Li Yi moaned loudly on the ground, and the blood on his thigh had already flowed a large patch on the ground, which was shocking.

The old knife wanted to help Li Yi, but was stopped by Cai Zhiheng with a gun: "Don't move, I still have 7 bullets." ”

"Wait, I'll give you that book." I took a step forward and stayed in front of the muzzle.

Li Yi was most likely hit in the thigh artery, and if he didn't deal with it, he would be killed in a few minutes, and I didn't dare to risk it again.

Cai Zhiheng was very cautious: "Take it out - pay attention, slow down, let me see your movements clearly." ”

At the same time, Cai Zhiheng grabbed Haruko's throat and slowly retreated into the church.

When I took out the book of "Yin Blood" from my satchel, Cai Zhiheng's eyes suddenly lit up, his eyes were full of greed and desire, and even his tone became impatient:

"Hurry up, give me the book!"

"Okay, go on!"

I was about to pass the book in my hand, but suddenly I threw it above my head, and at the same time, I bent to the ground—

Just when Cai Zhiheng's sight was attracted by the "Yin Blood" thrown high for a short moment, gunshots rang out in a row!

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Cai Zhiheng suddenly had a blood-red bullet hole on his forehead, he stared, and fell straight backwards, still with an unbelievable look in his eyes when he died.

And on the side of He Jun's body, there were also several blood holes.

But He Jun, who had turned into a monster, did not die, but let out a roar, raised the bone spurs of his hands and pounced on me who was nearest!

I rolled over and retreated, a sharp and bloody bone spur, constantly magnified in my eyes—

"Bang! Bang! ”

Two bullets hit He Jun's face almost at the same time, one in the left side of the face and the other in the right temple, instantly blasting her head open!

The bone spur came to rest just a few centimeters from my eye and fell to the ground.

Even if He Jun, who is alive, is not afraid of death, he can only collapse to the ground at this time, becoming a corpse that can no longer die.

The battle was short and intense, like a camera pressing the shutter, and the outcome was decided in an instant.

I rolled up on my side and looked at He Jun's corpse almost against my body, and while my heart was racing, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was Lao Dao and Cheng Cheng who shot.

When the opportunity arises, both of them have instantly completed the action of drawing guns and shooting, if they have the slightest hesitation and softness, then I am afraid it is me who is now lying on the floor as a corpse.

Since I hinted to the old knife with gestures in advance, when the opportunity appeared just now, the old knife hit Cai Zhiheng in the head with one shot, and Cheng Cheng completely relied on a temporary reaction and used four bullets (the old knife also supported one shot in the end) to put He Jun down.

The only accident was that the "Netherworld Blood Book" was not taken back by me, but was picked up by Haruko by bending down from a pool of blood on the ground.

Seeing that the enemy was destroyed, the old knife immediately turned around and ran to Li Yi's side, took off his shirt as a strap, and tied it above Li Yi's wound, otherwise, Li Yi would soon suffer from blood loss and shock.

Haruko held the blood-red "Yin Blood" in both hands, bowed her head slightly, and took two steps towards me, as if to give me the book, but I shouted coldly:

"Stop!"

Haruko's body trembled, paused, raised her head, and her face was full of confusion: "Brother Ji, what's wrong?" ”

I repeated, "I told you to stop—you put the book in your hand on the ground and step away." ”

Haruko was so aggrieved that she was about to cry: "Why did you suddenly do this to me, what did I do wrong?" ”

Cheng Cheng glanced at me: "Aji, what's the matter?" ”

"I repeat, put the book down in my hand, and step back a little farther away, understand? I'll count to 3, if you haven't already done so - Team Cheng, shoot. I ignored them - whether it was Haruko or Cheng Cheng, my tone was even colder.

Seeing that I had completely changed my attitude towards her, Chunzi turned to Cheng Cheng and said, "Brother Cheng, what's wrong with Brother Ji?" ”

Cheng Cheng didn't answer, but raised the gun in his hand towards Haruko.

Li Yi, who was lying on the ground, couldn't stand it anymore: "Are you all crazy? Actually shot at Haruko-"

It's a pity that before he finished speaking, he was slapped next to the wound on his thigh by the old knife who was helping him tie a tourniquet, and his mouth suddenly "snorted", and he gasped in pain.

The old knife scolded: "It's all damn virtuous, and there is so much nonsense." ”

Li Yi was in pain and blood loss, his face was pale, and his mouth was still unconvinced: "Brother Dao, do you see Brother Ji, is he possessed by something dirty?" ”

"Possess your ghost body! Do you trust Aggie, or that inexplicable stranger? Don't fucking look at other people's little girls and get dizzy! ”

"But—"

"But a ghost! Close your beak! After saying that, the old knife raised his hand again......

"Fuck, don't don't, can't I shut up?!"

The noise behind me was naturally heard by me, and I said to Haruko, "Finished reading?" You don't expect us to have infighting, do you? Accept it, you've already lost. ”

"You ...... Don't believe me? Why? ”

Tears slid down Haruko's face, and she sobbed as she slowly put the book in her hand on the ground, and then, slowly, step by step, stepped back.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Cheng hesitated a little: "Aji......"

"Soft-hearted?" I said coldly, "How did Zhou Ou and Liu Haijun die, you forgot so quickly?" ”

As soon as I reminded him, Cheng Cheng's hand suddenly clenched the handle of the gun, he glanced at the pear blossom with rain, and then looked at me: "Is it ......?"

"Do you think that in this town, apart from our group, there are really 'living people' in the true sense of the word? Even this town may not be what we see with our eyes at all. ”

If the record of "Netherworld Power" in Cholo's "Black Town" is true, then Jolo and his stand-ins (including Qiao Zhenbang and even Qiao Yu) all have the ability to materialize fantasy things through words, and everything we are in and experience may have been written by one of Jolo's stand-ins.

Knowing this, how can I still fully trust my eyes?

Once involved in supernatural events, being suspicious and vigilant about everything from beginning to end is one of the rules of the spirit detective that I have summed up.

Everything can be false and sinister, so everything can be doubted.

But suspicion is also based on facts.

So, I opened my mouth and explained: "Originally, I still had a trace of illusions about you, Haruko, I always felt that you were the only good person in this town, and I also gave you the opportunity to prove yourself, but the cruel reality is that my hesitation brought about the injuries of Cheng Team and Li Yi, and even in the end, I could only rely on a means that was almost equivalent to gambling on my life to regain the initiative." I've said it so thoroughly, can you stop acting? ”

Under the attention of everyone, Haruko slowly raised her head, and on her tear-stained face, her innocent look gradually faded and gradually changed to a cold look.

"How did you find out?" She asked, the innocence and cuteness in her voice completely gone, cold and indifferent, as we are now, this dead and silent Blackwater Town.

"When I found out that monster looked like you, I was already suspicious of you. However, you immediately remedied, you saved Liu Haijun's life with that strange herbal ash, and also helped me heal my injuries, plus you are the one who knows this town the most among us, so I choose to continue to believe you. ”

"But, in retrospect, you weren't at ease at all, were you? Why does the pattern on my back grow so fast, probably because of your herbal ash? ”

Haruko frowned: "It's because of my mother that I have to reach some kind of tacit understanding with the monsters in the town, you won't be stupid enough to look at it, right?" And, even if I don't want to cooperate, how can I fight those monsters as a little girl? ”

The monster with the human head and snake body we eliminated in the guest house, Nu Er, is Haruko's mother, and Haruko also took advantage of this to successfully convince us all that she was forced to make a fool of herself out of desperation, and we understood this at the time.

As she said now, she was just a little girl after all, and she couldn't afford to fight against this terrible town in the dark.

But......

"Excuse me, where did that magical herbal ash of yours come from?" I asked.

“……”

Haruko didn't answer, and I saw her pupils shrink suddenly.

"You said, it was your 'Uncle Cai' who gave it to you. What is that kind of herbal ash - Zhou Ou, who has become stiff, once said, but the bridge forgets the water, and the flowers on the other side of the Huangquan Road...... It is a flower that grows on the other side of the road to the Yellow Spring. It has another name, Manju Sawa, which is the flower of the gateway to the Netherworld, and legend has it that the fragrance of Manju Sawa can awaken the memories of the dead. Therefore, it can accelerate the growth of the spree pattern on my back, and make Liu Haijun, Zhou Ou and Li Yi all fall asleep. It was precisely because you were afraid that we would find out your so-called 'drug', which was actually the ashes of Manzhu Shahua, that Zhou Ou shot and killed Liu Haijun. ”

Legend has it that the flowers on the other side are the flowers that bloom on the road of the Yellow Springs, where they bloom in large quantities, looking like a carpet of blood from a distance, and because they are as red as fire, they are called "the road of fire". It is also the only scenery and color on this long Huangquan Road, and the soul of the dead will step on the guidance of this flower and lead to the hell of the netherworld.

The meaning of my words is obvious: since you know the origin of the flower on the other side, then all your actions are disguises, just to let us be deceived by you together, and finally achieve the wish of the "Netherworld Power".

I sighed, "Also, I'm actually giving you one last chance." If you can ask me about the black snake tattoo on my body along the way, then I may continue to be deceived by you, and your wish may have been granted. ”

"Maybe she really didn't see it?" Li Yi couldn't help but "speak out to help" again.

I'm a little speechless about this guy, but after all, it's the first time he's really experienced a paranormal event with me, and I don't blame him for being naïve - because back then, I was even more naïve than him.

Those are lessons that can only be learned with blood and tears.

"Stinky fish, this Haruko, but the kind of person who can even notice the tattoo on your arm when you meet, you were wearing long sleeves at the time - how could such a person with such a delicate heart and terrible observation ignore such a big flaw? When the old knife helped me treat the wound, did you see the black snake tattoo on my back? Hehe, even you noticed, can she still not see it? As for why she turned a blind eye, don't you have a point in your heart? ”

After saying that, I turned to Haruko: "I answered your question, can you answer me a question?" ”

Haruko's eyes were like ice, and she only nodded slowly.

"You only woke up after the two "Black Town" merged into this "Netherworld Blood". So, I want to ask you, ...... Or are you still? ”

For a moment, maybe it was an illusion, I felt that the ice in Haruko's eyes suddenly melted, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into that kind of cold look again, she was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "You already have an answer, don't you?" ”

An indescribable feeling welled up in my heart, a mixture of anger and sadness, but more of a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Let's do it." Haruko closed her eyes.

She has indeed exhausted her powers, and now she has no means to deal with us, so she can only be captured.

If I'm not mistaken, it's all because of the book "The Bloodline of the Netherworld" in my bag.

For some reason, the two copies of "Black Town" merged into one and became this "Yin Blood", how did it come out, it eliminated all the monsters in the small western-style building, which can be described as amazing.

Then, when we ran towards the Catholic Church, we didn't see any monsters except for the black fog, which did no real damage (the only obstacle was Haruko's hand pulled by the black mist, but that was probably acting), and there were no monsters to see - the night shadow, the tomb ghost, the tree man, the paper man, the woman, and the flying ghost, all of them were gone......

Why?

In addition to the "living zombie" that looks like a living person, other monsters may not even be able to get close to "Netherworld Bloodline" at all!

I let out a long sigh and turned away.

Life and death, across the ages, people and ghosts have different paths, who can go the same way?

"Bang!"

Beside him, a puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle of Cheng Cheng's gun, and behind him was the sound of Haruko falling to the ground.

There is no need to ask any more questions.

It's a script that has been written, and we're all characters in the script, and even if I ask questions outside of the script, I won't get answers.

Cheng Cheng and I stepped forward, and I picked up the book of "Yin Blood" from the ground and put it back in my satchel.

Only then did I realize that the letter that Qiao Zhenbang left me with a follow-up commission was so sincere, and there was a reason why he warned me not to come to Blackwater Town and not to bring that copy of "Black Town" here.

Qiao Luo only wrote one copy of "Black Town", as one of Qiao Luo's stand-ins, Qiao Zhenbang, of course, also understands that only the existence of that "Black Town", the opportunity for him to escape from the control of the Netherworld power will exist, and because his ability to manifest the physical object was originally granted by the Netherworld's power, therefore, even the Netherworld power cannot directly destroy the two "Black Town", only with the help of others, can the goal be achieved.

The one chosen by the Netherworld is me.

After it found Qiao Zhenbang, it manipulated Qiao Yu to write the second "Black Town" again, and I believe that at the end of that "Black Town", the protagonist's soul will definitely be devoured by the black snake (that is, the vein pattern) in the Yellow Spring.

Why did Qiao Yu write that paragraph on the title page, in order to lure me out, Qiao Zhenbang also found me, just to lure me here and let the pattern devour my soul?

Or is it to control me?

But what's so special about me?

Before the question could be solved, I had stood on the altar in the church, and in front of me was a silver basin with holy water.

This church is the pattern of the tombs.

And the location of the Yellow Spring is the land of the dead.

The water of the Yellow Spring is in front of you.