After confirming the "size" of the five bottles of wine, the next steps are relatively simple.∷∷,
As mentioned before, the rules of the Tower of Hanoi are easy to grasp, and there is no reason why Ruoyu cannot figure it out.
Just like that, after another three minutes, all five bottles of wine have been moved to the bottom row of the wine rack, and the steps experienced during this period are also the shortest in theory.
When the last bottle of wine was returned to its place, a sound of rolling machinery and gears suddenly came from the wall beside Ruoyu.
When Feng Bujue saw this, he immediately stepped forward: "Here... let me stand in front."
In such a dangerous place, Brother Jue usually rushes to the front. It's not that he has much sacrifice spirit, but that he thinks this choice is more efficient and safer.
Just when Brother Jue and Ruoyu exchanged positions, the wall at the end of the wine cellar slowly opened.
Behind the wall, a dark, long and narrow corridor appeared; the four walls of this corridor seemed to be made of uncarved natural stone walls. The height and width were similar to the wine cellar, but...the depth was unknown, and it was impossible to see at a glance.
There is no end, all you can know is that it is winding forward...
"This... doesn't feel right." Ruoyu looked inside for a moment and then said, "The wine cellar under the principal's office should be a space between the first and second floors of the school, but this road...
…”
"It's very simple. From here on... we are about to enter an area similar to subspace." Feng Bujue took over her words and said, "The settings in front of me are obviously generated independently by the system.
, has nothing to do with the principal anymore... As expected, if we continue to move forward, we will be close to the final plot..."
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Divide the words into two parts, and then look at Xiao Tan and their side.
Without Brother Jue to lead the way, An Yueqin, who had a flashlight in her hand, started to lead the way consciously.
After leaving the principal's office, the four of them carefully went down to the first floor.
Since the "whoosh" sounded like the sound of sliding doors, their search targets were naturally those rooms with sliding doors.
Fortunately, the space in this school is not large. After standing at the stairs and looking around, the players discovered the anomaly...
At this moment, as far as they could see, the several classrooms that had been opened before were still open, which meant...the doors had not changed.
However, the door of the "teacher's office" opened at some point.
"Um... it should have been opened by that guy on the playground, right?" Xiaotan looked at the door over there and lowered his voice and muttered to the teammates around him.
"Judging from the fact that he opened the door of the 'teacher's office'..." Gui Xiao continued, "Maybe he is a teacher in this school?"
"Maybe." Xiao Ling continued, "But he is definitely not the teacher of Class A in the second year." She explained, "Because he is not among the four adults in the group photo."
"I think... he might be Watanabe, the monitor when he grows up." An Yueqin turned around and said.
"Well, that's also possible." Xiao Tan nodded and continued, "All the NPCs... or monsters we have seen so far seem to be the people in the group photo of Class A of the second year."
"No... there is one... we can't be sure." Gui Xiao immediately added, "It was the guy who first lay on the glass window of the classroom and later turned into black mist at the stairs." He paused for half a second and recalled.
After a moment, "I have seen his face...he is not among the four adults in the photo." He looked up at his teammates again and said in a deep voice, "If that guy is squad leader Watanabe..."
"...Then who is the man on the playground?" Xiao Tan finished his words and fell into deep thought.
"No matter who it is, let's go forward first..." An Yueqin took a deep breath and continued, "Huh... Not to mention there are still two people trapped upstairs, just say that the two flashlights we have on hand can probably last
It won’t be long, so…”
With that said, she stepped forward and walked towards the office. The other three people didn't say anything else, but just followed closely behind.
After a few steps, everyone arrived at the door of the "teacher's office".
And what was waiting for them was...
"Sorry, I'm late." The man in the room said this to the players as soon as they showed up.
This man is the mysterious man who was standing on the playground looking up at the school.
He spoke very quickly, without the spooky feeling unique to ghosts, and he also held a flashlight in his hand.
These signs all indicate...this guy seems to be a living person.
"Who are you?" An Yueqin asked, "What are you...doing?"
At this moment, the man was indeed busy with something, but he spread out a few pieces of paper on a desk and wrote some strange characters on them with a brush he got from nowhere.
"What?" After hearing An Yueqin's question, the man suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked up at the players suspiciously, "You...can't remember it again?"
"What do you mean..." Xiao Tan also heard something from the other party's words and asked tentatively, "Can't remember 'again'?"
"Ah...as expected." The man seemed to have determined something at this time, and he continued, "After all, you have been 'lost' for too long, and it is normal for you to forget."
"Then can you explain it to us?" An Yueqin, who was confused, asked again.
"My name is Tsukamoto Shota, and I am an onmyoji." Tsukamoto lowered his head again and started busy with what he was doing, and continued, "Although it may be rude to say this, I still have to inform you... you guys are here
He died six years ago."
"What?" When the four of them heard this sentence, they all had the same reaction.
Previously, Feng Bujue's speculation that the players were actually "ghosts" turned out to be true.
"Don't worry, just listen to me and explain it to you slowly." Tsukamoto's attitude suggested that he had long been accustomed to similar situations. He continued to draw talisman skillfully while saying, "This matter... we have to start from now on.
Speaking of it in Showa 47, that is, twenty-six years ago..."
The players knew as soon as they heard that the appearance of this NPC probably meant that the truth of the plot was about to be revealed, so they had no intention of interrupting and listened quietly.
"In May of that year, a fire broke out at Chongjiu Elementary School." Tsukamoto's narrative began, "The fire was not too serious, but... it still burned one student to death, and this student...
It is your classmate...Takayuki Suzuki." He paused for a second, as if to give the players time to digest the information, and then continued, "Suzuki-kun is in the warehouse just one door away from the principal's office.
He was burned to death. Before he died, he knocked on the door desperately and called for help, but... unfortunately, the principal Miyamoto was an alcoholic. It happened to be lunch break. Miyamoto, who had no class in the afternoon, got drunk and fell asleep in the principal's office.
It’s on.
"It wasn't until the fire truck drove into the school that Miyamoto woke up, and at that time... Suzuki-kun across the door had already entered a state of shock due to inhaling too much smoke.
"Then, the confused Miyamoto instinctively fled the scene of the fire after seeing the smoke. He had no idea... Even at that time, if he could open the door on the opposite side, he would still have time to rescue Suzuki-kun.
.
"However, these assumptions are no longer valid... Suzuki-kun was burned to death after all, and he became a fierce ghost as a result.
"The next day, he killed Noguchi Eiji, another classmate in your class. However, at that time, the case was treated as a general missing person case. I only found out about this after subsequent investigation...
"Then, on the third day... it happened to be the day of the Sanja Festival. Although this town is very remote and not famous, it still has a long history; since ancient times, the 'Mao Shrine' here has been
He had his own Sanshe Festival, and this custom has been continued.
"But the villagers don't know that Mao Shrine has held this kind of festival for thousands of years, not just to worship 'Amitabha', 'Avalokiteśvara' and 'Masthamaprapta Bodhisattva'... but to pray for the three
A Bodhisattva helped the villagers suppress 'its' violence."
"It?" When he heard that keyword, Gui Xiao also reacted, "What is 'it'?"
Note: In Tsukamoto's words, the word "it" can also be translated as "that child (a-no-ko)".
"'It' is an evil god who is suppressed in Mao Shrine. No one can remember its name, but it is undoubtedly extremely evil and extremely powerful..." When saying this, Tsukamoto seemed to have thought of something.
What, the movements of his hands were slightly stagnant, "Oh..." I don't know why, he sighed, "Later... on the night of the Sanja Festival, Miyamoto sneaked into the shrine, I think... then
At that time, he might have been haunted by the evil ghost transformed by Suzuki. Already desperate due to fear... he ran to the shrine and wanted to pray for the blessing of the gods. But... the one who responded to Miyamoto was not the gods.
But... 'it'."
"You mean..." An Yueqin heard this and continued, "Miyamoto released 'it'?"
"Yes, Miyamoto destroyed the appearance of the three Bodhisattvas and tore up the seal that held 'It'." Tsukamoto responded in a deep voice, "And 'It', which regained its freedom, also fulfilled its promise and helped
Miyamoto got rid of Suzuki's ghost. But... Miyamoto soon realized that what he had released was far more terrifying than Suzuki's ghost.
"'It' soon came to this school at the foot of the shrine mountain. The next day, your class teacher Mr. Sato met 'it' and became insane because of it.
"Miyamoto didn't hold on for long. Two days later, he committed suicide at home due to excessive fear..."
Up to this point, what Tsukamoto said corresponds one to one with the information that Brother Jue found in the old newspapers.
However, the content in the newspaper ended here, but Tsukamoto's story... was not over yet.
"Unfortunately, 'it' will not stop here, its killing has just begun..." Tsukamoto continued, "Two days after Miyamoto committed suicide, a murder occurred in this school that shocked the whole of Japan.
Called the '520 Massacre'; that day...several teachers and more than a dozen students in this school were killed using extremely cruel methods. When the police arrived at the scene, they saw a scene like purgatory on earth.
, and...seven survivors."
At this point, Tsukamoto seemed to have finished what he was doing. He raised his head and glanced at the players: "Those seven people are all students in Class A of the second year, that is... you."
"Wait a minute..." Xiao Ling replied, "That's not right... we... only have six people."
"No, to be precise, there are six ghosts." Tsukamoto continued, "I know this... If you listen to me, you will know why there are six of you left in the end."
"What..." Xiao Tan seemed to suddenly remember something at this moment, and said, "About that tragedy... you said that 'it' killed everyone, but... how did the police close the case?"
"That case... had no results." Tsukamoto replied, "The police finally closed the case with the conclusion that 'the murderer could not be found.' They would rather bear all the pressure of public opinion than make the 'results of their investigation' public.
"
"Why?" Xiaotan asked again.
"I... seem to have guessed the reason..." At this moment, An Yueqin's expression became a little subtle.
"Oh? What's the reason?" Xiao Ling also asked curiously.
"I think..." An Yueqin looked at Tsukamoto, "It's better for him to speak..."
"Well..." Tsukamoto breathed out from his nostrils and continued, "The truth is hard to accept, because the investigation results back then showed that...it was you seven who survived who carried out the massacre.
An eight-year-old child."
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At the same moment, Feng Bujue and Li Ruoyu were on one side.
The two walked briskly in the corridor for five or six minutes, and then they saw a bright light in front of them.
They quickly approached the light source and discovered that it was the exit of the corridor.
So, the two of them turned off the flashlights in their hands and walked out of this depressing passage.
The moment Ruoyu, who was walking behind, stepped out of the corridor, the mirage-like entrance behind them disappeared. When they looked back, they could only see a few ordinary country roads.
And the scene that appeared in front of them... was actually the gate of Chongjiu Primary School.
"Ha...is this some kind of illusion again?" Feng Bujue looked at the bright sunshine above his head and the campus bathed in sunshine in front of him, and said with a smile.
"That's for sure." Ruoyu continued, "Not to mention that it's impossible for it to get dawn so soon, even if you don't consider the time factor... From a spatial perspective, we are now outside Chongjiu Elementary School. If this isn't
Illusion, haven’t we already cleared the level?”
"So..." Brother Jue continued, "Let's go in and have a look?"
"Let's go." Ruoyu responded.
After the two said this, they walked into the "daytime version" of Chongjiu Elementary School... (To be continued.)
