Chapter 297 Burying the Past

"Fortunately, the cursed old house was dealt with by the Secret Keeping Bureau many years ago."

"It was dealt with many years ago?" The detective touched his chin uncomfortably, "So, this curse has a long incubation period and will not break out immediately..."

"Okay." The young Secret Keeper was not sure, but stopped in time:

"I just violated some of the regulations of the Bureau. Because the case of the old house has been closed for many years and you still need to cooperate with the work, I will reveal some to you, but you can't continue to inquire."

Ancient house...Curse of the Cannibal...Shiraori continued to "flip through" the detective's previous memories with a heavy heart. After basically understanding the situation of his family's involvement in strange events, he ended the "Crimson Ingestion".

Bai Zhi passed two thoughts to the agent through the ‘ghost thread’ in his hand:

“You found a suspected wanted criminal, chased him, but lost the target, and finally got lost here...”

“You will wake up in two minutes...”

These two thoughts will be implanted into the agent’s subconscious mind like hypnosis, making him think that everything just now was self-directed behavior, and he will not realize that he is affected by an unknown existence.

After passing the thoughts, and confirming that the agent’s mental state is normal, Bai Zhi disappeared from behind him and returned to the corner.

Two minutes later, the agent’s eyes became lively, and he looked down. There was no other emotion on his face except some annoyance. He stayed there for a while and then left.

On the other side, Bai Zhi also turned out of the alley and quickly rushed to the residence of his father and brother based on his memory.

As expected, she did not see the two familiar figures in her memory.

Moreover, the windows of the house were wide open, and the furniture and floor were covered with a layer of dust, as if no one had lived there recently.

"Missing... Really missing..." At this moment, Bai Zhi had to accept this fact from the heart.

The feeling of depression and blockage surged up instantly. She did not stay for too long and left here like escaping, and then walked straight to the largest and only cemetery in the southern area.

—— Before leaving in the morning, Bai Zhi entered the spirit world for a short divination and confirmed that the tomb of her predecessor was there.

Because she chose to walk, it was already night when Bai Zhi arrived at the cemetery. There was no one in sight, which was what she was happy to see, because she would put the black jade urn in it.

Also through divination, Bai Zhi easily found the location of the tombstone of his predecessor, saw the familiar name on the tombstone, and the familiar face in the photo.

Bai Zhi kept his body slightly bent, quietly looking at the tombstone, without moving for a long time, as if he had become a statue.

She thought a lot, thinking about the memories of the past ten years, remembering a strange yet familiar family, remembering every bit of the past, and the details of life in Xiaoshi Town and Yucheng City emerged in her mind. The memory conversation she heard in the afternoon rang in her ears:

"When I beg you... to find my child, if he leaves me, then I will really be the only one left..."

"She is unfortunate, the essence comes from the fact that her family once lived in Xiaoshi Town, where they were cursed with bad luck..."

"The name of the curse... Cannibal..."

"...Once the cursed person dies, the curse will be transferred to the next generation..."

After a long time, she slowly straightened up, her eyes turned blood red, her hair was dyed with snow, and she suddenly entered the state of 'half-demonization'.

As the spiritual power was mobilized, a black virtual curtain opened, and skeletons and undead walked out of it.

Then, these underworld creatures worked together, and without much effort, they dug up the hard stone and soil, exposing the coffin inside.

With a click, Bai Zhi opened the cabinet door herself and saw a white jar inside. If she guessed correctly, the jar contained ashes burned by the authorities to replace the material of the previous body's severed limbs.

——Because if the authorities really discovered the hidden spiritual essence in the severed limbs, they would definitely keep it in its original place to avoid the spread of mysterious power and other bad effects.

But Bai Zhi has never had the desire to seek the truth of the spiritual essence in the previous body, just wanting the past to get a true rest.

She stroked the ring on her hand, took out the black jade square box, put it next to the white jar, and then ordered the dead to restore the scene as soon as possible.

Watching the coffin lid closed, the soil piled up again and submerged the coffin inch by inch, Bai Zhi closed his eyes and sighed, as if talking to himself, and as if asking a question:

"You say, should I help you?"

...

At noon the next day, Bai Zhi came to the cemetery again.

On the one hand, it was to confirm whether anyone had noticed anything unusual; on the other hand, it was to ask the question from last night.

But unexpectedly, Bai Zhi saw a familiar female figure in front of the tombstone of his predecessor.

The lady was wearing a thick black suit and even had a scarf wrapped around her neck. She was nearly 10 years old, with some wrinkles on her face, and her beauty when she was young could be vaguely seen.

Old... Mom? Bai Zhi stood far away, almost unable to control the sound that came out, and her eyes were slightly sore.

Subconsciously, she wanted to turn around and leave, but Bai Zhi changed her mind in an instant. She thought that her current appearance and temperament were almost the same as in the past, so she walked over relaxedly.

But when Bai Zhi stood behind the lady in the black suit and opened her mouth, she couldn't pronounce a single word of the sentence.

After a full ten seconds, the lady in the black suit noticed that there seemed to be someone behind her. She looked over with eyes full of wind and fatigue, and tapped her chin politely:

"Who are you?"

At this moment, Bai Zhi's heart was pounding, and his words came out quickly and uncontrollably:

"Me? Well, hello, auntie, I, I am his high school classmate, my name is Ye Zhi, I have been going to school in Daji before. I heard from other classmates that I took advantage of the early vacation and came back to see him..."

"Him?" The lady in the black suit turned her head and looked at the stone tablet below as if she had some understanding, with a kind smile on her lips:

"Hello, maybe I'm old and don't remember that there was a female classmate as beautiful as you in his high school class."

If Bai Zhi hadn't been wearing a mask now, covering part of her appearance, the middle-aged lady might have been even more surprised.

Before Bai Zhi could respond, the middle-aged lady smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Of course, it may be that the generation gap is too big. This child is unwilling to share many things with us parents. He is very introverted at home and is only more active at school and with friends."