Mr. Hat who was forced to lose his memory

"Test of Courage?" Zhong Yuan looked at the ticket in his hand and fell into deep thought.

April is the time when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and it is also the best time to enjoy cherry blossoms.Because the flowering period of cherry blossoms is very short, it takes only seven days from blooming to withering.And the Cherry Blossom Festival is held for this purpose.

The activities are mainly carried out under the cherry blossom trees. Students can have a picnic with their families and friends, and enjoy the cherry blossoms while eating the cherry blossom pancakes they made by themselves.On this basis, there will be various activities, such as the test of courage that will be held tonight.

The test of courage, as the name suggests, is to test people's courage by means of games.The test of courage is usually held in the dark night, and the place is an empty forest or a gloomy cemetery.

Man is born with a fear of the dark, and a wordless horror of what lies within.When the spirit is high, if the ghost played by the staff jumps out at this time, it will often have an unexpected intimidating effect.

But for Nakahara Chuya, this has become a pure ghost performance place, and it is not even possible to fully feel where the horror atmosphere comes from.

He couldn't understand people's fear of "ghosts". It was obvious that such things were fake, and they were just the staff's disguise.But seeing the monitor's sincere eyes, Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't say any words of rejection at all, so he had no choice but to agree.

Forget it, anyway, there is nothing to do at night, so let's go to participate once.

At this time, Zhong Yuanzhong didn't know that this seemingly ordinary test of courage would later become a turning point in his life.

You can team up with your companions or do it alone, and you can get small gifts after successfully clearing the customs.Zhong Yuanzhong also chose to be alone, and got some surprised eyes and a piece of advice from the staff at the entrance of the cemetery: "It's really scary inside, are you sure you don't want to find a companion to go in with you?"

As if to verify the credibility of the staff's words, there were bursts of screams from other people in the cemetery from time to time.

"...No, I can do it alone." Zhong Yuanzhong also declined the advice.

He can't guarantee the courage of his companions. If he is frightened during the visit and makes any stressful actions, it will bring him trouble instead.

Seeing this, the staff did not dissuade him anymore, and gave him a booklet explaining the rules of the game.

"There will be a mysterious person waiting in the depths of the cemetery. You need to fulfill his request. After stamping a stamp on it, you will pass the level by going back the same way. There may be some 'surprise surprises' waiting for you in the process. I wish you happiness A wonderful and profound night."

Zhong Yuanzhong also took the brochure and flipped through it roughly, probably to make people have a better sense of substitution. The content on it is the background of the story of this test of courage.

In fact, the story is very clichéd. It is about a student who broke into the cemetery in the middle of the night in order to find his lost pet. As a result, he found many unreasonable things in the cemetery, such as will-o’-the-wisps that floated automatically, The ghost of feet, the sound of knocking from under the tombstone as if asking for help...

At the end of the booklet, it is written in big blood red characters: 【If you hear a strange voice calling you from behind during the tour, don't turn around and say yes, run!run!Because that is very likely to be...]

That paragraph did not specify what that thing was, but after reading the contents of the pamphlet, everyone would tacitly come up with the same answer in their minds.

Zhong Yuanzhong also closed the booklet expressionlessly.

The cemetery was quiet, and the wind was blowing. The screams of tourists occasionally came from the depths, and they quickly stopped.If I have persecution paranoia, I'm afraid that at that time I can't help but worry about whether the person inside has been...

In order to allow people to have an immersive experience, the organizers really worked hard.

But... Maybe this time it will be a good experience.

Nakahara also rolled up the booklet and stuffed it into his pocket, and began to walk in along the path.

After walking for about seven or eight minutes, the surrounding air gradually cooled down, causing a thin layer of goosebumps to form on the skin.Zhong Yuanzhong also rubbed his arms. He only wore a thin sweater today, and the temperature at night is always lower than usual.

Especially in the cemetery, probably because of psychological effects, Zhongyuan always felt that there was something peeping in the dark.

The screams of other tourists did not know when they gradually subsided, and there was a deathly silence around, only the rustling sound of the cool wind blowing on the leaves.

... a little, strange.

Chuya Nakahara suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

His intuition has always been relatively accurate. In the past, whenever he felt this way, something bad would really happen around him.He couldn't tell the reason, and he could only attribute it to his own observation, which was probably much deeper than ordinary people.

For example, at this moment, clusters of blue-green light are slowly floating up from the cemetery on the left... Wait, will-o'-the-wisps?

Zhong Yuanzhong also froze, but at least he didn't run away screaming like the others.It wasn't until he got close to the cemetery to observe the will-o'-the-wisps at a close distance that he realized that it was just an ordinary phosphorescent fire.

The bones in human or animal body are rich in calcium phosphate. After death, they are buried in the ground and gradually decay. After a series of chemical reactions, phosphine will be formed. Phosphine will emerge along the underground cracks or holes into the air and spontaneously ignite. Blue light, this is the origin of phosphorous fire - that is, the popular "wild fire" in supernatural legends.

Since this phenomenon can be explained by science, Zhong Yuanzhong also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Although I have been thinking that the so-called ghosts do not exist, who can say clearly about that kind of thing?In this world, even superpowers like Saiki Kusuo can exist. If someone tells him that ghosts and monsters actually exist but we can't see them, he will not be surprised.

……and many more.

Zhong Yuanzhong also suddenly stopped.

While it is uncertain whether such things as ghosts and ghosts actually exist, there is no doubt that yokai do exist.

He remembered something that happened when he was a child.

When Nakahara Nakaya was only eight years old, Honda Kiku took him to live in a private garden under Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture for a while.It is far away from the downtown area, with a deep environment and pleasant scenery. It is a good place for vacation in spare time.

At that time, a friend of Honda Chrysanthemum just happened to come to Japan for a few days. On the day of the meeting, Nakahara Nakaya stood beside Honda Chrysanthemum, looking up at the guest curiously.The man's short, sandy-blond hair was neatly groomed, and he had eye-catching thick eyebrows, but his eyes were beautiful and rare emeralds, like a pure gem.

The blond young man exchanged pleasantries with Honda Chrysanthemum for a few words, then squatted down and touched Zhong Yuan Zhongya's ocher head, and said gently: "I haven't seen you for a year, you've grown up so much."

Chuya Nakahara later learned that the blond young man was named Arthur Kirkland, who came from the far west of England, and was also a friend of Honda Ju for many years.

But...Zhong Yuanzhong also remembered that it was the first time he met that person, why did that person seem to have known him a long time ago?

There is a mountain behind the courtyard, and there is a natural hot spring at the foot of the mountain, where they soak for a while every night to stretch their tired muscles and bones after a whole day.

On this day, after changing the bath towels for hot springs in the locker room, Arthur stood by the rock and stared at the smoky water, and said to himself in a sense of loss: "It's really gone..."

Nakahara Zhongya soaked in the hot spring with only his eyes exposed. When he took a breath, he would exhale a series of bubbles from the bottom of the water, and after surfacing on the surface, they would crackle and explode one by one.

Children never get tired of this little game.

After hearing Arthur's words, Nakahara also raised his head.Under the dense water vapor, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly at the moment, only the pair of jewel-like green pupils were extremely bright.

"What's missing, Mr. Arthur?"

Honda Chrysanthemum seems to have something to go out, and there are only Nakahara Chuya and Arthur in the huge open-air hot spring.

Arthur stretched his feet and leaned into the steaming pool.He sat down next to Nakahara Nakaya, his body surrounded by hot water seemed to relax even the pores, which made him unconsciously let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"It's so comfortable. No matter how many times you come to Japan, you will definitely have to soak in the hot springs at the end." Arthur's fair cheeks were stained with a light pink, and he did not forget Zhongyuan's doubtful question, and asked softly He said to the child with red hair, "Do you believe in the existence of monsters?"

monster?Zhongyuan Zhong also tilted his head in doubt. Their family has never been short of books on this topic. Sometimes Honda Ju would sit by his bedside and tell bedtime stories to Zhefa children. Only children can read it and bless the prosperity of the family. Zashiki Doji of Zashiki talked about a monster who can eat people at the beginning, and then a faceless man who was influenced by a girl and finally decided to be a good man. There are many types, and each story has a unique style and warmth.

"Although not many people will believe it now, but... monsters do exist."

Arthur relaxed and leaned against the rock, and even his voice subconsciously softened.

"A long time ago... I came to Japan once, and I lived here. At that time, Kappa from the mountains would soak in the hot springs here. We soaked in the hot springs together and talked for a long time..." Arthur will Resting his head on the rock, looking at the starry night sky in the curling steam, his face has the unique nostalgic expression when recalling the past.

"Unfortunately, that was the last time Kappa came to the hot springs. He told me...Because of the rapid development of society, their existence has gradually become a superstition. Believers who believe in their existence and worship Less and less, I'm afraid that in the end, even the strength to maintain himself will dissipate... I don't know how he is now after so many years." At the end, Arthur sighed softly.

Seeing Zhong Yuanzhong's expression of half understanding but still listening carefully, the blond young man laughed out loud, rubbed the child's ocher hair and said with a carefree expression: "Okay! Just treat it as just a story, Don't take it too seriously."

It wasn't until many years later that Nakahara met Natsume Takashi, who could see monsters, and the talking cat, and realized that the story Arthur told him at that time was not fictional, but real.

Nowadays, the process of urban modernization is accelerating, and the shelter of monsters is getting smaller and smaller, and people are no longer even believed in their existence.There may occasionally be humans who can see monsters like Natsume Takashi, but after all, there are very few.

In a sense, monsters are really sad creatures...

Central Plains, who was completely immersed in his own thoughts, did not notice the abnormality of the surrounding environment.

The yin wind seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. It got into the seams of the clothes to steal the heat from the skin at all costs, and Zhong Yuanzhong had no choice but to put on the hood.However, at this moment, an ethereal and lonely voice came from behind.

"Zhongye..."

Zhongyuan Zhong also froze when he heard the content, and the end of the content on the pamphlet attached to the test of courage immediately came to mind vividly.

[If you hear a strange voice calling you from behind during the tour, don't turn around and agree, run!run!Because that is very likely to be...]

Even though he knew that it was just a fabricated story for the purpose of intimidation, at this moment, Nakahara Chuya wanted to scold the person in charge—the effect was too fucking real, right? !Actually arranged such a plot of calling people's names behind the scenes? !

The voice did not disappear, but gradually approached.

Da da da.

The very light footsteps coming from behind were as heavy as thunder in the ears of Zhongye who was standing still in Zhongyuan. When the footsteps stopped, the red-haired boy seemed to have just realized it, and finally made a move.

He took out the fastest speed in his life, without giving the strange existence behind him a chance to react, he pulled his legs——

Ran.

The author has something to say: Dazai: I just deliberately teased the little man behind him after seeing him, but I didn’t expect him to be scared away like this, and the little short leg ran so fast.

Dazai: Am I that scary?

Dazai: Wronged.jpg

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Meimei met a kappa in the hot spring of Zhaiju’s house in the 30th chapter of aph. At that time, when Meimei was sleeping in the middle of the night and was disturbed by a little girl (monster), she chased him angrily. Zhaiju was still shivering under the covers and said that she was a people live hhhhhh

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Thanks to Wangu Shanshui Tea for the bazooka × 1, grenade × 1, and landmine × 5. Why don’t you sleep in the middle of the night? Go and sleep for me! !

Thank you for the 123 wooden little angel's grenade × 1 ~ baby, you really cast a lot haha

Thanks to the sapphire case of the little angel's landmine x 2, the dove little angel's mine x 1~