The residence of the village chief.

Keiko's father followed the village chief here, and her mother stayed at home to watch her.

"Some time ago, the god of the valley came over to give an order, except for being brought by him, all the people who came over would destroy the peace here."

The village chief sighed and continued: "I didn't expect someone to really come in, you have to keep an eye on your daughter, don't let her run away with those outsiders." They were armed with weapons, they were the warriors who were so domineering, and no one knew what they would do. ”

"The village chief is relieved, but if they go back and the daimyo knows, will it?" Keiko's father asked weakly.

"As long as the god of the valley is here, the people outside don't have to worry at all, the forest of gods will stop them, and the god of the valley will defeat all the invaders." The village chief said.

"Well, yes, but my daughter." Keiko's father wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong with your daughter, it's a blessing for her to serve the god of the valley." The village chief said.

"Is it really a blessing? As for those people in the past, one person had to go to serve every month, and they never appeared again, and there were many people missing, and the population of our village was getting smaller and smaller, so I think we were cursed to be true......"

Keiko's father complained in a complaining tone.

"Presumptuous, don't say it again, don't mention this topic again in the future." The village chief shouted angrily, and then muttered, "The god of the valley cannot be disobeyed, it will bring disaster." ”

"Hmph, what are you talking about, dare you question the god of the valley? You're looking for death, aren't you? ”

The oil lamp placed on the table raised a puff of black smoke, and a sneer with a strong threat sounded inexplicably.

"Ah, no, Messenger, we're just worried about outsiders, we have no other intentions, my daughter will be sent to the shrine on time tomorrow, I hope my daughter can be happy with the God of the Valley, and it is the glory of our family to be able to serve the God of the Valley."

"Yes, Emissary, we don't doubt the majesty of the god of the valley, we are only worried about the outsiders."

The two village chiefs were so frightened that they sweated profusely, and immediately prostrated on the ground, kowtowing constantly.

The smoke from the oil lamp grew stronger, and after only a few moments, the smoke gradually rose into the air, condensing into the form of a middle-aged human.

"The god of the valley already knows that three outsiders have come in."

The middle-aged messenger, who was called the messenger, suddenly appeared from the smoke and said, "They are enemies from outside, and the god of the valley has given an order that they must be eradicated, and they must not be let go." You do what I told you to do, and remember, never get their attention. ”

"Yes, Envoy-sama, we will do the same, but they are samurai, will they cause the Daimyo?" The village chief said with a slight tremble.

"Presumptuous, are you questioning the power of the god of the valley?"

The middle-aged envoy shouted angrily and continued: "Don't talk about the daimyo, even if the army of the shogunate comes, the god of the valley is completely ignored, how can a mere mortal be an enemy of the gods, the god of the valley blesses you, but the good karma you got in your previous life." ”

"Yes, yes, it's our fault, the god of the valley is powerful, how can ordinary people have the ability to fight it."

"Thank you to the gods of the valley for your protection."

The two village chiefs kowtowed repeatedly.

"Also, let me take the woman who serves the god of the valley tonight." The middle-aged messenger said, "Go, bring her here." ”

"However, I don't go through the shrine ......"

Keiko's father was a little surprised, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a middle-aged messenger.

"Why, you have an opinion on the decision of the god of the valley."

The middle-aged envoy's tone was solemn.

"No, no, no, we just want it to be more solemn and holy, please don't doubt our pious hearts, Your Excellency." Keiko's father was scared half to death.

"Go quickly, village chief, you go too, be careful not to be seen by those three outsiders." The middle-aged messenger ordered.

"Yes, Sir."

The village chief and Keiko's father immediately stood up and went outside.

"Don't say that I will take it away tonight, just tell her directly, just come here and talk about something, and let me handle everything." The middle-aged envoy said again.

"Yes." The village chief was stunned for a moment, but did not hesitate and continued to leave.

"Stupid, where did the god of the valley come from?"

After the two left, the middle-aged envoy showed a greedy look on his face, and said to himself: "Two of the three people from the ghost killing team should be pillars, and they actually have the ability to pass through the labyrinth of the woods outside, it's really troublesome, there will be a big battle." Hehe, I have to take more nutrition tonight. ”

………………

Near Keiko's residence, on the roof of a house, Lu Feng was lying there, investigating.

Originally, he wanted to meet with Keiko and ask some things clearly, but suddenly remembered that it was difficult to do this at night, so he stayed outside for the time being, and monitoring the area was also one of the purposes of his stay.

Wait for Butterfly Shinobi to come back, and then let Butterfly Shinobi get Keiko out.

Then, he saw Keiko's father and the village chief coming, and left with Keiko only a moment later.

Lu Feng jumped off the roof and followed from behind.

The three of them entered the village chief's house, and then there was a sound inside, and as soon as Lu Feng approached, the shaking sun wheel knife on his waist began to vibrate.

"Demons appear." Lu Feng stepped forward quickly and hid outside the house.

Inside the house.

The middle-aged envoy sat on the main seat, and the two village chiefs brought Keiko and lay on the ground, saluting respectfully.

"Your Excellency, the maiden who served the god of the valley this month has arrived." The village chief said, "I have bathed and changed her clothes in the evening, everything is ready, and I hope she can serve the god of the valley well." ”

Keiko was already dressed in the most gorgeous new clothes in the village, her whole body trembled, she didn't know why the legendary messenger of the god of the valley came over tonight and summoned her, but her instincts told her that things must be bad.

"Good, good." The middle-aged envoy said lightly: "The god of the valley plans to meet you in advance, so you can come with me tonight." ”

"But, but, tomorrow is the time for the sacrifice ceremony." Keiko said in horror.

Historically, the chosen girl and boy have never appeared again, and there are two versions of the theory circulating in the village, one version is that he went to the kingdom of the god of the valley and will not come back to the mortal world.

Another version is that all of them died, including those villagers who disappear every year, and no one dares to say how they died, and they don't even dare to guess in private.

Keiko believed that it was definitely the second version, she didn't think that so many people would get the opportunity to go to the kingdom of God, and the god of the valley didn't seem to have any power other than to punish their village, unable to bring a good harvest to their grains and not allow them to get more prey.