[6500 word chapter!] Chapter 90 Red worms and paper shredders
The ghost is afraid of Koda.
Even Koda himself often feels this way.
When I was in school, I heard that a place in the school was haunted. The classmates knew that he was brave, so they took Koda there.
After Koda went there, the haunted place quickly stopped, and he tried his best.
When he just graduated from high school, Koda didn't have much money and couldn't afford to buy a house.
I found out that there is a haunted house near the school, where four members of the family died, and it is often haunted, so the owner only sells it for a bargain price.
Koda immediately found the owner, bought the haunted house, and has lived there until now.
Since he moved in, this house has been very clean. Even the nearby places that were said to be haunted are now safe and sound.
Koda said that residents of this generation should set up a statue for him in every household, burn incense every day, and worship him as a god.
But it is said that there are actually people who have said bad things about him behind his back because he is a loan shark, saying, "Oh, that kind of loan shark has driven many people to death. Sooner or later, they will die miserably."
It's simply ungrateful.
What Koda hates the most is this kind of guy, he deserves to be struck to death by lightning.
Speaking of which, when she was poor, Hayae moved into the haunted house with Koda without hesitation, and Koda was a little moved.
But this woman later became too ignorant. Koda gave her enough money to spend on food and clothing. Isn't this happy enough? She even made irresponsible remarks on Koda's career.
Moreover, it chatters endlessly, just like mosquitoes when sleeping in summer——
Just when you're about to take a nap, damn, she gets excited.
But she was still Koda's wife, and she had shared the joys and sorrows with him. She knew about his unbearable past and accompanied him through the most difficult journey in his life.
Even if Koda had been involved in the underworld, it would be difficult to harden his heart towards this woman for a while.
Koda has always felt guilty about Hayae. Therefore, when she first persuaded him to leave the underworld, Koda could still listen to her, but was it still not possible to switch to finance? She still had to nag endlessly every day.
What.
These simple-minded, silly, sweet housewives have no idea how difficult it is for a married man to survive under such intense social pressure as this book.
Especially for people like Koda, who have very low academic qualifications, no culture, and no special skills. Apart from being involved in the underworld and doing manual labor, what other way to survive is there?
Do you want to stay at home and become a waste house? Even your parents who can support you have passed away early. If you don't join the underworld, you can't even afford a wife, so you might as well stay single for the rest of your life.
Not even allowed to engage in finance!
tmd This woman always accuses her because she lives in a haunted house with her poor self! Isn’t her life too comfortable now?
The anger that had accumulated in Koda's heart lasted for more than a day or two.
Finally one day, he numbed his head and slapped Zaoe on the face, not to mention how comfortable it was.
It was just a loud slap in the face, and all the anger that Koda had accumulated was vented. From then on, he seemed to be addicted. Every time he drank, he would vent to Haye. And he became more and more addicted.
So what if Haye calls the police? Koda's relationship in the police station is not a vegetarian one.
What's more, this woman, Haye, became a housewife after graduation, without any skills to survive in society. She couldn't even drink the sea breeze after leaving Koda, and in the end she had to drop the case obediently.
You actually want to divide the family property?
This is too much. Who are the parents who provide her with food and clothing every day? Koda hates people who repay kindness with hatred the most.
Then just let her disappear.
Every time after drunkenly beating up Haye, Koda would wake up the next day and recall what happened last night, and a feeling of guilt that made him extremely disgusted would creep into his heart.
It was so uncomfortable eating at his conscience like ants.
Why should he feel guilty? The one who should feel guilty should be the ungrateful woman.
"Kill her!"
This is not the first time that Koda's hands have been stained with the blood of the dead. When he was in the underworld, he would inevitably have to deal with some traitors and miscellaneous people in the society, as well as those blind and blind bugs that block the way.
After he went out to work alone, he would inevitably encounter some extreme situations in the process of collecting debts. Although the sale of human lives was not common, it would happen. Although he had not forced creditors to death because of loan sharking, he had made some troublesome people completely disappear.
Things have been done.
All in all, the current society seems to be peaceful, but weird incidents that are tried hard to cover up by the authorities still occur one after another. If people die or disappear, it is convenient and reasonable to simply blame the weird incidents.
When he first started killing people, Koda vomited and even wanted to vomit out his intestines.
After vomiting, my hands and feet were cold and I had no feeling. It felt like the whole world had been turned upside down.
Later, Koda learned to fish and how to make excellent fishing bait.
Fishing can calm him down very well. The scene of murder will slowly sink to the bottom of the water as time goes by while fishing, becoming nothingness, as if it is just a dream.
Switching from a cold-blooded murder scene to a leisurely fishing lakeside, the connection between the two is just a bait hanging on a hook.
If you think about it carefully, the connections and logic hidden in it are so unforgettable.
That's it, as long as a person's heart is strong enough, he can stand up from the scalding hell and walk freely in the fire.
Hayae is the last stumbling block, burden, and drag in Koda's life. Once she gets rid of it, he can completely let go and have a big fight.
The wonderful journey of life is still waiting for Koda.
Well, that's exactly it...
After the loan shark company closed down, Koda had to consider choosing a new career.
He had considered leaving Lidu and going to Dongdu or other cities to continue opening a loan sharking company.
But it’s too troublesome to think about it carefully. We have to open up new relationships and find a new group of salesmen. Everything has to be started from scratch... Moreover, who is sure that Satomi’s grandma will not go to other cities in the future?
What if that hateful grandma is targeting Koda?
Or, you can go back to your old job and join the underworld again... Forget it, why should you go back and shine the shoes of the former horse boy? A good horse will never look back. He is a person who is used to being a boss.
Otherwise...try to be a ghost exorcist or something?
Anyway, my talent is here. Demons and monsters will run around when they see me. Being a ghost exorcist is not an easy task.
"Well, maybe there is a way..."
I heard that those three-legged cats can make a lot of money every day, so it’s not too much to make a billionaire by relying on your talent, right?
Maybe, this is a new beginning of a better life.
Koda's mind became clearer and clearer as he thought about it, and the panic caused by the delivery man in the morning gradually faded away.
"Asshole, bastard takeaway guy... so unlucky..."
Koda muttered, took out his mobile phone, and left a negative review on the APP for the delivery boy that morning——
"What's the speed of this delivery man? The delivery I ordered last century, Honshu Island was about to sink when he arrived at my house!"
By the way, I also gave the restaurant a bad review.
"The food was not very good. It tasted so bad that even the dogs couldn't stand it. I didn't eat a bite and threw it all away." This is the real truth.
“Also, I obviously ordered a portion of seaweed and plum rice dumplings and a portion of miso soup, but why did the rice dumplings scattered on the floor contain a lot of biltong?
Miso soup is also full of fat meat. Is the miso soup in your store just fat meat soup?"
“Bad review, bad review!”
Feeling comfortable...
The fishhook did not move for a long time.
Koda simply pulled the hook back, and saw that the bait on it was gone... something strange.
In the past two days, he has changed the bait to red worms, but he still feels that it is not as effective as the one made from fat meat.
First, he was allergic to red worms and had to wear gloves every time he took the bait, which was really inconvenient.
Secondly, the bait made of fat meat, koji wine, honey, and musk liquid can catch fewer small fish and miscellaneous fish, is easy to hook, and is very durable.
Next time I'll just buy some fat meat.
However, I'm afraid ordinary fat meat is not as useful as it was a few days ago, and the fish won't be scrambling to hang it on the hook.
The afternoon sun was still a bit dazzling, so Koda wore a sun hat. The wide brim of the hat covered his face, casting a shadow.
He put on his gloves, opened the bait bag, and took out a red worm from inside.
Pick up the fishhook with the other hand and prepare to hook it.
It's strange, the bait that usually can be hung up easily can't be hung up even after threading the hook several times.
Koda lowered his head, and the fishhook and red worms were almost in his eyes.
If that doesn't work, get closer.
This time I could see clearly that there was a face like Zaoe's on the head of the red insect.
A sharp chill ran straight through Koda's back!
He screamed and dropped the hook to the ground.
He retreated backwards, but accidentally tripped over a chair and knocked over the box containing the bait.
A box full of red worms was scattered on Koda's body. Each worm had Haye's face on its head, and they were densely packed and rolling on Koda's body.
Every face was staring at him.
"Ah-ah!"
Koda screamed in fright, fell down and got up, beating his body frantically... Red worms with Haye's face scattered all over the floor.
Koda even stepped on several of them, feeling a chill on his feet.
"Hello,"
A fishing friend next to him came over and said, "Koda-san, are you okay?"
"Quick...quick help——"
Koda asked his fishing friend for help. The moment he turned his head, he saw a man's thick body with the face of Haye.
"You, you...who are you?"
Koda's face turned whiter than the paper and kept backing away.
"I'm Zhongsen. We've been fishing together for so many days." Zhongsen took two steps forward. "You don't remember me? A few days ago, you lent me that very useful, very good
The fat fish bait used is..."
"Go away! Go away!"
Koda suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted sternly, "You lingering woman!"
"What? I'm a man, Koda-san."
"go away!"
All the fishing friends around noticed the abnormality here and came over one after another.
"Please, what's going on?"
"It's enough. Now there's not even a clean fishing place left?"
"If you want to quarrel, can you change the place?"
Koda's pupils continued to dilate, and his fear index skyrocketed.
In his eyes, the dozen or so people around him each had a Zaoe face on their neck. They were either concerned, curious, watching the fun, or looking at him with disgust.
They gathered around him.
More than a dozen faces of Zao Hui... It was obviously a sunny day, but immediately the sky turned extremely gloomy.
Koda's hands and feet were cold and he shouted: "Don't come over here! Get out of here!"
Instead, more than a dozen Zaoei gathered around him more closely and with concern.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Koda shouted and backed away.
"thump!"
Fell into the lake.
"Wow!"
Gu Xing finished flushing the toilet in the bathroom of Koda's house.
"Hey, Dongsang," he looked at the note, "this guy won't just drown."
[How could it be... this guy with a human face and an animal heart, if I don't let him peel off a layer of skin, I will jump out of the hole in anger! 】
"Okay, let's continue."
[But, are you just going to stay in the toilet and watch the live broadcast?]
"You even have to take care of this?"
[The problem is, if you stay here all the time, you will inevitably call the Holy Son who has been waiting for you outside and suspect that there is something wrong with some of your important male functions]
"What a mess."
[People are very fond of you now. Otherwise, no matter how miserable a girl’s family is, they wouldn’t live in the basement of an apartment, right? 】
[The Son's family is happy and harmonious, and his parents are still alive. Unlike you, who has no father or mother in both worlds, who can't even tell where he came from, and who has a huge amount of school loans and a lot of family debt.
The boy is very different]
"Hey, my debt has been paid off a long time ago, okay? Wait, how do you know I didn't..."
[Don’t worry about how I know it, I just know it]
[Also, the money for your repayment was also exchanged from me]
[So, I can be regarded as your food and clothing parent, Gu Xingjun. Call me mother... and let me hear it]
"..."
Gu Xing was shocked, "Are you a woman?"
[When did I say I was a man]
The problem is... Gu Xing has always thought that the little holes are not human. Listening to this voice... it seems that it is not only a human, but also... a female... human?
【Don't interrupt...】
[To be frank, Seiko moved to the basement just for you, couldn’t you tell? Do you really think that Chiyo paid too much in rent, so he transferred it to Seiko? 】
[If Chiyo is so poor, how can he find the spare money to renew the lease for such a long time?]
[Even if Chiyo is really married, does Seiko have to live in the basement? It’s noisy and humid here every day, and the sound insulation is poor. Do you know that Seiko can hear you snoring every night?
See you]
"..."
"What do these things you said have to do with me squatting in the toilet and watching the live broadcast?"
[Elm head! If the Holy Son suspects that there is something wrong with some of your functions, he will probably scare them away!]
[Once Chiyo leaves, you will only have this one option for your future wife. Do you really plan to stay in the basement and be a bachelor all the time? You should be more careful]
"Dong dong——"
The bathroom door rang.
"Uh... someone is here." Gu Xing said hurriedly.
The voice of the Holy Son came from outside: "Ah... they said that this house turned out to be a haunted house. I saw that Gu Xingjun didn't come out for so long, and I was a little worried. Now that I heard that you are fine, I feel relieved."
【Look, what am I talking about】
"..."
Gu Xing walked out of the bathroom, and Shengzi was waiting outside.
"I just heard that this house used to be a haunted house. I think it's better for our golden couple to stay together."
Shengzi's face was a little pale at first, but after seeing Gu Xing, his expression quickly became lively, "If you encounter any monsters, you rush to the front to fight, and I will wave the flag and shout from behind to keep their shit away..."
"Actually," Gu Xing smiled, "Ghosts are not scary at all."
"What's scary? Grotesque?"
"Humans, they are human beings," Gu Xing said, "Human beings are the most terrifying. If you don't believe me, think about the owner of this house."
"That's true." The Holy Son pretended to look for a pen in his pocket, "The scary thing is human beings... I have to write this sentence down and use it as a motto in life."
"Haha, do you want this?"
【Ah】
Just as the golden couple, who may be shining brightly in the future of Lidu City's criminal investigation world, were chatting and laughing, Xiaodong continued the live broadcast on his own.
[By the lakeside in the suburbs, Koda sinks into the water little by little]
The cold lake water gradually calmed Koda down, and his senses, which were almost completely lost, began to rise little by little.
After falling into the water, it becomes pure.
Koda didn't panic at all. When he was in school, he was a good swimmer, and his ranking was always among the top three in the swimming club.
Falling into the water is not called falling into the water, it is called being like a fish in the water.
Even if I hold my breath underwater for seven or eight minutes, there is no pressure at all.
"Finally alive..."
He had to calm down and think about what happened.
How come everyone has Haye's face on their head?
Even the red worms that were used as bait turned out to be...that densely packed pack of red worms, with Hayae on every worm's head. After thinking about it for a while, Koda felt that his sanity was falling all the way.
He quickly dismissed the imagination in his mind... Was it because he was dazzled, or was it a vain fantasy?
No, if you only see the illusion once, you might be able to save yourself.
I kept getting it wrong all the time, I'm afraid I really encountered something evil.
Is it the precocious ghost who is unwilling to die such a tragic death and has come back to look for him?
impossible!
Even evil spirits are afraid of Koda.
This belief has long been deeply planted in his heart. Apart from the stupid police officers who dare to trouble him, most of them are the more terrifying guys in the legend——
weird.
Yes, it's weird.
As early as when he was involved in the underworld, Koda had heard of grotesques. He often blamed grotesques for the deaths.
The incident with Grandma Satomi gave him a deeper knowledge and understanding of grotesques. According to the police, grotesques act according to rules. Once they fall into the grotesque rules, horrible things will happen.
"joke……"
Koda will not fall into the hands of that kind of monster. His happy life has just begun.
Koda knew that the police headquarters had a weird investigation section, which was an agency set up by the Japanese government to deal with weird things. It was said that there were very powerful people there.
Let’s go find the person from the headquarters. Although he doesn’t seem to be in charge of the Bizarre Investigation Section, as the senior leader of the headquarters, he won’t be disrespectful to those in the Bizarre Investigation Section to say hello, right?
Those weird investigators must be required to protect themselves 24/7, otherwise they will be sued for dereliction of duty! Bad review!
That's it.
With official intervention, Koda's safety should be guaranteed, right?
Humph...Hao Hui has become a dead person with no bones left, but he still refuses to give up?
What's the point of being a lonely ghost, or that kind of weird and mysterious thing?
Get on the road earlier, be reincarnated earlier. Damn it.
Koda was wandering under the water, and the sanity he had almost completely lost just now was gradually recovered.
He looked up at the water.
These bastards... They have been sinking under the water for such a long time, and no one has jumped down to save them. Where has the morality and conscience of this society gone?
Especially those shameless guys who once took his fat fish bait... ungrateful guys! It's really a bad death.
After such a long time, Koda could hardly hold it in any longer and slowly swam up the water.
His plan was to dive under the water first and swim to a place on the shore where there were the fewest crowds, so that he would no longer have to look at those terrifying faces.
Then, while others were not paying attention, he sneaked back and found the fishing tool bag. The phone was still in the side pocket of the bag.
Get your cell phone and call the person at the headquarters as soon as possible and ask the investigators to come to you as soon as possible.
Those people seem to be able to use helicopters. They can arrive in three to five minutes, and then leave everything to them.
The underwater world is really pure.
If Koda had gills on his neck or cheeks, he wouldn't even want to go ashore.
"Even after he died, his ghost still lingers... Zao Hui, just wait."
Koda swam upward vigorously.
A school of fat long-tailed fish swam slowly beside him.
By the way, if people had gills, they could go into the water and catch fish. Wouldn't that be more interesting than fishing?
The swarm of fat fish swung their tails and turned towards Koda. There were dozens of them, and they all had the face of Haye.
Looking at him expressionlessly.
"Xu..."
Koda couldn't hold back his breath, and the sanity level he had just risen instantly dropped wildly. He fainted, and slowly fell towards the bottom of the water like a dead man tied to a stone.
"Cough...cough..."
When he woke up again, Koda was already lying on a gravel-covered shore.
It was getting dark and there were almost no fishermen around.
His head was not clear, and he tried hard to recall what happened before he fell into the water...
Fishing...takeaway...Sayae...Sayae's face...
I remembered.
His scalp immediately tightened.
Police, contact the police quickly and ask those investigators to save you!
He quickly found the place where he started fishing. The fishing tools were still there, and there were some guys in uniform standing around, discussing with each other.
There is also a small boat on the water, which seems to be salvaging something.
Search and rescue team? If he had waited for these guys to come to rescue people, Koda would have been fed into the fish's belly.
Thinking of fish, Koda thought of the expressionless faces under the water.
I felt a chill all over my body again.
Stop it! It’s better to get the phone first.
He buried his head and blended into the search and rescue crowd. No one dared to look at him. When others were not paying attention, he took out his mobile phone from his bag and slipped out.
"Hello, sir,"
Koda didn't even bother to open the chat software and directly dialed the other party's phone number, "Please, come and save me."
"Asshole, who asked you to call directly?"
"Weird, weird," Koda said tremblingly: "I am entangled in weirdness... quickly call those weird investigators to save me, otherwise... I will die!"
"Huh? What's going on?"
"It's Zaohui, her ghost is still there...her face is everywhere..."
At this time, I really couldn't calm down.
Koda didn't know whether what he said was clear or not. He kept talking for a long time, and finally heard a positive answer from the other party.
"I have a general understanding of the situation,"
The chief said: "Don't be anxious or panic. Tell me your current location. I will arrange for investigators to go to your place as soon as possible to protect...well, protect you."
"I'm in Osawa Ward..." Koda reported his location.
"Well, I remember, the location must be accurate. They will take a helicopter there..."
After briefly writing down Koda's location on a piece of paper, the officer hung up the phone.
He found an internal reference marked confidential from a pile of documents on his desk and turned to the middle page.
The title of the article is "On Several Frequent Rules and Containment and Restriction Countermeasures for Cause and Effect Species and Revenge Species."
He pointed his fingers at the words on the article and found——
"Under the premise that the triggerer has killed or forced someone to death, the weird rules of revenge have only one result - the triggerer ends up dead."
The internal references were put together and placed on the other side of the desk.
The note with Koda's location written on it was thrown into the shredder...