Volume 1 The Nightmare Chapter 23 The Man in the Mirror
Akiko has been locking herself in her room for a few days. She couldn't sleep all night these days, as long as she closed her eyes, she would see the women who had been burned to ashes appear in front of her in the form of entities, and Akiko had no choice but to hide under the covers and shiver. Whenever this happens, a voice in her head advises her not to care about this, these are all retribution for men who can't resist temptation. Akiko would collapse completely whenever she heard this voice, which was like an indestructible lock locked to her throat compared to those terrifying souls, and every breath had to be taken with her consent. At one point, she tried to break free from the shell, but was dragged back by another of them.
Akiko stood in front of the mirror, her haggard but surprisingly beautiful self in the mirror, the pear blossoms in the corners of her eyes covered up the excessive exhaustion, her delicate chin held up her red lips, and the straight bridge of her nose did not need to be set off by highlights. The bumpy figure is the belief sought after by all men, and the black lace underwear just covers the most confusing mysterious points on the body, and the mysterious fragrance is mixed with the gestures, which still captures a lot of fragile souls. It is this white and flawless body that has taken away a lot of young lives.
Qiuzi admired herself attentively, and suddenly she was restless in the mirror, frantically grabbing her hair, one by two, three by one, one by two, two by three, and finally a lot of hair fell to the ground, and then she looked at her hands, the long nails were like ten sharp scalpels sliding over her body and face, and red blood oozed from the long wound, and a hot light was ingested into the mirror, and Qiuzi in the mirror was scorched by the strong light, and the skin and flesh of the whole body were teared and fell off along the wound just now, little by little, little by little, In the end, only the white bones of Mori remained, and the light was several times stronger, and finally there was only a pile of gray ash left where Akiko had stood in the mirror. Akiko in front of the mirror was still so perfect, without the slightest change, she enjoyed the wonderful performance just now, and suddenly the pile of ash seemed to rush out of the mirror, but it was all attached to the mirror, and finally disappeared.
These days, Qiuzi has been repeatedly tormented by these hallucinations and almost collapsed, she said to herself that this is her own retribution, but she, but she, can taste different pleasures from every killing, she began to fear herself, maybe this is not really herself, then who is she afraid of, who is controlling herself, she holds her head and screams, the screams echo back and forth in the house, causing the mirror to tremble slightly, but no one outside the house hears a sound here.
After Zhang Ze got the application approved by the director, he came to the travel agency to find Fang Fan, who was looking at the schedule on the travel advertisement.
"That's it."
"Let's go."
"Let's wait for one more."
"Who?"
"It's the tour guide when Akiko travels that day."
After a while, an energetic tour guide lady appeared in front of Fang Fan and Zhang Ze.
"Hello, I'm Vali, I heard you're looking for me?"
"We want to ask you personally."
"Who?"
Looking at Fang Fan with big watery eyes, Fang Fan's train of thought was actually deviated by this innocent feeling, and he coughed lightly.
"Ahem, I want to ask Akiko."
"Akiko, Akiko."
Vali muttered quietly.
"Oh, I remembered. It's the quiet girl, what's wrong with her? β
"Can you tell me the hotel and room number she was staying in at the time?"
Vali pointed to the advertising paper in Fang Fan's hand.
"Now, this is the hotel, I remember her room number at the time seemed to be 3308, in the innermost part of the hallway. She also asked to change her room at the time, but in the end she didn't change it. β
"Oh, okay, thank you."
"Are you going there too?"
"Hmm."
"Then you wait a minute."
Vali ran into the office and came out after a while.
"Give."
"What is this?"
"This is the talisman of the place, the one who keeps the peace."
After hearing this, Zhang Ze immediately leaned over to Wali and asked in a low voice.
"Is it evil there?"
"That's right."
Vali deliberately made a grimace to scare Zhang Ze.
"Hahaha, this is just a meaning, you can rest assured, the scenery over there is very beautiful."
Fang Fan and Zhang Ze got on the bus to the airport, and Fang Fan and Zhang Ze said in unison.
"I must have a daughter in the future."
The two looked at each other and smiled, both of them were infected by Vali's innocent and lively personality. Suddenly, Zhang Ze felt as if he had forgotten something, and he couldn't think of anything, so he simply stopped thinking about it and fell asleep on the backrest.
When Vali returned to the office, he wrote +2 in the last column of a strange sales form, and carefully locked it into the bottom drawer.
"Vali, someone is looking for you."
A colleague's shout was heard outside the office, and Vali walked out of the office.
"You... Well..."
Vali was about to greet the guests, but was stopped by a tall figure.
"I'm sorry, miss. He's coming for me. β
"Oh... You... You talk. β
Vali was overpowered by the man's aura and immediately chose to evacuate the place. The man sat down slowly, casually rummaging through the advertisements of the travel agencies.
"Why bother with it?"
"You're not the same."
"But our purpose is different."
"Oh? Aren't the crows of the world generally black? β
"Brother Crow, I advise you not to beat their ideas."
"And what if I don't agree?"
The two wrestled secretly, but they worked the small table in front of them. A few cracks gradually appeared on the small table, and suddenly the small table split in half, startling the others present.
"Mo Zhu, there is progress."
"To be able to see the true face of Big Crow is really a blessing for me in my third life."
"I didn't expect you to be so naΓ―ve after all these years."
As soon as the words fell, the black crow rushed towards Mo Zhu, and the two fought together in a different way. The black crow's martial arts are still above Mo Zhu, after all, his kung fu is still taught by the black crow, but he is satisfied if he can stop the black crow's actions. Suddenly, the front desk lady pressed the emergency alarm button, and the sound of an alarm bell rang throughout the hall.
"Why don't we go somewhere else?"
"I can't ask for it."
"Come with me."
Mo Zhu ran out with the black crow, and it was difficult for both of them to see the light, so it was better to find a place where no one was there to solve it. After running for about 20 minutes, Mo Zhu suddenly found that he had lost his target, but just now he saw the black crow in front of him, why did he disappear in the blink of an eye. Mo Zhu was annoyed for a while, and was tricked by this old bastard again.
Since Mo Zhu returned from Luoyun Town, he continued to observe the dynamics of the Special Operations Team while recuperating his body, but one day he suddenly found that all the members of the Special Operations Team had been withdrawn. Mo Zhu immediately realized that Long Feng might be a little unable to sit still, since the special task force was withdrawn, it meant that he would definitely send a more tricky person. Therefore, Mo Zhu had been secretly following Fang Fan and Zhang Ze, and later learned that Long Feng had sent a black crow. He didn't figure out the purpose of the black crow, so he had to stay in the dark to observe, but now it was necessary to tell Zhang Ze about it. If something happened to Fang Fan at this time, it would be a huge obstacle to his plan. Mo Zhu picked up his mobile phone and told Zhang Ze the news, hoping that Zhang Ze would not be too surprised when he got off the plane and saw the news.
After a long journey to the sky, Fang Fan and Zhang Ze landed on this small island in Southeast Asia, the scenery was breathtaking, if it weren't for the mission, Zhang Ze really wanted to jump into the sea and dive. But now he had to force his interest in playing down. Zhang Ze saw the message from Mo Zhu, in fact, this did not surprise him much, the entanglement of the black crow has always been expected by him, because he is a person who will not give up until he reaches his goal.
Needless to say, his target was definitely Fang Fan. After returning from Luoyun Town, Long Feng actually withdrew the special task force in exchange for a black crow, it seems that Long Feng's attention to this matter has escalated, but why can Long Feng get the timing just right? It must be the special task force to ventilate the news, it has always been in the light and the enemy in the dark, if Long Feng really launches an offensive, he really doesn't know how to deal with it, and then he can only choose to be tough? He had to find a way to change from passive to active and lure Long Feng to take the initiative.
"What's the fuss? Hurry up. β
"Here we are."
Let's put the matter of Long Feng aside for a while, and then talk about it after dealing with the case at hand. The two arrived at the hotel, and the tour group arranged their room at 3307, which happened to be next door to the room where Akiko had stayed before.
"Miss, does 3308 live there?"
"That room has been rented by a young lady all year round."
"Can I read her message?"
"I'm sorry, sir. I have an obligation to protect the privacy of my guests. β
"Thank you."
Asking for information hits a wall, so the rest of the matter has to be left to chance.
"Isn't the person living next door Akiko?"
"I don't want to be sure."
The two walked into the room, and the setting sun shot into their room. Zhang Ze walked to the balcony and took a special look at the balcony next to him, behind the same floor-to-ceiling window, the curtains were drawn up next door, which stimulated Zhang Ze's curiosity, and he was about to jump over to take a look, but he found that even if it was for the purpose of handling the case, it was still very obscene.
"Old Fang, the curtains are drawn on the balcony next to you."
"I'll see it in the evening."
"Don't you think that's obscene?"
"You're thinking of something else."
Zhang Ze instantly blushed a little, and hurriedly argued.
"What nonsense are you talking about."
"You almost fell at the police station, and this time... Tsk tsk. β
Zhang Ze's mouth was crooked when he was angry.
"I'll show you it in the evening."
"Okay, when the time comes, I'll shoot a video and send it to Wanli to prove to her how much you love her."
The sailboat returned to the sea, and the white sails of the sail in the sunset looked like a colorful shell, and there may be a brilliant pearl hidden under the shell. Zhang Ze had no intention of caring about the beautiful scenery of the sunset, he was like a sculpture in the sunset, and his whole body was stiffened by Fang Fan's words just now.
One of the customs of this hotel is that whenever there are tourists visiting, a unique bonfire will be held on the beach in front of the hotel, people raise glasses and sing around the bonfire, twisting their bodies like dancing flames, some Africans who come here to work make up their ancestors, shouting old slogans, although no one can understand, but the voice is particularly passionate and high-pitched.
"Almost."
"Hmm. Prepare for action. β
Zhang Ze pouted his ass and was about to jump to the balcony next to him, Fang Fan took his mobile phone and recorded a video for him behind him. Jumping over easily, Zhang Ze landed silently, he carefully pushed the floor-to-ceiling window, but found that the floor-to-ceiling window was locked from the inside, Zhang Ze turned to Fang Fan and spread his hands. Fang Fan motioned for Zhang Ze to stay where he was, and then jumped over himself, and the sound of the bonfire downstairs was getting louder and louder. Fang Fan and Zhang Ze had no choice but to gesture with each other to transmit signals.
Suddenly, a woman's face appeared on the floor-to-ceiling window, as white as paper, her hair was scattered on her temples, and her eyes were staring directly at Fang Fan and Zhang Ze. The two of them were startled and immediately jumped back on their balcony and ran into the house in a panic.
"Was that Akiko just now?"
"I can't see it."
"It's all my fault that you came up with such a bad idea, if it weren't for being a thief and a little condemnation of my own obscenity, I wouldn't be afraid of being like that."
"Zhang Ze, why are your pants wet? Scared to pee? β
Zhang Ze hurriedly looked down, it wasn't wet at all, it was just that Fang Fan was playing with himself. Zhang Ze was really a little angry, and rushed over to fight with Fang Fan.
"I surrendered."
Zhang Ze sat on the edge of the bed angrily. At this time, Fang Fan noticed that the mobile phone was still shooting, and he suddenly remembered that the mobile phone had been shooting because he was scared just now. Fang Fan rewinded the video he shot back to the paragraph just now, and suddenly Fang Fan gasped.
"Zhang Ze, look."
"Look at what you see."
"I'm serious with you, no kidding, look at it."
Zhang Ze took the phone dissatisfied, and after he finished reading it, he screamed and threw the phone on the ground. On the screen, in addition to the woman's failed face on the floor-to-ceiling window, there was actually a woman curled up in a ball in the corner behind her, the woman looked out of the window in horror, and there were countless miserable white faces around the woman.
"What's going on?"
"Don't panic, it's not the first time we've encountered such strange things. But this time it's too many, and hopefully it's a problem with mobile phone shooting. β
Ding Dong, suddenly there was a doorbell. Fang Fan and Zhang Ze looked at each other, but then they became alert, and the two of them simply formulated a plan of action. Zhang Ze went to open the door, Fang Fan hid in the bathroom next to him, as long as it was Qiuzi who entered the house, Fang Fan rushed out and controlled her. Zhang Ze wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants, he first looked at the situation outside in the cat's eyes, and there was nothing. When he was hesitating, suddenly the doorbell rang again, this sound almost scared Zhang Ze's three souls to run away, and he looked out from the cat's eye again, but there was still no one. In the end, Zhang Ze gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and twisted the doorknob.
"Hello, your dinner."
The one who entered the door was a waiter with a low head, no wonder Zhang Ze couldn't see him in the cat's eyes just now.
"But we didn't call for dinner."
"Oh, it was a gift from the hotel. When the number of people is counted at the campfire, it is found that you two are not present, so dinner will be delivered to your room. β
"Oh, thank you."
As soon as the door closed, Zhang Ze suddenly reacted, and immediately opened the door and chased out, shouting as he ran.
"Two people just give one serving, how can you eat?"
But he found that the hallway was empty, and there was no one. The distance from this corridor to the elevator room in the middle is about 50 meters, and it is at least about 48 meters from their room to the elevator room, according to the height and pace length of the waiter, it takes him at least 3 minutes to walk the 48 meters, but Zhang Ze ran out in less than 2 seconds, and the emergency evacuation elevator is opposite the elevator hall in the middle, so where did this person go.
After a while, the waiter came out of the room next to him, Zhang Ze laughed at himself in his heart for being too neurotic, and he caught up with the waiter.
"Hello, I'm a guest of 3307, why did the two of us bring a dinner?"
The waiter ignored Zhang Ze and continued to walk forward, Zhang Ze was a little angry. He caught up with the waiter and tried to grab the waiter to ask for clarification, but found that his hand had passed through the waiter's body. Zhang Ze was shocked and immediately ran back to the room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Fang Fan holding the dinner plate he had just delivered, preparing to open the silver lid on it.
"Old Fang, don't open it."
It was too late, Fang Fan had already opened it, but nothing happened. Fang Fan and Zhang Ze looked at the black thing on the plate.
"This is kombu, right?"
Fang Fan was just about to pick it with a fork, the black thing suddenly turned over, my God, it was actually a woman's face, as white as paper as in the video, that face flew into the air and circled back and forth in the room and laughed loudly. Zhang Ze looked at the miserable white face and screamed loudly, suddenly he felt water splashed on his face, Zhang Ze suddenly woke up and found that he was still on the balcony of room 3308 and Fang Fan was holding an empty bowl in his hand, the smell of the things on his face was a little embarrassed, Fang Fan motioned for Zhang Ze to come back quickly.
"What did you throw at me?"
"Pee."
"You..."
"This is the old way, you were obviously evil just now. Urine can ward off evil spirits, you see you're all right now. What did you just see? β
"I'll go wash first."
Fang Fan chased Zhang Ze and ran into the room.
"What the hell do you see?"
"I didn't see anything, but I smelled the smell again."
Akiko kept staring intently at Zhang Ze on the balcony until he ran back to his room. Akiko turned away from the window and looked at Akiko huddled in the corner.
"Your savior is here."
The bonfire party was in full swing, and at that moment, it was as if the scorching fire broke through all obstacles, imprinting the fiery red light on Akiko's gloomy smiling face.