Chapter 280 50: Entering the forest
“Every autumn, we will conduct a large-scale search of Aokigahara, calling in fire fighters, police, and volunteers.”
“The most discovered in the past ten years The number of corpses was close to a hundred at one time, but it has gotten a little better in the past two years. Sorry, I'm a little bit off topic."
"Most of the suspicious places you drew. We have all gone through it, you see, I have brought all the route coverage maps from previous years, and I have not encountered anything suspicious.”
“This year’s big search has been started as per your request. Yes, we can take action tomorrow morning.”
The experienced captain of the search team spoke in detail about the situation in Aokigahara with the three foreigners in front of him who had unknown identities but were definitely not ordinary people.
Of course there is no problem with William's Japanese. Hasamu and Naimai are using translation headphones.
“Have you tried swarm drones?”
“I have tried it, but the situation inside is too complicated. It is difficult for the drone system with general algorithm to complete the task, and there is a magnetic field. Interference, I tried it twice and the effect was not very good, so I stopped thinking about it."
William nodded, turned his pen, and sketched the map of Aokigahara in his notebook.
It is true that there is a large forest here, but there are also roads passing through it. It is precisely because of these roads that it is convenient for those who commit suicide to come here.
The main search area of the search team is concentrated on both sides of the highway.
After circling a few truly inaccessible areas, combined with what he observed from the helicopter today, William already had a target.
"Do you want to act together tomorrow?" Hasamu turned to ask William.
William stopped writing and showed a friendly smile: "Of course I am willing to act together with you. It is safer that way, but because my mission requires recording the entire process, if I do this, I will be punished when I go back. So unfortunately, we have to split up tomorrow.”
Naimai glanced at him and said nothing.
"Then be careful. We were attacked by the polluters the night we first arrived. People from the Mother Goddess Alliance may have already targeted us extraordinary people who came to Japan." Hasamu reminded kindly.
"Oh friend, thank you for your concern, I will leave before night." William knew this. Although he had not been attacked in the past few days, Noguchi mentioned it to him.
Most of the time the Defiler appears is at night, so he only needs to avoid operating at night.
Early the next morning.
A few people packed up their equipment, and they would land directly from the helicopter into the search area of Aokigahara until the evening, when they would send a signal flare for the helicopter to pick them up.
"Then, I'll take the first step." William greeted the two of them and jumped from a height of tens of meters.
William spotted the gap between the tree crowns, passed through it smoothly, landed and rolled around, leaving a deep mark on the ground, but his body was unscathed.
Loading his ankles, William opened the map, pointed out his location, and began to explore the surroundings according to his memory.
At the same time, he took out his mobile phone and started to play the sound of the little milk cat in a loop.
After walking like this for about half an hour, there was almost no change in the surrounding scene. He also saw a few bones wrapped in clothes. He didn't know whether they were lost people or suicides.
“Meow~”
William’s ears twitched, his body immediately stopped, and he looked around.
"Meow~"
Slowing down, he didn't turn off the phone to hear the meow of the milk cat. He touched in the direction of the faint meow.
It seems, just in the grass.
"I don't mean any harm. Can you please come out and meet me?" William asked in a completely equal manner, maintaining a certain distance.
The cat's meow repeated a few times, then stopped, and then there was a little movement in the grass.
William turned off the sound on his cell phone, reached for the dogleg knife at his waist with one hand, and held a branch with the other hand, slowly pushing aside the grass.
“Meow~”
A lucky cat toy with a waving hand appeared in his sight.
It's worse.
William did not hesitate at all, and jumped quickly to the side and back, and drew out the knife.
Bang!
The lucky cat exploded directly, a large number of fragments splashed out, and a large cloud of white smoke was raised.
William's thoughts were changing as he hid behind a tree.
Using cat meows to lure him showed that the other party knew what he wanted, but he only told the helicopter pilot about this area this morning. How did the other party arrange the trap in advance?
There was no time to think too much. The next moment, his ankle was grabbed by a hand.
The sound of the explosion echoed in the forest, startling a large number of birds.
Hasam and Nayimai, who had just gotten off the helicopter, looked at each other, took out their mobile phones and tried to contact William, but they could not be contacted at all. They were satellite phones.
In the sky, for unknown reasons, the helicopter that sent them over spun around, its altitude continued to drop, and soon disappeared from their sight. Shortly after, there was an explosion from the front, and it obviously crashed.
"It seems that someone doesn't want us to come here." Hasamu looked at Naimai, wondering whether her prophecy ability had predicted this.
“The process was not smooth, but the result is good.” Naimai said, running towards the direction of the crash, “Brother, let’s go see if there are any survivors first.”
The two used magic techniques and quickly ran to the crash site.
The scene was a mess, with scattered parts and broken trees everywhere, oil spilled over a large area, a fire ignited, and the surrounding area was filled with a pungent smell.
Unfortunately, there are no survivors here.
"Shall we go find William?" No survivors were found, and Hasamu looked a little unhappy.
Naimai shook her head: "I don't feel any danger from him. He shouldn't be a big problem, and he doesn't seem to want us to know about the things he is investigating."
"Then press The original plan was to continue searching. Even if we retreat, we won’t use helicopters. This place is far from the road for ordinary people, but we can get there in less than two hours.”
Naimai had no objection, and. Hasamu continued to explore together.
other side.
William looked at the strange corpse hacked to death by himself and thought about possible enemies. This was a skeleton, a skeleton that he saw when he was passing by. He didn't know whether it was a lost person or a suicide.
But after the explosion just now, as if resurrected, the white bones were attached with black threads, and they attacked him like a puppet.
Then he chopped him into pieces with several knives.
I don't know if the other party underestimated his strength or said it was just a warning.
"Is it a gathering of souls, an integration of the Mother Goddess, or Ricky?" For this weird method, he is more inclined to the Moon Defiler of the Mother Goddess integration, because it is daytime, so it seems particularly weak.
The more the enemy stops you, the more it means he is doing the right thing!
But in fact, he was more suspicious that the Mother Goddess Integration had misunderstood his purpose. He did not come here to find reinforcements like Naimai and the others, but simply for himself, but he was trapped. A layer of skin looking for a fox-man.
But he had no way of explaining it. William could only be more vigilant and continue to explore the area as planned.
"The explosion was quite loud. The two of them must have been attacked too. Tsk tsk. It seems that there are quite a lot of secrets in this forest. It's a pity. If I were still the intelligence section chief of the Special Affairs Bureau, I'm afraid the secrets here would have been revealed long ago. Just reveal it. "William has a good sense of direction and can remember his position even without a compass.
“Uncle blond hair, are you lost?”
William paused and looked cautiously at the girl who appeared not far away like a ghost.
“You have to go over there to get out.” The girl pointed in one direction and reminded kindly.
".I'm not going out. Are you Xiaotao?" William looked at this slightly familiar face and asked tentatively.
"Ah? Do you know me?" Xiao Tao was a little curious, but also a little happy, "Come out, this uncle knows me."
The forest that was very quiet just now suddenly became noisy.
Dozens of birds of various species gathered from the sky, as if drawing a rainbow. The agile deer jumped a few times and came to her side, looking curiously at William. The squirrel followed Xiao Tao's The clothes climbed up to the shoulders and he ate acorns. A Shiba Inu kept circling around Xiaotao
And a big black bear with wary eyes stood up from the bush and protected half of Xiaotao like a bodyguard. His body seems to be baring his teeth if he disagrees with her.
Okay, I met a druid.
The Xiao Tao in William's memory is still the strange little girl who was taken in by the Holy Infant Society.
Now it seems that he has awakened some kind of ability after taking the Holy Child Pill.
He felt the strength of his body, and there was almost no increase. It seemed that this was no secret.
"I am Tristan William. I used to work in the Special Affairs Bureau. I came here today to look for traces of the fox people. Xiaotao, have you encountered any fox people or foxes?" William remained calm. Although he was talking to Xiao Tao at such a distance, his eyes were always staring at the black bear who was obviously of extraordinary strength.
This is William's art of speaking. Let's not talk about his current identity. He only said that he was once a member of the Special Affairs Bureau. In view of the current situation that the Special Affairs Bureau is now almost a branch of the Holy Infant Society, it is more accurate to say this. Relax Xiao Tao's vigilance.
Sure enough, after Xiaotao heard that William once worked in the Special Affairs Bureau, something suddenly dawned on her.
“Foxes? There are very few foxes here. I come here every month and I have only seen a few foxes in front of me. I haven’t seen any this year. Maybe it’s because there are too many cats. ." Xiaotao explained to him.
William's eyes lit up when he heard this, and it took no effort to say anything.
"It turns out that the ecological niche has been occupied by wild cats. Xiaotao, do you know where those wild cats are? If they are extraordinary, they should be able to communicate. I want to learn some important information from them."< br>
“Well, I know where it is, but they are so fierce and won’t let me get close.”
"It's okay. I can go in alone. You can just take me nearby."
"Then you come with me." Seeing William's firm attitude, Xiao Tao did not refuse and first imitated the chirping of a bird. After a few calls, the birds of various species dispersed, and then imitated the squirrel call, and the squirrel also left.
Soon, only one dog and one bear were left with Xiao Tao, and she began to lead William towards the cat habitat she knew.
William said some coaxing words to the children, and based on the feedback expressions and words, he profiled Xiao Tao's current personality.
Actually, he had profiled her before, and he even remembered the content, but after all, Xiao Tao was still young at the time. Now a few years later, her personality has obviously changed a lot, at least she looks very lively and cheerful. , and there are no other adults from the Holy Infant Club around him, so he is much more independent.
"Xiao Tao, you are alone." Before he finished speaking, he seemed to feel the death gaze of a dog and a bear, so he changed his tone, "Are you alone in this forest with this strong bear and loyal Shiba Inu? ?”
The eyes of one dog and one bear showed slight appreciation.
Sure enough, Xiao Tao's ability is not just about animal communication.
“It is Big Bear and it is Feiya, they are both my good friends! They are afraid of crowded places, so I take them here for a walk every month. There are not many people, and they can get to know more people. Many friends." Xiao Tao explained jumping up and down, and Black Bear followed closely beside him nervously, fearing that Xiao Tao would fall.
When you make friends, you won’t keep them until your stomach. .
It's true that I'm afraid of crowds. If there are too many people, it will be troublesome if I can't control a few and knock them away. Although it's not a big deal to the Holy Infant Club, Xiao Tao definitely doesn't like it because of her personality.
Neither of them look like they are good friends, and I am afraid they will be evenly matched with me.
It’s no wonder that the Holy Infant Club has such a big heart. With these two bodyguards following them, their combat power is beyond the ordinary.
"Xiao Tao, your ability should make animals get close to each other. Why don't those cats welcome you?"
"It seems that they have a boss cat and don't welcome other people in. Others The cat also listens to it." Xiao Tao was a little unhappy when she said this, her ability was weak for the first time.
The eyes of William, the cat leader who hates humans, became brighter and brighter.
Sure, this is definitely the extraordinary cat I'm looking for.
He also understands why there is no intelligence information about Xiao Tao coming here. After all, the intelligence work on the Holy Infant Club has been discontinued long ago. Now all the information collected is superficial. Why is Nakai Hayabusa not out today? , Hirosue Yoshimiya went to school to learn this kind of garbage information.
I just don’t know if the forces that just attacked me will take action now.
"This is it! But they will attack people when they see people. I'd better go in with you, at least they won't be so aggressive if I'm next to you." Xiao Tao hesitated for a while, still worried that William would be attacked by cats. harm.
"Woof woof!" Fei Ya volunteered.
"Howl!" Xiong Da was not to be outdone, saying that he could crush three cats with one hammer.
"Fei Ya, how long did it take for you to recover from your injury? Now you don’t remember the pain! Don’t snicker, Xiong Da, did you forget that you were almost thrown over your shoulder by that orange cat last time?" Xiao Tao crossed her arms. Yao, like a mother, teaches a bear a lesson, and the two cooperate. They sit on the ground and listen to the instructions obediently. They squeal a few times from time to time, which may be answers such as "I know" and "I won't dare next time."
The orange cat, who could throw the bear over his shoulder, wanted to refuse Xiaotao to follow, but William swallowed his words.
If the other party really didn't give him a chance, he might not be able to see the extraordinary leader cat. If he fought all the way in, he would be even more unable to communicate.
After thinking about it again and again, it seems good to have Xiao Tao follow me.
(End of this chapter)