Suddenly, the corpse in front of the two moved.

Instead of gaining life, it sank downward.

The shadow of the solid ground was like a dark mire at the moment, devouring the corpse.

The little witch immediately took a half step back, trying to pull Qiao Dui away.

Qiao Twilight saw that the shadow of the corpse seemed to have life, and was spreading towards his shadow, the two merging and intertwining, and suddenly, Qiao Twilight felt the ground under her feet become soft, like the mud on the edge of the grass after the rain.

"Shadow!"

The little witch prompted.

Qiao Du was not in a hurry.

I saw him lift his leg slightly, and a head came out of his shadow.

It was the head of a black-haired woman, she was still wearing a red wedding dress, but the whole person seemed to be covered with a gray filter, and the color was dull.

“！！！”

The little witch was so frightened that she jumped up, thinking that some kind of ghost was seduced.

But the next moment, she saw that the woman who came out of Qiao Dui's shadow opened her mouth wide.

One bite actually bit on the shadow.

Boom –

She sucked in as if she were eating a noodle, and sucked all the shadows of the corpse into her mouth.

“？”

The little witch couldn't see it.

But her instincts told her that the woman should have no ill will towards the two of them.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce it, this is Ash."

Qiao Du squatted down and touched the ghost bride who was half of her body emerging from the shadow.

"Y-Hello?"

The little witch didn't know if she should bow or not.

"It's unpalatable."

Ash suddenly spoke, and the cold tone that made people feel terrible said lines that were a little off the line.

"After all, after more than ten years, it is estimated that they are all rancid."

Qiao Twilight soothed, and let the ghost bride burrow back into her shadow.

"Thanks to the fact that this anomaly is a shadow, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with it."

He said as if he was genuinely worried.

“.”

The little witch found it difficult to judge.

"Do you know about this anomaly?"

Qiao Du asked.

"I've heard some rumors that there used to be anomalies that reside in shadows, relying on shadows to spread, and there is no harm under normal circumstances, but once you notice that your shadow moves on its own, people will be captured by it and devour flesh and blood."

The little witch hadn't looked closely at the anomaly because it was of a relatively high level that a B-class investigator like her could see.

An anomaly like this that is higher than the authority and is dangerous, as long as there is no memetic propagation characteristic, they will still be more or less informed by their seniors, just in case they are blinded when they encounter it.

"It looks like this anomaly, oh, yes, although it looks like it was eaten just now, but in fact it was only sucked into Ash's stomach, temporarily restrained, and not resolved!"

Qiao Du also reminded him specifically.

The rule of this shadow anomaly is to spread and spread through shadows, but shadows are produced by light, so Ash sucks it into his stomach, and where there is no light, this anomaly cannot escape for the time being.

If it's a serious Chosen One, you can avoid it by turning off the flashlight and plunging yourself into darkness, and the means of containment are probably to lock a possessed unlucky person in a room without light.

"That's dangerous."

The little witch felt that this shadow was abnormal, and when she saw the female ghost just now, it was simply a small witch.

"So there's an anomaly hidden in this person's shadow, what do you think that means?"

Jo Twilight asked instead.

"What does that mean?"

The little witch read it again.

"Does that mean there's an anomaly here?"

She replied uncertainly.

"Your education and the culture of the island are really outstanding."

Qiao Du teased, and before the little witch came back to her senses, she immediately explained.

"It means that no one has passed through here for a long time."

As long as someone passes by, there is a high probability that this shadow anomaly will directly attack the other party and devour it, especially in this Ukiyo Mountain Research Institute, the people who can come must be the chosen ones, and there is no situation of being ignored.

So, at least after the hapless investigator dies here, there shouldn't be many people passing through the stairs.

"So what?"

The little witch still didn't quite understand.

"You stupid, we thought at first that the people of the Toyotomi faction were still conducting research here all these years, but now it seems that they are very reluctant to send people to check the situation, and no one can go back, so they can only fence this place and prevent people from entering and leaving."

Qiao Twilight explained.

If the Toyotomi faction was bad in the previous thought, now it seems that they may be more stupid.

"But it's not right, if they can't handle it, why don't they find someone else to help, don't say anything else, Toyotomi Lumen has a good relationship with the Waste Capital Group, and there is investment from the Waste Capital Group here, why don't they find someone from the Waste Capital Group to help deal with it?"

The little witch raised suspicions.

"You're right, my good Watson."

Qiao Du patted the little witch on the shoulder.

"Watson?"

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"Isn't it, young people nowadays don't even know about Watson?"

Qiao Twilight once again lamented the seriousness of the generation gap, in his school days, he didn't hold a magnifying glass, put two peaked caps on his head and cosplay Sherlock Holmes.

"You're not that old."

The little witch complained that the young man in front of her was one or two years older than herself, and what she said was something that only old antiques could see.

"Back to the point, I think either Toyotomi Lumen thought he could handle it at first, but he couldn't hold it back, and he didn't have the face to go to the Waste Capital Group to wipe his ass, or it was the Waste Capital Group's instructions to tell them not to move here."

Qiao Dui estimated it.

The former guess is that Toyotomi Lumen is stupid, and the latter guess is that the waste capital group is bad.

It's not stupid or bad.

"You'll find out when you get down there."

He was about to continue going downstairs, but suddenly remembered something.

"Ash."

Qiao Du shouted.

The ghost bride poked her head out of the shadows again.

"What?"

An impatient voice rang out.

"You go ahead and explore the way, all the way to the fourteenth floor."

Qiao Du felt that she was really negligent just now, and she should let Ash go to explore the way first, and then go on it herself when there is no problem.

"Gotta add money."

Ash bargained.

"No problem, I'll satisfy you for a week after what you want to eat."

Qiao Du packed the ticket.

The ghost bride immediately burrowed into the shadows and crept down the stairs.

"Is this your Shikigami?"

The little witch asked curiously, in her opinion, there were a little too many strange things around Qiao Dui.

In the Hedao culture, there is the technology of Shikami, which can collect some shallow anomalies as his own Shikami, and drive them to possess animals to act, but Qiao Du is obviously much more advanced, and the female ghost even had a quarrel with him just now.

In addition, the anomaly that Qiao Du attached to himself was also very peculiar, and it seemed to have a will of its own.

"Actually, I played it myself, although I don't have schizophrenia, but I have a strong acting talent, and others praise me and say that I was born to win the Oscar for Best Actor."

Qiao Du explained solemnly.

"Who complimented you so much?"

The little witch frowned.

"My elementary school Chinese teacher."

Qiao Du replied immediately.

"Forget it."

The little witch decided not to continue arguing with him.

The two waited for a while, and Qiao Dui suddenly spoke.

"In the end."

(End of chapter)