12 midnight.

Dog Singing Highway.

"It's so quiet today."

Kamiyagawa drove on the road in a rented small box car, and there were no other vehicles in sight.

Only the shadows of the mountains and trees on the side of the road, twisted mold lakes, flew through the car window, leaving strange black masses in the field of vision.

Kamiyagawa has been detouring the Inunaki Highway for two hours.

He wasn't tired, though.

In the afternoon, Kamiya passed by Miyawaka City, Fukuoka, and slept in a private room of an Internet café, in order to recharge his energy and recuperate at night.

In the small box car, there is only Kamiyagawa alone.

It's been a day on the road, and he's getting used to the right-hand drive seat.

Holding the steering wheel with one hand, between the index and middle fingers of his left hand, he plays with a melted and distorted 10 yen coin.

"I've been driving for so long, and I haven't seen my mother-in-law...... Obviously, I can only see my car on the road. ”

Driving a night train alone for a long time makes Kamiyagawa a little bored.

Why hasn't this high-speed mother-in-law shown up yet?

What about the two carmen who are talking about catching shrimp households with a lone car at night?

Isn't my driving skills enough to appeal to her?

Kamiyagawa began to think wildly, thinking about it, and he suddenly wanted to come and manipulate it.

"If I rattle the bell now, give me a lucky buff. Then, when good luck turns into bad luck, can you increase the chance of encountering a high-speed mother-in-law? ”

It seems like a feasible idea, but it sounds reasonable when you're unlucky.

"But let's forget about it first."

Kamiyagawa quickly vetoed the idea himself.

According to the information given by the little old man, the two strange stories that came from a different visit, the high-speed mother-in-law wandered on the Dog Singing Highway, and the Earth Binding Spirit stayed near the old Dog Singing Tunnel.

The two are quite far apart.

"But if you get unlucky and attract two strange gossip in different places, you'll be in trouble."

According to Kamiyagawa's self-judgment, with his strength, it is very feasible to retreat from the two alien visits separately.

But if you face two at once, it's not easy to say.

"There's no need to make it difficult for yourself. If I don't meet my mother-in-law tonight, I will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, anyway, I rented a car for three days. ”

The small box car continued to drive slowly on the road where it was dark and there were no other vehicles in sight.

The high beams at the front of the car are the only clear light source visible on the road.

It took another moment.

"There is a sharp turn ahead, and after 300 meters, you will enter the dog screaming tunnel."

The mobile phone is attached to the magnetic bracket and broadcasts the road conditions in real time.

The dog singing tunnel broadcast on the electronic map is a new one, and it is still open to traffic.

And the place where the Earth Binding Spirit is located is the old Dog Screaming Tunnel that has been blocked.

Regarding this point, Kamiyagawa has repeatedly confirmed with the little old man before.

"This is the second time I've entered this tunnel tonight."

Thinking so, Kamiya drove into the tunnel without slowing down.

The new dog tunnel is empty.

There are plenty of lights inside, and at the top of the tunnel, there are red and green indicators flashing.

But because it was late at night, this kind of empty and closed, no second living person could be seen, even if the lights were bright, there was a different kind of weirdness.

After halfway through the new tunnel.

Rustle –

Suddenly, the car stereo sounded on its own.

"Oh?"

Kamiyagawa glanced sideways at the car's monitor, which he hadn't turned on tonight.

After a strange sound of electricity, a voice came from the stereo: "Come on." Hurry up, hurry up. ”

It was an old woman's voice, but there seemed to be a strange sense of anticipation and excitement in her words.

Kamiyagawa immediately focused his somewhat sloppy attention.

He glanced at the co-pilot's seat.

There was a bloody wood knife on it.

At the same time, Kamiya clenched the half-melted 10 yen coin in his left hand, and took out a neatly folded small yellow rune paper bag from his coat pocket and placed it in the storage groove next to the handbrake.

This yellow paper is wrapped in longevity purple gold cream.

Zijin Cream is not a lumpy elixir, but a powder, which is actually a bit troublesome to eat.

However, after learning the Yin Five Thunder, Kamiyagawa had a little more knowledge of the Outer Dan Dao in his mind. According to his judgment, in an emergency, it is okay to chew and swallow the yellow rune paper package directly.

It will not affect the efficacy of the drug.

Buzzing.

The phone on the stand vibrated at this time.

A notification from "Strange Tales of Things" pops up-

[Encounter strange visits, high-speed mother-in-law.] ]

[The Atlas has been updated.] ]

[Strange talk name: high-speed mother-in-law]

[Rating: Grade E]

[Status: Visiting]

[Visit Progress: 100%]

(Once the progress reaches 100%, the Strange Tale can travel freely between the real world and the strange tale world according to its own wishes.) ）

"E-class?" Kamiyagawa glanced at the phone screen first, then sensed something, and looked up at the rearview mirror.

Through the reflective mirror, I saw that there was a red dot behind the small box that was twisting and approaching.

It's very fast!

In the empty tunnel, in addition to the sound of Kamiyagawa's car, you can hear the sound of strange footsteps echoing loud and fast!

Within a few seconds, the red dot in the rearview mirror was much closer, revealing a humanoid figure.

Kamiyagawa was able to see clearly this time.

Caught up from behind the car was a "person", a strange old woman in a long red dress with gray hair, who was running and sprinting in the tunnel at an inhuman speed!

"It's coming."

Kamiyagawa was inexplicably excited.

He thought he would be more nervous and scared when he ran into a stranger in reality than he was in the game world.

But in fact it is not.

At least in the face of this high-speed mother-in-law, no.

Probably because of the adrenaline, Kamiya only felt a strange sense of excitement at the moment, a little more excited than when he fought with the ghosts in the strange world.

Syllable!

At this time, a withered and old hand slapped the car window.

It was the high-speed mother-in-law who caught up.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

The old woman outside shouted strangely, her voice mixed with the sound of the whistling wind.

Then, her face slowly peeked out of the blind spot behind the window, extremely old and wrinkled.

The folds that trembled with distance came together like an unsightly, even annoying, dry daisy.

"Don't be overtaken by me, be careful." The high-speed mother-in-law said this, and her long gray hair flew.

In the time since this strange story came to reality, it has frightened several drivers on this road, causing several tragic car accidents.

None of the night drivers who saw her appear were not terrified and screamed.

However, the young man I met tonight was a little different, he didn't show any fear, and his hand behind the wheel was still very steady.

Even, he rolled down a little window and said to the high-speed mother-in-law: "Old woman, it is you who should be careful." ”

As he spoke, Kamiyagawa's left hand, between his index and middle fingers, was flipping a slightly deformed 10 yen coin.

On the coin, there was a faint blue electric spark dancing.

"I'm still out for a walk so late, what if I run into something dirty?"

Then, Kamiyagawa grinned and showed a bright smile to the high-speed mother-in-law who was running wildly outside the car window.

The latter only realized it at this time, and he reluctantly raised his head.

I only saw that on the top of the small box light car, I don't know when a huge ghost appeared.

The body is an elegant white shirt with purple edges, but the face is extremely hideous, with a terrifying appearance of green fangs.

The huge hideous ghost was lying quietly on the roof of the car, staring at the high-speed mother-in-law with a pair of huge golden eyes.

"Boom—"

The devil is laughing.