After running for a day, Kameki drew a map of the appearance of the rats and the area where the inhabitants of the town were fighting.

Centered on the small courtyard where the rats first appeared, they kept exploring the northeast corner.

By looking at the entire topography of the town, the northeast direction of the small courtyard is where the population is most densely populated.

Not only that, but the number of rats that appear is increasing every time.

Judging by the activity patterns of these rats, it seems that they are exploring something.

"Could it be that there's something northeast of the town that attracts them?"

Kameki had some doubts in his heart.

If there was something that attracted them, it was impossible for the townspeople not to notice it.

And these rats are only available during this time, so they can't be explained at all.

"What the hell are the rats?"

Kameki racked his brains and thought wildly.

After shaking his head vigorously, he gave up.

I can't think of it at all!

Kameki felt a little stunned.

I'm not a mouse, how can I know what they're thinking?

Looking at the distribution map of the mouse's activity characteristics, he slowly walked out of the room.

There are still too few clues to know why.

If you want to solve the puzzle, you have to keep watching.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Kameki went out with Utsu.

The place they are going to today is the place where the rat carcasses are buried.

After they killed the rats, they didn't dare to eat the meat of the rats for unknown reasons.

After all this consideration, under the guidance of Mayor Old Turtle, the residents buried the rats at the foot of a small mountain range.

This is what Wu Enough told himself yesterday.

After getting the news, Kameki was a little happy in his heart, and he couldn't wait to find these corpses immediately.

But it was late yesterday, and he deeply stopped this impulse.

No, early this morning, he and Wu set off early.

In a few moments, they reached their destination.

This small mountain range does not look very tall, and the trees on the mountain are bustling.

"Brother Kameki, those corpses are over there. ”

Wu Enough took the lead and came to a bamboo forest.

"Right here. ”

He gestured to the location on the ground.

Kameki looked at it, and sure enough, there were traces of renovation in the soil.

Bang!

An attack, and the place where the body was buried flew dirt.

In three or two strokes, the corpses of the rats were all visible in front of them.

Holding back the stench, Kameki stepped forward to take a closer look.

Judging from the appearance, as Wu Enough said, he has big front teeth and black hair.

Taking out the spirit sword, Kameki slashed open the stomach of a mouse.

In the stomach, the scene was a little bloody.

One by one, Kameki examined each organ.

The color of the liver is the same, and there is no abnormality.

The heart is broken, and it looks like he must have been shot in the heart and died.

The small intestine and large intestine all have signs of rupture, and the stomach should have been fatally hit.

On the surface of the stomach, there is no condition.

All the organs were examined, and there were no abnormalities.

"That's weird. ”

Kameki had speculated that something was wrong with the inside of the rats, causing them to mutate.

Now, it seems, that's not the problem.

"Hey, what's that?"

Just as Kameki was about to give up, another rat corpse caught his attention.

In the mouth of this rat carcass, there is clearly something left.

Kameki hurriedly stepped forward and carefully removed the remaining things

Collect it.

When the collection was complete, he began to study it in earnest.

"These remnants seem to be some medicine residue. ”

Kameki made some rough judgments.

These things seem to have been extracted from some kind of plant.

"Could it be that these rats were injected with these things and then mutated?"

The more Kameki thought about it, the more he thought it was very likely.

"It's getting interesting. ”

I thought it was an incident caused by the mutation of a demon beast.

Now it seems that there is a mastermind behind all this.

As for what was the reason behind it, and why did he do it?

Kameki suddenly wanted to solve these mysteries.

To test his guess, he sliced open the corpse's stomach.

Sure enough, these rats all have the same residue in their stomachs.

Next to him, Wu was stunned.

Kameki glanced at him and said, "Brother Wu enough, I think there is something behind these rats manipulating them, feeding them some kind of medicine to make them mutate. ”

"Oh, yes, yes?"

Wu was obviously a little unconvinced.

Kameki explained, "Of course, as far as the current situation stands, this is only possible. With this kind of drug, it is impossible for these rats to take the initiative to eat, and there must be a mastermind behind the scenes to lure them. ”

Thinking about it this way, there is really such a possibility.

Wu Enough asked with a calm face, "What should I do then?" Brother Kameki, what are you going to do next?"

Kameki replied with one word: "Wait!"

"Wait?"

Wu Enough glanced at him, a little incomprehensible.

Kameki's face was calm, and he looked like he was winning.

"That's right, just wait. I'm going to wait for the next time these rats show up. ”

"Wait for the next time the rat appears?"

Wu Enough looked at him, his face a little serious.

"Although this month, these rats will appear twice in three days. However, they have been strangled so much by us, and there is no guarantee that they will appear in the future. ”

"These rats are bound to show up. ”

Kameki looked confident.

After two days of observation and a detailed study of the activity patterns of rats for a month.

He believed that the rats would definitely appear.

And, in the space of two days.

"Big brother Wu, just watch. Within two days' time, these rats are bound to appear. ”

Wu was obviously not convinced.

"Two days, are you sure?"

"Sure, you'll just listen to me. Now let's go back and keep an eye on what's going on in the town. ”

Kameki took the lead and headed back to the town.

Behind him, Wu was enough to say nothing, without the enthusiasm of the past.

That night, Kameki determined the possible next attack direction of the rats according to his own analysis.

There was a street not far from the town square, and he was crouching there.

On the first night, the clouds were thick and the air was a little cold.

Kameki stayed up all night, but nothing happened.

He wasn't disappointed either, because it was to be expected.

The next night.

Enough offered to help, but he refused.

According to Kameki, these little mice can't help themselves.

Besides, it's easier to hide by yourself.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Kameki squatted as usual.

Chirping!

Just then, a voice came from the back of the street.

"Could it be a rat?"

Kameki stayed motionless, holding his breath.

The voice was getting closer, and his mood was getting more and more nervous.

hide

Behind the fence, it feels like the time is almost up.

"You damned rats, take your life. ”

Kameki jumped from behind the fence and deliberately made a loud noise.

However......

In front of his eyes, it was not a single mouse.

At this moment, an old crab looked at him with some horror.

"Who are you? I don't have anything to rob my old crab, don't beat my mind. ”

Faced with the sudden appearance of the turtle wood, the old crab waved his pincers in fear.

As soon as he swung it, there was a sound at the joints.

Squeak, squeak, squeak......

"Oops, my old bones. ”

Maybe it's too big a sudden movement, and the old crab can't bear it directly.

Kameki: "......"

It turned out that this sound was the sound made by the joints of the old crab.

He thought it was the sound of a mouse.

White was happy.

Looking at the old crab, Kameki hurriedly helped him aside.

If you let the bones of the old crab fall apart, your conscience will not be happy.

At such an old age, it is really not easy for this old crab to be frightened by himself.

Helping the old crab aside, Guimu asked softly, "Old crab grandpa, what are you doing at night? Recently, rats have been raging wildly, and your behavior is a bit dangerous." ”

The old crab leaned his back against the wall and gently moved his joints.

"You little turtle, do you think I'm still trying to come out at such an age? Isn't it for you?"

Kameki stagnated for the old crab's massage, and his tone was a little surprised.

"Old Grandpa Crab, are you saying you came out so late for me?"

"Isn't that it? ”

The old crab looked at him helplessly.

"Get out of here, you little turtle! ”

Tell yourself to get out of here?

Why did this old crab do this?

Turtle Mu asked urgently, "Old Grandpa Crab, I came with a mission from the academy to find out the truth about the rampant use of rats. ”

"It's impossible for me to leave now, and once I leave, there is no hope for me to be promoted to an inner sect student. ”

The old crab looked at him with some discouragement: "I said that you, the little turtle, are your lives important, or the inner disciples of Jinsheng are important." ”

"If you are told to go, you will leave quickly, and stop grinding. ”

Kameki is now full of question marks.

In the middle of the night, an old crab came out for himself, just to get himself out of this place.

Among them, there seem to be layers of fog.

"Old Grandpa Crab, let me tell you so. There's no way I'm going to leave until the mission is done. ”

When the old crab heard this, he immediately became a little unhappy.

"Hey, you little turtle. Why are you so stubborn? I told you to leave for your own good, and you're not happy?"

Kameki Yoshimasa refused verbally: "Old Grandpa Crab, I just arrived at this place, it is absolutely impossible, because of your words to leave like this." ”

"Besides, when we met for the first time, you didn't tell me for any reason, so you asked me to leave, do you think it's possible?"

“......”

The old crab was silent for a while, and realized that his behavior was indeed inappropriate.

Then, he looked up and explained, "You little turtle, since you want to hear the reason, then my old crab will tell you." ”

"I'll tell you, it's a big secret. Half a month ago, I found out that ......"

Just as the old crab was about to say why, a voice came from behind them.

"Brother Kameki, what are you doing?"

In the darkness, Ugal slowly approached them.

......