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midnight.

temple.

A fifteen-year-old boy named Tokugawa Iemo was alone at the Buddha statue in front of the main hall, reciting Buddhist sutras.

He is not a devout believer.

He even maintains a strong suspicion of gods and Buddhas.

He does not believe that gods and Buddhas care about the life and death of mortals. Gods and Buddhas only give people opportunities, but the choice lies in people's hands.

So instead of worshiping, it is better to think about how to break through the crisis.

but......

At this moment, as the leader, he is the real backbone of this group of people.

If he is confused.

Everyone was in chaos.

So on the surface, he had to pretend to be calm and composed.

Even at this moment, he was worried about whether tonight's actions would cause another mishap.

Outside the temple, Isamu Kondo led others to bury the four fallen soldiers in a mass grave. In front of the grave, he promised in front of the other soldiers that he would definitely come to take them home when the crisis was over.

A few moments later, after the simple memorial ceremony ended.

Upstream of the stream that poured into the swimming pool, a figure ran towards him in a panic.

Take a closer look.

It was the same guy who peed without washing his hands last time.

I saw that he was running too fast, and his front foot was followed by his back heel, causing him to fall directly. Amid everyone's ridicule, he stood up in a hurry and threw himself in front of Isamu Kondo:

"General! Fish... fish... fish..."

"What fish?"

Kondo Isamu frowned and looked at this incoherent guy.

The soldier swallowed his saliva, sorted out his words and said again:

"I found the golden carp!"

"What?!!"

Isamu Kondo was not the only one who was shocked.

Including everyone present.

Isamu Kondo confirmed again:

"Are you sure you found that golden carp?"

Isamu Kondo has a loud voice, let alone those present.

Even Tokugawa Iemo heard it inside the temple and rushed out within a few seconds.

"Where is she? Where is she?"

If it weren't for the four personal guards who stopped him, he might have rushed straight into the forest to look for the golden carp.

"General, don't panic, I'll go look for you right away."

Kondo Isamu will lead people to set off immediately.

Tokugawa Iemo said:

"Now we have suffered heavy losses in manpower and cannot be separated any longer. I will go with you."

"But General..."

"There is no need to discuss it. I hope to find the golden carp as soon as possible. This matter is of great importance!"

Seeing Tokugawa Iemoge's insistence, Kondo Isamu had no choice but to agree, turned around and ordered to the soldiers:

"Protect the general, and the soldier will lead the way."

A vast sea of ​​darkness.

Together with Tokugawa Iashiro and Kondo Isamu, a total of more than 30 people went along the upper reaches of the creek.

Just as a group of people left.

The back door of the temple.

A middle-aged man and a seven or eight-year-old child were standing there.

The middle-aged man looked toward the wild woods in the distance with his hands behind his back.

"Taro..."

"Master."

"Remember one thing, never go into a forest like this at night."

"Why?"

"Because it's easy to crash."

"Crash?"

"Evil" is referred to as evil in Yin Yang Feng Shui. It is particularly easy to cause harm to people, and different evil spirits have different powers. The most rare one is the red and white evil evil... This kind of evil

I have only heard it mentioned by a friend of mine, but I have never actually seen it."

"Disciple, I remember."

Xigua Taro then looked thoughtfully toward the wild woods.

...

It was an ordinary forest.

No one among the people who walked in with torches cared about whether there was evil in this place.

I even forgot that it was midnight at this moment.

When evil spirits are at their strongest.

Surrounded by the most ordinary vegetation.

There are also very familiar people around me.

As long as everyone gets together, nothing will happen.

The leading soldier comforted himself like this after entering the forest.

But when he turned around, he found that all his teammates around him had disappeared.

He shouted anxiously.

The only sound that answered him was the rustling of the wind on the leaves.

He wanted to leave, but saw a cloud of white mist rising on the road ahead.

He wanted to retreat, but behind him was a cloud of white mist.

He stood trembling on the spot, waving the knife in his hand to disperse the white mist.

But the white mist climbed up his body weakly until it completely submerged him.

Following a scream, the large army immediately became alert.

"Something must have happened to the guy exploring the road ahead. You should go and have a look."

Several soldiers came forward, but there was no response for a long time.

Realizing that something was wrong, Isamu Kondo immediately led his troops to retreat. As soon as they turned around, the way they came had disappeared.

"Damn it, is it because of evil?"

Isamu Kondo looked at the big trees blocking them behind him and slashed them with his knife several times, but they didn't move at all.

Then when he took the knife back, there was a trace of blood remaining on the knife.

"Why is this tree bleeding?"

Kondo Isamu was shocked and subconsciously protected Tokugawa Iemo, and quickly evacuated to another place with the four personal guards.

While evacuating, remind those around you:

"Don't touch those trees, there's evil in them."

In chaos.

The large army was divided into several groups and scattered in the forest.
To be continued...