Brave World, I report to the police station in red at the beginning

"It's not good to do this kind of thing in front of the... shrine. It's very likely that God will hold a grudge against you."

"It's boring to walk for such a long time without anything happening, but since you said no, I won't do it."

Li Mengyu spread his hands helplessly. Having said that, what he did was actually very boring - are you an elementary school student from somewhere?

The voice-over might complain like this.

Li Mengyu's eyes swept across the dark forest from time to time.

The original intention of coming here was to try my luck, to let Miss San Tiao lead the way along the path she had walked before, to see if the strange things she had encountered would happen twice.

Now, we were almost in sight of the real Torii (gate) of the shrine, but there was no sign of the thick fog that Miss Sanjo had described.

Miss Sanjo stopped in front of the shrine's torii gate.

She slowly squatted down, sobbing.

Li Mengyu and Jun Qianjing were both a little overwhelmed by this situation and looked at each other.

"Why can I see in this child's eyes that she said it was probably my fault?"

The corners of Li Mengyu's mouth twitched slightly, but he was indeed just causing trouble along the way.

After Miss Sanjo sobbed for about 10 minutes, she stood up sobbing and kept using her palms to wipe away the tears that were still flowing.

"That's enough! The monster didn't show up, and my boyfriend and bestie weren't found either. I...I want to go back!"

Just walk down the stairs like this.

When she passed by Li Mengyu, Li Mengyu reached out and grabbed her arm.

"What are you doing! I already said enough!"

Li Mengyu was very strong and she couldn't break free, but she never expected that even though she tried her best, Li Mengyu's body didn't move at all, and she didn't seem to be affected at all.

"I will pay the balance, and I will also pay the penalty for early termination of the commission... Let me go!"

Li Mengyu still looked cheerful, but did not let go.

"Money is not the biggest problem. The main problem is that my commission cannot be terminated halfway."

For some reason, his expression seemed a little strange in Miss Sanjo's eyes, causing her great panic.

"Besides, now that we are here, why don't we go and pay our respects to the gods here? Perhaps we can gain some enlightenment."

Jun Qianjing looked at Li Mengyu with confusion in her eyes, but she didn't say anything.

Watching Li Mengyu forcefully pull Miss Sanjo through the torii gate.

Nothing happened.

Jun Qianjing followed him through.

"Well……"

For some reason, her head felt dazed for a moment, but fortunately it only lasted for a moment before she woke up.

Seeing that he was already several steps behind Li Mengyu, he hurriedly jogged to catch up.

Behind the torii gate, there are pairs of fox statues on both sides of the shrine approach.

"Is this... the shrine of Lord Inari?"

Jun Qianjing whispered.

Inari God is also known as the God of Three Foxes and Uga-no-Mikoto God. According to legend, he is the son of Susanoo and Oichihime, the goddess of Oyamazumi God. He is the god of grain and food, in charge of the harvest.

He is a well-known god in Japan.

There are shrines dedicated to the god Inari in many places.

The only thing that is somewhat inconsistent with its reputation is that this place is really quite shabby.

Not to mention the steps leading here, the stone bricks on the shrine approach to the temple where the money box is placed are broken in several places.

And judging from the dust piled up on the ground, it doesn't look like people often come here to worship. I'm afraid that even the money box doesn't have a single coin.

The Red and White Witch gives you a thumbs up.

Li Mengyu's gaze fell on the temple.

The emblem on the back of the hand suddenly lit up, and a red light flashed in the temple at the same time.

An unknown pressure came, and the already fragile stone bricks under Li Mengyu's feet were completely shattered.

Li Mengyu shook her shoulders slightly, but he was not affected at all.

However, the expressions of Qian Jing and Miss Sanjo were a little distorted, as if they were suffering from something painful.

However, the things hidden in the temple were not aimed at these two people, so they retreated when they saw that their methods were useless.

Li Mengyu had no intention of bothering with the things in there for the time being. After all, he still had things to do. His eyes then fell on Miss San Tiao who had just recovered.

"I actually have a few questions for you, Miss Sanjo."

Chapter 10: Tears are fake (My waist hurts so much)

In a dark and damp dungeon.

In the room used for torture, the woman tied to a wooden stake was breathing out more than breathing in after enduring so many punishments. It was no exaggeration to say that she was now just a human-shaped mass of rotten meat.

There was suddenly a noise outside the cell, quarrels, and admonitions.

"Step aside!"

"Master Brave, you can't go in!"

The prison guards knew they couldn't stop the hero, so their resistance was extremely fierce.

After all, he is just a gatekeeper, and he is facing a brave man. The result is doomed, so he might as well give up.

Anyway, you still get your monthly salary.

Under the brave man's tough attitude, he broke into the torture cell without any hindrance.

The pungent smell of blood and stench made Li Mengyu cover his nose involuntarily. He suppressed the urge to vomit and his eyes fell on the woman.

His pupils trembled slightly and he quickly looked away.

The weird thing is, he clearly got here, but he didn't do anything to save the lady.

He moved closer to the stake, and the emblem on the back of his hand turned emerald green, and a forgiving glow enveloped the woman.

Her body seemed to have improved a little, at least her consciousness had recovered a little, and her upper and lower eyelids, which were almost glued together, slowly separated, and she could see the figure in front of her clearly.

"Brave...Sir..."

A hoarse voice came out of her mouth, speaking honorifics as usual.

Li Mengyu's face was hidden in the shadows.

"Ling, are you...really a spy for the Demon King's army?"

After a long silence, he finally asked.

The woman called Ling raised her head slightly and stared at the boy in front of her who was no different from before.

Even though he got a definite answer, even though he actually already knew the answer, he still chose to ask because of a little hope.

"My hero... you have always been a gentle person..."

Whether it was the time when he accepted the fact that he lost all his relatives in the village raided by the Demon King's army and was the only one who survived with just a few tears, without asking any questions.

I still say without reservation that I don't want to take anyone's life, if one day everyone can understand each other and want to bring about true peace.

"I am the spy... My hero, I am a demon... Even this human appearance is just a tool I use to deceive you."

Only in front of this person, when she knew that she was doomed to die, she finally didn't want to deceive him anymore.

Li Mengyu's fists were clenched until they turned white.

"Please, use the Holy Sword on me... Whether it was your whereabouts when you were injured or the assassination you encountered before, I leaked them and organized them... For a guy like me, please use the Holy Sword to end my life as you did in the past."

"Many people...died because of you."

He still remembered the guards who protected him, the way they showed off their wives and children after getting to know him... the way they shouted to him "You are our hope, so you must survive" before they gave up their lives, and the way they died at the hands of assassins...

The holy sword was unsheathed. The sword surrounded by sacred light and engraved with inscriptions on the blade was the exclusive weapon of the brave.

Countless demons have been killed by this sword. The sacred aura lingering on the sword will cause the demons to be burned by the sacred aura when they are injured, causing them to suffer immense pain.

Yes, a sword for special attacks against demons.

"Why don't you swing the sword? If you keep showing such mercy, you will be deceived again next time, and you will definitely die because of it, my brave man."

Seeing that Li Mengyu was still holding the sword but not moving, the woman's arms turned into ferocious claws different from those of humans, and she actually broke free from the rope that was blessed with the sacred breath.

She did not continue to deceive Li Mengyu, she was indeed a demon.

However, even though she had partially recovered her true form, her physical strength had already reached its limit after she broke free from the restraints.

The fallen body was pierced through the chest by the holy sword.

"Next time, don't let yourself be fooled again. Tears... are very fake..."

At that time, something... mixed with the blood and flowed into the emblem.

……

"I have a few questions for you, Miss Sanjo."

Li Mengyu's gaze was somewhat cold as it fell on Miss San Tiao.

This woman has shown her sense of justice, shed tears, and even her expression of pain doesn't seem fake.

But——［False］

That's what the emblem told him, although most of the time the thing wouldn't show up on its own to identify the lie, because there was a rather demanding activation condition.

The target is a girl, and at the same time, tears are shed.

The first time Miss Sanjo was automatically attacked was when she was asking about what happened. In order to deepen the credibility of Li Mengyu's story, she shed tears, and then, Emblem immediately called the police.

Well, he really trusted Miss Sanjo at the beginning. Come to think of it, this kind of thing happened to him quite a lot, for example...is it a curse?

Well, if she knew it was a lie from the beginning, Li Mengyu would have to go through a series of small investigations on everything she said.

He bought the phone just for the purpose of investigation, although he did have a lot of fun playing with it.

"I remember Miss Sanjo you said that you and your friends chose to come here because this shrine is famous, right?"

He didn't need to say too much, the dilapidated scene of the entire shrine was enough to speak for itself.

“Isn’t this completely unpopular?”

The thing hidden in the shrine glared at him as he said this.

"Ms. Sanjo, how did you know that this shrine is famous? After all, even the official website of Kochi Prefecture does not have any information about this shrine."

The Internet is a good thing in some sense. It is very useful both in terms of its ability to transmit information and its extensiveness. However, many people in 2009 did not realize this.

"And I just happened to find a very interesting news in Hokkaido, but it seems that because there are not many people who like it, it has not received much attention, 'Boyfriend was taken away by his best friend, and the victim wanted to commit suicide' or something like that."

It took him a long time to find this. In addition to the poor internet speed, there was also a lack of information.

"At the end of the article, it says that the girl who wanted to commit suicide forgave her best friend and boyfriend. Do you think it was Miss Sanjo? Although you said it was your boyfriend and best friend, you are not worried at all, right? I have been deliberately delaying time, why are you not anxious at all?"

"Even if you heard your bestie's screams, your boyfriend's life or death is still unknown, right? Of course, it's also possible that you don't like that boyfriend at all, but that shouldn't be the case, right? Otherwise, there wouldn't be a photo of you and that man in your wallet when you paid for the ticket, right?"

Amid Jun Qianjing's increasingly shocked expression, Miss Sanjo took a long breath and nodded.

"Yes, that bitch and that..."

I was stuck on how to address the man, after all, it was 09.

"Scumbag."

Although it's strange, the summary is unexpectedly reasonable.

"Yes, scumbag, I can say that I killed both that bitch and that scumbag!"