'Mikawa is a haunter'?

Kitagawa Temple doesn't believe much in this.

Because if you continue to read the news of Mikawa Town, you will no longer see any disappearances or murders.

If there really is a spirit or resentful spirit like the 'Mikawa God', then the probability of a case in Mikawa Town cannot be so small.

But in fact, the town of Mikawa has found any records of terrorist cases in the past twenty years, which shows that the 'Mikawa God' mentioned in the previous news does not exist at all.

The four children disappeared for other reasons, the biggest of which was perhaps the most -

"Man-made crimes..."Miku Kamiya muttered Kitagawa Temple's guess.

Yes, it's man-made.

There are so many resentful spirits in this world who commit crimes, and most of the cases are solved by the police themselves.

If there were so many resentful spirits, the world would have been in chaos a long time ago.

The reason why Kitagawa Temple has encountered so many resentful spirits is because of his own physique that attracts spirits.

If you are an ordinary person, it is estimated that you will not see a few spirits in your life, let alone the kind of resentful spirits that can be materialized.

Kitagawa Temple narrowed his eyes.

But compared to resentful spirits, man-made crimes are undoubtedly more troublesome and more difficult to deal with.

There's a saying that says.

People know that ghosts are terrifying, and ghosts know that people are poisonous.

There are some people with distorted psychology, and the events and harm to society can cause are far more terrifying than some unconscious low-level resentful spirits.

It is said that the resentful spirit is terrifying, but few people have seen it. On the contrary, some people can be vicious to the point of being frightening.

It is also mentioned in "The Lost Mikawa", and in the end, it was the murderer possessed by the spirit that killed the heroine, and the male protagonist was confused.

So is this a tragedy caused by evil spirits, or is it a tragedy caused by man?

If the killer hadn't killed the second survivor, would the outcome have changed enough?

No one knows.

It seems that it is necessary to go to the local area to investigate.

Thinking about this, Kitagawa Temple no longer hesitates.

He felt it was time.

Seeing that Kitagawa Temple began to put on a coat for going out, Kamiya Mirai said, "Is the temple kun planning to visit Raito Castle next?" ”

"Let's put the matter of visiting Rai Hu Castle a little later." After pondering for a while, Kitagawa Temple said, "I'm going to go to Kobayashi Kiyoi. ”

Kiyoi Kobayashi?

Kamiya Mirai was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the patient who was living in the psychiatric department of the hospital.

According to Kitagawaji, the curse of the other party has been transferred to his own body by him.

"He's probably a lot more stable now than he was before, and we should be able to ask some specific details about their game."

Kitagawa Temple said and stood up.

"Ahh Wait, Si-kun, I'll go with you. ”

"Hmm."

After a brief exchange between the two of them, they went out and turned to the station.

It took about forty-five minutes for Kitagawa Temple and Kamiya Mirai to come back to the hospital they had been at the last time.

After registering at the front desk of the hospital, the two of them went upstairs and went to the psychiatric department again.

Today's psychiatric department is also very quiet, except for the occasional senseless wailing and crying from some of the wards.

Kitagawa Temple and Kamiya Mirai walked to the door of Kobayashi Kiyoi's hospital room and looked into it.

Kobayashi Kiyoi, whose face has improved significantly, is smiling and chatting with his mother Kobayashi Saki.

Saki Kobayashi was next to him wiping tears with a smile on his face.

Although it was not good to disturb the reunion of mother and child, Kitagawa Temple still knocked on the door of the ward.

"Here we are." Kobayashi Zaki answered, and then opened the door of the ward.

As soon as he saw the comer, Kobayashi Saki's eyes couldn't help but shine: "Beichuan-san, and Kamiya-san?" I was talking to Kiyoi about you just now, so please come in. ”

"Excuse me." The two nodded, and walked into the ward without treating themselves as outsiders.

"Kitagawa-san... And Kamiya-san. "Kobayashi Kiyoi obviously remembers Kitagawa Temple, the man who pulled himself out of the sea of suffering.

Since the last time he bumped into Beichuan Temple, he has never had those weird dreams, and he has never seen those terrifying children again.

The quality of sleep and the stability of his mental state also alleviated his anxiety a lot.

It can be said that he can now chat with his mother so calmly thanks to Kitagawa Temple.

It's just that compared to the thanks in his eyes, Beichuan Temple only nodded lightly and didn't say too much.

Helping Kiyoi Kobayashi is just to investigate the ins and outs of the whole thing.

After everyone sat down, Beichuan Temple said straight to the point:

"Kobayashi-san, I want to talk to you about the four-person game of hide and seek, I don't know if it's okay?"

A game of hide-and-seek for four?

As soon as he heard this name, which made him miserable for the rest of his life, Kobayashi Kiyoi's face turned pale.

After a long time, Kobayashi Kiyoi eased up and looked at his mother beside him:

"Mom, I'm a little hungry, but I don't want to eat hospital meals, can you go to the convenience store on the other side and buy me a bento?"

“... It can be..."Kobayashi Saki glanced at Kobayashi Kiyoi strangely, but out of love for her son, she still agreed: "Then Kitagawa-san, help me watch Kiyoi for a while, I'll go and come back." ”

Her thief-proof expression made Kobayashi Kiyoi laugh wryly.

There's no way, he kept wanting to commit suicide for the first two days, and it's normal for him to be looked at by Kobayashi Saki with such a gaze.

After Kobayashi Saki completely left the ward, Kobayashi Kiyoi, who was lying on the hospital bed, straightened his body slightly.

He took a deep breath, then exhaled, repeating the action several times before looking at Kitagawa Temple:

"Kitagawa-san wants to know about the follow-up of the four-player hide-and-seek game, right?"

He probably knew the purpose of Kitagawa Temple.

After all, someone like the other party with extraordinary abilities must have come for a game of hide-and-seek for four people.

"It would be nice if you could tell me."

The other party's EQ is not too low, and Beichuan Temple is a little relieved.

After thinking for a moment, Kiyoi Kobayashi slowly talked about the specific process of holding a four-person hide-and-seek game:

"I remember that there were a lot of people from the school at the beginning, and Kamiya-san was also there, and then I played this four-person game of hide-and-seek with Hoshino, Iharu, and Ebina."

"Actually, it's just to satisfy your desire to express... At that time, so many people were watching, and it was impossible not to do it, and it was a little embarrassing to run away like that. After that, people said, 'Let's get started.'" ”

"I just recited the incantation with them four times and waited for a long time." Kobayashi Kiyoi scratched his head, and regretted a little why he wanted to join in this excitement in the first place, and why he couldn't suppress his desire to perform.

"But in fact, nothing happened that night, I just felt a little chilly on my body, but looking at the envious eyes of those students in the same grade around me, I was actually very useful in my heart, so I didn't care about those details."

Miku Kamiya suddenly spoke: "But things are far from ending so simply, right?" ”

Kobayashi Kiyoi nodded a little embarrassedly in acknowledgement.

"Ever since that game, I always felt like something was watching me in my room, and it was a strange feeling, it seemed like it was just a symptom at first, it was a psychological illusion, and then it became clearer and clearer... It was as if someone was watching me. ”

A terrifying expression slowly appeared on Kiyoi Kobayashi's face.

"Can you imagine that? Kamiya-san, Kitagawa-san... The kind of person who is used with great resentment... I can't wait to drink all your flesh and blood one bite at a time, it seems to be everywhere, in my room, outside my room, on the ceiling, on the ground... Possible... Still behind your back. ”

Kamiya Mirai couldn't help but shudder.

"But this symptom... After a month or two it was gone. Kobayashi Kiyoi swallowed his saliva and looked at the empty floor with fear: "But then, something even more terrifying happened. ”

"What?" Kitagawa Temple poured hot water for him.

"Thank you..."Kiyoi Kobayashi wiped his mouth after drinking it, and continued, "That thing... Beichuan-san, you should know very well... It's the scratches of children, the kind of purple-blue scratches. ”

"At that time, my wrist Mo Min was strangely cold and tingling, and when I got up one day, the purple-blue scratch had already appeared on my wrist... It's as if there are some kids who maliciously squeeze my wrists every day. ”

Kitagawa Temple looked at the trembling Kobayashi Kiyoi, and his expression moved slightly.

How did the bruisish scratches form?

"I knew then that it wasn't an illusion, it was reality. There was someone around me, but I couldn't see it, I didn't know where it was, and just like that, I stayed up for a few more months... Until that happens..."

Kobayashi Kiyoi's face rolled down with sweat.

"What about it?"

"Well, Yichun, who played the game with me, died... His body was found in the house, as if he had been smashed into the head with a fire axe. ”

"I was scared and thought that I might be the next person, so I told my father and mother about it. But they didn't believe me at all! Don't believe me at all! I knew at that time that if I wanted to survive, I had to concentrate my efforts and get rid of Yichun, and I still had two partners. ”

Kobayashi Kiyoi tugged at his hair and muttered bitterly, "But when I told the other two about this, they didn't believe it at all." ”

"Hoshino and that girl called Ebina?"

"Yes, at that time, there were only three of us who survived, and I told them about the finger marks, but they thought I was joking, and said 'this joke is really disgusting', and then there was the case of Hoshino being killed by a murderer and throwing his body. To be honest, I was almost broken down at that time, hiding at home all day long, thinking that I was next. ”

Kobayashi Kiyoi brought the hot water cup to his mouth with trembling palms, took a sip and said, "After that, I began to see white-skinned children frequently, and they would hide anywhere in my room... When I want to change a piece of clothing, they will crouch in the closet and look at you, I want to take a pen, but when I open the drawer, I always see bloodstained children with severed hands in it. ”

"I can't stand that kind of life anymore."

Kobayashi Kiyoi's face was pale.

"So you chose to commit suicide, failed and was taken to the hospital, and then ran into me in the process of escaping, right?" Beichuan Temple, which has sorted out all the events, opened his mouth.

"Hmm..."Kobayashi Kiyoi nodded, his eyes a little glazed: "I really don't want to die, I don't want to die so badly." As soon as I closed my eyes, I could see the horrible little children's spirits... They want me to go to hell..."

For Kobayashi Kiyoi's subconscious words, Kitagawa Temple can also understand.

This is like boiling a frog in warm water, and it makes people depressed and crazy.

Because you never know when danger will come, and you don't know when you're going to die... I only knew that I would die.

In this situation, you can only live each day in fear.

It is understandable that Kiyoi Kobayashi would become in such a semi-crazy state.

Kitagawa Temple asked his last question.

"Is that Hai Lao Ming still alive?"

"It's still alive... I've heard from my mom that she seems to come to visit me sometimes. ”

Alive.

Beichuan Temple rubbed his chin and continued, "Then can you help me contact her?" ”

"It's okay to get in touch, but that guy's temper is too stinky, Kitagawa-san... No, Master Kitagawa, you must not be getting along with her. ”

"No matter what, you have to think about these things after you get in touch."

Kitagawa Temple has a tough attitude.

This made Kobayashi Qingjing sigh, nodded and said, "I understand, I'll contact you and give you her phone number later." ”

Kobayashi Kiyoi took out his mobile phone from the bedtable on one side and started to contact, and they were not idle at Beichuan Temple on the other side.

The incident mentioned by Kiyoi Kobayashi is very informative.

One of them, aside from the symptoms after being cursed, is time.

Kobayashi Kiyoi, Nana Hoshino, Ebina, and Iharu have been playing hide-and-seek for four people for a whole year.

And coincidentally, there is also a description of time in "The Lost Mikawa".

Since the seal was touched in March, the protagonists were cursed, and a full year has passed.

In the end, the murderer killed the heroine, and the scene of cherry blossoms falling described at that time also implied the meaning of a year.

In other words, the cursed will be killed by the wraith, and all of them will die within a year's time.

This sea old name may be starting to be unsafe now.

Find her before that and ask her some more questions.

That's what Kitagawa Temple needs to do now.

And just as he was thinking, Kobayashi Kiyoi on the other side made a sound.

"Got through."

Kitagawa Temple and Kamiya Mirai look at the past together.