This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 209 - 181. A Year (4000 Characters)

Chapter 209: 181. A Year (4000 Characters)

"Yuchuan God causing trouble?"

Beichuan Si didn’t really believe it.

Because as he continued to look through news about Yuchuan Town, he couldn’t see any more incidents of disappearances or murders.

If there really were a "Yuchuan God" such as a specter or a vengeful spirit, the likelihood of incidents in Yuchuan Town wouldn’t be so small.

In fact, even looking twenty years back in Yuchuan Town, he couldn’t find any records of any horrifying cases, which also indirectly indicated that the mentioned "Yuchuan God" simply did not exist.

The disappearance of those four children was due to other reasons—perhaps the biggest one might be—

"Human criminal acts..." Shen Gu Mirai muttered, voicing Beichuan Si’s speculation.

Yes, it was human criminal acts.

This world doesn’t have so many vengeful spirits committing crimes; most cases are also something the police could handle on their own.

If there really were that many vengeful spirits, the world would have been in chaos long ago.

The reason Beichuan Si encountered so many vengeful spirits was due to his constitution, which attracted spiritual bodies.

Ordinary people might not encounter even a few spiritual bodies in their entire lives, let alone those that could materialize.

Beichuan Si squinted his eyes.

But compared to vengeful spirits, human crimes were undoubtedly more troublesome and more difficult to deal with.

There’s an old saying.

Humans fear ghosts for their horror, but ghosts know the toxicity of human hearts.

Some psychologically twisted individuals could cause events and pose dangers to society that were far more horrifying than some mindless, low-level vengeful spirits.

They say vengeful spirits are horrifying, but very few people have actually seen them. In contrast, some people can be cruel to a shocking extent.

The "Lost Yuchuan" also mentioned that in the end, it was a killer possessed by a vengeful spirit who killed the female protagonist, leaving the male protagonist in a daze.

So, was this tragedy caused by a vengeful spirit, or was it caused by human hands?

If the killer hadn’t gone after the second survivor, would the final outcome have really changed?

That remained unknown to anyone.

It seemed necessary to do some local investigation.

Having thought this, Beichuan Si no longer hesitated.

He felt it was time.

Watching Beichuan Si start to put on his coat for going out, Shen Gu Mirai then spoke, "Mr. Temple, are you planning to visit Seto Cheng next?"

"Let’s put the visit to Seto Cheng off for a bit," Beichuan Si pondered for a moment before saying, "I plan to find Kobayashi Seijiro."

Kobayashi Seijiro?

Shen Gu Mirai was startled at first, but then he remembered the patient in the psychiatric department of the hospital.

According to Beichuan Si, the curse had been transferred from him onto himself.

"His condition should be much more stable than before; we might be able to get some details about the game they played initially."

Beichuan Si said as he stood up.

"Ah...wait, Mr. Temple, I’ll come with you."

"Alright."

After a brief exchange, the two left the house and headed towards the train station.

It took about forty-five minutes for Beichuan Si and Shen Gu Mirai to reach the hospital they had visited last time.

Once there, they registered at the front desk, went upstairs, and returned to the psychiatric ward.

The psychiatric ward was very quiet today, though occasionally, meaningless wails of agony and sobs could be heard from some of the rooms.

Beichuan Si and Shen Gu Mirai walked up to Kobayashi Seijiro’s hospital room door and looked inside.

Kobayashi Seijiro, whose complexion had improved significantly, was smiling and chatting with his mother, Kobayashi Saki.

Kobayashi Saki was wiping away tears while smiling beside him.

Although it seemed somewhat improper to disturb a reunion between mother and son, Beichuan Si still knocked on the hospital room door.

"Coming," Kobayashi Saki answered, then pulled the door open.

Upon seeing who it was, Kobayashi Saki’s eyes could not help but light up, "Beichuan, and Shen Gu? I was just talking about you two with Seijiro, please come in."

"Sorry to disturb," the two nodded their heads and walked into the hospital room as if they were not strangers.

"Beichuan...and Shen Gu," Kobayashi Seijiro clearly still remembered Beichuan Si, the person who had pulled him out of misery.

Ever since he last encountered Beichuan Si, he hadn’t had those bizarre dreams nor had he seen those terrifying children again.

And the stability of his sleep quality and mental state also significantly eased his irritability.

It could be said that his current ability to calmly chat with his mother was largely thanks to Beichuan Si.

However, compared to the gratitude in his gaze, Beichuan Si just nodded lightly without making further gestures.

Helping Kobayashi Seijiro was merely to investigate the full story of the whole incident.

Once everyone was seated, Beichuan Si straight to the point said:

"Kobayashi, I’d like to talk to you about the four-person hide and seek game, is that okay?"

The four-person hide and seek game?

As soon as he heard the name that had tormented him for so long, Kobayashi Seijiro’s face turned pale.

It took a while before Kobayashi Seijiro regained his composure and looked at his mother beside him:

"Mom, I’m a bit hungry, but I don’t want the hospital meal. Could you go to the convenience store across the street and buy me a bento box?"

"...I guess I can..." Kobayashi Saki looked at Kobayashi Seijiro strangely, but out of love for her son, she agreed: "Then Beichuan, please watch Seijiro for me; I’ll be right back."

Her thief-guarding-like expression made Kobayashi Seijiro sheepishly smile.

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