The origami of stars scattered on the side of the street crushed the warm golden light of the setting sun, and the girl who accidentally smashed the wishing bottle was bending down to look for the star that hid the word.

And I'm looking for a room that only appears in the dark.

I knew that the girl was going to find the paper star at her right foot, just where she could reach it, but I didn't have time to tell her.

With one more rotation of the second hand on the bell tower, the time will reach six o'clock, and night is approaching.

I stood in the square in the center of the city, trembling my hands to feel the residual temperature of the sunset, adjusting my breathing to calm myself down, especially my legs and feet that began to stiffen, this time I must catch up!

10, 9, 8......

I held my breath and stared at the long second hand, counting in my mind.

The moment the minute and second hands coincided, the bell rang loudly and long, and I listened to the horn of the coming demon, and the blood around me suddenly coagulated.

After the bell rang, the aftermath lingered, and a line dividing the darkness and light suddenly appeared at the feet, and the dividing line slowly moved to the south, and the light slowly faded from the earth, and it was now!

Run!

I spread my legs, urging myself to run as hard as I could in the direction where the light was swallowed up.

Just get there and it's all over!

Behind him, in a place shrouded in darkness, the dim street lamps lit up one by one, like a pair of eyes trying to see what was hidden in the night.

I quickly walked through the crowd and heard a grumbling voice from the crowd: "Running so fast, hurry to reincarnate!" ”

"Run!"

I shouted in my mind to the usual bystanders, my heart beating fast and the fear etched into my memory that kept my throat out of my voice.

Soon, there was a burst of screams behind him.

Only then did people realize that the clowns who suddenly appeared in the night, they put on exaggerated makeup and put on the right costumes, not to please anyone.

They just laugh and tear off people's limbs.

I would just say gratefully, "Thank you for watching!" "While gouging out people's eyes and finally cutting off their heads.

Sometimes, one more thing is said: "Welcome to next time!" ”

I'm guessing it's hell here!

The speed at which the dividing line disappeared, even if I overdrew my life, could not catch up, the faint smell of blood was blown by the wind, and people behind me kept shouting "Help!" ”

Everything around me is telling me, run! They're coming to catch up!

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed past me and hit the man running in front of me on the right, the man fell to the ground with an injured right leg, and I saw him turn over and look behind me with great difficulty, his eyes were terrified.

Listening to the slowly approaching laughter behind me, I closed my eyes and didn't dare to look back.

As he passed by the man, his feet went limp, as if he had tripped over something, and his body leaned forward uncontrollably.

There was a twinkling star in his field of vision, and his throat hurt so much that he didn't want to breathe.

I reached out to support the ground and tried to get up, but my limbs trembled uncontrollably, and I fell back to the ground, unwillingly closing my eyes.

I can't remember how many times this was the case, lying on the chopping board like fish.

The hot blood in the body is gradually getting colder, and it is about to turn into a pile of meat again?

Who's going to save me?

"Ahh

I struggled to turn my head to see the clown holding an arm torn from someone and slowly twisting the man's limbs.

"Please......"

Before the man could finish his words of begging for mercy, a cloud of black blood fell from his mouth, and the man's eyes widened, and he could no longer utter a complete sentence.

With a funny smile on his face, the clown easily tore the man's neck with his hand, and hung the head that couldn't close his eyes around his waist like a trophy to show off.

Such strength and speed are beyond the scope of normal people, there is no doubt that they are monsters!

The only remaining sanity tells me that calling for help is useless, that no one can compete with monsters.

Now it's time to get up as fast as you can! Keep running!

Desperately run forward to find a safe house, where you can survive the night safely.

All monsters will attack men first, and I still have a chance!

The desire to survive made me regain control of my body, and I endured the pain and breathed in the uncomfortable breath, held my breath, got up quickly, and ran forward without looking back.

The sound of the wind, the screams and laughter, the wheezing and heartbeat, countless voices mixed together, rushed straight to the mind, and the brain couldn't help but seem to crack.

Where is it? Where is it?

At the intersection ahead, there is a man squatting on the street lamp in a cloak and laughing, who is he waiting for?

I quickly turned down the street to the left, dodging where the Cloaked Monster was.

My shoes hit the ground and made a splash, and I looked up at the house slightly, my eyes slightly wet, and I didn't dare to think about what was under my feet.

The street had just been cleaned, and even the street lamps had turned orange, and I didn't have time to be sad and timid, just looking for a hut that was lit up in white.

At the corner of the long street, there was an unfamiliar evening primrose to the left, and the familiar building was still on the right, and I did not hesitate to run to the left, convinced of my choice.

The white full moon in the night sky was slowly dyed red, and I had no time to pay attention to the color of the moon, only the lighted hut not far away!

The dazzling white light seemed to illuminate the whole night, and it was—a safe house!

Finally found it! It's still an unoccupied safe house! That's great!

I opened the door, locked it, closed the window, and extinguished the lights in the room. The safe houses in the city, which would appear in different places with no regularity, were the first time I had managed to get in.

Although the room was terrible, if there was one more person here, the first person to enter would have to die.

I lay on the ground like a stranded fish, feeling a little glad that I had managed to escape tonight, but that joy was soon interrupted by a cry for help from outside.

The sound outside the house was clearly heard in my ears, and there were two people and a monster in total.

However, a safe house can only accommodate one person.

I curled up on the ground, telling myself that I couldn't open the door, that this door in front of me was the last line of security.

The safe house can protect against monsters, but not people.

Even if I open the door and leave here to let them in, one of them will have to die.

Living in the screams was the first thing I learned in this never-ending night.

I was told that it was just a game, and that it would take to survive nine nights in a row to get out of here and into a completely different world.

It was the ninth and final night.

Sorry, stranger.

Outside the house, there was the clatter of broken bones and the ticking of blood dripping into the dirt......

After a long time, there was silence outside, and I got up and restlessly leaned on the crack in the door of the safe house to check what was going on outside.

Not far away, a little girl in a red dress slowly stood up from a pile of red bones, and the girl was carrying a red rabbit with a broken ear, standing in place at a loss.

The little girl is delicate like a porcelain doll, and the hollowness in her eyes reminds me of myself who was once defeated by this dark night.

She shouldn't have been swallowed up by the merciless night, she shouldn't have been soaked in blood.

If I had just looked through the gap when I heard the cry for help, would I have made a different choice?

I heard the screams of two men, but I ignored that there would be people who were just as scared as I was.

Monsters will always leave girls last, so even if I get out, there is still a chance to find a new safe house.

She's the first kid I've ever seen in this city, and whether it's me or anyone else, she's supposed to be protected, isn't it?

How desperate she would have been if she remembered what had happened tonight tomorrow.

At that moment, the clown shook his head and jumped towards the girl, covered in bloody heads.

"Come here!" I shouted anxiously at the girl through the crack in the door, but she probably couldn't hear the leaky voice.

"Knock knock!"

I slammed on the wooden door, hoping to attract the little girl's attention, but the girl still stood still, lost and unmoved.

"Come here!"

The little girl turned her back to the clown and did not perceive the danger approaching, or rather that she did not realize what was happening. Children at this age probably haven't figured out what life and death are.

I didn't have time to think too much, opened the door and rushed out, picking up the girl and running to the safe house before the clown arrived.

Perhaps it was the reason for the overload of the body, and the girl barely felt the weight in her arms.

The moment I rolled into the safe house with the baby in my arms, I realized that I was still alive, and the safe house didn't up automatically!

Hot tears flowed from his eyes, washing away the dirt from his cheeks. It was the most exciting moment I've had in years, and she and I could survive tonight!

Everyone will be lucky and hope that they are a special existence, and this time I was lucky to succeed. I'm not dead, it's not the same as it used to be.

"Don't be afraid, we're safe."

I listened to my own hoarse and shrill voice, and hurriedly looked apologetically at the little girl, for fear of frightening her, who must be very scared now.

The moment I looked down, I saw a tight silver thread around the girl's neck, and a terrible thought came to mind.

She's not human!

"Thanks for the invite!"

The clown's polite voice came from outside the door, and I let go of my arms and turned back stiffly, only to see the clown staggering left and right into the safe house, stopping where he could reach out and touch me.

Run! Come on!

I struggled to get up, but my body felt like a cast and I couldn't move. Even the tears in his eyes instantly froze.

Some people say that monsters in every city can't enter safe houses, and it turns out that there are special circumstances.

In the next second, the scene in front of me suddenly changed, first the dazzling lamp on the roof, then a large hand, and the sound of liquid spilling on the ground in my ears.

Apparently, my head was hung in front of me by the clown, and from this angle, I could see that the incision on my neck was neat.

It was a knife that killed me, and I didn't even have time for fear. This is probably their last mercy.

Oh! No. They are now skillfully pumping bones.

In my confusion, I heard the little girl give a milky order: "There is not enough energy tonight, there is no safe house!" ”

He seemed to hear the voice of the clown's pity: "There are no children in this world." ”

Don't have children? I see.

Everyone is trapped here, there is no past, no future, it's really just a game.

If I choose to ignore it tonight, will the outcome change?

The beast in its heart roared and bared its claws, trying to break free from its chains and live another way, past the ninth night!