The plot will continue tomorrow, and the extra episode will be released today, and the follow-up will be completed later.

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It dates back three years ago, when I was still studying linguistics in college. My father died of a disease the previous year. Before that, Anna also left a letter for some reason and left a foreign land. I buried all the pain in my heart, and I tried to forget everything in order to finally graduate successfully.

But I still chose to go to France a month before the graduation defense to find where Anna was.

Things went unexpectedly. Within half a month, I followed the clues and found Anna's traces. Her school told me that she dropped out of school three months ago. The school repeatedly dissuaded the smart and beautiful girl to retain her academic status, but it was useless.

She seemed to have decided to leave.

My classmate told me that she went to a remote village that could not be found even if the map was used. I couldn't forget the conversation we had: "Anna, what exactly do you want to do? What did you say you were going to get married?"

"Sorry, Xiao Han, but this... seems to be my choice... It has nothing to do with you!"

I don't know why her words trembled so much, as if they were resisting something - but what could make a firm girl resist so much?

Until now, six months ago, I completed a commission from a wealthy man for a much-needed investment, and that was when I was exposed to one side of the world. The dead cannot be resurrected, but can be reborn by other monsters in another way.

I began to suspect that what Anna had encountered three years ago was not that simple.

"Asie, I sincerely entrust you, please help me rescue Anna?"

The woman sitting opposite me was in her youth, with her short black hair and beautiful face and her delicate outfit made her look energetic.

"Money is my power. My friend, I will be poor and see everything you want." She smiled, "You also know that I have learned 700 to 80% of my master's skills. Don't worry about the rest."

"Huh," I sighed deeply, handing her two packages and a letter, "There should be all the equipment you need. I will also write the general information of this village in the letter. I will give you two advice, and no one should believe it, including the contactor I arranged for you; second, the matter in the village is probably not as simple as I think, be careful of the bugs! I hope you can return safely after investigating the truth."

After my repeated emphasis, Aishi nodded heavily and said, "Just don't worry, I won't have any trouble!"

"Actually, I want to accompany you, but the previous few temptations have made them wary of me, and it is difficult for me to guarantee that they will not do anything extreme to me."

"For the sake of Dionysus, can you tell me what to investigate in the village?" Aishi asked.

"Why did Anna become like that... She and I have been childhood sweethearts since we were young. Our childhood was spent in a rich place with lakes and woods. His father and my grandfather were old acquaintances, and it was natural for us to become each other's playmates."

"That day, I suddenly received a call from Anna, and she told me that she was getting married and hoped that I would go there as soon as possible."

"... But I didn't. I hated her so much. I thought her husband would be me. I thought, naively thought! But later, I couldn't help but look for her. I was unwilling to end it like this. Then, something strange happened:

First, the school voluntarily dropped out of school, then the people around her discovered it, and then she went to a remote village by herself."

"I patiently investigated step by step, and finally found her by following the clues. I can't forget her eyes at that time: there was a kind of pious numbness, suppressed joy and fanaticism, and the most incredible thing was that there was a kind of deep resistance in her eyes."

Aishi yawned, "If it weren't for your PhD in psychology that wouldn't allow me to question your professionalism, I would definitely make it up into a story to go to the bar to cheat wine."

Aishi continued, "Mr. Xiao Han, please tell me what happened to you. In the village, I think this is more useful."

"Okay," I thought a little, and replied, "I went to Java for a while. I met something similar to the village. It was a black beetle. They used human breast milk as food and then secreted a sticky gel. The tour guide told me that it was a powerful hallucination and aphrodisiac. The locals called these beetles the god of desire and the god of dreams. The whole village was addicted to it, abandoning the fields and starving the young children. They would rather let the black bugs fill their stomachs first than love their own flesh and blood."

"That's so scary, how did you see it in the village?"

"I asked several local wealthy people in the form of a business visit, and everything about them was weird. If you were invited to drink some thick fermentation liquid that smelled sour, you would also find it strange. There are many traces that will be shown to you, and it has been completely occupied by bugs."

"So is it strange to be invited to drink yogurt? Mr. Xiao Han? Didn't you also invite me to drink that bitter and astringent thing?" Aishi seemed to drive a steamer without any trace, and sarcasticated me.

"That's coffee, please don't say that strange." I gave Aishi a blank look, then looked at the quartz clock hanging on the wall, "Anyway, please be careful. If you investigate clearly, come back immediately. Leave the rest to me."

Aishi also followed my eyes and the afternoon tea was over at 3:23 pm.

She put away the items I handed over to her and walked out of my cafe. I was still a little worried. After all, who made a famous female thief still a student studying in school?

Ash drove her car back home, she unpacked all the packages and prepared for the work before the investigation. Of course, it was inevitable that pulling up the curtains in the room was a basic professional ethics of a thief.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Paris was in the early summer and late spring season, making this place particularly comfortable. Aishi quickly emptied his thoughts and focused on dismantling the objects given by his employer. In the small package was an exquisite blue crystal bottle and a letter, and the pure liquid flowing inside emitted beautiful brilliance even in the faint light.

"Huh?" Aishi had received a special education that allowed her to identify the object in front of her, "Is this... the liquid of time salt?"

Regardless of the special items, Aishi began to read the letters given by Xiao Han.

"You should also know that Anna is a good girl, but a pity..."

"The distribution of the village is divided by three muddy dirt roads. The darkest Taylors family is the northwest. They mainly make their own business in the cotton textile industry. Every night, there will be strange noises in their workshops. Then at six o'clock, workers will go to their workshops to work, and they will smell a big smell every day until they finish work at noon.

In the West, there are Celtic farmers' families. Their families do not have many cattle and sheep, but they are wrapped in the largest grassland in the village. Max told you that Celtic is very lucky and has married several smart and capable wives in succession to help organize the family business. Now they are thriving, and they can be said to be the third richest man in the village.

Then there is the Mave family in the south. The declining nobles now become the richest man in the village with their mysterious perfume. Almost 80% of the more than 100 people in the village are their employers.

The business has been booming in recent years, and three villas have been built. Each of them lives in the Mave family's eldest daughter and their mother."

"I wish you all the best, your friend, Xiao Han"

Aishi confirmed that this was some information about the village, and remembered it silently, and then opened another more mysterious large package.

That was the hunter's tool kit, to be precise, a huge mountaineering bag. It was some professional tools and sharp weapons for laying traps, short knife daggers and even animal traps. But it was obvious that there was some difficult dust between the gaps of the tool. His master had not used it for a long time, but his professionalism could still be seen from the completeness of the tools.

After thinking a little, Aishi sorted out his current equipment and headed to the nearby mountaineering supplies store.

As far as you see, the price of this store seems to be relatively expensive? The cost of a lighting stick is as high as 200 rubles. Aishi shouted to the store in an inquiry manner, "Hello, do you have any lighting sticks?"

A female clerk walked out and stared at the almost-to-point clock and replied with a professional smile, "Hello, some."

"This is a new product of our store. Special phlogist is added inside, which will continue to burn and the light will last longer."

"Can you get cheaper? To be honest, it's a bit expensive." Aishi tried to wink at the clerk in front of him, but everyone was also a woman and didn't have much effect. "You get what you pay for. This is the rule of our store. It's hard for me to do this, customers."

After half an hour of lowering prices, Aishi finally bought three in pain, losing 600 yuan.

The twitching pain that left the store continued until I returned home to fall asleep after dinner.

"Wait," Aishi had just lying down from the bed and suddenly remembered something, "Xiao Han seems to have arranged a joint for me... Forget it, I missed all the mistakes tomorrow."

Despite the slight regret of this behavior of releasing pigeons, she was still sleepy.

No words all night.

The next day, Aishi got up early.

After a little care, I drove towards the remote village in the abundant sunshine.

The road to the countryside cannot be regarded as a standard road. If possible, Aishi would rather call it a path. After all, the bumpy road caused by the bumpy road is an extreme test of physical fitness. Thanks to Aishi's health, he was not seriously injured.

After two hours of bumpy ride, Aishi finally came to the strange village that Xiao Han mentioned.

On the stone pestle on both sides of the piled path, a young man with acne-faced face was wearing a simple shirt and wear-resistant work pants, and Aishi's name was written on a cardboard in his hand.

His expression was helpless, as if the long time and bored waiting had hollowed out his eyes, and it seemed that he was ecstatic. It was not until he heard the roar of the engine coming from his ears that he saw you and waved to you.

"I'm very sorry," Aishi smiled pitifully at him, "Something was delayed yesterday. I came to wait for me for so long this morning. Thank you for your hard work~"

The headman turned red and no longer felt the previous depression, and said, "It's okay, Mr. Xiao Han said to try to cooperate with you as much as possible."

"By the way, my name is Max, I'm glad to meet you, Miss Aish."

"Come on." Aishi patted the car door and signaled Max to get in the car and talk.

Max replied, "Miss Aishi, I still have work later. I will complete the work of working with you in my spare time, so I will take you to my residence first, and you can set up the good things first."

"All right."

Aishi didn't mind too much, followed Max's guidance, "By the way, what did Xiao Han tell you? What's going on in the village now?"

Max went into the driveway, "There are about 100 people in the village, and everyone lives by the industries of three families. It is difficult for young people to go out because of the elderly and their families. After all, everyone says that working in the village is no different from going to the city," Max thought for a while and suggested, "If you say that, you can start inquiring first."

"Hmm?" Asce was thinking about this sentence, she snorted and signaled Max to continue to say.

"Their men have always been short-lived, and there are many villagers who pursue them." Max paused, "Mr. Xiao Han should have told you too? The perfume in their house is really fragrant, although I don't know how they made it."

Aishi nodded slightly, "Thank you for your advice."

After a while, the two of them arrived at Max's simple hut on the east side of the village.

The early morning sun was covered with golden frost on the earth. Aishi looked at the sun in mid-air and thought that it was about 9 o'clock.

Putting good things, Max added again, "Well, Mr. Xiao Han gave me enough funds. If you need to buy something, please ask me. I will help you buy it on the way to transport water. After all, there is only one store in our village, but I don't recommend you to go there. It's really dark there!" Max seemed to think it was not enough to describe his image, "The boss there is not a good reputation!"

As for water transport, Max is the only water transport worker in the village. Because of the remoteness, the nearest water source is ten kilometers away, not to mention drinking water. The road surface here is difficult to pass through vehicles and other means of transportation. Aishi's car can drive into the village without protecting the tires, which can be said to be a miracle.

The transportation here is the most common cattle, horse, donkey cart in the countryside, and Max is the same.

When Ash heard Max say this, the more he thinks, the more wrong he becomes. He regrets it and asks quickly: "Then, can the things I bought yesterday be reimbursed for you?"

When Max heard it was yesterday, he smiled and returned, "Ah, this may not count, hehe."

Then, Aishi began to think about the next action.

Of course, without being familiar with the village enough, Aishi felt that it was a safer decision to follow the opinions of Max.

After all, if you are not familiar with the place, you will be hurt or die directly by the harm that Xiao Han and Max do not understand. That is another story. Therefore, the tools for exploration must be complete, and since Xiao Han has given enough funds, how can he deserve its trust if he doesn't make good use of it, right?

So, Aishi said to Max, "By the way, if possible, can you please buy some ropes and flares for me? Or, can you recognize them all?"

Max said, "No problem, I have seen ropes and other things. As long as it is not something too rare, you can leave it to me to buy it."

After saying that, Max left his home, leaving Aish alone.

After thinking a little, Aishi brought his own bag and prepared to go to Mave's house west of the village.

Check again the items in the bag: a pistol and a little bullet, a flashlight and some makeup and makeup items that women must have, except for cigarettes and lighters, of course.

By the way, there is also the bottle of time salt I didn't know I've seen there.

Walking between this remote countryside, although the surrounding green is full of green, the hidden things behind him always make people feel creepy.
To be continued...