[Master K] The bad one next door

The sudden start of the train was unexpected by Shinya.The inertia made her unprepared and couldn't help falling backwards. Just before she fell, she subconsciously grabbed the handlebar on the side, and only then narrowly avoided the tragedy of adding a new wound to the old wound.

She quickly stabilized her body, clutching the handlebar tightly, with a trace of tension in her eyes.

During the driving process, the train drove faster and faster, and at the end the stainless steel floor under her feet almost vibrated slightly, and the buzzing sound kept drilling into her ears, stinging her eardrums.Apart from the unchanging darkness that flashed past the window, there seemed to be something more.She glanced at it, a little unsure if it was a cemetery.

Impossible, how could there be a cemetery next to the tram station...

But she did see rows of tombstones.

The stone tablet under the moonlight reflected a pale cold light, the vegetation was sparse, and even the flowers placed in front of the tablet had withered.This is a garden, looking further into the original place, it should be an old castle, as gloomy as in a magic movie.She even saw the crows on the branches and the names engraved on some tombstones. One of the tomb owners seemed to be called Lianshi or something...

and many more.

She suddenly realized something and opened her eyes wide.

The air around him seemed to drop to freezing point in an instant.She couldn't help shivering.

Lianshi?Is that Lianshi?

— What a joke.

Maybe she just got it wrong—if I had to say it, things were weird from the very beginning: the cemetery was just passing by the window, but she could see the night scene clearly at a glance. Looking back now, I can still clearly remember the details of each branch and leaf, which is unusual no matter how I think about it.

How could she have such memory and observation in normal times?

Despite trying her best to convince herself, she still felt a chill creeping up her spine, and her teeth began to chatter uncontrollably.

Something seems wrong.

Shinya began to doubt whether it was the right choice to rashly board this tram, but now it was too late to regret it.As soon as she stepped on the trolley, it kept moving forward for a moment, without giving her a chance to buffer—it was almost like waiting for her to take the bait.

Whether the road ahead is a blessing or a curse, only God knows.

At this time, the train was running at an extreme speed, the scenery flashing by outside the window was completely mixed into a patchwork of mixed colors, but the car gradually became stable.She hesitated for a moment, let go of her hand, and walked towards the front of the car.

The buzzing vibration still continued, but it seemed to be cut off from the eardrum for an instant, and only the sound of hollow footsteps and gentle breathing remained in the ears.The scenery outside the window and the seats on both sides retreated a little bit as she moved forward. She looked at the empty aisle in front of her, her eyes were aching from the dazzling fluorescent light, and she couldn't help holding her breath.

What will happen if we go further?god?magic?Survive?die?

That will be the end of the trip.Will that be the way home?

"Want to go home"——she has never had such a strong obsession welling up from the bottom of her heart.

After her family has become unrecognizable, she has always stubbornly felt that staying in that house was an indescribable torment for her. Every day, she looked at the dining table with one person missing and thought about the picture in the envelope. She was overwhelmed by the pressure of life—to the extent that when she first fell into Kisaragi Station, a kind of shameful secret joy arose in her heart.

"Finally I can relax by myself," she thought at the time.But it turns out she was dead wrong.

After experiencing so many things, her state of mind has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

When she was in a different place, she missed everything in that world.

Father's smile.Mother's teasing.Misaki's arrogance.Straightforward in May.

The warm memory instantly swept through her body and mind like a gate opened, making her eyes gradually turn sour.She couldn't help but stopped, and stood there in a daze, suddenly feeling aggrieved and bitter.

——I really miss you all.

——You guys, did you hear that?

……

"Gollum."

Suddenly, there was an indiscernible gulp mixed in with the hum of the carriage's vibration.Maya, who was in a daze, was shocked suddenly, pulled out of the sentimental mood in an instant, turned around suddenly, and looked behind vigilantly.

The goal was the empty carriage, it seemed that the sound just now was just her illusion.

Seeing that there was nothing, Maiya's tense nerves suddenly relaxed.She let out a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and there still seemed to be a biting coldness hiding behind her back.

Probably because I was so nervous recently that I had an illusion.So comforting herself, she glanced hesitantly at the smooth ground, then turned around and continued walking forward.After walking a few steps, she stopped again, pursed her lips and turned around, only to find that there was still no one there.

I always feel as if something is following me.

Sure enough... it was an illusion.

Maki rubbed her arms, her palms were full of sweat.She was stunned for a while, shook her head vigorously, tried to dispel the ominous premonition from her mind, then turned and continued to walk forward.

After walking for a while, there was still no sign of the front of the car.Just when she couldn't help wondering if this tram really had an end, something hit her foot suddenly, causing her to stagger suddenly, trot forward for several steps before barely stopping the shaking body.

She stabilized her body and turned her head to look in surprise.What caught the eye was a black line on the smooth ground.

At first glance, the line looks a bit hideous, extending from the bottom of the seat next to it, crawling crookedly to the other end, and there are some deep or shallow branches in the middle, like a spider web—— If you look closely, it's just a crack.

Yes.It is indeed a crack.

After she approached and squatted down to look it over, she finally came to a conclusion.

In fact, the crack itself is not very wide, it's thin, about the width of a hair, plus Shinya has never seen a crack on a tram, and he didn't find it when he walked over it at first, and he didn't respond for a while after he found it. come over.She couldn't help poking the crack with her finger curiously.

Except for the slight sinking in the middle, the rest has almost no feeling.This is enough to prove how imperceptible this gap is.

Is this what tripped her just now?

As soon as this idea came up, she quickly smothered it.

No, how is that possible.

Look at the gap, even her fingernails are hard to get in, let alone such a big shoe.

What was it that held her back?

Maya vaguely felt that it was very important to clarify this matter, so she simply squatted on the spot and began to think seriously.She stretched out her index finger and slowly stroked the gap. She couldn't think of a reason for a long time, and she couldn't help frowning.

Suddenly, a drop of warm stuff rubbed her cheek and dripped down from above, just falling on the crack.

Her fingers snapped.

It was a drop of green liquid, and everything it passed began to melt as if it had been rolled over by sulfuric acid, and then quickly burrowed into the crack, leaving only a small piece of corroded and scarred ground beside the crack.

This scene seems a bit familiar.

Mami was stunned for a while.

After reacting, she suddenly opened her eyes wide.

She was almost on the verge of suffocation for a moment, the strings in her head suddenly tightened, and even her fingers began to tremble.She gritted her teeth tightly and didn't dare to make other movements for a while, but she still raised her head slowly and stiffly driven by some strange force.

It happened to meet a pair of familiar blue-gray eyes.

The blood man's limbs were clinging tightly to the top of the carriage, and the rotting skin was integrated with the steel bars in the mucus.Its head twisted 180 degrees on its neck in an unbelievable posture. The eyeballs that almost came out of the rotten eye sockets were staring straight at her. White teeth were exposed under the torn lips. The tongue often hangs down from the wide open mouth, swaying from side to side in mid-air, and the green saliva that smells of sulfuric acid is still flicking from the tip of the tongue.

...as if he looked like he could scare a child into tears.

Maki was already frightened.

She stared blankly at the blood man, her mind was blank.All of a sudden, what she thought was: It turns out that the heroines in the movies who screamed in terror when encountering ghosts were all fake.

When a person is really in danger, he can't call out at all.Rao Zhenya has long been mentally prepared, and the same is true.

The voice seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't squeeze it out, so he could only let out loud sobs.Her eyes were wide open, her whole body was stiff, and the pupils reflecting the blood-colored shadow trembled a little.

At this time, there was a sound of "Kala" under his feet.

A few skinny fingers squeezed out of the crack, and the sharp nails stuck on the ground, making a harsh "squeak" sound, almost grabbing her heels.

The steel bars next to the gap deformed little by little under the huge pressure.The sound of fingernails rubbing violently broke into her eardrums, irritating her fragile nerves one after another. She somehow came back to her senses, gritted her teeth, jumped up, turned her head without hesitation, and ran away. .

Before, a single blood man could torture her to death, but this time there are two people here, don't you mean to torture her to death!

When Mami ran forward with all her strength, there was a rustling sound above her head.She raised her head and glanced hastily, it would be better not to look at it, but her legs almost went limp.

Still a blood man.The blood man before.

Let her run fast, it is still hanging upside down on the ceiling steadily, with the palm of the hand grasping the roof and moving forward rapidly, the long tongue is flicking back and forth, there is no tendency to fall, looking at the relaxed look is a leisurely leisurely time Not slow.

... This shit is just a cat!

At this time, Maki has the urge to "QAQ", but the current situation cannot allow her to think so much.There was something shaking on the ground under her feet, obviously the one below followed her, it would definitely be bad for her if she was flanked.She bit her lower lip, trying to speed up, but she had no choice but to give up because of her useless physique.

Now she really wanted to cry.

If I had known earlier, I should have practiced long-distance running with Misaki honestly.

The consequences of three days of fishing and two days of drying the net.Be silly!

When she was slandering herself, the sound of the ground breaking suddenly came from under her feet.

The ankle that was about to step out was instantly caught by something cold.

The cold, dry skin was tightly attached to her ankles, and the sticky touch made her goosebumps all over her body instantly.She looked down, and what caught her eyes was a hand that was so dry that it was only skin and bones. The brown skin was densely covered with red corpse spots, and the visual impact was particularly strong.

Then, he pulled hard, trying to pull her down.

Mami screamed and began to struggle desperately. One of them lost his footing and knelt down on the ground with a "slap", and his knees hurt from the stainless steel floor.Before she could react, the hand grabbed her ankle and tried to drag her down.

Her eyes widened in horror, and she was flailing helplessly trying to grab something, but the strength of that hand was astonishingly strong, and it dragged her away.

Her fingers slid across the stainless steel floor, and the freshly scabbed wounds on her fingertips were cracked again in the violent movement, leaving a few light red marks and a faint tingling pain.In the blink of an eye, she had stepped into the bottomless hole behind her with one foot, and was still struggling on the edge of the abyss.

The underground monster seemed impatient, and finally pulled hard.Maya was dragged down without realizing it.

It's too late, it's too soon.

Suddenly, a blindingly bright flame flashed in the bright carriage.

Maya only heard an inhuman scream from behind, and his ankle was let go.As soon as the pressure on the leg was lightened, a hand quickly reached out and grabbed her wrist firmly, pulling her straight out of the big hole.

As soon as she came out of the big hole, she fell to the ground and panted heavily, her back was already soaked in cold sweat, and her face was still in shock.

Is this... saved?

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, let out a breath with lingering fear, and then raised her head blankly, wanting to see who the person who saved her was.

Unexpectedly, there was a short boy in front of him.

The child looked no more than seven or eight years old, wearing a blue and white sportswear, with an impatient look on his face, and a flame that was still burning at his fingertips.He stared at her fiercely, and when he lowered his head, a few strands of orange hair were exposed from under the peaked cap.

Then he spoke in a sharp tone.

"Hey, are you an idiot?"

The voice is childish, but the ferocious eyebrows and eyes give Mami an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

She couldn't help but startled.