Groggy and groggy for not knowing how long he had been asleep, Tsuruko felt that familiar eyes reappear. It hides in the infinite darkness and stares at itself, its eyes full of filth and malice. The crane sat up in panic and looked around in the darkness.

The eyes don't exist, it's their own bedroom.

The crane exhaled softly, as if it was afraid of disturbing the devil in the darkness. After a moment of silence, she hugged her knees tightly and curled into a small ball, her clothes already soaked with cold sweat.

Someone knocked lightly on the door, and she subconsciously retracted into the quilt. The familiar voice faded through the wooden door, but she could tell it was her mother.

"Cranes? Cranes? I put breakfast and lunchroom at the door, so let's eat at least if you don't go to school. If you figure it out, tell your mother why she doesn't want to go out of the room, okay? ”

She didn't answer, and she didn't need to answer. The sound of fading footsteps and the heavy sound of the security door snapping indicate that the mother has gone out to work, after all, this is not the first day, and the mother is used to it, right?

She opened the curtain slightly with a trembling hand, and a blinding white light poured in to illuminate her pale skin from the sun for a long time. She let go in a hurry, and the room was dark again.

What time is it? How long has it been? Half a month? One month?

After a long time, she slowly got out of bed, opened the door, and brought in the grilled fish and miso soup from the door. Smelling the smell of fragrant warm fish, she wanted to cry for some reason.

The mobile phone, which had just picked up the plate and had been silent on the desk for a long time, suddenly rang. The box was so frightened that he let go of the plate and shrank into the corner with his head in his hands, and the breakfast that his mother had managed to make was spilled on the floor and wasted. But she didn't have time for anything else, just holding her head and shaking in the corner, her mind blank, her eyes looking at her around.

The phone doesn't ring after ringing twice, it sounds like a text message ringtone. After hesitating for a long time, Tsuruko climbed to the desk and stood up slowly on the chair, took the mobile phone on the desk and opened it.

It's a text message, but the other person's number is not displayed. Tsuruko's heart tightened, and in a trance, the mobile phone screen seemed to become those eyes. She suddenly wanted to throw her phone out, and throw it as far away as possible.

In the end, she resisted the urge and opened the text message. It wasn't sent by that guy, and the signature on the phone was only three English subtitles "EVA". The text message was short, and her gaze became suspicious after reading it.

There are three sentences on the screen:

"I know what you've been through.

Want revenge?

Come here at 2 p.m. if you want. ”

The text message included the address of a school. She opened the map and looked it up, and found that the school was far away in the mountains.

Want revenge? Undoubtedly thinking, after that nightmarish night.

But...... What if it's a trap? Be...... What about his traps?

But it's not necessary, if it's really a trap, don't be so troublesome, as long as he asks himself to go with a photo, it's impossible for him to refuse.

That...... Let's check it out, right?

After a long time, she finally made up her mind.

Opening the long-lost wardrobe, Tsuruko chose a plain skirt from it. She simply took a shower, combed her long hair into a low ponytail behind her back, took a small bag containing her phone, wallet and keys and went out without makeup.

It was twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was shining. Fortunately, the subway station is not far away, and the crane walked along the shadow of the eaves and soon arrived at the subway station. After a long ride on the subway, she hopped on a long-distance bus. The bus was getting empty and empty, and finally there was no one else but her.

When the bus drove along the winding mountain road, she chatted with the driver, and the middle-aged driver who was a little lucky while skillfully playing the steering wheel, while saying that the terminal of the bus was a town that had been abandoned a few years ago, and it was estimated that the bus would move forward next year. The vegetation on both sides of the road deepened and deepened, and the branches of the trees stretched out almost on the roof of the car. Eventually, the car stopped at the entrance of the town. When I got off the bus, the driver specially instructed that there would be a bus every two hours, and if I missed it, I would have to wait until tomorrow, and then the bus rumbled away.

The town was literally emptied, and there was no one left, creepers and moss grew along the peeling lime walls, naturally proudly asserting their sovereignty. Many of the windows were broken, and I don't know why. Crane stopped under the rusted street signs that he could see as soon as he entered the town and found his way to the school. As she walked towards the towering school gate, which could be seen from afar, she reached into her satchel and tightened her grip on the fruit knife inside. It was taken from the kitchen when she went out, and if it was the one who was waiting for her here, she was going to use the knife to kill herself.

When I walked to the school gate, the heels of my shoes collided with the green bricks at the school gate and made a crisp sound. The people who were waiting here heard this sound and walked out of the shadows of the sycamores, dressed in white robes. He wore a hood and his face was hidden in the darkness.

"Miss Tsuruko?" The other party spoke, and his voice sounded a little deep.

It doesn't seem to be him, but you can't let your guard down. Tsuruko nodded thinking so, but the knife in the bag did not let go.

"Come with me." The other party waved to him, turned and walked through the school gates.

Tsuruko slowly followed, watching the other disappear into the darkness of the sports equipment room. After hesitating at the door for a moment, she followed.

The only light source in the equipment room was like a flashlight with its long tail cut off, and only a short section was fixed to the wall, and the firefly-like light pointed to the mossy basement staircase. Pushing open the door at the end of the basement, the man was standing next to the pommel horse, which lined up a row of things.

"Let's talk about the rules." Seeing her come in, the man patted the pommel horse sideways and motioned for her to come over. "The man who did the wrong thing, Kanno, is inside." He pointed to the door on the other side. "You have an hour to carry out revenge, but you can't hit the head, anything else is at will. In addition, I have prepared some tools. ”

Upon entering, she saw clearly what was on the pommel horse. The pommel horse was lined with daggers, long knives, crowbars and bats, and even a pistol and a submachine gun, each with two cartridges of ammunition.

"These are for people who are afraid of blood, I have dealt with the walls, don't worry about ricocheting." Noticing the crane's gaze, the man explained aloud. After saying that, he smiled again. "Still, miss, you seem to have your own."

"Why...... Why can't you start with the head? Are you worried that he will die? Tsuruko asked, her voice a little hoarse after a long silence.

"No, it's not." The man smiled again, "You can't die if you hit the head, but after the brain recovers, you can't be sure that 'he' is 'him'." As for why he didn't die, it's because you're not the only one who wants to take revenge. Rest assured, he has no chance to take revenge on you. ”

"You...... Why? Tsuruko asked again.

"Personally, I don't like what he does, and it doesn't matter what you think I think I think of as a god or a devil." The man waved his hand and turned to leave. "Remember, for an hour, you can't start your head. I'll go out and don't have to worry about what I hear. ”

The man took the door and left. The basement is silent.

After standing silently for a long time, Tsuruko pushed open the door. Surprisingly, the room was so bright that the man who had given her nightmares was pinned to the wall. At first he had a puzzled look on his face when he saw her come in, but he quickly remembered, and the doubt in his eyes turned to horror, and he struggled in vain against the wall.

The bright incandescent light made the crane dizzy, and the eye appeared again. This time, however, unlike usual, her eyes were chained out of the shadows, and she could no longer peep into the shadows. In a trance, the eye moved, gradually resonating with the figure on the wall.

Such...... Will you be able to get rid of this nightmare?

Without saying a word, Tsuruko pulled out his fruit knife and slowly approached him. She raised the knife above her head and stabbed it hard.