays hide-and-seek at night in an abandoned elementary school has been haunted by this curse.

Cursed people will have child-like scratches on their wrists.

A large part of the text in the first paragraph is to introduce the source of the curse, enhancing the reader's sense of substitution.

But what was supposed to be just the beginning of the introduction was written eeriely.

In particular, the descriptions in some places are even more strange and compelling, making people feel chills down their backs, and even more stimulating people's desire to read below.

But the next story uses a reverse montage to tell the death of each of the four young travelers.

Although it is helpful for Kitagawa Temple to understand Mikawa Elementary School, it is not particularly large, after all, it takes too much time to read it carefully to see a little time.

After getting out of the car, Kitagawa Temple put his phone back in his pocket and rushed home.

In addition to Kamiya, there is also an Eri Kitagawa in the future.

According to her, she was sent home by Hotaru Chiba at about five o'clock in the afternoon.

And this time, Eri Kitagawa has a lot of briskness, and she even knows that she has taken the initiative to help Kamiya Mirai cook.

This made Beichuan Temple a little surprised, and at the same time there was a feeling of relief -

Anyway, at least my sister isn't as salty as she used to be.

Kitagawa Temple also came over to help cook after changing into an apron.

With the help of the Kitagawa brothers and sisters, Kamiya Miku's pressure also dropped sharply and the meal was ready.

It was already past eight o'clock after the meal.

"It's been this time?" Mirai Kamiya, who washed the dishes, was a little surprised.

She wiped the water stains on her white palm with an apron, and then took off her apron and hung it on the wall: "Sijun, I'm almost leaving." ”

But what Kamiya didn't expect was that Kitagawa Temple actually stood up and changed into a coat, and said calmly:

"I'll send you."

Kamiya Mirai looked a little stunned, and then nodded: "Si-kun... Okay, Sijun will send it to me. ”

It was already more than eight o'clock, and it was only a nearly twenty-minute walk from Kitagawa's house to Kamiya's house.

No matter how much Kitagawa Temple says, it can't let Kamiya Miku go alone for such a long night walk.

He didn't have the emotion in Kamiya's future.

The two of them walked on the road one after the other, with Kitagawa Temple in front and Kamiya Future behind.

This area used to be a series of street lights, which flickered at night like a strong light on the stage.

It's spring, and the nights aren't as cold as in January, but they've warmed up.

Kitagawa Temple and Kamiya Future both tacitly understood and did not speak.

Kitagawa Temple didn't speak because he didn't talk much in the first place, and Kamiya didn't speak in the future because Kitagawa Temple didn't speak.

A long and a short shadow is reflected on the ground....

Beichuan Temple, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke:

"What Ryoko told me, do you want to hear it?"

"Hmm." Kamiya Miku took his eyes off Kitagawa Temple's feet and whispered.

Ishikawa Kaito's incident was not a pleasant conversation, and Kitagawa Temple tried to tell Kamiya Mirai in as simple words as possible.

"That is to say... Is there a shadow of a four-player hide-and-seek game behind the incident of Ishikawa Kaito's death? Kamiya Miku's narrow eyes lifted.

Kitagawa Temple nodded and replied: "Yes, Nana Hoshino died because of Ishikawa Kaito, and the last one who touched her alive was also Ishikawa Kaito, and blue and purple scratches can also be found on his wrists..."

Kamiya Mirai blinked in surprise, catching the point of Kitagawa Temple's words: "Purple scratches? What does that have to do with that? What do the bruising scratches represent? Tera-kun, where did you see the meaning of the bruise scratch? ”

Intelligent, she quickly analyzed various possibilities from the words of Beichuan Temple.

I have to say that this little girl in Kamiya Miku is really the smartest girl I've ever seen so far.

There are things that she can get a lot of useful information from them if they are properly mentioned.

"Have you ever heard of The Lost Mikawa?"

As soon as he heard this name, Miku Kamiya was stunned: "The winner of this bounty of the main house award?" ”

In addition to the strange stories, she also reads some often, and she basically doesn't miss the books in the Honya Award nominations.

"Have you heard?"

"This is the dark horse of this year, as long as you have a little interest in reading, you will know it, right?" After saying this, Miku Kamiya seemed to feel that Kitagawa Temple's gaze was much deeper.

She hastily explained, "The Honya Grand Prix is an award initiated by bookstore staff across the country. ”

"This award is voted for by them... In other words, bookstore staff across Japan act as judges, and during this period, there may be some famous authors who are nominated for the Critics' Awards, but the final result depends on the votes of bookstore staff across the country. ”

"In other words, the Honya Awards are actually about selecting the best books in the minds of the bookstore staff, the best selling books, and the books that are most in line with the current trends."

"And the purpose of being called the selection of popular literature is also here, because it is to select books that are popular with men and women at the moment."

"The first place, that is, the bounty award, which is the author of "The Lost Mikawa" that Sijun said, there were many famous authors present when the award was presented, and the author Lai Hucheng was also on TV at that time, and I remember that it was a middle-aged man with a long body and a pale face.

Mirai Kamiya said a long series in one breath, and she let out a long breath and inhale again.

"Famous authors attended..."Kitagawa Temple thought of Tsukishima Risa.

Risa Tsukishima has mentioned her father, Tsukishima String, more than once.

Maybe we'll get some clues from her.

"What did Sijun mean just now that the secret of the four-person hide-and-seek game is hidden in the book "The Lost Mikawa"?"

Kamiya Mirai trotted to the front of Kitagawa Temple and walked backwards facing him.

Beichuan Temple didn't answer her question, and said in a steady voice: "Walk and look ahead, otherwise it will be easy to bump into it." ”

"Hey, hey... I've found it all. Si-kun, you've been cooperating with my footsteps, haven't you? You're a boy, and you've taken big steps, but you've always cooperated with me, not letting me fall too far behind, and not letting me get any closer. ”

"Subconscious actions, and the same will be true when Eri walks."

Beichuan Temple is still as straightforward as ever, he didn't deny it, just swept Kamiya Mirai with deep black eyes and said, "Your house should be almost there." ”

"I know. And Si-kun, you didn't answer my question, did you? ”

"I'm too lazy to move that mouth, you guessed it yourself." Kitagawa Temple glanced away from her, and reminded: "Don't be too anxious about the book "The Lost Mikawa", and don't think about staying up late at night to read that book, it's meaningless." ”

Speaking of this, Beichuan Temple paused.

"I'm leaving."

Before I knew it, more than twenty minutes had passed.

In front of him is the Kamiya family.

Kitagawa Temple has been to Kamiya's house once or twice, but that was when her parents were not at home and she went home to pick up clothes and money.

It was also in that process that this little girl gradually became her friend.

"Well, be careful when you get home, Terama-kun."

"Okay."

Beichuan Temple should make this sound and go back.

Kamiya Mirai stood at the door, looking at Kitagawa Temple.

Under her observation, the frequency of Beichuan Temple's strides has indeed increased, and the amplitude has also increased a lot.

She watched the other party go away with joy in her heart, and did not walk home until she could not see his tall back.

......

Kitagawa Temple called Risa Tsukishima as he walked.

But the other party did not pick it up.

He walked forward for about seven or eight minutes before Risa Tsukishima's phone called.

The other party's voice sounded surprised: "Beichuan-san, I was taking a bath just now, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"I wonder if I can visit Uncle Tsukishima tomorrow?"

"Huh? Kitagawa-san, you want to come here?! ”

It's even more of a strange thing.

Ever since Tsukishima Risa met Kitagawa Temple, she has learned that the other party is the kind of character who doesn't like trouble.

Especially in the area of receiving people and things, it is simply unprecedented for the wood of Beichuan Temple to take the initiative to visit others.

"Shhhh My father didn't have a problem. What time is it tomorrow? I also wanted my mother and father to prepare early. ”

Risa Tsukishima speaks softly, with a gentle feeling, which makes people feel a little comfortable when they listen to it.

"I'll be there tomorrow at about three to four o'clock in the afternoon, and then it'll be troublesome."

At ten o'clock in the morning, I visited the Kobayashi Kiyoi family, and from three to four o'clock in the afternoon, I visited the Tsukishima family.

Six hours in between, which should be enough.