Liu Xing looked at the shops around with closed doors, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It seems that we will have to go back to the car and get some bread to deal with it later, because I am afraid that there are no restaurants open to the public in this Zuoshan Town." ”

Fortunately, Liu Xing and the others had already guessed that their group would run around after the official start of the Gongwu War, so Liu Xing and the others prepared a lot of ready-to-eat food and drinking water such as bread in the car.

Of course, there are several sets of weapons and equipment.

"Shall we go to the convenience store that is open?" Zhang Wenbing pointed to the only open shop not far away.

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "Of course we have to go, because we still have to ask the boss if he knows about the situation of the Black Ming Shrine." ”

After entering the convenience store, Liu Xing found that there were only a few scattered items on the shelves of this convenience store, and it seemed that the business of this convenience store was very bad.

As for the owner of this convenience store, it is an old man who looks to be in his seventies and eighties.

The old man looked at Liu Xing and the others, and said with some surprise: "But I'm sorry, you should have seen the situation in Zuoshan Town, so I don't have anything else to sell in this convenience store except for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, after all, there are only a group of old men and women left in Zuoshan Town, so other things can't be sold in Zuoshan Town." ”

Zhang Jingxu nodded, pretending to be a little disappointed and said: "Okay, then old man, do you know that there are still restaurants open to the public in Zuoshan Town, we were in a bit of a hurry when we came today, so we didn't bring anything to eat in the car, and the nearest other cities have to drive for more than an hour, we are really a little hungry and can't stand it." ”

After that, Zhang Jingxu also touched his stomach with his upper body.

"Oh, do you mean you're here to make a special trip to Sayama?" The old man said with a shocked face: "I haven't seen outsiders come to our Zuoshan Town for several years. ”

Zhang Jingxu smiled and said: "Actually, we are a group of travel enthusiasts, and we like to visit the shrines in various parts of the island country, because the shrines in different places have their own characteristics; In recent years, we have visited all the famous shrines in the island country, so we thought about changing our strategy and wanted to visit some abandoned shrines, so we found a shrine in Sayama Town that had been abandoned for hundreds of years on the Internet, and decided to use this shrine as the first stop on our trip to abandoned shrines, but we really didn't expect that Sayama Town was about to become an empty city. ”

The old man sighed, pointed to a table next to him and said, "If you don't mind, then I'll go and order some noodles for you now, now there may be only one shop left in the entire Sashan Town that is still open, and those restaurants have long been closed." ”

Liu Xing and the others hurriedly nodded and thanked the old man.

Ten minutes later, the old man brought out five bowls of clear soup noodles in front of Liu Xing and the others.

Liu Xing took a bowl of noodles, took a bite and said, "Old man, the noodles you make are really good, better than the noodles I ate in Tokyo." ”

The old man glanced at Liu Xing, opened his mouth and scolded with a smile: "You kid is really good at talking, I don't know what this bowl of noodles tastes like?" In addition to putting a little salt, I added a few greens, and it tasted good, so it would be weird. ”

Yin En and others also echoed and laughed and scolded Liu Xing for slapping his ass.

Liu Xing saw that the atmosphere was good, so he joked: "By the way, old man, aren't you afraid that we are bad people?" ”

The old man shook his head, patted his pocket and said: "I'm afraid of what you're doing, anyway, the things in my convenience store are not worth much, and the monthly turnover may not be enough for my living expenses, so even if you are bad people, you can't take much money from me, and it's not even enough for you to drive to the next city, and I'm not blowing it to you, I worked as a salesman in Toyama City when I was young, so I only need to look at you to know if you are good people." ”

Liu Xing and the others nodded with a smile.

In the following conversation, Liu Xing and others learned that this old man's name is Yamada Saburo, a native of Sayama Town, who once went to Toyama City as a salesman when he was young, and after accumulating a batch of capital, he returned to Sayama Town to open this convenience store for a living, and then stayed for decades.

As Liu Xing and others said before, Saburo Yamada witnessed the decline of Sayama Town - for decades, the young people of Sayama Town continued to go out to study and work, and these young people called their parents who were still in Sayama Town after starting a family in other places, so that the age of comments in Sayama Town continued to increase, and the birth rate of newborns became lower and lower.

There have been no births in Sayama for five years, so the only remaining hospital in Sayama has closed its pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology departments, and all schools in Sayama have closed their doors because there are no students.

Originally, Saburo Yamada's son asked Saburo Yamada to live in Osaka many times, but Saburo Yamada felt that he was too old to live for a few years, so he stayed in Sayama Town.

After chatting about the history of the decline of Zuoshan Town, Liu Xing took the opportunity to ask: "By the way, old man, do you know the specific situation of the abandoned shrine in Zuoshan Town?" ”

Yamada Saburo nodded, and said seriously: "Of course I know, that shrine can be said to be the only place in our Sayama Town that can be regarded as a scenic spot, a few years ago, the mayor wanted to rebuild that shrine to make Sayama Town a tourist town, in order to revitalize the economy of Sayama Town, but when rebuilding the shrine, there was an accident, which caused a worker to fall off the cliff and died, because the shrine was built next to the cliff." ”

Then, Saburo Yamada told everything he knew.

The shrine in Sayama Town is called Kuromei Shrine, which was built a few years ago, because the Kuromei Shrine had hundreds of clergy stationed in that year, so the scale of the shrine is also a little famous in the vicinity, and the incense can be said to be extremely vigorous, so that the surrounding small lords are respectful to the Kuromei Shrine.

Oddly enough, however, the monks of Kuromei Shrine rarely interact with other shrines or temples in the vicinity, and rarely perform any traditional worship rituals.

In the Warring States period, because the shrines and temples in the island country were relatively strange at that time, the monks and clergy were paramilitary members, and the presiding officers of some large temples could even be compared to the local daimyos, because their monks and soldiers may have more than the standing army of some daimyos.

Therefore, monks and soldiers can often be seen on the battlefield at that time.

As for the Black Ming Shrine at that time, it was not exempt from vulgarity, and their clergy often became mercenaries of the local daimyos, so in a battle, because of the heavy losses of the Black Ming Shrine, they were targeted by a group of bandits who came over, and finally the Black Ming Shrine was attacked by the bandits in a dark night, and all the clergy died on the spot.

Since then, Kuromei Shrine has become history.

But after that, something strange and terrible happened.

Because the building of Kuromei Shrine was not damaged, a nearby temple was marked with the attention of Kuromei Shrine and wanted to take it for himself.

So, they sent several monks to live in the Kuromei Shrine in the name of "Youfang Monks", intending to slowly turn the Kuromei Shrine into a new temple.

As a result, these monks who entered the Heiming Shrine did not go back to report the situation at the designated time, so the presiding officer of the temple realized that the situation was wrong, so he immediately sent people to the Heiming Shrine to check the situation, and it turned out that the monks disappeared without a trace, but there was no trace of fighting in the Heiming Shrine.

From then on, all those who spent the night at the shrine mysteriously disappeared, so the shrine became a famous place for the gods (many people in the island country believe that some of the missing people were hidden by the gods).

Because Saburo Yamada lived in a small village near Kuromei Shrine when he was a child, the villagers often reminded the children not to go to Kuromei Shrine.

But Yamada Saburo and his friends are not so honest, so they often go to the Black Ming Shrine to play, and at this time, in addition to the dust of the Black Ming Shrine, the overall building situation is not bad, so Yamada Saburo They often play at the Black Ming Shrine, hide and seek.

As a result, the unexpected happened.

During a hide-and-seek, Saburo Yamada hid behind the idol, only to suddenly hear a little friend screaming from the kitchen, and when Saburo Yamada and the others arrived, the little friend was nowhere to be found and never appeared again.

It was also after this incident that Saburo Yamada never went to the Black Shrine again.

Hearing this, Liu Xing and the others can be sure that no matter whether there are notes from Abe Eyeaki when he was young in the Black Ming Shrine, there is at least one mythical creature that has been lurking for hundreds of years.

And judging from the current situation, it seems that the mythical creature is confined to the Black Ming Shrine by some kind of power.

This is because mythical creatures don't usually stay in the same place for long.

"Alas, if you want to visit the Black Shrine, it's best for everyone to act together, so that no one suddenly hides, and the most important thing is that you can't spend the night at the Black Shrine, otherwise you will never be able to leave the Black Shrine again." Saburo Yamada said seriously.

At this time, Liu Xing and the others, who had already eaten a bowl of noodles, glanced at each other, and then got up to say goodbye to Yamada Saburo.

Of course, Liu Xing and others did not forget to give Yamada Saburo face money, and Yamada Saburo accepted it unceremoniously.

Just as Liu Xing and the others were about to leave the convenience store, a tall young man walked into the convenience store.

No, Liu Xing felt that perhaps this young man should be described as huge.

Because Liu Xing visually measured that this young man's height was about two meters two, and his weight might exceed one hundred and fifty kilograms.

To put it simply, the young man looks like an enhanced version of O'Neill.

Liu Xing looked at the young man's casserole-sized fist and felt that he should be able to kill himself with one punch.

Because the damage bonus of this punch may be the legendary 2d6...

"Rakuten, how is your grandfather's condition now? I guess it's a lot better for you to look like this. Saburo Yamada said with a smile.

The young man known as Lotte also smiled and said, "My grandfather has been discharged from the hospital today, so I'm going to buy something and go back and make something delicious." ”

Yamada Saburo nodded, as if he suddenly remembered something, so he pointed to Liu Xing and the others and said, "They plan to go to the Black Ming Shrine, why don't you take them there?" After all, the mountain road to Kuromei Shrine is quite complicated. ”

Lotte looked back at Liu Xing and the others, and said with some surprise: "Oh, do you really want to go to Heiming Shrine, it's not a good place." ”

Zhang Jingxu repeated the set of rhetoric he had just told Yamada Saburo.

"I see, then if you don't mind having one more person, I can be a guide to take you to the Black Ming Shrine, and by the way, I can also make a wish to my grandfather." Lotte said.

Liu Xing and the others looked up at Lotte, and they all felt a little weak.

Because Lotte's body shape is full of oppression.

At this time, Yamada Saburo also saw the uneasiness of Liu Xing and the others, so he patted Lotte's arm and said: "Don't look at Lotte, this kid looks like a bear, but Lotte is a well-known good guy in our Sayama Town, and he used to help us old guys do things." ”

Lotte stretched out a hand and said with a smile: "When I was a child, my grandfather and master often taught me that I must help others as much as I can, because I grew up being helped by others." ”

Saburo Yamada sighed and said: "Rakuten he has been an orphan since he was a child, because his parents were crew members of an ocean-going fishing boat, so Lotte was born on the sea in the Arctic Ocean, but Rakuten was only born for more than ten days, and the ocean-going fishing boat he was in sank because it hit an iceberg, but fortunately, there was a ship nearby that saw all this, and finally rescued Rakuten, and then it took a lot of effort to feed him with seal milk, and finally his grandfather adopted him." ”

Lotte nodded and said with a smile, "That's why my name is Seal Lotte." ”

Liu Xing thought for a while, stepped forward and shook Lotte's hand and said, "My name is Watanabe Meteor, and I'm very happy to meet you." ”

Since Liu Xingdu has started, Zhang Jingxu and others have also come up to know Lotte in turn.

So, Liu Xing and the others followed Lotte to the Black Ming Shrine after shopping.

"Behind my grandfather's house is the mountain road leading to the Black Shrine, so we'll go to the Black Shrine after I put my things home, but we may not stay at the Shrine for long, because my master keeps telling me to leave the Black Shrine before dark." Lotte said, pointing to a mountain not far away.

"Master?" Yin En said with some curiosity: "What does your master teach?" ”

Lotte flashed his arm and said with a smile: "Martial arts." ”