Kayako asked again.
"Then rent it out?"
Takeo Saeki sighed.
"You can't sell it for much money, and even less if you rent it out, and if the tenants have some problems, I will not be the one to clean the butt, so this house is just left here, let it rot, we don't lack this money, and we can feel at ease when it rots."
Except for Tokyo and the other two metropolitan areas, the land in other parts of Wano Country is not worth much, and even some rural areas are willing to give free houses to young people who have settled down.
For this reason, the piece of land left by Kayako's parents is really tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to discard it.
After walking for a while, a team of naked middle-aged men carrying a **** statue came over. Takeo Saeki and Kayako stepped aside to let the team pass in front of them.
Kayako leaned over to Saiki Takeo's side and said in a low voice.
"It's asking God."
Takeo Saeki nodded.
"It's been a long time since I saw such a traditional festival."
The customs of various parts of the Neon Country are different, and the corresponding festivals are also different. For example, during the Obon Festival in Da'ao County, 30 local healthy middle-aged people will go to the Da'ao Shrine early in the morning to invite out the local **** enshrined in the Da'ao Shrine-the statue of Odo Guiming, and walk around some of the longest and largest streets in Da'ao County.
After this trip, it will be noon, and the statue will be sent back to Ooku Shrine. Ooku Shrine will also hold a welcome ceremony at this time, that is, the maidens in the shrine will dance Kagura dance in the shrine, symbolizing the return of the gods, and the maidens dance to please the gods.
This is physical work, and it takes more than half an hour to finish jumping on a hot day.
After the Kagura dance, Ooku Shrine will be open to pray for the undead, ask for lottery, and sell some amulets, souvenirs and other things. Twenty years ago, it is said that there was a sale of Miko's koji, but because someone drank Miko's koji and went to the hospital, Ooku Shrine lost a lot of money, so it stopped selling.
At night, there will be various small business stalls in front of the shrine. If the government had money back then, they would buy more fireworks and hold a fireworks festival at night.
Of course, this was all in the afternoon. Takeo Saeki went back to the hotel with Kayako to turn on the air conditioner. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the couple walked out of the hotel with a reluctant expression on their faces.
At this time, the Obon Festival officially begins.
When the family of three of Takeo Saeki went out, groups of people went to the Ooku Shrine, which is in charge of religion in Ooku County. When they arrived at the gate of the Shrine, the family of three found that the Shrine was crowded with people inside and outside.
It was impossible to go in and see the maiden girls dancing, so I turned around and went to the Ooku Cemetery. The stage is also being decorated in the Ooku Cemetery. At night, there will also be witches dancing here to please the dead, hoping that the dead ancestors will bless the living descendants.
Because it is for dancing at night, the speed of setting up the stage is very slow now, and a few people are still doing foreign work, especially a man in a white coat who looks like a doctor from somewhere, with the armband of a construction worker on his arm, but sitting in the corner drinking cold drinks.
When Takeo Saeki tried the man in the white coat, the man in the white coat walked out with a smile and came to Takeo Saeki.
"You are Mr. Takeo Saeki, right?"
The man in the white coat smiled sincerely.
Takeo Saeki looked at the man in the white coat suspiciously.
"you know me?"
The man in the white coat shrugged.
"Some people say that Mrs. Kayako went to Tokyo to catch a Prince Charming named Takeo Saeki. I don't know Mr. Takeo Saeki, but I do know Mrs. Kayako."
Takeo Saeki thought for a moment, a little suspicious that his identity was leaked by the hotel owner, and Takeo Saeki had already revealed his name and identity to the hotel owner.
So there is a bad thing about these folks in the village, that is, even if your identity is only revealed to one person, then everyone in this person's circle will know it.
The man in the white coat nodded to Kayako, and then reached out to Saeki Takeo.
"My name is Shuten..."
Takeo Saeki held Shuten Kisugi's hand.
"Takeo Saeki."
"Ibaraki..."
Shuten yelled in one direction.
A handsome young man walked over.
"Mr. Saeki, meeting is fate, come, please accept this little gift."
Shuten Kisugi handed a plastic bag containing two bottles of happy water to Saeki Takeo.
Takeo Saeki took it, thanked him and left.
Waiting for Takeo Saeki to walk away, the smile on Shuten Kisugi's face faded, the man walked back to the shade, and asked Chiyama Tomie who hadn't come out just now.
"How about Saitama Prefecture?"
Qianshan Tomie took out his mobile phone and handed it to Shuten Kisugi.
Inside the phone was a photo of Sadako mopping the floor.
Shuten Kishan let out a sigh of relief.
"It's good if you don't notice it, Ibaraki, Tomie, everyone, work harder and set up the table, and we will do it in the evening."
Ibaraki on the side said disgustedly.
"Why didn't you act in such a hurry just now?"
Shuten Kisugi shook his head.
"Be prepared."
Due to the terrible strength of Sadako's spiritual power, Shuten Kisugi doesn't mind dealing with Saiki Takeo in the most severe manner, even if Saiki Takeo is just a mortal without spiritual power.
Qianshan Fujiang on the side hesitated for a few seconds before speaking.
"That guy named Kayako is a little... abnormal..."
Shuten Kisugi and Ibaraki Song looked at Qianshan Tomie at the same time.
Qianshan Fujiang, who was wearing a black blindfold, frowned.
"I... feel that there is something wrong with that Kayako, but I can't tell what's wrong."
Shuten Kisugi shook his hand.
"Even if something is wrong, it doesn't matter. I, Ibaraki, and Qianshan and you are together, and there is a local shrine as support. The fault tolerance rate is very high. If it is really impossible, can we still escape?"
Ibaraki Song and Qianshan Tomie nodded.
After all, man is not a god, and you have to be scheming everywhere to be able to do things. It's better to stay at home and not come out. There are accidents all the time in the world.
After that, there was nothing to say, and each of them started to make preparations.
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seven o'clock in the evening.
The summer night came late, and darkness fell completely after seven o'clock.
Without the sun's rays, the body temperature improved a lot. Kayako, who was going home tomorrow, was unwilling to see anything today, so he pulled Takeo Saeki and Toshio Saeki up again, and went to Ooku Shrine together.
At this time, the vendors outside the Oku Shrine had completely sprung up. Some sold fried noodles, fished for goldfish, shot guns to win rewards, and played with rings.
Takeo Saeki took the coconut with him, and Toshio Saeki found a few street vendors to play with.
After playing for more than an hour, a few people suddenly walked up to the three of Kayako and chatted while walking.
"Hey, hey, you don't know, the death dance in the cemetery is about to start. This year is different, it's open to the public."
"Really? Didn't people not allow people to watch the death sacrifice dance in the past?"
"It seems that a reporter from TV TOKYO came this year. Gongji Aoyama and the others don't care about some rules for publicity."
"Go, go, if you don't go, there will be no place."
After hearing these words, Kayako put down the ring on his hand and looked at her husband expectantly.
Even Kayako, who grew up in Da'ao County, has never seen the death sacrifice dance that is only performed in the cemetery during the Obon Festival. And at noon, because there were too many people in the Oku Shrine, Kayako didn't go in to watch the witch dance.
"I know, I know."
His wife wanted to see it, so what could Tsuyoshi Saeki do, he could only take Kayako, Toshio Saeki went to the Ooku Cemetery.
It seems that the news of the opening of the Ooku Cemetery spread. When Takeo Saeki went to the cemetery, there were many people on the road to the cemetery, but the more people walked towards the cemetery, the fewer people there were.
As far as the outskirts of the cemetery, when there were trees on both sides of the road, Takeo Saeki let go of Toshio Saeki's hand for no reason.
Saeki Toshio, who was eating ice cream, looked at his father suspiciously, and reached out to grab Saeki Takeo's hand, but before Saeki Toshio grabbed Saeki Takeo's hand, a hand half the size of a man stretched out from the dark forest and grabbed Saeki Toshio.
Before Toshio Saeki realized what happened, the huge palm retracted to the woodland twice on the road.
Endless darkness and trees flashed before Toshio Saeki's eyes.
Waiting for the shaking in front of him to stop, Saeki Toshio, who didn't understand what happened at all, saw a huge and beautiful human face that he had only seen yesterday at noon.
The huge human face whispered.
"Don't go to...the cemetery...you will die..."
Looking in the direction of the cemetery, the giant holding Toshio Saeki turned and entered the depths of the forest.
Chapter 153 Mutation
Takeo Saiki and Kayako walked to the gate of the Oku Cemetery.
Takeo Saeki didn't pay attention when he came up, but when he reached the gate of Ooku Cemetery, Takeo Saeki realized that there was no one there.
Takeo Saeki looked left and right, the cemetery at night was so empty that it was disturbing.
It was originally said that the death dance in Da'ao Cemetery was opened to the public, which attracted many local people to watch it.
You must know that in the past, Ooku Shrine only opened the kagura dance, and the death dance dedicated to the dead was never shown to outsiders. Therefore, many people are curious about what the death dance looks like.
Especially Kayako, this married woman agreed with what Saiki Takeo said, and she would not return to Da'ao County in her next life. Therefore, she was very curious about this sacrifice dance that she had never seen since she was a child, and wanted to make up for the last bit of interest tonight.
When Takeo Saeki and Takeo Saeki came over, there were a lot of people following them, but when they reached the gate of the Dao Cemetery, there were only Takeo Saeki and Takeo Saeki left, and the others seemed to be left behind without seeing anyone.
Takeo Saeki felt something was wrong, but Kayako still held Takeo Saiki's hand and continued to walk into the Oku Cemetery. Takeo Saiki didn't move, but Takeo Saeki turned back to look at Takeo Saeki.
"Gangxiong, what's wrong?"
Takeo Saeki hesitated.
"There seemed to be a lot of people just now, why is there no one now?"
Watching a ghost movie alone is a ghost movie, and when two people watch it, they start discussing how it is like a ghost hitting a wall. Suddenly there are no people around, and Takeo Saeki feels uneasy.
Kayako said with a smile without doubting him.
"Maybe he walked towards other entrances and exits. The Da'ao Cemetery has more than one entrance and exit. Well, Gangxiong, our place is not a dangerous place. Even if people say nonsense that the Da'ao Cemetery is not open, we will at most be kicked out."
Takeo Saeki: "..."
Seeing that Takeo Saiki was still hesitant, Kayako had to add another reason.
"Actually, there used to be local children who wanted to peek at the death dance and were kicked out every year. Afterwards, they were reprimanded by the elders in the family, and nothing else happened."
Takeo Saeki actually wanted to leave, but Kayako said so...
Indeed, the law and order in Wano Country is quite good, and now there are local priests and maidens doing sacrifices in the Ooku Cemetery, maybe there are local dignitaries watching and praying, and the local police are maintaining to prevent strangers from entering.
As himself who has never committed a crime or offended the locals, Takeo Saeki never imagined that he would encounter any danger.
Takeo Saeki nodded.
"Indeed, maybe I'm paranoid."
Takeo Saeki walked into the Ooku cemetery holding Kayako's hand. The Ooku cemetery was quite deserted, with the tombstones standing quietly on the ground one by one. The dim lights shone on the tombstones, as if each one was curled up.
At a glance, if you happen to see the photo of the owner of the tomb on the tombstone, you can feel that the person in the photo is looking at you, as if alive.
I don't know if the atmosphere is here, or the factors in my heart are at work, Takeo Saeki feels a little nervous.
Saiki Takeo turned his head and said to Kayako.
"It's really amazing. The atmosphere, if you can set up a stage in this place, and invite a few witches to dance the weird death dance, the taste must be very strong."
Isn't watching ghost movies just to watch the atmosphere?
What better atmosphere than a cemetery?
Therefore, Takeo Saeki can be sure that as long as the death sacrifice dance does not break down, it can make people's scalp numb and sweat cold if it is a little weird.
But this kind of atmosphere will definitely be destroyed if there are too many people. What kind of weird dance, cemetery bonus, and a circle of people around you can make people scared if you talk about your parents?
So, it makes sense that ordinary people were not allowed to come and watch the death sacrifice dance in the past. It must be to maintain the atmosphere.