What I'm going to tell you next is a story that happened to me.

I am a shopkeeper in the old town in the northern suburbs of Matsuyama City. It is said that those who do this kind of business will inevitably encounter a few strange things. At first, I didn't believe it, but since I recently took over the shop passed down from my father, strange things have been happening around me one after another......

The old town in the northern suburbs of Matsuyama City was built during the reign of Shoto, but when the mainland was defeated, a large number of immigrants came here and settled down, and there were many conflicts with the local residents. After taking over Kuwajima, a new town was established, and the old city became more dilapidated and chaotic, with constant ideological conflicts.

And I was born in such an environment......

My father's shop is in a remote street in the northern suburbs, where there are all kinds of funeral shops, and on the other side of the building is a bustling commercial street, where there is no sunlight all year round, it looks gloomy, and the smell of incense and candles has soaked the whole street. And my family's underworld shop has been around for almost a hundred years, and it has been passed down to me for the fourth generation. This two-story shop is both a property and my home.

Since I was a child, I was required to learn to make all kinds of paper funeral objects such as paper people, as well as various taboo rules, my talent is very good, these paper people can always be vivid, and the paper building is also very exquisite. But I scoffed at the inexplicable rules and didn't believe much of them, and I didn't encounter anything strange. As for our street, everyone knows each other very well, and we have been neighbors for decades, but most of them are elderly, and young people have gone out to work. It's just me, because I don't have a good academic degree and a little talent for being a paper man, so I've been following behind my father.

Until a few days ago, my old man suddenly died......

That night, the fog was unusually thick, and I was looking at the store. My dad didn't know where he went, so he hurried back and took out a package, saying that he was going out and told me to close the door early. I didn't come back until the police informed me that my father had been strangled to death in the parking lot of a shopping mall, and that he was found next to a pile of paper ashes and a puppet. Due to the damage of the relevant monitors, the police could not find direct clues to prove who killed him, and could only determine that the killer killed him with the string of a puppet. No one knew what my father was doing in that parking lot, and I could only hope that the police would find the killer as soon as possible.

My father's death was a strange death, but that wasn't the source of my confusion.

The puppet that killed my father, it's coming! It kept coming out of my dreams, then outside my window! I don't know how to convince the police! I asked the police and they said the evidence was still there! But I see it! I see it! It's coming, I'm going to die......

- Excerpt from the content that has been blocked on the social media account, which is currently banned.

[Item:9109073]

[Puppet homicide case]: interrogation records, law enforcement recorders, 391 sections of monitoring, evidence test reports, and autopsy reports of the deceased

Fatalities: 5

The first case occurred on September 7, 91

Case Overview: Since the 7th, there have been a number of murders with puppet puppets in Songshan City, and the law of the case is:

1. A puppet with a female figure is always abandoned on the ground

2. No relevant fingerprints, footprints, dander or other evidence were found at the scene of the crime

3. The victims are mostly in the blind spot of monitoring

4. The victims are all religious or folk people who have come into contact with the worship of ghosts and gods

5. The deceased died of suffocation, with obvious strangulation marks on his neck

……

The case is suspected of being a supernatural crime, and the National Administration of Abnormal Events applied for the transfer of the file on September 15, and the specific information can no longer be queried.

[Item:9109119]

[Sudden death case]: interrogation records, law enforcement recorders, autopsy reports of the deceased, 2,317 surveillance videos provided by the traffic police department,

Fatalities: 18

The first case occurred on September 11, 91

Case overview: Since the 11th, unknown bodies have been found in many places in Songshan City, and the cause of death is unknown.

1. The deceased were all men living alone

2. The autopsy showed that the time of death of the deceased was three days ago, and the corpse showed obvious corpse spots and emitted a corpse odor

3. The deceased all died suddenly, in a random location

The following is the transcript of the investigation by the Songshan City Police:

"Aragaki Satomi-san, hello, I'm Kusunoki Junio from the Matsuyama City Police Department Task Force, please advise! Since you are the first witness to the corpse, you need to make an investigation record here, and I hope you can cooperate with the police to complete the investigation. ”

"That...... Officer Kusunoki, I don't know why he died all of a sudden, is it some new virus? He greeted me while walking on the road, but suddenly he collapsed, which was really terrifying......"

"Please don't be afraid, Aragaki-san, after our identification, the deceased died of sudden overwork and did not contract any disease. We're just here to go through a process, after all, the deceased died too suddenly, so please stay relaxed and let's talk about some details. ”

"Okay, Officer Kusunoki, excuse me."

"Aragaki-san, may I ask how your relationship is with the deceased Kobayashi?"

"Kobayashi-san is my colleague, I have very little contact with him, just to the extent of greeting him at the company meeting."

"So, did you notice any unusual behavior of Xiao Lin that day?"

"No......"

"However, to say strange things, Xiao Lin has been ...... in the past two days It's not that I want to desecrate the deceased, but Kobayashi does always have a fishy smell when he passes by, and many colleagues smell it, which is a very strange smell. ”

"Oh? What kind of taste? Can you elaborate on that, Aragaki-san? ”

"Well, I'm not sure, it might be something else, I haven't smelled it, so I can't describe it."

"Okay, is there anything else to do with that?"

"I can't remember it, Kobayashi himself doesn't have a strong presence in the company...... My image wasn't very clear, so I was a bit of a struggle. ”

"Well, thank you for your cooperation, Aragaki-san. If there's anything new, please be sure to let us know, it's my business card......"

“…… Hello, as the landlord of the deceased Tan, I would like to ask you a few questions. ”

"Okay, I will definitely cooperate with the police investigation! And I hope to provide a little help to the police in handling the case. ”

"That's right, we need to understand whether the deceased Tan had any abnormal behaviors during the rental period, including sight, hearing, and smell."

"What's the matter, officer, is this tenant doing something? Or is there something else? ”

"I'm sorry, it's not convenient to disclose the specific facts of the case, you just need to tell us the specific details of this tenant."

"Oh, good. This one...... Actually, I don't know this tenant either, but sometimes the rent is in arrears. ”

"Nothing else? For example, the smell in that room has always been there, right? ”

"This ...... I don't know, it seems to have only recently appeared, is there something wrong with the officer? ”

"Nothing, let's move on to the next question......"

……

The case is still under investigation.

[Item:91091614]

[Street lamp man homicide case]: interrogation records, law enforcement recorders, 6 recordings of the deceased's request for help before his death, 2 videos taken by the victim, 8 photos taken, 57 sections of traffic police department monitoring, on-site laboratory reports, video technical appraisal reports, fingerprint reports, and road identification reports

Fatalities: 5

The first case occurred on September 16, 91

Case Overview: Several of the victims claimed to have been followed by unknown persons and killed.

1. The time of murder of the deceased was between 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m

2. The suspect who killed the deceased likes to wrap it tightly and turn his back to the victim

3. The location of the suspect changes randomly

4. The deceased were all killed by blunt blows

The following is a recording of the deceased's request for help:

"Hello, the Songshan City Police are at your service!"

"Hey...... Is it 110......"

"Hello, is there anything I can do to help you, ma'am?"

"That...... I'm a little scared right now, there's a pervert who keeps following me! ”

"Okay, don't worry, this lady, can you describe the gender and physical characteristics of the other person?"

"It's a man in a green poncho! He was standing under the street lamp with his back to me and I couldn't see his face! ”

"You mean, he's following you with his back to you, right?"

"It's not...... I don't know! I've already bypassed him, but every once in a while I'll see him standing under the streetlight, and I feel like I'm lost! ”

"Okay, don't worry, can you turn on the positioning system on your phone, you can send location information, and our police can find your location!"

"It seems to be the ...... of Matsuyama North Road"

"Click——!"

"Hey! Lady? Lady? ”

"I don't know...... Something is wrong here! ”

"What do you see? Let us know! ”

"Hurry up! He moved! He moved! He's coming! ”

"Ma'am, please stay calm! Our police have been dispatched! ”

"Please, save me! Help me! He's coming! He's chasing him! ”

"Ma'am! Shout out for help from passers-by! ”

"Nope! I can't get out! I can't get out...... Help me! Help me! Woowoo woo ......"

"Ma'am, please hold on!"

“…… Please, ah——! No! I'm willing to hand over all the money I have, ahhh......h

"Click......"

The following is the transcript of the investigation by the Songshan City Police:

“…… Qi Peng, you should really want to get justice for your friends, right? Be sure to tell us what you know! ”

"This ...... I don't know! Is Zhang Zhe dead like this? Will I be the next ......"

"You relax first, this is the police station, we will solve the case soon, you will be fine......"

“…… Impossible, that kind of thing...... Zhang Zhe was like being beaten to death in front of my eyes——! ”

"Please relax, don't have so many burdens, you have seen the murderer commit murder, please be sure to help us find the murderer!"

"It's useless! He's not human! I can feel it! I might be going to die! ”

Qi Peng——! I order you to hurry up and tell the suspect's characteristics! This case needs your eyewitness testimony! ”

“…… He's coming! He's coming! Blood! Blood, haha......

……

Investigation is ongoing.