In the second year after that, during those days, Goto Makoto didn't know how she survived, if it weren't for the constant comfort of Hideki Saito by her side, maybe she would have collapsed a long time ago.

During that time, the idea of escaping the town swelled between them.

However, Goto Makoto is still a high school girl who has not yet graduated, and her parents are dead, and she has a younger brother to pull, although she still has some property at home. But if you make up your mind to sell your property and leave here, Goto Makoto is still full of confusion about the future...... It's easy to say when you leave here, but what about after you leave? What will happen to my brother's studies? What about food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future? It's definitely not okay to sit and eat, but if you just rely on odd jobs, can you really bring up your younger brother?

Of course, there is another best way, and that is to move out with the Saito family. Hideki Saito's parents definitely don't mind adopting the two Goto Makoto siblings, and even the current relationship is actually equivalent to adoption, but it is not legally recognized.

Hideki Saito also persuaded his parents to move out and leave here many times, but he couldn't convince them anyway. After all, their family has also lived here for more than ten years, and suddenly they have to leave their hometown to live in a strange city again, no matter which family it is, it is definitely a choice that must be carefully considered.

Hideki Saito also told them about his research, but he didn't get any attention from them other than to get some useless praise and praise. In the eyes of Hideki Saito's parents, these things that Hideki Saito studied are nothing more than some academic achievements, how can they be taken seriously?

Even if Hideki Saito told them what happened to Goto Makoto's parents, they still didn't think so.

At that time, Hideki Saito really had the feeling that he was the protagonist of those old-fashioned horror movies, knowing that there was danger, and desperately trying to warn others, but others still didn't want to believe it, even his own parents...... That feeling of powerlessness can really make people lose all their motivation in an instant.

So...... Want to elope?

Saito Hideki's heart swelled with this impulse more than once, he really wanted to just run away with Goto Makoto, the two of them fled from here, never separated, never come back here.

However, not only Saito Hideki couldn't let go of his parents, but Goto Makoto couldn't let go of his younger brother, and the two of them couldn't abandon some and escape from here after all.

After that, they spent about half a year in peace.

However, it is not that nothing has happened in the past six months, and the reason why it is said to be a quiet time is because the strange events that happened in the town are no longer just for the families of Goto Makoto and Hideki Saito.

However, Hideki Saito and Goto Makoto, especially Goto Makoto's side, those strange events have never stopped, as if the curse of the whirlpool will never stop.

At one point, Goto Makoto's hair was accidentally cursed by a whirlpool, causing her hair to grow wildly as if she were self-conscious, and bent into the shape of a whirlpool.

Under the influence of this strange whirlpool hairstyle, the people around him will not be consciously attracted to it, so that Goto Makoto will become the focus of attention wherever he goes.

However, the price of this crazy hair growth is that it will absorb a lot of nutrients from the human body, so that Goto Makoto fell into malnutrition during that time, and he can't even walk.

In the end, this curse was also infected by another girl in Goto Makoto's class, and the two fought like a mountain that could not tolerate two tigers, and Saito Hideki took the opportunity to cut Goto Makoto's hair short with scissors at that time, which saved Goto Makoto.

And the girl in the same class, because she was not cut off from her hair, was cursed, so in the end, all the nutrients in her body were absorbed by her hair and turned into a terrifying dried corpse.

There are many more examples like this, but the most terrifying is the change of the snail man......

It was close to summer, and at that time, it had been almost a year since the change in Goto's father last year.

After nearly a year of research, Hideki Saito has finally unearthed a major discovery that almost completely unravels the mystery of Goto Town.

On that day, Hideki Saito pulled Goto Makoto to his room and told her about the results of his research.

At this time, in Hideki Saito's room, not only was the table full of documents, but even the walls of the room were covered with old newspapers, old photographs, and so on.

Hideki Saito opened a notebook full of marks, took a deep breath, and said, "Makoto, I have something to tell you......"

Although Goto Makoto looked a lot haggard because of the drastic changes in her life, she still touched Saito Hideki's face distressedly and said, "Hideki, you look very tired, you should have a good rest." ”

At that time, Hideki Saito, not only had thick dark circles under his eyes, his eyeballs were bloodshot, but even his cheeks were sunken, and he looked like he was going to die suddenly at any time.

However, Saito Hideki didn't have time to pay attention to this, he grabbed Goto Makoto's hand, and put it on the table, then opened the notebook, pointed to a hand-drawn pattern in the notebook, and said, "Makoto, you take a look at this." ”

"What is this?" Goto Makoto looked at the pattern, it was a swirl-shaped pattern, but it looked very neat, like an architectural drawing.

Hideki Saito said, "This is a drawing I found in the longhouse, and I drew it. ”

"Longhouse?!" Goto Makoto couldn't help but change color for a while, the longhouses that Saito Hideki was talking about were some old buildings in Goto Town, they were some wooden longhouses, which looked very old, and many of them were dilapidated. But there are still a few that can be inhabited, so they are rented out to the poor by some landowners. However, since last year, all the residents who live in the longhouse have suffered from a very terrible skin disease.

Anyone who has that kind of disease will grow spiral keratinates like drills on their skin, all over their bodies, and even their eyeballs and tongue will turn into that kind of ghost, and the whole person will look like a demon crawling out of hell!

Goto Makoto and Hideki Saito both agree that it must have been caused by the curse of the whirlpool, but could they still go and tear down the house themselves? Therefore, I can only try to maintain a respectful attitude.

Unexpectedly, Hideki Saito actually took such a big risk and ran into the longhouse to find clues!

(End of chapter)