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He dropped the pretense, a cruel smile spreading across his face as he pulled a gleaming dagger from behind his back.

That bastard was even carrying a weapon!

Miura Yumiko felt a chill in her heart, stopped cursing, and turned to run away.

That son of a bitch has no sense of martial ethics.

She cursed Sagawa inwardly as she darted through the narrow gaps between the trees. Sagawa was a size bigger than her, so this should buy her some time to catch up.

Yes, she never thought of escaping Sagawa's pursuit. She knew very well that Sagawa, who had lived here since childhood, was definitely more adapted to jungle chases than she, an outsider.

Moreover, she doesn't need to completely get rid of Sagawa; she just needs to escape the dense forest.

If she escapes the dense forest and shouts, she will definitely attract the villagers, and then Sagawa will definitely be unable to make a move!

Her strategy worked. Sagawa was initially somewhat hampered by her maneuvering, and she took the opportunity to create a significant distance between them.

But Sagawa quickly realized what was happening and stopped trying to follow her. Instead, he chose a side path and stayed close to her.

The distance was instantly shortened!

But it doesn't matter.

A smile appeared on Yumiko Miura's face, because she had already left the dense forest.

Sizzle...

"Help!!"

"Someone's been murdered!"

"Someone come quickly!"

A light rain had begun to fall, and Miura Yumiko cried out for help towards the village.

But gradually, she realized something was wrong.

It wasn't far from the village, only a few dozen meters away. Her voice could carry through the village, even in the rain. She even saw several villagers glance at her before quickly turning away, as if they couldn't see anything.

"how come……"

Yumiko Miura stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Is it weird?"

Sagawa's voice rang out behind her. She instinctively wanted to run away, but quickly froze.

A sharp object pressed against her waist.

That's a dagger.

Volume 1: Chapter Thirty-Five: "Quack, it's a crazy woman's mouth!"

"Are you surprised?"

Feeling the tip of the dagger pressed against her back, Miura Yumiko stiffly raised her hand.

"Wait, calm down first..."

Although it's just a game, the pain is real, as Yumiko Miura has proven countless times by falling down the mountain.

"What, weren't you yelling quite a bit just now?"

Sagawa leaned close to Miura Yumiko's ear and said teasingly, "Or are you scared now?"

Nonsense, wouldn't you be scared if a knife was pointed at you?

Miura Yumiko cursed inwardly, but forced a smile and said, "You're joking. I'm young and ignorant, please forgive me..."

Sagawa: "..."

What's going on? Are they out of touch with the times or what? Are kids these days so abstract?

He couldn't quite figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

He pressed the dagger against Miura Yumiko's spine in the back: "Hand over your phone."

Yumiko Miura had no choice but to take out her phone.

"Still recording." Sagawa sneered, casually tossing the phone to the ground and stomping it to pieces with his right foot.

Miura Yuko: "…………"

My phone... Great, another new grudge added!

"Now I'll ask, and you'll answer."

Yumiko Miura nodded quickly, but with her back to Sagawa, her eyes kept scanning her surroundings, looking for a chance to escape.

The location is rather precarious, as it faces the mountaintop where they live. The view from the mountaintop is blocked by the mountain, so Kuroda can't be expected to see them. Now, she can only save herself.

"How did you know me? I don't remember ever seeing you before."

Sagawa's first question left Miura Yumiko a little flustered.

How did you know about you? Are you saying I was tricked by you during my first playthrough?

She thought for a moment and replied, "I am Suzi's friend."

Motoko is Kuroda's daughter. Although it's a bit impolite to bring her up now, it's definitely the best solution and perfectly explains why a high school girl would hang out with a weirdo.

"Motoko?"

Sure enough, Sagawa frowned and thought for a moment before realizing, "So that's it, it's that old man's daughter."

"Tsk, keeping this old bastard around is really a menace. Oh well, I'm getting tired of him too. Looks like I need to get rid of him."

Sagawa's mutterings made Miura Yumiko grit her teeth in anger.

That bastard is practically a newborn!

"Alright, next question." Sagawa thought for a moment and then asked, "Where exactly did you come from?"

Yumiko Miura was startled: "What do you mean?"

"You might not know this, but I've been investigating you all this time..." Sagawa chuckled憨厚ly, but the words that came out of his mouth were a stark contrast to his憨厚 face.

"You appeared without any warning. I searched all the surrounding stations but couldn't find any information about you."

"I'm very curious about how you got here, or to put it another way, who... exactly are you?"

Miura Yumiko was about to speak when she said, "I..."

"Don't bring up that piece of trash Kuroda with me." Sagawa pressed the dagger forward fiercely, interrupting Miura Yumiko's words.

Yumiko Miura felt a sharp pain in her back. She felt that her sportswear might have been punctured, and that the skin on her back might have been broken as well.

“You can listen to that old bastard about my affairs, but it’s impossible that he arranged for you to get here,” Sagawa said fiercely, his tone extremely menacing. “Tell me, how did you get here?”

Damn it, is it really that important how I got here?!

Miura Yumiko cursed inwardly, racking her brains for a reply.

Then... she gave up.

"I don't know how I got here. I just woke up and found myself in this godforsaken place." She shrugged indifferently. "That's the truth. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. You could kill me and that's how I would answer."

There was nothing she could do. That bastard Sagawa had investigated all the nearby train stations. How could she possibly fool him? She couldn't exactly say she fell from the sky, could she?

Sagawa seemed to be taken aback by Miura Yumiko's apparent lack of commitment.

A moment of silence fell over the room.

"So, can you tell me why those villagers are ignoring me?"

As soon as I think about it, I suddenly feel that the world is vast.

Yumiko Miura has already started her second playthrough, so she's begun gathering information from Asasagawa, who's been betraying the Tengu.

Sagawa was taken aback. He asked Miura Yumiko with some suspicion, "Aren't you scared?"

"What's the use of being afraid? Do you think being afraid will make you let me go?" Miura Yumiko retorted. "I'm going to die anyway, so what's there to be afraid of? I'll be a hero again in twenty years!"

Sagawa: "…………"

This girl is so crazy...

He suddenly didn't want to kill this guy anymore. It was rare to find someone even more eccentric than himself; maybe they could even become fellow sufferers...

But that was impossible. Sagawa steadied himself. This woman had to die. Not only this woman, but also that old man on the mountaintop had to die. They had seriously affected his hunting!

However, it's not that we can't tell her the truth.

It was perhaps because Miura Yumiko's madness gave him a strange sense of identification that he decided to fulfill Miura Yumiko's dying wish.

"Because they know everything."

Yumiko Miura frowned slightly. Although she had already guessed it, Sagawa's admission still made her feel a little uncomfortable.

What a bizarre village! They know there's a psychopathic killer in the village, yet they don't take any action. It's unbelievable.

"You know, human habits are a kind of magical power." Sagawa seemed to be about to start chanting, but Miura Yumiko dared not move.

Because even while chanting, this bastard kept the knife pressed firmly against her back.

Ouch, that hurts...

“There’s an ancient legend about this village… no, or rather, it’s not a legend, it’s more like a rumor,” Sagawa recalled for a moment, then continued.

"When sin begins to run rampant, man-eating monsters will descend and devour everything... I forgot the exact words, but that's roughly the meaning."

"And I was treated like that monster by them."

Miura Yuko: "?"

No, why does this sound mysterious?

"Do you know when I first ate a person?" Sagawa suddenly asked Miura Yumiko.

How the hell would I know?

However, Sagawa knew that Miura Yumiko probably didn't know this, so he answered it himself.

"It was when I was twelve years old."

Miura Yuko: "!!"

Miura Yumiko was truly stunned. Twelve years old? This... this bastard is indeed born evil!

"When I was twelve, an earthquake struck, and my parents and I were trapped underground. To save my life, they both committed suicide. I was trapped underground for half a month, and when I was finally dug out, I was all alone... Hahaha..."

Towards the end, Sagawa laughed hysterically, while Miura Yumiko fell silent, but then she suddenly realized something.

'earthquake? '

'I remember the idiot also seemed to have developed this condition after the earthquake…'

For a moment, she felt a mix of emotions; the same experience had led to two completely different lives.

“The villagers saw me as a monster, and I enjoyed it, probably because I wasn’t a good person to begin with.” Sagawa’s smile faded, and he said with a touch of melancholy, “But ever since then, I’ve constantly missed it, missed that taste…”

Yumiko Miura felt a chill run down her spine. The little bit of sympathy she had just felt vanished instantly, leaving only endless disgust.

It's confirmed, this guy is real.

“So I took action.” A look of smugness appeared on Sagawa’s face. “It was a widow from the village; her husband died in the earthquake…”

Yumiko Miura had already given up on ignoring his tantrums, but Sagawa continued to ramble on.

"So habits are really scary. I've gotten used to eating people, and the villagers discovered that I was eating people, but they chose to turn a blind eye because it hadn't happened to them. So, gradually, everyone got used to it."

"But one day, the forgotten ancient rumors started to circulate again, and the villagers became afraid again. It's ridiculous that they didn't care about the evil deeds happening in front of them, but believed the vague rumors. So they drove me out of the village."

"I returned to the village not long after being driven out, because I had also eaten people outside, but I was not punished. This was because the defense lawyer fabricated my history of mental illness in order to become famous. Everyone was willing to believe that a cannibal would have a mental illness, so I was locked up in a mental hospital and escaped legal punishment. The lawyer also gained a huge reputation. It was a win-win situation."

“Life in the mental hospital was actually quite comfortable. They took care of everything except eating people. But I didn’t stay long because I had no money and no family or property, so I was quickly kicked out. It’s funny.”

"After returning to the village, the villagers were even more afraid of me. It was obvious that they also knew about my deeds outside. They were even more convinced that I was the legendary monster. After all, if even the law could not punish me, what else could I be but a monster?"

"But this time when I returned to the village, besides myself, I also had a follower."

Sagawa's face showed disdain: "A piece of trash who doesn't even dare to avenge his daughter."