Volume 1: Lonely Town Wraith Chapter 10: The Woman Behind
When, when, when.
It is conceivable that there is a sudden noise in a dark and silent room. No matter what kind of sound the noise belongs to, the sound will inevitably cause some kind of inertial reaction in the listener, such as
Wow!
The knocking sound was so sudden and without any warning, and Frank had long been accustomed to looking around in silence. When he heard the sound, the man in the suit shuddered suddenly and dropped his cigarette butt to the ground. If he hadn't been sitting on a stool, this would have been enough to scare him.
He slumped to the ground.
But even if he didn't collapse, his low courage still caused him to look frightened and almost scream.
Fortunately, the noise was not loud, and it was only a slight knocking sound that reached his ears. There was no other sound. After the initial panic, Frank, who came back to his senses, reacted quickly this time. He stood up suddenly and reached out to touch.
Toward the pocket.
A few seconds later, the light of the mobile phone pierced the darkness. Although it was weak, it was enough for the eyes to see things clearly. As for the knocking sound, it still echoed in the room for a long time.
When the light came out, Frank immediately shined his phone forward, towards the wooden shelf.
It was obvious that although Frank was timid, he was not stupid. He was indeed frightened by the sound a few seconds ago, but when he reacted and listened to the source of the sound, the man immediately determined that the source of the sound came from the opposite shelf, and the books on the shelf
There were some ceramic vessels placed there, and the sound was the familiar sound of clinking ceramics. At this time, unless they were idiots, anyone would target the shelves.
Not only that, besides checking the shelves first according to instinct, my mind also took the initiative to find a reasonable explanation for myself.
(Probably a mouse)
Yes, although Frank was still a little uneasy at this moment, his subconscious had already attributed this series of noises to rats. After all, this was an abandoned house, and it was reasonable for rats to be infested in it. Thinking of this, the man couldn't help but feel relieved, and now
The only thing he had to do was to confirm this and prove that his guess was correct by finding the little thing that startled him.
When, when, when
Da da da
Let's get back to the topic, as the tapping continued, and as the footsteps moved forward one after another, he tiptoed to the shelf. With the light of his cell phone, Frank began to search for the source of the sound and found out that nasty rat.
Ran
The strange thing is that after searching for a full minute, no matter whether I looked up to look at the top or bent down to scan the bottom, I even searched every corner of the shelf several times, but nothing was found, and the subtle tapping of pottery continued.
The sound still echoed clearly in my ears.
(Um?)
Seeing that the search was fruitless, Frank did not return to fear. Instead, he frowned as if he had discovered a new problem, listened to the shelves, and listened closely to the source of the sound.
Finally, he located the source on a gray porcelain jar on the right that was neither too big nor too small.
Curiosity is human nature, and Frank also subconsciously thought it was a rat. Sure enough, after confirming the source of the sound, Frank picked up the gray porcelain jar, brought it to him, then looked down at the bottle mouth while shining his phone on it.
inside the tank.
Then, with the light of the mobile phone, what appeared in the porcelain jar was not the mouse as expected, but
But it’s a smaller half of a human face and a big blood-red eye!!!
It's like a human head is completely stuffed into a clay pot, but due to the limited opening of the bottle, only half of the face and one eye that are pointed right at the mouth of the bottle can be seen!
God knows how the human head was stuffed into the porcelain jar? And God knows why the porcelain jar was so light when I first picked it up? The only thing I know is that at this moment, these red eyes looked straight like this.
Staring at himself, he looked at each other with Frank who was looking down through the mouth of the bottle!!!
Silence, silence, silence.
In other words, when you see clearly what is inside the porcelain bottle, the knocking sound has disappeared, along with Frank who was instantly frozen...
The man's expression was frozen, his body was frozen, and he was motionless in place. He was currently standing in front of the shelf, holding his phone high and lowering his head to check the movements. There was no response for a long time.
However, seemingly still, as time passed by, the man's pupils began to shrink suddenly, and his face unknowingly turned pale.
Bang!
Wow!
It took a full five or six seconds for Frank to come back to his senses. Then there was the dull sound of the phone falling to the ground, the ping-pong of the porcelain jar falling to the ground, and a series of piercing screams from the man that resounded throughout the sky:
"ah!!!"
Da da da da!
At this moment, Frank's face changed drastically and his body was shaking wildly. In addition to being unable to restrain his wanton howling, the unimaginable fear even prompted him to unconsciously step back and retreat towards the opposite direction of the shelves. Yes, he had never dreamed of it.
I didn't expect to see such a horrifying scene, let alone see this impossible scene with my own eyes!
While walking backwards, a stream of moisture slipped uncontrollably from the crotch of his pants and continued to flow to the ground like a stream along his pants.
Can
After only taking a few steps back, Frank could no longer retreat.
It wasn't that he didn't want to retreat or that he had retreated to the end of the room, but because he was blocked by something, something cold and biting that blocked his way back.
It's not a wall. The wall wouldn't have such texture. Instead, it would be more like hitting a human body!
But the problem is, even if it's a human being, even if someone suddenly appears from behind, why does a strong cold feeling instantly come from the back when the body comes into contact with the other person?
Cold! So cold! It was extremely cold, even several times colder than the Antarctic glaciers. Even though he was wearing clothes, the cold that penetrated into the bone marrow when he touched the other person's body had penetrated through the clothes and swept through his whole body in an instant!
(Who? Who!? Who is behind me!?)
In reality, when he was blocked by a body from behind, in addition to feeling cold all over his body, Frank also had confusion and questions in his mind. He did not understand why there was a second person in the small bedroom where he was alone.
I'm even more confused as to why the person behind me is so cold.
Overly puzzled, he barely suppressed his panic. If possible, he would like to use his mobile phone to take a picture behind him and look back to see who the person is. However, unfortunately, because the mobile phone was taken off early and fell in front of the container, he is now with empty hands.
There is no lighting equipment. Fortunately, the phone has not been on the ground for a long time, and the screen is still bright. With this light, I can barely see.
Thinking of this, with a strong sense of confusion, Frank planned to turn around to see who was behind him.
Unexpectedly, just as he tried to turn around, he found that he couldn't move!
Like a statue, it was frozen in place and unable to move.
I found the answer quickly. With the help of weak light and careful observation with my eyes wide open, I suddenly discovered that it was not my physical problem, but that the body below the neck was completely covered with a layer of frost at some point!!!
Frank was frozen, frozen in place by the sudden biting low temperature. At this moment, except for his head, he had already lost the ability to move. No, let alone moving, he couldn't even shake his body.
However, the matter was not over, far from it. Just when Frank was horrified that his body was frozen, an even more terrifying scene happened next.
"Hehe, hehehehe"
Next to his ears, there was first a series of women's low laughter, and then, a hand, a woman's palm as pale as paper slowly appeared in the field of vision.
The five fingers of the woman's hand were spread wide, and together with the forearm, they slowly passed around the neck from behind until they were fixed in front of Frank's face.
After about three or four seconds, the woman's hand made some movement
Under the dull gaze of Frank who had forgotten everything due to excessive fear, the palm of his hand slowly lifted up and pressed on the top of his head. Then, he closed his fingers and clasped the man's head.
"Hehehe"
Then, along with this series of low laughter, the woman's arm holding her head suddenly tightened!
Pull up hard!
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
The next second, a series of strange and inexplicable water jets began to sound.
As for Frank, he first felt a pain in his neck, and then he felt dizzy and his consciousness gradually and rapidly blurred.
And at the last moment when Frank was about to lose consciousness, with the help of the light of his mobile phone, he vaguely saw a woman in his field of vision, a blond woman wearing a medieval aristocratic dress. Although the woman's hair was disheveled, her appearance could not be clearly seen, but in fact she was still not.
The important point is that in addition to the woman, there is another body standing in front of the woman, a body frozen in place, and a man's body with his back to the woman.
This body looks familiar to Frank, very familiar, but
(But why does the body have no head?)
This was the last thought that came to Frank's mind.
Then, his eyes darkened and he completely lost consciousness, falling into the never-ending darkness.