Just like last time, after the black ema was re-hung on the prayer stand, the sound of small bells was magnified a hundredfold like the chirping of cicadas on a summer afternoon, and the soft moonlight became dazzling in an instant.

Qi Yan closed his eyes skillfully, and he understood that time was about to start going back again.

Until the surrounding hustle and bustle and the strong light ebbed and tide, the air was filled with the pungent aroma of inferior fat powder, and the lively sound of the street market gradually recovered, Qi Zhen opened his eyes, and an ancient and lively street market appeared in front of him.

Qi Yan's breath was slightly suffocated, he had been here, and this was the first time he met the male Oiran on the street.

The dilapidated shrine behind him has been transformed back into the "Utsuya House" painted in rich red and the panes painted with bizarre ukiyo-e, which is what the building originally looked like.

Qi Zhen went back in time again, and this time he came to the time of Miss Yuko.

It also seems that the era in which the character of that guy lives.

[Congratulations on successfully opening the dungeon hidden map, the current progress of the hidden main quest of "The Truth of the Fire in Yu's House": 10%]

[Get the Hidden Map ID Card: A Stranger Who Enters the Streets for the First Time]

【Attention! Outlanders in this quest cannot attack the street natives, otherwise they will be considered as violating the rules of the quest and will be outed]

Sure enough, only by successfully coming to Miss Ikuko's era through the black Ema can you successfully advance the progress of the hidden main quest.

And like the Rosefish dungeon, as an outsider, he can't directly attack the aborigines who roam the streets, which is tricky......

[Side quest update tip: Since you once again used Black Ema to complete the evil spirit trade, the goal of the "Help Miss Ikuko Liberate" quest has been changed: choose whether to complete the free side quest according to your preferences and abilities→ mandatory side quests that need to be actively solved by travelers]

【Attention! After the objective is changed, the traveler on the mission must complete the branch, otherwise they will not be able to leave the dungeon.

It makes sense that he made a deal with the evil spirits through the black ema of the shrine, and successfully retraced time and returned to the era in which Miss Ikuko lived, which was equivalent to accepting the conditions offered by the evil spirits: "Please let Miss Ikuko be free"

To solve this side quest, he must first know what happened to Miss Ikuko in this era.

At this time, it was dusk, and Qi Jiu, a stranger, was planning to take a stroll around the lively streets, adapt to the customs and find clues as soon as possible.

Suddenly, he noticed a circle of people gathered at the street not far away, and the voices were noisy.

"I'm sorry to borrow it." Qi Yan walked through the crowded pedestrians in the street and walked towards the crowd.

I saw a staff member wearing a hot spring yukata style posting a "missing person notice" on a street notice board.

Qi Ji looked over everyone's shoulders and looked at the announcement, according to the description of the notice, a "Yunoyu" handyman named Uesugi Yue received half a month's salary in advance, but disappeared three days ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and the hot spring field believes that the handyman ran away after paying his wages in advance, and now offers a reward of 50 yuan to find the whereabouts of the escaped employee.

"It's already second this month, right? I remember that a week ago, the Takahashi family also put up a missing person notice. ”

"The most evil thing is that the one who disappeared last week is also a handyman from Yunoyu."

"That Yu no Yu is too unlucky, isn't it? Doing handyman for three days and running away with money at both ends, you can't close the door if you go on like this. ”

"That's not the case, if they treat the handymen well and the people work hard, they won't run away in three days, right?"

"That's right, I don't know how Yunoyu abuses employees......"

"Do you really believe the argument that the handyman runs away with an advance pay? I think the whole thing is very weird, maybe these handymen are really missing, maybe something happened in Yunoyu......"

"I've heard a story about an evil sect, I have a relative who also works in the hot springs, and he said that the missing employees either ran away or died!"

"Grass! That's scary, isn't it? ”

"How did these employees die? Did your relatives say that? ”

"Not really, who knows? But I think there's a good chance of dying. ”

"I heard that Yu Zhiyu has started recruiting people again, who would dare to work there if this continues......"

Qi Jiu, who was crowded into the crowd watching the excitement, pricked up his ears and obtained three pieces of information from the discussion of the idle onlookers: 1. There have been two missing people this week, and both of them are miscellaneous workers of Yu Zhitang; 2. There are insiders who rumor that the missing people did not run away, but encountered an accident; 3. Yu Zhitang is recruiting;

The appearance of missing people in the dungeon is often a signal for plot clues to surface.

These fragmentary clues are pieced together, and they all point to Yu no Yu.

[Congratulations on discovering the hidden plot point, the current progress of the hidden main quest of "The Truth of the Fire in Yuya": 20%]

[Unlock Progress Reward: Open the relevant side quest "The Truth About the Missing Employee"]

The prompt sound of the system made Qi Yan more sure of his guess.

Now that he is in this strange era, the only breakthrough is "Yu no Yu".

It looks like he's going to start looking for a new job again.

Watching the lively crowd gradually disperse, Qi Yan walked towards the "Yu no Tang" not far away.

A simple recruitment posting was posted under the paper lantern with "Yu no Yu" written on it, and the specific requirements for recruiting employees were not written on the recruitment at all, only the gender was indicated as "male", preferably 16-32 years old, with sound limbs and no infectious diseases.

After scribbling at the recruitment information, Qi Ji turned to the hot spring janitor on the side: "Hello, I heard that Yuzhiyu is recruiting new employees, I came to apply, do you have any requirements for candidates here?" ”

The janitor of the hot spring was a thin and pale middle-aged woman, hearing this, she raised her eyelids impatiently and looked at Qi Yan, she had no opinion on the face he covered her face, and casually pointed to the recruitment information posted on the door and said, "Don't you see, young men with sound limbs and no obvious infectious diseases can do it." ”

Qi Jiu: "Then what is the content of the work?" ”

Middle-aged woman: "It's the daily maintenance of the soup pool, including serving tea and water, guiding and preparing soup objects for guests, etc., it will be very busy at night, but you can rest during the day, if you are sure to come, then I will give you the rules of work." ”

The job she described was simple, not like the abuse and oppression of employees that had just been speculated by the lively crowd on the street.

"By the way, there's a special job," the janitor suddenly thought of something, adding, "It's best not to be allergic to cat hair, there is a cat in the Yunoya next door that often runs over, and that cat is very special, and the staff of the hot springs need to help take care of that cat occasionally." ”

Cat?

Qi Yan under the mask unconsciously raised the corners of his lips, it seems that the character of that guy does live in this timeline.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can finally pet the cat naturally.

Chapter 52: 404 Hot Spring Street (22)

"All of the above is fine, and I also like cats," Qi Ji replied to the janitor, "I want to get this job opportunity." ”

The pale middle-aged woman looked at him again: "You don't have any infectious diseases, do you?" ”

Qi Yan shook his head: "Please rest assured, I am healthy." ”

"It's better to be like this, if it's okay, let's join today, right?" The woman smiled meaningfully, "Our treatment here is very good, 30 wages per day, it is difficult for you children from the countryside to find such a high-paying job." ”

Qi Yan bowed slightly at her: "No problem." ”

"This is something you need to pay attention to when working in the hot pool, you must read it carefully and keep it in mind, nothing else is special," she handed over a handwritten booklet, then got up and said, "Let's go, we will arrange a place for you to stay, you will tidy up later, familiarize yourself with these rules, and you can start working in the evening." ”

"We're at the busiest time of the night here."

The clogs at the feet of the middle-aged woman made a "cluck, cluck" sound, and she stepped on the mossy stone stacked road, leading Qi Yan towards the staff accommodation area behind the soup pool.

There weren't many guests in the soup pool in the evening, and Qi Yan followed the woman through the soup pool area.

Not much different from the timeline of the hot spring inn where the player is located, the "Yunoyu" bath at this point in time is also named after the 24 solar terms, with the male bath on the left and the female bath on the right, and a bamboo fence in the middle that is not tight.

And the so-called "Yunoyu Employee Code" is also very simple:

"Welcome to the "Yu-no-Yu" hot spring resort and become a staff member here, please observe the following precautions in the future service process:

1. In order to leave a good impression on the guests who come to the bath, the staff should wear the work uniform of the hotel and the mask assigned by the person in charge during the service;

2. Please give priority to the service staff to meet the needs of the guests, and prohibit the privacy of the guests;

3. No staff member should enter the soup pool with a "To be Cleaned" sign without permission;

4. The soup pool is divided into male and female soups, but if you see a male guest entering the female soup pool, please choose to ignore it and vice versa;

5. Please do not walk around the bath pool at will during the off-duty period, so as not to affect the guests who are bathing in the bath;

Please respect the privacy of your guests and remember not to disturb your guests' rest and play."

The fact that the Yuike Employee Code of Conduct is not blacked out shows that the focus is not on exploring the rules, but on following these rules to find the hidden truth, which is probably also the truth about the recent "frequent disappearances of Yunoyu employees".

Soon, Qi Yan followed the woman with clogs to the staff accommodation.

The dormitory provided by the soup pool to the staff is a long house with a back street, the entrance is connected to the outside world, and the space in the house is separated by an earthen wall, and the house space is only more than ten square meters, and two tatami mats are squeezed into the narrow space, because of the disrepair, the paper sliding door has been damaged and leaking.

Qi Zhen bowed into the room, and the middle-aged woman pointed to the tatami mat that had obviously been slept on not long ago and hadn't even had time to clean it up and said, "This is your bed, let's rest here tonight." ”

“… But it seems that someone has already used it here. Qi Ji was a little embarrassed to say.

The woman waved her hand: "Just throw his belongings away." ”

Qi Yan frowned: "Is it really appropriate to do this?" ”

The woman then chuckled: "There's nothing inappropriate, the person who originally lived here has been missing for a few days, so you can dispose of these sundries at will, don't care." ”

The woman was steadfast in her words, as if she knew that the original occupant would not be able to return.

Qi Yan followed the other party's words and asked, "Is the employee who originally lived here the handyman who disappeared three days ago on the notice board on the street?" ”

The woman glanced at Qi Yan with strange eyes and shrugged: "Today's young people just don't know what to do, and they run away without a sound after paying most of the month's wages in advance, which is really irresponsible." ”

"If you don't have anything to do, just clean up and rest, and you have to work at night." The woman handed over the room key to Qi Zhen and left, not wanting to stay here any longer.

Qi Yan sighed lightly at the tatami mats piled up with miscellaneous items: "Sorry, I'm bothering." ”

After saying that, he quickly cleaned up the items left by the other party, after all, these items are likely to hide important clues.

It would be nice if Qin Rang was also there, this European Emperor's luck in finding clues was a hundred times better than that of ordinary people.

While thinking about it, Qi Jiu, who had collected the belongings of his predecessors, frowned.

Because he pulled out 200 coins from the locker, it was impossible for the handyman named Uesugi to leave the huge amount of money in the staff dormitory if he tried to escape with the money.

And there are almost no traces of the other party's daily necessities being cleaned up, everything remains the same as daily use, this Uesugi seems to have disappeared in a hurry, and it doesn't look like he had the opportunity to escape with the money at all.

It's as if the person suddenly disappeared unexpectedly, and nothing was prepared.

Qi Yan became more and more inclined to the rumors he heard on the streets: the missing handymen did not run away with money, but died suddenly.

But for some reason, Yu Zhiyu didn't want the outside world to know about it, so he used the employee's escape with the money as an excuse to cover up the facts.

What surprised Qi Ji even more was that he found out that the former resident was still an extremely fanatical Miss Yuzi fan.

Qi Zheng found countless portraits of Miss Yuzi in the storage cabinet under the wooden board, as well as a thick stack of folk books about Miss Yuzi.

He even flipped under his pillow to find something like an account book.

The ledger is densely packed with the date of Miss Ikuko's visit to "Yu-no-Yu", and even records in detail Miss Ikuko's clothes and hair accessories on that day, as well as the surnames and identities of the guests she serves.

This handyman named Uesugi Yue is really fanatical and sick, Qi Yan concluded.

He quickly browsed through the dates of Miss Ikuko's visit to Yuchi, and soon, his eyes were fixed on the last date.