"The small town in the southeast... Dudu Crow, is this the town you are talking about?"
Standing at the intersection, Lin Ling looked at the houses that were clustered together in twos and threes in front of her, and tilted her head to ask the bird next to her.
He knew that the other person would be able to understand this given his intelligence.
"It's right here! It's right here! Izumi Inoue will start searching immediately! Izumi Inoue will start searching right away!" The bird crow did live up to Lin Ling's expectations and replied while flapping its wings.
Lin Ling ignored it and walked directly into the town.
This is obviously a relatively backward town. There are not even telephone poles on both sides of the street. I am afraid that the residents here have to use candles or kerosene lamps for lighting at night.
Lin Ling walked around the town twice and found that the atmosphere in this town was indeed very wrong. There were very few pedestrians on the road, and everyone looked in a hurry. Moreover, many residents were even more surprised after seeing him, a foreigner like him.
He showed a vigilant look, as if he was some kind of dirty thing.
Even more than that——
"Crack-"
The wooden door slammed shut, which made Lin Ling, who had just planned to approach people in the town and inquire about the recent situation, couldn't help but touch his nose.
He was already very sure that, regardless of whether there were evil spirits in this town, it was almost certain that it was full of malice toward outsiders.
But why is this?
Lin Ling couldn't help but think about it, and continued to wander around the town while thinking about it. But this time he was not wandering around blindly, but looking for targets from which he could gather information - no matter how xenophobic a town is, there will always be
Some unusual ones.
Lin Ling is looking for this kind of alien!
And don't tell me, after consciously exploring various alleys and dead ends, Lin Ling actually found the alien he was looking for - a hungry beggar.
"Hululu--"
Looking at the little boy in front of him who was devouring his food, Lin Ling waited very patiently for him to finish, and then handed him the kettle.
"I'm full, burp~Thank you burp~" The little boy patted his belly and kept burping. Although his face was dirty, his eyes were very bright.
"What do you want to ask me? Tell me, for this meal, I will tell you everything I know!"
The little boy is obviously a sensible person.
"Then I'm not welcome...can you tell me why your town is so xenophobic?" Lin Ling asked with a kind smile.
"This... I'm actually not very clear..." The little boy scratched his head, obviously a little stumped by this question, "Actually, everyone didn't reject foreigners in the past... I just didn't know why, everyone
I started to exclude foreigners... Well, I remembered, Brother Qi said that foreigners are all bad people..." At this point, he paused, then realized something and waved his hands.
"Of course I didn't say you were a bad person! Don't get me wrong."
"It's okay..." Lin Ling waved his hand nonchalantly, but asked: "Who is Brother A Qi?"
"Brother A Qi is the doctor in the town. If people in our town get sick, they will go to him for treatment... Brother A Qi is a very good person. Even if the doctor has no money, he will treat him... I used to
I have been treated by him." The little boy replied. Judging from his expression, it was obvious that he admired the doctor he mentioned, Brother Qi.
"Oh?" Lin Ling raised her eyebrows and continued to ask: "Then do you know why Brother Qi said that outsiders are bad people?"
"This..." the little boy scratched his head in distress and said, "I really don't know... Brother Aqi seems to have hated foreigners from the beginning... but..." The little boy seemed to have thought of something.
, but he hesitated and did not say it.
"But what happened? What did you think of?" Lin Ling asked, how could she let go of such a clue.
"Um...it's just that I've heard some rumors before, and I don't know if they are true or not..." The little boy hesitated and said: "I heard that some foreigners came to the town before, and then they did
It’s a very outrageous thing…”
He hesitated for a long time before saying: "It seems... it seems that the girl is... being ruined..." His voice was very low for the last few words.
"Oh?" Lin Ling frowned, not knowing what he was thinking of, and continued to ask: "Then do you know any other reasons?"
"Others... I really don't know!" The little boy shook his head like a rattle.
Seeing this, Lin Ling also knew that there was probably nothing he could ask in this regard, so he simply changed the subject, "Kid, has anything strange happened in your town recently? For example, a lot of people died or something?"
Hearing this question, the little boy's expression changed. He pursed his lips, with obvious fear on his face, "Disappeared...many people disappeared...people disappear every night, and I don't know what happened.
It's so scary..." His body was trembling slightly.
Seeing this, Lin Ling raised an eyebrow, then reached out and patted the little boy on the head, saying: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, I'm here to solve this problem!"
"Huh?" The little boy seemed to be calmed down. He looked at Lin Ling with some confusion, "Are you here to...solve this matter?"
"Yes, I'm here to solve this matter!" Lin Ling nodded and retracted his hand while saying: "So can you tell me what you know? Do you know when people first started disappearing?
"
"Initially..." The little boy pursed his lips, as if he thought of something, and said, "It's... the Kawashima family."
"Kawashima?"
"Well, the Kawashima family originally ran a tavern business in the town. About a month ago... they suddenly disappeared. All five members of the family disappeared... That's right!" The little boy raised his voice and said, "That's right.
Yes, I remembered it! The Kawashima family seemed to have received guests that day... When I went to their house to beg for food that day, I saw a man I had never seen before..."
His eyes suddenly widened and he pointed at Lin Ling's clothes and said, "By the way, he is wearing clothes like yours!"
"Huh?" Lin Ling couldn't help but look down at her team uniform, and suddenly had a guess in her mind, and asked: "So before the Kawashima family disappeared, was there anyone else missing in the town?"
"Um...no!" The little boy recalled for a moment and then shook his head, "But there are often people who go to work outside and never come back...they abandon this place..."
"You are so xenophobic and you still go out to work?" Lin Ling was surprised.
"There used to be...the town wasn't so exclusive before..." the little boy replied, "but in the past year there have been very few people going out...I remember that's the case."
"Oh..." Lin Ling paused for a moment and said, "Can you take me to find that Brother Qi you mentioned?"