Mrs. Shimada's voice was muffled. Even if I couldn't understand what she was saying, I could feel the heaviness in her tone.

Nantian looked at Bian Sijun.

Bian Sijun stared at Mrs. Shimada and slowly translated: "...... My husband is not without identity, but a criminal who cannot live with his original identity. I didn't know this until I married him. Exactly, I didn't marry him. My parents died in an epidemic and I was the only one left in the house. My house used to be a small room. He probably stole someone's money, fled to this place, broke into my house, raped me, and forced me to do a lot of things. I couldn't resist him. That was and is not the same as it is now. I couldn't call the police, and the little local police didn't want to deal with people like him...... He has killed people, and he must have done a lot of bad things...... He let me buy land with that money, married me, and after raping me, I got pregnant and gave birth to a light ......"

Hikaru Shimada showed a trance-like expression.

It must have been something his parents had never told him before.

I glanced at Mrs. Yoshinaga and Ms. Sakai. Both of them were slightly surprised, and kept an inquiring look, looking at Mrs. Shimada.

“…… Before giving birth to Hikari, I got pregnant several times, and I deliberately got rid of them. I don't want to give birth to his child. I've thought of a thousand ways to kill him. He found out about my intentions, and when I became pregnant with Light, he tied me up, took care of me, and treated me like a brute......"

Mrs. Shimada was so excited that her body trembled slightly.

She exhaled, adjusted her mood, and continued to tell.

“…… After Hikari was born, I was locked up by him for a long time. I should have gone crazy then. It's what people call depression now. I couldn't control my emotions. I resigned myself to my fate...... I began to accept this fate of my own, to accept the light. I thought about ignoring him and living well. At that time, he had a cat. ”

Mrs. Shimada had a palpable look of disgust on her face.

"The thing scratched the light and was running around and disturbing the guests. The wild cats in the mountains also ran to the hotel. He suddenly became obsessed with those cats, giving them food and raising them, without any restraint at all. I became grumpy. Once, I couldn't help but throw a cat into a waterhole. It's the waterhole behind the shrine. The cat I drowned in was black and white. ”

Mrs. Shimada continued in a strong tone.

He scooped up the cat's carcass and graved it. He didn't know that I had killed the cat on purpose, and thought it was an accident and wanted to tear down the waterhole. He went crazy and wanted to fill in the hot springs in the hotel to prevent other cats from having accidents. I don't think that's comprehensible. But I'm also like a demon, and I'm born with malice. When I saw that he was worried about those beasts, I had a sense of revenge. I dug up the cat he had buried and hung it inside the shrine with a rope. ”

Mrs. Shimada sneered.

"It was this incident that made him suspicious of me. We had a big fight, and he beat me, and then he tried to imprison me, and even tried to kill me. We fought so many times that both of us were like crazy. That day, much like now, was a terrible day with a blizzard. He got drunk and fell asleep indoors. I found this to be an opportunity to kill him. I opened the window and extinguished the charcoal fire in the room. The next day, I found out that he had frozen to death. ”

The smile on Mrs. Shimada's lips widened.

"I was so happy and too scared to see him dead. I'm afraid someone will doubt me. I took off his clothes and threw him into the hot tub before anyone else could find out. It was the waiter at the hotel who found his body. At that time, there was not much technology. He was thought to have accidentally drowned in the hot springs. Some people doubted me, and in the end, I was gone. ”

At this time, everyone seemed to be fascinated, and they were stunned to see Mrs. Shimada's calm performance.

I saw the hatred on the face of "Han Ji". The yin qi in her body also fluctuated.

It took me by surprise.

Is her target Mrs. Shimada?

Bian Sijun continued to translate Mrs. Shimada's narrative.

“…… After he died, I owned the hotel entirely. I can't marry again, so I'll raise the light. I see him as my support for the rest of my life. But he remembered the man. When I became an adult, he couldn't wait to leave me and went to live in a foreign country, and even his wife and son didn't want me to come into contact with me. If it weren't for the fact that I am old and the land of the hotel is worth a lot of money, I am afraid that he would not have come back to recognize me as a mother. ”

Mrs. Shimada looked sarcastically at her son, Hikaru Shimada.

Hikaru Shimada couldn't help but say a few words.

Bian Sijun opened his mouth wide and stammered, "...... He said he said Mrs. Shimada was a madman...... Believing in an evil god or something...... Forcing him to do something......"

Mrs. Shimada interrupted Hikaru Shimada's accusation with a word.

"Mrs. Shimada said that it was to protect Hikaru Shimada ......"

She said she knew the thing had been watching her and Hikaru Shimada. The cat she killed and the man were always here. She asked someone to do the rituals, bought a lot of talismans, and invited the Jizo Bodhisattva of the shrine back to the hotel to be worshiped again. She also built a new shrine for Jizo Bodhisattva in the area......"

She said she was all about protecting them. The hotel has been normal before. Until he came back to inherit the land of the inn, find someone to measure and appraise it...... Someone must have destroyed the ...... this place Enchantment? I didn't quite understand the word she said, it seemed like the name of a spell ritual...... Ah......h

Bian Sijun covered his mouth.

Hikaru Shimada said something earlier.

I saw everyone's look of surprise.

Taiki Shimada was pulled in front of Hikaru Shimada.

The child still had an ignorant expression.

Hikaru Shimada held Taiki Shimada's shoulder and asked something.

Daiki Shimada cried out with a "wow" and shouted a word.

I understand the word.

He's talking about "cats".

Bian Sijun muttered: "They say, Hikaru Shimada said, it's all caused by Shimada Taiki. Taiki Shimada visited here when he was born. There was a cat at the door...... It was Taiki Shimada crying...... His father brought the cat in...... Shimada Hikaru saw the cat and scolded them. The cat ran away and couldn't be found. It's a black and white cat, just like ...... It's like the one that Mrs. Shimada killed......"

They took the initiative to take the cat into the house, into the enchantment.

I looked at "Han Ji".

The hatred in the eyes of "Han Ji" has disappeared.

Mrs. Shimada stared at her great-grandson, Taiki Shimada, for a moment, and slowly closed her eyes.

I asked "Han Ji": "That's yours...... Who to work with? ”

This is the most plausible explanation I can think of.

That cat wasn't a female ghost.

It obviously has its own purpose, perhaps it was bought by female ghosts, or it was to take revenge on Mrs. Shimada for killing her. It sneaked into the room first, destroying little by little the defenses that Mrs. Shimada had painstakingly laid out.

Honda who was lured to kill......

Ono, Takahashi, and the woman who were later killed......

Mrs. Shimada said something to the director, causing the director to escape from the hotel with someone. They went into the mountains and saw shrines and waterholes. It's the real territory of the female ghost. They were so frightened by the ghost and the cat that they completely destroyed the fence wall.

All defenses are gone.

And during the time they left, I'm afraid that the female ghosts who had infiltrated the hotel before had completely occupied this place. Everyone here is possessed by them.

I fixed on "Han Ji".

When it comes to revenge, they already have plenty of odds to win.

"Han Ji" didn't mean anything. She was always unhurried.

I thought of the client who died at the hands of the female ghost, remembered the people who were driven crazy and scared to death by them that Aoba investigated, and remembered Yiyi, who died in the pond for a long time and couldn't be reincarnated......

For female ghosts, attacking the living may not only be for revenge, but also for the sake of killing the reincarnation of the enemy.

I had chills.

They want to torture the people they hate......

Mrs. Shimada was not afraid, and most of the people present were not so frightened as to break down.

It's not time for them to take their lives.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside the door.

The shadows of many people were reflected on the paper door. The men stood outside the door, filling the hallway, and stopped outside the room without saying a word.

The people in the room all left the doorway, staring nervously at the thin paper door.

(End of chapter)