Takahashi's mental state is very bad. All he could think about now was Ono's death and that leaky faucet.

It was supposed to be him, not Ono, who should have died. If Ono hadn't knocked on the door, hadn't urged him, he would have stayed in the bathroom for a little longer, and then, it would have been him......

Takahashi didn't actually see clearly how Ono died.

The more I didn't see it clearly, the more terrible I felt. He began to imagine the scene of Ono's death, which had no specific content, but it was all the more frightening.

Takahashi cupped his head and shrunk in the corner of the room.

The people around him looked at him secretly. After noticing that he didn't look up, this scrutiny became unscrupulous. They whispered about Ono's death.

The sounds burrowed into Takahashi's ears and turned into a buzzing sound and then into a shrill beep.

Takahashi's body trembled.

Tick, tick...... Rushing......

There seems to be the sound of water.

I turned my head and looked around. There are no water pipes in the rooms of the Odori shop.

I looked at Takahashi.

This is Takahashi's auditory hallucination.

In the midst of those discussions, there was gradually a louder voice.

“…… It must be haunted! ”

The words pierced the air in the room, and the surroundings became silent.

Takahashi's trembling stopped, and he quietly looked up and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

"Think about it, that cat is not from our crew, nor is it from Shimada's. The way Honda died...... He doesn't blink an eye! That pool is so shallow, just stand up! ”

"The police said he had a sprained foot."

"He only sprained one foot! You sprained one foot and you can't get up? ”

"Maybe I'm too panicked......"

"It's so weird! It's still too weird! ”

"Ono...... Ono's death is strange. Takeuchi-kun said that Ono's face was plugged into the washbasin. How could his head get stuck in the sink for no reason? ”

"Takahashi, Takahashi!" Someone shouted.

Takahashi immediately buried his head.

The man rushed over without hesitation and pulled up Takahashi.

Takahashi screamed.

"Takahashi, you say! You said it, that faucet is broken and won't turn off! The man grabbed Takahashi's arm.

"I don't know! I don't know anything! Takahashi shouted, pushing the man away.

His frightened performance made the faces of the people around him change.

"I don't know anything...... Takahashi curled up.

The faucet really won't turn off. It's closed, it's still flowing.

Ono's head got stuck in the washbasin, blocking the drain just right. And because the faucet kept flowing, it drowned.

Anyone who thinks about it will think that this is ridiculous.

"Sure enough......" The man who grabbed Takahashi took a step back, "Sure enough! It's haunted...... This hostel...... Come to think of it, it's suddenly snowing here......"

"Say no more!"

And all the people were terrified.

"It was an accident. Don't think about it. When we can go, we can leave. Someone laughed dryly and said comforting words, "Ah, it shouldn't be long...... The police will be there soon. ”

"In this kind of weather, we can't go at all." Someone poured cold water on it, "We're all stuck here." Hey...... Drowned, a murder case in Blizzard Heights mode...... There are still murderers, it's man-made, someone killed someone. ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

The atmosphere became even more eerie.

Everyone fell silent.

I glanced at Takahashi.

There were traces of yin qi on his body. He wasn't a ghost, he was just being targeted by a ghost, like a beast marking his prey.

Since I am possessed of him, he must be dead in real time.

I'm just going to have to wait. Sooner or later, the ghost would find him.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Takahashi seems to be going to stay in this corner for the rest of his life.

Someone shouted for dinner, and asked someone to go to lunch.

"We're going to be stuck here, what about the food?"

"Shut up, you!"

These sporadic conversations kept the atmosphere in the room very oppressive.

"Takahashi, let's eat." Someone set up a small table in front of Takahashi.

Takahashi got up from the ground.

The dish is very simple, just a bowl of curry rice, no soup, only a glass of plain water.

The sight of the water makes my mood delicate. I still remember the fishy smell I smelled in the kitchen when I possessed Honda. The problem is the water. The ghost was borrowing water to kill people. Probably, also by borrowing water to move.

I thought of the babbling stream I saw in my dream.

Takahashi obviously didn't have this association, and although they didn't know the taste of food, they still picked up the spoon and picked up the bowl.

When eating, everyone was quiet.

After Takahashi took a few bites, the disgusting fishy smell came up.

"Gross!" Takahashi retched, spit out the food in his mouth, and threw the bowl on the small table. He grabbed the water from the small table and poured it down. "Poof!" He squirted out the same fishy water. He coughed several times, and the whole person fell to the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"Takahashi? Feed! ”

"Isn't it uncomfortable?"

Someone came to inspect Takahashi's condition.

Takahashi retched non-stop, something churning in his stomach, as if he had swallowed some living thing, and it didn't stop in his stomach.

Takahashi's appearance made everyone around him nervous.

"Is there any stomach medicine?"

"Didn't spit it out, did you? It's more comfortable to spit it out. ”

Someone helped Takahashi up.

They took the high bridge outside, out of the corridor, and when they turned a corner, their vision suddenly opened up.

The other side of the corridor leads to the outside, where you can see the bamboo, trees and fence around the hotel.

"A breath of fresh air. Is it better? ”

The glass door was pulled open, and cold air blew in, chilling people's heads.

Takahashi felt a lot more comfortable.

I felt more yin energy.

The whole mountain seemed to be shrouded in yin qi. Some are like the original state of Guangyuan Mountain, but compared to the yin qi of the ghosts of Guangyuan Mountain, the yin qi here is more gloomy and cold, with a chill. The sound of the wind was like a cry, and it was like a terrible cry. Snowflakes fall and disappear before they hit the ground.

The trees outside were covered with snow, and they were heavy, bending their branches. The trees looked overwhelmed and threatened to fall at any moment.

Takahashi gulped for a big breath and lay on the edge of the hallway, spitting out some more sour water.

The churning sensation in the stomach has lessened a lot.

"It's cold." The two men who came over the bridge hugged their arms and stomped their feet.

"Hey......" a man's voice trembled.

I looked in the direction of his finger.

There was a white cloud of snow on the nearest tree, and the snow shook a little, revealing a black mark. Immediately after, a pair of turquoise eyes appeared in the snow.

"It's a cat!"

"Isn't it, isn't it the ...... they said it was?"

The two men trembled.

A few more people walked around the corner of the hallway.

"Is Takahashi okay?"

"Are you alright?"

"Wow, it's so cold......"

The two men stepped backwards.

Takahashi was still lying there, raising his head slightly, moving his body restlessly. He didn't know where the cat was.

Flutter!

Snow falls from the trees.

The cat jumped off the tree, and when it landed, it was almost floating on the snow, and suddenly it ran away.

"Ahh

"It's a cat!"

"The cat ran away!"

Everyone who saw this scene screamed.

The cry attracted more people.

Takahashi's body stiffened, and he didn't know if he was scared or frozen.

His hand grasped the floor of the hallway, his fingers reaching out of the house.

These old houses are suspended in their entirety, with pillars supporting the house underground, and a gap between the floor and the ground. It should be used to prevent moisture, snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Takahashi's hand could feel the strange wind. He didn't care about it himself, and I was the first to perceive the rich yin qi in the wind.

I floated out of the house and crouched down, unable to see the gap, lying on my stomach in the snow.

There was a black hole under the house, and the light could not get in, and the human eye could not see what was inside.

Takahashi's fingers were suddenly touched by something.

I didn't see anything, but Takahashi's touch was still transmitted to me. I couldn't help but hold my breath.

(End of chapter)