After Sky entered the house and briefly observed the surrounding, he realized that things aren't as simple as what Lili said. The stain on their wall is not just any ordinary stain, it's a huge bloodstain in a shape of a human face. But according to the parents, there isn't any bleeding happening in the house, or at least not with such a big amount of blood. As for the child's nightmare...
"We had consulted the psychic in the town, he said that it's probably just the kids thinking too much after hearing the story of the witch from somewhere and caused nightmare. Based on him, little kids would never be able to recognize the real witch even they saw the real one. While the bloodstain is probably just some sort of dirt, not blood." said the father.
"Ah... That doesn't sound very convincing or reassuring. Do you believe what that psychic said?" Sky asked.
"Not really... If it's just one of my sons, that reason might be making sense, but both of my sons said that they had seen the witch in their room during night time." said the father.
"I see... Can your sons draw? Or rather, can you let both of your sons draw the witch on two separate pieces of paper at the same time? With no peeping at each other of course." said Sky.
The father nodded and did as Sky instructed. The boys started scribbling on the paper and were done with their drawing in about fifteen minutes. Sky looked at drawings of both of the boys and was astonished by the results. Both of the drawings, despite having different art styles and qualities, the special characteristics of the drawn witch are totally the same in both of their drawings, even some creepy deformed details are the same. Sky stared at the parents with a serious look.
"I believe you already have your answer for your concern. After all, we all know that the bloodstain is real blood and not just any dirt as mentioned by that whatsoever psychic." said Sky.
"Oh dear... Honey, what should we do now? We can't continue living in a house haunted by the evil witch in the legend." said the mother, rather terrified.
"It's not like we have any choice, the protection fee in the town central is just too high for us to afford." said the father, a bit desperate as he hugged his wife.
Seeing this scene, Sky is a bit helpless, he is not very good at dealing with such a situation. Suddenly, Jimmy started waving his hands nervously while jumping up and down.
"Hmm... Eh? Jimmy, what do you mean this place is not really haunted?" said Sky as he saw Jimmy's body movements. Jimmy responded to Sky's question with an awkward dance-like body movement.
"I see, this place actually near the place where the witch got killed, that bloodstain is the result of the concentrated hatred and resentment emitted by the vengeful spirit of the witch? Hmm... I see... But what about the boy's nightmare?" Sky asked, having absolutely no problem communicating with Jimmy.
Then, Jimmy did a more exaggerated dance-like movement.
"Ah... So you are saying that the boys are actually having some sort of special body mechanism that can easily feel this sort of negative energy. This is why they can feel the existence of the spirit of that evil witch. Hmm... Reasonable but very complicated." said Sky, with a deep thought.
The parents of the boys looked a bit confused but slightly relieved to know that their house is not haunted
"Anyway Jimmy, can you lead me to the exact location where the witch got killed?" Sky continues asking.
Jimmy shook his head.
"Ah... So you only know that it's nearby but don't know the exact location?" Sky asked.
Jimmy nodded.
Seeing that response of Jimmy, Sky sighed as the new clue just broke without even started.
"Uhm... I think we might be able to help track down the exact spot for the witch execution." said Lili.
"That would be great but how are you going to track down something even a helper sprite is unable to?" Sky asked.
"Well, in fact, we can't, but our organization is filled with all sorts of people which included historians and geologists. I believe they might have a way." said Lili, with a sincere look.
"Hmm... I wondered about that. It's certainly not going to be a free service, isn't it?" said Sky, sounds doubtful with slight sarcasm.
"Well... Uhm... I believe they are willing to help anyway. After all, it's about breaking the curse of this sinkhole, right?" said Lili.
"Alright then, I shall accept your offer." said Sky.
The sisters happily nodded...
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Later, Lili and Tata brought Sky to the main hideout of their revolutionary organization. Tata introduced Sky to the authorized party of the organization and told them how they met Sky. However, those higher-up people don't seem to be paying attention to whatever Tata said, they merely stared at her body with a slightly perverted smile, some even purposely touching her impolitely. Despised by the ugly sight, Sky turned his eyes away and stared at a blank area until the plain and meaningless conversation ended which is half an hour later...
After that plain half an hour, they finally went to meet with the professional people in the revolutionary organization to discuss about the issues of the legendary witch that has high chances of relating to the formation of the sinkhole. However, Sky is very doubtful of their 'professionalism', especially after witnessing that ugly scene earlier...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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