Megumi Ozawa's love for Fujiko Hoshino seems to be a little unreasonable, but this kind of emotion that can be felt at a glance cannot be faked.

She gently hugged Hoshino Fujiko's body, her movements gentle and resolute with no refusal.

"Deer in the mountains, slow down.

Smell the flowers and the dewdrops.

The morning sun is warm and pleasant.

When you are tired of playing, you lie down in the flowers,

Rest well. ”

Megumi Ozawa sang Ozawa's favorite lullaby when he was a child, making the long night more and more gentle, and Keisuke Aoi didn't disturb the silence, it seemed that he just smiled silently and left the place.

……

"Found it!"

"Yes...... Is it? ”

"Old Divine Master?"

Under the moonlight, on the sparkling surface of the lake, there is a shadow floating silently on the water.

Yellow lampposts swept back and forth across the lake, and after a long time, gradually locked onto the shadows.

- Searchers have finally found their target.

"How so?!"

There was a cry of grief, both shocked by the news of Shiichiro Kurosawa's death and terrified by the desecration of the lake.

The Kurosawa clan who were traveling with them didn't have time to grieve, so they hurriedly began to prepare for a simple purification ritual.

The Kurosawa clergy broke off the branches, carefully dipped the water from the lake, and then swept the wet leaves over the foreheads of the villagers who were about to go into the water to retrieve the corpses.

"God Toyotsu will forgive us for our sins."

Ozawa Munemasa, who rushed to hear the news, had an ugly face, blocked the news as soon as possible, and drove the unrelated people back to the village.

I didn't expect what Megumi said to him to come true......

"Old Lord, why the hell did you die here?"

The lake began to ripple, and the moonlight was in the water, if you were in the heart of everyone here at this time.

The fear of blasphemy fills the whole body.

It was as if the seeds of calamity had been planted in this way.

Keisuke Ao's gaze was looking down from high in the sky, and the corpse that was discovered in advance by Hoshino still did not attract the attention of Toyotsu God.

Even if there is no remnant of the god Toyotsu in this dream, it is undoubtedly still a reality that happened in the past.

Just as the human mind gives birth to strangeness, the gods who live on the basis of Ozawa Village and Mt. Osawa are also destined to have an inseparable connection with this belief.

And the pollution generated by this connection even exceeded Aoi Keisuke's expectations!

In the depths of the lake, beyond the reach of mortals, a dark flower of blasphemy quietly unfolded, polluting this purity from the source.

If Toyotsu God dealt with it in time, this kind of pollution would naturally be nothing, but Keisuke Aoi observed it all night and didn't find any confrontation.

In the second half of the night, Shiichiro Kurosawa's body was finally fished up, and the body that had been soaked for a day was already a little white and swollen, and his limbs were slightly curled up, and he was very stiff.

- Such a devout believer, but drowned in the arms of the gods.

The people on the shore fell silent, and the silent, suppressed emotions gradually filled the hearts of the people.

……

Early the next morning, news of Shiichiro Kurosawa's death spread throughout the village, and at first the news circulated as a "beast attack" and later as a "stumbling and falling to his death".

By noon, the Kurosawa family had already erected a mourning hall, and the police and forensic doctors under the mountain had also entered Ozawa Village and performed autopsies in a temporarily separated room.

"There is no doubt that the cause of death of the deceased was drowning, and there were no traces of human wounds on the body......"

"After an on-site investigation, traces of slipping and falling were found on the shore of Lake Toyotsu, which matched the pattern of the shoes worn by the deceased.

In the vicinity of the traces, an empty wine bottle was found, which required further DNA identification......"

After killing Shiichiro Kurosawa, Takuto Ozawa returned to the scene of the crime and made arrangements, so that the police's reasoning was completely biased in error.

He wants to overthrow the closure and superstition of Ozawa Village, but he doesn't want to use himself as a sacrifice to attract too much attention from the police and ruin his future.

"Now, Shunsuke, I'm going to do it...... Can it really bring hope to the village? ”

Not far from the mourning hall, Takuto Ozawa stood behind the window on the second floor, half-covering his figure with a curtain, peeking in the direction of the shrine, looking faintly uneasy.

This is Shunsuke Ozawa's room.

The room is dimly lit and cramped, with only a simple bed and two bookshelves.

The shelves are filled with a wide variety of books, many of which were given to Takuto Ozawa when he was a student.

"Of course, Kurosawa has become a big mountain blocking the village of Ozawa."

Shunsuke Ozawa, also known as Keisuke Ao, follows the original script: "Sacrifice is valuable, and as long as Shiichiro's death is used to attack Toyotsu Shrine, the other young people in the village will gradually become suspicious." ”

"You're right! Toyotsu Shrine is an evil cellar! ”

Takuto Ozawa's fingers subconsciously grasped the curtains, both to answer and to strengthen his determination.

"I'm going to get rid of it!"

As the future head of Ozawa Village, he has seen the prosperity of the outside world and thinks that he has seen the general trend of the development of the world, so he must sweep away the accumulated evils like a hero.

"I'll always support you, Takuto."

Keisuke Aoi leaned back on the bed and said without pressure that he didn't intend to take responsibility at all.

He was also looking out the window, but he could only see the red torii gate at the end of the street.

There was a cherry blossom tree in front of Shunsuke Ozawa's house, which was now past its flowering period, and from his position, it was all bare branches.

"Thank you, Shunsuke."

Takuto Ozawa turned around movingly when he heard this, walked to the bedside, and shook Keisuke Aoi's hand.

"I'll also try to help you heal, maybe you can get back on your feet in the future!"

"Well, Takuto you know, I've believed in you since I was a child."

Takuto Ozawa was inspired by his cousin and rekindled his faith, and was about to say goodbye and leave, when Shunsuke Ozawa's mother suddenly went upstairs downstairs and told them that Ozawa had arrived.

"My sister?"

Takuto Ozawa was slightly surprised, and subconsciously glanced at Keisuke Aoi - he didn't tell him about Ozawa that he had witnessed him kill someone.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Kaoru, Mother, let her come up."

"You just should see your relatives and friends in the village more, don't stay alone all the time!

Of course, it's also troublesome for you to come and talk to him more! ”

Shunsuke Ozawa's mother immediately smiled happily when she heard this, but then remembered that the old god Kurosawa had just died, and immediately gathered back.

"Auntie, it's not a hassle at all, I like to chat with Shunsuke very much."

"That's good, that's good, I'll call Kaoru to come up, and I'll cut some apples for you later."

When Shunsuke Ozawa's mother, Mari, went downstairs, Keisuke Aoi asked strangely, "Why did Kaoru suddenly want to visit me?" ”

"Maybe it's because when I went back last night, I told her about coming to you."

"Is that so?"

Keisuke Aoi laughed heartily, and although his body had been suffering from illness, he could sincerely appreciate the fun of this world.

"Kaoru must be very beautiful now, right?"

Takuto Ozawa smiled wryly and said, "If only she could understand me better." ”

"Take advantage of this opportunity...... How about trying it? Keisuke Aoi agitated.

"This ...... Alas. ”

Such a suggestion was on the dark side of Takuto Ozawa's heart, and he pretended to hesitate for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"You're going to have to help me persuade her."

"Of course!"

Some people died, but not completely......