The island of Changle is a place I have never been to, in the endless dark night as far as the eye can see, there is a shadow that is darker than the surrounding on the sea level, and the faint lights are like Mars that burns and disappears from time to time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's March, and the wind on the sea is still cold and painful from time to time, and it may snow at night, but I'm still planning to stay on the deck for a few minutes.

"Xiaoxi, have you been there before?"

Luckily I asked on deck with the sea breeze blowing, and she raised her chin and pointed to the dark shadowy island.

"Nope."

I shook my head and looked at the endless dark sea, what was waiting for me in that place... I guess the heart is as complex as the depths of the sea.

"It is said that there is a big house on that island, which was built there by a rich merchant a long time ago, and there were some fishermen living on the island, and everyone thought that the rich merchant was going to build a home on the island, but... When it was built, the fishermen were stunned—"

She put her hands in her coat pockets and continued.

"Wealthy businessmen don't build houses to live in, but... A labyrinth. Everyone was like, 'What is he going to do with this kind of thing?' Many people asked this question, and the rich merchant turned a deaf ear to the talk, and soon after that someone passed by and suddenly stared at the house, because the man had noticed something strange... All the windows of the house were painted red, and the paint was so full that not a single one was missing, and the black and gray stone walls were glaring red windows, like the eyes of a demon, and the man felt as if the rich merchant had not come out of the house for a long time, so he invited a large group of brave young men to go to the house to see what was going on, but after they went, they never returned, and from the outside, the door of the house was still locked. ”

After Shimizu finished speaking, he elbowed me.

"Xiaoxi, how is it? This rumor is a bit scary..."

I laughed dryly twice, and said with an expression that didn't please the storyteller.

"Didn't anyone go to those people after that?"

"I heard that someone has been there, but the inside of the house is a labyrinth, and there is no way to find it, even the rich businessman can't find it, it seems that he has disappeared inexplicably."

"What's the maze method? I mean... For example, there are many forks in the road, or there are many rooms, what is the general concept... What does a maze look like? ”

"Nobody knows, no one who has been there has come out... But..."Xing laughed, revealing the small tiger teeth on both sides of her, "Xiaoxi, this is just a rumor, and the truth is mixed, but later because the relevant departments interfered in this matter, the house was altered, and later it was publicly used as a tourist attraction for people to visit, but it could only be seen around the house, and it was still impossible to enter, but the surrounding fishermen began to enthusiastically develop projects to receive tourists, and also engaged in fashionable facilities such as hot springs." ”

"Change-? Why the change? ”

"It's like adding a lot of white windows to the outside of those red windows to make them look less scary."

"-Oh. Why did the authorities interfere with that house? It won't be just because of those bluffing windows..."

"Well, it was because the fishermen on the island went to the island to report that someone was missing, and although it attracted the police, it was not a bloody case, and the police thought that those people might have left the island without anyone noticing, so they didn't pay much attention to it, until one day, someone found a broken hand outside the house, and there was a ring on his finger, and people recognized that the hand was that of a rich merchant, no doubt, so they called the police again, but, When the police came to see it, they came to a conclusion that made people feel more and more frightened the more they thought about it.

"What is it?"

"Hey! You two, it's too windy outside, hurry up and get into the cabin. ”

The man who called us was a fellow on this steamer, about forty and a half, and the messy gray hair on his head and the half cigarette in his mouth made him look listless, and we nodded, and could only obey the arrangement of the ship's personnel, but fortunately tightened the thick coat on his body, and passed by the fellow.

At this point, I saw the guy have a strange expression, as if to say "why are you again", and he raised his eyebrows and kept looking at the back of Yuki's way to the cabin, as if he was still muttering something...

――Is there anything wrong?

I asked silently in my mind for some reason, and when I walked in front of this man, he also turned that "very taboo" gaze on me, but quickly looked away.

About forty minutes later, the ship was about to enter the harbor, and it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the lighthouse was brightly lit, and I gradually saw the island by the light.

The whole island is an irregular pentagonal shape, except for a small road that extends up into the island on the port side, the rest of the faces are vertical and steep rock walls, in short, there is only one way to go out of the island and into the island, which can be called an isolated island.

There was a hill on the island, and I heard that the labyrinthine house was built there, and I had a bad feeling as soon as I got out of the port.

I haven't been to an island much, but if it's a tourist island, it shouldn't be like this - this kind of deserted feeling.

"Didn't you say that there were fishermen who solicited tourists? How... It looks like no one. ”

I took my flashlight out of my backpack because the road ahead was barely light.

"-That's right, but the place where the school can organize trips should be people, so maybe go a little bit further."

The powerful beam of the flashlight scattered all around, and I suddenly felt a "sense of familiarity" with this atmosphere, and I looked back to see that the ferry that had brought us before had already left the port and drowned in the darkness, and I suddenly felt my heart sink... At this time, under the night sky, where the stars could not be seen, on a lonely island, I seemed to feel that there were only two people, me and Xing, and the wind was blowing coldly in my ears, and I didn't know what it was portending.

I remember before I saw the island scattered with dotted lights, why is it dark at this time, I can't see my fingers, what is this...

"Xiaoxi, there should be a homestay after a little walk, I'm sure..."

"-Are you convinced? Have you been here? ”

“... No, I mean I looked up some information before, so I found out..."

I couldn't see Yuki's face in the dark, but her voice was a little unnatural.

At this moment, I felt something like cloth rub against the back of my hand.

――No, my right hand is Shimizu Yuki, but the hand that was rubbed was my left hand...

... Left? Isn't it empty here?

It's like touching someone else's clothes... Just thinking about it, I was rubbed again...

I stopped and slowly shone my flashlight to the left...

"Ahh ――”

This is a faint scream in my heart, in fact, the moment I saw it, the sound was almost annihilated by fear, and when I turned the flashlight to Yuki's side again, something extremely bad happened...

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