How to survive in a world full of weird talk [Comprehensive fear]

The heavy rain did not know when it would disappear.

It seemed to be isolated from the outside world, and the sky was still dark.The ground was dry without any water stains, weeds were overgrown, and spider webs were densely covered. The old house looked gloomy, like a building from the last century.

Sidelle doesn't know much about Japanese culture, and she can't tell what age this ancient house is from. She can only see its antiquated simplicity and its former glory.

The reason why I can see its brilliance is because... this ancient house is really too big.

Although there are only three or four floors at the highest, the stretch of brick and tile buildings behind it doesn't look like a house, but like a village.

Sidelle looked at it for a while in front of the old house, and there was no other way out except for the old house.

She knew that no one would come to rescue her tonight, at least the rescue team had no chance of finding her.

If you want to leave this place, you can only get out by yourself.

Sidelle didn't look for the bag, and she knew she couldn't find it now.She thought about it, found a place in front of the house, and sat down slowly.

The drenched blond girl sat cross-legged on the rock, propping up her chin with one hand. After resting for a while and recovering her strength, Sidelle got up.

Withered vines covered the pitch-black house, and weeds and dead branches were overgrown. They fell on the road in front of the ancient house, making a rustling sound when stepped on.

Sidelle walked a few steps and heard the crowing of jackdaws.She looked up, and saw a black crow flying up from the slanting branches beside the ancient house.

Those unreal, distorted valley tree shadows have completely disappeared.

She stood in front of the dark mottled and silent old house, with no retreat behind her but only forward.

Sidelle sighed in her heart, she had a premonition that the things ahead might be unprecedentedly dangerous.

But she has no choice.

Under the gray and hazy sky, the slender and beautiful girl and the mottled old dark old house seem to form a sharp and treacherous contrast.

The girl raised her hand and gently pushed open the door of the ancient house.

"crunch-"

It seems that the seal that has been silent for many years has just been opened.

A gust of cold air rushed towards the face, and dust was flying in the air visible to the naked eye.

Sidelle walked into the old house, unexpectedly, it wasn't dark and dark, but there was dim light, and things could be seen clearly in the room.

However, this visible light didn't make Sidel relax a bit, she almost shivered subconsciously, her whole body was tense, and the fingers touching her left eye felt a heat obviously higher than normal body temperature.

Here... something is wrong.

Since entering, Sydel's whole body tensed up unconsciously, as if a voice was shouting in her mind: leave, leave, leave...

If you stay here any longer, you will die.

This crazy warning seemed to be her own self-protection.Sidelle's intuition has always been accurate, she stopped at the spot and turned her head.

The door of the old house has been quietly closed.

Sidelle: ...ah.

It's not that she doesn't want to leave, the main reason is that she really can't.

The chill spread down the spine to the top of the sky. Sidelle ignored the body consciousness that was urging her to run wildly. She rubbed her stiff fingers and covered her mouth to warm up for a while, while carefully examining the interior of the ancient house. .

The ancient house has four floors, this is the first floor, it seems to be the reception hall, the surrounding area is empty and dusty.There is only a high platform not far away, like the square wooden platform used by people in the East to worship gods during festivals, but the whole is very large, about five or six meters high.

There were no ghosts around, but Sidelle had a hunch in her heart that if she continued to go deeper into the ancient house, she would definitely find many scary things.

But standing here all the time is not a problem.

She hesitated for a while, and slowly walked towards the high platform that seemed to be used for sacrifices.When she got to the high platform, Sidel realized that this was not something used for sacrifices. On the contrary, on the high wooden frame behind it, what was hung was not a "god" that needed to be worshiped, but a map.

On the countertop under the wooden frame, there is a notebook and an exquisitely shaped copper desk lamp.

Under the dim light, Sidelle looked up for a while, and suddenly found that this seemed to be the map of the old house where she was.

The building on the map is in cross section and has four floors.

The map came so coincidentally and smoothly, as if something knew she needed a map and sent it up on purpose.Sidelle felt something was wrong, she noticed something strange, she squinted her eyes, and looked at it carefully a few times, a chill suddenly came to her heart.

She may have misunderstood the ghost in this old house, this place seems to have been placed there for decades, it doesn't look like there is something purposely placed here, but——

Like a reminder to outsiders.

In other words, alert the people who lived in the house back then.

Because there was a distance of several meters and the light was dim, Sidelle looked carefully for several times before she could see clearly.

On the map, the dense lines distorted like black earthworms run through the yellowed paper. Seeing the densely packed roads gave Sidel a headache. She is not a road addict, but the roads in this house are built like a maze. According to the map Walking may not be able to go around smoothly.

Each room is marked, although there is no indication of what to do, but there is a small door, but the creepy place on this map is also here.

There were only black routes and black doors on the yellowed paper.But on some small black doors, blood-red crosses were drawn one after another.

There are a lot of these blood red forks.

Densely filled at least one-fifth of the number of rooms.

At first glance, nothing can be seen.But looking more closely, after seeing the blood forks on the map, it suddenly makes one's scalp numb.

Hanging the map here seems to be warning people not to go in, but Sidelle looked under the map, there was still an old manuscript there, she thought for a moment, reached out to open the manuscript, and found the information about the map inside. The problem.

The owner of the letter seems to be the owner of this ancient house, or... the patriarch of this family.According to his records, there used to be an extremely prosperous and harmonious family living here. People escaped the war and came here to live and work in peace and contentment, just like a paradise.

Until one day, strange changes suddenly appeared in the family's old house.

First, there was a change in a room. The door of that room seemed to be connected to a different dimension, and those who entered the door died terribly.After that, the room began to have such horrible changes again and again. No one knew the reason, but this old house seemed to come alive, devouring the living people non-stop.

In order to protect the members of the family, the patriarch commanded everyone to build a village behind the old house. People closed the old house and moved to the village to live. The door of the room is smeared with blood, and the bloody door means that the room cannot be entered.

But in the end, the family still did not escape the catastrophe.

The reasons for the family's demise are not recorded in the manuscripts.But the owner of the letter, that is, the patriarch of the family, revealed tragic despair in his words.

In his letter he wrote:

【I finally understand why everyone died. 】

[In any case, if future generations see this record, they must not repeat the same mistakes. Remember, you must not do that thing!Otherwise, the result will be like ours...]

【I know, it's coming to me...I can only try to preserve all of this before I die, so as to wake up the world and remember, no matter what, I can't do that thing!Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope to lift the curse and live.That thing is...]

After writing here, it’s gone, the following pages are soaked in a lot of blood, and the blood has turned black with age, sticking dryly to the pages.

Sidelle: "..."

She looked at the letter in her hand, her mood was indescribable, she just felt lonely after reading it.

Since it is said to be a wake-up call to future generations, why not write out what that incident is first! !Because he said a lot of nonsense, he died before he could give the key information.

Really, with this IQ, it is not outrageous to be exterminated.

Why!Don't finish talking before you die! !

There were no words at the end, and she shook the notebook in despair, trying to shake out some more information.

Nothing but the sudden "salad" sound.

The paper was very old, and after being shaken by her, a few pages shredded.

Sidelle: ...

Forget it.

She sighed, straightened the manuscript, and then stuffed the broken pages back, but after this action, she suddenly realized something, turned the entire manuscript upside down, and opened it from the back.

[Remember, never enter the red door! 】

It seems to be just a solemn warning, but under this sentence, there is actually a turning point with a lot of information.

[However, if life and death are at stake and you have to enter the Red Gate, there is also a way to save your life.As long as you find a blood-colored bead in the room of the red door, and get the blood-colored bead in your hand, you can come back safely. 】

[But this move is extremely dangerous. There are hundreds of people in my family who enter the door, and less than one out of a hundred people go out.If it is not a last resort, do not enter. 】

Yo, is there such a rule?

Sidelle raised her eyebrows, and saw that there were still words below, so she continued to read.

[The thing in our town house is a copper lamp.Only the witch can use the blood beads to drive the copper lamp and drive away the evil spirits.But because the blood beads are rare, they are useless.If outsiders see this and can break the curse, they can ask for this thing. 】

[Also: Although people can enter the Red Gate, they can only enter three times. If more than three times, unpredictable and terrifying things will happen. 】

The signature below is Soichiro Doi, in the spring of Meiji 23.

That is 1891 years.

After reading the information, Sidelle went through it as a whole again, and after confirming that there was no missing information, she looked at the copper lamp next to the letter.

The shape of the copper lamp is peculiar, and the shape of the glass cover looks like a candle. It is placed in the closed copper petal stand. There are dozens of small holes on the edge of the petal copper stand. The shape is quite round. Where the blood drops.

Outside the small hole, there is a button that can be pushed, which seems to be a switch to turn on the copper lamp, but after Sidelle tried to push it, she found that the light did not turn on, probably because a key item was missing.

Such as blood beads, or witches.

There is a thin handle on the edge of the copper lamp, which seems to be used for carrying, but it is very small overall, so it is no problem to stuff it into your arms.Sidelle mentioned it and imagined that hundreds of years ago, a girl wearing a red and white witch costume also carried this lamp and walked in the dark and gloomy old house.

Hundreds of years ago... that priestess must have died.

Moreover, according to the records in the patriarch's handbook, the witch was a member of the family, and she probably died unexpectedly.

Sidelle picked up the lamp and quickly sorted out the thoughts in her mind.

Judging from the information in the handbook.

First of all, the reason for the downfall of the Tuju family is that they "did something".But what is this thing?How can I avoid it?She has no clue now.

Secondly, the patriarch mentioned "it", and "it" seemed to be what killed the patriarch, but the patriarch did not say what "it" was.

Sidelle pondered for a moment.

According to the logic, it is probably that the Tuju family did something that aroused the dissatisfaction of "it", and "it" killed everyone in the family, leading to the disaster of the Tuju family.

Moreover, since the patriarch can warn the future generations not to do this, it means... Although the ancient house has been abandoned, in fact, as long as someone comes in, it is still possible to repeat the same mistakes and make that incident happen again.

In addition, the matter of the "Red Door" also attracted Sidel's attention, but what she cared about was not what was inside the Red Door, but——

In the letter, while talking about the extreme danger inside the Red Gate, it also said that "if life and death are at stake, it is a last resort" and you can temporarily save your life by entering the Red Gate.

This sentence gives too much information.

Sidelle felt the slightly hot left eye, and slightly raised her head to look around.

In the empty, lonely, and dark hall on the first floor, the walls are mottled, the white wall ash is peeling off, and thick dust is accumulated on the ground. There is a staircase leading to the second floor at the corner.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

It seemed safe, but Sidelle knew that there were many unclean things hidden here.

Moreover, those existences must be... extremely dangerous.

In this ancient house, the red door is the most dangerous, so it was specially marked.

But outside the red door, it is not safe.

In this ancient house, there are dangers everywhere, and there is no safe place at all.

But some clues can also be drawn: there are things that cannot be done, there is a "it" that is very dangerous, the "red door" can be entered but not more than three times, after entering, you can find blood beads and you can come out, there are many ghosts in the old house, if there is Blood beads can drive away ghosts with copper lamps...

No, even if there are blood beads, it may not be able to dispel ghosts. After all, it is said in the manuscript that only witches can use copper lamps.

Sidel was silent for a few seconds. Although she hadn't seen it yet, her eyes could sense resentment.

The first floor seems to be okay, she has been here for a few minutes, but nothing can be found, but Sidelle can indeed feel the growing and approaching resentment.

You can't stay in one place for a long time, otherwise you will be found by ghosts soon.

Sidelle hesitated for a moment, and quickly made a decision. Although she didn't know whether the copper lamp could be used, she still had an advantage, which was the yin and yang eyes condensed by Ikuta Asahi's resentment.Ikuta Asahi's curse game killed many people, and the strong resentment gathered made Sidel's eyes not only able to see ghosts, but also to roughly perceive the location of ghosts without being able to see them.

The strong resentment above her head made Sidelle's scalp numb. She didn't think about what happened here. After thinking about it for a few seconds, Sidelle decisively tore off the map on tiptoe.

She originally thought it was a paper page, so she deliberately relaxed her movements to avoid tearing the map, but the moment she touched it, Sidelle realized that it should be some kind of animal skin.

The map is quite big, about one meter in length and width. Sidelle could only glance at it briefly, remembering the approximate direction of the next floor, then rolled up the map and stuffed it into her waist belt.

The ancient house has four floors, only the first floor has no complicated structure. Sidel saw the largest black door at the end of the first floor, and there were two words written beside the door.

【exit】.

This exit is naturally the exit of the ancient house. Behind the ancient house is the village built by the Tuju family to avoid the red door.

Sidelle didn't hesitate. Now that the chill around her was getting heavier and her resentment was getting stronger, she was going to leave the old house first.

After taking the map and the copper lamp and bypassing the high platform, Sidelle came to the middle of the hall on the first floor.I have to say that this ancient house is very large, but there are no extra rooms on the first floor. It seems to be a place for the Tuju family to live together, so not many roads were built.

Sidelle walked towards the exit of the ancient house following the approximate direction.

In about two or three minutes, she came to the exit, but Sidelle couldn't get out smoothly.

A large copper lock is hung on the heavy wooden door. The copper lock is old and rusty, but the weight cannot be underestimated, and it is not realistic to break it open with something.

Sidelle tried to push it, and found that this wooden door should also be extremely thick.

Violence to open the door is obviously not advisable.

Sidelle was a little disappointed, maybe it was because the door was locked, she had expected that she would not be able to leave the back door smoothly, but...

She lifted the heavy copper lock, looked at the lock cylinder, and put it down again.

Obviously, the key to open the lock of such an important door will not be placed anywhere, and it will most likely be in the patriarch's room.

The patriarch's room is naturally on the top floor of this ancient house, on the fourth floor.

...It also meant that she had to climb to the fourth floor, go through an enhanced version of the labyrinth, find the patriarch's room among dozens of rooms, and dig out the key from the room.

Forget it, having a direction is better than rummaging through the entire old house without clues.

Sidelle comforted herself, but she was not ready to face the afterimages of ghosts dancing, but she just turned around with the copper lamp.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a woman with disheveled hair standing not far to the left.

The woman was wearing a dirty and torn gray dress, her exposed knees were gray and dead white, her arms were hanging by her side, her arms were a bit exaggerated, her hair was too, and her face was covered in black mess , can't see her... no, it's its face.

It lowered its head and walked slowly towards Sidelle, a woman's sad and cold voice sounded in the air: "Have you seen my child?"

Sidel's pupils shrank slightly, and she took a step back subconsciously. While she was slowly stepping back, while trying to hold the ghost, she tentatively asked softly, "What's your child's name?"

If the female ghost answers, it means that it still has basic communication skills, maybe it can continue to delay for a while, and then ask——

"How old is your child? Is it a boy or a girl? What does it look like? What do you like to eat? What do you like to play with..."

However, Sidel's voice fell silent, and suddenly she heard a crisp "click".

The female ghost's hair fell down, and Sidel suddenly realized that this was not the front of the female ghost's head, and the female ghost's head was completely opposite to her body.

"crunch--"

The female ghost's head slowly turned up, and it was hanging upside down to look at Sidelle like this. Its face was gray and white, with only bulging veins near the eye sockets, and its eyes stared at Sidelle with cold and resentment.

"Have you... seen my child?"