The hotel was now surrounded by a fence. There are rune papers pasted on the fence walls, all of which are brand new.

The cat stopped in front of the fence wall, meowed a few times, and his anxiety turned to anger.

Its body was missing and was taken to the hotel.

It ran around the hotel a few times before suddenly feeling its body being moved.

The pain swept through its entire body and was transmitted to my consciousness as well. It's as if the body has been put on fire, scorched by the flames, turned to ashes, and returned to its original state, experiencing this pain all over again.

The cat screamed, and the mournful voice resounded through the mountains.

I heard the sound of Buddha wafting from the hotel. It's just that the chanting sound is different from the chanting sound I have heard in the past, and it does not bring me peace, but it is like a magic sound in my head, which makes people miserable.

It's not overkill.

My soul went through the fence and couldn't find Mrs. Shimada and the monk. They were elsewhere in the hostel.

When everything stopped, time doesn't know how long it had passed.

The cat became emaciated, drooping, and somewhat listless. It lay on the ground, feeling like life was passing. It's another life that's passing away. Its soul is drying up.

The cat struggled to its feet and walked slowly into the forest.

It bypassed the empty shrine and walked to the waterhole.

There is also yin energy in the waterhole.

It was dark, and there was a full moon overhead.

The reflection of the moon is fully displayed in the waterhole.

The cat stands on a rock, staring at the water.

It didn't take long for something under the water to come to the surface.

I was stunned for a moment.

This is the scene that Bai An has seen in his dreams.

The waterhole, the full moon, and the shadowy faces in the dark pools.

The bright moon begins to change, the lunar halo disappears, and the moon shadow becomes clear. That full moon has more human facial features.

Bang, bang......

Something in the water floated up, passed through the moon, and stood on the water.

It was a woman, dressed in the costume of the ancients, with her head bowed and her wet hair covering her face.

From the cat's point of view, I saw the woman's face.

She has no skin, and her flesh and veins are exposed to the air. Blood and water mixed with the pool water and fell.

The woman held out her hand to the cat.

In an instant, the two sides reached an agreement.

The cat jumped into the woman's arms, was held by the woman, and sank into the water together.

Darkness swept over my vision, and when my eyes lit up, I saw the man.

The man was in a state of desperation and walked to the shrine like a sleepwalker.

The female ghost holds the cat and sits in the narrow, dimly lit shrine, revealing only her hands and the cat's vertical pupils.

The man stopped in front of the shrine and asked nervously, "Miss Sayuri?" Sayuri? ”

The female ghost chuckled and beckoned to the man.

The man wanted to move forward, but as soon as his feet stepped on the shrine, he stopped again.

He woke up with a startled face, and stepped back.

The female ghost made a beautiful sound, like an invitation from a beauty.

The man was even more frightened, screamed, turned around and ran.

The female ghost stroked the cat's head and clenched her hands into fists.

"Sure enough...... It's still like that......" the female ghost whispered.

The cat looked up at the female ghost. The cat's eyes reflected the terrifying face of the female ghost.

Suddenly snowflakes fell in the sky.

The female ghost and the cat were hovering outside the fence of the hotel. They all stared at the wall.

I walked through the fence wall and saw the open window.

Inside, a man is lying on the ground holding a wine bottle.

The wind was blowing, and the snow was drifting indoors. The man was so cold that he curled up, but he was delirious and never woke up.

Time changed, and Tanaka shouted, opened the door and came in, his face suddenly pale. She hurried out, and when she returned, Mrs. Shimada came in with her. Both women panicked.

"Madam, send him to the hot springs. Soak in hot water......" Tanaka said anxiously.

Mrs. Shimada nodded suddenly.

The two dragged the man out of the house.

I was a little surprised.

Mrs. Shimada didn't seem to mean to kill people intentionally. Her panic and confusion did not seem to be fake.

Female ghosts and cats outside the fence wall move along the fence wall. I followed the walk and came to the outside of the hot springs.

I watched Mrs. Shimada and Tanaka busy for a while. But the man had already frozen to death. Maybe it wasn't that he froze to death, but he died suddenly after drinking. Their busyness is useless.

Tanaka was at a loss.

Mrs. Shimada burst into laughter, laughing and laughing, and burst into tears.

I felt the female ghost's yin qi fluctuate, and when I floated outside the fence wall, I saw the muscles on the female ghost's face tense. Even if she doesn't have a cheek, you can see that her expression is distorted and her eyes are full of hideousness.

The living people in the hotel were unaware.

Soon the police came, and some people, possibly employees of the inn, possibly guests of the inn, came to see the excitement.

Mrs. Shimada sat awkwardly, not crying or laughing.

She ignored the police's questioning. The police went to interrogate Tanaka.

Tanaka should be the kind of person who is illiterate, and he doesn't have much knowledge. When the policeman asked two questions, she was stumbling and talking upside down, but she couldn't explain why she was, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely and looked at Mrs. Shimada frequently.

The policeman looked at Mrs. Shimada with suspicion.

"Mom......" Shimada squeezed out of the crowd barefoot, looking helplessly at his mother.

I saw a change in Mrs. Shimada's eyes. She looked at Hikaru Shimada, got up from the ground, and reached out to take Hikaru Shimada into her arms.

"I don't know what's going on. Tanaka told me that he had found him missing. We searched for a long time before we found him in the hot pool. He must have been drinking...... He drank all the time and was unconscious...... It must have been the same yesterday, I drank alcohol, ran to the hot springs, and drowned......" Mrs. Shimada looked at the policeman, her eyes filled with tears, as if she was a little difficult to restrain her emotions, and reached out and grabbed the policeman's arm, "What should I do...... The child is still so young...... And so he went. What is going to happen to this family......"

As soon as she cried, Hikaru Shimada began to cry too.

Mrs. Shimada touched Hikaru Shimada's head and reached out to grab the policeman, as if she was looking for someone to ask for help.

I saw Mrs. Shimada feel something out of her sleeve and shove it into the policeman's hand. She had her back to the person, and no one saw it.

The policeman's expression shifted slightly, and he looked at his colleague.

His colleague examined the man's body, looked embarrassed, coughed, and then pretended to say, "Ah...... It's drowned. That's how it should be......"

After such a fool, the case was closed.

Mrs. Shimada was still crying.

Tanaka froze blankly, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.

No one scrutinized the cause of the man's death.

I look at the onlookers, and there is also a echo of Mrs. Shimada in their discussions. Men drink heavily, which should be a well-known thing in this small place.

The yin qi on the female ghost overflowed outward, but it stopped at the outer wall of the hotel.

The cat barked, flicked its tail, and left with some regret.

It glanced back, and saw that the female ghost was still in place.

They serve different purposes.

The cat wants to kill Mrs. Shimada, and the female ghost wants to kill the man.

The man died like this, and the female ghost's resentment could not be resolved.

For the cat, it is difficult for it to enter the inn and get close to Mrs. Shimada without men.

That's how it should be.

The scene around me flew by.

I saw sporadic clips and was sure that the cat was still lingering in the mountains.

The female ghost did not reappear, and the cat did not find a chance to kill Mrs. Shimada. It couldn't get into the hotel, and it couldn't get out of the mountain. It was worried, worried that Mrs. Shimada would die first, and that it would lose track of its enemies.

The passing sight stopped.

The cat crouched on the branch, looking down at the road below.

A car pulled up the road and stopped in front of the hotel.

Several people got out of the car.

Hikaru Shimada looks similar to him in reality. His wife, son, daughter-in-law......

The cat's eyes reflect the figure of Taiki Shimada. Taiki Shimada was still an infant at this time.

The cat stood up suddenly.

In the mountains, there is a yin energy belonging to a female ghost slowly rising.

I felt the cat's mind at this moment, and not only opened its mouth wide in astonishment.

"Meow." The cat let out a low bark, deftly jumped off the tree, and by the time it landed, its figure had already appeared on the edge of the pool.

In the waterhole, the female ghost stood on the surface of the water, her head bowed, and let out an eerie laugh that made people sweat.

"Hee-hee...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

"Giggle......

Whoa......

The water in the pool gushed up.

Countless female ghosts laughed out loud at this moment.

Their yin energy swirls in the mountains.

"Meow-" The cat meowed, squinting at the female ghost's laughter, and turned to look at the hotel.

(End of chapter)