Eighth Crown

Yoshihara is a very famous Hualiu Street in the history of the island country. It has been an official red light district since the 17th century and continued until the 20th century. After the prostitution law was passed, it gradually changed into a tourist attraction.

In the Taisho era, in this era when the past and the future intersected, Yoshihara Flower Street was the most prosperous time. There were several streets and alleys in the entire flower street, and there were countless small streets and alleys. .

Of course, the flow of people here is also very large. Not only are there prostitutes and servants who belong to various brothels, but there are also a large number of people who come and go. The whole Yoshihara Flower Street shows that it is not inferior to the prosperity of the big cities.

Most of the men here seem to wear gorgeous dresses in order not to lose face, women wear revealing clothes to compete for customers, and the streets and buildings are full of the smell of rouge and gouache, making this a place where the three religions and nine schools converge.

The entire Yoshihara Flower Street has only one main entrance facing the northwest, which is made of steel, and it just looks like it is seriously closed.

Carrying the suitcase and the piano case, Liu Xia walked into the flower street from the main entrance of the building.

The smell of rouge, the sound of laughter, the sound of attracting guests, and the sound of pleasing people suddenly came like a drizzle, and people could feel the prosperity and vulgarity here in an instant.

Although Liu Xia was short in stature and looked a little immature, no one around looked at him strangely.

There are many children in the flower street. Most of them are servants who clean houses and serve prostitutes in various brothels. They have low status and are easily beaten and scolded by disgruntled prostitutes and customers. Most of them are very young girls, and a few are boys. .

Liu Xia strolled in it without being too conspicuous.

Only a small number of passers-by cast strange glances at him because of the Ghost Killing Team uniform on him, especially the big word 'annihilation' on the back of the uniform, which was very eye-catching.

But these people are more inclined to make out with the beauties in the brothel than to care about the strange dress of a passing child, and they will not take the initiative to communicate with him.

"The ghost's breath is very hazy."

Liu Xia walked on the road of Huajie, silently feeling the strange atmosphere in the air.

Ordinary ghosts do not restrain their own aura, which allows many swordsmen of the ghost killing team to quickly find each other and kill them, but if they are relatively powerful ghosts, they already have the ability to hide their own aura.

Although it is impossible to completely conceal the alien aura of a ghost, even the ghost killing team members who are very sensitive to the ghost's aura can hardly find it. direction and distance.

This kind of feeling is like a peerless beauty standing in front of her, but her whole body is covered with tulle, which makes people feel itchy, but still unable to see her true face.

"In other words, there is a high possibility that there are powerful evil ghosts here, maybe it is a ghost ranked in the twelve ghost months."

Liu Xia raised her brows slightly, and looked at the endless stream of pedestrians around her, "But in this way, if you want to find the other party, it will definitely take more effort."

"The information from the Ghost Killing Team said that the beauty of the courtesan level in various brothels has disappeared many times in the flower street. I may be able to start from this aspect."

Lucia glanced at the sky.

It's still daytime, the sun is hanging high in the sky, even the twelve ghost moons can't come out now, so he should go and investigate the information first.

However, there are at least dozens of brothels on this flower street. If you really want to find them one by one, it will probably take a lot of time. Before that, you may be able to find some well-informed people to inquire about the information and narrow the scope of the investigation.

Liu Xia is a professional killer and is very skilled in investigating intelligence. In just a moment, his investigation process is on the right track.

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Night is coming soon.

The flower street was immediately decorated with lanterns, lanterns of various colors were hung under the eaves, street lamps were shining on the road, the sound of shamisen playing was heard from many brothels, and many prostitutes who used to sleep during the day came on one after another. There were even strange sounds from many brothels, making the entire flower street burst out with vitality far beyond the daytime.

Yoshihara Flower Street is the first red light district in the island country, and it also has the reputation of 'the street that never sleeps', and it only comes alive at night.

Liu Xia sat on the roof of a certain building, her eyes turned on her future vision, and at the same time she observed various movements within a kilometer with her powerful eyesight.

"This flower street is really suitable for evil spirits to hide. There are too many men and women that only appear at night, and it is easy to confuse people."

Liu Xia thought silently, "According to the information investigated during the day, most of the oiran and prostitutes who disappeared in the past are considered to be 'fleeing', and the 'fleeing' prostitutes are all over the Huajie area. It is impossible to delineate the stronghold of the evil spirits.”

The so-called 'escape', of course, refers to the humble life of some prostitutes who can't bear to show off their coquettishness and forcibly laugh in the brothel every day, just to beg the guests to laugh, so they decide to escape from the flower street.

These women who became prostitutes were originally sold here voluntarily or forcibly because their families were heavily in debt, or their family members were seriously ill. Everyone was burdened with huge debts.

Not all of them are willing to live such a life of prostitution and laughing, and naturally there are prostitutes who "run away" from here every month.

However, because the main entrance here is only the one in the northwest, there are actually very few people who can really escape from here. Most prostitutes can only work here for a lifetime, and only a few are lucky enough to meet good people. They redeem themselves and get out of here.

And the intelligence collected by Liu Xia during the day shows that these days, the prostitutes who have been identified as "fleeing" are almost all over the entire flower street, not surrounding any area, and do not have the slightest regional characteristics.

This means that the ghosts hidden here either have strong maneuverability or strong concealment ability, and can run back and forth in various streets.

No matter which ability he possesses, it is not a good thing for Liu Xia.

"If you can't delineate the area, you can only make a big move and let the other party take the initiative to find me."

As for how to make the other party take the initiative to find him, for Liu Xia, it may be unexpectedly simple.

"Bang!"

After a while, a flare exploded over the flower street, and the light like daytime quickly spread out, covering an area of ​​several hundred meters.

The appearance of the flares caused a commotion among the crowd below, causing everyone on the street to look at each other in disbelief.

Liu Xia waited on the roof for a while, and soon, a dark figure quietly touched his back.

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