Chapter 1022

"President Shiben, the mission target, is it by this lake?"

Iwata Takeshi, who was fully armed, waited respectfully behind Tokimoto Ichiro and asked in a low voice.

A group of detectives with loaded guns and serious faces consciously distanced themselves and patrolled along the shore of the lake.

Tokimoto Ichiro's "resurrection with corpse", like "Ghost Rider's true identity", is the top secret of the association, and only Takeshi Iwata knows about it in the ninth class.

This time, because it was related to the safety of Ayano Mochizuki, he directly omitted the reporting process, personally arranged a helicopter, and organized an elite team to hunt down the suspects of "stealing Taketori picture scrolls, massacring the Supernatural Research Institute, kidnapping Ayano Mochizuki, and murdering Koji Mochizuki." A murderer of multiple crimes.

"Don't be impatient, the old man's 'finding mantra' on the bamboo scrolls is very secretive, and the "yin and yang four-element celestial disk" takes a lot of work to guide a more precise direction..."

Facing the lake, Tokimoto Ichiro waved his hands, staring intently at the crazily spinning pointer on the compass in his hand.

"However, judging by this reaction, we should be very close to the Taketori picture scroll."

On the night of having a long talk with Sosuke Araki, Ichiro Tokimoto, who had predicted that his time was approaching, cast Maoshan's secret "person-seeking curse" on the Taketori scroll just in case.

It is precisely because of the backhand he left behind that everyone followed the guidance all the way to find this place.

"Okay, just be sure, please!"

Just as Takeshi Iwata bowed to salute, several cold raindrops suddenly fell into the back of his neck, sending chills down the spine.

"It's raining?"

It seemed that this group of "uninvited guests" were not very welcome. A sudden shower quietly enveloped Jingjin Lake, which was originally a clear sky.

…

"Clah la la la..."

Large and large raindrops hit the branches and leaves in the forest like bullets, making a crisp sound.

"This rain, is it because of the formation here, did it respond to the Taketori picture scroll?"

Koji Mochizuki, wearing a black robe and carrying a huge wooden box, was standing quietly in the rain, facing a stone tablet surrounded by white light.

"Hmph, Emperor Wenmu is an idiot."

The picture scroll hanging under the wooden box shone with a faint white light like breathing, as if echoing the stone tablet.

"Thunder is vaguely, the sky is cloudy, but I hope the wind and rain will come, and I will keep you here."

As the tentacles corroded the moss and weeds on the stele, a line of flamboyant and phoenix characters were faintly exposed on the dilapidated stele.

"Only after collecting the secret treasures of Mochizuki, can we find this monument under the guidance of Taketori Escroll..."

The torrential rain was accumulating, and water gradually flowed along the gullies on the ground, converging from all directions into a slightly sunken terrain in front of the stele.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst the low crashing sound, the ground shook slightly, as if something had started to move.

"So that's the case, we can only wait for the 'Rain Prayer Array' to provide enough water to activate the mechanism under the stele..."

The water gradually filled up, and a small lake with a diameter of about 50 meters and a much deeper terrain than that appeared in front of Mochizuki Koji.

"Only then can I see the sixth lake in the legendary "Fuji Five Lakes", Chihu Lake."

Reflected by the red rocks at the bottom, the originally clear rainwater turned bright red, as if the entire small lake was filled with blood.

Dense thick long tentacles squirmed out from under his robe, tightly wrapping the wooden box and picture scroll on his back.

"The Chihu Lake has appeared, and the passage at the bottom of the lake must have opened accordingly?"

Then, step by step, he walked towards the small lake in front of him until he disappeared under the water.

"The reunion of father and daughter is finally here... My lovely little bamboo."

…

Five minutes later, by the lakeside of Jingjin Lake.

"Go east!"

In the pouring rain, the magnetic needle on the compass in Ichiro Tokimoto's hand finally confirmed the direction.

"sail!"

The detectives who had already requisitioned the sightseeing boat by the lake pulled the engine quickly.

Several white sightseeing boats with the appearance of swans carried people, broke through the rain curtain and the lake surface, and brought out "cracks" on the gem-like lake.

Following the direction directed by Tokimoto Ichiro, the sightseeing boats advancing side by side quickly crossed the lake with an area of ​​only one square kilometer and approached the opposite shore.

"The reaction of the compass has become stronger... this way!"

Before the boat docked, Tokimoto Ichiro jumped onto the embankment in one step, and got into the forest beside him.

"Wait for me!"

Araki Sousuke on the other boat followed closely behind, leaped over the water surface of nearly ten meters, crouched down like a cheetah and jumped into the forest.

"This...quick, leave a few people to watch the boat, and the others will follow!"

"yes!"

Facing the "supernatural" physical abilities of the two, the detectives on the ship were only a little taken aback, and then continued with the matter at hand with their heads down.

After running in the forest for a few minutes in the rain, the sound of clear water suddenly came to Araki Zongsuke's ears.

"Red lake?"

Breaking through the bushes and weeds, a red and coquettish small lake appeared in front of his eyes.

"This stele looks like it has been around for a while."

Tokimoto Ichiro, who arrived one step earlier, was standing by the stone tablet by the lake.

"This trace is the guy who appeared in the research institute... And, he was here not long ago!"

Sousuke Araki raised his blindfold, and several handprints with rising black energy appeared on the stone tablet.

"There are also on the ground... It looks like a group of snakes crawling across... What is it that took Wangyueshi away?"

He leaned down and scraped away the weeds on the ground, only to see several crooked mud prints extending into the scarlet lake in front of him.

"Target, went underwater..."

Arriving at the lake, Sousuke Araki began to take off his clothes without hesitation: "The lake doesn't look deep, let me go down and catch him!"

"Mr. Shiben..."

At the same time ~lightnovelpub.net~ Iwata Takeshi and a group of detectives also came here panting.

"Araki-kun, you?!"

Looking at the red lake in the forest in front of them, and Sousuke Araki who had entered the "clothes explosion mode" by the lake, and his underwear and vest were flying all over the sky, everyone was slightly taken aback.

"Don't worry, Araki-kun! The location of Taketori Escroll is constantly moving away from us, that guy should not be under this lake..."

Not far away, Ichiro Tokimoto, who was holding a compass, frowned and looked at Sosuke Araki: "Ahem, even if you want to go into the water, you don't need to take off your underwear, do you?"

"Huh? These footprints and handprints are definitely fresh out of the oven. That guy didn't go down for more than ten minutes at most!"

Araki Sousuke, who was naked and ready to dive, froze immediately: "Could it be that this little broken pool can lead to other places?"

"I just contacted the nearby police station..."

Ignoring the hot-eyed Araki Sousuke, Iwata looked distressed at the red lake in front of him: "In the east of Jingjin Lake, there has been a lake with accumulated water that only appears in rainy days since ancient times. The local residents call it 'Chichi Lake. ', it should be here."

(end of this chapter)