Chapter 10: Returning Home
I opened the door and saw that it was sunny outside. It was supposed to be my fourth day here, and I stood in the doorway, looking out a little worriedly, remembering the pain of being burned by the sun and the momentary ossification of the wound after the burn. I took a deep breath and took a big step forward to stand in the open space outside the room, the sunlight covering me in an instant, and I closed my eyes nervously. But then I found out that I really had no problem at all and I could stand in the sun. It turned out that I really came to life, and I gratefully touched the [Blue Ghost Chain] around my neck.
The fog had long since lifted, and the thorns were slowly withering, and I saw that it was really a mountain, but I had never been on it, and I went down the hill along the path, and when I walked back to the road, I was shocked to find that the road to the house had disappeared. By this time, the excitement had completely overshadowed the doubts in my heart, thinking of my grandmother's reaction when I got home, and how happy my mother would be to hear the news that I was still alive. At this time, I found that the streets were inaccessible, full of dried blood, the whole county was a mess destroyed by thorns, many thorns were stained with blood, many houses on the streets had collapsed due to the rapid growth of thorns, and some buildings had tilted and crumbled. From time to time, shouts and cries can be heard in the distance, which must be the sorrow of the deceased relatives. Seeing this, I am even more worried about the situation at home? I ran as fast as I could, praying that my grandmother would be safe as I ran.
When I ran to the gate of the community out of breath, I found that the community was densely packed with people, many people set up tents in the community, the strange thing is that there are no thorns in the community, the buildings are intact, compared to the situation outside the community, this is simply a peach orchard, without any impact. "What's going on?" With that, I went upstairs, came to the door, knocked on the door a few times, and found that no one had opened it. I knocked again, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in my heart, when I heard the voice of a frail old man in the room: "Who? "That's grandma, I was instantly relieved, the old man is fine, grandma must be in a hurry. I couldn't wait to say, "Grandma, it's me, your granddaughter." Then they opened, and I saw my grandmother crying excitedly, and said, "My eldest granddaughter, where have you been?" Why don't you talk to your family? "I.... When I got out of school, I got lost in the fog. I said with tears in my eyes. I can't tell my family everything that happened to me, or it would cause panic among everyone.
My grandmother pulled me into the house and cried as she told me what had happened in the house since I disappeared. "Grandma, why is you alone in the house, and what about the others?" I asked. Grandma said, "Your father and your aunt went to her sister's house, and they said that they would have a meal and discuss what to do by the way." "And what about you, have you eaten?" I asked helplessly, this situation is already very common at home, two people go out to eat, don't care about the old man, and sometimes, they will cook a simple meal for the old man, and leave the leftovers hot. Grandma said: "Give me the leftovers from yesterday, I didn't eat them, you didn't find them, how can I have the heart to eat them." After saying that, Grandma wiped her tears again. I watched my grandmother cry uncontrollably, and my heart was also very uncomfortable. I don't have any nostalgia for this family except my grandmother, so I said, "Let's go eat first, don't go hungry." "Yes, hurry up and eat, you've lost weight these days." With that, my grandmother stood up, and I helped her to the table. When I brought the food, I wanted to cry, remembering the madness of the desire for blood and the irresistible taste of blood for the first time. I'm glad I didn't indulge myself, and I'm glad I had Kazui's help. I don't know where Kazui is now, what the hell did he find?
I looked at the food in front of me and didn't move. Grandma looked at me and thought the food was unappetizing, so she hurriedly said, "I'll give you money, you can go out to eat, and buy whatever you want." "It seems that grandma doesn't know what the outside looks like has been destroyed, but fortunately the old man doesn't know, otherwise the destruction of the county, my disappearance and people's casualties, the old man will definitely get sick urgently. I shook my head and said, "No, let's eat it at home." I still want to accompany my grandmother to dinner, your money, keep it, I'll take you out for a walk another day and buy it again. After that, I picked up some food for my grandmother and ate it myself. I need to be familiar with what it's like to be alive, not to let my family find out about my abnormality, from being exposed to the sun in the morning to now starting to eat, it really shows that I am already a living person, I don't have to live by sucking blood, I really won't hurt others. In the afternoon, my father and aunt came back, saw me back, and asked me briefly what had happened recently. I still say that I was trapped in the fog and lost my way, and then when the fog cleared I didn't know where it was, and then I walked for a long time and finally saw the familiar road, and then I came back.
I could see the suspicious look in my father's and aunt's eyes, and then my father asked, "Where did the necklace come from?" I chuckled and thought to myself, "Could it be that he found something?" "At the same time, I found that an extreme chill spread all over my body, freezing me shivering, I felt the chill coming from the [Blue Ghost Chain], I secretly screamed that it was not good, could it be that this chain is alive at this time? Then a violent anger arose, and the whole body was full of strength. "I want to kill" suddenly came out of my brain, and then all forms of killing, blood splashed in my mind, and I felt a feeling that was both comfortable and familiar, as if as long as I nodded, this refreshing feeling would come back to me, and my body was shaking at this time. "What do you think is wrong with this kid?" At this time, the aunt said. Suddenly, I woke up, covered in sweat, and the cold chill disappeared in an instant. I looked up and said, "I suddenly had a terrible stomach ache just now, but now it's better." I continued, "It's very strange, I picked it up on the road, hahaha, it's not good-looking," I pretended to be happy. Dad turned around, ignored me, and said, "Just come back." My aunt looked at me and said, "Your mother called me a while ago, so please take the time to get her back." With that, he turned around and walked back into the house, with no worried look on his face, but his eyes full of disgust.
I sat down on the couch with mixed feelings. Especially the sudden violence just now, which made me have uncontrollable killing intent, but fortunately I stopped it in the end, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. That familiar feeling, and the refreshing killing intent, déjà vu, was I once a murderer? "I advise you to be kind" suddenly flashed this sentence in my mind, this sentence was in a dream before, I said it in the past, and He Yi also said it. "Was I a murderer, and am I going to be like that? Why is that? I said to myself. Could it be that as my power grows, I will lose control of myself, be devoured by violence, and become a demon who kills people without blinking? No, it won't. "I clutched my head in pain at the thought of this." Nana, is she not feeling well? Grandma asked with concern, I realized my gaffe, and hurriedly sorted out my emotions to reassure grandma. I'm fine, don't worry. I'm going to call my mom and tell her not to worry. Grandma nodded and continued to watch TV.
I went to the living room, picked up the landline and called my mother. The moment the phone rang, I heard my mother's hoarse voice on the other end of the phone, saying, "Nana?" There was a faint sound of sobbing, I heard my mother's anxious voice, she must have been anxious, thinking of this my eyes were also moist, I choked up and said: "It's me" After speaking, the mother on the other end of the phone cried, and I cried too. As for the reason for my disappearance, I still told my mother that I was lost in the sudden fog, and my mother didn't ask too much, but kept repeating, "It's good to be back, it's good to be safe." "I also told her that when the county seat can be opened to traffic, I will go to City B to find her, and I will discuss with my family to go to school in City B. After hanging up the phone, I went to my grandmother's room and found that she had already fallen asleep, so I turned off the light and went back to my bedroom.
After returning to the bedroom, I took off the [Chain of Green Ghosts] and looked at it carefully, and found that after the changes in the afternoon, the [Chain of Green Ghosts] is now slightly purple, and it is no longer as translucent white as it was at the beginning. What's going on? I couldn't think of any answer after thinking about it, so I simply stopped thinking about it, and finally came back, and finally I could sleep peacefully, and I fell asleep after lying in bed for a while.
I didn't sleep well, I always dreamed, and it was always the same scene. I stood in the fog, surrounded by a haze of screams. I woke up in the morning at dawn, and my head was dizzy because of the night's dreams. I washed up briefly, and when I heard movement in my grandmother's room, I knew it was my grandmother who had gotten up and was watching TV. I knocked lightly on the door and opened it to my grandmother's room. When my grandmother saw me, she said, "Got up so early? Don't sleep much? I shook my head and said, "No, I can't sleep, hehe." I went out for a stroll and came back early by the way. With that, I put on my coat. Then it occurred to me that the streets had been damaged beyond recognition by the thorns, and there was no sooner to sell. I put my coat back, turned back to my grandmother and said, "I'll cook it for you at home, I suddenly want to cook." Grandma said, "I can do anything." As he was talking, my father walked to the kitchen after washing up and said, "I'll get it, you can go watch TV with grandma." I said yes and turned back to my grandmother's room.
No strange things happened in the days back home, and people were in a hurry to rebuild their homes. I still have the same dream every night, which causes my sleep quality to drop dramatically. The violence never appeared again, as if it was all a dream, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed, the county seat had been reopened to traffic, many people had set up simple houses near their homes, and the city had sent reinforcements to speed up the restoration of their hometowns. My aunt and uncle came twice during this period, but they left with a few words of lukewarm greetings, and my father and aunt also didn't go to work because the county town was under construction, and they often went out to visit the door, not caring about the old man's body at all, and I was used to the cold eyes and dislike of me. I would call my mother every once in a while, telling her not to worry, my mother's spirit sounded much better than before, I would tell her the progress of the county under construction every time, it is estimated that it will soon be open to traffic to her, my mother is very happy that I am going, and I am also very happy.
After another month, the county seat was finally opened to traffic, and I got on the bus smoothly and came to City B. It's a big city, and I was almost dazzled by it. As soon as I got out of the car, I saw my mother not far away.