stories that happened on a specific occasion

When I saw Zuo Zhenzhen and Lao Deng appearing together in my living room, I still felt incredible.

After returning from Japan, Zuo Zhenzhen cut her hair short.

"How can you be sure this man is the one you're looking for?"

Lao Deng looked at the table full of photos and documents in front of him and asked Zuo Zhenzhen.

"The birthmark is the same." Zuo Zhenzhen picked up a photo and replied.

"Wait a minute." I interrupted: "Let me sort out the information you collected during your trip to Japan."

I picked up the photo in Zuo Zhenzhen's hand, looked at it, and sorted out all the clues.

Since Zuo Zhenzhen went to Japan under the guise of work, she has been looking for information about the white tiger totem in the campus mass suicide case.She first contacted a Japanese historian through a professor of folklore in China, where Zuo Zhenzhen learned some subtle history of the white tiger totem.

Surprisingly, the earliest written records mentioning this white tiger totem can be traced back to the Nara period in Japan.

In the fourth year of Yanli, the royal family at the end of the Nara period in Japan—Prince Sara, was assassinated by Nagaoka Palace envoy Fujiwara Tanetsu, and the prince was deposed and confined in Otsunji Temple.In order to prove his innocence, the prince went on a hunger strike, and on his way to Awaji country, he nearly died of anger at Takase Bridge in Hanoi country.After his death, bizarre deaths occurred one after another in the Japanese royal family.Everyone thinks that Prince Zaoliang turned into a ghost and cursed the descendants.And it was an unknown warlock who helped him complete the curse.The spell used by this warlock is printed with white tiger stripes.

Then, in the fourth year of Jiali, after the Pingjiangmen Rebellion, according to records at that time, a mound of earth suddenly bulged near the Kanda Shrine, and then a huge lightning fell from the sky and hit the mound.In the thunder light, the nearby residents could clearly see the figure of a warrior wearing an ancient armor, and the surrounding people were unbearably disturbed.From then until the opening of the Edo government, there were successive reports of the haunting spirits of the Shomon Gate, until someone suggested to the shogunate that if the spirits of the Shomon Gate were to be calmed down, the shrine would have to be repaired before it could be sealed.So the new Kanda Myojin Shrine began to be built, and no similar weird incidents were heard after it was completed.However, the family totem of the person who gave this remonstrance and performed the sealing technique is the white tiger.

The last record was in 12, the 1923th year of Taisho.The Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan, and more than half of Tokyo City was burned down, and the sealed Tomb of the Shomon Head was also completely torn apart.When the new government office of the Ministry of Tibet was rebuilt, the gate head mound was simply buried, and a new official building was built on it.Unexpectedly, when the government office of the Ministry of Tibet was rebuilt in the year of Showa, many strange things happened. A minister and several officials died strangely one after another.Everyone suspected that it was because the earthquake destroyed the gate mound, which angered the resentful spirits and caused misfortune.Therefore, the rumors of the door being haunted spread like wildfire, causing the residents of the entire Tokyo city to panic.At that time, it was rumored among the people in Tokyo that the reason why the prime minister stepped down was also because of the grudge of Shomon.Moreover, these rumors about the haunting spirits spread more and more widely, and even the Kansai region in Kyoto and Osaka have heard of them.Therefore, after the new Prime Minister came to power, that is, in the third year of the Showa era, the priest of Kanda Shrine was entrusted to perform a memorial service at the head of the gate.In that spirit sacrifice, the figure of the white tiger totem also appeared.

This is all the historical records about this white tiger totem.

Based on the information provided by the historian, Zuo Zhenzhen found Mr. Hirata, who had participated in the Memorial Festival in the third year of Showa at that time.But it's a pity that Mr. Hirata has passed his age, and he can't remember the details of the time.When he was only a teenager, he was the second son of the shrine master.Mr. Hirata told Zuo Zhenzhen that although it has been recorded in history that the revival of the shrine was due to earthquake damage, the real rebuilding of the shrine was because the spirit of Shomon invaded Tokyo.Officials have no choice but to say that it is a civil revival, but in essence it is government funding.And that comfort sacrifice was also kept secret.As the second son of the God Lord, he was doing guidance and logistics work on the scene at that time, and he witnessed many leaders in the political circles participating in the comfort sacrifice.

As for the white tiger totem, Mr. Hirata mentioned that there seemed to be a young man named Sato who participated in the memorial ceremony.The reason why I have an impression of this Sato is because he is neither a person inside the shrine, nor a political figure, nor a person from a nearby shrine.However, this person stood in the main position during the whole funeral ceremony, assisting Mr. Hirata's father to complete the funeral ceremony.According to Mr. Hirata's recollection, he described this person as "very unbelievable", with extraordinary appearance at a young age, exuding a fearsome aura, even in front of the gods, this person is not inferior.

The white tiger totem pattern was embroidered on the clothes Sato wore on the day of the mourning festival.

Because it is not common for such lines to appear on kari clothes in Japan, Mr. Hirata can still recall it even though it has been many years.

This Sato family is very likely to be the family of magicians from the Tang Dynasty who moved to Japan during the Tianbao period.After finding the information here, Zuo Zhenzhen thought that the matter would come to an end.Although this person named Sato appeared decades ago, none of the attendees recorded it because it was a secret memorial ceremony.Based on Mr. Hirata's acquaintance with him, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find out.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Hirata told Zuo Zhenzhen that his great-grandson still had contact with the Sato family.

"Mr. Hirata's great-grandson, Hirata Kenichi, is 31 years old this year." Zuo Zhenzhen said: "He has a connection with the descendant named Sato who participated in the mourning festival, and they also met at the Kanda Festival a few years ago. Therefore, the identity of Mr. Sato can be confirmed because he mentioned to Kenichi Hirata that his ancestors had visited Kanda Shrine and participated in the Shomon Consolation Festival, which is recorded in detail in the family tree."

"So, if you want to find the owner of the white tiger totem, that is, this Sato, you need to contact Kenichi Hirata." Old Deng said.

"I can't get in touch." Zuo Zhenzhen said, and then looked at me: "The person in the photo in your hand is Hirata Kenichi."

I looked at the photo in my hand in surprise. This person didn't look special, except for a palm-sized red birthmark on his left cheek, from the tip of his left eyebrow to the corner of his mouth, which was very eye-catching.

"It does match the birthmark of the male corpse found." Old Deng said looking at an autopsy report.

"Why did he come to China?" I asked.

"I heard that he traveled alone." Zuo Zhenzhen said.

"No wonder, no information about this person can be found, and no one knows him." Old Deng said thoughtfully.

"Besides Kenichi Hirata, does anyone else have this Sato's contact information?"

"No." Zuo Zhenzhen said: "Only Hirata Kenichi knows Sato's contact information, and no one else has seen this Sato. Let alone met, even Sato's full name is unknown to others."

I suddenly thought of something, so I continued to ask Zuo Zhenzhen: "The ones who took Hirata Kenichi's body away were his family?"

Zuo Zhenzhen said she didn't know.

Lao Deng was also lost in thought.

"No wonder I always feel that something is missing." Old Deng suddenly said: "Mobile phone. Where is Hirata Kenichi's mobile phone?"

So far, the search for clues related to the White Tiger Totem has come to an end, with Kenichi Hirata's disappearing mobile phone as the node.

Since the meeting with Zuo Zhenzhen and Lao Deng, although I thought it was absurd, I unknowingly participated in it, and I was quite concerned and curious about the investigation and progress of the whole incident.Even in the past few days, I was fascinated by the materials Zuo Zhenzhen searched, and I was caught by X several times, and I was labeled as a "vegetarian meal for corpses".

While I was wondering how X learned to know this idiom, I had to admit that I did miss work because of the white tiger totem.

So, I regained my energy and began to sort out the manuscripts in my hand.

"Everything was so unexpected."

In Zhang Chengzhi's "The Way of Heaven and the Beginning of Autumn", he once described the coming of autumn in this way.

And I watched the theme of the new season "Office Working Overtime", and some of the stories in it also made me feel such a cool meaning.

I flipped through these stories, and although I chose the theme myself, I still felt like I was being teased.Because of my previous illness, my work progress has fallen behind, which has caused me to work overtime frequently in recent days.Therefore, every time I see these submissions, I have a feeling of being there.In particular, a story contributed by Ms. S caught my attention.

Ms. S graduated from a local second-rate university. She doesn't have the aura of 985 and 211, and she doesn't even have a "one copy". Clerical jobs, enduring the pressure of cheap wages and high rents, are silently struggling to survive in this city.

At the beginning of this year, Ms. S jumped to a big company and started her job as a trainee marketing assistant.

Although the salary has increased slightly, it is also farther away from home, and it takes nearly four hours to commute to and from get off work.And as Ms. S who just joined the company, she often works overtime because she has just taken over the job.Although the work is heavy, Ms. S sometimes prefers to work overtime in the office, rather than rushing to the evening rush hour and taking the subway and bus for two hours to go home before continuing to work.

This story happened on an overtime night.

Miss S's story

Because I have just joined the job, I am relatively unfamiliar with the work content.A lot of market data needed for the company meeting the next day had not been sorted out, so I had no choice but to work overtime.

Miss S was working overtime alone in this quiet office while making instant noodles.

The office building where Ms. S is located is in the center of the business district, connected to the large shopping mall next door.Especially for the cinema on the sixth floor of the mall, after the mall closes at [-] o'clock at the end of the evening, some customers will go through the back door of the theater to the stairwell connected to the office building, and leave from the building here. Miss S's company is on the sixth floor connected to the cinema in the shopping mall.

It was past eight o'clock in the evening, and Ms. S finished her last mouthful of instant noodles, and sorted out more than half of the materials needed for the meeting.

Looking at the soup in the instant noodle bowl, Miss S hesitated.

To drink or not to drink?

If you drink, the company does not have a separate bathroom, so you can only go to the toilet on the other side of the corridor to solve the problem; if you don’t drink, as a southerner, I can’t bear to let the soup in the bowl go to waste.

In the end, taste bud memory overcame physical concerns, and Ms. S gulped down the soup in the bowl.

Sure enough, when all the materials were about to be prepared, Miss S suddenly felt that she had to go to the bathroom.

This floor is in the shape of a back, with the elevator room in the middle, and a total of three companies next to it are all engaged in finance.The only restroom is at the farthest diagonal corner from Miss S's company, so no matter which direction you go, Miss S has to walk through the L-shaped corridor to get there.

Miss S left her company and started walking to the bathroom.

After leaving the company's gate, Ms. S turned right, turned left at the end, and walked a short distance to arrive. Miss S's head was full of data, she lowered her head, and unknowingly came to the first corner.

She looked up and turned left.

Just at the door of the bathroom, Miss S suddenly saw something suddenly appear at the place she turned around just now.

Ms. S was not frightened by this. She looked carefully and found that it was a triangular shape. From the texture and appearance fragments, it should be a corner of an umbrella.

It's been rainy for days, so everyone brings an umbrella to and from get off work, so there's nothing special about it. Miss S didn't think much, and walked into the bathroom.

After coming out of the bathroom, Miss S returned to the office and continued to work overtime.

Suddenly, she heard a voice coming from the corridor outside the door.

It was the sound of an umbrella being opened, it should be an automatic umbrella.

The office building was completely quiet, and a force instantly dispersed in the air, so the sound was sudden and particularly noticeable.

Who's going to hold an umbrella in the building?Such a question didn't stay in Ms. S's mind for too long, so she turned her attention to the work at hand.

Not long after, there was another voice like this.

Ms. S took her gaze away from the computer screen, because her workstation was facing the glass door of the company, so she could see the corridor at the door and the elevator entrance very clearly.

However, no one was seen.

Moreover, the floors in this office building are all marble, and the slightest bump will make a sound.However, I didn't hear any sound other than the opening of the umbrella.

Maybe it was the voice in the stairwell, Miss S withdrew her gaze and continued to stare at the computer.

I don't know how long it has passed, but Miss S looked down and saw that it was almost ten o'clock.

Ms. S looked at the documents that had been sorted out, and stretched her waist in satisfaction.

Just when she looked up, she saw the corner of an umbrella protruding from the side of the company's glass door.

Before she finished stretching, Miss S froze.

The umbrella is an umbrella made of ordinary materials, and the color is also ordinary.It's just that in such a quiet office building, the white cold-light ceiling light shines on the umbrella surface, making the red color of the umbrella very conspicuous.

"Hello?"

Miss S tried to say hello to the umbrella.

However, no one answered.

Miss S got up and walked towards the door of the company.

The umbrella was pulled back suddenly.

Miss S chased her out, walked out of the company, and saw the corner of the umbrella appearing at the corner of the corridor, hanging by the wall.

"Hello?"

Miss S greeted again.

But the voice was obviously much weaker, because for a while, many unreasonable things appeared in Miss S's consciousness.

Why didn't I hear the footsteps of someone walking around?Is there no one?

How does the umbrella move if no one is there?

Miss S thought of this, and turned back to the company.

After all, it was late at night, and Ms. S would inevitably feel flustered because of this.But she kept reassuring herself that there must be others working overtime.If not, it might be someone who watched the movie.

In fact, Ms. S is clear in her heart.

It's not yet ten o'clock in the evening, and the mall is still closed, so the back door of the cinema is not open yet; when I went to the bathroom just now, I passed by other companies, and the lights inside have been turned off, and there is no one there.

Miss S lowered her head and quickly packed her things, planning to leave.

At this time, Miss S suddenly heard the sound of the company's glass door being opened.

Miss S froze, slowly raised her head, and looked towards the door.

nobody.

There are only two ways to open the company's door, one is with a key, and the other is with an employee's fingerprint.

Miss S looked at the glass doors of the company, and one of them shook slightly, as if it had indeed been opened and closed.

Miss S didn't care too much, she just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

She walked to the gate, then turned off all the lights, and closed the company door from the outside with her backhand.Just about to leave, Miss S took another look into the company.

I forgot to turn off the lamp on my desk.

Miss S hesitated, not knowing whether she should go back and turn off the lamp, or let it go until the next day.

If it is closed, it will have to return to the company again; if it is not closed, it may face being blamed by personnel.

In the current situation, it is not a good thing for me as an intern to be caught by personnel.In the end, the fear of losing her job overcame the imaginary horror, and Miss S decided to go back and turn off the lamp.

Ms. S opened the company door again, and then reached out to touch the switch on the wall, but she couldn't help but keep looking at the office area.

Miss S touched the switch, but tried a few times. For some reason, the light turned on but then went off again.

Miss S took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and then calmly walked towards her desk.

After successfully turning off the desk lamp, the situation in the room can be vaguely seen through the light of the mobile phone and the corridor. Miss S turned around and left the desk again.

At this moment, Ms. S looked at the path under her feet, which was squeezed out by the desks on both sides. One side led to the company meeting room, and the other side led to the company gate. Ms. S wanted to walk towards the gate of the company, but was blocked.

Just ten meters away from Miss S in a straight line, someone was holding an umbrella and standing with his back to Miss S.The umbrella, as round as a full moon, was facing Miss S.Under the umbrella was a tight black dress, a pair of snow-white slender legs, and a pair of high-heeled shoes of the same color as the umbrella.The tight black skirt was almost integrated with the light in this room, and it was hard to distinguish. Compared with the red umbrella and snow-white legs, it seemed to be cut off from the middle.Those legs, in the dim space, seemed to have been drawn twice with a white crayon on the black cardboard, making them extremely white.

Miss S looked at the scene in front of her, she was scared at first, but then she thought maybe she was thinking too much.Boldly, he took another two steps forward and said, "Excuse me, can you..."

Before Ms. S finished asking, judging from the slender legs exposed under the umbrella, the person behind the umbrella turned around slowly.

However, the umbrella did not move at all.

Miss S didn't dare to continue asking, and slowly moved to the parallel passage on the other side of the desk.

Although Miss S was approaching the company gate, her eyes were still fixed on the red umbrella.

While she was moving, she realized that no matter which angle she looked at, the red umbrella was facing her, and she couldn't see what the person behind the umbrella looked like.

Finally, Ms. S touched the handle of the door. At this time, only fingerprint recognition is needed to open the door.

However, the fingerprint recognition machine is on the other side of the glass door, the side closer to the red umbrella and the woman.

Miss S gritted her teeth, set her heart firmly, closed her eyes and stretched out her hand to the other side of the door.

Just as Miss S's hands were still shaking, the door beside her was opened.

Miss S opened her eyes and found that her hand seemed to be stuck, and she hadn't crossed half of the door.Look again, it was the woman under the umbrella who helped her open the door.

At this time, Miss S finally saw this woman up close.

She was wearing a black tube top tight dress, and her skin was so white that it shimmered slightly in this corner that was not exposed to light.She put one finger on the fingerprint recognition machine, and held the red umbrella in the other hand, which covered her from the neck up.

Seeing this scene, Miss S suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

After all, only the company's personnel can use this fingerprint recognition machine, maybe I am too sensitive and think too much.Although Ms. S couldn't tell why she was holding an umbrella indoors, she was sure that the person in front of her should be her colleague.Perhaps, he also came back to work overtime. Miss S guessed like this.

"Thank you."

Miss S said to the person in front of her, and then pushed open the glass door of the company.

After leaving the company, Miss S finally breathed a sigh of relief, and pressed the elevator.

While waiting for the elevator, Miss S noticed from the corner of her eye that the woman was still standing inside the company door. Although she couldn't see her face, she was holding an umbrella and facing the elevator entrance.

Miss S nodded her thanks again.

Just when the elevator arrived and made a "ding".

The red umbrella that the woman was holding was slowly lifted up.

Miss S was curious for a while, and even forgot to get on the elevator, even though the elevator door closed again, she couldn't take her eyes off the woman inside the door.

What kind of face is hidden under that umbrella?

Who is she?Have I met her before?

Miss S was thinking about it in her head.

But she was disappointed, because after the umbrella was lifted, Miss S did not see the woman's face.

To be exact, the woman was gone from the neck up.

Miss S was so frightened that she sat down on the spot, staring in horror at the headless woman inside the glass door, standing facing herself with an umbrella open.

Suddenly, the safety stairs on the side were pushed away.

With the noise, the crowd came in in twos and threes. They were also startled by Miss S who was sitting on the ground, and then helped Miss S up with concern.

When Ms. S looked at the company again, there was nothing inside the door.

The next day, Ms. S came to the company normally and spent the day in a trance.Colleagues asked several times after seeing this, but Ms. S didn't know how to confide.After returning home, Ms. S checked the news of this office building through the search engine.But no murders were found, not even suicides.

At the end of the text, Ms. S said that she is still working in this company.Although I still don't know who that woman is, why did she appear here?But when the company was working overtime, Ms. S still occasionally heard the sound of an umbrella being opened suddenly from nowhere.

The weather is not cool, it is still hot.

Not only did I break out in a hot sweat because the air conditioner was turned off, but I also broke out in a cold sweat after reading this story, and now I just want to get out of the office and take a cold shower at home.

I used to hear my mother say, "One day in the beginning of autumn, the water is three minutes colder." Basically, when I still want to take a cold shower in this season, she will say such a sentence.Now, there is only a helpless smile.

At night, lying on the bed, I suddenly remembered the letter Z once gave me, which also mentioned a person named S.

I got up and took it out of the bedside table.

Who is this man called "S"?

I took out this letter and carefully figured out the meaning of the words in it again.

The bedside lamp illuminated the letter paper in my hand, and suddenly, I noticed that there were some strange lines on the letter paper under the light.

I have never held the letter paper up to the light before, but today I brought it close to the light source of the bedside lamp, and then carefully adjusted the angle.

Letter paper has a faint shading, a watermark that can only be seen through strong light.

It is the white tiger totem.

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