my cthulhu game

Chapter 10 The True and False Cthulhu Mythos

"You, Qin Lingxue, an ordinary student at D University, walked on the campus road as usual." Chen Qiang began his narration.

Good boy, tell ghost stories in broad daylight, and Uncle Xu, who was wiping the table beside him, said inwardly.

"Suddenly, a man who looked a bit embarrassed stopped you. He was wearing a stained and tattered suit, but you can vaguely tell that it was once a set of elegant and expensive clothes."

"I'm asking politely," Xiaoxue tilted her head and thought for a while, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"'Help me! Help me!', the man shouted," Chen Qiang's voice became shrill, as if he had really turned into the desperate man in the story, "'You must help me! Most of them People will say I'm crazy, but I'm not!'"

Chen Qiang was silent for a few seconds.Even Boss Xu was attracted by his lively performance, and came over curiously to "listen to the story".

"'There is...a demon in human skin occupying this campus!'" Chen Qiang imitated the man's desperate voice.

"I don't know what to say, I just listened to him silently." Xiaoxue said.

"Seeing that you didn't respond," Chen Qiang followed Xiaoxue's actions, "he put the briefcase in your hand in a panic. 'Listen—I know it's unbelievable—but the monster is all around us. The owner of that ice cream shop, he is not human, but an ogre demon disguised as a human!"

Uncle Xu's expression suddenly became stiff.

"I took the briefcase and hoped that he would calm down," Xiaoxue looked down at her character card and found nothing unusual about Uncle Xu, "but I don't have any skills like psychoanalysis..."

"You can't do anything," Chen Qiang narrated in a cold and invariable tone, as if he had experienced the scene, "'This bag contains all the evidence I collected. I just wanted to attack that monster,' just listen to that The man said - you can clearly see the pained look on the other's face - 'but I got the wrong guy. Now, before I cause more trouble, I have to turn myself in! Please, put these Give things to the people you trust most!'”

Chen Qiang took a sip of water and glanced at Uncle Xu next to him. Uncle Xu began to wipe the table again, but his expression was somewhat unnatural.

"Before you could reply, this man walked away quickly." Chen Qiang's tone became calm again.

"I'll hold him...no," Xiaoxue suddenly changed her mind midway through her speech, "I shouldn't involve myself in it. I'll go back to the dormitory...no, find a secluded place to open the briefcase."

"Go away by yourself, this is your choice, right?" Chen Qiang stood up.

"What?" Xiaoxue was surprised.

"Let's continue the activities of the board game club the night after tomorrow," Chen Qiang said. "If you are afraid, you might as well find a few teammates. I have prepared the documents in the briefcase. At that time, I will send those documents and Everything is presented in front of you."

"People won't be afraid!" Xiaoxue muttered, "But why do you really have those documents?"

I coded it in Word last night, Chen Qiang said heartily.

It took a lot of time, next time I will find a codeword software.

Now, these files are still on my USB stick waiting to be delivered to the print shop...

"Who knows," he pretended to be deep, "maybe the story is true. Come on, let's go."

Xiaoxue shivered, and she didn't know if she was really scared, or if she was using her 91% acting skills to show Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang glanced at Uncle Xu.The middle-aged man who heard the story from the beginning to the end frowned, looking preoccupied.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until seeing Chen Qiang and Xiaoxue leave.

……

late at night.

Uncle Xu closed the door of the shop.

He has owned this store for many years, selling ice cream in spring and summer, and selling hot drinks and fruits in winter.

He was absent-minded throughout the afternoon - the "story" told by Chen Qiang lingered in his mind and couldn't get rid of it.

Could it be...Chen Qiang has been working in his small shop for a long time, and accidentally discovered his secret?

"It's impossible," Uncle Xu said to himself, as if to comfort himself, "it's just a coincidence."

He walked lightly towards the basement.Ever since it became an ice cream shop, Uncle Xu has forbidden outsiders to enter on the grounds that the basement has been converted into a miniature cold storage.

The closer you get to the door at the end of the long staircase, the heavier the dusty smell in the air.

Uncle Xu yanked open the door——

This is a small basement.On the left hand side of the room is a large freezer filled with all kinds of ice cream and ice cream, and the indicator light is on.

everything is normal.

But a few meters away, to the right, was a completely different scene.

Dead, half-rotten carcasses of cattle and sheep hung from the ceiling.They are scarred and bear hideous claw marks.

hungry.

Uncle Xu stretched out his hand towards one of the relatively intact cow carcasses.His fingernails became sharper, his skin turned into a strange rubbery shape, his eyes disappeared, and his back involuntarily stooped.

Just when he took a piece of carrion from the cow carcass and stuffed it into his mouth——

"Who?!" Uncle Xu turned around suddenly, he heard the sound upstairs.

"Uncle Xu, it's me!" Chen Qiang's voice came from upstairs, "I won't come to work in the future - I will return the key for you!"

"Wait for me!" Uncle Xu said hoarsely.Why didn't you come a little earlier?
Swallow the remaining carrion.

"Goo... ah."

...almost choked.

You said, my old Xu became much stronger after becoming like this, why is the esophagus still the same?
The transformation magic was cast again, and ten seconds later, Uncle Xu's image of a Shiba Inu walking on two legs disappeared, and he turned back into a human.

It's just that the unexpected consumption of magic power made his whole "person" look even more tired.

"I'll come."

……

"Xiao Chen," Uncle Xu said, taking the key to the front door from Chen Qiang, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It's a trivial matter," Chen Qiang said, "Uncle Xu, what did you do just now?"

"In the basement." Uncle Xu said vaguely.

"I've been working here for almost two years," Chen Qiang said, "You never let me see the basement once."

"I'm used to tinkering with it myself." Uncle Xu said.

"But you look tired."

"Aren't you tired?" Uncle Xu waved his hand, "It's you, who came so late, the dormitory should be closed—wait. I'll take a call. It's from Lu."

Uncle Xu walked into the back room with his cell phone ringing.Chen Qiang watched all this indifferently behind him.

It was this old Lu who borrowed a large sum of money from Uncle Xu and his wife under Chen Qiang's arrangement, and Uncle Xu would never dare not answer his call.

Of course... the reason why Mr. Lu called in the middle of the night was also arranged by Chen Qiang long ago.

"Uncle Xu, I'm sorry." Chen Qiang said heartily, and walked to the basement.

(End of this chapter)