"Old man, what you said is true? Will outsiders live longer? The young husband exclaimed, "But if outsiders don't happen to meet us, they don't know anything, but they will do something dangerous, right?" ”

"What's not dangerous here? Danger doesn't change just because you know how much. www.biquge.info The strong old man said in a deep voice: "Statistics are not wrong, at my age, I have seen many outsiders, they will indeed live longer than the locals, but when they get used to it and integrate into the deep night, they can be regarded as locals, and their survival chances will be reduced compared to the new arrivals." This village is unknown, and the more you get used to it, the more dangerous it becomes. And, young man, do you know how long the Night of the Deepest has been around? How many other natives do you think are there in the village? ”

Gao Chuan heard the meaning of the strong old man's words, he looked at the young couple and asked, "You moved in from out of town?" ”

"Ah...... How can I say it, it's a coincidence. Scratching his head with some chagrin, the young husband explained, "Uchiko and I are both very interested in folklore, folklore, and urban weirdos from all over the world. Although there are various myths and strange tales in Australia's traditional folklore, they are a bit shallow compared to other countries with a long history. Even so, there are occasional unheard of unheard legends that spread over a very small area. Uchiko and I followed such a rumor about witches and found the address of this village. As I said before, this village is not isolated, there is a direct route to the city a little farther away, but the route is so remote that it is difficult for anyone passing by to notice. So, a year ago, Uchiko and I came here......"

"And then? Was the village already in ruins? Takagawa asked.

"It was like this during the day, and we were still amazed and puzzled at the time. You also see the fires that have not yet been extinguished. There were no people, but it didn't look like no one had ever been there. The young husband whispered, "We also felt dangerous and wanted to leave, but it was getting late, so we thought about it the next day, and the village became dangerous in the evening." With that, he cast a grateful glance at the strong old man, "If it weren't for the old man's help, Uchiko and I wouldn't be alive now." ”

"That said, it's still dangerous, and if I can, I'd like to end it soon." The young wife added shyly but resolutely.

"Sounds like this girl isn't your child?" Takakawa's gaze fell on the little girl behind his young wife, and the other party always seemed to be able to muster up courage, but when he met Takakawa's gaze, this courage would be knocked to pieces. After all, what is she trying to get out of the back of others? Or do you continue to hide? She'd been hiding back and forth several times.

The young wife lovingly silently looked at the girl's head, and the girl narrowed her eyes like a rabbit, and heard the young wife say, "Yes, she came to the village a week after we entered the village, but, for some reason, we don't know why she came here until now." ”

"You didn't ask." Gao Chuan stared at the little girl, of course the unknown person was suspicious, just like everyone else was wary of him.

"If she doesn't want to say it, there's no way to force her, right?" The young husband turned his body slightly, blocking Gao Chuan's sight, with an aura of defending the girl: "Speaking of which, didn't you not explain your identity?" ”

Gao Chuan nodded, but his calm expression made it impossible to guess his heart, for the young husband's words, did he agree or disagree? The young husband frowned slightly.

"You've lived here for so long, haven't you ever thought about ending the night?" Gao Chuan diverted the topic and asked the strong old man.

"Didn't think about it." The strong old man said categorically: "Why the end? My way of life was originally the way of life of a hunter. Hunters should challenge those monsters in the middle of the night, not just a rabbit and a fox. Gao Chuan still nodded, and it could be seen that this strong old man had a different view of the meaning of "hunter" than the common sense of the world. He didn't say whether the other party was right or wrong, but only got a message: the old hunter had no dissatisfaction with the harsh living environment around him or his way of life. Although he behaves sanely, he is essentially completely immersed in the deepest night. Of course, this way of life and way of thinking cannot be used simply to prove whether he is a good person or a bad person, but when he wants to do something about the night, the old man is likely to be on the side of the enemy because of his resistance to change.

On the other side, the young couple heard the old hunter say this, and their faces showed helplessness. Gao Chuan somewhat understood, although the old hunter sheltered them, they wanted to leave here, but they couldn't extract useful information from the old hunter's mouth.

"So, from a hunter's point of view, what do you think of that girl?" Gao Chuan's undisguised question made the young husband's eyes show a bit of anger. If it weren't for Gao Chuan's previous performance and the existence of the old hunter, I'm afraid I would have taught him a lesson right away. However, now he is an ordinary person who has no power to fight back, whether he is facing the monster outside the house, the old hunter, or Gao Chuan.

Even so, he still grabbed his wife and the girl and quietly moved out a little distance.

The strong old man glanced at Gao Chuan meaningfully, but he didn't look at the girl at all, but just said, "I don't see any girls." ”

"What......" the young husband seemed to want to say, "what?" But he changed his words stiffly: "Old man, can't you say a good word?" ”

"What's the good word?" The strong old man glanced at him, and Takakawa realized that his eyes were indeed not focused on the girl, even if the girl was next to the young husband, "All outsiders will see that girl before they become locals, but when they become locals, they can't see her." Do you understand what I mean? Outlander's lad. ”

The old hunter's words made the young couple show stunned expressions, and then after a few seconds, their faces became a little pale, and the two couldn't help but look at the girl, as if they wanted to say something, but they couldn't say anything, their complicated and changing eyes were somewhat puzzled, guilty and hesitant to find out, however, Gao Chuan knew that their final choice would still not be to take the initiative, maybe they were afraid that the question asked would hurt the girl's heart, if they had such thoughts, it also meant that whether they subconsciously believed in the old hunter or not, Subjectively, I don't want to know the bad answer - this girl is not a normal being.

However, even if he had some suspicions, the old hunter's meaningful words were hinting at something, but Gao Chuan still couldn't find out what was different from normal people through his observations. His intuition was warning him that if he could, of course he wanted to verify it, but the other party looked like a girl, and he still couldn't do it if he couldn't find any clear evidence.

"Old man, do you mean that only outsiders can see her?" After a long silence, the young husband finally spoke: "That is, you can't see her at all now, do you?" ”

"I know what you're going to say. I've met many people in the past, and those outsiders have described this girl exactly as you do. The old hunter said absently, "I can't see her, but that doesn't mean I don't know her." Of course, if you ask me if she's a ghost or something, I can't answer either. She's like she exists only in the eyes of you outsiders, only you can touch her, since someone has seen her a long time ago, but her appearance has never changed, and she has never heard of being bullied by those monsters outside, then, of course, she will not be an ordinary existence - even if I say so, that girl probably does not hear it. I don't think she can see me, she can't hear people like me, just as I can't see her. So, you don't have to worry about these words hurting her. ”

The young couple looked at each other, the indescribable complexity, and they invariably looked at the girl with an inquiring look, but the girl did not understand anything, and did not see any falsehood. Who the hell is this girl? Or is it human or not?

"Witch ......" the young husband muttered softly, and was heard by his wife, who also frowned, but grabbed the girl's hand tighter, making Gao Chuan feel that in this year-long coexistence, the three of them had formed a very deep friendship with each other, and they would not be changed by the old hunter's initial impression and decision in a few words.

Is the girl related to witches? Takakawa felt that there was a chance of it. The anomalies she revealed in her multiple observations, the "witches" in the young couple's rhetoric, the disappearance of the campsite, the emergence of the New Age Gospel, and the deep night of the ruins of the village, there seemed to be many invisible threads connecting them.

This kind of clue that seems to be absent but seems to be intimate, makes Takakawa feel more and more that the survivors of the camp are left in this village, maybe not in the normal time and space of the day, but in the deep night of unknown how long it has existed.

"When outsiders become locals, can't you see this girl?" Takakawa asked the old hunter.

"It seems so, everybody says so—" said the old hunter, paused, and as if to suggest something, said to the three men in front of him, "this girl often ends badly. Actually, I'm a little skeptical that it's the foreigner who became a local so that he couldn't see her anymore, or whether it was because of the loss of her that the foreigner became a local. ”

"What do you mean?" The horror in the old hunter's words made the young couple shudder.

"She's going to have an accident, isn't she?" Takakawa calmly analyzed.

"Yes, but I don't know what kind of contingency it is, and the ending is varied." The old hunter's voice was a little heavy, "But even if something happens to her, when new outsiders come here, they will continue to see her and lose her." Generally speaking, a foreigner who was still alive when she lost her can be regarded as a local, and the chances of survival will be much lower. So, for your own good, maybe it's the right choice to be optimistic about her. ”

The young couple look at each other, and although they have embarked on a journey in search of rumors, they are a little caught off guard when they finally find and realize that they have fallen into it. How exactly will they continue to treat this girl? Gao Chuan couldn't help but think. However, until there is more evidence, he still does not want anything to happen to this girl. The old hunter's words made him think a little, could there be someone in the past who was originally to take care of the girl, but later for some reason, killed the girl with his own hands?

In mysterious events, such tragic endings are always endless.

"I'll protect her." Eventually, the young husband said this, and the young wife grabbed the girl's hand and gave him a nervous but encouraging smile.

"Whatever you want, it's your business anyway." The old hunter inserted the sharpened knives into the belt and pocket around his waist, stood up and groped around the floor a few times, and then lifted a hidden compartment in which a whole set of clothes was stacked. It is very different from the style of modern clothing, it is not made of fur or common fabrics, and its texture and texture give people a feeling of being thick but not heated. On the contrary, the long coat covered by the outside is made of light and thin material, which can be blown up by a breeze, and is full of elegant beauty. There are tight buttons on the shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and other important joints, and there is a hood at the back of the neck.

"Are you going to hunt those monsters again?" The young husband was a little worried, "You said that if you hunt too much, people will become crazy." ”

"I know where my limits are." The old hunter said coldly, "Didn't you say that the witch is here? I'm going to find her. ”

"That's just rumors!" The young husband hurriedly said, "We've been looking for a long time, don't we have no clues?" Moreover, there is no evidence that this is the case here, and that the witch did it. ”

"Don't think I haven't heard of witches." The old hunter walked in front of the two of them without saying anything, "Whether she did it or not, at least find out before you can ask clearly." We don't have any clues other than her. ”

The young couple did not make a sound, as if acquiescing to the old hunter's statement. Takakawa felt that the atmosphere between them was as if this scene had been repeated countless times.

"Looking for a witch? I'm also interested. Gao Chuan interjected: "I have some friends who are missing, and I heard that they are here, so I came to take a look." I've seen witches, but I don't know if it's the same. ”

"What? Have you seen it? The old hunter turned around abruptly and looked at Takagawa with the gaze of a hungry tiger.

"Yes." Takakawa's response was succinct and to the point.

"What does she look like?" When the old hunter asked, the couple on the side were dumbfounded.

"A girl ......" Takakawa glanced at the girl hiding behind the young couple and said, "She is older than her, but she is not more than sixteen years old. ”

"Is it a very powerful fellow?" the old hunter's expression had calmed down at this point.

"It's very powerful, if it's just me, I may not be able to beat it." Takakawa said according to his feelings.

"It's good, I like good opponents." The old hunter smiled sinisterly. (To be continued.) )