Chapter 119 Well
In the living room, Makoto and Mitsuki sat cross-legged on the sofa, one on the left and the other on the right, staring at each other. After a while, Mitsuki could not hold on any longer and exhaled the carbon dioxide that was trapped in her chest.

Makoto chuckled and swung her body around the pillow like a tumbler. "So it turns out that Mitsuki-chan didn't show mercy to me just now, but could only control a portion of the spiritual power in her body. Who did it? The one who set the ban inside Mitsuki-chan."

Mitsuki ignored Makoto, stood up dejectedly, glanced at the clock on the wall, and walked to the balcony with a choked breath: "Father, I'm going to run. Shall we have barbecue tonight?"

Zheng Wenjie, who was dazed by the sun, uttered a cry, opened his eyes and looked at Miyue with a smile, "Then work hard to exercise. I hope to see the day when you can suppress Miss Makoto soon."

Zheng Wenjie looked through the glass at Makoto who was sitting on the sofa and looking at this place. If time dragged on, Mitsuki might not have the chance to compete with Makoto in spiritual power like today.

The vengeful spirit upstairs has completely enraged Hideki, and judging from the situation, Hideki won't live much longer.

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"Mizuki-chan really has a big heart!" Makoto put her hands on her hips and watched Mizuki holding a flashlight and walking directly into the courtyard of this old house in the deserted mountains.

Nozaki put on his anti-cut suit, tied on his gloves, took out two Nepalese machetes from their sheaths, looked them up and down to make sure they were all right before handing a knife to Zheng Wenjie, who was also wearing protective clothing.

"Let's go in too." Zheng Wenjie took the knife and followed him forward: "If Miss Makoto didn't deliberately arouse Mitsuki's desire to win, I don't think she would be so reckless."

This old house has been abandoned for more than ten years. The roof is covered with moss and the walls are covered with vines. As the three people walked into the courtyard, they saw overgrown weeds and several withered cherry trees.

"Mizuki-chan, follow me." Makoto stepped forward and put his arm around Mizuki's shoulders: "I'm your sister, I will protect you."

"Thank you, I don't think I need your protection." Mitsuki broke free from Makoto's hand and walked straight into the old house. She felt a cool breeze blowing on her face. She waved her hand to sweep away the spider web in front of her eyes, coughed twice due to the irritation of the dust, and then walked out.

"Hey~" Makoto pulled out a folded silk scarf from his coat and slapped it on Mitsuki's hand.

"No need." Miyue frowned, dismantled a wooden frame, turned around, raised her long hair to cover her mouth and nose and stepped into the ancient house again.

Makoto turned and looked at Zheng Wenjie who was standing behind him with a smile on his face: "Zheng-kun looks like it will be very hard in the future. Mitsuki-chan's stingy personality may make life very difficult in the future."

Zheng Wenjie looked thoughtful and finally hummed and said, "I think this is because Miss Makoto has been mad at Mitsuki for a day. Usually, Mitsuki has a very good personality and is very gentle to everyone."

"Huh? The main reason is that Mitsuki-chan is very cute when she gets angry. And now I really believe that Mitsuki-chan was not lured from Kamakura to Tokyo by Zheng Jun, but I think Mitsuki-chan should still go back to school." Makoto said with a smile, covered her mouth and nose with a silk scarf, tied it behind her head, and walked behind Mitsuki.

"Where's Nozaki-kun?" Zheng Wenjie asked Nozaki with a smile, "Nozaki-kun has been observing us today, right? Do you think something's wrong with me?"

Nozaki looked at Zheng Wenjie and nodded: "Yes, no matter how you look at it, Mr. Zheng doesn't look like an ordinary person. As a member of the special agent team, I have the responsibility and obligation to minimize supernatural events as much as possible."

"As for Mr. Zheng's purchase of real estate and the golden business card, our investigation team has not been able to find Mr. Zheng's source of income. No, there is no trace of Mr. Zheng in Japan. I know that Mr. Zheng is not an ordinary person."

Nozaki took a deep breath, looked around the old house, which was full of dust and cobwebs, and turned to Zheng Wenjie and said, "I will also call you Mr. Zheng. As long as Mr. Zheng brings Miss Miyue to join the special agent team, all problems will be solved."

"Is this the ultimatum you issued after reporting to the leader today?" Zheng Wenjie smiled and changed the subject: "Let's go in too. Miss Makoto seems to be almost finding the location of the slit-mouthed woman."

Nozaki frowned and looked at Zheng Wenjie's back. After handing over the information he learned about Zheng Wenjie today to the investigation team, he summarized all the information he had found. There was a 70% chance that the disappearance of Monk Zhencheng and the fallen stone steps three days ago was related to Zheng Wenjie and Miyue.

"This old house is the ancestral home of the Yanagisawa family. It has been abandoned for more than ten years. Mayumi should have been dead for more than ten years. I don't know why no exorcist has discovered that the Inugami Yanagisawa family has died out for more than ten years."

"Haha, I think it's because Mayumi Yanagisawa is like sister Makoto, and doesn't have many friends." Miyuki said with a wry smile.

Even though she has already discovered that she cares about her father very much, he still keeps teasing her by saying that he wants to seduce and take his father away. If her father's intentions were not very clear, Mitsuki really wants to stab Makoto a few times just like she stabbed Monk Makoto.

Makoto pouted and looked at the entire old house with the help of the flashlight before calling the three of them back to the courtyard and taking off the silk scarf tied around their faces: "I think Mayumi was very sure that she would be cursed by the Inugami before she died, so she sealed her body in the ancestral house at the last moment."

"That's why today, more than ten years later, the woman with a slit mouth that Mayumi turned into appeared!"

Nozaki looked at Makoto: "These things are not important anymore. What's important is where the Slit-mouthed Woman is!"

"You mean, the Slit-Mouthed Woman has left Fengxing and is no longer here?" Meiyue said as she threw the wooden frame she had casually dismantled into the overgrown weeds.

Zheng Wenjie saw Makoto nod and acquiesce to Mitsuki's words and said with a smile: "I think Miss Makoto must have been careless. Isn't the slit-mouthed woman always watching us here?"

Nozaki was startled. He put his knife-holding hand and the flashlight together, turned around quickly and scanned the surroundings. After making sure that he found nothing, he looked at Zheng Wenjie: "Mr. Zheng, are you saying that the slit-mouthed woman is nearby?"

Makoto looked at Nozaki in confusion, not understanding why he trusted Zheng Wenjie's words so much, and then said to Zheng Wenjie: "Zheng Jun wants to scare me and Mitsuki, right? I'm sorry to disappoint you, Zheng Jun. I am naturally very sensitive to the aura of vengeful spirits and curses. The slit-mouthed woman is not here."

Meiyue didn't say anything. She couldn't help but pinch the corner of Zheng Wenjie's clothes and look around. The sun had already set and the moon had risen, but the moonlight could not shine into this ancient house.

Apart from the light from the flashlight, it was dark all around, with only the faint sounds of insects chirping in the woods.

"Father... why are the weeds so lush in this courtyard, while these cherry trees have already withered, and it's very quiet here." Meiyue believed what Zheng Wenjie said very much. The slit-mouthed woman was staring at her and the others, and as the new questions came out, enlightenment also arose in her heart.

Makoto and Nozaki both took Mitsuki's words to heart. Nozaki held up a flashlight, letting the light search through the grass in the courtyard.

Makoto didn't take it seriously. She didn't have the unparalleled spiritual power like her sister Kotoko Umekawa, but her sensitivity to all kinds of auras was also unparalleled. There was no aura of the slit-mouthed woman here at all.
There were only strange spiritual fluctuations that occasionally overflowed from the ancient house.

"Seal!" Makoto suddenly shouted, staring at Zheng Wenjie with wide eyes: "It is the seal that blocks the curse aura on the Slit-mouthed Woman, but if the seal is not broken, how can the Slit-mouthed Woman come in and out freely here!"

Zheng Wenjie pointed to a corner of the courtyard. Lush weeds covered a moss-covered well. They had just discovered that the color here was wrong. After confirming that it was a well, they turned off the light.

Now, following Zheng Wenjie's pointing, two beams of light shone towards the ancient well. Only then did Nozaki slowly open his eyes. The corner of Zheng Wenjie's clothes that Miyue was pinching had already wrinkled together.

There were also weeds behind the well, but next to the dilapidated wall, in the grass, as the light shone, a head wearing a white mask could be seen through the tiny gap in the grass, and the image of the slit-mouthed woman appeared in the minds of Makoto and the other two.

"Makoto! What should we do next?" Nozaki asked in a low voice.

"Is this just her head? Where is her body?" Makoto looked at the head pressed against the wall and suddenly had an idea: "Is there a cave over there? If you are cursed by the dog god, you will also be infected with the dog god's habits."

"Father, why doesn't she come out? I can see her eyes reflecting the light." It was the first time that Miyue was truly facing a supernatural event, and she felt a little nervous.

Zheng Wenjie smiled and said, "Are you ready? If you are, I will let her out."

"Mr. Zheng?" Makoto turned her head and looked at Zheng Wenjie in surprise.

Nozaki also turned around and pointed the blade at Zheng Wenjie: "Did you do all this? You deliberately released the Slit-Mouthed Woman from the seal!"

"I think the Slit-Mouth Woman had already appeared before I came to Tokyo?" Zheng Wenjie shook his head, pointed in the direction of the Slit-Mouth Woman, and snapped his fingers lightly.

The three of them looked in the direction of the slit-mouthed woman. Everything around them became quiet, with only the heads gradually turning under the light. An arm suddenly popped out, pressing down a piece of weeds, followed by the upper body, and the slit-mouthed woman crawled out of the hole in the wall.

"Mizuki! Just like what I taught you this afternoon!" Makoto didn't have time to think about it, and said hurriedly to the slit-mouthed woman who had stood up straight.

Miyuki bit her lip, let go of Zheng Wenjie's clothes, took two steps forward, stood beside Makoto, and opened her arms to face the slit-mouthed woman.

Makoto also chanted a spell, and the same spiritual power surged to cover and oppress the slit-mouthed woman, trying her best to dispel the Inugami curse.

Zheng Wenjie condensed the Slit-Mouth Woman, causing her to freeze in place again. She smiled as she watched the two men perform their actions until a visible black gas was dissipated from the Slit-Mouth Woman's body. Then she fell to the ground, her body quickly decayed, leaving only a few dry bones.

Makoto lowered his hand that was pointed at the slit-mouthed woman, turned around and looked at Zheng Wenjie, then looked at Nozaki who was on the side guarding against Zheng Wenjie: "Nozaki-kun, it's okay. If Zheng-kun wanted to harm us, he wouldn't have to wait until now."

Nozaki clenched his teeth and stared at Zheng Wenjie: "Mr. Zheng, who are you? What do you want to do? "

Zheng Wenjie smiled and let Mitsuki stand on him and hold his arm. He looked at Makoto and raised his eyebrows: "Ms. Makoto, Nozaki-kun seems to be jealous."

Makoto was nervous, but she forced herself to return to a normal expression. "Oh, are you kidding me, Mr. Zheng? I was dumped by Nozaki. I'm probably a loser in his eyes! How could I be jealous?"

"However, how did Zheng Jun control the Slit-Mouthed Woman? Just now, it was Zheng Jun who controlled the Slit-Mouthed Woman and prevented her from rushing over. That's why Mitsuki and I were able to successfully break the curse!"

Zheng Wenjie hummed and smiled, looking at Meiyue and said, "After all, this is the first time that Meiyue has faced a supernatural event. This needs to be cultivated slowly."

"Nozaki-kun, relax a bit." Zheng Wenjie raised his chin towards the place where the slit-mouthed woman remained: "The slit-mouthed woman has been dealt with by Miss Makoto and Mitsuki, you should be happy, put the knife down."

Nozaki obediently threw the knife out of the yard, then suddenly reacted and looked at the hand that had been holding the knife in disbelief.

Makoto stepped forward to block in front of Nozaki and looked at Zheng Wenjie and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Zheng, let's go, let's go have a drink together to perfectly solve the slit-mouthed woman!"

"I think you two may still be misunderstanding me." Zheng Wenjie looked around and continued, "The seal is indeed still there, but it has no effect on the Slit-Mouthed Woman. This is man-made, but not by me."

When Makoto heard this, he couldn't help but dispel the doubts that had risen in his heart: "We don't doubt Zheng Jun, but what did Zheng Jun find out? Who released the slit-mouthed woman!"

"I don't know either, but he should be the same person who defeated the Inugami and caused the destruction of this family." Zheng Wenjie was too lazy to look for this person, and continued: "And the slit-mouthed woman should be just an accident. This seal is not mainly to seal the slit-mouthed woman, but to cover up the resentment. It seals this well."

Mitsuki listened and shone the flashlight towards the well. The moss-covered well looked normal. Mitsuki suddenly blinked: "Father, I seemed to have seen something just now!"

Makoto and Nozaki also looked towards the well. Nozaki frowned and looked at Makoto: "Can you find anything?"

Makoto narrowed his eyes and shook his head: "Zheng-kun... this well has run dry."

"There is a ghost in the well that was transformed from a very special corpse. The corpse also contains something very special. Well, a virus! It's a highly contagious virus. If it breaks out, a lot of people will die." Zheng Wenjie said with a smile.

Makoto was startled and stared at Zheng Wenjie with wide eyes: "Zheng Jun! Don't scare us! If this is a contagious virus...what should we do? Let's go down the mountain quickly! Let the special agent team notify all exorcists and doctors to deal with it!"

Zheng Wenjie waved at Makoto and said, "Don't worry, calm down. The seal is still very strong because the thing in the well has not evolved completely. But it is indeed a genius. Ordinary people, including exorcists like Miss Makoto, can only live for seven days if they are infected."

(End of this chapter)