Chapter 181. One year (4000 words)(1/2)
‘The God of Yuchuan is at work’?
Kitakawaji doesn't believe it very much.
Because I continued to read the news about Yuchuan Town, I could no longer see any missing or murder cases.
If there are really monsters or vengeful spirits like "Yuchuan God", then the chance of a case in Yuchuan Town cannot be so small.
But in fact, Yuchuan Town has found records of any terrorist cases after looking back for another twenty years, which indirectly shows that the "Yuchuan God" mentioned in the previous news does not exist at all.
The four children disappeared for other reasons, perhaps the biggest reason is
"Man-made crime" Miya Kamiya murmured Kitagawaji's speculation.
Yes, it's just a man-made crime.
There are so many resentful and savage crimes in this world, and most of the cases are solved by the police themselves.
If there were so many resentful spirits, the world would have been in chaos long ago.
The reason why Kitakawa Temple met so many resentful spirits is because of his own physical constitution that attracts spirits.
For ordinary people, they probably won’t see a few spiritual bodies in their lifetime, let alone the kind of resentful spirits that can be materialized.
Kitakawaji narrowed his eyes.
But compared to the resentful spirit, artificial crimes are undoubtedly more troublesome and more difficult to deal with.
There is a saying that is good.
People know ghosts and are terrified, while ghosts know people’s hearts and souls are poisonous.
Some people with psychological distortions can cause more terrifying events and harm to society than some unconscious low-level vengeful spirits.
It is said that the resentful spirit is terrifying, but few people have seen it. On the contrary, some people can be so vicious that it is shocking.
It is also mentioned in "The Lost Yuchuan" that the heroine was killed by the murderous demon possessed by the vengeful spirit, and the hero was in a daze.
So is this a tragedy caused by resentful spirits or a tragedy caused by man?
If the murderer didn't kill the second survivor, would the final outcome change enough?
No one can know this.
It seems that it is necessary to go to the local area for investigation.
Kitagawa Temple thought about this and no longer hesitated.
He felt it was time.
Seeing Kitagawaji start to wear a coat for going out, Kamiya Miya said, "Do you plan to visit Laito Castle next?"
"The visit to Laihu Castle is a little bit behind." Kitagawaji said after pondering for a while: "I plan to find Kobayashi Kiyoi."
Kobayashi Kiyoi?
Miya Kamiya was stunned at first, and then he thought of the patient who lived in the psychiatric department of the hospital.
According to Kitagawa Temple, the other party's curse had been transferred to himself by him.
"His current situation should be much more stable than before. We should be able to ask some specific details about their game at the beginning."
Kitakawaji stood up as he said.
"Ah, wait, Sejun, I'll go with you."
"Um."
After a brief conversation between the two, they went out and turned to the station.
It took about forty-five minutes to come, Kitagawaji and Kamiya Miya came to the last hospital again.
After registering at the front desk of the hospital, they went upstairs and came to the psychiatric department again.
Today's psychiatric department is also very quiet, but from time to time, there will be some meaningless wailings and crying sounds from some wards.
Kitagawa Temple and Kamiya Miya walked to the door of Kobayashi Kiyoi's ward and looked into it.
Kobayashi Kiyoi smiled and chatted with his mother Kobayashi Saki.
Kobayashi Saki was wiping tears while smiling on his face.
Although it was a bit bad to disturb the reunion of the mother and son, Kitakawa Temple still knocked on the door of the ward.
"Here you come." Kobayashi Saki responded and then opened the ward door.
As soon as I saw the visitor, Kobayashi's eyes couldn't help but shine: "Class Kitagawa, and Kamiya? I was talking to Kiyoi just now, please come in quickly."
"I'm disturbing." The two nodded and walked into the ward without treating themselves as an outsider.
"Keichuan classmate and Kamiya." Kobayashi Kiyoi obviously remembers Kiechuanji, the person who pulled him out of the sea of suffering.
Since the last time he ran into Kitakawaji, he has never had those weird dreams and has never seen those terrifying children again.
The quality of sleep and the stability of his mental state also relieved his anxiety disorder a lot.
It can be said that he can chat with his mother so calmly now, thanks to Kitakawaji.
However, compared to the thanks in his eyes, Kitagawaji just nodded gently and did not express too much.
Helping Kobayashi Kiyoi is just to investigate the whole story.
After everyone sat down, Kitakawaji said straight to the point:
"Sir Kobayashi, I want to talk to you about the four-person hide-and-seek game. I wonder if it's OK?"
Four-player hide-and-seek game?
As soon as he heard this name that made him feel so painful for the past few days, Kobayashi Qingjing turned pale.
After a long time, Kobayashi Kiyoi recovered and looked at his mother beside him:
"Mom, I'm a little hungry, but I don't want to eat a hospital meal. Can you buy me a bento at the convenience store on the other side?"
"It's OK," Kobayashi Saki glanced at Kobayashi Kiyoi strangely, but out of love for her son, she agreed: "Then Kitagawa classmate helps me look at Qingjing for a while, and I'll go and come back."
Her expression as she was thief-proof made Kobayashi Kiyoi laugh embarrassedly.
There is no way. He kept trying to commit suicide two days ago, and it was very normal for Kobayashi Saki to look at him with such a gaze.
After Kobayashi Saki completely left the ward, Kobayashi Kiyoi, who was lying on the bed, straightened his body slightly.
He took a deep breath, then exhaled, repeating this movement several times before looking at Kitakawaji:
"Class Kitakawa wants to know the follow-up to the four-person hide-and-seek game, right?"
He probably also knew the purpose of Kitagawa Temple.
After all, people like the other party who have extraordinary abilities must have come for the four-person hide-and-seek game.
"It would be better if you could tell me."
The other party's emotional intelligence is not too low, and Kitakawaji is a little relieved.
After thinking for a moment, Kobayashi Kiyoi slowly talked about the specific process of holding the four-person hide-and-seek game:
"I remember that there were many people from the school at that time, and Kamiya classmates were there too. Then I played this four-person hide-and-seek game with Hoshino, Yichun, and Hai Laoming."
"Actually, it's just to satisfy my desire to show off. So many people were watching it at that time. It would be impossible not to do it. It was a bit embarrassing to just run away. Then someone said 'Start'."
"I just recited the spell with them four times and waited in the same place for a long time." Kobayashi Qingjing scratched his head, regretting why he had joined in the fun and why he couldn't suppress his desire to show off.
"But in fact, nothing happened that night. I just felt a little chilled in my body. But looking at the envious gazes of the students in the same grade around me, I actually felt very helpful, so I didn't care about those details."
Miya Kamiya suddenly spoke: "But things are far from that simple, right?"
Kobayashi Kiyo nodded embarrassedly and admitted.
"Since I played that game, I always felt like something was peeping at me in my room. This feeling was very strange. At first it seemed just a sign, and it was a psychological illusion. Then it became clearer and clearer, as if someone was really looking at me."
A terrifying expression slowly appeared on Kobayashi Kiyo's face.
"Can you imagine it? The look of Kamiya and Kitagawa who were so resentful that they could drink your flesh and blood from one mouthful. It seemed to be everywhere, in my room, outside my room, on the ceiling, and on the ground, maybe still behind you."
Kamiya Miya couldn't help but shivered.
"But this symptom disappeared after a month or two." Kobayashi Kiyoi swallowed, looking at the empty floor with fear: "But then, something even more terrifying happened."
"What?" Kitakawaji poured hot water for him.
"Thank you" Xiaolin Qingjing drank it down and wiped his mouth, and continued: "That student from East and West, Beichuan, you should be very clear about it. It is the scratches of the child, the purple-blue scratches."
"At that time, Mo Min's wrist was so strange that he felt chills and a little tingling. When he woke up one day, the purple-green scratch had already appeared on his wrist. It seemed that some children were maliciously pinching my wrist every day."
Kitagawa Temple looked at Kobayashi Kiyoi, who was trembling with fear, and his expression moved slightly.
This is how the blue-purple scratches were formed?
"I knew at that time that it was not an illusion, it was reality. There was really someone by my side, but I couldn't see it, and I didn't know where it was. Just like that, I stayed for a few more months until that happened."
Kobayashi Qingjing's face was covered with sweat.
"That thing?"
"Well, Yichun, who was playing games with me, died. His body was found at home, as if he was smashed into the head with a fire axe."
To be continued...