Chapter 15: Hair

While Dong Qi walked out of the restaurant, his brain was running wild. Obviously, trying to escape before the Bloodletter began was an unrealistic thing now. If they did escape, the mortality rate of themselves and Ning would only be far higher than executing the Bloodletter. Although extremely depressed, the siblings had to intervene in this Blood Word mission. In the place of an ordinary person, even if his mental quality was no longer good, he would feel intense remorse, but Dong Xie was different, he never bothered to do this kind of superfluous thinking, unhelpful to change the status quo of grief and pain, and even even at his parents' memorial service in the first place, he couldn't shed a single tear. Pain is the yielding to reality, and tears can't change the cruel nature of this world. In the face of even the greatest crisis, Dong Xie can quickly become highly calm, and because of this reason, the people around him in the past thought that he was heartless and did not care about others. And since entering the apartment, Dong Xie had never shed a single tear. Only if he had not yet shed a tear, it meant that he had not yet bowed down to this cruel real world. And as long as he hadn't given in yet, he hadn't lost. The maid directed him to the location of the restroom, while Dong Xie said in English, "Well, it might take a bit of time, so you should go back first." "Okay, sir." Probably because this place often received foreign guests, the maids all spoke good English. Dong Xie then immediately walked along another corridor. Just after taking a few steps, he heard a sound coming from the front. He opened the translation software on his cell phone and then began recording. This software would automatically translate based on the sound. "Order the people found in the Sea of Lost Trees to be placed first." "A lot of people died this time." "Calm down! A similar situation like this happened once in the past didn't it? Lord Family Master is here, and Lady Caro is also here, nothing can go wrong!" "Got it, let's go ahead and make arrangements." These statements were all very simple, and Dong Xie stopped and could roughly understand them. The Japanese were also really calm …… most of them knew there was a death threat, but they were terrifyingly calm. Dong Xie recalled that he had read in magazines in the past that when the great earthquake hit Japan in 2011, the foreign media were amazed at the horrifyingly organized manner in which the Japanese people were retreating. At the time, the foreign media had said that this seemed to stem from the fact that this nation lived in a land of many disasters at all times, and was always ready to unite together to welcome the arrival of calamities. "However, those two people are Chinese, could they be friends of Young Master Jing Long?" Chinese? Dong Qi looked at the translated text on his cell phone and immediately clustered his eyebrows, what was going on? "Could it be the residents of the apartment? No, it didn't come that fast, Mo Yuan and the others were only able to instantly move back when the blood words ended, they couldn't instantly move over before!" When Dong Xie heard that two people had been found in the Sea of Lost Trees before, his first reaction was that it was likely to be closely related to this Bloodletter mission. And now once he heard that they were Chinese, he felt even more so. "But I'm a bit surprised, those two people, they seem to be here for the one who came here before." The voice then faded away. Dong Xie walked back to the restroom, closed the door, and then began to think about what to do next. In any case, it was important to meet with the two Chinese who had broken in first. They were most likely the key clue characters for this Bloodletter mission, and to put it in an extreme way, it was even likely that they weren't alive. Moreover, there was still the question, would the danger in the sea of trees outside affect the inside of the shrine? Or would that safety only last until tomorrow afternoon? At that time, the Bloodletter mission would be considered to have officially begun. But no matter what, it wasn't wise to act rashly now. Kitayama Makinsin didn't mind them at all, or even the presence of his new grandson's daughter-in-law, and went straight to words like execution and harakiri. If he angered them by wandering around here looking for clues to his survival path, there was no doubt that they wouldn't mind sending him to meet Amaterasu Omikami. From that perspective, the frightfulness of these people was no less than those evil spirits. Even now, when he remembered the look in Kitayama Makinsin's eyes, he felt shivering. There was no doubt that everything he had said was absolutely not the slightest bit meant to scare people, and he truly did not care about killing people! Dong Xie took out his cell phone, and at this time, Ah Ning sent a message inquiring. "Brother, are you alright? How are you now?" "Ah Ning, don't eat any meat dishes, preferably not even sashimi." Dong Xie began to send a message to Dong Ning, "I'll be back in a little while." It had to be said that the soundproofing in this room was really well done, staying here, one could not hear the sound of the rainstorm outside at all. Dong Xie, on the other hand, was anxious. No matter what, before tomorrow afternoon and the arrival of the blood word mission, he must gather some clues to help Mo Yuan and the others. To be honest, in this current situation, after they arrived, it was very questionable whether they could cross that sea of trees outside alive. At this moment, Dong Xie slowly walked over to the sink, put out some water, and began to wash his face. He wanted to keep his brain in as clear a state as possible, and there was no doubt that tonight, it was definitely going to be difficult for him to sleep peacefully. Tonight, it was also certain that he would have to sleep here. Carefully analyze the clues that he has so far …… The Kitayama family was able to rise to prominence in the last century by investing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Although I'm not sure of the exact time, it was around this time that they had the so-called "de-spiritual" ability. It is certain that the …… family did not have any so-called yin and yang masters, and in the Taisho period, although they also operated shrines, there was no such thing as psychic powers at that time. What this family had experienced after entering the Showa period was a complete blank. This was something that seemed to be extremely taboo within this family. He had talked to Kitayama Kyoru about this, and the latter's answer was that he knew very little as well, and that he had grown up in China since he was a child, and his knowledge of the Kitayama family was extremely limited. "They're not some kind of yin and yang masters with divine powers, psychic mediums." Dong Xie raised his head, looked at the mirror in front of him, and slowly muttered to himself, "The Kitayama family of the Showa period experienced something and gained the ability to 'remove spirits'." Dean Xie Tianzhi summoned the power of an ancient demon, turning Blackwater Island into a plague-ridden hell. So, what kind of "power" did the Kitayama family acquire? Obviously, it must have something to do with the Gushu Bird Hall, a mysterious hall that is completely sealed off and no one is allowed to get close to it, and only a very few people within the family know what is in it. At least Kitayama Jinglong did not know at all, he was once curious about this as a child, and even a little afraid. There is also …… something like today, seems to have happened in the past as well. Kitayama Jinglong had once mentioned something to Dong Qi, he had some bad experiences and memories in this shrine, and that also seemed to have become an important material for him to write horror novels later on. However, he had kept his mouth shut about what exactly had happened. He only mentioned one thing, and that was that at that time, his aunt Kitayama Yukie, who had succeeded his sister, died. The immediate result of that incident was that his sister moved right out of Kitayama Shrine and has since been living in Tokyo. Kitayama Kyoryu had a cheerful and talkative personality, but it was obviously not an ordinary trivial matter that could make him so secretive. The death of Kitayama Yukie, a former generation of witches, and the situation facing this shrine today must have a great connection. It might even be possible that the evil spirit that …… this Bloodletter mission was going to face might be Kitayama Yukie. "It's imperative to find out what happened back then, and for what reason everything we're facing now." As it stood now, the most suitable person to inquire about was Kitayama Kageyu. After thinking about it, he decided to go out first. "Hmm?" He looked at the washstand again, but froze. There were several strands of hair strewn about inside …… the washbasin. Dong Xie had indeed been losing his hair a lot lately because of stress, but the hair in here was very long, and how he looked at it wasn't his. And he had just washed his face, not his hair, ah? He stared wide-eyed at that single strand of hair, creating a strong uneasiness. And at this time, since the faucet was still on, that single strand of hair, following the flow of water, a little bit of it all rolled into the sink of the washbasin. Dong Xie quickly pounced towards the door of the restroom, then pulled it open and escaped! Inside the restroom, the faucet water, still slowly pouring ……