eurekapd Chapter 266: Weird Village
Chapter 266: Weird Village
"The level of this mission is unknown. According to the requirements above, your first mission objective is to find out the situation in the village.
If the situation is critical, you can abandon the mission, please be careful."
Arata Akira reminded solemnly.
The next day had come, but they still hadn't received any contact from Window.
They couldn't even contact the windows in the village.
Therefore, they were worried that the complicated situation in the village would cause casualties among these young and inexperienced students.
Akira Nitta submitted a request to the General Administration of Spells to dispatch more experienced sorcerers to carry out the mission.
However, it was rejected by the Incantation Department due to lack of manpower and unclear situation.
In desperation, Akira Nitta had to repeatedly remind these three sorcerers, who were still children in her eyes, to retreat in time if things got out of hand.
"I see. So what's going on with that window? Is he still alive?"
Maki asked as she sat in the front seat of the car with Akira Nitta.
"There is no news of the death of that window yet, so there is a possibility that he is alive."
Nitta, who was driving, checked the road conditions, then reached out and took out a piece of paper from the document clipped in the sun visor.
There are neat lines of handwriting on the paper.
"This is the information I got from the Spell Inspectorate after I couldn't contact him this morning."
Hearing this, Goujuanji and Panda, who were sitting in the back seat, also leaned forward.
"You two, this is very dangerous. Sit still."
After hearing what Akira Nitta said, Panda and Inumaki Stake embarrassedly sat back in the back seat and waited for Maki to finish watching before they watched.
Inoue Hao, a college student.
Because I love adventure, I often travel around the island.
During an expedition to a popular haunted place, he encountered a newly born cursed spirit.
By chance, he was rescued by a sorcerer who came to exorcise the cursed spirit.
Since then, he has become a member of the visible group and joined the window.
If Inoue Hao discovers any cursed spirits during his expedition, he will report it to the operator of the local curse department, and if the information is confirmed to be true.
The local sorcery department will also give Inoue Hao a reward.
This time, Inoue Hao went to explore the mountains and passed by a closed and backward village on the way.
In the village, Inoue Hao discovered a figure that looked like a cursed spirit.
Because the information reported was too vague, information such as the level of the cursed spirit could not be confirmed at all.
Therefore, the local sorcery department stated that Inoue Hao must provide definite and detailed information before they can pay the reward.
The result was that Inoue Hao lost contact.
Maki frowned as she looked at the contents on the A4 paper.
Tentacles, octopus, eyes...
Why is it so similar to the thing they encountered yesterday?
"Did you get any results from yesterday's thing?"
Maki handed the paper to Panda and Inumaki who were waiting in the back.
"not yet."
Arata Akira shook his head.
As the number of cursed spirits increases, it is not only the sorcerers who are busy.
And there is a doctor.
Naoko Ieiri's workload has also skyrocketed recently.
"Yeah."
Maki didn't say anything more after hearing that.
"So our first priority this time is to investigate the situation in the village and find this member of the window."
Panda concluded.
"Yes, according to police records, this village has also seen a number of cases of missing persons under unknown circumstances recently, so the probability of a cursed spirit existing in the village is very high."
"Don't worry, we are very strong."
Maki smiled confidently.
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In a backward village, Maki was walking on a country road carrying the Thousand Chance Umbrella on her back.
What came into view were abandoned houses, weed-covered courtyards, and old people with numb expressions.
After walking around the village for half an hour, Maki didn't see a single young person.
Not to mention Inoue Hao, one of the mission targets.
The village was not big, and the few people who searched separately quickly checked the village and then gathered at the entrance of the village.
"Did you find anything over there?"
Maki was the first to speak.
"Katsuobushi."
Goujuanji shook his head, indicating that he had found nothing here.
"Really? What about you?"
Maki turned her gaze towards Panda.
"I didn't see any curse words, but there were quite a few remnants."
"It's filthy, which means there is indeed a cursed spirit here."
"Yeah, but those filth make me feel uncomfortable."
Panda nodded, confirming what Maki said.
"Like the one in the sewer yesterday?"
Maki suddenly spoke up.
“Yeah, something like that.
The filth here gives me a feeling that it is more twisted than ordinary filth, and the people in this village also give me a feeling that something is wrong."
After saying that, the three of them turned their gaze towards the village.
The village under the sun did not give people a sense of warmth, and there was no trace of that desirable pastoral scenery.
Trees that bend in strange directions.
The branches are twisted like deformed human hands reaching towards the sky.
There were people walking on the road, but it was filled with a dead silence.
It felt like just by entering the village, the world became a little darker.
"I always feel that the people in this village want to be cursed more than I do."
After hearing what Panda said, Maki also remembered the old man she had seen before.
A face full of wrinkles.
Dry body.
Empty eyes.
And there was no trace of anger on his face.
"Really? What the hell is going on in this village?"
Maki held her forehead helplessly.
For some reason, even the bold and careful Maki felt a chill in her heart when she looked closely at the village.
"What should we do? Should we leave the village first?"
Panda seemed to notice Maki's irritability.
"No, we haven't completed any of the mission objectives yet. Let's go in and check again before it gets dark."
After saying that, Maki was the first to walk into the village.
Panda and Goujuanji looked at each other and then immediately followed.
A few people first carefully studied the area where the debris was concentrated.
It turned out that these debris not only covered a large area, but also had no specific direction.
It's like a puddle left behind when the tide recedes.
Several people were unable to use these residues to accurately locate the location of the cursed spirit that left the residue.
Just like that, the sun gradually set.
Maki and the other two found a relatively intact house and stayed there temporarily.
Among the many abandoned houses, this one is one of the most intact ones.
Even the water and electricity were not cut off.
Judging from the thin layer of dust on the tables, chairs and cabinets, this room has been abandoned for less than a month.
After confirming that the house was indeed abandoned, several people decided to stay there for one night.
Inumaki Saki and Maki began to rest after simply eating some high-energy food they brought with them and wild fruits picked on the roadside.
The Cursed Corpse Panda, who did not need sleep, took the initiative to take on the job of keeping watch.
Panda also has the purpose of observing whether the cursed spirits will appear at night.
The starless night arrives.
The whole village was soon shrouded in pitch-black darkness.
In the unknown darkness, twisted figures silently crawled out from unseen corners.