I'm afraid of non-human beings

What kind of pain does a broken nose feel like?

Liang Xue didn't know, if she could, she hoped that she would never have to know in this life.

She stared dumbfounded at what happened in front of her eyes, and when she recovered, she unconsciously touched the bridge of her nose with her fingers.

Liang Xue: "..."

Obviously she wasn't the one who was beaten, but what happened to this phantom pain? !

She withdrew her hand suddenly as if she was being burned, quickly lowered her head again, and saw that face was struggling, and even the thick woolen blanket was thrown into waves.

The shrill howling sounded like the roughest sandpaper on the eardrum, making Lin You have to cover her ears.

The ghost claw that was going to catch her was retracted, and it was painful to protect the sore and sore bridge of the nose.The pair of ridiculously large eyeballs were still staring, but now it looked like he was afraid that the guy in front of him would give it another shot with the typewriter.

Lin You really raised it a little higher.

grimace:"……"

MMP, hear you, MMP!If you can't provoke it, can you still hide it? !

Its vocal cords whirred like a windmill, and after choking out a few unintelligible dirty words, "呲入" slipped out from the gap between the carpet and the door.

Lin You and the others only had time to see a bald head, and the study returned to calm in an instant.

Liang Xue stood there dumbly, as if what she was holding in her hand was not the torn pages of letter paper, but her own three views with cracks.

Newcomers these days... are they so shocking?

With a "bang", the solid wooden door of the study was slammed open.Unexpectedly, Zhang Pingshan, who had just opened the door, almost stumbled, and the frail young man who followed behind him kicked his knees out of breath. They obviously just rushed over from the other end of the corridor, and they saw the man standing there. The two of them behind the bookcase.

"Are you all right?" he asked. "We just heard—"

Speaking of this, Zhang Pingshan looked hesitantly at the two people in the study, after all, it was obvious that the weird cry could not be made by any of them.

...but where did that damn thing go?

The person involved, Lin You, put the typewriter back on the table as if nothing had happened. If Liang Xue hadn't witnessed everything with her own eyes, she might have thought nothing had happened.

"It's—it's nothing."

She said almost numbly: "A ghost came in and was smashed away."

—with its poor nose.

Zhang Pingshan and the two: "...?????"

"It's really nothing, I just tried to arrest people but failed, and my professional level is too poor." Lin You shrugged.

Liang Xue: "..."

Stop, stop, friends, stop, killing ghosts and killing hearts is nothing more than that! !

After what happened just now, she has nothing to say to this newcomer.Although Liang Xue is not a character who looks down on others, under the current situation, there is always a little bit worried about an inexperienced rookie in the team.

Now?

The slightest worry disappeared completely.

Zhang Pingshan and the others were confused, but nothing is better than nothing, so they didn't ask any more questions when they saw that they didn't want to mention it.

"Then," the frail youth asked, "then did you find anything here?"

"A few scraps of paper, there may be clues on them."

Lin You pointed to the letter paper in Liang Xue's hand, "What about you?"

Among other things, the two people on the opposite side are absolutely interesting as teammates-not everyone rushes to save someone when they know there may be danger.

"Hi," Zhang Pingshan waved his hand, "I just had time to look through the nearest utility room. There are some cleaning tools in it, and there is even an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner that hasn't been used much."

"but--"

He shook the things in his hand, "We found this inside."

The light was too dim, and Lin You could only see clearly when he got closer. It was a simple and bulky flashlight.Rather, everything in this house looks as old as it did in the last century.

But no matter how rough the workmanship is, it is still a flashlight.

"Hey, it's just right," Liang Xue said immediately, "Take it here and read what is written in this letter."

Hearing this, Zhang Pingshan turned on the flashlight. Although the light bulb was unstable, it was enough to illuminate these pieces of paper clearly.

The night outside the window is getting darker, and there seems to be an ominous rustling of leaves in the distance.Under this light, Liang Xue tried to piece together the pieces of paper.

"Can not be done."

She scratched her head embarrassingly, "I thought it would be more than half of it, but I didn't expect it to be missing."

The scattered pieces of paper were spread out on the table. Although there was a large space in the middle, they managed to spell out a few complete words.

——【He's gone crazy! 】

——[I can't bear all this anymore!If it wasn't for Sisi, I wouldn't have endured until today! 】

——[Is the amulet you sent last time really useful?I……】

Lin You's gaze silently scanned these lines.

Looking at it this way, she thought, maybe the original residents here were a family of three.

Zhang Pingshan turned the flickering flashlight, looking for any missing pieces of paper.He swallowed, and moved carefully, for fear of revealing something that shouldn't exist.

"Wait a minute," Lin You blinked as the light beam swept across, and suddenly said, "Don't move yet."

Zhang Pingshan was taken aback, subconsciously maintaining the posture just now.

Lin You stepped forward quickly, heading straight for the wastebasket in the corner.She reached in and fished out the smear of white she had just glimpsed.

The remaining three looked at each other, and also came to watch her unfold the crumpled paper ball.

The pattern above is not very clear anymore, but it is vaguely recognizable as a human figure.To be precise, those rounded joints are more like——

"Puppet?" Lin You whispered.

Liang Xue also reacted when she heard it, "Really!"

"Here," she pointed to the numbers that were too faint to be seen, "it's also marked with a size."

"So it's the design of the doll?" Zhang Pingshan rubbed his chin, "What can it have to do with that letter?"

Lin You smiled noncommittally, "Who knows."

These are just the clues I got at the beginning of the game, and I can't make any conclusions from them.

They have now been to the study and utility room, and the living room at the beginning—

Lin You: "Are there any other rooms on the first floor?"

"We passed the kitchen, so we didn't go in to take a closer look." The frail young man pushed his glasses and replied in a muffled voice, "There seems to be a door in front of it, and the rest should be the stairs next to the living room."

That's it, Lin You nodded. She also remembered seeing a room a few meters away before she came in.

"How about doing it before it's completely dark?" she said.

"Anyway, I can barely see it now." Lin You added, "Go back and check if there is anything you can use in the kitchen. Let's go to the front room."

Zhang Pingshan: "This—"

He was still thinking about the ghost scream just now, but seeing that both of them were not timid at all, he simply agreed to the proposal.

The four of them split up again, and the flashlight was carried by Zhang Pingshan's group who discovered it.The crooked wooden board was still dangling on the door frame of the study. Hearing the creaking footsteps of the other two people going away, Lin You took the lead towards the same old wooden door at the end of the corridor.

Unlike the study door which was ajar, this one was closed.The doorknob was a little rusty, and Lin You twisted it twice before opening it.

The door slowly turned back, Liang Xue followed and saw the scene inside, "Hey": "Could this be the guest room?"

The size of the room is small, the first thing you can see is a soft bed and a wardrobe standing on the side, and the desk that is a bit falling apart is close to the stained wall.When they came in, they found that there was a door on the inner wall.

The unlocked small door opened as soon as it was pushed. It seemed to be an independent bathroom connected to this room. A small locker was nailed above the mirror, and the door was tightly closed.

Liang Xue took the initiative to enter the bathroom, and Lin You turned to look into the room.She thought about where to start first, her eyes wandered around, and finally landed on the lock hanging on the handle of the wardrobe.

The pair of heavy locks that were half-opened hung crookedly on one side of the armrest. Lin You pondered for a few seconds, then stretched out her hand towards the wardrobe door.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the black shadow hiding in the wardrobe secretly smiled.

It kicked the box under its feet aside, vowing that this time it would never—

The door of the closet was pulled open abruptly, and it raised its head fiercely, but its grinning grin suddenly froze the moment it met its gaze.

This glance is worth a thousand words.

In the shadow behind the cupboard door, a distorted face loomed indistinctly.

The corners of its mouth are grinning almost to the base of its ears, and its body is wrapped in a simple "skirt" that looks like a sack, and the exposed part is sickly pale that is more transparent than the cloth.

The arms and legs are full of traces of black stitching. This appearance, which seems to be the body parts of different people forcibly spliced ​​together, is glimpsed in the dark, and I am afraid that it will really scare people into cardiac arrest.

...It happened to have a bright red and swollen nose.

"Yo," Lin You said not only not afraid, but also with great interest, "So you look like this?"

Stitching Ghost: "..."

Its big tennis-ball eyes stared blankly, only able to read six characters.

——"Why the fuck?"

Why is it you! ! !

Surprised and angry, it also went all out, waved its withered sharp claws, and rushed towards Lin You viciously!

But the opponent's reaction was a little faster than it. Lin You dodged backwards, grabbing the open wardrobe door without caring about maintaining her balance.

The moment before the sharp fingernails scratched it out, the fairly thick cabinet door was forcefully closed.Lin You leaned against the door panel with her shoulder, felt the impacts from behind, and caught a glimpse of the lock still hanging on the handle.

The outer lock "clicks" into place.

Stitching Ghost: "...?!"

It screamed "Aww", but it was so angry that it became an out-of-tuned moan.

"I can give you two choices." Lin You had the upper hand anyway, and put up two fingers with a smile, "Either you can go to the second floor to find the way for us later, or you can stay locked inside like this."

They are all on the first floor so far, and they are still relatively peaceful, so one can imagine where the main event is.Anyway, if you want to go up, it's better to use the guys who can be used.

Stitching Ghost: "..."

There is something wrong with this person's head, what the hell is he talking to a ghost! !

It gritted its teeth and beat and kicked at the cabinet door, but I don't know if it was to protect the things that were originally stored in this cabinet, the material was unexpectedly strong.In the end, the closet fell silent as if deflated.

Lin You was taken aback.

——There is no other reason.

With a "ding", her career bar lit up.