"Unlike the 'Owari Tokugawa clan', which had few children and could not continue their own blood, the Kii Tokugawa clan had a prosperous bloodline, and there were such figures as the eighth-generation Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune and the fourteenth-generation general Tokugawa Ishigeru. The only one of the three families who has a Tibetan master who has become the general of the expedition."

"Huh? General Zhengyi? Then...their graves are also on top of their heads?"

"Of course not. After the generals of the Tokugawa family passed away, they would build a separate spiritual temple in the Tokugawa family's spiritual temple. In the tomb of the Senshouin, all the members of the Kii Tokugawa family were buried."

While walking slowly along the dark tunnel, Yumayumi Kotori began to introduce the history of the Kii Tokugawa family to a certain "illiterate".

"However, strictly speaking, the Tokugawa clan, from the eighth-generation general to the last general, are all directly related to the Kii Tokugawa clan."

"Zizzi... Kotori Yuzu is right, and, until before the war... Zizzi... The Kii Tokugawa family was one of the few richest families in Japan."

In the communication channel, there was a supplement from Hanyu Mai.

"Oh, isn't there a chance to find some valuable treasure to ease my current financial predicament?"

Upon hearing this topic, Sousuke Araki reflected the pattern of "Fukuzawa Yukichi" in his eyes, rubbing his hands and looking left and right.

Although the tunnel is dark and dull, for the inspired two people, they can see everything without any hindrance. If they accidentally find an antique or something...

"Even if it is found, half of it will be given to the royal family. After all, this land has long been donated to the royal family, and the Kii Tokugawa family, the 'original owner', is now bankrupt, and there is only one adopted son left. "

Japan's "Lost and Found Law" stipulates that unowned buried objects found in other people's possessions shall be distributed equally to the discoverer and others.

This "property" naturally also includes land.

"Half the share, it's better than working for nothing..."

As the two walked slowly, several motor vehicles that looked abandoned for many years were neatly arranged on the otherwise empty roadway.

It was like a slow-moving traffic jam in the Sendagaya Tunnel.

"Be careful."

Sosuke Araki came to these cars vigilantly and looked inside through the glass window.

"Hi... Hanyu-san, we found a lot of vacant vehicles in the tunnel."

The interior of these neatly arranged vehicles like a traffic jam is empty, and there is nothing but a few messy belongings.

Perhaps because the windows are closed, or something else, the interior of the vehicle is all as good as new, unlike the worn and decayed exterior.

It's as if the time in the car is forever frozen at a certain moment when passing through the congested tunnel.

"Unmanned vehicles... rustling... interesting... if you can see the license plate number, try to tell me..."

Sousuke Araki crouched behind the car, wiped the dust off the license plate, and told Mai Hanyu.

"I found it. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, this car and its owner disappeared fifteen years ago..."

After a few seconds, a feedback from Hanyu Mai came through the communication channel.

"Hey, within a few kilometers of the Qiandagu Tunnel... kacha... Over the past few decades, there have been hundreds of cases of disappearance of people and vehicles... But since traffic surveillance was not as developed at that time as it is now, the investigation can only be done in the end. ."

"Those missing vehicles, could it be that they strayed into the interior of this Shenyin..."

Tori Yumayumi frowned and looked at the abandoned vehicles that looked like expired cans, but he felt a palpitating feeling.

These cars strayed here, where did the people in the car go?

Beside her, Sosuke Araki took out his notebook and recorded the license plate numbers of several nearby cars.

"Although I can't find the body, and I'm not sure if I can break this secret in the future, I'd like to record the license plate number first, which may help to close the case and give the family some comfort."

The two just walked on the roadway, recording the license plate while checking the surrounding situation.

On Sousuke Araki's "Bamboo Picture Scroll" on his waist, the slightly luminous arrows always point to the depths of the tunnel.

"However, with so many vehicles being 'hidden' by the gods, why haven't a single corpse been seen?"

"Is it possible, are those people still alive?"

The more they walked in, the colder their hearts became.

"Or, went somewhere else?"

The vehicles, which are worn out on the outside and intact on the inside, are like quiet coffins, extending infinitely toward the dark and endless caves.

This silent tunnel is like a monster that devours everything. Over the years, I don't know how many "missing" cases have been created.

"Wait a minute, is the original Qiandagu tunnel that long?"

After walking for five minutes, Sousuke Araki stopped strangely.

The Qiandagu Tunnel is only two or three kilometers in length. According to the distance of two people, no matter how slow you go, it should be more than half.

But ahead, it was still a dark, endless tunnel.

"Crack... Estimated based on the stride and movement speed of a normal person... Shasha... You should have walked out of the tunnel three minutes ago..."

Hanyu Mai, who has been recording various data, reminded softly in the communication.

"In the hidden world, space tends to be distorted, let's take a look."

Xiaoniao Yuzhengong threw the talisman paper in his hand on the ground and said softly.

Along the way, she kept leaving talismans on the ground as a sign of her return, just to prevent situations like "ghost hitting the wall".

So far, the model and license plate numbers recorded by the two have not been duplicated.

Besides, with Araki-sensei around, it's reasonable not to worry about something like a phantom array that confuses the public.

Therefore, she judged that the space inside this Shenyin had changed, and there was a wider space than the original tunnel.

"Look, there are no cars here."

A hundred meters ahead, the abandoned vehicles that were originally lined up in twos and threes along the center of the tunnel stopped abruptly.

"Is there no way?"

A smooth stone wall sealed the end of the dark tunnel.

Sosuke Araki stepped forward and tried to reach out to touch the damp stone wall, but nothing changed~lightnovelpub.net~ It seems...just ordinary granite...wait..."

Looking carefully at the unusually "clean" stone wall in front of him, his eyes suddenly landed on a corner beside him.

"footprint?"

Araki Sousuke crouched down and looked at the ground at the corner of the stone wall.

On the pitch-black ground, there were a series of shallow footprints.

Not the traces left by any spirits, but the footprints of real, ordinary human shoes, stained with dust and mud.

"Could it be that those people in the car, like us, ended up here all the way?"

Looking at the series of footprints, Bird Yumayumi couldn't help but think that countless people who had entered this place by mistake walked helplessly to the end of the tunnel in the dark and damp tunnel.

"And... where did they go?"

The end of the series of footprints is also a flat stone wall.