Aoba Office

Looking up, I saw a familiar face in the mirror.

I thought about it for a while, and then I remembered that this was a staff member from the props team of the crew, named Takahashi...

Before I could remember this person's name, someone knocked on the door and shouted from outside: "Takahashi, are you okay?"

"Oh, here it comes." Takahashi grabbed the towel hanging around his neck, wiped his face, and reached out to turn off the faucet.

Crunchy...

The old faucet was tightened and the water flow disappeared.

Takahashi went to get the toothbrush and toothpaste on the sink again.

Tick ​​tock, tick tock...tick tock...

Clear water flows from the faucet.

"Huh?" Takahashi glanced at it, loosened his grip on the towel, and went to turn on the faucet again.

The faucet has obviously been tightened, but water still flows out.

The yin energy in the water spreads in the narrow bathroom.

Wow…

Takahashi opened and closed the faucet, but there was still a small flow of water flowing down.

Knock knock!

Someone outside is knocking on the door again.

Takahashi had no choice but to give up and opened the door, "The faucet seems to be broken."

The people outside looked over and said, "Let's talk to the Shimada family later. I don't know if there are any repairmen here."

"You can't come here, right? I heard it snowed heavily this morning and the roads were frozen." Takahashi walked out and passed the man.

There are people lining up outside.

"The faucet is broken?"

"Is it frozen?"

"I don't know. I'm going to find someone to talk to." Takahashi said and walked out.

Bang.

The man who had just entered the bathroom closed the door.

I wanted to stay in the bathroom, but Takahashi pulled me out.

Bang!

There was a thud, as if something had hit the door.

"What's wrong, Xiaoye?"

Bang! Bang bang! Bang!

Takahashi stood beside the queue, just looking back at the bathroom door that kept making noises.

People lining up next door and washing up in the bathroom all looked over.

"Hey, Ono! Ono!"

The first man in line slammed the door twice and turned the doorknob.

The door was unlocked, but it was only opened a crack before Ono slammed the door shut again.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"What happened?"

"Is there any sudden illness?"

A crowd gathered at the door.

Takahashi also followed the others and took a few steps forward.

After a few steps, my body suddenly floated into the door and passed through the wooden door that blocked my sight.

In the bathroom, Ono's head was buried in the sink. His body continued to struggle, his limbs flailing wildly, and the only thing that was fixed was his head.

The washbasin was filled with water, and fresh clear water continued to flow from the faucet.

But the stench in the room was strong, and what was even stronger was the gloomy air.

Ono's head was submerged in the water. The water fell on the back of his head, splashing water droplets around him.

His struggles were in vain and he grew weaker.

Bang!

The person outside the door knocked open the door and hit Ono's feet. His feet were pushed a little. His hands hung down by his sides, and his whole body seemed to be hanging on the pool.

L……

The overflowing water fell on the tiles, making a sound like a musical instrument.

"Ono! Ono!!"

"Hello!"

"Are you kidding me..."

The person who rushed in staggered and almost fell on Ono.

They stretched out their hands and grabbed Ono.

Ono's body suddenly relaxed. The head was pulled out of the pool. It seemed that it hit the faucet, and a few drops of blood flowed out.

Hua la la...Gulu Lu...

As if the plug was pulled out, the water in the pool suddenly flowed down the sewer. A whirlpool briefly appeared in the pool.

After the water flows clean, the flowing water in the faucet also becomes smaller and eventually turns into slow dripping water beads.

Tick ​​tock, tick tock...

Tick ​​tock…

Tick...dick...

The last drop of water stopped.

Those people looked at Ono lying on the ground, his pale, swollen face and dull eyes, unable to make any sound.

Invisible people were shouting in the outer circle, not knowing what was happening here.

"Dead... dead! Dead -"

“Ahhhhh——”

"Killing! Killing!"

Panic shouts rang out, and the people around were completely confused.

Takahashi was hit by someone and took a few steps back. He could only retreat helplessly with the commotion.

He still didn't understand what was happening, but a sense of fear arose spontaneously, making him feel cold all over. It was as if the cold tap water still remained on the face, which had not been wiped dry. As the water evaporated, it took away all the heat from the body.

Takahashi was lost for a long time until he was pushed by the leader of the props team.

"What's going on!" the leader of the props team asked angrily, "What did you kid do!"

"I don't. I don't have anything..." Takahashi said weakly.

"Okay, don't rush yet." The director forced himself to calm down.

In this room sat the heads of the crew. The producer didn't follow, and the director had the highest status.

"Takahashi, did you see anything in the bathroom? Is there anything strange? Did Ono behave strangely?" the director asked patiently.

Takahashi shook his head numbly, thought for a moment, and then said: "The faucet... that faucet is broken. After closing it, water is still flowing."

"I'm not asking you about this kind of thing!" the leader of the props team said angrily.

"Don't be impatient. Just say whatever comes to mind," the director advised.

The main screenwriter of the crew interrupted and said: "Otsuka, this is not a sitcom or a crime-solving game. Let the police handle this kind of thing after calling the police. Now, everyone should stay in the room and stop acting alone. "

"What do you mean?" The props team leader raised his eyebrows, "Do you think this is murder? This is an accident..."

"Two people died in an accident? Others also said that there was no stopper in the washbasin, and Xiaoye's whole head was stuffed in the pool, blocking the pool. Xiaoye still struggled before he was alive. You want to say, this is He played a prank and wanted to test whether his head was big enough, so he 'accidentally' killed himself?" The screenwriter was not to be outdone.

What did the props team leader want to say.

The director stopped the prop team leader and looked at Takahashi, "Takahashi, what do you think?"

Takahashi's body trembled slightly.

"Takahashi." The leader of the props team called out.

"It's me...it's me!" Takahashi blurted out without looking at the weird expressions on other people's faces, "It was almost me who died...it was almost me who died..."

No one around him spoke.

"Takahashi," the director sighed, "don't think so much, go back and rest first. When the police come, they will ask you questions. Just take a rest."

Takahashi was so distraught that he was pulled out.

Someone was about to come in outside the door. It was Hikaru Shimada, the son of the Shimada family. He looked solemn, as if he had something important to say.

The paper door was closed, but the sound still came out.

I moved and floated into the door.

"...Director, is there no way for the police to go up the mountain now? With such heavy snow, my mother said that the road will be impassable within a few hours. If it snows again, we will be stuck here forever."

"Are there no other emergency measures in the hotel? How did you solve this kind of thing before?"

"My mother said that she only experienced a similar situation once a few decades ago. At that time, heavy snow closed the mountains..."

My body was pulled out and I didn't hear the second half of what Hikari Shimada said.

Good night everyone~