5-1 [World B: Xi Qianchao]

It was a man — or rather, just a 'human form'.

The long hair bubbled in a pool of red dye, swelled and spread out, and then crumbled up at the ends.

Her body was hung vertically and nailed to the wall, her head like a stone that fell to the ground immediately, and her spine felt overwhelmed and would break off with the slightest exertion.

Her body was covered with steel bars, and almost every part of it was pierced by dense steel, and the blood flowed down and even solidified at the bottom, and the blood gathered in the open space at her feet, attracting thousands of decomposers to come and feed, and the maggots densely regarded this dark red as the lake of life.

I stood in front of her in fear, and suddenly, the 'humanoid' in front of me raised its head—red eyes, staring directly at me.

"No........................ I didn't mean to..................... I didn't hurt ..................."

The 'humanoid' head still retains its familiar appearance. This is my childhood sweetheart, Kawanayuki.

"Mingxue...... I didn't mean to......"

“……”

Kawanayuki struggled hard like a zombie - his hands were torn off the nails, and the rancid flesh was splashed everywhere-

"No, no......"

Ahh?!!hhh

I sat up sharply, covered in a cold sweat. You can't even feel the presence of your limbs. Moving stiffly, there was still darkness in front of me.

It turned out to be a dream.

This is my room. My bed, to the right is the window, but the darkness proves one thing - it's night.

Looking at the alarm clock at the bedside, AM3:26. When did I fall asleep, no—when did I get home?

After hearing the shocking information in the hospital, I don't remember much what happened next. It felt like the memory had just vanished into thin air.

I wanted to go to the bathroom - but I didn't dare to get out of bed.

"Xi Qianchao—"

I shouted my name and tried to be brave.

The floor at home is the kind of old-fashioned wooden floor, and it squeaks when you step on it, and every step is an ordeal.

I'll turn on the lights in the room first. It took a few seconds for the lamp to flicker a few times, emitting a dim light and accompanied by a poorly contacting noise—

After all, it's an old house, and even the facilities in the house are like this.

It felt like lighting didn't do anything, but only added to the terrifying sound.

I walked out of the room and walked to the living room.

Walk through the living room, the door is on the left-hand side, and then go straight to the bathroom.

I walked straight, and then — suddenly.

Knock knock.

[I hear a knock on the door.] 】

Two brief sounds, then an abrupt halt.

Did I hear it wrong?

I didn't expect I to hear auditory hallucinations-

Knock knock.

The same voice as just now came—

“？！”

I looked in horror in the direction of the sound source—

I remember reading a book that said: People knock on the door three times, and ghosts knock on the door twice.

Somehow, I suddenly remembered. A chill began to run down the spine.

“……”

To ignore it.

No, if that were the case, it might keep knocking.

I immediately rushed into the kitchen and found a knife to cut fruit. I don't know what I'm doing and what's the point of doing it. It was as if my brain was moving with my legs, and fear made me do it unconsciously.

The cat's eye on the door was blocked by the word 'Fu' on it, and I couldn't see what was going on outside the door.

Knock knock - the sound came again. Just then, I slammed the door open—

Standing in front of me was the familiar man—

"Kawana Snow ......"

Her outfit was the same as the 'humanoid' in my dream, almost overlapping—whether I was in a dream or in reality.

I don't want to stay in a dream like this, let me wake up-

Smack, the fruit knife in his hand fell to the ground.

I sat on the ground with my ass—

"Who the hell are you?"

"What are you talking about? Former? ”

"Who the hell are you—"

"I'm Kawa Mingxue, didn't you just call me by my name?"

"No, it can't be...... Either you're a fake, or you're here to punish me...... of ghosts. ”

I kept shaking my head and my voice was shaking.

"You're weird—it's weird since you knew my name."

She reached out and tried to pull me up from the ground.

I hurriedly backed away.

No—there must be something wrong.

When I came back to my senses, I realized that I had run outside, and I didn't dare to walk this road in the dark, but now I was running faster than during the sports day.

Aimlessly, just trying to escape from that space, I ran desperately—running—running—

This is impossible, seven years ago, the 'existence' of Kawanayuki should have disappeared from the world - until now, I still remember the events of that time, and they beat my soul again and again.

5-2 [World A: Xi Fold]

3:30 a.m.

I woke up.

For no other reason, I got out of bed and went to the bathroom.

The room was dark, but I didn't even bother to turn on the light, this room is very old. Although it is very large, many places are in disrepair, including the electric lights, and I have been thinking about fixing them, but the repairers told me that it is not a problem with the electric lights, but a problem with the electrical system of the whole house - it is not so easy to fix.

Anyway, it doesn't make a difference to me whether there is light or darkness, and I can barely see the road in this moonlight, and it is not so unbearable.

Stepping on the noisy floor, I yawned and walked through the living room.

Knock Knock –

Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door.

I frowned, how much is this, why would anyone knock on the door.

Knock Knock –

It is said that people knock on the door three times, and only ghosts knock twice. Which mischievous night owl is pretending to be a ghost?

With doubts, I opened the door, and standing in front of me was the girl, Yuki Kawana.

"Hello."

She greeted me and looked in good spirits, not like someone who had been injured.

I pulled out my phone and checked the time.

"I guess I didn't miss the time."

"You read that right."

"It's half past three in the morning. Why are you here. ”

"Huh? The decision I made in the afternoon—"

She shook her head, a puzzled look in her eyes.

Obviously, I should be puzzled.

"Didn't Officer Mountain suggest that the two of us live together?"

"Is there such a thing?"

What did she say?

That's when I noticed that she was carrying a bag.

"You're going to live here?"

I remembered that Officer Mountain did say that the police would send someone to protect us, but there was not enough police in the West End, and it was dangerous for both of us to live alone, so it was recommended that we live together for the time being.

I thought it was just a joke, and besides, I had a sister—

"I don't mind, if you don't."

I don't have any reason to object to it, but it's not a bad thing. After many years of absence, I also have a lot of things I want to talk to her.

But what makes me wonder is, why did I forget?

Why this event was buried in the depths of my memory - why I didn't remember it until now, and all of a sudden.

"Where's Sister Ning?"

"I don't know where he went."

I replied casually.

It turns out that Mingxue still remembers Xiao Ning——

["Xiao Ning is very tired in her third year of high school now. ”】

"yes......"

I said, standing in the living room, looking at Mingxue.

"Would you like some water?"

"Well, thank you."

"Then again, why is it so late?"

"Because of the huge trouble of being discharged from the hospital."

Shouldn't I be discharged from the hospital the next day?

But I didn't ask.

"Anyway, where do you want to sleep?"

"Whatever—the couch will do, actually."

"Then how can it, you wait a minute, I'll go and fix things for you, we don't have a guest room at home, it's good to use my parents' room, anyway, they are always not at home."

"Don't bother so much, it's late now."

"There's no trouble, you go to my room and sit down first."

By the time I finished making my bed, Mingxue was already asleep in my room.