"What about next?"

"There was no follow-up, and the site was interrupted as soon as it was said to be here. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yuto shook his head slightly.

“... The window of the lily of the valley puppet, leading to the cave of the cause of death..."

He Gu said this when he was hung from a tree by his classmates, and although I didn't witness it with my own eyes, that specific scene flashed through my brain in an instant.

“... The beginning of bad luck is because someone peeks at the evil consequences of the 'Window of the Lily of the Valley Golem', and after that, for a certain period of time, someone will keep opening the 'Window of the Lily of the Valley Golem', and the cycle of bad luck will end..."

Chiba Nori's grandmother said this, and it can be understood that the woman is the beginning of the evil consequences, so who is the "person" who went to open the "window of the lily of the valley puppet"?

The "person" who opened the window may be the "person" who writes the death letter, no—this is not an appropriate statement, the "person" who opens the window is more like completing "a certain matter", and the way of this "matter" is to write letters.

Momoi looked at all of us, as if to draw some conclusions.

"Through the window of the lily of the valley puppet, you can see hell, that is... Our reply is not to a specific person, but to 'somewhere', so to speak? ”

Radiance's eyes widened, and he immediately responded.

"You mean... Is our reply addressed to hell? ”

I, Shui Jing, and Yuto all froze with their mouths open, and although I felt that this conclusion was unconvincing, it seemed to make more sense.

Our reply connects the places that are related to death...

"I agree with Momoi's opinion, but-"

I'll see if everyone continues to write.

"There is a crappy part of this connection, and now we already know the new 'countermeasures', assuming that the 'lily of the valley puppet' among us is K, why can we be rescued by replying to K? What is the relationship between K and the 'lily of the valley puppet'? ”

“...... Ugh"

At this time, except for Yuren, the four of us avoided each other's gazes at the same moment, and Yuto asked after seeing the clue.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? ”

"This..."

Momoi explained the decision of the "new countermeasures" to Yuruto, who scratched his head and asked on a piece of paper.

"You can't write each other's names, do you?"

"No ——!"

This sentence was silently expressed by the four of us shaking our heads in unison.

"It's really a tacit understanding, since this knot will be untied."

Yuto taps the paper on the table with a pen.

- yes, all four of us shook our heads, indicating that at least one of us didn't think of one of us as a "K".

And then we looked at each other again, as if to make some kind of confirmation, and while I don't know if they wrote the same name as me, the person I wrote — I think of all of them, that person is most likely "K".

"Now that the situation has changed, what about Yuto's reply?"

I asked.

"Speaking of which, I have been writing a reply at home since I didn't go to school, and I wanted my father to send it to school, but in the end I didn't do it, because I found that the situation had become uncontrollable, as if the reply could no longer prevent bad luck from coming..."

Yuto didn't continue to write, but put a big question mark on the paper-

Will the "new countermeasures" be effective——? Maybe that's what this question mark represents.

"Hmm... Although there is no reason and logic to prove it, it is the most reliable way to do it at the moment! ”

Momoi added an exclamation point to the end of this passage to emphasize the necessity and certainty of this countermeasure.

"But what should I do if I can't get out?"

"My family is the closest to You's family, you can pick up the next day's reply after school, and let me be responsible for completing this."

Guanghui offered to take on this matter, and there was no dispute among everyone.

"Youren, you have to reply well, but don't worry, I won't peek."

Everyone smiled slightly, I am afraid that it was the only reason to be happy in the whole dreary afternoon, we moved on to other topics, and finally we could speak, everyone went to the window and took several deep breaths, and the posture was exaggerated to support the lazy waist, so that the feeling of holding back and not being able to speak was like going through three exams in a row, and I was about to go crazy.

Because of the black tea, I felt that I had to borrow the bathroom of Yu's house at this time, and he told me that it was on the first floor, and I gently opened the door and came out.

The hallway was as dark as ever, and I knew that I couldn't mess around, and the more I thought about it, the easier it was to attract "bad things", so I quickened my pace and walked downstairs...

Walking to the landing at the corner of the staircase, the light was even darker, and suddenly, I heard the voice again...

- "Knock"

It was right behind me, but it was a little different from the previous one, and the "dong" face seemed to continue to squirm, like something was dragging something to another place after it had fallen on the floor.

I drummed in my heart, there was only a room on the second floor, and they all didn't come out of the house, behind them was the stairs, and the sound came from the stairs, I didn't dare to look back, gritted my teeth and pretended not to hear and continued to go downstairs, just took a step... Another "knock"...

It seemed to be sticking to me..."Boom" followed by another sound, and my whole body froze in blood, and my body shook uncontrollably, and it shook very badly—because when the last "knock" sounded, something cold and sticky slid over my ankle, and the terrible touch undoubtedly made me think in an instant—

Snake!

I blew up in an instant.

But the thing didn't seem to leave me, and crawled down my ankle and up my lap... I stiffened and motionless, I didn't dare to look down, I didn't dare to breathe with my eyes closed, I had goosebumps all over my body, I felt like my hair was going to fall out, and at the critical moment when I didn't know what to do, I was suddenly slapped behind me, and the feeling of that thing covering my leg disappeared in an instant.

"Ruriki?"

It was Momoi who called me, and thankfully, I was saying in my heart, "I'm finally saved." ”

"You're ——?"

"Snakes."

He hurriedly looked down and looked up and down carefully before saying.

"Nope..."

I slowly relaxed, but I didn't dare to move, and looked at Momoi in disbelief.

"But just..."

I couldn't lie about that feeling, and I finally had the courage to lower my head and look around—

There is nothing, there are no gaps between the stairs, the seams between the planks are tight, not to mention a snake, even bugs are difficult to get into.

Judging from the touch just now, if that thing was really a snake, it was about the thickness of two fingers, and it would be difficult to explain if it disappeared instantly, but it was true, and it disappeared incredibly.

"Ruriki, are you too nervous?"

"Uh......"

I squeaked with an expressionless expression - I don't know if I was scared by the thing climbing on my lap, or if I couldn't come back to my senses because of the impossible happening in front of me... However, I clearly remembered that in Wen Nai's house, Wen Nai's mother also talked about "snakes", and she told us in horror that Sister Wen Hui always shouted that there were snakes in the house...

After a while, the other three people in the house also came out, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, after saying goodbye to each other, we left the house of You, and came to a place with strong outdoor light, and I saw a faint red mark on my lap, where the thing had crawled.