This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 149 - 148: Knife-Wielding Shrine Maiden (18th Update)

Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Knife-Wielding Shrine Maiden (18th Update)

This explanation seemed entirely plausible.

But for some reason, Beichuan Si keenly sensed a hint of discordance.

Was the whole truth of the matter really so simple?

Was the cause of Shenzhu Village’s destruction really because of a romance between two unrelated men and women?

Most crucially, why hadn’t the system prompt sounded after he made this conjecture?

Did that mean there was something wrong with this conjecture?

If asked to state the reasons for his discomfort, Beichuan Si could easily list a multitude.

"Right now, the number of clues is too few."

Even though Beichuan Si had gone from the Magong Family to the Shenzhu Shrine, and from there to the Shenzhu branch family, he hadn’t felt even the slightest touch of the former truth.

Deeper terror and despair seemed to quietly await him in the dark depths.

Beichuan Si picked up the water bottle hanging at his side, took a sip, and then left the study.

According to the records in the study, the last remaining room was the concubine’s room, where the concubine had long been imprisoned, unable to leave without Granny Jinnv and Granny Pinv.

Without hesitation, Beichuan Si straightforwardly headed to the last room of the underground palace.

This time, the corridor was incredibly deep and dark; even the flashlight couldn’t easily reach the end...

No, it wasn’t that it couldn’t reach the end, but rather that the light was being swallowed.

Beichuan Si widened his black eyes and walked inward step by step.

About five minutes later, Beichuan Si finally saw a wooden lattice door sticking to the wall.

Through the wooden lattice door, Beichuan Si could clearly see a room flickering with candlelight.

The room looked like that of an ordinary girl.

Red, blue, yellow, and white small balls, a small spinning top. A comb and a diary placed on the dressing table.

A wardrobe against the corner and a neatly made bedding placed on the tatami.

Yes, this was just an ordinary girl’s room.

But for some reason, looking at it made Beichuan Si’s skin crawl.

Very strange... very strange...

"Why is this room..." Beichuan Si muttered to himself.

"So clean?"

Suddenly, a whisper exploded in his ears!

Beichuan Si forcefully swung Jian Ding behind him.

But other than the empty air, who was behind him?

"A hallucination? No... that was definitely not a hallucination."

That sentence wasn’t said by Beichuan Si, there was something behind him!

Beichuan Si’s body tensed up.

This room emitted strangeness all around; even the simple arrangement of furniture gave him an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Clack, clack, clack—

The ball bounced and rolled over.

In Beichuan Si’s eyes, shrouded with a dead aura, he could only vaguely make out the shadow of resentment.

The concubine’s room...

On this wooden lattice door hung a lock adorned with seductive floral patterns.

Of course, Beichuan Si wasn’t going to go back to playing the decryption game looking for the key.

He drew Jian Ding out, immediately smashed the lock, and then pushed open the wooden lattice door, entering the room.

Inside, the room still held the same arrangement.

The flickering fire, as handled by human hands, a bright red spinning top dyed in blood, and a ball shaped like a human head—

Beichuan Si directly went to the side of the dressing table.

He planned to investigate this diary and then leave this eerie room.

Being in this room, there was a suffocating sense of danger staring him down.

Beichuan Si turned the diary to the first page.

The diary had neither dates nor names, thoroughly following the principle of keeping a Concubine’s identity confidential.

"Granny Pinv brought me a diary today, saying that every Concubine must keep the habit of journaling, as it seems that Concubines from all generations needed to record their experiences."

"Keeping a diary... what an interesting thing indeed."

The handwriting on the diary was extremely childish, instantly revealing the young age of the Concubine at the time.

Being young, the entries she wrote were also very brief.

Beichuan Si turned to the second page.

"Granny Jinnv brought me a puppy today, telling me to raise it well so it could also keep me company."

The text stopped there.

Beichuan Si sensed something off in the air and instinctively flipped to the third page.

It read, "Dogs are annoying, but if I just squeeze their necks with my hands, they won’t make any unnecessary reactions. It’s quite interesting."

This naively cruel record made Beichuan Si unconsciously raise an eyebrow.

Then came the fourth page.

"The dog is really getting annoying, so I strangled it. Granny Pinv and Granny Jinnv wouldn’t blame me, right?"

The fifth page in the diary—

This diary mostly contained records of the Concubine’s life over the years.

When the Concubine was in a good mood, she wrote more in the diary; when she was in a bad mood, she wrote less. Sometimes she wouldn’t touch the diary for a month or two, yet occasionally there were records as cruel as those of a child’s.

For example, finding an insect and stepping on it, she found it very amusing, observing from a bystander’s perspective.

From childhood to gradually growing up, the handwriting changed, and so did the person.

From a little girl to a young woman, Beichuan Si could clearly see her growth.

It was a growth that twisted the mind and spirit.

About the scenes of carrying out punishments, naive thoughts while digging out human organs.

This twisted method of upbringing was certainly worrying.

Beichuan Si quickly finished going through the diary.

It must be said, the contents recorded in this diary were shocking.

No wonder the existence of Concubines needed to be concealed; such beings, if exposed, would indeed not contribute to the honor of the family.

Originally thinking there was only one difficult opponent, Shenzhu zhong, the Soul Suppressing Twin, but now it seemed another Concubine had to be added.

Yes—

Another Concubine.

Beichuan Si abruptly halted.

Then swiftly, he thrust Jian Ding behind him fiercely.

CRACK!!!!

After a grating noise of friction, Beichuan Si saw clearly who stood behind him.

To be exact, that wasn’t a human at all.

The figure possessed a slender yet twisted body, with an extremely ferocious appearance.

From the overly long hair, Beichuan Si could easily deduce that this vengeful spirit was a female before her death.

’Her’ limbs.

No.

Those shouldn’t be called limbs, but rather a pale-blue body composed of various torture instruments, causing one to shudder at first sight.

But this form didn’t scare Beichuan Si.

What truly surprised Beichuan Si was—

The spiraling, robust grudge emanating from her.

"Stronger than the spirits of the martyrs from Hisutcha High School..."

Beichuan Si’s pupils shrank, and he gripped Jian Ding even tighter.

This was indeed a huge catch.

Beichuan Si moved his feet, his whole body tensed.

He charged directly towards the vengeful spirit!!!

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