Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 341 The Beginning of the Vortex

The fox-eyed girl showed a hint of resentment, but swallowed her thoughts and shrugged to indicate that she didn't care.

Schools in island nations tend to let out earlier. When class ended, Mr. Takagi coughed twice, his gaze sweeping over the students present. His eyes lingered briefly on Li Xuan before he said, "Classmates, Ms. Tomie Kawakami has died in an accident. The Kawakami family is holding a memorial service. If you have time, you can go and see what's going on."

He put it rather vaguely.

The smarter boys in the class understood what it meant: to go to Tomie Kawakami's house to find out what was going on.

The school bell rang.

The students regained their energy and ran out of the school like birds released from their cages.

"Li Che, please wait a moment!"

Li Xuan was walking down the road carrying a bag of new books when he heard Li Zi calling from behind. She came up, panting, and said, "It seems that Li Xuan doesn't live in the same town as me?"

The town where Reiko lives is called Xiakeng Town.

At lunchtime, she saw that Li Xuan had brought his own lunchbox, which was printed with the brand of Heiwo Town.

Li Xuan hummed in agreement: "I live in Black Vortex Town."

Reiko hesitated for a moment, as if she was having some internal struggle, before finally saying, "Li Che, Black Vortex Town has been acting a bit strange lately. Why don't you move to our Xiakeng Town?"

She reacted.

Speaking like that can easily lead to misunderstandings.

Reiko's face immediately turned red, and she hurriedly explained, "I heard from the older generation that Black Vortex Town seems to be cursed once every hundred years. Anyone who lives there will be trapped in the vortex of curse and unable to extricate themselves!"

Li Xuan was somewhat surprised by Li Zi's extensive knowledge; in a way, she was right.

He also thought about moving while he was in class.

Black Vortex is the main setting of the "Vortex" story. Compared to stories like "Headballoon," "Fish," and "Hell Star," which often involve destroying the world, the "Vortex" story only destroys a town, which is considered kind.

It was a devastating apocalypse for the people living in Black Vortex Town, though.

Li Xuan did not refuse Reiko's suggestion and nodded, saying, "I will put this on the agenda. Thank you, Reiko-san..."

In the center of Black Vortex Town lies a pool, beneath which lies the remnant of an ancient vortex, possessing the power to bewitch minds and distort reality. It is the very thing that caused the vortex.

Reiko watched Li Xuan about to leave the school gate and couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me... excuse me, Li Xuan, are you going to the memorial service at Kawakami Tomie's house tomorrow? The route to her house is quite complicated, and it will be very difficult without a local guide. If you'd like, I could..."

Li Xuan also wanted to go and see, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Li Zi, after school tomorrow."

night……

Li Xuan sat cross-legged on the bed, cultivating, his magical power surging and solidifying day by day.

His ears twitched, and he heard faint sobbing coming from next door. After listening carefully, he could make out the general content of the sobbing.

A young man said, trembling, "Why, why did this happen? Didn't Father feel any pain at all?"

A woman's voice rang out: "I don't know, but after he came back from the mountains not long ago, he developed a strong interest in anything with a vortex shape! I thought it was just a normal personal hobby, but I never expected him to be so obsessed that he actually twisted himself into a vortex shape and stuffed himself into the coffin..."

The young man spoke after a long pause, his voice low: "Don't tell the people in town about how my father died. I'm afraid our family will be treated as outcasts."

The woman's voice was weary: "To be honest, I've been with him day and night, and I understand how terrifying this process is! Now, anything with a vortex in front of me feels disgusting."

The young man's voice sounded somewhat helpless: "I understand, I'll sort these things out and get rid of them properly."

The sounds from next door gradually subsided.

The next morning, he heard a lot of footsteps coming from next door. When Li Xuan came out of his house, he saw many men and women dressed in dark clothes going in and out of the neighbor's yard.

Seeing Li Xuan's silence, someone assumed he was puzzled and explained, "Someone in the Saito family has passed away, so we came to help."

Li Xuan stood at the door and glanced inside.

He wasn't familiar with the Saito family, and barging in would only make them uncomfortable.

Go to school.

He bought breakfast and lunch boxes, ate a few bites, and then rode his bicycle toward Rigang School.

The air in Black Vortex Town seemed heavier than yesterday; breathing it felt like wearing a mask.

Li Xuan noticed that the sewage in the roadside ditch was forming small whirlpools. Logically speaking, there are only two situations in which whirlpools can form: First, there are drainage holes in the ditch, and the water will form whirlpools when it is discharged. Second, the direction of water flow changes, and the water will form whirlpools when it passes through some special angles.

However, the ditch at this moment does not meet the conditions for the formation of whirlpools in the first and second scenarios.

It seemed to appear out of thin air...

Li Xuan felt a faint gaze on him, so he parked his bicycle by the roadside and walked towards the ditch. As he approached the whirlpool, something magical happened.

Those tiny whirlpools, like when Tomie Kawakami's heart was destroyed, popped away like bubbles...

Ok?
The vortex disappeared as he walked over?

Li Xuan looked at the swirling wind in the distance and took a step to approach it, but the whirlwind disappeared like a vortex.

This……

You have some kind of constitution that the "vortex" dislikes, so it will disappear if it gets close.

There is no such person in the story of "The Vortex". Li Xuan couldn't help but wonder if the vortex ruins would produce some interesting reaction if he managed to sneak under the pool in the center of the town, such as stretching out his legs and running away from Black Vortex Town.

This idea is quite bizarre.

However, in Junji Ito's story world, Li Xuan still felt that he was being conservative.

He continued cycling, and all the unusual vortexes he passed disappeared automatically.

The curriculum at Rigang School is very relaxed. Teachers often look out the window while lecturing, giving the feeling that you've arrived, but your soul is still sleeping at home.

Less than a third of the students were actually listening and learning.

Li Xuan saw a few boys in the last row playing dominoes on the table with a bunch of erasers they didn't know where they came from, and they were chuckling from time to time.

Reiko thought Li Xuan was uncomfortable and looked embarrassed, so she gently tossed him a crumpled piece of paper.

The note inside read: "Sorry, they've always been naughty."

Li Xuan nodded to her.

After school, Mr. Takagi grabbed his textbook and ran out of the classroom like the wind; no one knew where he went.

Reiko blushed and said, "Li Che, do you remember that we agreed to go to the memorial service at Kawakami Tomie's house yesterday?"

Li Xuan certainly remembered, but he wasn't used to Reiko's soft-spoken manner, which sounded like a lover saying goodbye.

He won't date these kids.

Without becoming an immortal, love can easily become one's weakness. At that time, will the Fengdu judge, who has a weakness, still be able to calmly preside over the trial of the black law?
(End of this chapter)