"Huh? Who is this costume that resembles the Night Spirit's butler suit? Are there any new guests in the Western-style restaurant? ”

As soon as she went upstairs, Junsha noticed a middle-aged man who was staying alone in the living room on the first floor.

"Miss maid and the others are not there, are they preparing dinner? Having said that, the guest that the owner of the Meidan Pavilion is going to entertain today seems to be a big entrepreneur, is it possible that he has already arrived? And this gloomy uncle looks like he is waiting for something, could he be that Hayden's follower? In that case, where is the entrepreneur who is the main owner......

While Junsha was thinking about it, the Sinnoh champion who went upstairs side by side with her had unknowingly left her side.

"Don't think about it, just ask him this kind of question."

After leaving this sentence, Zhulan found herself a visitor in the living room.

"Hello, are you also a guest visiting this Mori no Yokan?"

Zhulan, who is in her daily state, has no champion at all, and greets each other in a calm tone.

However, seeing the person in front of him, the black-clothed steward became alert in an instant, and involuntarily narrowed his eyes. However, he was still polite, and although his palm subconsciously hung to his side, he did not touch the Poké Ball hidden under the black butler's suit.

"Are you, the Bamboo Orchid Champion of the Sinnoh Alliance?"

"Yes, commissioned by the Alliance, Miss Junsha and I plan to investigate the situation of this mansion on the spot. What is your identity? ”

The man in the butler's suit replied with a flattered face: "I really can't be called Your Excellency, I am just Mr. Hayden's bodyguard and driver." Oh, Mr. Hayden is the ...... from Zhuqing City."

"The founder of Hayden Pharmaceutical, we've heard the name from Mr. Medan. What about your own name compared to those? ”

"The company has rules for security personnel like us." The man hurriedly said, "We can't reveal our real names during the execution of our work, in case we are caught by someone with ulterior motives." You can just call me Ah Ying. ”

"Wow, is that professional?" Junsha secretly complained.

Zhulan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, then Mr. Ah Ying, it's nice to meet you, where is your employer now?" ”

"The lord is discussing things with Mr. Medan."

Steward Ah Ying glanced at the second floor, and then as if he had noticed that he had committed some taboo, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze and added-

"My employer doesn't want anyone to interrupt their conversation, though."

"Is it a secret conversation, yes, the owner of the Meidan Pavilion instructed the maid to entertain the guests before noon, so there should be something very important to discuss."

Zhulan glanced at the closed door in the middle of the second floor, and her gaze fell back on the Ah Ying steward in front of her.

"Mr. Hayden and the owner of the Maidan Pavilion may be doing some important research in the Western-style Pavilion, but we are not interested in that. What we care about is the Mori no Yokan itself. Mr. Shadow, do you know anything about the ins and outs of this building? ”

"I don't know ...... if I want to say it"

The uncle, who didn't know whether it was a housekeeper or a bodyguard or a driver, touched his head.

"Well, I basically built this building."

"Huh? Isn't that right? Junsha almost jumped.

"Didn't this Western-style mansion appear in the Momoyo Forest more than a hundred years ago? We asked Miss Nanagan of the Momoyo Gym about the legend of the Haunted Western-style House in the forest, but it had been spread since the beginning of the establishment of Momoyo City. Are we looking for the wrong Western-style restaurant? Or are you actually an old youkai who lived from a hundred years ago to the present? ”

"How is that possible?" Ah Ying smiled wryly.

"This Mori no Yokan is indeed the haunted mansion that has been rumored for a long time. However, almost all of the stairs, floors, and interior decorations you see today were built by the master two years ago. ”

"Do you mean that this forest building was remodeled two years ago?"

The Zhulan Champion frowned a little worriedly.

The house has been remodeled, which means that the original details of the building are likely to have been demolished or tampered with, and it is not known how many of the mythological remains remain. And after this large-scale construction of the foreign pavilion, Officer Junsha's plan to investigate the traces of Chiri's past life is also likely to be directly ruined.

"Well, Mr. Hayden ordered us to renovate the Mansion in a cover-up manner, but it took a lot of effort."

As if not noticing the troubles of the Sinnoh champion, the black-clothed steward continued to say to himself—

"The lord's requirements are very demanding, in addition to the overall renovation, not only can we not destroy the surrounding forest that can hide the Western-style pavilion, but even the general furnishings of the interior cannot be changed, but we have to add another basement to the Western-style pavilion on this basis. At that time, if the company hadn't sent a sufficient number of Pokémon to help us airlift materials and stabilize the foundation, it would have been almost impossible. ”

"But it was done in the end, right?"

Jun Sha looked around at the neatly decorated interior structure of the Mori no Yo Pavilion, and sighed, "I also moved a large number of computer equipment to the basement. ”

"Yes, it was also purchased to assist Professor Maidan in continuing his research."

The steward puffed out his chest proudly—

"In the end, we were able to achieve Mr. Hayden's intent to renovate the interior of the building to a clean and habitable state while preserving the exterior appearance. According to the master, the Mori no Yokan we built is the ultimate form of the forest hut, which is enough to be called a great landscape art. Alas, it's a pity that the current façade has been demolished by someone, otherwise you can see the perfect hidden state of this mansion. ”

"No, no, don't bother." Junsha is embarrassed.

It doesn't seem to be the job of the security personnel to oversee the renovation of the mansion, and when Ying was sent to work here, he was not required to sign a non-disclosure contract. Therefore, seeing that the champion of Zhulan in the Sinnoh region and Junsha in a police uniform were so interested in this matter, Mr. Ah Ying naturally knew everything and showed off his great achievements.

"So, the real owner of this building is actually your employer?"

Listening to the introduction of the steward, the police officer became more and more concerned about the inheritance of the ownership of the Western-style house.

"No, the mansion will be given to Professor Meidan after it is built. There is not much room for appreciation in the real estate of such a remote forest, and it is only casual for a wealthy man of Mr. Hayden's level to give it to his collaborators. ”

"The founder of Hayden Pharma does have such capricious capital." Junsha nodded, "But the crux of the matter is, why did that big entrepreneur come to such a remote deep forest to rebuild such a dilapidated mansion and give it to his friends?" ”

"That's not something I'm a steward can do." Ah Ying shrugged his shoulders and said noncommittally.

"I have a question, Mr. Shadow." Zhulan, who had been silent, suddenly asked, her gray eyes turning to the wooden staircase leading to the second floor.

"Did you buy the painting that hung on the handrail of the staircase after the renovation?"

"Oh, of course not." The butler replied as if he should have done so.

"My employer was a very strict perfectionist, and since he demanded that we keep the interior of the building completely intact, how could we add any new decorations to it. All the furnishings in the Western-style building have been inherited from the Mori-no-Yokan 100 years ago. ”

At this time, everyone's eyes focused on the hanging painting next to the staircase.

It is an unidentified male bust that the artist has chosen to depict the eyes in reddish tones for some reason.

An ominous premonition arose in Junsha's heart - when she passed by before, she didn't think there was anything unusual about this painting at all, but now when she looks closely, the more she looks at it, the more strange it becomes.

I only felt that there seemed to be some scarlet and crazy world hidden in those eyes......

Click, click.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall became a little weird, a door on the second floor suddenly opened.

The door was not opened in the middle of the room, but the door on the right, which was the room where Miss Venexia was.

"It's not good, it's a big deal!"

For some reason, it turned out to be the maid Miss Zina, and the short-haired innkeeper's daughter followed her at a loss.

The faces of the two girls were equally pale.

"We were in the room and heard a heavy sound of hammering against the walls! It's as if someone is calling for help! ”

Xena shouted at Zhulan in horror, crying in her voice.