The half-lifted futon was already cold, and the south-facing windows on the second floor were half-hidden, and the wisps of sky light hanging in the distance illuminated the Japanese-style tatami mat layout.

The first to notice the situation was Connor in the squad.

The girl who woke up in the early morning due to insomnia, when passing by the corridor, suddenly found that the door that originally belonged to the female newcomer Xie Rui was open, but the person was missing, and then she was shocked to find that Ji Qing, who lived in the last room on the floor, was also missing.

Later, Rorschach, who rushed to hear the noise, immediately gathered the members of the team, counted the number of people, and only confirmed the fact that the two people were missing.

And the results of the investigation were also quickly revealed.

Although the room they were in was on the second floor, Xie Rui's room was close to the middle of the stairs, while Ji Qing lived at the end of the far right, not adjacent, and there was no trace of struggle and fighting in the room, and the other personnel in the adjacent room did not hear any violent movements at night.

After inspecting the rooms of the two of them one by one to get a general idea, Rorschach pondered for a moment, and then gathered everyone in the team into the hall downstairs.

"Brother Captain, do you know what's going on?" As soon as he got downstairs, Kang Na, who was the most friendly with Ji Qing and the most anxious about it in the team, couldn't help but be the first to ask.

Rorschach shook his head and replied helplessly: "I'm not a professional detective policeman, how can I know the truth from a little clue?" The only thing that can be determined is that Ji Qing should not have been forcibly arrested, but left voluntarily. The door to her room was closed until Connor pushed it open, but the window inside was open. And this kind of indoor window is impossible to open from the outside, that is, she should jump out of the window in the middle of the night. ”

"But why?" Xiong Shaodong asked blankly: "Even if there is anything urgent, you can notify everyone together." The captain's room is on the first floor, no matter how urgent it is, it won't be delayed for a few minutes, right? ”

"Could it be that he ran away secretly......" One of the two middle-aged male newcomers suddenly said tentatively. But before he could finish his sentence, he saw the senior members of the team all look at him with a strange look. It's as if looking at some kind of domestic fat livestock. couldn't help but pause, and sat down with a dry smile.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Xiong Shaodong said discouragedly: "I knew that I would have prepared some remote voice equipment, this ancient background." Many electronic devices are also not available...... Are we just going to wait? ”

"How is that possible?" Rorschach shook his head. Said coldly: "Wait a minute. I have some idea of what is going on, but I'm a little unsure, but ...... If there are no surprises. The truth will be known right away. ”

After three or four minutes, the footsteps of "stepping" suddenly sounded, but it was Zhao Mengqi among the newcomers who walked in from outside. But he didn't come alone, he was followed by the original owner of the house, the head of the village.

"Your Excellency...... Did the young lady find it? As soon as the short and fat middle-aged man entered, he raised his head and nodded in greeting.

"Hehe," Rorschach couldn't help but look at him strangely when he heard this, and suddenly sneered, sighed and said, "I was just a little suspicious, it seems that the disappearance of the two of them was indeed done by your village." ”

The man's face turned slightly pale, he wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and before he could start to argue, he heard Rorschach show a mocking smile and said flatly: "I don't remember, I asked Zhao Mengqi to tell you about the disappearance of your personnel......

"Forget it, this kind of fool who doesn't admit himself, it's really ...... It's disgusting. Seeing that the man's expression changed suddenly, as if he still wanted to resist, Rorschach shook his head slightly, but as soon as he raised his head to look at each other, the light blue spiritual power poured into his pupils, freezing the man's thinking in the blink of an eye, so that he didn't even have a chance to shout, as if he had turned into a puppet, and stood stiffly in front.

"Okay...... Rorschach clapped his hands and asked coldly, "Let's end this farce, let's talk, what's going on here?" Abduction of female ...... Could it be that your village is actually a black den of human traffickers? ”

"Not really," the village chief, completely sane, shook his head stiffly, and uttered an answer that surprised Rorschach.

"We just want to save our village, and we can only let everyone survive by offering the woman to the youkai-sama and asking it to forgive us for the sins we once asked the demon slayer to offend it."

Monster?

Rorschach raised his head and glanced at Xiong Shaodong, who was also surprised, with a cautious gaze, and immediately knew the seriousness of the matter.

He was about to continue to ask, when a noisy and noisy sound suddenly sounded outside the door, and the newcomer closest to the door, Zhao Mengqi, changed his face greatly, turned his head and shouted loudly: "Captain, it's not good, those villagers are going to come in!" ”

Rorschach stepped forward to take a look, and sure enough, he saw dozens of villagers, old and young, standing outside the door, each holding hoes and dung forks, which had surrounded the entire house, but what made Rorschach's eyes stare was the hands of seven or eight young people in the outermost part, holding shiny oil-soaked torches.

This kind of Japanese-style attic with a pure wooden structure has almost no resistance to fire, and once ignited, it will spread and burn in all directions, although Rorschach himself is not afraid of this level of burning, but the six newcomers behind him are still ordinary people who have no power to resist.

Immediately after, among these hostile villagers, it was still the white-haired old man who walked out last night. I saw him hiding behind and shouting: "My lord, I know that you are powerful, but those retinues and generals are still mortals, even if you can kill all of us pariahs, it will violate the morality of the samurai, and you will inevitably bear the wrath of Lord Kei Oda." As long as you hand over the village chief, we are willing to give you all the goods and gifts to send you out of the village. ”

Rorschach's answer to this suggestion was only a raised arm, and a restrained black flash between his five fingers.

Death's Grip.

In the eyes of those ignorant villagers, they could only see a dark thunderbolt suddenly flash under the clear sky, and then the elders at the back of the crowd did not have time to make any resistance. was swept up by the black light, and in an instant, he was dragged into the hands of the enemy.

This strange power has obviously broken the cognition of these villagers, and immediately some people retreated in panic, and exclamations such as "monsters" also sounded continuously, but before Rorschach could make a move, these rabbles that had gathered at the moment automatically collapsed.

At the same time, several young people at the back of the crowd seemed to be terrified. Turn around and flee at the same time. Subconsciously threw the torch in his hand, impartially, and smashed it into the sky above the attic, obviously not caring about the safety of the village elders. Under the guise of delaying time through fire.

But. Such behaviour is also destined to go unimplemented. As Rorschach tilted her head slightly, the martial girl who had been silent behind her comprehended and took a step forward. The hand was already pressed to the scabbard at his waist.

The sword flashed, and the frost and snow scattered.

Accompanied by a cold knife light, there was also a large ice blue cold light, and the little cold air that spread into the sky turned into a half-moon-shaped pure ice light curtain in the blink of an eye. The torches that flew into the air encountered this transparent diaphragm, and before they were halfway down, the flames suddenly went out, and the wooden sticks spreading with hoarfrost smashed on the edge of the beams with a few "dong", and then rolled down.

And in less than a minute, without using any abilities or weapons, Rorschach and Maiden Wu Ji only moved their hands and feet slightly, and threw these chaotic villagers off their armor and fell to the ground.

At the same time, Zhao Mengyi, who was dragging the imitation spear to drive away some villagers, also rushed back out of breath and loudly said his findings: "Captain, I have already checked, there are no women in those houses, and the residents of this village are all men!" ”

Rorschach nodded, his eyes fell to the gray-faced old man, and said lightly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

This stubborn old man still had to resist, but he had no way to resist the spiritual power of the Lich King, and after a few sighs, Nono finally sighed and confessed what happened.

"This village, and even the nearby village of Yoshida, and the farther away Nymph, are no longer devoid of women."

The cause of all this is a youkai from nowhere.

No one had seen the demon's true face, only its thunderous words, and the huge black hurricane that had fallen from the sky, and its almost desperate force.

But what goes with it is the strange purpose of this mysterious monster.

It is not thirsty for killing, nor cannibalism, nor is it greedy for gold and silver, but only for human women.

Maybe it's out of greed for beauty, or maybe it's out of the instinct to reproduce. In short, this arrogant and uncommunicative monster will always ask the village to hand over the young and beautiful girl every time it strikes, and if it refuses to promise, or simply resists, then it will directly provoke its anger and cause a devastating blow.

And most importantly, after every short sacrifice in the village, there will be more demands for the next time. After all, this is only a sparsely populated and remote area, and the total population of a dozen villages within a radius is only a few thousand, how can it meet the increasingly frequent requirements of youkai? Therefore, even if the conditions as a "sacrifice" are repeatedly lowered, from the girl who has never been out of the cabinet to the beautiful young woman, and then to the who still has charm, in the end, when the old woman in her forties is gone, there will be no more women in the village.

In desperation, the village had to scrape together money again to find a demon exterminator, but as early as half a month ago, the demon exterminator who swore to be frank was left with only a headless bloody corpse, and although the monster did not slaughter the village in the end, it specified the final tribute period.

While the people of the village were panicking, Rorschach and his party happened to pass by, and several of them happened to have enough female sacrifices to calm the anger.

Later, it was naturally simpler.

Rorschach frowned and said, "With the kung fu of a three-legged cat like you, how can you catch Ji Qing?" Well, Ji Qing is the woman in white with wide sleeves and a bow and arrows. ”

The old man, who had been manipulated by his mind, was stunned for a moment before he replied, "We didn't offend the shrine maiden...... The only one who had to do it was your female servant, who, though a little older, was quite a pretty good beauty, at least much better than the general and the three barbarian women......"

Barbarian woman?

Rorschach was slightly stunned, turned his head to look behind him with an annoyed look, but the three women who also had smooth blonde hair had no choice but to shake their heads and say, "It seems that it is really a coincidence...... I remember that Ji Qing inherited the Warcraft Hunter's 'humanoid creature tracking' ability, which can check the movements of humans within a kilometer like a radar, and it should have been discovered by accident, but there is a distance limit, so I have to rush to chase Xie Rui personally, okay, since I asked the location, I have to hurry up and help, otherwise it will not be good if the monster really captured her. ”

As he spoke, he summoned the death horse, turned over and rode up, and was about to chase after him. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the beautiful woman who was also riding a flying broom and following in a gesture, and hurriedly shouted: "You stay and guard everyone, don't let me be absent, it's not good for someone to take the opportunity to kill other people." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's an order." Seeing that she still wanted to argue, Rorschach emphasized in a low voice, and at the same time activated the coercive power of the Book of Reincarnation on her followers, and the faint white light immediately lit up, immediately restraining the beauty's movements. Seeing this, Rorschach didn't say much, and directly joined forces and jumped forward.

The Death Horse is a powerful magical mount exclusive to the Death Knight, and its speed is not inferior to that of modern first-class racing cars; Coupled with the mutated variety of the unicorn in Rorschach's hand, the speed of running is close to 200 kilometers per hour, which is not much better than that of ordinary military helicopters, and only a few high-speed trains can keep up with it on land. So with a word, Rorschach's figure disappeared on the other side of the mountain.

Xiong Shaodong on the side saw Meiwa's depressed appearance, and couldn't help but comfort: "Sister Yanya, the captain won't let you go, but he is actually worried that you will be captured by that lustful monster." ”

The blonde charming mature beauty shook her head, revealing a lonely look: "I could have avoided this matter, last night's evil spell enchantment, I patronized with Natsu, and only released it once outside our room, but I forgot to give you a ...... Because of this, he now has to take risks. ”

Aniya raised her head, looked around, and said with a cold face, "Okay, you go back to the house first, and I'll take a moment to put a curse on this building, lest you get caught by some mess...... Zhao, what are you doing? ”

She frowned slightly, but she saw that since the beginning, Zhao Mengqi among the newcomers had been looking down and muttering something, her expression was in a trance, and she gradually showed a strange expression that mixed abruptness and shock.

The newcomer suddenly said loudly: "It's not good, call the captain back, that monster...... It's not an ordinary monster, it's a monster with a terrible origin! ”

"What are you talking about?" Xiong Shaodong, who was about to enter the house, was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhao Mengqi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said incoherently: "I just remembered it, but I didn't expect the new plot of the animated version to happen in this world." ”

"The robbed girl bride, the black whirlwind, the lustful youkai, this ......"

Hearing his words, Ma Jingxin, a female newcomer on the side, also seemed to remember something fearful, and suddenly showed a terrifying look.

At the same time, behind a thatched hut more than ten meters away, there was also a faint sound of clogs, quietly revealing a trace of sky blue clothes.

The newcomer Zhao Mengqi, who didn't notice all this at all, just let out a wailing voice:

"That's the monster related to the mythical story Journey to the West, the descendant of the Pure Altar Messenger Zhu Bajie-"

"Pig - Nine - Ring - Na!" (To be continued......)