A few seconds before the arrival of 0:00 in the morning, Miss Yoko Taitogawa, who made the ancient style think about it, was standing in the same room as her friends in an excited mood, because the room was a little empty, so instead of being excited, it was better to say that she was in a timid mood now. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In front of her is a wooden four-legged square table, the shape of which is the kind commonly used by rural people in the sixties of the last century. But why would such a thing be found in a remote house in this island nation across the ocean? I don't know, but if you put the reason on this owner with strange tastes, it probably won't be disagreeable.

In short, it was a very dilapidated table in disrepair, and on it was clearly modern - a plastic-framed mirror about 30 cm × 30 cm, with an ordinary white candle placed in front of the right and left front of the mirror, which was lit at this time, and in front of the mirror was Yoko Taitogawa herself.

Taidaochuan, who put his long hair on the back of his head, had a somewhat complicated expression at this time, and under the timidity it seemed to contain an expectation of something, as well as a hint of excitement, timidity accounted for a large part, and it is not worth saying that the reason why this expression that most people can easily make is complicated is for the dead fish eye of Gu Feng.

Taidaochuan raised his right hand, checked the time on his watch, and then took out a bright red apple from the backpack he kept at the foot of the table, as well as a small fruit knife that was relatively convenient for women. After that, start peeling the apple for this delicious looking apple in front of the mirror...... Well...... Peel.

Probably because of the candlelight, or because the environment is too quiet and easy for people's imagination to diverge, Taidaochuan feels that the reflection of himself in the mirror seems a little unnatural, but he can't find out what exactly is the problem.

Without getting too entangled in these, and refocusing on the work at hand, Taidaogawa's peeling action did not pause in the action of peeling, although it was not very fast, but it looked skillful, and it was obviously practiced many times.

It is said that at midnight in a place where spiritual pressure is heavy, the mirror and white candle are placed as required, and then a bright red apple is prepared and peeled in front of the mirror. If you can peel the apple peel one after the other, then your wish will be fulfilled. If you fail, you will be cursed.

Taidaogawa is about this strange talk...... How so...... It can't be said that it is believed (after all, it is a person who lives in the 21st century and has a normal occupation and a normal three views), but it is also with an attitude that she would rather believe in what she has, and she has recently encountered a neck bottle that cannot be broken through at work no matter what.

In desperation, with the idea of "give it a try, there will be nothing to lose anyway", by the way, he dragged a few guys into the water as a supernatural enthusiast. If this strange statement is true, it is naturally excellent, and your work will not stagnate, as for the consequences of failure...... Hawkers, as long as you don't fail, won't everything be fine?

However, although this eldest lady has a selective attitude of believing in strange talks, she still practiced hard for this day for a long time, and spent a lot of energy.

"The first thing to pay attention to when peeling is undoubtedly the knife workmanship, and secondly, the apple skin should not be too thick or too thin, because it is easy to break the peel due to small mistakes. However, this does not mean that the skin of the apple is too thick, and the crispy flesh of the apple will be too malleable and the skin will break together! ”

Tai Dao Chuan muttered in her heart, and the movements of her hands advanced as she thought in her heart, and soon, just a little bit, the bright red apple was about to become naked.

"It worked!"

Taidaochuan's heart was about to cheer at this time, but ...... Will it really turn out to be her way?

Just a second before Taidaochuan was about to complete his final mission, a rat that should have been hit by a thousand knives in every sense of the word ran out to disrupt the situation. I saw that its figure of a high school student rushing to the cafeteria after hearing the bell for the end of class rushed out of the dark shadows, and then performed a stunt at the foot of the table as a field, and climbed onto the table.

And then you know, Taidaochuan, an ordinary woman, is naturally the little (?) who rushed towards her (the apple in her hand) and jumped towards her. The rat was so frightened that it screamed in a voice about 90 decibels higher than it usually spoke.

“…… Don't!! ”

Then he shook his hand and peeled off the apple, and then squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, completely forgetting what was going on, and throwing the apple away, and I don't know where it went.

The eldest lady's emotions finally calmed down a little after five seconds, and at the same time, her mind calmed down.

Well, I guess I realized that I had messed things up, Taidaochuan stood up and looked around a little cringe. The light that the candle can provide is very limited, so the exposure to her vision is relatively limited, but at least there are no ghosts in her field of vision that will pounce on her at any time. This relieved the frightened Taidaochuan a little.

Is it really a lie? Or did I actually peel the apple completely?

Relatively speaking, Taidaochuan is still inclined to believe in the latter.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, as if he felt a little ridiculous, both in terms of ideas and practices.

Began to clean up the things on the table, and when she put away the candles, Taidaochuan's eyes inevitably made contact with the mirror, and for a moment, Taidaochuan was stunned, and then, a bad chill spread throughout her body.

The self in the mirror is looking at her! A weirdly exaggerated smile cracked at the corner of his mouth, and the teeth that were exposed were sharp.

The candles are placed on both sides of the mirror, which means that no matter which candle Taitogawa is packing, her body will not be directly in front of the mirror, so ...... She shouldn't have seen herself in the mirror, let alone the woman who was staring at her and smiling!

In that dream world far away from reality, Nightmare was lying on the floor covered in blood, and there was no furniture in this villa made based on ancient memories, and the only chair that could be considered furniture was made by himself in order to make a handsome appearance, and because of the girl just now, it was now a piece of broken wood. The badly injured Nightmare didn't have the strength to get another chair at this time, so lying on the spot was the best choice.

Nightmares with the ability to create dreams the size of a city are really just a rough dream just because they are troublesome? No, judging from his appearance and getting a broken chair, this guy is more face-saving, judging by his age, it should be like this.

In modern times, even in the world, there are no disasters that can be the conditions for the birth of nightmares, so the time when nightmares appear can be traced back to the time of war, maybe even further, regardless of the specific time for the time being, in short, the old age.

He only did this because his ability was sealed, and this was already his limit.

The person who sealed his abilities was obviously the girl who had just appeared, and the reason why she did so could be inferred from her words to be for the sake of the ancient style. The question is, since she was worried about Gu Feng's safety, why did she let him do this?

Nightmare stared at the ceiling in a daze, he couldn't figure it out for a moment.

The human mind is really inexplicable.

Now he can only conclude with this sentence.

However, the nightmare who was thinking about this didn't notice that the knife that was thrown by Gu Feng at random and inserted into the floor had changed, and the floor that was in contact with the blade suddenly rippled like ordinary water, and the black knife slowly sank and disappeared in the center of the ripples after a while, and after the black knife disappeared, the floor also returned to its original appearance, as if the black knife had not existed in the first place.

Taitogawa stood there dumbfounded, her eyes wide, looking at her face in the mirror with a horrified expression, perhaps because of fear, or because of some kind of cognitive power beyond her, her body seemed to be free from her control, unable to move.

The pale smile of the woman in the mirror who had the same appearance as himself was undoubtedly hideous and terrifying in Taidaochuan's eyes, and Taidaochuan had never felt disgusted and frightened of his face as much as he did now. But, no matter what she thought in her heart, she still couldn't move the slightest, not even to move her gaze.

All she could do was let her eyes fill with more fear, and let herself watch the face of the woman in the mirror distort and become more hideous, and watch her raised arms, and watch her ghostly claws sticking out of the mirror like dead branches, slowly approaching her......

I...... That's it...... Dead?

"Close your eyes!"