"Huh...huh..."
That morning, on the forest path leading to the mountain behind the cemetery, a figure was slowly walking up the winding path.
This figure had an ordinary appearance and ordinary clothes. He was obviously the gravekeeper of the cemetery at the foot of the mountain.
There was also an unconscious girl on his back. The girl was wearing the uniform of a female high school student. It was Karasuma who had stopped in front of the cemetery before.
Relying on his identity as the reporter who was not easily suspected, the tombkeeper easily approached and knocked out the unsuspecting Xiao Karasuma, and took her unconscious to the back of the house that he said no one lived in. Mountain.
"You're finally here."
Continuing along this path, after walking into a dense forest halfway up the mountain, a somewhat old house appeared in front of the tombkeeper.
In fact, the tombkeeper did not lie to the boy before, because no one really lived on this mountain. The only private house was abandoned unknown how long ago. There was no breath of living life inside, and even This winding path up the mountain was also developed bit by bit by them.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that this place was chosen as one of their secret strongholds.
After simple renovations, it has become an important place for all believers in the nearby neighborhoods to gather and pray.
And this naturally includes the tombkeepers and...
"I didn't expect that you could move so fast..."
At this time, there were several people in long robes standing outside the house, both men and women. Two of them, the boy and Karasuma, knew each other.
It is Mr. and Mrs. Muraki, the parents of Kyoko’s classmate who died in this case.
They seemed to have already discussed something. When they saw the tombkeeper carrying Karasuma on his back, there was no look of surprise on his face. Mr. Muraki even stepped forward to confirm it carefully before nodding and saying:
"That's her, the girl next to the young policeman..."
"As expected of you, we have just discussed the specific plan, and you have already captured this girl..."
Next to him, another believer in robes spoke in admiration:
"When I dealt with Xingzi's matter before, it was also thanks to you..."
"Woo!"
As soon as the believer said the name "Kyoko", Mrs. Muraki beside her couldn't help but cry softly again, covering her face with her hands, looking grief-stricken.
Seeing this, Mr. Muraki beside her quickly hugged her shoulders and comforted her in a low voice:
"Don't be sad anymore, my dear, it is Xingzi's misfortune that she cannot bathe in the glory of the Lord. Helping Xingzi return to the embrace of the Lord is the best we can do for her..."
Hearing Mr. Muraki's words, the gravekeeper who had been silent before subconsciously clenched his hands.
He was actually the one who really killed Kyoko.
The reason was exactly as the boy had speculated before. The Murakis tried to bring their daughter Kyoko into their religious order to bask in the glory of the "Lord".
Of course, the Murakis know their daughter's character and what she does in school. They also hope that this move can help their daughter change these bad characters.
However, Kyoko sternly rejected them. Not only that, she also viciously ridiculed and cursed their "lord", and even threatened the Murakis to sever ties with the cult, otherwise she would call the police and have the police take care of them. They were all sent to the police station.
The daughter's reaction undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the Murakis.
They were shocked, they were grieved, they were in disbelief, so much so that they decided to take matters into their own hands so that their "rebellious" daughter could return to the arms of the "Lord" and convert to the "true faith."
They spent a few days discussing all the details and got started the night before.
That night, Kyoko came home from school unprepared and was knocked unconscious by her parents with anesthetics. After carefully cleaning her body, she was moved to the cemetery at the foot of the back hill.
According to their plan, they would let Kyoko die... no, or should I say, let Kyoko "emerge" in front of the tombstone of Hanada classmate who died because of her, and return to the embrace of the "lord".
In this way, her soul went to the "Lord" side, while her body stayed here to confuse the sight of those "vulgar people".
In the original plan, the Muraki couple needed to carry out the step of "emerging" Kyoko themselves.
However, when the matter came to an end, they suddenly hesitated. They seemed to finally realize that the sleeping girl in front of them was their daughter, and they couldn't do anything.
They hesitated in the cemetery for a long time, but in the end they did not stop there. Instead, they asked the tombkeeper to complete this step for them.
In the cult, the tombkeeper has always played a role similar to the "executioner", responsible for cleaning up all "guilty people" who are disloyal to the cult.
Before being absorbed into this religious order, the tombkeeper was a soldier in the Southeast Asian battlefield. During the war, due to intense psychological trauma, he was sent back home early before the end of the war and became the site of this cemetery. gravekeeper.
However, what he had experienced in the war did not disappear with his departure. Even after returning home, the crimes he had committed had been tormenting his heart.
It was at this time that he accidentally came into contact with this sect, was absorbed into it, and became a believer of the sect.
For the gravekeeper, the existence of the cult is bright and has saving significance for him, because the people he killed before were all "sinful people". These people were burdened with crimes. By killing them, he could also alleviate himself. Crimes once committed on the battlefield.
Until the night before yesterday, the Murakis brought their daughter Kyoko over and asked him to kill her.
The tombkeeper asked them what crime the girl was guilty of?
They told him that this girl did not believe in the "Lord", did not recognize the existence of the "Lord", and even tried to expose the existence of the "Lord" in front of the vulgar world.
There is no forgiveness for sin.
Therefore, they had no choice but to send the girl to the world of the "Lord" personally and let the girl pray for the "Lord"'s forgiveness in person.
Ah, if that's the case, then the girl is indeed guilty...
But, if that’s the case, why don’t you send the girl to the “Lord” with your own hands? Isn’t this supposed to be a redemptive thing?
Why do you hesitate? Why did you all push it to me in the end?
The gravekeeper didn't dare to think about it any more, because he was afraid that he had joined the cult to atone for his sins, and he no longer dared to bear any more sins...
So, after killing Kyoko with his own hands that night, under the leadership of the Muraki couple, he sneaked into Mr. Hanada's house and killed him, and buried the body in the back mountain overnight.
Now, they want to kill the innocent girl on his back again...
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(End of chapter)
