Chapter 8: Tomie's Troubles
Flocks of crows flew away from the top floor of the castle, and the sky above Moon River Park quietly turned a slightly burgundy red.
"Wow, this park is really big." Ellie looked up at a roller coaster on her right.
"It used to be the largest theme park in the East End." Ding Cheng took out a map from his backpack and gave it to him before leaving.
The buildings of Moon River Park are roughly in a pie shape, with the Moon River running through the entire complex in the middle, and six themed scenes divided by tributaries on the outer edge, rotating clockwise to 'Dream Town', 'Wedding Palace', 'Metal Factory', 'Mysterious Desert', 'Enchanted Forest' and 'Legendary Castle'.
Each theme has separate entrances and exits, and Ding Cheng and Ellie enter Moon River Park from the entrance of the legendary castle, where they are now located near the 3D haunted house within the theme.
The haunted house has been in disrepair for many years, and the sign at the door is a little painted, but the light of the flashlight can still vaguely make out the eight large characters on it with a plasma brush: "Be careful, evil spirits are approaching".
Ding Cheng couldn't help but wonder, to be precise, there was indeed an evil spirit around him.
"This park is so big, how can we find Yoshiko?" Ellie was rarely serious.
"No problem, I have an artifact." Ding Cheng took out a small pocket watch from his trouser pocket.
"Evil Spirits!" Ellie exclaimed.
"It's a ploy." Ding Cheng lifted the lid of the watch, and the hands rotated around the dial, and soon locked at a 45-degree angle to the northwest, which meant that the evil spirit was in their northwest.
The scale bar representing the ability level at the bottom of the dial rushed to the maximum scale B in an instant, and wandered several times, and finally stopped at B- one block lower.
Yoshiko's ability level is B-
"Looks like Yoshiko should be near Dream Town." Ding Cheng compared the direction of the pointer and the map: "Let's go ahead and find her now!" ”
"Hee-hee, you found it so smoothly? Honey, you're so smart. Ellie held Ding Cheng's arm tightly, and the whole person hung on Ding Cheng's body like a monkey.
Ding Cheng and Ellie laughed as they talked and walked towards Dream Town.
However, what none of them noticed was that the blood letters on the sign of the haunted house behind them became clear little by little.
Because the words are not painted, but freshly painted.
……
"Honey, do you feel the footsteps behind you getting closer?"
"Really?" Ding Cheng glanced back, and behind him was the 'Tomb Raider Cosplay' theme store they had just passed, and there was nothing at the door of the store except for a crooked-mouthed doll.
Ellie looked back deeply at the door of the store, frowning.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Ellie turned her head.
"We're here." Ding Cheng looked at the map, raised his chin and said.
A Ferris wheel on the river, a merry-go-round painted with pink hearts, an open-air theater with a capacity of 500 people, a trampoline for Princess Pea, and a mobile fried fruit house. Together, these scenes make up the Dream Town.
Ding Cheng shone the flashlight on the icing floor in the theme, and in an instant, all the street lights in the theme lit up at once.
Ding Cheng was taken aback: "There are actually sensor lights in here." ”
"And it's not bad?!"
"And there's someone inside." Ellie stared at the bench in front of her.
Ding Cheng followed Ellie's gaze, and there was a girl sitting on a bench about fifty meters in front of her, the princess cut her hairstyle, and held her head with her hands, as if she was asleep.
"Does Kako look like this?" Ding Cheng asked Ellie.
"I don't think so." Ellie said.
Ding Cheng nodded, Jiazi's photo was seen on the illustrated book just this afternoon, and it was no different from the Jiazi in his impression. The girl in front of her is mature, elegant, and demure, and she is the complete opposite type of Yoshiko.
As if sensing that someone was watching her, Princess Che opened her eyes.
"Oh, really, I fell asleep in a chair." Princess Che complained softly, as if she was talking to Ding Cheng, and as if she was talking to herself.
"Are you here to help find my sister too?"
"Your sister?" Ding Cheng shook his head.
"My sister, who is seven years old, is about that tall." The princess pointed to her waist: "Holding a little bear doll, if you come from the castle, you should meet her." ”
"We didn't meet anyone." Ding Cheng and Ellie shook their heads together.
"Where did she run away again?" The princess sighed and stood up: "Bye-bye, I'm going to find my sister." ”
After walking some distance, Princess Che suddenly turned around and said, "If you are not here to find my sister, it is better to get out of here quickly." Because here, something very scary happened. ”
Ding Cheng couldn't help but smile, because as far as he knew, the strange incident in the Moon River did not happen here, but the theme scene called the Wedding Hall on the other side of the river.
"Thank you, we'll take note." Ding Cheng said.
"Uh-huh." The princess nodded and walked away without looking back.
"What a strange woman." Ellie commented, "Who would run around here in the middle of the night and sit quietly. ”
"Didn't she say she came to find her sister? Maybe it's a resident of this neighborhood. "The urban-rural junction of Songshi Bay is less than a 10-minute walk away, and it is normal for brave children to come here to rub the amusement equipment.
"My gut instinct suggests she's lying." Ellie pondered.
"Your gut feeling is that all the girls who are prettier than you are potential vixens." Ding Cheng retorted without thinking.
"Hmph~"
"Let's see where Yoshiko is?" Ding Cheng took out the evil spirit trick and was surprised to find that the pointer on it turned to the northwest for a while, and then to the northeast.
Then there was a thud and it blew up.
"Wouldn't it? The evil spirit plan blew up at this time? Ding Cheng felt that the whole person was not good.
"Maybe we can try that Ferris wheel." Ellie pointed to the Ferris wheel facing the river, with a hidden excitement on her face: "The Ferris wheel overlooks the whole park, and if Yoshiko is outside, we can definitely see her." ”
"There's some truth to what you're saying, but you want to ride the Ferris wheel, right?"
"Hee-hee~ It's not bad for a while anyway, it's so romantic to ride the Ferris wheel on the river at night."
Ellie took Ding Cheng's hand and walked towards the Ferris wheel without saying a word.
"But are you sure the Ferris wheel can still spin?"
Ding Cheng was dragged to the Ferris wheel, and was dumbfounded to find that the Ferris wheel could indeed turn!
And it's turning right now.
"The Ferris wheel is a 10-minute turn." Ellie read the instructions on the table carefully.
"No, the Ferris wheel that rotates late at night, you dare to sit?"
"What's not to dare to do." Ellie replied nonchalantly.
Just at this moment, a carriage stopped in front of them, and Ellie happily pulled Ding Cheng to jump in.
……
The Ferris wheel rose little by little, Ding Cheng held the handle in a complicated mood, the moon river sparkled at their feet, and the water surface reflected the reflection of the lights on the river bank.
"It would be better if there were fireworks at this time." Ellie put her hands on her cheeks in a star-eyed shape.
"You're thinking beautifully." Ding Cheng stared straight ahead, there were only two passengers on the giant Ferris wheel, and I don't know if it was mechanical aging or whatever, it made an unsettling rumbling sound every time it ascended.
"I think this night will be a night to remember." Ellie was very interested, and came to take his hand: "Don't be so serious, dear, you see it's beautiful down there." ”
"You talk a lot." Ding Cheng avoided Ellie's hand, his gaze unconsciously moved downward, and suddenly he saw something terrible somewhere on the riverbank.
"Look there, the little girl holding the doll!"
"Hey, there's really a little girl." Ellie's voice lengthened in surprise.
At this time, the carriage suddenly shook, and then Ding Cheng's trouser pocket shook violently.
"I'll answer the phone first."
Ding Cheng unlocked the screen, and the caller was Milk Yao.
"Thank goodness your phone finally got through." Milk Yao's voice sounded a little hurried.
"Is the phone busy? But I wasn't using the phone just now. ”
"It's okay, now is not the time to say this. Are you in Moon Lake Park now? ”
"I'm already in the park."
"Okay, listen to me, don't panic. I just received news that an unknown evil spirit has been infiltrated in Moon Lake Park in the early hours of tonight, with a preliminary prediction ability of B- or above, and is currently located near the Ferris wheel in Dream Town. So that's the end of your trial tonight, come to the Mystic Desert now, I'll be waiting for you at this exit. ”
"What? I'm on that Ferris wheel right now. ”
"Hey, Ding Cheng, are you listening?"
"Huh? I'm listening. Ding Cheng was stunned.
"Are you listening to me? I can't hear you here. ”
Beep, the phone rang three times and hung up.
What is the situation, Ding Cheng became nervous.
The carriage shook again, as if someone had kicked it hard.
"What are you doing, Ellie? Milk Yao said that there is an unknown evil spirit near the Ferris wheel, and when the wheel stops, let's go. ”
Ding Cheng's head turned halfway, and he was suddenly shocked.
Because he found Ellie, who was sitting next to him, I don't know when, was gone.