With the return of the sisters Yae and Sae to the underworld, everything that happened in Minokami Village came to an end. After that, Shizuku completely destroyed the underworld gate in Minokami Village just like he did with Himuro Residence, and then took it with him.

Others left the village, which had become ruins.

At this time, four days had passed since the Amakura sisters disappeared. Their mother was worried and the police also launched a search. Fortunately, the two finally returned safely.

Of course, for the sake of convenience, the final explanation of the two sisters was that they accidentally lost their way in the mountains, and then met Hinasaki Crimson and Shizuku, two hikers, and rescued them... Okay,

It's not wrong in a strict sense.

Seeing the two sisters leaving with their mother, Hinasaki Crimson seemed a little uneasy.

"Sister Shizuku...is this really okay?"

"What did you say?"

Shizuku seemed very calm and didn't change at all.

"It's just... Tiancang Yu jumped off the cliff on purpose to make his sister feel guilty so that she would always be by his side... It's wrong to do this."

"Then what are you going to do? Tell Mio the truth? Do you think she will believe it?"

"this……………"

Faced with Shizuku's rhetorical question, Hinasaki Crimson was speechless for a moment, while Shizuku shrugged her shoulders.

"It is difficult for upright officials to deal with household affairs. This is their own family's business. We outsiders should not interfere blindly."

While saying this, Shizuku patted Hinasaki's crimson shoulder.

"Okay, let's go home. I'll tell you what I encountered in Yamiyama. It was much more troublesome than Jigami Village."

When the two returned to the office, it was already two hours later, and Hinasaki Crimson also learned from Shizuku what happened at Yamiyama, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Can the world... also kill people?"

"Strictly speaking, this is not killing."

Shizuku sat back on the chair and shook her head.

"There is an old saying in China that the heaven and the earth are unkind and treat all things as rotten dogs. Of course, this sentence has different interpretations. One explanation is that this sentence means that God is not kind and only treats everything that exists in the world as its own.

A sacrifice. Another way to say it is that heaven and earth are fair, and everyone is treated equally regardless of whether they are humans, dogs, pigs or dogs. But no matter which one, the basic point remains the same. You should not think of the world order as an existence with self-will and emotions, but

Just think of it as a machine."

"Machine...?"

Hinasaki poured a cup of tea crimson and looked at Shizuku curiously, who nodded.

"That's right, the whole world is a big machine that runs automatically. It doesn't care about your reasons or difficulties. It just runs in the way it has been set. No one can stand in front of it without overestimating their capabilities.

, will all be crushed...it's actually that simple."

"I have never thought of such a thing..."

Hinazaki Crimson was confused when she heard Shizuku's explanation, but she quickly changed the topic.

"By the way, Sister Shizuku, I want to ask you a question."

"Huh? What's the problem?"

“If there are ghosts and ghosts in this world, are there monsters?”

It has to be said that Hinasaki Crimson has had this question for a long time, but before that, she had been troubled by her family's history and was not in the mood to think about it. Now her great-grandmother has fulfilled her wish

, and her twin sister both turned into butterflies and flew into the underworld, and another door to the underworld was destroyed. Hinasaki Crimson felt that the family burden she carried on her body had also disappeared, so she now looks like an ordinary girl.

Same, I started to get curious.

"Monsters... they should exist, but I've never seen them."

"Hey? Haven't you seen Sister Shizuku?"

Hearing Shizuku's answer, Hinasaki Crimson was shocked. In her opinion, with Shizuku's ability, it should be easy to deal with monsters, but she didn't expect that Shizuku had never seen monsters before?

"I have felt monsters before, but no monster dared to appear in front of me."

Faced with Hinasaki's crimson inquiry, Shizuku shook her head. She exuded the necromantic aura of Frostmourne and the power of the Time Dragon at the same time. No matter what kind of demons, monsters, evil spirits or evil spirits, as long as she noticed this aura, she would instantly

I was so frightened that I ran away.

It can be said that within a radius of several kilometers with Shizuku as the center, it is a restricted area for all monsters and ghosts. Just like there will never be any monsters that dare to challenge the authority of the dragon on the mountain occupied by the dragon, even if there are some monsters and monsters originally here.

, when Shizuku came here, she was scared to death and ran as far as she could.

Of course, there are exceptions - that is, when Shizuku reaches their lair, those evil spirit ghosts have no way to retreat, and they can only fight to the death.

This is the case with Himuro Mansion, the Haunted Doll Mansion, and Minakami Village. It's not that the evil spirits don't want to run away, but that as earth-bound spirits, they can't run away even if they want to. But the monsters are different, although

It is said that monsters and monsters also have territories, but their degree of freedom is much higher than that of the resentful spirits who are bound to their original land. It is not a shame for monsters to run away when an opportunity arises.

If it were in another world, maybe Fangzheng would be more restrained. But this world is different. There are countless monsters and monsters. Their number is as annoying as the number of mosquitoes in a house without screen windows and mosquito nets in summer.

It's a fight. If he didn't use Longwei and Necromantic Halo, the mosquitoes alone would be enough to annoy him to death.

"Crack."

Sitting back behind the desk, Shizuku turned on the TV. Soon, the sound of a variety show appeared on the TV.

"...Welcome to the Psychic Dojo...!!"

"Haah...it's these boring programs again."

Seeing this scene, Shizuku rolled her eyes helplessly. Just as the media in the world of Cthulhu are keen on reporting all kinds of strange events, the media in this world are also very keen on psychic evil spirits. For example, what kind of psychic ghosts are there?

Programs such as contests of abilities and identification of psychic abilities are everywhere, and their popularity is comparable to the various reality talent shows that were released on various TV stations after Super Girl became popular...

But it seems boring to Shizuku.

At the moment, what is being played on the program is still a debate on the old topic of "whether psychic abilities exist."

"Oh, psychic powers and all that are just lies."

A middle-aged man wearing a suit and leather shoes sat at the guest table and expressed his opinions loudly.

"Those people are just a group of liars. They say they can see the past and future, see guardian spirits, and talk to the dead. They are all lies! They are all just illusions!"

"What a liar, what you said is so ugly!"

Hearing this, Hinasaki Crimson frowned.

"There are obviously evil spirits and psychics. Sister Shizuku, do you think these people are talking nonsense?"

As she spoke, Hinasaki looked at Shizuku with a deep red face. In her opinion, Shizuku would definitely agree with her opinion, but...

"No, I think they are right."

"Hey? Sister Shizuku?!"

Hearing Shizuku's calm answer, Hinasaki Crimson was shocked.

"Is this okay? You are being called liars!"

"There's nothing wrong with being a liar."

Shizuku shrugged his shoulders and opened the newspaper at hand.

"In my opinion, it is very unwise for those with psychic abilities to perform in the media, so even if they are laughed at and reviled by others, they deserve it."

"Yes, but many of them are trying to prove the real existence of psychic abilities?"

Hearing this, Hinasaki Crimson was a little confused. She often watched these programs. She was very dissatisfied with the behavior of those on the program who criticized psychics under the guise of "science" and scolded them as liars and charlatans. Moreover, she also

It is true that many psychics were scolded by them or left in anger. Hinasaki Crimson felt the same way. She felt that if she went to the scene, it would mean that she could see the past, or use a camera to capture the evil spirit.

, it will definitely be considered as some kind of deception by others...

But compared to Hinasaki's crimson dissatisfaction, Shizuku seemed very calm.

"What good will it do to those with psychic abilities if it proves that psychic abilities are real?"

She silently turned over the newspaper and asked casually.

"……………Why?"

Upon hearing her question, Hinasaki Crimson couldn't help but be stunned.

"Is this a good thing for the public? Think about it, if it is really proved that someone can use unknown methods to curse you and hunt you at will, and people with this mysterious power are among the crowd,

What are the consequences?”

Speaking of this, Shizuku couldn't help but think of the world of magic high school she went to before. Magicians in that world were discriminated against and feared by the public. Many people even believed that magicians were not human beings at all, and they ran high with the banner of human supremacy.

Shouted and demanded the complete elimination of the magician.

"So, it's better to be regarded as a liar than to be regarded as the real thing."

Shizuku turned over the newspaper again and yawned.

"If it's just a liar, that's fine. But if the public really believes in the existence of psychics, how do you think they will treat psychics? Do they still have to worship us? Lift us up with eight-carrying sedans and kneel on our knees.

Can’t we shout three long lives in front of us?”

"this……………"
To be continued...