This is the gibberish I heard when I was extracting [Madman’s Knowledge].
The ravings I heard at that time were crazy and messy. Now it seems that they may be the words of the missing painter.
There are also words such as "Disaster Witch" on the note. To put it roughly in series, it means that the painter named Wan Ye saw the Disaster Witch and was fascinated by her, so he couldn't help but go looking for her, and finally disappeared.
"So the misfortune witch really exists?"
Lu Tan was not a local, or even ordinary locals didn't understand the Witch of Disaster, so he was a little curious.
"Doesn't exist."
Hongye replied immediately.
"The shrine maidens who lose the competition for the shrine maiden will stay at Washima Taisha Shrine and continue to work. They themselves are also candidates. If there is a problem with the current shrine maiden, these shrine maidens are also eligible to succeed the shrine maiden."
"You seem to know this very well."
Lu Tian took a look at the clothes. They seemed to be stained with blood, as if they had soaked from the inside to the outside, but there was no obvious damage to the clothes.
"...because I am one of them."
Hongye hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Are you a miko?"
Lu Tiao looked up and down again. In his impression, mikos were the cold-blooded ones, wearing red and white miko uniforms, holding a bow, and at most a dog beside them.
"How about saying 'sit down'?"
He couldn't help but speak.
"What?"
Hongye was stunned for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and then said uncertainly.
"sit down."
Lu Tiao remained motionless.
"Great, I'm not a dog."
He clapped happily.
"...We suspect that the Wajima Shrine has been contaminated. The reports of the officials sent before may have been tampered with. Something terrible is happening on the island, so I came here."
Hong Ye, who had some doubts about his choice of Lu Kanzao, came to the picture frame covered by black cloth and put his hand on the cloth, as if hesitating whether to open it or not.
"What you mean is that the pollution on Utashima has not been purified, but has directly eroded the witches. Isn't Utashima now very dangerous?"
Lu Tan looked at the painting and continued talking.
"Why are you telling me this? What if I am one of their group and come here specifically to fish you out?"
"intuition."
The red leaves lifted up the black cloth.
A surprising painting appeared in front of Lu Jian.
Most of the colors in the painting are full of chaos, and there is no sense of beauty at all. Instead, it reminds people of words such as corpses, wreckage, and flesh and blood. If you look closely, you will even see the convex shape of the unevenly applied paint.
Mistaken for real flesh and blood.
As for the central part of the picture, although the shape can be recognized, most people may prefer that they have never seen it.
It was an arrangement of living human beings spread out, as if to completely subvert the concept of "human" physiologically. Different bodies were placed in different positions, completely deconstructing every inch of human flesh and blood.
, only the most anti-social and anti-human guy can draw such a picture.
Lu Tan raised his eyebrows. He knew very well that if ordinary people saw this painting, just one glance would probably torture their nerves. For those with a slightly weaker tolerance, vomiting and fainting on the spot would probably be a trivial matter.
Hongye also averted his eyes slightly and looked elsewhere.
"This is the last painting Wan Ye left in the house. I think his brain is no longer normal. After being contaminated and corroded, he will suffer from varying degrees of insanity. Some can be calmed down by the methods of the shrine, while others cannot.
Save."
When Lu Tian saw the red leaves covering the black cloth, he was a little belatedly aware of it.
"So you want me to assist in the investigation?"
"You don't look like you came here specifically to participate in the poetry festival, more like you have other agendas. But it doesn't matter. At least now, our goals are the same."
Hongye nodded.
"That's true."
Lu Tan doesn't mind having one more friend, who can help him at critical moments.
Moreover, Hong Ye knows obviously more things. For Lu Jian, the more information, the higher the mission exploration level and the greater the benefits.
"So what do you need my help with? What are your demands? Do you have any more clues?"
Lu Jian asked.
"Although I came here hiding my identity, the information I asked my informant to obtain, as well as my own actions, may have been known to the people of Utajima, but you are an outsider, and they have no reason to suspect a person from Wajima Taisha Shrine.
The coven cooperates with an outsider, and you can reach more people on the surface."
Hongye answered simply.
"Does that mean I'm going to contact the people on Uta Island to collect clues?"
"That's right, according to the information I collected, before Wan Ye disappeared, he went to the restaurant, teahouse, and elegant room where Anxinyuan guests ate. You can go to these places to investigate. At midnight tonight, we can sneak into Hedao
shrine."
Hongye gave several locations that might hold clues.
Lu Tan and her agreed on a time and place to meet at night, and then left the room separately.
"Although it's nice to have help from the beginning, there is always a subtle feeling that this Hongye may not be trustworthy."
Lu Tiao murmured to himself, it was getting late and he arrived at the restaurant.
There were not many people in Anxinyuan's restaurant. You could see that several tables were empty. Wherever there were people, the poets and painters were whispering and looking at everyone who walked into the restaurant with suspicion.
Lu Tan found a table and sat down, casually ordering some food.
Originally, he was supposed to have dinner with Tachibana Masamune and Yinping in the evening, but they might have to go to a tavern on the island. In order to investigate, Lu Kan had no choice but to eat at the official restaurant.
only......
"Ahem." "Ahem." "Ahem."
There were coughs in the restaurant one after another, making people feel that this was some kind of room where disease was spreading, and they couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.
Lu Tiao looked around and found that everyone who was eating normally seemed to be coughing. On the other hand, two men at the next table were eating what seemed to be food from the lunch boxes they had brought, and they were behaving quite normally.
They looked at Lu Kan ordering food and hesitated to speak. They waited until Lu Kan's food was served and saw him pick up his chopsticks before they spoke.
"We advise you not to eat the food here."
"What's wrong?"
Lu Tan's chopsticks stopped halfway.
"Just, not very good, not very good."
The two of them dilly-dallyed for a long time without saying anything.
"You mean, the food here might be contaminated?"
Lu Tan asked the two of them directly in a low voice.
"I dare not say, I dare not say."
They avoided answering.
"Did you know that someone ate here before and then disappeared?"
Lu Tan asked again.
"You know him?"
One of them was immediately amazed and hurriedly covered his mouth.
"It doesn't matter. I won't tell others that you told me, or, well, you have any enemies. If I are discovered, I will say that he told me."
Lu Tan came close to their table and took two bites of their food with chopsticks.
It tastes good.
"..."
The two looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong with the man in front of them.
However, now that the matter was mentioned, they were no longer prepared to hide it.
"...The missing person's name is Wan Ye. In fact, many people know that he is missing, but they don't let us say that there are others who are also missing. There is something wrong with this island."
One of them said.
"who are they?"
Lu Tan asked.
"The evil witch."
The moment he said this word, the expression on the respondent's face turned gloomy.
