Something is wrong with Miss Yukinoshita

Mochizuki Kaoru gently stroked the handle of the knife at his waist.

"Then, make a few holes in its body."

Volume 6: Chapter 6 The Remnant Spider

As if the prosperity just now was an illusion, the school regained its silent night.

In the dim world, there are only two uninvited guests walking slowly forward.They walked up the stairs, walked through the corridors, and inspected the deserted classrooms, but found nothing.

The spider withdrew its claws, hid its mouthparts, and retreated into the shadows, thinking silently.

Yukinoshita Yukino's condition is very bad.

She has practiced aikido, practiced kendo, and dabbled in all kinds of martial arts, but she is not sure whether these human skills can allow her to gain benefits in front of that obviously inhuman opponent.Fear of the unknown and self-doubt kept her under high tension all the time, and this added burden did not help the current situation.

Her heart was beating fast, and cold sweat slid down her temples to her chin. She forced herself to calm down, but to no avail.

"Do you deal with this stuff all day?"

To divert attention, she asked.

"We call things that don't belong to the 'mortal world' 'abnormal'." Mochizuki nodded: "For the past week, I have to go out every night to find clues, and I have a serious lack of sleep time-I didn't expect things to be told by a strange story. solved."

This answer did not explain the girl's question.They talked and walked out of an empty classroom.

Facing him was the ugly, fuzzy face of a spider, and the huddled compound eyes emitted a strange mist of light.

The young man subconsciously closed his eyes, took a step forward, and drew his knife. The sharp blade parried the front foot that was chopping from top to bottom, making a clanging sound.Stepping out of the way, the mouthparts covered with fangs gnawed on the ground, digging a hole leading directly to the lower floor. He swung the knife vigorously, so the huge body was cut apart, and colorless body fluids sprayed everywhere.

"Close your eyes, Yukinoshita!"

"Yes!"

Although he didn't know the reason, he still closed his eyes tightly.The girl groped and retreated, stumbling into the space under the podium.She heard roars that did not belong to humans, heard sharp knives cutting the air, and heard Mochizuki Xun cursing.

There are no dirty words, but it is enough to make the person half dead.

That spider was as tall as a person lying on its stomach, Yukinoshita recalled.Its head is like the front of a truck, with the disgusting feeling unique to chelicerid creatures. The front feet that stab the boy are sharp and have tiny barbs. Difficult to remember.

——Welcome to the world of "abnormal".

The boy seemed to be standing in front of her, repeating the words that she didn't know how to answer.

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Colliding, crushing, heavy pressure, the body forced every inch of the boy's movable space.The jointed limbs waved, leaving deep ravines on the walls and floor, and the scattered tiles, lime and cement smeared the corridor in a mess.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The figure, which was comparable to a small truck, was rampaging, causing a noisy wind and waves, and a thrilling loud noise.Strands of spider silk sprayed out and spread across the wall, giving off an ominous luster.

The hallway is twisting.

Just like the tinfoil layer sticking to the inner wall of the biscuit barrel was messed up, the invisible strange force pulled the cobwebs sticking to the surface of the corridor, kneading them into arbitrary shapes.The road available for action is getting narrower and narrower, strands of extremely thin spider silk are like the tentacles of jellyfish, quietly floating in the air.

— not right.

Compared with the night that caused him to suffer a bitter battle many years ago, the current bride of the net is simply weak and powerless.It should mess up the inner space of the entire building, it should spit out a wave of silk screen, and every vertical jump should smash at least two load-bearing walls, instead of being like it is now, it is almost a joke.

With his eyes closed, Mochizuki, who had lost his vision, could not see the messy cuts on the spider's body. The cuts were old, but they were still oozing colorful liquids.Swinging the Demon Saber, the filaments that almost touched the body were stirred, and the sharp bristles shot out along the direction where the filaments were broken.

— not right.

Listening to the sound of the airflow, the dense black mist swallowed up the scattered bristles, and the young man became more and more suspicious.The rainstorm-like stings he had endured were gone, and the poison on the tips of his hairs was no match for the irritation of alcohol. As for the others——

"After so many years, your injury hasn't healed at all?"

Having penetrated the strange hypocrisy and understood the weakness of the spider, the saber posture focused on defense began to turn to a fierce attack.Stepping forward, stepping forward, stepping forward, the waving sharp blade cuts through the joints that are strong on the outside and dry in the middle, and cuts off the sharp but slow front claws; jumps and swings, leaving deep knife marks on the chest and abdomen.

Roar--

The behemoth retreated in embarrassment, turned around in a stumbling manner, and fled towards the upper floor.

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Lovecraft said in "Supernatural Horror in Literature"-the oldest and strongest emotion of human beings is fear; the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown.

Yukinoshita Yukino tightened the metal golf club in his hand, and drove out the horror images of Rockwell that came to mind following these words, but the complicated thoughts were like lingering mosquitoes, lingering in the The shallowest part of her consciousness.

[—What a mess. ]

she thought helplessly.

There was dim yellow darkness in front of her eyes, the weak synthetic wood of the podium was beside her, and the unreal sound could be heard in the distance. She tried to judge the battle situation from this, but it was doomed to be in vain.

Humans are best able to think when they are alone.

She began to recall how she looked when she saw Mochizuki for the first time, and she probably understood why he always seemed to be unable to wake up.She understood what an "ugly and distorted world" meant, and remembered the self-righteous words she had said to him, and she couldn't help resting her forehead on her lap.

[It's so embarrassing. ]

The girl took a light breath.

Corpses, lairs, webs, giant spiders.

Her world is still immersed in this long twilight.

There was a deadly fight outside the classroom, the sound suddenly approached and then moved away.

This kind of fate out of one's own control is the most uncomfortable, as if falling down from the top floor of a building, while the other end of the waist guard is held in the hands of other people-so, although you are not satisfied with the first step into the field Knowing it very well, she also had some thoughts of wanting to master more powerful abilities.

The roar in the distance gradually cast a layer of tragic emotion.

It seemed to be anger, it seemed to be fear, it seemed to be pleading, it seemed to be nothing.Yukinoshita wasn't sure if she had indeed heard so many emotions in a spider's roar, but she guessed that the outcome she'd been waiting for was about to come to an end.

Unknowingly, her life was tied to Mochizuki Kaoru.

Volume 7: Chapter 7

The left chelicera was amputated.

It was like a trapped animal, exhausted, sluggish, with wounds criss-crossing its bulk—old and new.The spider was still roaring, and the air trembled and squeezed out of its mouthparts, making a deafening noise.

Body fluid dripped all the way, colorless, yellow, green, all mixed together.Mochizuki Xun still didn't open his eyes, he listened to all the noises from the surroundings, looking for really useful information in the roar, swung the knife, slashed, jumped, dodged, and chased, the ominous blade glowed with a coquettish cold light.

[—Why don’t you run away anymore? ]

If you have doubts in your heart, you should be cautious when you make a move.

[——Just because the old wound has not healed, the nest has been dug, and there is no way to escape, so you plan to fight to the death? ]

Swinging away the stabbing of the sharp claws again, along the gap between the joints, the demon knife stabbed deeply, then shook his arms and palms, and swung upwards.

Roar--

Half of the spider leg was removed.

[What Hihama-san saw... those corpses, how far can it be cured, and why do they seem to have no effect at all? ]

The roar became weaker and weaker, and the excessive water loss and the increase of wounds made the spider's huge body overwhelmed.A tidal wave of spider threads suddenly surged from under the boy's body, above his head, in front of him and from his back, while the blade trembled violently.

"I understand."

Return to the sheath, lean over, and take the handle.

"Somewhere in this nest, there are your eggs."

draw the knife.

The thin ink-colored thread seemed to cut this long and narrow corridor into two sections. The blade was out of its sheath, and the turbulent spider silk stagnated in mid-air. The scarred giant finally let out an unwilling wail, and its huge body was chopped off from the middle. It became a few irregular pieces, scattered all over the ground.

"Great mother, huh."

Xue Zhen, put away the knife, Mochizuki opened his eyes, stood in front of the scattered body parts for a while, and shook his head.

He wanted to say a lot, but didn't want to, so he simply kicked the huge jointed limb, turned around, and walked towards the direction he came from.

Leaving behind the dead spider, the light on the group of compound eyes finally slowly extinguished.

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At that time, Yukinoshita Yukino was still quietly hiding under the podium.

The chaotic sounds disappeared, and the world in her ears was silent, only the sound of footsteps from far and near, and the beating heartbeat in her chest remained.Tightening the golf club in her hand again, the girl tried to give herself some meager courage in this way.

She knew that the answer she had been waiting for was about to be revealed.

"Open your eyes, it's over."

That tone gave people the illusion of relief, as if a matter of concern had been settled.The girl opened her eyes, and Mochizuki Kaoru was standing beside her. The ominous sword and sheath disintegrated into mist and disappeared into the dim night.

"ended?"

"Yeah, maybe you want to see what that thing looks like now?"

"No, thank you, thank you." She stood up holding the podium, and found that her calves were still trembling uncontrollably.

"I still can't help myself not to be afraid."

"Because you're a normal person, and a guy who can't learn to fear doesn't live long."

The two said, walking out of the classroom one after the other.Mochizuki controlled the speed very slowly, he did not point out the predicament of the girl behind him, but moved the topic elsewhere.

"I need to find its eggs, burn them or collect them."

"egg?"

"Yes, egg." The young man nodded: "Over the years, it has eaten a lot of people, but the injuries have not improved at all, but the belly that was bulging when I fought against me has deflated a lot. I think, those nutrients It probably provided its own eggs, and even if I don't come, the hatchlings will treat it as their first good meal."

"And at that time, it will not only be the small place of Zongwu High who will suffer."

They walked down the stairs to the teaching building, and came to the gravel path leading to the playground through the back door.

"Where is the egg...?"

"Swimming pool. Spider eggs like tides. Only the water tank in the teaching building meets its requirements. But since there are better options, who would choose that small space?"

"Presumably, the scene seen by Bi Bin should also appear in the swimming pool, not the teaching building."

As a separate building, the swimming pool is not too close to the main building. Walking on the road, Yukinoshita Yukino took the opportunity to ask her doubts that she had always had.

"What exactly does Mochizuki-san do?"

"I'm just a student, and I occasionally deal with these abnormal events on a part-time basis." The boy replied seriously: "This world is more dangerous than you think, and I'm the kind of person who is responsible for dealing with danger."

"The time span of this network bride incident is very long, and the number of victims is large. Even among the commissions I have handled, it is a rare situation. But compared to this spider that has not healed for many years, those are even more treacherous. The existence of people is the real difficult object to deal with."

"...Not often?"

The girl grasped the point keenly.

"Isn't this the first time something like this has happened?"

"I don't really want to reminisce, but it's certainly not the first time."

Kaoru Mochizuki scratched her hair in distress.

"'Anomaly' was born out of myths, ghost stories, and legends, so since there are such things as the Bride of the Web—do you know the source of the Bride of the Web?"

"Yes, Toriyama Shiyan's "Paintings and Hundred Ghosts at Night"."

"That's right, the strangeness that should only be contained in words and pictures has acquired its own entity under the scouring of time, and things like Internet brides with limited popularity and a not-so-long history have begun to run around. Alright, Yukinoshita, think about it..."

"Let's not talk about it from afar, how busy the relevant departments of the neighboring country Jiuxia are going to be. It is said that His Excellency Tianming Xuanniao of the Qin Tianjian is about to lose all his hair, but no one has verified it."

He withdrew his right hand that made the already messy hairstyle even worse.

"The year before last, I had the honor to participate in an operation organized in Norway. In that operation, our death rate was close to 70.00%[-]. None of the residents in the two small towns survived. The impact it caused has not been completely eliminated until now. "

"Five years ago, in Rome, the tyrant Nero was suppressed."

"Six years ago, in Egypt, the authorities paid an almost painful price to prevent Anubis and his legion from marching. I almost died there."

"Even in Japan, not long ago, there was a large-scale conflict surrounding the ownership of the Great Buddha of Kamakura. Fortunately, the response was timely and it did not affect ordinary people."

Yukino Yukino nodded ignorantly.

"How messed up is this world?"

"It's very chaotic, not as chaotic as you imagined. At least human beings are not extinct, and the sun rises as usual every day."