Chapter 3: Futile Salvation
On a full moon night, the clouds are so overcast that you can't see the moon clearly.
Woman dressing in the mirror.
A little girl in white dress with black hair covering her face.
Tadpole-like text, the words 'volcanic eruption' are faintly visible.
People dying at the time of the eruption.
The man with a white scarf on his head and his right hand pointing diagonally at the ground.
A shrill buzz.
A huge eye, in the black eyeball, a 'zhen' character is clearly visible.
Remnants of wells.
Whoop –
The screen stops, leaving only a full screen of snowflakes.
……
After watching this video, Reiko Asakawa had hazy eyes and stayed for a long time.
When she came back to her senses, Reiko Asakawa seemed to have just finished climbing the stairs, gasped for breath, and turned off the TV switch.
Looking up again, a figure with long white hair appeared on the black screen of the TV, and it was standing diagonally behind her.
Reiko Asakawa's pupils dilated instantly, and she hurriedly turned her head to look back.
No, it's empty, there's nothing.
Reiko Asakawa, who was panicked, rushed to the sofa with two quick steps, and was about to pick up her bag and escape.
Doodoooooo –
The phone rang suddenly.
Reiko Asakawa was frightened and motionless.
After a few seconds, slowly stand up straight and walk towards the phone.
Quickly picked up the phone, a shrill buzz sounded, and the frightened Reiko Asakawa hurriedly hung up the phone.
Half-bent over, fear had filled his body.
As if thinking of something, Reiko Asakawa hurriedly looked up at the watch, which accurately showed 7:7 at this time.
Thinking of the rumors she heard before, Reiko Asakawa became more and more afraid: "...... a week"
Knock Knock Knock –
The sudden knock on the door frightened Reiko Asakawa almost collapsed to the ground, holding back the horror in her heart, Reiko Asakawa asked in a trembling voice, "Who?" ”
"Miss Asakawa? I'm here to recycle the tapes. ”
A man's voice, with a bit of warmth, sounded very comfortable.
Reiko Asakawa breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard the word 'videotape', a force gushed out of nowhere in her body, making her stand up very neatly and quickly open the door.
The door opened, and a tall man appeared in front of Reiko Asakawa.
This man looks a little ordinary, but he has a temperament that Reiko Asakawa is familiar with.
That's right! It's her ex-husband! The temperament of the man in front of her is very similar to that of her ex-husband, both of whom seem to be very knowledgeable and talented, and at the same time rational and calm.
"May I ask who you are?" Reiko Asakawa asked.
"Is it Miss Reiko Asakawa?" The man in front of him asked rhetorically.
"It's me."
"Hello Ms. Asakawa." The man said politely: "My name is Zuo Xiaoyou, Chinese." ”
"Oh, hello." Reiko Asakawa hurriedly bowed in return and asked, "Should I call you Mr. Zuo?" Or Mr. Zuo? ”
"My surname is Zuo, just call me Mr. Zuo." Left small right road.
"Then Mr. Zuo." Reiko Asakawa should have smiled politely and said some kind words, but now was not the time to do that: "You said you came to recycle the tape?" ”
"Yes." Zuo Xiaoyou nodded: "I heard from the owner of the store that the tape was taken away by Miss Asakawa." ”
"Yes." Reiko Asakawa nodded again and again, and said, "Mr. Zuo, please come in, I'll bring you the videotape." ”
"Excuse me."
Walking into the hotel room, he looked at the space here, although there was no psychic power, but the flesh and skin could feel a strong malice. As a result, the temperature of the entire space dropped by a few degrees, making it look gloomy.
Zuo Xiaoyou sighed secretly in his heart: There is a ghost world, it's really annoying.
It's been almost a month since I came to this world, because "Midnight Bell" is a Japanese movie, and under normal circumstances, it is very difficult for Zuo Xiaoyou to get in touch with the people here. But Xiao Hei finally did a good thing, as long as it was the world he shuttled into, he would automatically master the ability to communicate in language.
This saved him a lot of trouble.
Because it came relatively early, the rumors of the video tape have not yet spread, so Zuo Xiaoyou began to look for Tomoko, the female high school student who died at the beginning of the movie.
Zuo Xiaoyou used the stupidest and most effective way to find Tomoko, which was to wait for Tomoko and her classmates to come to the door at this hotel.
There is a characteristic of watching movies from left to right, and they are very good at paying attention to details. After watching the film once, he can remember the general details of the whole movie, he watched this "Midnight Bell" more than ten years ago, although a long time has passed, and some plots have been forgotten, but the details cannot be forgotten.
The first is the girl who died at the beginning of the movie, Tomoko, through the movie subtitles, he learned that Tomoko died on September 5. At the same time, through the photo taken by Reiko Asakawa in the back, I learned that Tomoko and her classmates came to Izu to spend the night on August 29, and saw the content of the video that night. The time before and after is exactly a week.
When he came to this world, it was August 17th, and he was in Yokohama, and from Yokohama to Izu, you need to take a ship.
In this way, Zuo Xiaoyou basically faces the city where the protagonist in this movie is located, and the background is Yokohama. But Yokohama said that it was not big, and it was not small to say that it was not small, and it was too difficult to find Tomoko in the vast sea of people, because he had long forgotten what Tomoko looked like.
It's not his fault, who made Tomoko a trick! After a few minutes of appearance, it will be dead, and after more than ten years, it would be strange if Zuo Xiaoyou could remember it.
There was no way, he could only choose this stupidest way, ran to Izu to find the hotel where the crime occurred, and then stayed here. It is more than ten days to stay.
Fortunately, on August 29, four young people finally arrived at the hotel. The moment he saw the short-haired girl, Zuo Xiaoyou matched the figure that had been blurred in his memory.
At that time, Zuo Xiaoyou was very entangled, struggling with whether to stop Tomoko from watching the tape? But after thinking about it, if Tomoko had been prevented from watching the tape, Tomoko would not have died; If Tomoko didn't die, he wouldn't have let Reiko Asakawa have the idea of investigating the tape through the mouth of Reiko Asakawa's son; If Reiko Asakawa doesn't investigate the tape, his main quest won't be complete.
Because his main mission is to watch the copy of the videotape of 'Reiko Asakawa' and live for seven days without copying it for others to watch.
It's clear that if it weren't for the videotape copied by Reiko Asakawa, she wouldn't have been able to complete the task of surviving in the future.
This world is full of ghosts, and Zuo Xiaoyou has felt it since he first came to this world. Almost every place is filled with an indescribable gloom and depression, Zuo Xiaoyou has succeeded in cultivating Changchun, and his skin and flesh are too sensitive, even if it is this kind of god and ghostly thing, it can also make his skin and flesh sense.
That feeling made him very uncomfortable and scared him.
Thinking that if he couldn't complete the task, he would live in such a world for the rest of his life, and he would rather die!
In the end, he ruthlessly did not stop Tomoko from watching the videotape, but followed Tomoko back to Yokohama with a disturbed conscience, and then knocked on the door of Tomoko's house at 9:40 p.m. on September 5.
At this time, Tomoko's phone had just rang, and after about a minute, the door opened, and it was Tomoko's friend, the girl who would be scared crazy. I forgot what the name was, and Zuo Xiaoyou didn't care about it, but seeing that she and Zhizi were still alive, I finally felt a little less sorry in my heart.
"Who are you?" Tomoko's friend saw that there was a strange man outside the door, and he was a little more vigilant in his heart.
Zuo Xiaoyou sighed in his heart, but maintained a trace of politeness on the surface, and said, "Hello, can you call Zhizi over too?" There are a few words that I want to say to you in person, and I'll leave when I'm done. ”
Japan's public security is still very good, coupled with the politeness of Zuo Xiaoyou, the atmosphere is also neutral and peaceful, full of bookish atmosphere, it is easy to win the favor and trust of others, especially for the opposite sex.
Sure enough, Tomoko's friend was a lot less vigilant, which was also because Zuo Xiaoyou didn't mean to enter the house. This point directly dispelled the possibility that Zuo Xiaoyou had bad intentions, so Tomoko's friend chose to believe it and called Tomoko.
At this time, Tomoko has finished the call, and according to the plot of the original movie, Tomoko is less than two minutes away from the time of death.
"May I ask who you are?" Tomoko came to the door and saw the strange Zuo Xiaoyou, with a hint of doubt on his face.
Zuo Xiaoyou looked at her and was silent for a few seconds, until Tomoko's friend was a little impatient, and then asked, "Do you remember the specific time you watched the tape a week ago?" ”
Hearing this, both Tomoko and her friend's faces changed.
"Who are you? Why do you know this? Tomoko looked terrified.
"Don't ask anything." Zuo Xiao's right hand slapped on Tomoko's shoulders, and in order to make her feel better, he deliberately injected a trace of internal qi, and the warm feeling alleviated Tomoko's fear.
Seeing that Zhizi's face was bloody, Zuo Xiaoyou said gently: "Don't be afraid, tell me, do you remember the specific time when you watched the videotape?" ”
From putting his hands on Tomoko's shoulders to now, about twenty seconds have passed, plus the time spent asking Tomoko to come over, almost a minute has passed.
This means that Tomoko has less than a minute left to live.
But Zuo Xiaoyou is still trying to save Zhizi's life, not because Zhizi is young and beautiful, but because Zhizi has a chance not to die.
If a week ago he put away the tape in advance...... There will be no follow-up.
But this is only a possibility, in order to get out of this world smoothly, Zuo Xiaoyou must complete the task, so Tomoko must watch the videotape. But seeing that Tomoko is dying, the uneasiness in his heart prompts him to come to the rescue of Tomoko.
I haven't watched the tape, Sadako can't kill me, as long as I'm by Tomoko's side at the last moment before the time comes, will Sadako still dare to crawl out of the TV?
"I ...... I do not know. Maybe it was the first time that she was held down by the opposite sex, and Tomoko's face was a little red, but she still couldn't help but be scared in her heart: "It should be before ten o'clock, because we only play until ten o'clock and then rest." ”
"What time is it?" Zuo Xiaoyou asked.
Tomoko turned her head to look at her friend: "Masami, what time is it?" ”
Yami was wearing an electronic watch on her wrist, and when she heard this, she raised her wrist and looked at the time: "It's 9:44, 36 seconds, 37 seconds, 38 seconds......"
"Alright, that's it." Zuo Xiaoyou interrupted her, and he could see that this girl named Yami was a crazy girl, and in most film and television works, it must be the life of the female supporting actress. It's no wonder that Tomoko died in the original movie, and she went crazy with it.
"Tomoko, it's obvious now. Before ten o'clock, I hope you can be with me...... Ah, don't worry, just stand at the door like this and chat, there will be ten minutes, and I'll leave after ten o'clock. Zuo Xiaoyou said.
But Zuo Xiaoyou didn't wait for Zhizi's response, because a white figure walked from behind Zhizi in a leisurely manner......
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PS: Since I started writing this chapter, Panda has been shivering, although I know it's fake, but I really can't help but be scared in my heart, Sadako's psychological shadow to Panda is a bit big, I'm really afraid. Probably the starting point of the author, Panda is the only one who is scared by his own work, but really scared......
Brothers and sisters, pandas are too scared, and I heard that only by piling up a large number of recommendation votes can the fear in the panda's heart be soothed. So...... You know...... Ask for a referral ticket.