This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 346 - 249: Entering Rain Hall Again (4000 words)

Chapter 346: Chapter 249: Entering Rain Hall Again (4000 words)

It started to rain.

Beichuan Si glanced at the gloomy weather.

Thin droplets drifted through the sky, forming dense curtains of rain that stripped the warmth from one’s body as they fell.

Flashes of lightning streaked across the sky intermittently, followed by the rolling thunder.

The frightening claps of thunder even made the ground beneath quiver.

Beichuan Si ignored the rain and opened his umbrella, heading off school grounds.

His figure became blurry in the sheet of rain and soon disappeared on the other side of the street.

Now it was Wednesday, two o’clock in the afternoon, just after the first class had ended.

Even with Gangye Yoshiko’s support on his side, Beichuan Si hadn’t done anything to violate the school’s discipline or rules. He had already notified the principal ahead of time about leaving school early.

Because the weather, being so elusive, couldn’t guarantee that the heavy rains would only fall on weekends.

Lately, the rainy weather had been considerately on the increase.

But in truth, from March transitioning into April, continuous spring rains were perfectly normal.

Returning home first, Beichuan Si changed into a fresh set of clothes. The rain was too heavy, and the umbrella wasn’t much use; his clothes were completely soaked through.

After attending to these matters, Beichuan Si packed items such as Nishijou Kurenai and the Shinra Bell into his backpack before donning a rain cape.

"Let’s go, Kurenai," Beichuan Si said as he wrapped his plastic rain cape tightly around himself, then glanced at Nishijou Kurenai who had also sewn a tiny red doll’s rain cape around herself.

It seemed she too was fully prepared.

The next moment—

The system’s cold voice rang in his mind after a long absence.

’System prompt: Mansions in the heavy rain sway with lingering thoughts. The cold rainwater and pale corpses, the ugliness of human nature and children’s corpses in a secret room—all these instill in you an exceptional fear. Terrifying shadows follow like a curse, and eerie, twisting figures tremble... But you know full well that fear serves no purpose. Amidst unease, terror, worry, and dread, you must take heavy steps, one at a time, along the muddy mountain paths, in search of the elusive mansion in the rain, to discover the history hidden in the dark...’

’Mission completion condition (1): Find the clues from the past, understand the ritual beneath the orphanage involving the corpses (0/1).’

’Mission completion condition (2): Find the clues from the past, understand the specifics of the children’s attempt to escape, as well as the fates of Jiuyuan, Xue Zhu, and Changchuan (0/1).’

’Mission reward: Host may upgrade any good spirit at will, or repair the consciousness of any dormant good spirit.’

Hm?

Seeing the mission reward, a nearly imperceptible ripple crossed Beichuan Si’s expressionless face.

Repair the consciousness of any dormant good spirit?

Beichuan Si casually took out the Shinra Bell beside him.

On the golden surface of the Shinra Bell, a colorful halo shimmered. Through this radiance, one seemed to glimpse a girl in a kimono adorned with cherry blossom petals, deep in slumber.

"Magong Yongshi," Beichuan Si said, his eyebrows raising slightly as he looked at the figure within.

As one of the Soul Suppressing Twins of Shenzhu Village, the strength of Magong Yongshi’s Spiritual Body was not to be underestimated.

In the end, she had transformed into the Soul Summoning Flower and acted as a bridge, guiding the resentful spirits through the Gate of Yellow Springs.

It was due to this act that Magong Yongshi’s Spiritual Body had been damaged, and she had yet to awaken.

Each time Beichuan Si performed an exorcism, the Shinra Bell would absorb some of the malice to nourish the slumbering Magong Yongshi within.

Yet, Magong Yongshi showed no signs of waking.

This fact alone clearly demonstrated just how strong Magong Yongshi’s Spiritual Body was.

She was at least a level or two stronger than Nishijou Kurenai.

Just by looks, one could tell Magong Yongshi was a powerful ally.

Therefore, the task at Rain Hall this time, he had to complete it.

Beichuan Si pushed open the door, wrapped tight in his rain cape, and without hesitation headed towards the station.

...

Some thirty minutes later, Beichuan Si stood once again on the spacious mountain road.

All he could hear was the sound of rain pounding around him.

Amidst the spasms of rain and the indiscernible shapes ahead, he felt as if he were losing himself.

If it really is as I suspect...

Beichuan Si formulated his thoughts in his mind.

Wanting to see Rain Hall... the mansion in the rain.

Wanting to enter Rain Hall... that crimson mansion.

The path to Rain Hall was deep and shrouded, easily overlooked due to the heavy rain.

Beichuan Si quickly and succinctly sketched out such a picture in his mind.

In the midst of the downpour, a sinister crimson mansion stood tall at a distance. Before him, a winding path stretched into the dense forest...

Beichuan Si once again opened his eyes.

Before him, a slender path wound its way into the dense forest.

In his field of vision was a refined mansion lying some distance away.

The crosses perched atop the steep roofs were thoroughly drenched in rain...

Beichuan Si glanced behind him without thinking.

Without knowing when, the path behind him had been cut off, everything shrouded in unfathomable darkness.

Then move forward!

Without a moment’s hesitation, Beichuan Si proceeded toward Rain Hall.

Unlike the Rain Hall he had seen previously, this time the mansion boasted a chic courtyard.

The courtyard was enclosed by dense iron railings, roughly three to four meters high.

The iron gate lay fallen on the ground, while untended wild grass grew everywhere, giving off a long-neglected air.

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