Xinhai City seems a little deserted at night in the northern area.
Probably because the recent incidents of missing children have been gradually spreading, causing people to panic for a while, and every family has chosen to take care of their own children.
The more capable people chose to move away, stay with relatives, or change places. As a result, the nearby area became much deserted.
But this kind of desertedness is only for children. The children are strictly supervised and ordered not to go out, while the adults are maintaining the normal pace of life as usual, eating when they should eat and going to work when they should.
After all, it is the children who are missing, not the adults.
But they don't know that as the incident unfolds, this situation will only get worse. When the children are all missing, they will soon become adults.
It's not that Pennywise doesn't kill adults. If it's according to the setting, the reason why he attacks children first is because children's fears are easier to absorb.
It's just that most people don't know this, and they don't even take the existence of supernatural events seriously.
Nowadays, the headquarters is not so strict in monitoring the network. Perhaps it is realized that the general situation cannot be changed. With the increase of supernatural incidents and the situation getting out of control, sooner or later it will be completely exposed.
So nowadays, there are rumors flying all over the Internet, but few regulatory agencies come forward.
This is an invisible acquiescence.
It is a pity that people always live in a kind of inertial thinking and remain conservative. Very few people are willing to truly believe in the truth of the world. This is a human habit.
People always remain comfortable in their habits and are rarely willing to actively accept or believe unless they change their self-perception only after personal experience.
However, just because people are unwilling to believe it does not mean that these things do not exist.
This is a residential area in the north of Xinhai City.
Before it gets completely dark, most residents have already closed the doors and windows, drawn the curtains, and turned on all the lights in the living room.
This is the area with the most missing children.
I don’t know since when, there was such a weird story circulating in the community:
Don't let your children go out after dark, otherwise, a clown-like monster will take your children away.
It sounds ridiculous, but it's a fact.
Many children have disappeared.
Although not everyone will believe it, the disappearance of the child is an undisputed fact, so the residents of the community are not that stupid.
Basically, children are locked at home as soon as it gets dark and are prohibited from going out.
Of course, there are some die-hards who don't believe in this kind of thing.
After all, not everyone can easily reshape their cognitive outlook.
Wang An, who lives in this community, is one of them.
He is in his early thirties and has a moderately successful career. Although he cannot be considered a successful person in this age group, he can still be considered a middle-class person.
It's just that today, Wang An is not in a good mood, because recent rumors about clowns and missing children have affected his working hours, forcing him to spend more time distracted by his children.
"What a clown, what a weird story, it's almost the same to deceive those old men and women, what age do you still believe this? It's just a rumor that those people deliberately made up because they didn't take good care of their own children and were abducted by human traffickers.
The security situation is really bad, and the case has not been solved for such a long time.”
Wang An complained as he opened the door.
After entering the house, he saw his eight-year-old son sitting in the living room playing with a ball. He threw the ball all over the room, and then the ball bounced out of the room. He was playing by himself and had a great time.
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"Baby, where's mom, why are you at home alone?"
Looking at the well-behaved child, Wang An felt that all the fatigue of the day disappeared in an instant. He lovingly picked up the child and kissed it a few times. Then he looked around, but did not find his wife.
Looking at his father, the child replied in a childish voice: "Mom went down to play mahjong. Dad, I'm hungry."
"This prodigal bitch, she can feel relieved that her child is alone at home, and she didn't even cook dinner at such a late hour."
Wang An said a little annoyed.
I was angry, but I couldn't ignore the child even if he didn't eat. I had to go to the kitchen to cook two dishes for dinner.
But he didn't notice that while he was busy preparing dinner, the child picked up the ball and threw it towards the room again. Due to lack of strength, the ball bounced on the ground twice, and then slowly rolled into the room.
Under the bed in the room.
It was so dark under the bed that nothing could be seen, just like a bottomless abyss that could swallow everything.
But the strange thing is that after the ball rolled under the bed, after a while, it slowly bounced out and slowly rolled back to the child's feet. It looked as if someone was playing with the child under the bed.
The child is innocent and has not yet developed his intelligence. He only needs playmates. He is also very curious and does not know what he has seen. He giggles and seems to be very amused, and then hugs him again.
He picked up the ball, threw it into the room again, and played a passing game.
Wang An poked his head out of the kitchen when he heard the commotion. Seeing his child having a great time playing alone, he didn't take it seriously. He smiled slightly and then continued busy with dinner.
After all, as a child, it is worry-free to be left alone to play.
But while he was busy, Wang An suddenly heard his child seeming to be talking to someone.
"My name is Fan Fan, and my nickname is Baobao. My mothers gave me a name. What's your name?"
"..."
"Mom went out to play mahjong, but dad is cooking? Are you hungry?"
"..."
Wang An, who was busy in the kitchen, felt strange, but didn't think much about it. He just shouted in the kitchen: "Baby, who are you talking to? Is mom back?"
But the strange thing is that the son, who has always been well-behaved, did not reply at this moment.
In doubt, he walked out of the kitchen and saw his youngest son slowly walking into the room holding a ball.
"Baby?"
There was silence in the room. The child who had just walked in did not respond at all. This made Wang An feel strange. His children were always very well-behaved and obedient. They usually answered when called, but what happened this time?
?It’s like you’ve been possessed, and you won’t listen even if you shout?
Confused, he approached the room.
It was a study room, which he used as an office space on weekdays. Occasionally, it also served as a guest room when guests came, but no one usually lived there.
Watching the child walk into the room, Wang An also walked in, but only then did he realize that the entire study was empty, and there was no sign of the child anywhere.