Five years ago, the male owner of Sugie House was hit to death by a blunt object in the middle of the night, and the hostess panicked and reported that someone had broken into the house and robbed him.

The police rushed out, but they were never able to catch the murderer. After that, the sad hostess took her son away, and the vacant house became a haunted house......

All of the above is false.

In fact, Shiraishi remembers that the truth given in the original book was: It was not a robber who killed the male protagonist, Sugie Xu, but his son who had a quarrel with him and was angrily reprimanded by him.

The house was too big, and that was not good—when the son and Lao Tzu fought, Mrs. Sugie, the only possible fighter, was completely unaware.

By the time she woke up and hurried through half of the house, her husband was already cold, and her son had become a murderer covered in blood.

A family of three, one and a half is missing. Mrs. Sugie, who was on the verge of collapse, watched her son kneel in front of her and wept bitterly, her heart like a knife.

After standing in a daze for a long time, she finally made a difficult decision.

- She wants to protect her son and keep this only remaining relative.

The two then made the illusion of leaving, but in fact, they secretly returned to this ancient bungalow and lived an unseen underground life, trying to survive the prosecution deadline so that Akio Sugie could no longer be prosecuted.

Theoretically, this is possible, but in reality, Akio Sugie, a submissive student, lives under the gloomy ancient mansion of the dead every day, and it is his own father who dies, and he still knocks people to death with his own hands......

The psychological pressure increases sharply every day, and Akio Sugie, who has trouble sleeping, inevitably has nightmares.

At first, the dream was just a mess of blood and dead people, but slowly, the image of his father began to become clear, and every day, he could meet this blood-stained and terrifying person in his dreams again.

After gritting his teeth for a year, Akio Sugie finally broke down, he found his mother, crying and saying that he wanted to turn himself in.

Unexpectedly, his mother, who had always been obedient to him, did not agree this time, and even drugged him in the meal and detained him directly. I want to wait for the prosecution period to pass, and the two will return to normal life together.

The occasional "ghost cry" in the middle of the night was the painful roar of Akio Sugue. The "ghost fire" that can occasionally be seen by the window is the candlestick held by Mrs. Sugie who is afraid to turn on the light.

Although Shiraishi didn't know where they had stocked up on so many candles and food, they were able to stay in the house for five years...... However, this should be the truth of the "haunted house".

As soon as the thought came to mind, the taskbar popped up.

Under the title of "Finding Out the Truth of the Haunted House", a text box appeared, which seemed to ask him to write the truth in.

…… It's actually a written test, and it's quite strict.

Shiraishi retreated lightly outside the basement door, took the pen from the Q version assistant in the light screen, and was about to write up.

The fox suddenly raised its paw and slapped him.

Immediately after, Shiraishi heard a click from the top of the house where something was closed.

The small sound collided back and forth in the claustrophobic underground passage, gradually becoming harsh.

In this reverberating background, a footstep gradually became clear, approaching the corner.

Shiraishi paused, a little hesitant.

He was wondering whether to catch the two of them now and send them to the police station, or just say goodbye silently.

With both options in front of him at the same time, Shiraishi immediately fell to the latter.

There are less than ten minutes left in the masquerade state, and if that lady's force value is extremely high, and she can't handle it for a while, causing her to be caught halfway through the arrest and disappear passively, it will turn into a scare and make everything troublesome.

Also, if he is lucky enough to find the token, he triggers the hidden mission. As a result, when the time comes, I will come back and see that one of the links of the hidden mission is to reunite with my wife and children again...... Isn't that cool?

A series of thoughts flashed through the line, and soon, Shiraishi made a decision.

He first lifted the summoning of the fox, then lifted [Mask] himself, and disappeared into the darkness without a sound.

A few seconds later, the slender and withered Mrs. Sugie walked slowly down the steps with a plate in one hand and a heavy silver candlestick in the other, and her long, plain black skirt dragged down the steps.

She stopped at the wooden door at the very bottom, and looked down for a moment to listen to the intermittent wailing inside. It wasn't until the peeled apples on the plate were oxidized and blackened that she came back to her senses, opened the door with her elbows, and walked into the room with light and graceful steps.

The savage-like Akio Sugie paused, and suddenly fell silent, and he slowly shrank into a deeper corner.

Mrs. Sugie walked to the iron railing without noticing, pushed the plate through the small opening at the bottom, and smiled at him:

"Let's eat, you can only move in such a narrow place every day, pay attention to supplementing nutrients and protecting your body."

Akio Sugie didn't answer his mother, he looked like he was faintly shaking.

Mrs. Sugie tilted her head slightly, and her old but bright eyes looked at him lovingly, and after a moment she pushed the candlestick a little closer in the direction where Akio Sugie was:

"Why are you huddled in such a dark place all day? Akio, come to Mom, come to dinner. ”

Akio Sugie stared at the candlestick, breathing heavily, his face full of fear.

It is a heavy imitation silver candlestick with a base attached to a handle for holding it, and three slits at the top, each with a flaming candle at the tip.

This is not a real silver candlestick, it is difficult to rust, and it stands to reason that its surface should be white and shiny.

But if you look closely, you can see that the candlestick has a dark color in the intricate patterns, and then they are sealed with wax and oil, like a tightly preserved specimen.

Others may think it's rust, but Akio Sugie knows that it's clearly coagulated blood.

- It was blood that came out of the back of his father's head five years ago.

If the police who received the report were here, maybe he would be able to match the number: this was one of the items that Mrs. Sugie reported missing, and it is said that they were taken away by the gangsters as real silver.

Under the soft and flickering candlelight, those strange dark lines seemed to come alive and clear.

Seeing Mrs. Sugie approaching with a candlestick, Sugie Akio suddenly collapsed: "I was wrong! Mom, I was really wrong! Let me turn myself in, please, let me turn myself in! ”

"Don't be like this, Akio, the time limit for prosecution will pass soon." Mrs. Sugie sat on her knees on the ground covered with dust and weeds, and looked at him with a gentle gaze:

"Mom promised to help you, and she will do it. You see, mom has worked so hard, you don't want to say such willful things anymore, okay? ”

Her withered hands gripped the candlestick, her slender fingers tangled with the shadows on the candlestick.

……

On the street more than ten meters away, Ayumi Yoshida, who was passing by to buy vegetables, suddenly had a thrill.

She hugged Mrs. Yoshida's arm next to her, half scared and half coquettish, and said, "Mom, there is a voice in the haunted house again!" ”

Mrs. Yoshida smiled habitually and touched her head: "How many times have I said it, it's the sound of the wind." Ayumi is in the first grade, and it's time to believe in science. ”

"Hmm...... But it sounds like someone screaming. Ayumi Yoshida was still afraid, her moist eyes rolled, and she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have heard a saying that the best way to overcome fear is to face it.

…… It's better to bring your friends and come here to explore the adventure!

It just so happened that there was a new transfer student in the class, and he was always alone, and he didn't have any friends, which was too pitiful.

Be sure to call him with you then.

It is said that adversity sees the truth, and after this time, he will definitely be able to make friends.

Thinking of this, Ayumi Yoshida became happy again, and she took her mother's soft and warm hand and continued to walk home.