Chapter 16: The Curse
We stayed in room 26, and the room was renovated in the past, at least worthy of the money for housing.
I took out the two remaining talismans and pasted them on the door and window, and the only amulet was attached to the fat man's bed.
Rose sat on my bed, frowned, and said, "I always feel that something is not quite right here, so it's better not to live here."
I said, "Where can I go if I don't live here?" You can see it, it's even more dangerous out there. ”
Rose sighed and said nothing more.
The fat man soon snored like thunder, and I fell asleep with tiredness.
In my dream, I heard someone knocking on the door.
When I opened my eyes, I didn't know who turned on the lights, and I couldn't open them because of the lights.
The knocking continued, and the fat man rubbed his eyes as he went to open the door.
At this time, Rose anxiously shouted, "Stop him!"
But it was too late, the fat man had already opened the door.
Then a streak of shadows slipped in through the door and wrapped around the fat man's body.
I hurriedly took out the copper coin sword from the pillow, and without bothering to put on my shoes, I ran over to the shadow is a sword.
The shadow wrapped around the copper coin sword, let go of the fat man, and wrapped all his brains around my arm, and the place where the shadow was wrapped was accompanied by a sharp pain, as if every pore in my arm was pierced with a steel needle at the same time.
The copper coin sword is the most yang thing, which can restrain almost all evils. This strange shadow was not at all afraid.
I fell headlong to the ground, large beads of sweat coming from my forehead.
The fat man was frightened and quickly picked me up and put me on the bed: "What's wrong with you?" Don't scare me......"
The pain continued, and it was difficult for me to speak, so I forced out two words: "Off... door..."
The fat man agreed, and ran to close the door.
Come back and ask me, "How are you?"
I said, "Don't... Noisy! ”
The fat man said "oh" and didn't speak again.
I was tormented by the pain all night, and it stopped after dawn.
My whole arm turned black, like carbon, and I was worried that if I moved, it would fall into powder.
The fat man looked at my arm and said worriedly, "You...... It doesn't matter, right? ”
I looked at my arm and smiled bitterly, "I shouldn't be able to die."
As soon as the fat man slapped the bed, put on his shoes and went out, saying as he went, "I'll ask the shopkeeper!" He knows for sure what's going on! ”
I said, "We have to live in it, and we can't blame others."
That being said, since the store dares to open a store in such a place, maybe they will know what happened to the dark shadow last night.
I was in pain all night, and I didn't have the strength to get out of bed. I asked the fat man to help me downstairs, and when I found the shop, he saw that my arms and eyes were straight.
While stomping his feet, he said, "It's over!" Two ancestors! You're in for a big deal! ”
Listening to the store's words, my palms instantly broke out in a cold sweat: "You just say it, I can stand it."
He said, "You are cursed! If you don't deal with it quickly, you'll never be able to leave the town again, and you'll end up like the people on the street. ”
At this time, not only did my palms break out in cold sweat, but the soles of my feet were soaked: "Then what should I do?"
He said, "While it's still too late, go to the fruit shop at the far east, there is a Mr. Zhangbeard in there, and he can save you."
As soon as I heard this, I quickly asked the fat man to help me to Zhang Huzi.
Not far out of the hostel, the owner of another hotel blocked our way.
He is about the same size as a fat man, but he is kind and kind, not as fierce and vicious as a fat man.
"You're looking for a beard, aren't you?"
The fat man's attitude towards him was very unfriendly: "What's the matter with you? Get out of the way! Otherwise, fat man, I'll kill you! ”
He ignored the fat man and continued to ask, "Su Shorty asked you to go, right?"
The fat man got angry: "Why the don't you understand Chinese?"
He still ignored it and continued: "I advise you that if you don't want to be unlucky, don't go to Zhang Huzi, don't think that Su Xiaozi is a good thing?" He wants to bring the curse upon you so that you can be free. ”
I was puzzled and asked, "Freedom restored?" What freedom is restored? ”
He sneered and said, "There is a shop in this town." Which is voluntary? ”
I was even more confused: "What do you mean?"
He explained to us that this is an evil town, and the owners of the shops in the town are cursed by the small shop.
They have to run their shop according to the rules of the shop, or they will be like the people who show up on the street at night.
Once cursed, you must stay here all the time, and anyone who tries to escape will die of heart paralysis.
If you want to leave, there is only one way, and that is to find a stand-in.
The hotel's rule is to stay open all night every day, but after 12 o'clock, it is closed to guests.
If someone has to stay in the hotel, the owner will sign a contract with them on the grounds that they are "irresponsible". The curse on the shopkeeper will be transferred to the person who signed the contract that night.
The dwarf did ask us to sign a contract last night, but we didn't even read the contents because we were in such a hurry.
On second thought, this guy also runs a hotel, how could he be so kind?
My vigilance immediately began to warn: "Don't you also run a hotel!"
He said: "I am not the same kind of person as Su Xiaozi, from the moment I accidentally came here, I have already recognized it. I can't find someone else to suffer for me. The reason why I remind you is because I have a grudge against that Su dwarf. Let me tell you one more thing, do you know why he told you to find a beard? ”
I shook my head, how could I know about something like this.
He pointed to my arm and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this curse didn't come to you in the first place. But in the end, because of some human factors, I found you, right? ”
Indeed, at that time, the black shadow was running for the fat man, and I attacked the black shadow in order to save the fat man, and it found me.
I nodded and said, "That's true."
He said, "If you go to Zhang Beard now, he will change the name on the contract to your name." In this way, you have to take over from Su Shorty to open the store. ”
Replacing Su Shorty? That is, let me stay in this place, open a hotel all night every day, and guard a group of undead and non-human and ghost-like guys? Are you kidding!
"So what are we going to do?"
He said: "Now you hurry back to find Su Shorty, and you want to come back and burn the contract!" When you go back, Su Xiaozi will definitely say that the contract can't be found. At this time, you will use force. He sneered and went back to his hotel.
The fat man and I turned back to Su Xiaozi's hotel, and when Su Xiaozi saw us, he immediately became anxious: "Didn't you go to find Zhang Xiaozi!" Don't want to die? ”
I said, "We signed last night's contract without reading the content because we were in too much of a hurry, can you take it out for us to see?"
He said: "It's no problem, hurry up and find Zhang Huzi after reading it, this kind of thing can't be delayed!" With that, he walked to the bar and rummaged through it.
This seems to be different from what the man said, why did he agree so quickly?
Confused, he stopped rummaging and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot where I put the contract." In this way, you go to Zhang Beard first to solve the curse, and then I will look for it, and when you come back, I may find it. ”