"Phew!"

In the dimly lit room, lit only by candlelight, a gunshot suddenly rang out.

Mr. Muraki, who was standing behind the grave keeper, raised his hand expressionlessly, and the bullet shot out of the pistol he had hidden under his robe, instantly sinking into the chest of the unsuspecting grave keeper in front of him.

“…… Cough! ”

As if he hadn't figured out what was going on, the grave keeper with wide-eyed eyes clutched his chest that was gradually dyed red, and slowly fell to his knees with a puzzled look on his face.

He ...... Betrayed the Lord. ”

The other believers in the room also seemed to be startled by the sudden gunshot, and there was silence at this moment.

Mr. Muraki put down his hand, looked down coldly at the kneeling grave keeper, and said:

"Not only has he been manipulated by filthy people, brainwashed by the vulgar and fallacies of the world, but he has even tried to distort our doctrines, pollute our faith, and defile our 'Lord' for them.

Such evil deeds, he ...... No longer our companions, we should eradicate traitors for the Lord! ”

After saying that, Mr. Muraki turned his head to look at the other believers around him, his eyes cold.

The believers looked at each other, but none of them spoke, and there was a look of fear on their faces.

Although these people shouted and shouted to kill, but in fact, none of them really killed people with their own hands, and when there was a similar need in the order in the past, it was all done by the grave keepers, and now Mr. Muraki's sudden shooting really scared them.

"No, that's right!"

Finally, in the midst of this suffocating silence, a believer finally stood up and shouted:

"This guy has betrayed the 'Lord'! Must be eradicated! ”

"Yes, yes! Must be eradicated! This must be the Lord's idea! ”

"That's right! Kill him! ”

When the first person came forward, the rest of the believers did not hesitate and echoed it.

Although all they said was the thoughts of the "Lord", everyone present knew in their hearts that they were killing people, killing people to cover up their crimes.

Apricot and Hanada at the beginning, the grave keeper now, and this little girl and that young police officer in the future......

"Hmm......"

I don't know if it's because of the gunshot, the eyelids of Kokararu, who was originally unconscious, suddenly moved, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"It's all for the Lord."

Before noticing the awakening of Kokarasuma, Mr. Muraki's cold face finally showed a smile amid everyone's statements.

The back of his head was still aching, and Karasuma looked at the dimly lit room and the robed strangers around him with confused eyes.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing here?

"Hmm!"

There was a pinprick-like tingling in my mind, and the previous memories came flooding back like a tidal wave.

Yes! When she was passing by the cemetery this morning, she was attacked by the grave keeper who reported the crime!

Damn it! It turns out that that guy has a problem too? Could it be that the death of Apricot-san's is also related to him? Where the hell is this? How do these people wear clothes that look like they are from some religious group? Am I being kidnapped?

Small problem, what my family has is money, as long as I don't tear up the ticket, everything else is easy to say......

"Oh? Are you awake? ”

Finally, Mr. Muraki noticed the movement of Kokarasuma who was tied hand and foot on the bed next to him, and turned his head to look at her, smiling.

"You, you!" At the same time as seeing Mr. Muraki's face clearly, Kokasuma's pupils suddenly shrank, and his heart that had been put down suddenly hung up.

[White teeth, white teeth, white teeth! ] Not kidnapping! I'm being taken hostage! 】

She remembered what the boy said to her in the police car last night that the Muraki couple might have a problem, and combined with the current situation, how could she not have guessed that she was a lone hostage, and these people wanted to use her to threaten the boy!

"I—I advise you not to do stupid things......"

Kokarasuma, who was huddled in a ball on the bed and trembling with fear, looked directly at Mr. Muraki, who was smiling, and plucked up the courage to threaten:

"My family background is very big, that, that wooden man is also very powerful, we have a good relationship, if he knows that you have tied me up, he will definitely kill you all......"

"Oh? Is it? ”

"When、Of course! I advise you to let me go now, so that I can still say a few good words to you when I go back, and try to reduce your sentence, otherwise, otherwise, otherwise, ......"

"In that case, it looks like we need to revise our previous plans."

Looking at the scared appearance of Kokarasuma who couldn't even "pull the tiger skin", the smile on Mr. Muraki's face gradually became hideous.

"Why don't we dedicate her and the grave keeper to our 'Lord' now, and then we will go and tell the policeman that it was the grave keeper who brought her to this mountain, and deceived the policeman into killing her and offering it to the 'Lord', what do you think?"

"Hmm!" Kokarsuma was so frightened that he trembled, and his little face turned pale.

"Foolish...... Stupid ......"

The consciousness of the grave keeper was gradually fading, although the injury in his chest did not kill him in an instant, but it also made him lose the strength to resist, at this time he knelt on the ground, listened to the excited conversation of these people, and whispered a sentence.

These people are really hopeless......

He had always thought that he could take these people to turn himself in, that he had failed the young officer's expectations of him......

But it didn't matter, the grave keeper had already anticipated the current situation, and before he went up the mountain, he had left enough clues and guidance at the bottom of the mountain to help the young police officer......

There can be no mistake, that cemetery is the only way up the mountain, and in last night's conversation, the grave keeper noticed that the young police officer had become suspicious of this back mountain, and he would definitely come to investigate today, and then, with the young officer's ability, he would definitely be able to detect the clues he left behind, and finally find this place.

It doesn't matter, the end result is the same anyway......

"This ...... It's good. ”

For Mr. Muraki's words, some believers immediately nodded in agreement, and then looked at the little Karasuma who was trembling on the bed, and a trace of fire flashed in his eyes.

"But if that's going to happen, why don't we use her for a 'holy' ceremony before we do that?"

"Ah, that's exactly what I thought......"

"Presumably, the Lord will like our sacrifice even more......

"Hahaha!"

The room suddenly erupted in the joyful laughter of male believers, and although Karasuma didn't know what the "holy" ritual was in their mouths, as a high school girl, she could still understand the eyes of these people.

[It's over, it's over! 】

Boundless fear came from the tide, and under this extreme fear, a figure suddenly appeared in her mind, whose consciousness was already on the verge of collapse, and made her cry out almost instinctively:

"Wooden man! Hurry up and save me—"

"Boom!"

As if by a miracle, the next moment, the door of the room was kicked open from outside.

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(End of chapter)