After sending Terumi Mei home, Satoru came to Mizukage's office and had a chat with Mina.
"What the hell is going on? Why does the whole Kirigakure seem to be panicking?"
Other than the coming of a Great Ninja War, Satoru really couldn't think of any other reasons that would make everyone fear equally.
But if it was a war, it was impossible for Konoha not to know.
So, what was the reason?
"Satoru-sama...you may not believe these words, but Kirigakure has ghosts."
"What?"
Satoru suddenly found out that he seemed to have gotten into the word "ghost" recently.
The last "ghost" was Sukuna's finger. He still doesn't know where Kento got that finger, but he knows that it had the function of absorbing negative emotions, and maybe that thing appeared in front of his eyes, which was someone or some people's expectation.
"It's man-eating ghost! It's everywhere, and in just half a month, more than a dozen people have died."
On average, one person was dying per day, which was a sensational news in Kirigakure.
Under Mina's explanation, Satoru finally knew what happened.
It turned out that everything had gone wrong since the first person died in the village half a month ago.
The first person who died was an old man who lived alone. There were countless bite marks on his body. The fatal injury was the tooth mark on his neck, which looked like a work of a wild animal.
At the beginning, everyone thought it was some mountain beast, and Terumi Mei sent people to look for it in the mountain, but they found nothing.
Later, four or five people died one after another, and the murderer also changed from a "beast" to a "ghost".
It could only be a ghost. The mountain did not have man-eating beasts. There were no scratches on the bodies of the dead, and they were all killed with a blow from the neck, they were sucked of their blood from their bodies, and their flesh was eaten raw.
It was difficult for a human being to do such a cruel thing, so it could only be attributed to "ghosts".
"That is to say, you don't have any proof now that this thing is done by a ghost, right? You don't even know if ghosts really exists or not?"
Mina could not help but lower her head.
"This is the best choice..."
They have no other way to answer the public. If people continue to die like this, they might be the next one to fall, everyone thinks so.
What Satoru said was right, they investigated for half a month and found nothing, no beasts were found, the sixteen dead were not related to each other, had no common point, and Kirigakure had no outsiders at that time, so the only answer was "ghosts".
There must be a murderer, otherwise the villagers would panic even more.
"Does this murderer have to be a ghost?" Satoru said suddenly, "The reason why people are afraid of ghosts is because of the absolute difference in strength. They are unable to resist, so they are so afraid. You have arranged a murderer who is unable to fight against, is it really the best choice?"
Mina was speechless.
Although this matter was decided by Mizukage, but as her confident, she did not give any more sensible suggestions or better choices, and she was also responsible.
"My lord, please help us!" Mina suddenly knelt down to Satoru and said, "Satoru-sama, please help Kirigakure!"
"Let's talk about it after Terumi Mei wakes up."
"Mizukage-sama has also been tired for a long time. To be honest, since you came, at least we can see hope."
"I? Am I hope for you guys?"
Satoru was a little surprised.
Giving hope in a desperate situation was a very heavy responsibility.
'Where did this trust come from?'
'Is it only based on the talks from Terumi Mei?'
"My lord, Mizukage-sama was tortured because of Yamada's incident for a long time. As a matter of fact, everyone knew it in their hearts, but even after so many years, no one could help her. You were the first and only one. Since you came, she has become better, everyone can see this and everyone is very grateful to you for it."
After hearing this, Satoru thought for some time, and said, "I see, thank you for telling me this, you can also go to take a rest, let me think about it, what I should do about this matter."
"I'll accompany you here."
"If you don't believe me, you can give me another place to stay."
Satoru thought that the other party was afraid that he would mess around in Mizukage's office. He had no interest in meddling in the government affairs of other countries.
(T.L Note: Dude forgot he did exactly that when he was in her body)
Realizing that Satoru misunderstood herself, Mina quickly shook her hands and explained, "No, no, I didn't mean that, I just want to stay and help you, if you need any other information, as long as I know it, I will provide it to you."
"No, you go back first and come back at dawn."
There were less than three hours left to sunrise and Mina looked very tired, Satoru was not too exhausted, but he really needed a quiet place.
Under Satoru's repeated insistence, Mina walked away step by step.
Satoru was sitting alone in the office, looking at the list of the dead and their recent conditions investigated by Kirigakure, and it was dawn before he knew it.
As the winter sky was pierced by a touch of white light, Kirigakure, which was supposed to be full of vigor, seemed to have fallen into the tranquility from another dimension.
No one came out to sell the goods along the street, and the shops were not operating normally, and the whole land was lifeless.
Satoru stood upstairs in the office, watching Kirigakure's current situation, feeling a little depressed.
He felt that the time was almost up, so he took the documents related to the case and went downstairs. Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw a person at the door.
It might be because Mina was too tired, her legs were bent, but her upper body was on the ground and her head was resting on her arms to sleep. The posture was uncomfortable at a glance, but she was sleeping so peacefully that she even didn't notice it when Satoru came out.
"Mina?"
Satoru patted her, but there was no response, so he simply picked her up and left her to the sofa in the office.
Before leaving, Satoru felt someone pulling the corner of his clothes, and when he looked back, Mina was rubbing her eyes in a daze with the other hand.
"Hmm... my lord, is it dawn yet?"
Satoru said softly, "Well, it's indeed dawn, you can go to sleep, I'll go to the houses of the victims."
"Ah!"
Mina seemed to be completely awakened by this time, she jumped up from the sofa, and subconsciously let go of Satoru's sleeve.
"My lord, I'm sorry, I overstepped."
'Does she mean the act of sleeping at the door, or the act of pulling my sleeves while half asleep?'
'It might be both.'
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