"Maki, you're already busy? Do you know? There's a new curry shop opening at the station today, so let's go eat at noon? ”

On the way to the locker room, a colleague and friend next door greeted Maki and sent out an invitation.

"Yes, it's done...... I'm sorry, I'm a little tired right now, I'm afraid I can't go, but thank you. ”

It's just that Maki can only politely refuse her kindness, and shows a very reluctant smile.

"Well, yes, you really need to rest more now...... Did you go to bed late yesterday or woke up too early today? ”

The other party took a closer look at her appearance, and then found that although her dark circles did not seem obvious at first glance, they were just cleverly used by the makeup artist to cover up the past.

"By the way, I think you should have taken a turn off yesterday, right? Why did you come here again so early today? ”

In the face of her friend's question, Maki could only smile wryly and answer the other party's question while walking into the women's locker room:

"I thought I could rest in the next few days, and I didn't go to bed until three o'clock at two o'clock in the evening, but I received a call from a director at four o'clock, and I could only come directly......

"Well, that's hard enough...... But I don't know what is going on yet, is there any emergency that needs to be changed? ”

The other party stood in the cabinet next to Maki, opened the cabinet door and took out his clothes, and asked casually.

"It should be, saying that the content that was recorded last night is not available, and it needs to be changed and some other news information added......"

At the end, Maki couldn't help but let out a long yawn, and tears squeezed out of the corners of her eyes, and she felt that her upper and lower eyelids were going to fight now.

She complained: "I think my skin is going to get worse again, so it's really hateful, can't they be a little more considerate of other people's difficulties?" ”

Heavy exhaustion and sleepiness make Maki now just want to go back and get a good night's sleep as soon as possible.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to have any intention to wait until noon and then go to the new curry shop at the station with friends to eat.

"Haha, in fact, I may not blame the superintendent, I heard that it seems to be two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, and a black suit and a sheriff came to me......"

My friend couldn't help but laugh.

Then she changed into a gray women's uniform and talked about the news and speculation she had heard—

"There may be no way in Taili, this is likely to be a request from the police, or is there any secret department or something?"

"Who knows, it's just a temporary request to insert changes, and I don't think it looks like some urgent news." Maki recalled the recording just now, and then frowned.

It's just some bits and pieces, and it's just a type of underworld conflict, motorcycle party drag racing accident, vicious robbery and the like.

It's not even the kind of serious casualty that has an extremely bad impact.

Is it worth that much trouble?

But she didn't think much of it, because her friend had already talked about another topic, and her body was still exuding obvious displeasure at the same time:

"Speaking of which, my mother is urging me to get married again...... This is the third time this week, and really, what the hell is she worried about! Am I old? ”

"Ahem, after all, you're about to be thirty, aren't you......" Maki put his phone in a small handbag, and then casually gave his friend a merciless blow.

"Uh......h That's too much, isn't it- wait, by the way, Maki, you seem to have said you have a younger brother? ”

"yes, but don't think about it, he's only sixteen years old now, and he's still a rebellious second-year kid...... And he seems to have someone he likes now, although I don't think people will look up to him. ”

Maki said lightly, and when she said this, she couldn't help but think of the girl she saw last night, and it was said that she was still a witch?

But it shouldn't be a witch in her job.,Otherwise, even if you can fall in love freely.,But it doesn't seem like you can get married.,It's only if the man has to plug the door upside down.。

But it's useless to think about this, if there is hope, of course she is happy to see it, but in fact, she and her mother both agree that it is impossible for that girl to look down on her own rebellious middle two little ghost.

……

……

Forty minutes later.

Maki went back to her house again, and she walked a little staggeringly, and she almost fell asleep on the train.

"Maki, you're back...... It's really hard for you, although you are very tired, but you should eat something first and then go to rest, right? ”

"Ah, thank you......" she replied weakly, and then sat down on the sofa in the living room, trying to keep her eyelids from closing completely.

My mother was busy in the kitchen, and she was alone in the living room, and the only sound of stir-frying in the kitchen and the sound of the TV turned on in the silence had a good hypnotic effect.

Slowly, her eyes became more and more hazy, until she suddenly heard a few familiar lines, and suddenly a spirit woke up.

The TV was playing the morning news program of a certain channel, and she suddenly frowned when she reacted, grabbed the remote control and changed several ...... Then I found something that seemed to be something suspicious.

Could it be that news and information that sounds completely unimportant are really important, and that all aspects of news control and information correction need to be implemented?

What are the officials hiding?! Is it to attract people's attention to cover up other problems, or is it to whitewash something that people are not interested in learning about, and actively throw it out to be obscured?

With the sensitivity of her profession, she felt that she had vaguely grasped the key, and then took out her mobile phone to search the Internet, and then couldn't help frowning.

She found a number of hot posts about what happened last night, among which just a post saying that she had inexplicable heart palpitations last night and didn't know why she was scared was thousands of stories high, and countless people echoed it.

I don't know if the nature of humans as repeaters has been exposed, or if it's really the case, it seems to be the latter.

There are also some posts describing the poster who seems to have seen something strange last night, some say it is a monster, some say it is an evil spirit, and there is a clear speculation that a monster may really exist-

And try to connect the evidence of their existence with the various strange anomalies of the latecom.

But in the end, there is more far-fetched logic, and there is no real evidence to get it done. So except for a few people who agree and support it, and say that they have seen it, more people are just mocking.

It seems that most people think that this is simply a rumor.

This is ridiculous, who would believe such a thing......

She reluctantly put down her phone, and then tried to convince herself that she was thinking too much, how could those things exist? People who believe are brainless!

Although it is a conspiracy theory to say that no matter what it is or how much evidence there is, as long as the government wants to deny it, it is impossible to look at such a thing.

Really...... For her now, the most important thing is to go and rest first, maybe it's because she's too tired, so her brain is not good, so she has such suspicious thoughts.

In this way, she didn't think much about it, but quickly went back to her room to rest.

…………

Time is like a stream, always moving forward, without being subject to anyone's will.

The sun soon rises from the east, slowly moves over the middle of the sky, and finally sets slowly from the western horizon.

The day passed like that, but the night had not yet fully fallen.

…………

Thundered~~~

It seems to be a vibration from the depths of the heart, and it seems that the whole world suddenly shakes!

"That was just now...... Was there an earthquake? ”

Suddenly waking up from his sleep, Maki stared at the ceiling in a daze, and only remembered after a while that this was his room.

She sat up with her forehead on her back, and moaned low as if she had a headache, and just now she couldn't tell whether it was in a dream or in reality, and she seemed to suddenly feel a powerful impact......

Or is it a shock?

At this moment, Maki's sleepiness was completely gone, or it disappeared in an instant, and some strange throbbing sensation made her very concerned, wanting to know what was going on.

That's right, she can be sure that it is definitely not her own delusion, something must have happened.

I don't know why the house was empty, there was no one, and the sudden and dripping loneliness made this mature woman stunned for a moment, and she suddenly felt as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.

Pursing her lips, she walked out of the house, and found that it was evening, the sun had sunset, and night had not yet fallen.

At dusk, at the moment of the devil -

It is said that this is a cursed time, when all evil spirits and ghosts will appear in the sky. When the outline of this world becomes blurred, non-human things can be seen, also known as the time of the devil, the lonely hour.

And those who walk alone on the road will be confused and lose their souls......

Such a thought flashed through his mind inexplicably, and Maki glanced at the residential streets on both sides, and then suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

There was no one, and it seemed that the whole city was too quiet.

Where have all the people gone? Are there any events at this time?

The family didn't know where they went, and even the residents of this entire street mysteriously disappeared at the same time? It even feels like the whole city is the only one left?

Inexplicable panic and fear made her a little suffocated.

Don't dare to be at this time, there was a strange sound nearby, it sounded a little noisy carefully, but it was also very familiar!

It seems to be the voice of the family!

The woman suddenly felt that she was able to breathe again, and her mobility had regained, and she turned around and ran briskly in that direction without any hesitation.

The torii gate and the approach to the nearby shrine appeared in front of him, and the noisy voice became clearer and clearer, and Maki could hear that it was his brother's voice, and he seemed to be talking loudly and excitedly.

She quickly quickened her pace, and shouted—

"Tomoya! What's going on? What are you doing! ”

“……”

“……”

The field was quiet for a moment, and Maki, who ran over quickly, held his knees and gasped slightly, and then he could take a closer look at the scene.

She found her brother standing on the side, his face red and his ears red, as if he was extremely excited, while Hitomi, who had changed into the original shrine maiden costume, and Chihaya at the shrine were standing on the other side.

Hitomi's expression was still awe-inspiring and indifferent at this time, not much changed, just frowning slightly.

And Chihaya seemed to be frightened, and subconsciously reached out and grabbed Hitomi's witch sleeve and hid behind the latter.

In such a comparison, Zhenji suddenly frowned, and stared at his unsuccessful brother with his eyebrows upside down:

"Tomoya! What's going on? You shouldn't be taking advantage of this time to dump hooligans and bully other girls, right? ”

"I didn't!" The rebellious teenager subconsciously denied it, his face was flushed, and he didn't know whether he was excited or angry, "I obviously just want to help her!" ”

"Help her? Hitomi? Why do I feel like you're arguing about something?! ”

Maki blinked, and then she looked at Hitomi again.

"Then again, what the hell is going on...... I don't really understand, where has everyone gone, am I still dreaming? ”

"Yes, it's a dream." Hitomi bowed his head slightly, and said succinctly, "Several of you have strong spiritual sense, and you have some connections with me, the caster, plus you are nearby, so it is not surprising that you are implicated." ”

"W-What?" Maki felt that she couldn't understand something, and she was confused.

However, Hitomi had already turned her head and said lightly to her brother:

"I don't know how much you just heard me talk to Chihaya, but you don't understand what this situation is, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need your help......"

The boy's cheeks flushed, and he waved his hand desperately to make it more persuasive: "I can help your ......"

"You have no idea what I'm up against." Hitomi frowned, a little puzzled why she just couldn't convince the boy.

And he seemed to feel very confident and full of courage, and even the strongest thought he felt in this dream was his-

"Here's my chance!"

What the hell is going on?

She couldn't understand how the teenager who couldn't extricate herself in the second year of secondary school easily accepted this unnatural phenomenon, and immediately thought that she was about to start a magnificent life as the protagonist......

Thinking loops.