If the scene I saw next to Kibune Myojin Shrine that night was real, then Aoyagi was definitely not a human.
To this day, Nagaoka Kazuhiko still remembers the horrifying scenes at that time.
He still remembers that it was very windy that night.
A loose structure somewhere in the old wooden shrine creaked in the wind.
Nagaoka and his friend Jiang Chuan hid in the forest behind the shrine, lit cigarettes one after another, and started puffing away.
He also remembered very clearly the way the dark red sparks of the cigarette flickered in the shadows of the trees.
Then Jiang Chuan discovered something, flicked the ashes of his cigarette, raised his hand and pointed somewhere: "Nagaoka, look over there, that guy... is Aoliu, right?"
Nagaoka followed his friend's instructions and saw a somewhat familiar figure in a small open space behind Kibune Myojin Shrine.
Although the environment is a bit dark, it must be Aoyagi who is in the same class.
However, as problem students, Nagaoka and Jiangchuan had little interaction with such good students, so they never went over to talk to them.
Qingliu over there probably didn't notice the two people in the shadow of the forest.
So Nagaoka and Jiang Chuan continued to smoke by themselves, while casually observing what Aoyagi was doing.
It was about half a cigarette time.
The two heard strange sounds.
It was a rustling sound, like the squirming sound of some kind of sticky glue. It was obviously very subtle, but mixed with the sound of wind and the creaking and shaking of the loose structure somewhere in the old wooden shrine, it was very clear.
.
And this sound came from the direction of Qingliu.
Not far away, Qingliu, who was standing quietly with his back to the two of them, suddenly bowed down.
Immediately afterwards, there was an incredible scene——
Qingliu's body cracked.
Nagaoka didn't know how to describe the scene he saw at that time.
He saw that the green willow was broken into several pieces in an instant, as if there were invisible sharp lines in the air, cutting him irregularly.
Those bright red pieces of meat shattered into the air, but did not fall.
They are connected by dense black lines, forming a messy human shape that squirms and stretches in the dark forest.
And those rustling sounds are caused by the continuous blending of the weird black colors in Qingliu's body!
Both Nagaoka and Jiangchuan were stunned by the horrifying scene in front of them.
They both covered their mouths so that they didn't scream. They just stared at each other in horror with their eyes wide open.
"run!"
Nagaoka no longer remembers how he and Jiangchuan escaped from the forest of the shrine.
But at that time, Qingliu still didn't seem to notice their existence.
Until we reached the main road at the foot of the shrine mountain, we didn't see the monster-like Aoyagi chasing after us.
The crowds participating in the celebration on the road also made the two of them calm down a little.
Nagaoka: "What should I do?"
Jiang Chuan: "Let's... find someone to go back and take a look?"
"What nonsense are you talking about! There's no way I can go back there, what if that thing is really still there?"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"But, that guy Aoyagi is a monster. We have all seen it. We and a monster are in the same class at the same school, and we meet every day. We have to do something, right?"
"Jiangchuan, did you see the face of that thing just now?"
"No."
"Then it's not necessarily Qingliu, maybe it's just an image on its back."
"No, he must be right."
Obviously something big happened, but the two of them discussed it for a while, but unexpectedly did not come to any result.
Jiang Chuan seemed extremely convinced that the thing he just saw was Qingliu.
But Nagaoka still had doubts about this.
Taking a step back, if you really find out that a classmate you spend time with in the same class may be a monster in human skin, what should you do?
Tell anyone else?
No one would believe this kind of thing, right?
What's more, the target is Qingliu, the one who is so popular with teachers and classmates in the class.
…
Nagaoka and Jiang Chuan still did nothing.
In fact, nothing can be done.
Until the day I go back to school.
On that day, Nagaoka deliberately walked into the classroom with Jiangchuan, and soon saw that familiar figure from behind.
Green willow.
Viewed from behind, the outline of the monster's back was exactly the same as the one I saw at Kifune Myojin that night.
At this time, Qingliu was chatting and laughing with the girls in the class, and the atmosphere was very good.
Nagaoka and Jiangchuan just stared at each other's back without daring to breathe.
Then Qingliu seemed to finally feel the gaze from behind, and turned around: "What's the matter, Jiangchuan-kun?"
He smiled with a natural expression.
There is nothing different from usual, he is still the popular and good student.
It is completely unimaginable that such a person could be a monster.
So, facing Aoyagi's question, Nagaoka just shook his head and sat back in his seat.
Jiang Chuan just grunted and walked away.
After the two classes in the morning, nothing happened and everything was as usual.
Although Nagaoka was still nervous and apprehensive, deep down in his heart, he seemed to be more relaxed and had a little bit of luck.
Maybe, he and Jiang Chuan just saw it wrong that night?
I just saw something in the dark forest as a supernatural monster.
Or maybe he and Jiang Chuan really saw something strange behind the Kibune Myojin Shrine.
But that thing is not a green willow.
Anyway, there is still such a possibility, right?
This will not affect the possibility of future life.
During the third period of physical education class, Jiang Chuan approached Nagaoka.
"Nagaoka, have you seen it? That thing Aoyagi is obviously a monster, but it still pretends to be a good guy... Even Nonaka has been hanging around it."
Perhaps because nothing unusual happened in school, Jiangchuan's fear of Aoliu has obviously weakened a lot.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for Nonaka, she is the girl in the same class that Jiang Chuan likes.
It seemed that I had always been very close to Qingliu before.
If I said I wasn't willing to do it before, I still don't want to do it anymore, but there's nothing I can do about it.
But now, Jiang Chuan seems to feel that he cannot let things continue like this.
The girl he likes is being deceived by a monster in human skin, and may be harmed in the future. He cannot watch this happen.
"Jiangchuan, I think maybe what we saw that night was not Qingliu." Nagaoka said.
"No! It must be him, I can be sure!"
Because of the emotional problems between men and women in adolescence, Jiang Chuan secretly paid more attention to Aoyagi than Nagaoka.
So he was extremely sure that he was right.
Jiang Chuan: "Listen to me, Nagaoka. Since we encountered Aoyagi's true appearance that night, we must find out Aoyagi's true face and let Nonaka see it, let everyone see it. Nonaka can't continue to stay with that monster.
, something will happen."
Nagaoka: "What are you going to do? No...have you already done something?"
"I just sneaked back to the classroom." Jiang Chuan looked around to make sure no one cared about them before continuing, "I went to Aoliu's seat. I added a few thumbtacks to his lunch box. Listen to me
Say, aren’t there disgusting black lines under that monster’s skin? If you could cut open its skin, everyone would definitely be able to see it.”
"Isn't this... not good?"
"Not good? It's not a human, it's a monster. Just watch it. Everyone will see it at noon. I'm saving everyone."
Nagaoka still didn't stop his friend's behavior.
Just as he had no intention of finding out "Qingliu's true face", he chose to wait and see.
At noon, when everyone was having lunch in the classroom, Nagaoka also paid attention to Aoyagi who was sitting in front of him.
But Qingliu had always been normal. He finished his lunch like a normal person, then got up and went out to clean the food box.
Then for the entire afternoon, my friend Jiang Chuan just sat in his seat silently.
Until the club activities started, nothing happened.
On the way home, Nagaoka and Jiangchuan got together again.
"Hey, you were just talking, right? You didn't put the thumbtack in Aoyagi's lunch box."
After all, my friends have never done such a thing.
fair enough.
"I let it go." Jiang Chuan's face turned pale.
"What?"
"It ate the thumbtack in front of me. It looked at me provocatively, and then ate the thumbtack! Let me tell you, Qingliu was the monster that day. He was the monster..."
As for what Jiangchuan said, Nagaoka had not witnessed it with his own eyes.
Because at noon, he sat behind Qingliu.
But judging from what my friend said and the look on his face, it didn't look like he was lying.
If Qingliu is really a monster, it means that it has already set its sights on Jiangchuan, and may even have set its sights on itself.
Nagaoka's hair stood on end at the thought of this, and he panicked for a moment: "Then let's..."
"We can definitely deal with him! He's obviously just a monster in human skin, but he dares to look down on me."
"Are you still planning to continue?"
Compared to the fact that Aoyagi was a monster, Nagaoka was even more surprised by what Jiang Chuan said through gritted teeth.
Nagaoka didn't know what happened to his friend, he actually wanted to fight a monster.
"Nagaoka, we have to save everyone, we have to save everyone."
…
What happened next was completely beyond Nagaoka's expectations.
Jiangchuan seemed to be possessed by a man, obsessed with proving to everyone that the dazzling and popular Qingliu was a monster in human skin.
What he did to Qingliu turned into bullying.
Even in Nagaoka's eyes, those actions were bullying.
really.
Both Nagaoka and Jiangchuan are problem students.
They smoke and skip class to surf the Internet.
But these behaviors are limited to themselves.
But bullying is different, it's too bad, it's really too bad.
So even Nagaoka began to distance himself from Jiang Chuan, who was somewhat out of control.
One day later, because what Jiang Chuan did was so egregious, he was summoned by his parents and ordered to suspend school.
Nagaoka still remembers the scene that day.
I remember that Jiangchuan was pushed to the ground by two male teachers, struggling and roaring like a crazy beast. His eyes were wide open, and he glared at Qingliu, who was the victim:
"Come on! You monster, stop being hypocritical! Let everyone see your true face! Let everyone see what is under your human skin!"
"Let me go! I'm saving you! You idiots, you don't understand anything! Idiots! Let go, let go!"
At a certain moment, Jiangchuan, who was struggling, turned his attention to Nagaoka again.
Perhaps, he hopes that his friends will stand up and speak for him.
But looking at his friend who had completely lost his mind, Nagaoka flinched again.
He didn't know why Jiangchuan became like this.
He could no longer tell whether the thing he saw behind Kifune Myojin Shrine that night was Aoyagi or not.
I don’t know if what Jiangchuan said about “that monster Aoliu has been provoking him” is true.
Maybe there is nothing wrong with Qingliu?
Perhaps Jiangchuan did this just because he was jealous that he and Nonaka were too close?
When Jiang Chuan saw his friend's silence, his struggling movements finally weakened, and he just bit his lip angrily, until the corners of his mouth bled.
Perhaps, in the eyes of everyone today, compared to Qingliu, who is harmless to humans and animals, Jiang Chuan...
More like a humanoid monster.
…
Jiang Chuan was taken away from school by his parents and was said to be going somewhere to receive psychological treatment.
Nagaoka's life has returned to calm, and he no longer wants to think about whether Aoyagi is a human being.
But about half a month later, Nagaoka saw Jiang Chuan again.
That was in class.
Jiang Chuan, wearing thin clothes, walked straight into the classroom from the door.
His originally healthy body had become extremely thin in a short period of time, his hair was messy, and his eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes.
He walked into the classroom from the back door like no one else, so that no one reacted.
Jiangchuan passed by Nagaoka without even looking at his former friend.
He walked straight to Qingliu's seat.
"What's wrong, Jiangchuan-kun?" Qingliu still smiled at Jiangchuan.
"monster……"
Then, contrary to everyone's expectations, a sharp origami knife cut open Aoliu's neck.
At that moment, in a fleeting moment, both Jiangchuan wielding his sword and Qingliu who was attacked were extremely calm.
It was as if the horrific attack had nothing to do with the two parties involved.
Bang!
The table and chair overturned, and Jiangchuan threw himself on Qingliu. The origami in his hand was bleeding, and he kept lifting it up and dropping it.
"I told you, he is a monster! Look, look!"
The strong smell of blood filled Nagaoka's nostrils.
He heard his classmates screaming, crying, and vomiting.
Jiangchuan used the origami knife to cut open Qingliu's abdominal cavity in front of everyone, but those terrifying, dense black lines did not appear.
Under Qingliu's skin, there was nothing but bloody flesh.
Nagaoka really can’t remember what happened after that, and he doesn’t want to recall it anymore.
All he knew was that a large number of police officers came to the school.
All he knew was that he had never seen Jiang Chuan again since then.