Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 718 Mute girl?

"Yes, I'm already in this village."

"So quiet? I don't know the specifics either. I'm looking around. As for Hu Ming, he's a meticulous person. He went to find a place to relieve himself."

"Alright, don't worry. It's only right to do things for money. Hu Ming and I are partners. I just can't figure out what we can't do. Okay, that's settled then. We'll definitely find the entrance. We'll contact you later."

After hanging up Wu Erbai's phone call, the blind man walked through the village. By this time, he could hear some sounds and followed the source of the sounds toward the center of the village.

"Hey!"

"ha!"

A group of men, shirtless, sat cross-legged in a circle. In the very center, an old woman dressed as a witch was making some kind of strange gesture.

Through the crowd, the blind man couldn't see very clearly, but he could roughly guess that it was some kind of sacrificial dance.

After thinking for a moment, the blind man chose the same method as Hu Ming. He leaped up and easily jumped onto the roof with a few bounds, looking down from above.

Now, the blind man could see clearly.

In the center of the crowd sat a makeshift bamboo stretcher, upon which lay a…

"No, they are dead people, they are corpses!"

Adjusting his sunglasses, the blind man noticed something amiss.

Just then, the sacrificial ceremony reached its climax, and the witch began to carve a mysterious pattern on the corpse's back.

Finally, when everything seemed ready, the witch took a small knife from the man standing to the side.
Boom!
Suddenly, at that moment, a thunderclap rang out in the clear sky.

In an instant, the clear sky without a cloud in sight turned gloomy. Dark clouds gathered visibly, a bolt of lightning tore through the sky, and large raindrops poured down.

The blind man frowned.

All of this... seems a little too coincidental.

As the story unfolds, the sudden downpour doesn't disrupt the ritual. Instead, it seems as if the thunder is some kind of mysterious signal, as a look of joy appears on the witch's face as she slashes at the corpse with her knife.

"Tsk, what a strange village. The villagers are strange, the customs are strange, and the rituals are even stranger—they actually seek out thunder to dissect corpses?"

"Hu Ming, you're right, aren't you? It's only been a few minutes, where did you pick up this girl from?"

The blind man turned around and saw that Hu Ming was holding a young woman with a ponytail, wearing a white t-shirt and denim shorts, with one hand. She let out a strange cry and looked at Hu Ming with an extremely odd expression.

"It's a long story, and a bit of nonsense."

Hu Ming sighed, rubbing his forehead.

How do you explain this? Say you bumped into the woman taking photos in the men's restroom?
Who would believe that if I told them?
Wearing a white t-shirt, denim shorts, and a neat ponytail, the woman's simple makeup accentuated her refined features, creating a unique charm that blended maturity and youth.

"Forget it, these are all minor issues. Everything has proven that we've found the right place. The only problem now is that the villagers are too xenophobic."

"Moreover, due to the customs of this country, guns are rampant, and the people at the village entrance have become wary of us. Under these circumstances, it is obviously not easy to find the place we are looking for quietly."

Because of the woman of unknown origin, the blind man could only express his meaning cryptically. Thunder, sacrifice, dissection—all of this was clearly not a coincidence. This mysterious sacrificial activity must have been carried out in response to thunder, under these special weather conditions.

As she spoke, the witch took something out of the corpse, washed it in the water, and held it up high.

It was a metal reed covered with strange patterns, but because they were too far apart, Hu Ming and the blind man couldn't see it clearly.

At the same time, upon seeing the metal reed in the witch's hand, the villagers who had formed a circle all raised their hands and cheered, seemingly relieved for the corpse.

"Keep your movements to yourself! None of the people in this godforsaken place are kind. This village refuses to communicate with the outside world. If you swagger around like this, you might get arrested and used as a baby-making machine!"

"Coincidentally, you and the people in this village are a perfect match, they are all mute."

Hu Ming shoved the head of the mute girl, who was brazenly holding up a DV camera and filming in the rain, away from several pairs of eyes that happened to be looking over.

"You're the baby-making machine! And, you're a perfect match for me!"

The mute girl rolled her eyes, and under the cover of Hu Ming's trench coat, she maintained the DV recording with one hand while gesturing to Hu Ming's nose with the other.

"Tsk, this girl's got some character, and she's mute? Where did she come from? What a coincidence, what's her name?"

The blind man understood the sign language and was immediately delighted. He temporarily put aside his thoughts about the village and asked curiously.

"Prisoner! A prisoner I caught spying on me while I was using the toilet!"

Under the mute girl's indignant gaze, Hu Ming calmly said, "And... tell me, how did you find out a mute girl's name? Since when can sign language express a person's name?"

"Anyway, just call her the mute girl."

Hu Ming had forgotten the girl's name.

After all, we're used to calling her "mute girl."
It's worth mentioning that the mute girl's character actually doesn't have many scenes in the book; she's just a plot device.
After all, it's common knowledge that every single female character in Uncle Three's novels is a tool, and one that rarely ends well.

God knows why Uncle Three is like this.

Could it be that women can only affect the speed at which Uncle Three draws his sword?
So, shall we get up and start fencing?
A successful TV series must include elements such as suspense, friendship, adventure, and romance, and compromises must also be made regarding the number of actors to promote.

Therefore, the role of the mute girl, who is merely a plot device, has undoubtedly become more prominent in the TV series.

Even so, Hu Ming still couldn't remember the girl's name.

"I have a name, my name is..."

The mute girl always felt that she and Hu Ming were incompatible and wanted to refute him, but after gesturing for a long time, she gave up in dejection.

As Hu Ming said, it is almost impossible to clearly express one's name using only sign language.

"She means she has no objection; just call her the mute girl. That's it!"

Before we knew it, the ceremony was over. Surprisingly, the dark clouds on the horizon instantly dispersed, the sky cleared, and the sun shone brightly.

It was as if the torrential rain just now was an illusion.

Wiping the rain off his face, Hu Ming rudely pressed the mute girl's head down, and greeted the witch who had noticed the commotion with a kind smile.