Zhao Si was left to dispose of the food in the pot. The simplest method was to dig a hole in the dirt floor of the house, pour it in, and bury it. After stamping the earth down, he covered it with straw, concealing it for the time being.
After a quick meal of dry rations, Blaidd? wanted to go outside to stand guard again, but Zhao Si stopped him.
"Master Ba, you're always standing outside. That makes us too conspicuous," Zhao Si whispered. "And there's something strange about the village chief, too."
Fia added, "Judging by the records, the village chief's position is rather strange."
"Perhaps we also need to find out who prayed to the Two Fingers. That might make things a little clearer," Zhao Si suggested.
Faced with their current, inexplicable "predicament," Blaidd? could only agree.
The rain did not last all night. While they were discussing countermeasures inside the house, it finally stopped. None of them felt sleepy, and they planned to seize the initiative and do something. Visiting the villagers at night was clearly impractical, but they could interrogate the suspects first.
So Blaidd? took the lead and knocked on the village chief's door.
Yage poked his head out, his purple lips trembling slightly, his eyes wide in his sallow face. He forced a smile and asked, "What is it?"
"Could you take us to see the suspects first?" Blaidd? said. "Bring the soldiers."
Under the present circumstances, they could not fully trust the two soldiers sent from Leyndell either. They would gather them at the warehouse first and find an opportunity to ask what they knew about the village.
Night after rain, thick fog, muddy ground. It felt like a ready-made horror movie setting. Zhao Si thought that if Silent Hill ever got another