Chapter 9: The Doll Spirit
On the rugged mountain road, the car never stops bumping, like a bumpy life with no end in sight.
Happily, after crossing the cliff, Rena's leg injury is gradually improving, and the wound is starting to scar, and the pain is no longer as unbearable as before.
Although Heibei had woken up, he seemed to have recovered from a serious illness, always looking listless, and only barely ingested a small amount of food and water.
Along the way, Wren chattered excitedly. According to his vision, he would find a paradise somewhere in the East, and settle there peacefully, even considering the architectural style of the house.
During the process, Bluebell kept his eyes closed and fell asleep, knowing very well what Wren's words meant. Unconsciously, he was a little disgusted by Wren's idea.
"Wren, shut up. I want to take a break. Rena also seemed a little upset, interrupting his rambling.
"Of course, of course." Wren smiled cautiously.
When the atmosphere in the car fell silent, a wry smile appeared on Wren's face. He knew he shouldn't interfere with Rena's choice, but he didn't want to let her suffer. Although he only had a brief contact with Bluebell, he knew very well in his heart that this was a teenager with wind in his blood and would never stop on one side.
For so many years, Wren had kept a secret in his heart that he had never told Rena. In fact, Wren is much older than he seems, and he and Rena are not biological siblings. The reason why he took care of Rena like a family member was just fulfilling a promise made more than ten years ago. For that promise, he was even willing to dedicate his life to it.
In the second half of the night, the car had already started to go downhill.
There was a commotion, and a small town located in a mountain col came into view.
"Great." Wren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the town. The excessive fatigue had already made him a little overwhelmed.
However, as the car approached the town, Heibei suddenly raised his head and barked wildly for no apparent reason. Both Bluebell and Rena are awakened by Black Bey's screams.
"What's wrong, Heibei? Calm down. Rena hugged Heibei's head and whispered reassurance. However, Heibei's mood became more and more irritable, and he kept roaring in a low voice, as if he had foreseen a potential threat.
Blue Bell stared at the brightly lit town in front of him, frowning slightly, and the bell on his wrist was trembling slightly. Seeing Heibei's reaction, Wren's originally relaxed nerves tightened again. Instead of driving into town, the car turned off when it was still some distance from the town gate.
"Is there any other route?" Rena asked at Wren.
"No, if you want to go forward, you have to go through the town." Wren rubbed his chin and beard, as if hesitating.
"You stay here, I'll go in and have a look." Bluebell was about to get out of the car after speaking, but was pulled by Wren.
"It's not safe, let's go with the two of us." Wren picked up his shotgun and opened the door.
"That'...... Be careful yourself. Bluebell turned to Rena.
"Don't worry, there's Heibei here." Rena smiled.
As he approached the town gate, Bluebell drew his long knife, and Wren loaded his bullet. At the same time, the two of them felt that this town was strangely numb.
The main street of the town was empty, but you could clearly hear the laughter and scolding. It's like a dead street where there are no living people at all, but ghosts.
And when the two stepped through the gates of the town, the noise suddenly disappeared. Although the streets are still brightly lit, it is like entering an unfamiliar territory, and it is completely overwhelming.
Bluebell and Wren were back to back, clenching their weapons at the same time, a cold sweat slipping from their foreheads.
At this moment, with a scream, a black shadow pounced on the top of the two of them.
Wren was startled, his shotgun went off, and a gunshot echoed over the town. Bluebell swung his knife and slashed at the shadow, but when he saw the thing clearly, he stopped the knife.
The black shadow turned out to be a shivering little monkey, and his eyes revealed endless panic.
"How could it be you?" Wren's face changed and he picked up the little monkey.
At this time, Bluebell's face was solemn. He felt the bell on his wrist grow heavier and heavier, as if it carried a thousand powers.
"What happened? What about your partner? Wren stroked the little monkey's head, trying to find something in its eyes.
The little monkey seemed to know Wren too, and after calming down a little, he pointed to the building at the end of the street and squeaked.
However, when Bluebell and Wren first took a step, they felt a mess in their brains at the same time, as if something had been inexplicably drilled into their heads.
At this moment, the bell on Bluebell's wrist shook slightly, and blue light points floated out of the bell and flew in all directions. Suddenly, that chaotic feeling suddenly disappeared.
The two Bluebells rushed to the building as fast as they could, but they saw that the whole town seemed to suddenly come to life, and all the buildings began to shake violently and deform, like huge monsters, stretching out their long arms and grabbing the Bluebells.
At this point, the little monkey broke free from Wren's arms, opened the door of the building and got inside.
"Get in." At the last moment, the two entered the door at the same time.
When Bluebell and Wren entered the room, the movement of the horrible buildings suddenly stopped, as if it had never moved.
The frightened duo turned their heads, only to see an even more terrifying scene. In front of them was a long dining table, flanked by well-groomed guests, and on top of it sat a clown-like host.
At the table, there were three naked men, their bodies filled with transparent tubes, through which bright red blood flowed into the mouths of the guests.
"Pan Fatty? Quinta? Rock Mountain? Seeing this scene, Wren was furious, raised his shotgun and blasted towards the guests on the side. But after a single gunshot, the guests were unscathed.
"Damn it, what the hell are you guys?" In a fit of rage, several shots were fired, but the guests did not even have their hairstyles disrupted.
Bluebell, on the other hand, was relatively calm, and he saw something that Wren couldn't see. These guests are just appearances, and the real problem lies with the strangely dressed host.
Bluebell clearly saw that there was a tall and thin phantom standing behind the master, staring at them coldly at the moment, like a cold ghost.
However, despite seeing through the mystery of the house, Bluebell doesn't know how to break it.
At this moment, the blue light that had dissipated in the town came in through the crack in the door, and then rushed towards the strange man on the main seat. At first, the strange man did not move, but as those blue points of light surrounded it, he suddenly let out a cry of pain.