A brief silence spread among the burning.

"You, why...how is it possible..." The blazing firelight clearly illuminated the disbelief on Miss Ikuko's face. She hugged the shamisen with a scarlet face and stood frozen in place.

Qi Jiu, holding a long knife, stood under the cherry tree. The hot wind swept over him, and the burning and flying cherry petals did not cause any harm to him. Qi Jiu walked freely through the sparks and falling cherry blossoms.

"How is it possible...you have never drank blood brew...why wouldn't you be eaten by a cherry tree...this...this is impossible!" Miss Ikuko looked at Qi Gui, who was illuminated by the fire, with wide eyes. She was so shocked that she almost screamed, and the blood kept flowing.

It kept dripping from the crack on her face.

Countless crimson cherry petals were circling and flying around Qi Qiu, but these flesh-eating petals were not ferocious at this moment. They only caressed Qi Qiu's exposed skin docilely and softly, as gentle as the first snow.

Not even the yukata he was wearing was scratched.

Although the male oiran forbade everyone to drink his blood brew, he personally poured a cup of blood brew for Qi Zu when he invaded Qi Chu's dream.

"Miss Yuzi, maybe I have drunk blood wine?" Qi Qiu replied, his soft tone even meant to comfort him.

"Impossible! Xue Niang has disappeared from the world, just like the oiran..." Soon, Miss Yuzi quickly recognized the long knife in Qi Zu's hand, "This knife is..."

"Sorry, I went to your room and took this knife without permission." Qi Jiu answered honestly.

Article 1 of the "Yuzhiwu Employee Handbook" stipulates - "Male staff are not allowed to enter the room of a girl without permission."

Qi Jiu had already planned everything for the night. In the morning, he proposed that Miss Yu Zi personally announce his dismissal in order to break away from his status as an employee of Yu Zhiwu.

Then there are no rules to limit him.

With the sound of "锃", the long sword was unsheathed.

Using acceleration props and heat insulation props, Qi Jiu jumped up on his wooden clogs and swung his knife towards the spirit body hanging on the branch.

The slightly reddish blade exuded a cold light that was incompatible with the fire scene, and neatly cut off the demonic cherry energy roots wrapped around the spirit body.

The spirit body suspended by the air roots like a marionette did not fall immediately. The free spirit body dispersed instantly and turned into blue light spots floating in the night.

Qi Jiu, who was holding a long sword, breathed a sigh of relief. He was also betting, but fortunately he won the bet.

Miss Ikuko hid the guy's knife behind the screen in the boudoir. Based on what Miss Ikuko revealed before, Qi Gu speculated that every time she bit someone, she would use the knife to cut the victim's neck again, causing truly fatal injuries.

After all, Ms. Ikuko is only a human being, and most of the time she needs to use sharp weapons to kill people, unlike the guy in the dream who can reveal his fangs tempered with poison.

So this long knife became the "cause" of the entire incident, and the dead whose necks were cut open by the blade were the "effect".

Qi Zhu has tested before and found that ordinary weapons cannot cut off the roots of these entangled deep resentments. Only this knife with "karma" can cut off the connection between them.

At the same time, the system issued a reminder——

[Congratulations on successfully severing the causal connection of the blood cherry resentment. The resentment bound by the cherry tree will be free again]

[The freed resentful spirits will release huge energy for travelers who cut off their causal bonds]

The huge energy released by the resentful spirit——

With a flash of inspiration, Qi Chu instantly thought of the real solution to "help Miss Ikuko escape"!

[Warning! The normal prop "Cooling Umbrella" will completely expire after 30 seconds, please replace the prop in time]

[Warning! The normal prop "Stamina Accelerator" will completely expire after 20 seconds, please replace the prop in time]

The system's warning sounds continued, but Qi Ji was not in a hurry at this moment.

He checked the inventory in the toolbar and found that the remaining items were enough for him to cut off all the air roots with ease.

Before entering this hot spring, in order to prevent the hot spring from rapidly heating up, Qi Kui wholesaled a lot of cheap cooling and ice-making props. He had no chance to use them in the first-floor copy space of the "Hot Spring Hotel", but now he is using them just right.

.

He walked through the falling cherry blossoms and the rain of fire, wildly waving the long knife in his hand, and quickly cut off all the spirits tied to the branches.

The long knife trembled slightly in his hand, and one person and one knife worked together very well.

The long knife was held in Qi Jiu's hand, and the blade that originally glowed with evil blood gradually became clear and clear. Qi Jiu could feel that there was some indescribable connection between himself and the knife. He guessed that it was probably because this was

That guy's knife.

Changdao, like the little gray cat, regards Qi Kui as "one of his own".

In other words, he and that guy not only have the same appearance, but also the energy fields emitted by their bodies are the same, so that he can use the other's items without any obstacles, whether it is this knife or the canteen in the previous instance.

Meal card and fingerprint machine.

"I will share my resources and my ability to deliver with you"——

That's what the guy promised at that time, and indeed, that guy did it. He hired the NPC to work with that guy's money, and now he is holding the opponent's weapon.

In exchange for digging up abandoned plot lines and finding that guy's hidden role, Qi Chu clearly understood that he enjoyed it more than anyone else.

He likes to play this kind of hide-and-seek game with the guy.

"Find me -" the male courtesan whispered seductively in his ear more than once.

Qi Jiu was certain that it wouldn't be long before he could use the energy released by these resentful spirits to actually meet the bewitched courtesan instead of in a dream.

Just when Qi Qiu arrived at the scene of the Yeying fire, the system had already issued a main line clearance prompt——

[Congratulations on successfully finding the secret of the Yuzhiwu Fire and completing the hidden main mission "The Truth of the Yuzhiwu Fire"]

[Unlock survival coins*1000 by clearing the main mission]

[Obtain additional props: "Ikuko-san's Autobiography"*1; "Black Ema from the Future"*1]

[The system has detected that your flexible side mission "Please free Miss Ikuko" has been changed to a mandatory side mission. Until the side mission is completed, you will not be able to log out of the instance normally]

[Because you have activated the ending line of Parade Fire, igniting a smoldering fire that lasts for hundreds of years, the copy is at risk of collapse]

[Dungeon collapse countdown: 12h]

[Warning! Please continue to explore the cause and effect behind the character, and leave the instance as soon as possible!]

In order to successfully complete the main mission "The Truth about the Uzuki House Fire", the "Uzhiwu Fire" must reappear in the plot. However, once Ms. Ikuko ignites the Uzhiwu House, the travelers who complete the task will face the collapse of the dungeon.

risk.

It seems tricky and contradictory, but Qi Zhu knows that the purpose of the dungeon designer is to hope that the players will put it to death and survive.

Only by advancing the dungeon to the climactic plot "Night Cherry Blossom Feast", when Miss Ikuko burns Yu's house, and with the power of the burning cherry trees, can these spirits hanging on the branches really appear, and obtain the important prop "Long-term"

Only by studying the "sword" can the cause and effect be cut off.

At this time, the unlocking level of the hidden main story reaches its highest level. After completing "The Truth about Ikuzhiwu Fire", the system will return the black ema with "Please let Miss Ikuko free" to Qi Qiu.

Ema's line "Please let Miss Ikuko be freed" has changed from a negative price to a positive wish.

Black Ema is the medium for transactions between evil spirits and humans, and its existence itself is not limited by time or plot lines.

The atrium of Yuzhiwu where Qi Ku is currently located is the original site of the prayer stand of the first-level copy of the "Shrine".

Being in the right place, with the tools to communicate, all Qi Ji lacks now is "energy".

And wouldn’t the huge energy obtained by cutting off the Sakura tree’s spirit body be able to restart the black ema with the words “Please let Miss Ikuko free”?

After liberating all the bound spirits, Qi Ku, who figured out the internal logic of the dungeon mission, hung the Ema on the highest point of the demon cherry branch.

For a time, all the blue light spots scattered in the night sky merged into a river, flowing slowly towards Ema.

At this moment, the temperature around him dropped. After the cooling device failed, Qi Jiu couldn't even feel the burning heat wave.

"Ding-a-ling, jingle-"

Ema continuously absorbed the energy released by the spirit body. Even though there were no shrines or prayer racks around, Qi Zhu could vaguely hear the familiar sound of bells coming from the wind.

Burning cherry trees, shrine prayer stands, black painted horses that can make deals with evil spirits...

The place where Qi Ku stood at this moment was the intersection of space and time of the three levels of copies.

Soon, the surrounding firelight and cherry trees gradually turned into blurry noises, and the string of the shamisen in Miss Ikuko's hand broke in an instant.

Affected by the distortion of the surrounding energy field, the "Wan Mei" on Qi Zhu's face split into two halves and instantly slipped from his face.

The fire lit by the cherry tree was still burning brightly, and the light from the sky illuminated Qi Gu's face at this moment.

Miss Ikuko was so surprised that her eyes rested on his face: "Are you... an oiran?!"

Her voice was trembling, and the scene in front of her was so absurd that she even thought she was dead at this moment. The previous generation of oiran, holding a long knife and standing under the burning cherry tree, was her dying hallucination.

"Miss Yuzi, you have admitted the wrong person." Qi Qiu's voice was as polite and soft as usual. He sheathed his sword, squatted down and looked at Miss Yuzi calmly and said, "Don't forget, discussion of previous generations is not allowed in Yuzhi's house.

The courtesan’s.”

Because the plot has come to an end, Qi Qiu is no longer an employee of Yuzhiwu, and the restriction that he cannot take off his mask has expired.

In the fierce fire, Miss Ikuko's pupils shrank to a tiny point, and her whole body was trembling.

"Miss Ikuko, you are the oiran tonight."

The moment Qi Jiu finished speaking, the surroundings were filled with fire and noise.

With the help of the energy released by the Manshu spirit body, Qi Zhu distorted time and space again through the black ema.

This time, he came to the starting point of the story, which is also the time and space of male courtesan.

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[Congratulations on successfully entering the mandatory side mission "Please free Miss Ikuko"]
To be continued...