Death Mountain

Though she gave a soft nod to me, the tone that she had towards Yukio was still quite rough.

"Well, spit it out? What is it that you need our help with?"

Yukio revealed a faint smile when he heard her tone towards him, but he still calmly said, "Like I've said before, I need your help with a case in a mountain village. So far, two children have gone missing and the yokai is still on the loose. The situation of the village is…"

The village was on a mountain called Death Mountain.

As soon as he said this name, Kyoko couldn't help saying, "Huh? You want us to go to a place called Death Mountain? Do you think we're idiots?"

Yukio just shook his head with a bitter smile, but he assured us that, "It's indeed the name of the mountain. I wasn't the one that came up with this name, so you can't blame me for this."

I also shook my head with a bitter smile, but I was more on a neutral side.

I couldn't help thinking…