Satoshi Kanzaki's behavior can be called extremely abnormal, but it is only abnormal. But since Iri, who has spent a few hours interning on it, can find out, Irie and Ishii must have noticed it a long time ago.

What's more, it was an internal affair of Kodansha, and as an outsider, he didn't seem to be qualified to meddle.

With this in mind, Toru Shimizu decided to put aside the matter of Kanzaki for the time being, and concentrate on dealing with the outline of the novel, that is, the description of the feelings between the male and female protagonists.

According to the advice I received last time, it is necessary to supplement the process between the meeting and the marriage. Although Nanami filled in the experience of going to the knife shop last time with Nanami on her back, it was obviously not enough to fully describe that relationship.

For this reason, Qing Shui pondered for several days, and imagined a lot of plots and finally gave up. Going around and around, there is only one method that can be used.

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"So this is it?"

Nanami Nanami looked at the entrance to Yomiuri Land in front of her, and then turned her head to look at Toru Shimizu next to her, her eyes full of puzzlement.

"That's right," Toru Shimizu nodded, "I'm going to write a paragraph about amusement parks in the new book, but it's not clear what exactly I'm going to write about, so I have to come to the field to investigate, which can be regarded as a kind of material." ”

"Is it 'material' again?"

Nanami slightly bent her eyebrows, looked at the hurried tourists around her, and asked, "But is it really too late for us to walk slowly like this?" ”

"Ah," Toru Shimizu seemed to have just realized this, "then run." ”

"Huh?"

In the end, it is still a step slower. Although it has just opened for the park, there are already long queues in front of popular attractions such as roller coasters and pirate ships, and the queue that bends several times looks very daunting.

"Oops," standing in front of the amusement park's project sign, Shimizu was full of regret, "It seems that I can only go to some projects with fewer people, Nanami, do you want to go?" ”

Nanami Nanami also looked at the sign for a while, and finally shook her head slightly.

"Since it's for the sake of materials, it's up to you to decide Qing Shui."

"Hmm..."

Pretending to think for a while, Qing Shui Toru spoke tentatively and slowly, "Do you think... Haunted house, how's that? ”

"Haunted house?"

Feeling her scrutinizing gaze, Toru Shimizu could only stiffen up, pretending that he was really just improvising.

The dark and terrifying environment, the men and women who can only rely on each other, and the relationship that grows by leaps and bounds. This kind of bridge is too common in film and television dramas, novels and comics, even to the point of vulgarity.

However, the more vulgar it is, the more it proves that this method is indeed useful. At least that's what Toru Shimizu thinks.

As one of the largest amusement parks in Japan, haunted houses are not as popular as roller coasters and pirate ships, but Yomiuri Land has put a lot of effort into it.

Entering the sealed dark room, Qing Shui Toru only felt as if a layer of horror was covering his eyes.

The lights on the ceiling were on and off, there was a faint sobbing sound from the speakers, and even the air was filled with an uncomfortable smell of burning.

And in this environment, in addition to flashlights, they can rely on each other.

Slightly accustomed to the environment, Toru Shimizu looked at Nanami beside him.

She illuminated her feet with a flashlight, frowning slightly, with no expression on her face. He didn't seem nervous, but he was a little disgusted by the environment.

Qing Shui Toru suddenly felt that there was something wrong, but he could only bite the bullet and speak: "Since you are ready, let's go in." ”

"Okay."

Open the door in front of you, and behind you is a scene that follows the layout of the classroom. The messy tables and chairs looked like traces of a fight, and the globes and other teaching aids on the podium were yellowed and old. But that's all, I didn't see anything weird.

Toru Shimizu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Nanami's voice next to him.

"What's on the ground over there?"

Moving the flashlight, a blood-red mark appeared in front of me. What appears to be a child's footprint stretches from the center of the classroom to another door.

Slowly stepping forward, Qing Shui Che squatted down and carefully observed for a while.

"It's like it's painted with paint, but that's what it means... I guess let's go this way, right? ”

"Well," Nanami's brows furrowed a little tighter, "In that case, let's hurry up." ”

"Okay."

Pushing open the door, the two came to a narrow hallway. The lights above him were still flickering, and the various objects in the distance were only shadows, and there were black debris piled up under his feet, like ashes left behind by burning paper.

Qing Shui Toru walked in front and quietly raised his vigilance, but suddenly the shadow on the wall seemed to have a life, and swooped towards the two, making his heart stop beating while he couldn't help but dodge.

After calming down, he looked back at Nanami again. Her eyes only widened slightly, but there was still no expression on her face, as if it was a strange reaction from Toru Shimizu.

Explore the next two rooms as well. No matter how terrifying the scene was, she just looked at it with a blank face, but Qing Shui Toru who was beating faster from time to time seemed to be the more timid person.

At this point, Toru Shimizu has no expectations for the development that he was expecting.

"Next up is the locker room, right?"

An old wooden door was pushed open, and in front of him was a small room with a simple structure. On the left hand side is a row of tin cabinets, on the right hand side is the wall, and the exit is at the other end of the room.

"Let's go."

Toru Shimizu turned around and said something, and walked in front alone with a flashlight, Nanami Nanami followed closely.

As he was approaching, the cabinet at the end of the room was suddenly pushed open with a "bang", and from it came a thin arm wrapped in bandages and stained with dirty blood.

Shimizu Toru was stunned, not noticing that Nanami Nanami behind him bumped into him, only to see another foot poking out of the cabinet, blocking most of the road in front of him, as if something was about to climb out.

"Shimizu... You..."

Taking a breath, Toru Shimizu was about to answer her question, but there was another oozing squeak behind her.

"Nanami, back!"

The two turned around at the same time, and the flashlight shone over, only to see a corpse with a dissected stomach about to pounce, and it was already less than half a meter away from Nanami.

"Be careful!"

Toru Shimizu was about to reach out and pull her to his side, but found that she was unresponsive in place. The eyes were widened, but the pupils were shrunk to the extreme, and the whole person froze.

It was just a moment, and suddenly he crossed his hands and hugged his shoulders, slowly retreated, and shook his head incessantly: "No, no, sure enough, it still doesn't work..."

"Nanami!"

She didn't react to her name, and she ignored Toru Shimizu, turned straight and broke through the barrier in front of her, stumbling deeper into the haunted house.

"Nanami!"

For a moment, Toru Shimizu couldn't see her back, and could only hear the voice coming from in front of her.

"Wow!"

"Ahh

After a few seconds, there was another scream.

"Hah!"

"Don't come here! Ahhh ”

So her face before was expressionless... Is it because of the fear that your face stiffens?

didn't understand the contrast between Nanami and Nanami before and after for a while, and Toru Shimizu was in place for a while before he looked at the two haunted house staff members who were also frightened on the side.

"Excuse me, there's no fork in the road in your haunted house, right?"

The zombie wrapped in the bandage in front of him just came back to his senses and nodded, "Keep going down to the exit." ”

The voice of the corpse behind him sounded very kind, "Turn left out of this door, be careful... Forget it, it is estimated that the mechanism has been triggered by her. ”

"Thank you."

Listening to another scream in front of him, Toru Shimizu hurriedly chased after him.