Inside the silent, deserted pigsty.
The young man was planning his next move when a sinister voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
"So you were here..."
The voice was somewhat hoarse, carrying a hint of mockery.
But to the young man, it was no different from an aerial bomb being dropped!
Because...
It was the exact voice of the middle-aged man who had just been talking to the Old Woman!
"Fuck!"
The young man was so frightened that he leaped straight up.
Damn it!
That old ghost had actually discovered him...
No.
It was very likely that this ghostly thing had known all along that he was hiding in the pigsty, but had simply kept quiet.
As for why?
The conversation from earlier surfaced in the young man's mind.
"If you don't go now, you won't even get a share of the intestines."
"My brother has already gone over. I can at least get a leg."
Damn it!
That bastard definitely plans to eat me all by himself!
Did he even need to think about it?
Panicking, the young man instinctively lifted the straw, preparing to run out of the pigsty.
However.
The next moment, the voice rang out again. "The Old Woman hasn't left the village yet. If you go out now, you'll definitely die."
In an instant.
The young man, who had already run two steps, suddenly stopped in place with a click, as if someone had cast a restraining spell on him. His face turned deathly pale.
"Heh heh."
Seeing the young man's reaction, the middle-aged man seemed to find it amusing and let out a strange laugh.
"You don't need to worry for now."
"I'm different from those monsters in the village. I don't have much interest in eating human flesh."
*I'd believe you if I