Chapter 5: The Root of All Evil
Many people often use the example of 'frog targeted by snakes' when describing fear, but it is impossible for anyone to understand how scared a frog is in this situation. But now, Zuo Xiaoyou seems to have realized it.
It's like being held at gunpoint, knowing that you're going to die, but the other party hasn't fired yet.
I want to live, but you want me to die, but you can't kill me all at once, what do you want? Can you give it a good time?
Can you feel that kind of entanglement?
With a trembling hand, he took the tape, but strangely, when he held the tape in his hand, all the feelings of fear disappeared. This surprised Zuo Xiaoyou. What's going on?
"Mr. Zuo?" Seeing Zuo Xiaoyou's abnormal expression, Reiko Asakawa asked, "Are you okay?" ”
Zuo Xiaoyou's eyebrows moved, and he came back to his senses.
Nodding: "I'm fine." The conversation changed: "But Miss Asakawa, I'm afraid your situation won't be too good." ”
Reiko Asakawa was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what Mr. Zuo means." ”
"You've got a week left." Zuo Xiaoyou whispered: "Do you need me to say more?" ”
Reiko Asakawa opened her eyes wide, her pupils dilated, and her chest rose and fell violently: "You...... How do you know? ”
"If you want to know how to survive, I can tell you." Zuo Xiaoyou looked into her eyes and said solemnly.
There was nothing to think about, Reiko Asakawa nodded repeatedly.
"Get out of here first." "This is an ominous place, and there is no benefit to staying here. ”
"Good!" Reiko Asakawa also felt that this place was gloomy, so she quickly packed up her things and left here with Zuo Xiaoyou.
……
"Where are we going?" In Reiko Asakawa's car, Zuo Xiaoyou had just sat down, and Reiko Asakawa asked.
"Go to a place where no one is disturbing, do you have a suitable place?" Zuo Xiaoyou asked.
Reiko Asakawa thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Is there a suitable place for Mr. Zuo?" ”
Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head: "I don't have any identity in this world, and I don't have a place to live. ”
This sentence made Reiko Asakawa taste a lot, and her eyes opened a circle wider than usual, "Mr. Zuo, ...... you?"
"All I can say is that I am not a creature of this world." Zuo Xiaoyou stroked the videotape in his hand: "And the purpose of my coming to this world is to destroy this videotape and prevent the tragedy of Zhizi from happening again." ”
"Tomoko!?" Reiko Asakawa became more and more shocked: "Do you know Tomoko? ”
"I was also there when Tomoko died." Left and right said lightly.
Reiko Asakawa suddenly had cold hands and feet: "You...... Why didn't you save Tomoko at that time? If you can save me, you should be able to save Tomoko! Why!? ”
"Because it's too late." There was a hint of helplessness in Zuo Xiaoyou's eyes: "Two minutes after I saw Zhizi, Zhizi died." ”
"......" Reiko Asakawa opened her mouth, speechless.
There was a long silence in the car.
I don't know how long it took, Reiko Asakawa asked weakly, "How did Tomoko die?" ”
Zuo Xiaoyou looked at her and said softly: "You have already watched the videotape, do you remember that there is a shot in it?" ”
"What?"
"In the mirror, a little girl dressed in white with black hair covering her face." Left small right road.
Reiko Asakawa thought about it carefully, as if there really was such a shot: "Could it be that little girl!?" ”
"It's her ghost when she grows up." Zuo Xiaoyou said.
Reiko Asakawa felt a chill down her spine, and her emotions were a little out of control: "Why did she kill Tomoko?" What's wrong with Tomoko! ”
"Calm down." The left and right hands pressed on Reiko Asakawa's shoulder, inputting a trace of internal qi, and the warm internal qi made Reiko Asakawa feel a lot more comfortable, and her sanity gradually returned.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Reiko Asakawa, Zuo Xiaoyou withdrew her right hand and said, "That girl's name is Sadako, which is the origin of the word 'Zhen' that appeared in the eye in the videotape, and the last scene of the film, do you remember?" ”
Reiko Asakawa thought for a moment and said, "It's a well." ”
"Yes." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "That well is the place where Sadako is buried." And that well, right under the room we used to be. ”
"What!?" Reiko Asakawa exclaimed in surprise, and her whole body was cold.
"A boy who went on vacation to Izu with his family wanted to go out with other people and didn't want to miss the shows he often watched in Tokyo, so he recorded it with a video camera in his hotel room. But Izu is not the same as TV Tokyo's channel, he is supposed to record a channel without video. When he went home to watch it, he saw only one woman on TV, saying that he would die in a week. The boy hurriedly turned off the TV, and the phone rang, or the woman's voice: 'See'? ”
Zuo Xiaoyou's tone was low, but Reiko Asakawa was nervous with cold hands and feet: "Yet...... And then what? ”
"A week later, the boy died." Zuo Xiaoyou turned his head to look at Reiko Asakawa, raised the videotape in his hand, and said in a dumb voice: "That boy did his own evil and can't live." But what he left behind became the culprit of Tomoko's death. And ......"
"Miss Asakawa, you've already seen the tape, and if you don't have a way to save you, you'll definitely die in a week."
"Don't!" Reiko Asakawa held her head in her hands, and trembled on the steering wheel in horror: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Yang Yi...... Yoichi is still too young, he needs me, I can't die......"
Reiko Asakawa raised her head suddenly, grabbed her left and right arm with both hands, and her eyes were full of a strong desire to survive: "Please, save me!" I don't want to die! ”
Looking at Reiko Asakawa, who was a little emotionally broken, she patted her hand and said, "Don't worry!" I came into this world to prevent that from happening. You're not going to die. ”
"Really?" Reiko Asakawa couldn't believe that Zuo Xiaoyou would agree to save her so easily.
"What? Do you really want to die? Zuo Xiaoyou showed a smile.
His smile infected Reiko Asakawa, and the fear in Reiko Asakawa gradually dissipated, revealing a slightly stiff smile. is worthy of being the queen of Japanese dramas, although her smile is stiff, she is really beautiful.
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "Has anyone ever told you that you smile beautifully?" ”
The ambiguous words made two red clouds appear on Reiko Asakawa's face, and she smiled shyly: "Mr. Zuo has won the award, I am already a mother of a child, and I can't compare to those beautiful girls." ”
Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head lightly and turned the topic back again: "Actually, the way to survive is very simple. ”
Reiko Asakawa suddenly pricked up her ears and listened quietly with a solemn expression.
"Make a copy of this tape and show it to someone else." Zuo Xiaoyou sent the tape to Reiko Asakawa: "As long as others see the copied tape, you can survive." ”
Speaking of this, Zuo Xiaoyou whispered: "But the person who has seen the copy of the tape will die in a week." ”
Reiko Asakawa's eyes widened: "How can this be?" What about those who watched the copy tapes? ”
"You can only have the person who has seen it copy it again in a week, and then the cycle goes on endlessly." Zuo Xiaoyou said lightly: "In order to survive, there is no way." Isn't it? ”
Reiko Asakawa was short of breath, and took the tape with a heavy left hand, feeling extremely heavy and painful: "I...... Who should I show it to? ”
"Don't be embarrassed." Zuo Xiaoyou patted her hand and comforted: "After copying, give me the tape and I'll watch it." ”
"You!?" Reiko Asakawa looked at him in disbelief.
"Forgotten?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled faintly: "I said that the only purpose of my coming to this world is to destroy this videotape and protect the people here from being cursed to death." But you've watched the tape, and your safety is within my bounds. ”
Reiko Asakawa was very moved, but after being grateful, she was extremely worried: "Then what should you do?" ”
"Me?" Zuo Xiaoyou looked at Reiko Asakawa, and Reiko Asakawa was also looking at him, her eyes were full of worry and anxiety, obviously her concern for him was from the heart.
"What ...... me," Zuo Xiaoyou turned his head to look out the window, "Just destroy this tape, I'm fine." ”
Zuo Xiaoyou's appearance at this time was like a desperate and wailing little beast in the ice and snow, which instantly aroused Asakawa Reiko's maternal instinct, and she couldn't help but clench his hand and said softly: "You'll be fine." ”
Left and right turned to look at Reiko Asakawa's hand, and then raised his head to look at her face. There was no unnaturalness on her face, only full of tenderness and encouragement: "You will be fine." ”
A warm current surged in Zuo Xiaoyou's heart, and his despair about this mission was alleviated a lot.
Nodding: "Let's go!" Go back to your house. ”
Reiko Asakawa was stunned, and her face suddenly turned red: "I...... My son is still at home. ”
“……”
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled helplessly: "You think too much, I went back to your house to copy a videotape, after all, I don't have a place to live, so I can't copy it." ”
Hearing this, Reiko Asakawa blushed even more, laughed awkwardly twice, put the tape in her bag, and said, "Sit down, I'm going to drive." ”
……
When he came downstairs to Reiko Asakawa's house, Zuo Xiaoyou noticed that the night sky was darkening, and whispered, "It seems to be raining." ”
When Reiko Asakawa heard this, she seemed to think of something, her face turned red, and she whispered, "What if...... If Mr. Zuo has nowhere to go, he can ...... Possibility to stay at my house for one night. ”
Zuo Xiaoyou turned her head to look at her, and Reiko Asakawa was already full of red faces.
With a smile, Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head and said, "Miss Asakawa don't think too much, I won't do anything to you." But if Ms. Asakawa can take me in for the night, I can't thank you enough. ”
Seeing that Zuo Xiaoyou didn't have that kind of meaning, Reiko Asakawa breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time there was a faint sense of loss in her heart: Am I really old and unattractive?
With a little tangled mood, Reiko Asakawa brought Zuo Xiaoyou into her home.
As soon as he walked in, he saw a little boy sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV, and when he heard the door open, the little boy turned his head to look at him and Reiko Asakawa.
Reiko Asakawa saw the little boy and smiled very sweetly: "Yoichi, haven't you slept yet?" ”
The little boy nodded, then looked at Zuo Xiaoyou and asked, "Mom, who is he?" ”
"He's a friend of my mother." Reiko Asakawa smiled apologetically at Zuo Xiaoyou, and then explained to the little boy, "Because my mother's work hasn't been completed yet, I asked this uncle to help my mother work, understand?" ”
"Hmm." The little boy nodded, turning his head to watch TV again.
Zuo Xiaoyou looked at the little boy and felt an indescribable feeling from him, not dangerous, but ...... How so? The little boy had a nice smell on his body, and this smell ...... It also attracted some strange energy to his side.
Can it attract the constitution of the Yin spirit?
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