Hideki Saito said, "It's okay, Makoto, I don't live in that longhouse, I only go in for a short period of time at a time. And, as long as you stay away from the longhouse, those skin diseases will heal quickly. ”

Despite saying this, Goto Makoto was still very worried and said, "No matter what, don't go in the future." Promise me, okay? Hideki. ”

Hideki Saito sighed and said, "Makoto, even if I want to go again, it's impossible. ”

"Huh?" Goto Makoto was stunned.

Hideki Saito smiled bitterly, then pointed to the pattern on the notebook and said, "Makoto, listen to me, this thing is actually a drawing, an architectural drawing." I found out after careful research...... This drawing should be the design drawing of Goto Town! ”

"What? The blueprints for the town of Goto? Goto Makoto picked up the notebook and looked at it carefully, but no matter how you looked at it, the drawings on this drawing were completely different from the actual architectural layout of Goto Town.

Hideki Saito took a deep breath and said, "When I found this drawing in that longhouse, I sent it to my uncle, hoping that he could help me investigate it." Although nothing came of it in the end, at least one thing was certain...... This drawing is at least 300 years old, in other words, what is drawn on this drawing may be the architectural pattern of Goto Town 300 years ago. ”

"Three hundred years ago...... Goto Makoto closed her eyes and imagined if the entire town were enclosed in a whirlpool shape and houses could be built...... House?

Goto Makoto opened her eyes suddenly, her eyes full of shock.

Hideki Saito smiled bitterly, "Have you figured it out?" ”

"Hmm......" Goto Makoto also nodded bitterly.

"That's right, those longhouses in our town should be the remnants of the old buildings, and those longhouses themselves look very weird, they are rectangular. But what if it is depicted according to this drawing? I once climbed to the top of the hill to observe the layout of the whole town, compared it with the drawings, and found that ...... Those longhouses are really arranged on spiral-shaped tracks! Those longhouses must have been built by people 300 years ago and have survived to this day. ”

Goto Makoto couldn't help but cover her mouth and said, "But what's the point of building a house like this?" Could it be that it is also affected by the Vortex Curse? So the house must be built into a spiral shape in order to avoid the curse of the whirlpool? ”

Hideki Saito took the notebook, pointed to the center of the drawing, and said, "The most important point, I think, is here...... The center of Goto Town, do you remember what this place was? ”

"Dragonfly Pool?"

"That's right, the root of everything...... However, I can't imagine why the dragonfly pool has such magic. I've also dived into the bottom of Dragonfly Pond, but there's nothing but silt. ”

"So, what if you stay away from the dragonfly pool?" Goto asked.

"No...... The whole town should be under this curse, as long as you don't leave this town, you can't escape this curse at all! Hideki Saito shook his head, interrupting Goto Makoto's delusion.

"But ......," Hideki Saito suddenly changed the subject, "I found some things in other longhouses." ”

"What is it?"

"Come, look." Hideki Saito flipped the notebook to a new page, on which he had highlighted it with a red pen.

"A thousand kilometers east of Sanshan Town......"

Goto Makoto saw this sentence that Hideki Saito had marked with a red pen, but she didn't understand what it meant.

Hideki Saito explains, "I found a broken ancient book in another longhouse, copied all the contents of the ancient book, and came back to study it. Through translation and collation, it can probably be known that the ancient book said that it was what happened in Sanshan Town before. Presumably, back then, as we are now, there was a terrible vision in the town of Three Mountains, that is, the curse of the whirlpool. And at that time, there was a group of people from the east who came to Sanshan Town, and they kept saying that they wanted to seal the demon king or something, so they lived in Sanshan Town for a while. At that time, the people of Sanshan Town didn't take this seriously, and it seems that all of them died here in the end. However, it seems that the group was under a terrible curse at the time, and as a result, it was recorded. ”

"That ......" Goto Makoto raised his hand like a student in class and asked, "Then does this have anything to do with the Miyama Town you said is a thousand kilometers to the east?" A thousand kilometers? Didn't they all cross the Sea of Japan? Could it be China? ”

Hideki Saito nodded and said, "This is also the biggest clue I've found so far...... Demon King, Seal, sounds a lot like some kind of folklore or something. However, this may not be true. After all, all this that happened in Goto Town was too weird, and if there was a Demon King Seal sleeping under Goto Town, I really wouldn't be surprised at all. And I also checked on the Internet, and if you just move a thousand kilometers in a straight line to the east of Goto Town, it seems to be a city. Maybe there's something to be found there. ”

"There...... Can you find a way to break the curse? Goto Makoto said in a low voice.

"I don't know ......" Hideki Saito was silent, and after a while, he said, "What is certain now is that the Goto town we live in may be a hundred years, or a few hundred years, no, the most likely should be three hundred years. After that, in order to survive, or to seal the demon king or something, people built the town in the shape of a whirlpool. The outbreak of the curse should take a time to brew, but I have a hunch that this time is coming. I haven't had a typhoon so far this year, so I think that's a sign of that...... A typhoon is coming, and when it comes, maybe the curse will erupt. ”

"Speaking of which, more and more people have been showing up in the school recently...... That kind of change. Goto Makoto is also the inference of any Saito Hideki, who took leave of absence and did not go to school during this time, so he was not aware of this change. But Goto Makoto still goes to school every day, so she knows the situation at school.

"You mean...... Snail people? Hideki Saito's face also became solemn.

The snail man is a brand new species that has only recently appeared in the town of Goto...... However, the so-called snail people are actually transformed from humans!

(End of chapter)