Hosokawa Koharu turned to the first page of the original manuscript of "Midnight Bell".

Usually the first page of the comic is basically the cover of the comic, and the skill of drawing the cover can also reflect the author's drawing skills.

And the cover of the Midnight Bell...

This is the picture on the excessively clean manuscript paper.

Judging from the background, this should be a small Japanese-style room.

In a small, dark, damp Japanese-style room, a TV flashes with snowflakes...

The background is black.

In the cold room, only the TV with a snowflake screen exudes bright colors

And with light, people's eyes will unconsciously chase light.

But the brightness of this TV screen is not warm, but it seems to have a cold feeling.

It's like a cool palm sliding down the neck, which makes people feel cold in the bottom of their hearts.

Hosokawa Koharu looked up to goosebumps, and nodded secretly in his heart.

This cover is quite exquisitely drawn, and the color matching is also exquisite, and the author's painting power should not be weak.

It seems that the author of "Midnight Bell" still has some material, and it doesn't seem to be half a bowl of water. No wonder he dared to write about 'heart, history of epilepsy'.

But I just want to scare the editors... It's still too tender.

Hosokawa Koharu thought in his heart, but his subordinates turned to the next page and began to officially review the plot.

Sunday, September 5th.

In a small compartment at the top of the manuscript, there is such a date.

This... What does it mean to leave a date?

Hosokawa Koharu didn't quite understand.

With this question in mind, she continued to look down.

The story begins between Tomoko Asakawa and her friend Tomoko.

Late at night, fifteen or sixteen-year-old female high school students were in the spring season, and the two of them hugged each other and rolled the sheets, and from time to time they said some colored jokes to each other...

The relaxed atmosphere and the painting skills of the author of "Midnight Bell" vividly restored the characters made Hosokawa Koharu can't help but smile a little.

But soon, Tomoko, who had long hair, turned her head and spoke as if she had just remembered something:

"Speaking of which, have you heard a weird story about a video tape lately?"

"Video weirdness?" Tomoko Asakawa, who was originally rolling with Tomoko, was stunned.

Tomoko knows that Tomoko likes urban weird talk, and usually Tomoko will follow Tomoko to coax.

But today was a little different, her face sank all of a sudden, and she looked a little gloomy and scared.

This frame of Asakawa Tomoko's cold expression was in stark contrast to the cheerful and smiling expression of the previous frame Tomoko.

The speed at which the complexion changed was as if Tomoko Asakawa had suddenly torn off her face with bloody skin...

This painting technique...

Hosokawa Koharu looked at it and felt a chill down his spine.

The story continues.

"Hmm. Tape weirdness. Tomoko nodded, "A high school boy went on vacation to Izu Island with his family, and they stayed in an old guesthouse. ”

The inn is old, wooden, crawling with withered creepers, and surrounded by lush, chilly woods.

Hosokawa Koharu feels as if she has become the Tomoko in the story.

Yes...

The image of the comic pulls... It became three-dimensional.

When Hosokawa Koharu came back to his senses in a trance, there was Tomoko sitting in front of her with an excited face.

The other party's voice and expression are very real, as if they can touch it with their hand.

"That high school boy wants to hang out, but he doesn't want to miss the show he wants to watch," Tomoko looked at Hosokawa Koharu and continued excitedly, "So he planned to use the video recorder to list the show when he went to play, but..."

Tomoko spread her hands.

"But there is no TV station in Izu Island that uses this channel, so I guess nothing was recorded. But while he was playing the tape at home, a woman appeared on the channel, and she raised her hand—"

Syllable!

A crunch!

Pale Fingers! Suddenly lifted!

As if to poke Hosokawa Koharu's face, Tomoko's expression began to distort.

The long black hair began to dance, the red lips were twisted, and the smile was open! Indescribably terrifying! Black 'ink' comes out of the black eyes.

"You're going to die in a week!"

Thundered!

An indescribable sense of fear rose over Hosokawa Koharu's heart, and she tumbled off her office chair in embarrassment, and then Tomoko's figure was slowly pulled back into the manga and disappeared without a trace.

"Whew..."

Hosokawa Koharu's facial muscles stiffened, and his face was covered with cold sweat.

She looked at the manuscript in her hand in disbelief.

The above is the expression of Tomoko Asakawa who was frightened by Tomoko and stayed in place.

This sense of substitution is too strong... Right?

This fear feels like it's about to squeeze my heart open...

But... I want to look down!

The more scared I was, the more I wanted to look down.

It's like being addicted.

I'm afraid, I still want to see it.

Hosokawa Koharu's fingers trembled and flipped down.

Tomoko looked at the stunned Asakawa Tomoko with some joy.

After all, Tomoko, who listened to the strange talk, was really frightened by the strange talk he said.

Later, the boy received a phone call. The phone call consisted of just one sentence: 'You see it'. A week later, the boy died. ”

Tomoko sums up the strange story and seems satisfied with Tomoko's reaction.

But soon, she realized that something was wrong.

When she couldn't stop laughing, her friend Tomoko Asakawa's face became worse and worse.

That's when Tomoko thought of something.

She looked at Tomoko Asakawa and asked uncertainly after a while, "Tomoko... I remember that you traveled to Izu Island with Ido-kun and them last week, right? ”

The atmosphere became tense.

The darkness of the night outside seemed to symbolize some ominous omen.

Tomoko got out of her chair and sat on the carpet with Tomoko: "That night, Ido-kun found a strange box of videotapes, and we watched them all. ”

Originally, Tomoko wanted to tell Tomoko with a lighter smile, but in the end, Tomoko's smile was invisible.

Her eyes were fixed on the desktop, as if she was stuck in a memory: "I just remember that as soon as I watched the video, the phone rang, and there was no one on the other side of the phone." ”

Tomoko, who was still smiling, couldn't laugh anymore.

She just stunned and muttered to herself, "It's terrifying." And there was no more to it.

"Everyone else had heard the story, and everyone was scared." Tomoko Asakawa turned her head and couldn't laugh at all: "Today is a week." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Hosokawa Koharu, who originally thought that there was still a one-week buffer period, only felt that the shadow was climbing on his back, and goosebumps were all up.

It's as if something that can't be seen is watching you in the dark.

Tomoko in the story was also stunned.

She looked at Tomoko's expression, her gaze lifted and lowered, and after a long while, she smiled reluctantly and embarrassedly: "You just want to scare me, Tomoko." ”

Silent.

Be quiet.

There was not a sound in the room.

It's as if even the air has condensed.

The next moment-

Tomoko, who had a gloomy face, smiled brightly, and she hammered Tomoko's shoulder: "How did you guess? ”

Tomoko, who was heavily faced, showed an incredulous expression, and after a long while, she patted Tomoko on the shoulder angrily and funny: "Unbelievable, you guy-"

The two of them were happily arguing again.

yes, Tomoko was just joking.

The sense of horror was swept away, as if nothing existed, and even the lights seemed to be a little brighter.

Even Hosokawa Koharu, who was still nervous just now, breathed a sigh of relief.

What a scary!

She was terrified of a phone call informing her of her death in seven days.

Hosokawa Koharu flips to the next page.

The composition of this page is simple.

But it made Hosokawa Koharu's originally relaxed mood instantly rise again.

Jingle Bell –

Phone...

Ringed.