Chapter 31 The Legendary Investigation Notes of Tanaka Kazuyu
Holding a nuclear lighter, Qin Zhibo walked through the dark corridor on the second floor.
After experiencing the "brother and brother murder case" during the day, this house has completely turned into a haunted house.
At two o'clock in the morning, the haunted house exuded an aura of deathly silence.
The wooden floor beneath my feet made a slightly creepy creaking sound, as if there were mice whispering under the floor.
Suddenly a breeze came and blew through Qin Zhibo's hair.
Looking back, in the flickering flames of the nuclear lighter, I could clearly see that the windows in the corridor were closed.
But where did the wind come from just now?
This triggered Qin Zhibo's thinking, and at the same time, Qin Zhibo's will column inadvertently jumped.
90,89,90...
Among the phenomena of supernatural legends that Qin Zhibo is aware of, there is something called an earth-bound spirit.
It refers to the fact that after a person dies, his or her undead wish has not been fulfilled and is full of resentment. It is bound to a certain place and becomes an earth-bound spirit.
For this kind of earth-bound spirit, it is best not to get rid of it. As long as the grievances or wishes of the earth-bound spirit are resolved, the earth-bound spirit will ascend to heaven where it is.
Otherwise, the earthbound spirit that has not had a wish for a long time will turn into an evil spirit.
Therefore, it is generally difficult to sell a house at a normal price as long as it is a house where someone has died, because no matter how perfect an average person's life is, there will always be some regrets and unfulfilled wishes, which are bound to the earth.
But Qin Zhibo doesn't believe this.
If as long as a person dies, earthbound spirits will appear on the land, wouldn't this mean that the world is full of earthbound spirits?
Moreover, during the day, he subdued the murderer for Tanaka Kazuki and cleared his grievances. According to this theory, he was his benefactor and he would not cause trouble.
With this thought in his mind, Qin Zhibo opened the door of Tanaka and You's room magnanimously.
There is not much furniture in Tanaka and Yu's room. There is a small bookshelf about the same size as a shoe cabinet. Opposite the bookshelf is a desk. There is also a bed and a wardrobe at the end of the room.
On the desk are a large number of manuscripts accumulated by Tanaka and Yu while writing and a fax machine.
In this era, writers mainly produce manuscripts when producing their works, and then send the completed manuscripts to the publishing house for proofreading using a fax machine.
Judging from the amount of manuscripts on the table, Tanaka and Yuu still wanted to be self-reliant before yesterday.
But after discovering illegal stock trading documents in his brother's room, Tanaka Kazuyu came up with such an idea.
Brother, I don’t want to work hard anymore, please support me.
As a result, the younger brother said backhand, "Brother, I don't want to work hard anymore", and the two brothers gged together.
However, the manuscripts placed on the table were all written recently by Tanaka Kazuyuki. If he wanted to find the manuscripts and information about the novel "The God of the Sea", which Tanaka Kazuyuki won the New Humanity Award for, Qin Zhibo needed to go deeper.
After rummaging around the room, Qin Zhibo finally found something in the cardboard box he pulled out from under the bed.
Inside the cardboard box are the legends of seaside coasts across Japan that Tanaka and Yuu collected while creating "The Gods of the Sea".
"Legend of Yatoura City, Haikai County, Chiba Prefecture - Investigation into the Local Belief in the God of Yatoura"
"Investigation of the triangular corridor ruins under the ancient well on the top of the Yotaka Mountain Peak at Togan Village, Ueshiro Town, Judari-gun, Hokkaido—"The Changing Seashore""
"Resurrection Prayer Festival at Nifu Shrine in the lower reaches of the Kuzuryu River in Fukui Prefecture - the ominous sea god Kuzu-sama"
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These legend investigations are neatly listed like a pamphlet. Qin Zhibo doesn't have time to look at them one by one now, so he can only pack them all up and take them away.
But just when Qin Zhibo put the whole booklet into his arms, a photo fell out from the middle of the booklet.
In the photo, Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point.
【Survey√】
[The photo may be of a statue. Behind the photo is the name of the statue and the name of the sculptor]
The photo was taken very blurry, and it was basically a dark area. If it weren't for the investigation, it would be difficult for Qin Zhibo to even think that it was a statue.
And behind the photo, there are two lines of words written like this.
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Sleeping Poseidon.
Akutsu Masaki.
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Qin Zhibo picked up the photo and put it in his pocket, reset the things in the room to their original state, and left the haunted house calmly.
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The next day, Qin Zhibo got up from the detective office, skipped today's French study in the library, and began to study the legend investigation booklet brought from Tanaka and Yu's home yesterday.
Although the investigation points given by the system are based on photos, Qin Zhibo feels that it is possible that the photos are just representatives, and these legend booklets are also content that needs to be investigated.
It doesn't take much time anyway, so there's no harm in taking a look.
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"The Legend of Yatoura City, Haikai County, Chiba Prefecture - An Investigation into the Local Belief in Yatoura God" tells the story of the time of Emperor Motoimei, when local people had suffered from tsunamis for a long time and prayed to the God of Yatoura.
So Yatogami built a stone embankment overnight along the coast, hence the name "Yatogamiura City".
Later, during the Kamakura period, Yatogamiura City was once the territory of the Chiba clan.
According to the family history of the Chiba clan, during the era of the third-generation general who conquered barbarians, Minamoto no Toto, a "sealing spell" was used here that made it inaccessible to outsiders.
In the 14th century, monks from the Shingon Tachigawa-ryu, who were considered a cult, fled here and established a folk belief here, worshiping a god named "Horse Lord Dora Gonmei-oh".
According to legend, this god flew to the earth from outside the universe, has countless arms and eyes, and is an intelligent god like a slug.
It is said that this god is still sealed underground in Yato Kamiura City.
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"Investigation of the triangular corridor ruins under the ancient well on the top of the Yotaka Mountain Peak at Togan Village, Ueshiro Town, Judari-gun, Hokkaido—"The Changing Seashore""
Located about 35 kilometers southeast of Hakodate, right in the middle of Cape Eishan and Cape Hatama, there is a fishing village called "Stealing Gan Village".
This village believes in monsters, so the nearby residents view it with suspicion.
This place was called Sinaidui in ancient Ainu language, which means "changing seaside".
In 1889, the remains of a horizontal cave-type triangular corridor were discovered at the bottom of the ancient well in Nighthawk Mountain near this fishing village.
Afterwards, the Miskatonic Archeology Class set up a branch in Hakodate to conduct investigations, but in a fire, the investigators and documents were engulfed in flames.
It is said that it was done by villagers from the local Daogan Village who believe in a cult.
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"The Soul Resurrection Festival at Nifu Shrine in the lower reaches of the Kuzuryu River in Fukui Prefecture - the Ominous Sea God, Unto-sama"
In the mountainous area at the junction of Fukui and Gifu prefectures, the Kuzuryu River flows into the Sea of Japan and has been flooding for many years. It is the largest and most violent river in the Echizen region.
For this reason, Nifu Shrine will be built in the lower reaches of the Kuzuryu River to worship the God of the Sea, Lord Untou, who is a misfortune god.
However, with the strengthening of river management in recent years, the number of Nifu sacrifices has decreased a lot.
At present, only Wakasa Island near the outlet of Kuzuryu River, also known as American Island, holds a mermaid festival every year to entertain foreign tourists.
In fact, the island's mermaid celebration is a variant of the Nifu Soul Resurrection Festival. The so-called mermaid actually refers to Lord Yuntou, the god of the sea.