An hour later, in the only tavern in town.

When Onoda hurried from his inn to the tavern, Oko, who had changed into civilian clothes, had been waiting here for a long time.

"Onoda?"

Stretching out his hand to greet Onoda, Oko motioned for him to be here.

"You're finally here!"

Three steps and two steps walked to the opposite side of Dagu and Lina.

Onoda couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he sat down.

This strange performance, combined with the other party's previous plea for help, Da Gu suddenly had an ominous premonition.

I have experienced so many things with Lu Xuan.

I don't know for sure anything else, but my instinct for something dangerous has reached an almost instinctive level.

"What the hell is going on here? How can it make you afraid of being like this? ”

Onoda is also a well-informed ace reporter.

Da Gu couldn't imagine what had happened to make the other party afraid of being like this.

"Is it just the two of you?"

Without directly answering Oko's question, Onoda didn't notice Reina's presence until he sat down.

Although he had expected it, Onoda couldn't hide his disappointment when he didn't see the foreign affairs director of the Galvin Company come with him.

After the original "Red Giant" incident, Onoda has more or less his own guesses about Lu Xuan's identity.

The reason why he asked the victory team for help this time and named Dagu to come over.

It is to use Lu Xuan's power to settle the crisis that is happening here.

"It's just the two of us coming here for the time being."

"For specific follow-up support, you have to determine what happened here."

At a glance, he saw through Onoda's careful thoughts, but Dagu did not pierce the other party.

"So, you have to tell us what the hell is going on here."

Hearing this, Onoda finally suppressed the uneasiness and fear in his heart, and began to slowly explain his experience during this time.

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The origin of everything has to start when Xue Na left Amami Oshima.

Ever since witnessing the existence of immortals, giant monsters, and red giants, Xue Na has developed a keen interest in the myths and legends that take place around the world.

You know, Xue Na was originally extremely curious about stories like "urban legends".

When she began to delve into myths and legends around the world, she soon discovered many real mythological archetypes through her own research and research.

The "White Fox Forest" at the foot of Mt. Fuji is one of them.

According to the folklore and myths collected by Xue Na, the name "White Fox Forest" can even be traced back to the Warring States period in Japan.

At that time, the "Forest of the White Fox" was the territory of the demon fox.

The villagers living nearby even worship the shrine of the white fox and pray for a good harvest and peace in the name of the "Inari God".

However, I don't know what day it began, the white fox that inhabited this forest suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a ferocious and tyrannical ghost.

This evil spirit feeds on human flesh and drinks human blood, and grows stronger and stronger day by day.

As the master of this forest, the white fox never showed up until a powerful samurai arrived.

This samurai has the idea of jealousy and hatred, and also has the ability to slay demons.

At the behest of nearby villagers, the samurai went alone into the forest to fight the man-eating demon.

The final outcome of that great war is unknown to anyone.

The only thing that has been written down and handed down is that after the samurai, the forest was transformed into an ogre forest.

The demons that once lodged here are gone.

But some of the plants in this forest have been demonized, and they have the instinct to hurt people and drink blood like evil spirits.

Anyone who intrudes into the depths of the forest will be bewitched by the demonized plants, approaching them, and eventually becoming the blood food of the monsters.

In order to be wary of outsiders, the villagers living in the surrounding area have listed the "White Fox Forest" as a forbidden place.

As time passed, the stories and myths of the past faded, and the legends and taboos of the "White Fox Forest" gradually became a local custom.

The first thing that every visitor who comes here is these customs and customs.

Invisibly, it seems that some unknown force is constantly spreading and transmitting these ancient taboos.

At first, Xue Na didn't actually realize the particularity of the "White Fox Forest".

Because of similar legends, in Japan there are not a thousand but also eight hundred.

It is simply unrealistic to want to restore what happened back then through such a few clues.

However, due to the professionalism of the journalist and his own curiosity about this rumor......

Xue Na still came to the town of "White Fox Forest" without expectations, planning to use this as an opportunity to write a report about the Warring States period.

It's just that before Xue Na could start writing officially, she seemed to be targeted by some mysterious force.

First of all, on the first night of her stay in this town, Xue Na suddenly seemed to change her personality and made a phone call with Onoda who slept all night.

The tone of voice was full of emotion, not at all like the usual Cherna.

Unfortunately, Onoda didn't take the direct phone to heart at the time.

Just when the other party drank some wine, he seriously told the other party not to go out at night and didn't say anything more.

Then, the next night, when Xue Na called Onoda again, she said in a nervous tone that she had seen something unclean.

Under a series of questions from Onoda, Xue Na told her discovery.

It turned out that in order to investigate the rumors of the "White Fox Forest".

Based on old newspapers from more than ten years ago, Xue Na found the latest urban legend that happened in the "White Fox Forest" - the hermit.

The hermit's name was "Kazuha Jiro", and he was less than eight years old when he disappeared.

In order to find their son, his parents not only made a fuss in the whole town, but even carried out a large-scale newspaper search.

Following this clue, Xue Na easily found Kazuha Jiro's parents.

But that's where the problem arises, when looking for Ge Ye's house, Xue Na once asked a young boy nearby for directions.

So, when Xue Na saw the family photo of Ge Ye's family, she was shocked to find that the little boy in it was the little boy who showed her the way when she came.

More than ten years have passed, and the little boy not only has not changed in the slightest, but even the clothes on his body are exactly the same as back then.

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