21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 468: Exploring the Mystery (Request for Subscription and Monthly Tickets)

Kawakami Cemetery immediately drew Hiromi Jounouchi’s gaze to Chen Yu, as she clearly knew that last year, Chen Yu had lived next to Kawakami Cemetery and naturally assumed that the bell sound Xiao Yan heard must have something to do with Chen Yu.

However, Chen Yu, noticing Hiromi Jounouchi’s gaze, immediately shook his head and explained, "I don’t know, when I used to live there, I never heard any such bell sound."

Hearing Chen Yu’s words, the owner next to them asked with great curiosity, "Doctor Chen Yu used to live near Kawakami Cemetery? That’s quite a coincidence! Do you know what’s the deal with the bell sound, Doctor Chen Yu?"

"Although I lived there last year, I never heard the strange bell sound they are talking about," Chen Yu replied with a smile to the owner, and also explained to Xiao Yan and others who were looking over, "There shouldn’t be any shrines in Kawakami Cemetery, and the only shrine that could be remotely related doesn’t have the Mototsu Bell, so I really don’t know what the situation could be."

"So it seems that this has only started happening recently!" "It looks like another urban legend!"

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"If you ask me, it’s definitely Xiao Yan who heard wrong, or maybe it’s someone’s ringtone. Xiao Yan, you’ve mistaken someone else’s ringtone for an urban legend."

Listening to the group’s discussion, Chen Yu couldn’t help but curl the corner of his mouth and shook his head somewhat ruefully. This was one of the reasons he initially felt that the world had entered the Age of Dharma Decline—people no longer believed in mystical presences in the world.

In Japan, the atmosphere for the mystical is relatively strong, and the public’s belief in supernatural events is comparably high, but with the development of technology, fewer and fewer people believe in these things, not to mention in other countries.

Especially the historic ancient country across the sea, although it has the deepest mystical atmosphere in the world, with the rise of the red faith, the common people’s faith in tradition and the mystical has also declined. Although there has been some resurgence and recovery in recent years, the damage done initially was severe, and recovery isn’t something that can happen overnight.

As for the West, it’s even worse. Although belief in God is still widespread among the public, ever since science dethroned God from His shrine, their foundation of faith has been overturned and destroyed.

Thinking about this, Chen Yu couldn’t help but disdain those religious figures who established religions and wrote scriptures. Although back then, everyone’s vision wasn’t wide enough and their understanding of the world wasn’t clear enough, did nobody think about the mess that would be left to deal with the day people discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun, and not the other way around?

Chen Yu’s complaint wasn’t about looking down on ancient people from the perspective of modern men, but at that time, with Legendary-rank strength, it wasn’t that difficult to recognize the true face of the world. That those religious people didn’t realize this just indicated they didn’t think in that direction at all.

Nevertheless, Chen Yu didn’t pay much attention to this. He didn’t have the mood to change these states of affairs, or perhaps he felt that the Age of Dharma Decline was indeed the best, because when individual might is formidable, it’s easy to nurture ambition. But if one’s personal power is insignificant, without those unnecessary ambitions, the world can remain stable and peaceful. After all, how ordinary people pursue their ambitions is fundamentally different from how the Transcendent do.

"Here are your fried chicken nuggets and steamed clams with wine, please enjoy." As Chen Yu was mulling over these things, the owner brought the food over and placed it in front of him, interrupting his thoughts.

After thanking the owner, Chen Yu then brought the two dishes over to himself and Hiromi Jounouchi, handing her a pair of chopsticks and prepared to eat.

Hiromi Jounouchi took the chopsticks from Chen Yu and suddenly asked, "Mr. Yu, what were you just thinking about? You seemed to be in a daze for a while."

"Oh, it’s nothing. I was just wondering about the sound that Mr. Xiao Yan heard," Chen Yu said, as he picked up a clam and sucked the delicious broth and clam meat into his mouth, before explaining to Hiromi Jounouchi, "After all, I used to live near Kawakami Cemetery, so I’m a bit curious about it."

"Is that so? Then why don’t we go and have a look too? Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m getting curious too!" Hiromi Jounouchi smiled at Chen Yu and said, with a genuinely curious look in her eyes.

Although she was now a woman in her thirties, Hiromi Jounouchi had been a tomboyish girl in her youth, the kind that used to be like a Chaos Demon King, and she too had explored urban legends with her girlfriends in the past. Although she hadn’t discovered anything interesting back then, that was only because she was an ordinary person; now, equipped with sufficient strength and facing these kinds of events again, Hiromi Jounouchi couldn’t help but feel the urge to embark on an adventure.

Confronted with Hiromi Jounouchi’s suggestion, Chen Yu scratched his brow and said, "Since you’re interested, Hiromi, then let’s go have a look later."

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While Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi were discussing their visit to Kawakami Cemetery to investigate the source of the urban legend, others had already taken a step ahead of them and begun their adventure.

"Kei-chan, is there something wrong with the information you gathered? We’ve been wandering around for most of the night and haven’t found a thing!" A girl dressed as a middle schooler held a flashlight and complained to her companion behind her, revealing a hint of dissatisfaction on her face.

"But the rumor I heard was about this place! They said that at night in Kawakami Cemetery, you can hear a strange bell sound." However, her companion felt a bit wronged and puzzled because the rumor she heard was indeed about this place, "Could it be that we’re here at the wrong time?"

"Let’s go back! It’s so dark here! I want to go home!" Another girl walking behind the two, wearing round-framed Glasses and sporting a braid of black hair, appeared to be the most refined but also the most timid among the three. After all, Kawakami Cemetery was a graveyard, and it was frightening enough for someone a little faint-hearted to be there in the middle of the night.

"Chun Jiang, you’re just too timid, didn’t we agree to clarify the truth behind the urban legend together?" The girl called Kei-chan, with her tidy short hair, was the boldest among them and the most enthusiastic about the matter.

While the three were arguing, suddenly a pleasant bell sound rang through the air, making all three of them widen their eyes in surprise.