Seeing the strange patterns emitting light fluorescence on the ground, Yamagishi Sakae was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly, until he leaned against the wall and barely managed to stand still.
Something completely unexpected appeared before his eyes, and it was naturally difficult for an ordinary person like Yamagishi Sakae to accept it.
And Koizumi Anko, who had long guessed that there should be some mysterious thing here, also widened her eyes in surprise and looked at the ritual formation at her feet in disbelief.
The entire ceremonial array on the floor is painted with fluorescent paint, which only becomes visible under ultraviolet light.
The police apparently did not find this ritual formation during their previous inspection of the site.
Qin Zhibo put the magic extractor on his hand and tried to touch the ritual array on it, but he could not extract any magic power from it.
Koizumi Anko lowered her head and carefully studied the contents on the ritual array, then turned around and asked, "Did that man hold onto Okino Yoko's clone when he died?"
"Clone?" Yamagishi Sakae didn't understand what he meant.
In the world of magicians, a clone refers to a person's personal belongings or body tissue.
However, Koizumi Anko used such professional terminology to a pure layman. It seems that the witch lady with only 45 will was frightened, and she was a little bit mentally retarded.
So Qin Zhibo changed his explanation and asked: "Did Fujie Akiyoshi hold on to something when he died?"
"Something..." Yamagishi Ei said thinking, and suddenly he thought, "I did grab something! It was Miss Yoko's hair!"
This is correct.
Fujie Akiyoshi was the one who cursed Okino Yoko!
Judging from the fact that Fujie Akiyoshi was imposing ritual formations while using suicide techniques to blame Okino Yoko, he himself was probably not convinced that this self-sacrifice curse ritual could take effect.
So he chose two methods at the same time.
The place of suicide was also the location of the curse ceremony. The purpose of grabbing Okino Yoko's hair was not only to determine the target of the curse, but also to draw suspicion of murder to Okino Yoko.
He's really a mastermind...
Next, Qin Zhibo found a reason to send Yamagishi Sakae away, so that he could discuss it with Koizumi Anko in a relaxed manner.
"Can this death curse be lifted?"
Koizumi Anko’s reply was simple: “No.”
"Although I don't know how he learned about this curse ritual, this death curse is exactly the double curse I guessed before. Since one party of the double curse has paid the price of life, the curse will not stop, and no external force can interfere with it.
conduct."
However, Koizumi Hongzi also gave other solutions.
"If you use curse magic of the same level, you might be able to offset the original curse effect."
“Fight fire with fire?”
"That's almost the truth..." Koizumi Hongzi nodded, and then said: "But in order to offset the curse of this life sacrifice, the curse magic that needs to be applied must be quite advanced."
"On the night of the full moon, a magic potion needs to be prepared with the help of high magic power, and then the potion is given to the cursed person."
"The night of the full moon will be this weekend, but there is still one ingredient missing to prepare the potion."
"What material?" Qin Zhibo asked.
"The snow water on the snow girl's body."
Koizumi Hongzi said this seriously.
At the same time, the system triggered a prompt
[Learn about the existence of mysterious creatures and trigger the main mission]
[Main mission: Go to the target location and discover the target creature]
Koizumi Hongzi put her face in front of the stunned Qin Zhibo, and asked doubtfully: "Are you too surprised to learn about the existence of the snow girl?"
"No, how could it be?"
Of course Qin Zhibo would not be surprised.
Even "foggy dogs" exist, so the existence of "snow girls" is not surprising.
only...
"By the way, Hongzi." Qin Zhibo changed the topic and suddenly asked: "Have you heard of MI-GO?"
"Mi, dog?"
Koizumi Hongzi raised her head and thought for a few seconds, then shook her head, "I don't know, what is that?"
"Forget it if you don't know."
"Anyway, I will be responsible for finding the snow girl. I will be back before the full moon."
As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, he remembered his poor sense of time again.
Although Koizumi Anko said that this weekend is the night of the full moon, which day is the weekend?
Forget it, I can only leave it to fate.
Koizumi Hongzi was surprised and asked Qin Zhibo where he planned to find the snow girl.
Qin Zhibo said matter-of-factly: "You taught me the Object-Seeking Curse..."
Koizumi Hongzi's face was full of helplessness, and she looked at Qin Zhibo with the expression of looking at a fool.
"Are you serious?"
...
In the end, Qin Zhibo "ignored" the warning that the finding spell cannot be used to find mythical creatures.
Of course Qin Zhibo knew that the finding spell could not find the Snow Girl.
If he used the finding spell, Qin Zhibo guessed that there was a high probability that he would be able to find a snowman. If he was lucky, maybe the snowman would be wearing a wig for women.
However, Qin Zhibo is completely different with the guidance of the main mission.
On the electronic map of the navigator, Qin Zhibo clearly got a place name called Sanri Town.
Sanri Town is located almost 300 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. It is the furthest place Qin Zhibo has ever visited so far.
This is a small town that calls itself a hot spring town. Since there is no convenient transportation such as the Shinkansen to reach it directly, Qin Zhibo chose to rent a car.
Starting in the morning and driving until afternoon, the signboard welcoming you in Sanri Town finally comes into view.
More than four hours of driving time allowed Qin Zhibo to increase his car driving skill proficiency by almost 150 points.
From the clean road in Tokyo to the snowy road outside Sanri Town, Qin Zhibo's car drove slower and slower.
Qin Zhibo also discovered a pattern among this.
That is, when you are in a hurry and drive faster, your proficiency will increase faster.
On the contrary, if you drive a "snail car", your proficiency will increase much more slowly.
After officially entering Sanri Town, Qin Zhibo discovered that the target location was still some distance away from Sanri Town. It was actually near a hot spring village surrounding Sanri Town.
Qin Zhibo drove the rental car to Hot Spring Village and found a B&B closest to the target location in Hot Spring Village.
Genbei's accommodation.
After opening the door, Qin Zhibo stood at the entrance and said hello, and the boss and his wife immediately came out to entertain him.
"welcome!"
"Guest, do you have a reservation?"
Qin Zhibo took a look inside. It seems that the place is not so popular that he has to make a reservation in advance, right?
“Is it necessary to make a reservation in advance to check in here?”
"No, no, no..."
The boss wearing glasses quickly waved his hands and explained with a smile on his face, "Actually, there will be two waves of guests coming from Tokyo to stay in our hotel today. I just want to confirm."
Upon hearing this, Qin Zhibo's mind couldn't help but think of the faces of those old acquaintances.