第42章 影子之舞 (第2/2页)

Li Kaan has no proof, but he es up with the bold idea that the real culprit who disfigured the most beautiful high school student of the heisei era was daichi mano himself.

daichi mano had a tendency to intentionally cause harm, and even had ample opportunity to mit suicide. this person was Rumi Kawakami, a member of the same experimental group as mimiko at the time.

Furthermore, when Naomi misaki inquired about the truth behind the incident, daichi mano intentionally undermined his own role in the incident. he said he was innocent and denied the truth about his own chemistry at the time. Levels are intentionally hidden.

however, now that the problem is resolved, there is nothing more to say.

the victim is dead, the suspect is dead, and there is no evidence to prove it.

Li Ka'an searched daichi mano's office. No other clues were found except for a hidden partment under the floor. It can be seen that daichi mano was careful in life and left few clues or traces.

``Now that I think about it, I saw mimiko's curse with my own eyes, but I've never seen hanako's curse with my own eyes.'' Li Jia'an gave up on looking for an office and started walking down the school hallway. Its purpose is this: all toilets throughout the school.

Rumor has it that hanako randomly appears in the bathrooms of Kisaragi high School and picks up random people who are unlucky.

the entire school is quiet now, and he Jian has plenty of time to explore all the bathrooms in the school. that means there's a good chance you'll catch hanako.

this is not because he Jia'an is an art expert and bold, but because he Jia'an has a New Year's red envelope to protect his body and is confident that he does not need to be afraid of evil spirits.

As a result, a ``psychopath'' appears among the people under surveillance at Kisaragi high School. he entered all of the school's bathrooms in various strange positions, sometimes laughing strangely, and sometimes saying unintelligible things. film line.

“Johnny is here!”

\hey! It's in! hey! It's out again! hit me, idiot!\

\...\

In the observation room outside the school, people wearing Korean Alliance uniforms and insignia looked at each other and nodded silently. Someone weakly said to Gin matsumoto, ``matsumoto-senpai, why did this person suddenly start playing?''

\...maybe he's just relaxing,\ Gin matsumoto said with a creepy smile on his face, looking a little worried.

No one expected that the former S-class investigator of the secret team would be so active in his private life. It is said that he even went to bars to play the part of a cow and have an affair with a rich woman. At the hospital, I had a different relationship with the high school girl. what is not obvious is that this person's nature is very...obvious.

personally speaking, matsumoto Yun actually doesn't care about he Jia'an's personal actions. he is more concerned about he Jia'an's ability as an investigator at every stage and the analytical clues he currently has.

Naturally, even though he had not left the military for many years, his abilities as an S-class investigator had not diminished at all.

``can you find the source of Kisaragi high School's blessings?'' Gin matsumoto asked from afar, with great doubts and expectations in his heart.

Recently, many urban legends regarding Sakurajima have been confirmed. the Korean Alliance took notice of this abnormality. they found some clues. Some people use the power of divine protection to make curses that are supposed to exist in stories into reality. In fact, although the situation is not serious yet, if it continues as it is, sooner or later the blessing's power will engulf all of Sakurajima.

As one of the main investigators of the Sakurajima urban legend dispatched by the Korean Alliance, Gin matsumoto uses his abilities to carry out all kinds of investigations, and there is a possibility that the clues will eventually be concentrated in momome city and Kisaragi high School. discovered. In taom city, there are many spatial passageways in the other world, and there are also many blessing powers that permeate the realities of the other world and the campus, so it is the focus.

hanako's 299 curses

``tch, this is the last bathroom.will you e again, little friend?'' Li Jian took out a crumpled cigarette case from his pocket, and pulled out a cigarette that had been soaked in water, deformed, and had a strange smell. “Uncle, I want to meet you.”

chewing on an unlit cigarette, mr. he Jian came out of the last toilet in the education building and stood in the hallway, looking at the clear sky, his eyes wandering slightly, thinking about the scene. .

by the way, toilets are not only available in the education building and administration building. Li Ka'an turned around and went down to the gymnasium next to the playground. I almost forgot that there was a toilet in the gym too.

drop -

the moment I entered the gym, a dark breeze hit my face.

there were no lights on inside the large gymnasium, so it was dark and cold. Any sound emitted here forms an echo and is amplified. It's probably somewhere like a toilet or bathroom. the sound of running water is similar to the sound of mosquitoes and is very harsh. , the sound is pleted by the physiological response caused by the cold wind blowing into the ear, as if it were really flowing into the ear.

Li Jian passed the volleyball and badminton courts and arrived at the back court of the gymnasium. As I entered the backcourt hallway, I saw one end leading directly to the men's locker room and men's restroom, and another corner in the middle of the hallway. A corner hallway leads directly to the women's locker room and women's bathroom.

Standing at the corner he had decided to go to, he Jian was thinking about whether to go to the women's or men's restroom when he noticed a strange light flashing on the door of the women's restroom.

he Jian noticed the obvious abnormality and entered the women's bathroom without hesitation.

the line can't be unstable. \All schools are closed,\ Li Jia'an thought as she chewed a cigarette.

when mr. he Jian opened the curtain of the women's bathroom door and entered the women's bathroom, cold breath like ten thousand small snakes crawled all over his body. A deep aversion to the cold penetrated his brain like a cold ice pick.

Everything was so sudden and overwhelming.

but he Jia'an knows this feeling very well. he felt the power of this \blessing\ many times. It is blasphemous, consisting of all negative emotions and malice, and targets all living things. Send malicious attacks.

I finally found hanako in the women's restroom of the gymnasium.

the disfort and coldness in the bathroom far outweighs the bad smell in the bathroom. Li Jian’s attention was pletely drawn to the last toilet stall in the left row of the bathroom. the cabin door slowly opened, the lights flickered on and off, and the dimly lit cabin looked nothing like the cabin it was supposed to be. At the back of the hut, instead of the familiar toilet, there seemed to be an ultimate darkness that connected to the underworld.

the he family remained motionless in the bathroom, watching the movement.

At one moment, he Jiang noticed a small blue hand slowly reaching out from behind the door. A small hand with irregularly sized scars rested on the edge of the door. I could faintly hear the sound of a girl licking her tongue from the room. , A girl who had died a tragic death crawls out from behind the door.

Li Jiaan spit out the chewed tobacco and quickly took a few steps closer.

the girl on the other side of the door seemed dissatisfied with he Jian's reaction. his movements suddenly sped up and his hands circled the door.

\ah--\

Li Jian'an slowly raised his head. At that moment, I heard a voice from above. then he saw the head of a dead girl, with her mouth open and staring at him with evil, world-weary black eyes. when I open it, it keeps making weird noises.

when he Jia'an turned his attention to the girl's strange head, he suddenly felt the calf of his left leg drop and tighten. when I lowered my head and looked down, I noticed a headless corpse hugging my calf and neck. the cut was rough and the wound was raw and red.

“Ah!” A loud cry rang out, and he Jia’an saw a black shadow fall from the sky out of the corner of his eye. he quickly moved away to avoid it, only to see a round human head fall right where he was standing.

``my uncle doesn't like being caught like that.'' A cold sweat appeared on Li Jia'an's forehead. he tried to untie the girl's limbs from around her calves, but it was like being strangled by a python. the tighter it got, the more he tried to break it. , the tightness became even more intense, I could clearly see the lack of blood supply in my calves, and I felt weak.

due to the pain in his calf, he Jia'an's brain was rapidly excited. he suddenly thought of something and immediately took off the red New Year's gift bag from his belt and pressed it firmly against the headless corpse's back.

the red New Year's envelope felt Li Jia'an's evil power and burst with bright red light. when I attached the red envelope lid to the back of the body, it felt like a hot iron had branded my skin.

hanako felt a sharp pain and released the restraints on he Jian. the separated corpse suddenly turned into two sheets of thick black smoke, which quickly converged and bound together, and immediately flew out of the bathroom.

Li Jian looked at the cover of the New Year's red envelope, which appeared to be wet. the original bright red in this corner has faded, as if to show the limits of its use for the New Year's red envelope.

he didn't think much about it. As soon as I put the red bag over my head, I chased him out, followed the screen of black smoke, moved through the shadows, headed down the hallway to the gymnasium, and passed through the hallway that connected the teaching building and the gymnasium. I ran back to the teaching building, ran all the way, and finally saw a smoke bomb ing into the men's restroom on the first floor of the teaching building.

Li Jian’an raised his eyebrows. he was very used to this toilet. this was the toilet where Zhu xiuyi last disappeared.

Is this also the place where hanako finally died?

Li Jian ran back to the bathroom and saw the smoke screen change into human form again. the girl with a deformed face let out a strange cry, like crying or whining, and slowly walked to the bathroom stall, where chu xiuyi finally disappeared.

\don't run away!\ Li Jian'an couldn't let go of hanako easily and ran after her, rushing into the bathroom stall.

bang!

the partment door slammed hard on the porch. As the door panel repeatedly opens and closes due to its elastic force, the flashing bathroom lights gradually dim, and the interior changes back and forth between pitch darkness and a dimly lit bathroom scene.

pen!

when the Korean Alliance agent who had been secretly following he Jian felt him open the door again, the scene inside the plane had already calmed down and stabilized. It was a pitch-black toilet cubicle.

but he Jian'an is nowhere to be seen here.

After some time, the investigators of the Korean Alliance had to report this fact to Yoon matsumoto.

“Senior matsumoto, he Jia’an… It seems that Li Jia’an has disappeared!”

the root of hanako's 230 curses

he Jian'an's sudden disappearance surprised Korean Alliance investigators who were secretly tracking him. however, the leader, Gin matsumoto, did not seem to be panicking. on the contrary, he calmly and calmly said: \that should be another time.\ we have entered a cosmic passageway to another world, it doesn't matter, we just have to enter. ”

when the Korean Alliance investigators heard this, they fell silent. A few seconds later, someone on the munication channel said, \please let me go.\

\please rely on me.\

\me too...\

Suddenly, the people on the munication channel started a heated discussion about exploring the underworld, and everyone went to the afterlife voluntarily.

on this point, Gin matsumoto was as calm as ever, and said, as if he had expected it, ``there's no need to discuss it.the personnel has already been decided, and I will lead the team...''

Everyone was surprised to hear that Gin matsumoto would take action on his own, and tried to persuade each other not to be impulsive.

however, Gin matsumoto said, ``For me, being an S-class investigator is neither a noble position nor a higher title.once I obtain this title, it seems that I no longer need to obtain that qualification.''. ” doing something dangerous is the opposite...As a senior investigator, the more dangerous the case, the more involved I need to be. ”

Simply put, the more ability you have, the more responsibility you have.

From a certain point of view, matsumoto Gin is actually the same kind of person as he Jian.

…

Li Jia'an stepped on the air, and his body sank rapidly. After passing through the dark hallway for about 10 seconds, I felt weightless again. his feet pressed against the blood-soaked floor, his body trembling as he tried to support himself. he narrowly avoided falling by clinging to a wall panel.

``Is this... you're back in another world?'' Li Jia'an shook off the blood on his hands. he tries to pick up his fallen hat, but quickly gives up on the idea when he notices that it also has blood on it. , he came out of the bathroom with a bandage wrapped around his round head.

ah--

As soon as he came out of the bathroom, he Jian saw a trembling girl lying in the hallway and immediately followed her without hesitation. ”

hanako turned into black smoke again and ran away. Apparently, he felt a great threat from the power of the New Year's red envelope.

I ran all the way and unconsciously ended up in the biology classroom. because the door to the biology classroom was hidden, he Jian could not see the entrance to the classroom, but hanako easily passed through the wall and reached the wall. In the interior space.

``I see. Is that the root of hanako's curse?'' the he family was at a loss. he moved forward and touched where hanako had passed through the wall, but all he could touch was the solid wall. he knocked, and the walls responded with a dull echo. the walls were thick, as if there was nothing inside.

\I'm sorry, but I have to get you out before anything happens today.\ Li Jia'an said to himself, went into the next room, opened the window of the room, jumped down, and stepped on the crossbows strung up on the wall. . with white edges.

Li Jian took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, pressed his back against the wall, walked sideways like a crab, and crawled to the window of the hidden room next door.

the bottom is solid ground and the height is at least 12 meters. If you fall from here, you'll definitely die. And somehow the weather in the world today is very normal. I still see a dead red, not as calm as when I last entered this world. on the moon, it looked like a storm was brewing in this otherworldly city. the wind was blowing strongly, and black clouds with red thunder and lightning were gathering in the sky a few kilometers away from he Jia'an. A large hole appeared in the sky. the clouds swirled, lightning flashed in the wind and clouds, and thunder continued to rumble.

\hey!\ Just as she was about to lose her footing, Li Jian'an firmly grabbed the window frame of the classroom next to hers and fell to the ground.

with cold sweat on his forehead, Li Jiang quickly moved to the window, opened it, and safely entered the biology classroom.

the moment he entered the classroom through the window, it seemed like a certain kind of will existed in the classroom. he realized his mistake and immediately corrected it. he also sealed the classroom windows and left only a few openings in the brick walls to let light in. we're heading down, but the weather outside is bad and there's no light.

Li Jian'an took out her cell phone and turned on her cell phone's flashlight to illuminate the biology classroom she had just returned to.

the biology classroom is clean and tidy as if nothing had happened. models of the human body still stand against the walls, and rows of shelves are lined with jars of human tissue.

Although he only glanced at it last time and didn't pay attention to the details, he Jia'an still felt something strange.

At the last moment when Naomi misaki and I were running away from that classroom, a huge monster jumped out of the summoning circle during the ritual. Its size almost covered the entire width and height of the classroom, and it looked as if a large train had rushed through the biology classroom and destroyed everything.

however, now the classroom is clean and tidy, and things are neatly placed. It doesn't seem to be damaged at all, and there are no signs of anything unusual. It's as if this classroom has been recharged and all the damage has been restored. .

when the flashlight was projected onto the classroom blackboard, hae Jang saw a ceremonial circle on the blackboard with deliberately omitted details, similar to the sight Naomi misaki saw when she described her experience. I saw it.

\It's okay if you don't fill it in.\ Li Jia'an pulled it out a little more, enlarged the opening of the light, and saw that the painting was almost pleted. then he thought to himself, ``Now that I think about it, where was hanako hiding?''

Li Ka'an started walking towards the biology classroom, but at the same time he did not forget to look at the shelves in the biology classroom. when he reached the third step of the bottom shelf, his expression suddenly changed. because all the transparent bottles on that shelf contained human heads.

``these should all be hanako's trophies.'' Li Jian looked at the row of ``achieved'' heads. Some people died with their eyes closed, while others closed their eyes in frustration, their expressions fixed on people's final moments of death.

that is until he Jaan sees a human head soaked in medicine that begins to turn dark red in the bottle. he put a label on the back of the bottle that clearly read \Ju xiuyi.\

but this is not over yet. Li Ka'an continued to observe the heads on the shelf one by one, and finally made a new discovery, and the news was shocking enough.

A woman's head was seen immersed in a bottle, and on the label of the bottle was written her lifetime name, \Keika takayama.\

distract mother and daughter

“how can that be?” Li Jian’an frowned slightly.

he saw nothing wrong with Kikushuichi's body parts being found here, but Keika takayama himself said it was too rare and terrible.

he initially thought that Keisho takayama himself did not die, or at least should not have died within the school, but that is not how he died.

however, since Keisho takayama retired from teaching, his whereabouts are unknown. Li Jian believes that after Gaoyama huixiang takes revenge on Zhu xiuyi and the school janitor, he should find a person that no one knows. he remained there again, but now it was obvious that his head had fallen to the ground, and his death was so gruesome that no one knew of his death.

when he Jia'an was thinking carefully, he saw Gao Shan huixiang's swollen head suddenly move. when I looked closely, I saw that takayama Keisho suddenly opened his lazy eyes. Look at him with a blank expression.

the next moment, he Jia'an saw a black oil-like substance suddenly appear in Gao Shan huixiang's eyes. Suddenly, the two children turned black, and their faces gradually became grim.

``You are exactly the source of hanako's curse.'' Li Jian'an quickly took a step back and saw several bottles on the shelf shaking violently, gradually falling to the shelf, and then falling and shattering on the ground. I did. they were each soaked in a potion. Keisho takayama's body parts and his fearless head slowly joined together. Each part of the body continues to produce a sticky black substance, causing different parts to stick together, eventually piecing together an almost human-like form.

A girl's screams and cries echoed throughout the classroom, as if hanako were expressing her dissatisfaction with the stuffed animal that was slowly learning to crawl.

when Keika takayama looked up and let out a strange noise, Kurokoko started coughing one after another. hanako, who was initially hiding in the classroom, suddenly turns into black smoke and flows into Keika takayama. In your mouth.

Under he Jian's astonishing gaze, takayama huixiang's originally twisted and strange body became even more deformed and changeable. Small black orbs continued to erupt into his body, and sharp black spines bloomed on his body. I freely twisted and flipped each part, twisted the chest back, twisted the back at the chest level, and tied the hands and head together to form a strange physical hat.

takayama huixiang twisted the deformed super bucket leg and ran towards he Jian.

Li Jian hurriedly retreated. Although he was well informed, he was still frightened by this strange sight.

pen!

Li Jian turned around and dodged, but takayama huixiang ran faster and faster, and in the end, he jumped directly with his jumping power. his jumping power was so great that his body hit the wall directly.

Inside this small, closed classroom, he Jian felt like an unarmed warrior in the colosseum. he didn't have the confidence to face a beast like Keisho takayama head-on, and he never got a chance to fight. A safe way to paste red New Year's gifts together.

Keisho takayama's monster is definitely no different from an out-of-control high-speed truck. his collision will only make it difficult for he Jian to react in time, and if he is unlucky to collide, he will definitely die.

pen!

Li Jian'an didn't even see the other person being pulled out of the wall. the opponent immediately disappeared from the scene. In the next moment, he narrowly flew past his body and hit the board.

Li Jia'an's heart pounded and he shouted, \what on earth is this?\

the power of the blessing and the unknown monster merged into a ferocious and terrifying monster.

but before he could say the second word, he held his breath and lay there. he felt another gust of wind quickly pass by his back, and the monster in takayama Keika's face flew towards him again, this time directly.

\ah!\

creeping he Jia'an raised his head slightly and followed the frightening scream, only to see Gaoyama huixiang being pushed by the gravity of several shelves. Unfortunately, the body parts and biological specimens that were originally stored on the shelves were lost. he collapsed and collapsed. the soaked medicine drips onto the ground and gives off a strong pungent odor. Keisho takayama could not find the strength to escape.

Jia'an Li's eyes lit up, and he jumped out without hesitation, took the red New Year's gift, stepped on the shelf and ran towards Gao Shan huixiang, and pressed the red New Year's gift firmly against the opponent's forehead.

the New Year's red envelope once again emits a bright red light. A red light flashed, instantly brightening up the entire dark classroom. the red light was like a fire, burning up the entire dark classroom and making a scorching sound all around. the sound is loud and the wind howls.

Keika takayama was pierced by red light, and signs of dryness appeared on her deformed body. the red light appears like a crack in the body, slowly covering the entire body and penetrating into the opponent's body.

At that moment, only a loud impact sound was heard, and Keisho takayama's body turned to sand and immediately disappeared with the wind.

when Keika takayama died, this ghost classroom, monly known as the \doorway\, seemed to have lost its mysterious power. Like papyrus engulfed in flames, the entire classroom environment was fragmenting little by little. the miserable environment was broken down into countless particles.

After a while, he Jiaan realized that everything he had been looking at had disappeared. he was standing in an empty classroom. there were no shelves or models of biological samples, just an empty room.

\Is this it?\ Li Jia'an felt a foreign object under her foot, and when she looked down, she saw a suicide note.

the following was written in the will:

I tried opening pandora's box, but I couldn't close it anymore. I had turned my daughter into such a monster and there was nothing I could do about it.