Koshidao Yaozi was well prepared for this. She wore snow shoes for mountaineering and was wrapped tightly in clothes, which could withstand the wind and snow very well.

"Master, do you know how to get to Jiutou Mountain?"

The two of them found a taxi outside the station.

After the output of the three new oil fields gradually increased, the government in order to increase employment and restore a small amount of traffic. Although gas stations are still closed to private individuals, taxi services have begun to operate again in most cities.

However, even before the advent of Our Lady of Truth, taxi fares were already very expensive. The current fare is about five times that of the original. One taxi ride costs at least tens of thousands of yen, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Kyuzu Mountain? Of course you know. Kuzu Mountain is so famous in Wakkanai City, and not many people don't know about it. But are you sure you want to go to Kuzu Mountain? Kuzu Mountain is very far and remote, and there are very few people there.

If you can afford a ride back, if you want to go, you will have to pay double the fare."

The taxi driver was an old man in his fifties. He looked at Koshishima Yako and Higashino Hirosawa and reminded them.

Taxis are very expensive now, but in the city, if you wait a little longer, you can receive dispatch information from the company, and you don't have to go far to pick up customers. But if you go to a place like Jiutou Mountain, you can basically just

Return empty.

"No problem, please send us to Jiutou Mountain."

Both of them are people who are not short of money and are too lazy to bargain.

When the driver heard that this was a big deal, he immediately helped the two of them stuff their luggage into the trunk of the car, then slowly started the vehicle and drove towards Jiutou Mountain.

"Aren't you two planning to go on a mountaineering expedition to Jiutou Mountain?"

Looking at Koshishima Yako's dress through the rearview mirror, the driver thought about it for a moment and said.

"Any questions?"

Koshishima Yaozi remained silent, but Higashino Hirosawa answered and asked.

"If so, you'd better be careful. Kuzu Mountain is famous in Wakkanai City, not because of the beautiful scenery, but because every year, people who go hiking and exploring on Kuzu Mountain will disappear and die. Sometimes several people die at one time.

.After a person goes missing, anyone who can find their body is considered lucky, but many people can’t even find their bodies.”

The old driver said.

The reason why Jiutou Mountain is called Jiutou Mountain is that it is said that in ancient times, a monster with nine heads appeared there.

In addition, people who enter Jiutou Mountain occasionally disappear and die. For a long time in ancient times, Jiutou Mountain was regarded as a forbidden area. Parents would warn their children from an early age not to approach Jiutou Mountain.

Head Mountain.

Jiutou Mountain has therefore become very mysterious.

However, after entering modern society, the mysterious Jiutou Mountain has no longer been able to scare away humans. Instead, a considerable number of people have been attracted by the mystery of Jiutou Mountain and come to climb and explore.

Every year, people disappear and die because of this, but there is still no way to stop people who come to seek death.

Several scientists have also formed groups to enter Jiutou Mountain, but they have not been able to discover any mysterious power in Jiutou Mountain.

However, they did give some reasonable explanations for why people kept disappearing in Jiutou Mountain.

Jiutou Mountain has not been developed at all. Many places on the mountain are very steep and it is easy for explorers to lose their footing. There are also various man-eating beasts living in the mountain. Tall trees block the sky, making it easy for people to lose their sense of direction.

At the same time, deep in the Jiutou Mountain, there is still some miasma that gathers from nowhere. If you inhale too much, people will be poisoned without knowing it and become confused.

With the explanations of these scientists, the number of people coming to Jiutou Mountain for adventure has decreased a lot, but there are still people coming every year.

Higashino Hirosawa and Koshishima Yako looked very much alike. When the driver saw them, he kindly reminded them.

"I see, but please don't worry, we are only collecting some specimens at the foot of the mountain and will not go deep."

When Higashino Hirosawa heard this, he knew that most of these missing people should have accidentally broken into the weird forbidden area and lost their lives.

The Japanese government must be aware of some of the situation, but the weird thing in the Nine Head Mountains has not found a family to worship it for such a long time, which shows that it has no interest in humans and is not prepared to communicate with humans, even if it is people from the government

I have discovered it a long time ago, but even if I try to find it, I will be rejected.

When the veteran driver saw Higashino Hiroyawa saying this, he didn't say anything more and just concentrated on driving.

There are very few cars on the road now, but driving in heavy snow can still cause accidents.

The taxi drove the two of them for more than an hour and a half before stopping at a roadside.

"That mountain is Jiutou Mountain. Cars can no longer drive in. You need to walk over it yourself."

The driver stopped the car, pointed to a large mountain in the distance ahead that seemed to be covered with snow, and said to the two of them.

At first glance, it looks like a snow mountain.

However, under the eyes of an eagle, Higashino Hiroyawa could clearly see that the trees on the mountain were too lush and dense, and the trees were covered with snow.

On the side of the road, there is a path that winds forward, leading to Jiutou Mountain.

Higashino Hirosawa could see that this small road was deliberately made inaccessible to vehicles, and that the local government had taken great pains to reduce the number of missing people.

Higashino Hirosawa paid the money, picked up Koshishima Yako's hiking bag, and the two of them strode toward Kutoushan.

"Teacher Koshishima, are you from one of those big families in Tokyo?"

After seeing Kutou Mountain, Koshishima Yako seemed to be in a good mood, so Higashino Hirosawa asked a question that he had wanted to ask for a long time.

"Not really. I just come from a small family affiliated with the Yuejao family, and I have basically no contact with the main family. But, I just know some information about these big families."

Koshishima Yako is indeed in a good mood, and she is surprisingly easy to talk to today.

"Teacher, please tell me so that I can be prepared if I encounter them."

Although he knows about the existence of those families, Higashino Hirosawa still has not been able to figure out which families they are.

"What I know is limited to those ancient families in Tokyo. There are six major families in Tokyo, and each family enshrines a weirdo. These six families are Nanami, Jinguji, Kisaragi, and Kanbaru.

, Ichijo, and my own family’s Koshishima. But your wife is from the Kanhara family, do you really not know at all?”

Koshishima Yako looked at Higashino Hirosawa.

After the battle with Saten Tsuruya, Koshishima Yako asked someone to check Higashino Hirosawa.

When she found out about Kanbara Mika, although she was not familiar with the Kanbara family, she quickly understood that Kanbara Mika must be from the Kanbara family.

"I have forgotten my memory. What abilities do the people in these families have?"

Higashino Hirosawa replied calmly and then asked.

"It's hard to say exactly, but in these ancient families that worship weird things, quite a few people's abilities are closely related to the weird things they worship. Take the Koshishima family, for example, their best abilities are basically related to poison. And the Jinguji family

, is the ability to recover and control plants. The Nanami family is water and ice. The Kanbara family is not sure. The Kisaragi family is a charm, and has a good relationship with the Nanami family. I have not had much contact with the Ichijo family, so I don’t know much either.

.”

"However, it is of no use if you know this. We have never seen the people in those families. At most, we can only guess which family they are from based on the abilities they use. And among those families, there are also

For a considerable number of people, the awakened ability has nothing to do with the weirdness of the family's enshrinement, so it doesn't make much sense to try to determine their identity based on their ability."

"What's more, the ones coming this time are not just those families in Tokyo. I can't tell how many families in Japan that worship weird things."

Koshidao Yazi shrugged.

The competition for this adventure in this weird place is quite fierce.

Weird death is a rare occurrence in a hundred years.

Just knowing this bit of information was of little significance to this trip to the forbidden area, so she never took the initiative to tell Higashino Hirosawa about these things. She also didn't expect that Higashino Hirosawa had a child with Kanbara Mika.

She doesn't know much about the six major families.

…

"Two more people are here. They must be coming to the weird forbidden area in Jiutou Mountain. Do you have any information about these two people?"

On the other side of the road, on the mountainside facing Jiutou Mountain, someone set up a very hidden observation site here.

When the vehicle drove over, the people at the observation station were already aiming their precision telescopes.

The people responsible for the observation were two young men and women, and behind them was a black and green tent. Inside the tent, two other men and women were sitting.

Both of them are very young, especially the female, who is petite and looks to be under twenty.

The man looks older, probably in his mid-twenties, handsome, mature and steady at the same time.

"Miss Jinguji, these two new people have no information on the computer."

One of the observers came over and handed the captured video to the young girl in the tent.

Even from such a long distance, the video was still captured very clearly.

Jinguji Kumiko took the video and took a look at it, then handed it to the man aside.

"Shinsuke, look at it."

"I don't know either of them, but they came by car, and I can confirm that one of them is not a superpower. Well, the woman is an ordinary person, and the man is very strong."

Jinguji Shinsuke watched the video and then said.

There is only one way to go to Jiutou Mountain by car, so it is easy to be discovered.

A person with superpowers would not take this path.

"Kumiko, are you still unwilling to give up? In just half a day, we have observed that there are already four groups of people, and there are even more people with super powers in the dark. I only rely on my ability to protect you at all.

I can't help you, let alone compete with other superpowers. If you come here secretly this time, no matter whether you can get the superpower fruit or not, if your family finds out, you won't get any good fruit."
To be continued...