An infinite journey starting from paradise

……

Two minutes later, at the Chaomitai on the western outskirts of Mount Yami.

This is a gray-white dome building built during the Meiji Restoration and is one of the earliest observatories in Japan.

In the pitch-black night, Lin Shangren's figure emerged from the void.

He didn't immediately head to the Misaki Doll Workshop, the birthplace of the Vampire Princess. Instead, he came here, near the spot where Misaki, the first to die, had died twenty-six years earlier—at Yomiyama Cape. He wanted to first investigate the traces left by the meteorite that had landed there twenty-six years earlier.

"Right here?"

Lin Shangren spread out his perception and quickly locked onto a ruin that had been abandoned for many years.

Twenty-six years have passed, and the remains of the Ye Jianshan family have almost disappeared. The place that was originally burned to the ground has long been covered with plants again. Only a few charred walls covered with weeds are still standing here.

"It might be better if we could recreate it using Laplace's original scene, but this won't be any worse. Let me find out... the affected area, the high-temperature fusion crust..."

Lin Shangren fully expanded his perception and continued to explore these typical characteristics. According to Qianye Chenzhi, twenty-six years ago, the Yejianshanjiao family died in a fire caused by a falling meteorite. Lin Shangren was looking for traces left by the so-called meteorite.

"The Tokida family, a powerful clan in Kitayami. Legend has it that they are descendants of Katsutaka Toda, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hashiba, a subordinate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They were responsible for developing the meteorite iron mines within Mount Yomi. During the late Meiji Restoration, the main family moved to Tokyo, leaving only a few members to guard the ancestral property. Later, they moved back to Rokkaku Village in the 1960s."

While searching for the remains of the meteorite, Lin Shangren recalled the records of the Tokita family in the local chronicles of Kitayami Town.

In 1967, a series of serial murders occurred in Setagaya. The killer mutilated the victims' bodies as if in a cult ritual, leaving behind a six-pointed star with a missing corner. This became the family crest of the six families in Rokkaku Village, including the Tokita family. Around the same time, the Tokita family relocated back to Rokkaku Village.

Mutilated limbs, rituals, the Tokita family, murders, something that overwrites reality...

It is assumed that the Setagaya serial murders were committed by the six families in order to create or drive the object that consumes psychic energy and distorts reality. After they succeeded, they brought that object back to Kitayami Town, and that object eventually caused the disaster in Kitayami Town.

If that is the case, then why didn't the same type of murder and dismemberment case happen here, but instead various incidents caused by unexpected disasters occurred?

Murder and dismemberment and accidental death. The former was for manufacturing, the latter for application. It's possible, but why was nothing happening in Kitayami Town between 1967 and 1972?

Dismembered bodies, body parts..."

Lin Shangren suddenly looked at his right arm.

"It contains powerful spiritual energy, can cure diseases, prolong lifespan, and even grant immortality. My severed arm is in the hands of the winery. The zoo's organization tracked down the ancient hunters and Pandora during this period... but there's still something missing..."

Although there are still many clues that have not been solved, Lin Shangren still has a vague feeling that the dismemberment case in 1967 and the Tian family at that time may be related to his severed arm.

"There was a period of no incidents between 1967 and 1972 regarding the meteorite... Let's assume that this thing is related to the meteorite..."

While searching and thinking, Lin Shangren looked up and rubbed the back of his neck. At this time, he saw the old house near the ruins of the Ye Jianshan family.

"Tokita family, Tokita Misaki, childhood sweetheart of Yamiyama Misaki. Because their names are pronounced the same, they have a very good relationship, as close as siblings. She was the first person to pretend that Yamiyama Misaki was still alive."

Lin Shangren recalled what Qianye Chenzhi said.

"Tokita Misaki is from a branch of the Tokita family. She has two younger sisters, Tokita Mitsuyo and Tokita Yukiyo... A branch of the Tokita family, a fallen meteorite, something. Perhaps that's what happened?"

A guess emerged in Lin Shangren's mind.

Chapter 344: A Fierce Battle Is About to Begin

Hexagonal Village is a real world outside of the simulated dream world.

A strong wind swept through, and the windows on the second floor of the Clock House in the north of the village were blown open by the strong wind.

On the second floor of the Clock House, a haggard woman collapsed on the tatami. Her hand stretched forward, as if trying to grasp something. There lay an old desk, a yellowed notebook on the table, its pages being flipped open by the gusts of wind that rushed into the house.

"Misaki won't die. He's still alive."

"Why must Misaki be the one to die? Why can't those guys die in his place?"

"Let Misaki come back to life, truly come back to life..."

"To kill... to kill more people, the possibilities are endless, and there is always one that can bring us happiness."

The page stopped here - on this page was a metal bookmark inlaid with dark red pebbles.

This is Tokita Misaki's diary.

Twenty-six years ago, her childhood sweetheart Yamiyama Misaki died in a man-made "natural disaster". In pain and despair, Tokita Misaki wrote this diary, but accidentally started a twenty-six-year curse in this town.

"I should have been the one who died, Misaki..." Tokita Misaki muttered in her sleep.

"They say that if we offer Misaki to God, God will bring happiness to everyone in this world. The Tokita family is the family chosen by God, and there is a prophecy in the main family..."

Tokita Misaki's mumbling in her sleep became clearer and clearer, as if she was telling someone the truth she knew.

……

In the simulated dream world, Beiyemi Town Police Station.

In the household registration archive room of the police station, several police officers with dull eyes were rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something. Lin Shangren was sitting at the table, drawing the Yaxi Fa seal with his left hand and flipping through the archive materials with his right hand.

Hayashi Naoto was looking through the death toll since 1972, while also searching for Tokita Misaki's household registration file.

While investigating the ruins of the Yomiyama family, Hayashi Naoto developed a theory: the Tokita clan of Rokkaku Village committed the 1967 Setagaya serial murders in an attempt to create or summon some powerful object (perhaps immortality, reality overwriting, or something else entirely). However, due to some reason, perhaps due to operational error or something else entirely, they ultimately failed. To escape the blame, they fled back to Rokkaku Village.

Five years later, in 1972, Tokita Misaki, a member of the Tokita family's side branch, accidentally succeeded in creating/summoning the very thing the Tokita family desired. She intended to use it to revive her childhood sweetheart, Yami Yamagisaki, but it instead caused a calamity curse on Kitayami Town Middle School's third grade class.

"It could be an accident, or it could be intentional. In any case, the series of deaths in Beiyejian Town that followed are closely related to her."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren closed the last household registration file.

He had just reviewed all the deaths and their family details in Beiyejian Town over the past 26 years. The data on paper showed that, except for the years of disasters, Beiyejian Town's death rate remained at a normal level.

But this was just an illusion. After Lin Shangren collected the information of all the deceased and their relatives and compared them in his mind, he found that many people had "disappeared". There was no record of their migration or death. They simply disappeared out of thin air.

Obviously, they were already dead, but their death records had been distorted and overwritten, just like the resurrected dead in Class 3, Grade 3. In other words, every year in Kitayami Town, many people died tragically, all of them becoming food for "that thing."

"Whether it's the non-existent person or the tape, they're all useless. Their purpose is to cause more death. The calamity curse on Class 3, Grade 3 is just a deception. It's the entire town of Kitayami that's cursed.

The problem is, that thing has the ability to modify memories and overwrite reality, yet it still insists on using accidents and instigation to indirectly kill people, and even uses the disaster of Class 3, Grade 3 as a cover. Who is it afraid of noticing this place?

Thinking about it, Lin Shangren pulled out the household registration information of Misaki Tokita. The file showed that she and her family moved out of Kitayami Town in the summer of 1973 and settled back in Rokkaku Village.

"We haven't found any trace of her in Kitayami Town... Let's go to the Misaki Doll Workshop. Whether it's to find out about Tokita Misaki's situation or to investigate the doll, it's time to go there."

……

The second floor of Misaki Doll Workshop.

In Mizaki Mei's room, Sakuragi Yukari and Kakinuma Sayuri, who came to persuade Mizaki Mei, had already fainted on the ground.

Beside them, Jian Qiming was staring at Wu Guo who suddenly walked into the room with vigilance in his eyes.

Wuguo held three sets of rather luxurious puppet costumes in her hands. She looked at Jianqi Ming with a smile and said, "Ming, it's time to change clothes. Daddy will be home soon, and we have to give him a surprise."

"As expected, Mom has also been controlled by the guy who calls himself Misaki. I should have just let the class leader and the others escape. What should I do?"

Seeing that Qi Ming maintained an expressionless and calm appearance, she kept thinking about the false memory that appeared in her mind - since the person named Misaki wanted to play house with her as twin sisters, she must have injected the same false memory into Wuguo's brain. Perhaps she could find a breakthrough from this.

"Or you could just jump out of the window and run away to call for help."

While Jian Qiming was thinking, Wu Guo had already walked to her side.

Seeing Qi Ming startled, he subconsciously called out, "Mom?"

Kiriko caressed Jian Qiming's cheek lovingly, from her face, neck to chest, and slid her long and sharp nails into the gap in the front of her school uniform. With just a few strokes, she unbuttoned her shirt and unzipped the side of her pleated skirt.

The uniform shirt and pleated skirt rustled to the ground, and even the light blue sports bra fell down and hung diagonally between the shoulders and armpits. The white body was left with only a pair of panties of the same color as the bra.

Mizaki Mei's petite figure boasted a perfectly proportioned waist and legs. Her muscles were tight from her frequent swimming, her belly was impeccably balanced, and her curves slid smoothly between her legs. The soft, fine hair on her pubic mound was slightly sparse. Her breasts were modest, and even without the support of a bra, they remained two swelled, semi-cup-shaped masses, their lower edges pointed and raised like a dove's beak.

"Ming has grown up too, and is more mature than Misaki." Kiriko said softly, like an ordinary mother lovingly teasing her daughter.

"Just this one."

Wuguo put a blood-red Gothic-style tight skirt in front of Jianqi Ming, and then put a matching small hat on Jianqi Ming's head.

"It fits perfectly. Go take a shower and put on this dress."

Kirika chuckled and handed the skirt to Mizaki Mei, then walked to Sakuragi Yukari and Kakinuma Sayuri, took off their clothes in the same way, and then changed their clothes like dressing up BJD dolls.

"Okay, Dad will probably like a doll like this."

Kirika was very satisfied and placed the two of them on Mizaki Mei's bed. Witnessing all this, Mizaki Mei was a little overwhelmed. She should have quietly escaped while Kirika was concentrating on changing clothes for Sakuragi Yukari and the others, but she just stood there in a daze.

And the ring that had helped her escape danger many times no longer responded.

"Ming, you've really grown into a beauty."

Kiriko stared straight at Misaki Mei.

Seeing Qi Ming feeling a little scared when being stared at, she could almost see the almost solid desire and fanaticism in her adoptive mother's eyes.

What Wuguo longed for was not her adopted daughter Jian Qiming, but the scene that emerged from her eyes, the scene that was about to happen in the future: three bodies lying on the white sheets, which were even whiter and more dazzling than the sheets, the three of them, mother and daughter, were entangled together, waiting to be picked by Lin Shangren.

The two daughters' petite bodies were light and soft, as if they had no bones. Their skin was smooth and creamy, and they exuded a light and pleasant fragrance. Their delicate skin, white and rosy, was lovable. As a mother, she had a body that was ripe and plump, with big breasts and a perky butt, swaying gracefully and charmingly.

The three of them, mother and daughter, gathered together like the Chinese character "品", their lips and tongues entwined, waiting for Lin Shangren's visit...

Just as Wuguo was daydreaming, the doorbell ringing on the first floor interrupted her fantasy.

"Ming, hurry up. Daddy's back."

……

"Hello, excuse me, is anyone there?"

Lin Shangren pushed open the door of Misaki's puppet workshop and walked in. He observed the environment inside the puppet workshop vigilantly, with the transformation ring in his hand ready to go.

Lin Shangren was convinced that there might be a big battle next.

The reason was simple. The moment he teleported to Misaki's puppet workshop, his shadow control technique instantly failed. His body began to show signs of beast transformation uncontrollably, and the pink psychic energy in his body began to stir.

He barely accepted the psychic energy stored in Phantom Flururu and suppressed his impulse, then he entered the puppet workshop cautiously.

"Is anyone here?"

Lin Shangren asked again as he walked past one puppet display case after another, his anxiety growing stronger.

At this moment, a soul-stirring voice suddenly sounded from the second floor.

"Welcome, would you like to order a doll or visit the workshop?"

Wuguo, wearing a black miniskirt, walked over with a smile.

Chapter 345: The Doll Girl in the Bathroom

A dark and windy night, a spooky and mysterious mansion, coquettish poses, dim and ambiguous lights, and a detective-like protagonist with a big penis and good sexual performance...

Although he has not played many adult games, the moment Lin Shangren saw Wuguo, a series of "heroic characters" such as: Makishima Okuyasu ("The Story of Makishima Detective Agency ~Maris in the Deep Window~"), Okami Akira ("The House ~ Sensual Tales"), and Tani Ichiro ("The Evil Prostitute. The House") emerged in his mind.

[Another voluptuous woman whose image will inevitably make you think of a bed. (?_?)]

"Indeed." Lin Shangren agreed in his mind.

He had to admit that the woman before him was indeed a beauty who could easily stir a man's heart and soul without him having to do anything. This wasn't about her beauty, or the alluring figure and clothing, but rather a certain aura that emanated from within, a combination of vision, smell, pheromones, and so on.

"Does the customer want to order a custom doll? Or does he want to visit the exhibition?" Wuguo asked again.

She walked down the stairs slowly, her skin smooth and her skirt fluttering slightly. Every step she took seemed to touch the string of desire in Lin Shangren's heart.

"Police, come to ask some questions."

Lin Shangren's brief answer made him even more alert.

"It's different, very different. There must be something wrong here." Lin Shangren thought.

Indeed, the person Kiriko revealed at this moment was a stark contrast to the person Lin Shangren had previously known. In Lin Shangren's mind, Kiriko, or Yukiyo, Mizaki Mei's adoptive mother, was a gloomy, decadent woman, melancholic, paranoid, and fragile. She was consumed by the pain of losing her daughter, using Mizaki Mei and a doll as stand-ins for her, alternately losing herself in a false sense of play and then reveling in a state of profound clarity and emptiness. She treated Mizaki Mei like a doll to be dressed up, yet she was terrified she would leave her.

But Wuguo’s current state is obviously not that of a desperate housewife who is numb to life.

"Are you a police officer? Then please go upstairs. The living room is on the second floor."

Wuguo turned around and motioned Lin Shangren to follow her. The moment she turned around, her skirt lifted up, revealing a white area. She was completely naked inside.

Lin Shangren didn't react, but simply walked up the stairs. The stairs were made of walnut wood, with grayish-white footprints where people often walked on them. The wood grain was as fine as human skin, and it felt soft and solid to step on.

Upstairs, there was a faint aroma of decay and a woman's scent that resembled both osmanthus and alcohol. Lin Shangren was certain it was Wu Guo's scent, lingering wherever she walked, like smoke with her shape, her body temperature, and her fragrance.

"I can see everything if I just raise my head. If I hug her from behind...she won't be able to resist...no one in the world can resist me...that's how it is, isn't it?"

Lin Shangren shook his head gently, dispelling the beautiful scenes that kept pouring into his mind.

"It feels so familiar."

Lin Shangren unconsciously recalled the office of Sakuraba Girls' College and the afternoon when he first met Saeki Kaori.

"Please take a seat."

Wuguo led Lin Shangren to the sofa in the living room on the second floor.

Lin Shangren sat down and looked around the layout of the second floor. Compared with the Gothic-style decoration on the first floor, the second floor of the puppet workshop was more like an ordinary residence: a living room, a kitchen integrated with the dining room, several bedrooms, a study and a bathroom.