Chapter Ninety-Eight: A Strange Disappearance
Everything is connected, to borrow someone's words, it is the dot-line effect, and if you use dots to represent everything that has happened around you in the last few days, and then find out where they connect, and connect them all with lines, then it is easier to understand everything.
Back in the bedroom that Yumi had prepared for me, I took out a piece of paper and slowly recalled, and then listed all the things that I thought were important.
First of all, the guesthouse where I lived, according to Yumi, it was the ancestral home of her wet nurse Mie Wada, who quit her job at the Takahashi family three years ago, and then went back to her ancestral house to open a tavern, where Yumi often went to play, but she didn't expect such a tragedy to happen.
Mie Wada's body was taken down from a tree early the next morning, and the police could not find any external injuries on her, and although they knew that something was wrong, they finally closed the case on the vague and irresponsible grounds of suicide.
But it's very strange that Yumi actually seemed to know that this would happen, she didn't make a big noise like an ordinary girl, she just quietly walked to the corpse, closed Wada Mie's wide eyes with her hand, and then cried silently.
Afterwards, I also asked her about the fox marrying a girl, and I asked her what happened that day, and Yumi just said very succinctly that after she was forcibly stuffed into a very ugly sedan chair, she felt dizzy inexplicably, and then she didn't know anything.
I saw that my nurse rushed out at that time, but was caught by a black shadow and hung on a tree, and she spoke in a stumbling tone, as if she was hiding something.
But I was so amused that I didn't go any further, for I knew very well that a utilitarian like hers was to hide anything, and that no matter what method I used, it would be impossible for her to get something out of her mouth.
And then there's the girl I rescued that night.
Until now, I didn't know her name, but I had a vague feeling that there were many mysteries surrounding the girl's body, where did she go? Did it disappear with that dark shadow?
Shaking my head hard, which was getting heavier and heavier, I collapsed heavily on the bed.
No clue, no clue at all.
Before I knew it, it had been seventeen days since I arrived at RB, but I couldn't find any clues, where was that ghost place in Usa? And what secrets are hidden in the two black boxes I found engraved with the words "Showa 13"?
Did RB in Showa 13, that is, in 1938, have anything big happen in Usa?
Why was such a thing made?
What is this thing made of?
I've used X-Ray to try to show what's inside, but to the surprise of many people, it's pitch black, and there seems to be nothing, so angry that I almost smashed it open to see it.
But one thing is for sure, each of these two things has different uses, and it must be activated under certain circumstances.
For example, the first black box I found, which took advantage of the dying fears of a flower girl, killed more than 130 people.
And everyone who died has one thing in common, that is, they touched the apple in the same building at the moment before they died.
Perhaps touching the key object apples in a fixed place is the first way to activate the black box.
And the second black box is even more bizarre.
It seems to rejuvenate people, and it will always remain at a certain age, and it will not grow old or die, but it can also take people's lives.
I found it in a basement in the town of Montenegro, and according to my speculation, there is a lot of evidence that if you sleep in the place where you put it for seven days, you will definitely die, but your vitality will not disappear immediately.
The next day, those who die will be transformed into zombies driven by some mysterious energy, killing everyone who makes them angry......
But its function is not only that, people who have not slept for seven days, although they do not die immediately, will continue to have nightmares until the dream demon crawls out of his sleep and cuts off his head.
I and a girl from the town of Montenegro were both cursed by this.
Since then, I've been living in constant fear, maybe I don't know where I will be found losing my head and dying tragically...... And lately, that premonition has been getting stronger......
I took a deep breath and was about to reorganize my thoughts when there was a knock on the door.
"Silent at night, what do you want to eat tonight?" A sweet and gentle voice penetrated the room, Yumi.
"Ordinary home-cooked side dishes are fine." I casually answered and opened the door, but for a moment I froze in place.
I saw Yumi wearing a gorgeous pink kimono, bowing her head, kneeling in front of my door.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, embarrassed.
Yumi raised her head and smiled at me slightly, "That's how a wife greets her husband at RB. ”
"But what time is it now, humans are on the moon, spaceships have arrived on Mars, how can anyone abide by this kind of thing." I said dismissively.
Yumi shook her head, "No matter how times change, nobles and commoners will never be the same. Commoners can be free and throw RB traditions in the trash, but not the aristocracy, who must strictly observe etiquette. ”
"Hmph, you nobles are really not tired." I was a little gloating, "The so-called aristocracy is a rich family." The ancestral inheritance, which has been passed down from generation to generation, coupled with the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years, can indeed allow the nobles to live a luxurious life from generation to generation.
"You could have lived a very happy life, but some people can't see through it and like to put the shackles of so-called etiquette and family dignity on themselves, but what is even more odious is that they not only put the shackles on themselves, but also put the shackles on their children with their own hands, and ask them to pass them on from generation to generation, isn't this self-abuse?"
Yumi was still smiling, there was no displeasure on her face, she just said lightly: "Very incisive theory, you really should meet my grandfather, you two smell the same, you will definitely talk very speculatively." ”
"I don't think I have a chance." I looked at her, "The chances of a vegetative person waking up are less likely than the ancient geisha to get true love." ”
"yes, maybe I really don't have a chance......" Yumi looked at my face with a blank look in her eyes and sighed.
I was afraid that she would cry suddenly, so I took the lead and walked outside the house, "I'm so hungry, Yumi, take me to the restaurant......"
I haven't been able to figure out what Yumi's little girl is thinking, and since I don't know, I don't bother to think about it so much. I'm tired enough of my own business, and I don't have much energy left to meddle with her.
I thought so, but unfortunately it backfired, and later it turned out that I was wrong, and the biggest beneficiary of this transaction was not me, nor her, but something that had been hidden in the Takahashi family......
The thing was quietly buried underground, its filthy eyes half-exposed to the earth, and it waited, waiting for all the characters in the game to arrive, and then waiting for an opportunity to devour them all......