I wanted to be a bad actor in the anime, but I failed.

Looking at the little Loli who was so scared that she collapsed on the ground.

Mihashi and Ito were confused.

They originally planned to scare the eldest brother, but ended up scaring such a cute little girl.

For a moment, I felt mixed emotions and couldn't help but complain:

"Boss, why did you bring a little girl with you? We are going to explore a haunted place!"

"She came here on her own. Let's teach her a lesson this time, so that she won't be so defenseless and trust someone so easily and go somewhere with a stranger at night without any suspicion."

"Should we send her back then?"

"No, take her with you."

"Ah? Then we won't take care of it. We have no experience in taking care of elementary school students! Since you are the one taking care of him, you have to take care of him!"

Mihashi and Ito said with disdain.

"It doesn't matter, just let her take care of herself."

These irresponsible words shocked the three of them.

Tsurumi Rumi stood up and stared at Mu Lin with a look as if she wanted to kill him.

In the dark forest, a little black-haired girl showed such a terrifying look, which frightened Sanbashi and Ito so much that their bodies tensed up.

"Boss, I think it's better to send her back. What if there really is a ghost, and the ghost possesses her because of her strong yin energy? She'll be doomed!"

"How can there be such a simple ghost that can possess someone else?"

"Wow! So, you know a lot, boss?"

"Stop talking nonsense, go early and come back early, I still need to sleep!"

"Ok! Let's go!"

Mihashi and Ito led the way with flashlights.

Mu Lin walked at the back holding a flashlight, while Tsurumi Rumi walked in the middle.

After walking for a while, Mu Lin looked at the little girl in front of him who was shivering, not sure whether it was out of fear or cold, and said:

"are you cold?"

"not cold."

"If you're cold, I can lend you my coat."

As soon as these words came out, Tsurumi Rumi stopped and turned to look at Mu Lin.

"So you're cold?"

"..."

"If you're not cold, why stop? Why don't you just walk away?"

"..."

"You're not leaving? Then I'll go first."

Mu Lin and Tsurumi Rumi passed each other.

The latter was so frightened when he saw the gloomy road behind him that he couldn't help but reach out and grab Mu Lin's sleeve.

"I...I'm cold."

"Tell me earlier."

Mu Lin took off his school uniform jacket and threw it to Tsurumi Rumi.

The latter put it on awkwardly.

This oversized coat looks like a windbreaker on her.

Feeling warm and safe, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you."

"So I told you to go back but you insisted on following me."

"Oh."

Tsurumi Rumi returned to her usual self-possessed state, ignoring Mu Lin and walking quickly forward.

Mu Lin followed behind her to prevent her from falling down the bumpy mountain road while also observing the surrounding environment.

The owl's cry was a little different from its usual tone.

The flying behavior of crows is also strange.

The yin energy in the wind is also quite heavy.

and······

Mu Lin's nose twitched and his brows furrowed slightly.

Being experienced, he smelled some odor of rotting corpse.

But he was sure that these rotting corpses were probably not related to the haunting.

After all, there is a gap of ten years between the two.

"Could it be that some murderer used this place as a place to hide the body?"

"Please don't say horrible things like that behind my back!"

Mu Lin looked at the petite and helpless figure in front of him and said with a malicious smile: "I'm telling you, I smell the smell of a rotting corpse. Maybe there will be zombies or something like that. As a materialist, do you think zombies or something like that are possible to exist?"

Feeling frustrated, Tsurumi Rumi snorted slightly, holding the camera, and quickened her pace.

But Mu Lin behind him insisted, "Oh, right, in about 500 AD, there was a plague. People with the plague bit people everywhere like rabid dogs. They wouldn't die even if their hands and feet were cut off or their hearts were pierced. They had to be beheaded. The most terrifying thing was that people bitten by them would also be infected with the plague. Do you think this is the zombies in movies and TV shows?"

"Humph! I have never heard of such a historical event. Besides, history is always half true and half false. It has no credibility at all."

"Also, a long, long time ago, even before the dinosaurs existed, there was a species called the Corpse that emitted black gas, and they also had this trait."

"I don't believe any of these made-up stories."

"Yes, this world may not have these things."

"You're playing tricks here again! Well! Congratulations! Now you're more annoying than those people in the dormitory!"

Tsurumi Rumi ran forward quickly, away from the woods, and followed Ito and Mihashi.

Mu Lin sighed in boredom.

Walking in the silent forest.

It was a bit difficult to walk on the slope, and Rumi Tsurumi, who was not in good physical condition, was already out of breath.

But she did not complain. She looked down at the road and kept walking forward.

Finally, the road gradually became flat and the woods ahead were no longer so dense.

After passing through the cordon set up by the police, the four saw an izakaya under the full moon in the distance.

The gloomy and dark tomb looked so eerie against the backdrop of the occasional flickering black shadows in the sky.

It was as if a strange creature opened its mouth wide and waited for its prey.

Tsurumi Rumiko felt timid and took a half step back, but when she thought that the asshole senior behind her might laugh at her, she stood up straight and tried to be strong.

But at this time, Mu Lin, who was at the back, did not pay attention to her little movements, but looked around the surrounding environment of the pub with a serious expression.

A long black corridor paved with cobblestones extends from the foot of the forest to the entrance of the izakaya.

The color in the dark night, coupled with the distortion of the moonlight, looks like a flowing river of blood.

There are four willow trees on both sides of the aisle.

In the densely covered mountains of deciduous broad-leaved forests in this northern temperate island region, narrow-leaved trees such as willows stand out.

Narrow leaves can easily gather negative energy.

"Boss! We're here! What do you mean? Should we go in through the main gate or climb over the wall?" Sanqiao asked excitedly.

"I think it's better for us not to go in."

"Ah? We finally got here! Boss, are you scared?"

"Hmph! Coward!" Tsurumi Rumi took the opportunity to retaliate.

"Okay, now that this is the case, let's go in through the main entrance."

Izakaya is a traditional Japanese pub, a restaurant that serves alcohol and meals.

However, this izakaya has modern features and also has a bathhouse, hot spring, massage, lounge, etc., so its area is unusually large.

Hanging at the door were two red lanterns connected by a spider web, which looked eerie no matter how you looked at them.

The four of them pushed open the creaking wooden door and saw the dilapidated and messy front yard.

There were weeds everywhere, broken flower pots, and some detergent thrown out from the laundry room with its window open not far away.

“Who threw out these detergents?”

Ito squatted on the ground, picked up a bottle of 87 detergent, and asked tremblingly.

"It might have been thrown by a ghost." Sanqiao illuminated his chin with a flashlight and made a sinister expression.

"How, how is this possible!" The usually talkative Tsurumi Rumi started to talk more because of the uneasiness in her heart.

"Huh! Haven't you heard about it? Some people say that things here will float up out of thin air and hit people, so they say it's haunted. If it's not thrown by ghosts, then what else could it be?"

"Plop!" A bottle of detergent in the distance fell down for some reason.

"Ah!!" Ito and Tsurumi Rumi screamed in fright!

Sanbashi looked at the timid Ito with disdain: "Humph! You are worse than this little girl! You have lived in vain!"

The latter coughed dryly a few times and blushed, "How could that be?! This is just a human instinct! The reason I screamed out is because I have a strong sense of crisis! My reaction was also very fast! How dare you, a person who is slow to react and has no sense of crisis, say that to me?!"

"Tough mouth!"

Sanqiao shook his head and looked at Mu Lin, who had remained silent since entering the pub.

"Boss! In most ghost movies, the main characters split up and give ghosts the chance to kill them one by one before they appear. Why don't we split up as well?"

"Ah?!" Ito was shocked.

Tsurumi Rumi even took a half step back and reached out to grab the corner of the clothes of the person next to her, but she couldn't grab it no matter how hard she tried. She turned her head and found that there was no one around. After seeing where Mu Lin was, she quickly trotted to his side to seek a sense of security.

Mu Lin nodded and said, "Okay, Sanqiao, you and Ito go to the left. She and I will look to the right."

"OK!"

"No! Why do we have to act separately?!" Ito shouted, but was pulled by Sanbashi and disappeared into the shadows.

Only the cone of light from a flashlight spun in a circle, allowing the owner to take in the layout of the front yard.

"Outside the yard are gray tiles, narrow weeds, and the flowers that collected sunlight have withered."

"The house is built in the Japanese style with paper-walled doors and many lanterns hanging from the ceiling."

“Although it looks like a large area, the layout is so narrow that the corridor is only wide enough for three people to walk.”

"It's not just narrow, it's still narrow. Not to mention the accumulation of negative energy, people will also get sick."

Mu Lin commented slowly, but didn't expect the corner of his clothes to be pulled by the little girl next to him.

Perhaps it was his words combined with the surrounding environment that broke the little girl's defense.

She lowered her head and dared not look around.

"Scared?"

"..."

“Does your camera have night vision?”

"Have."

"It has quite a lot of functions! I heard that the camera can see ghosts. Do you want to try to use the camera to look around?"

"······don't want!"

"Okay, let's go. Follow closely and don't get lost."

"Oh."

The two walked to the right.

Two pairs of feet, one small and one big, made creaking sounds as they stepped on the elevated wooden planks, and finally stopped in front of the side door of the main house.

When I opened the door, what came into view was a wooden table with several bottles of wine on it, a cash register, and two dark corridors that led to nowhere.

Maybe the wind blew through the door and lifted the curtain in front of the corridor.

“Gah—!”

The most out-of-place rocking chair not far away began to rock.

Tsurumi Rumi was so scared that she clutched the corner of Mu Lin's clothes tightly with her little hands, and almost buried her head in Mu Lin's clothes.

"Don't worry, it's not dangerous." Mu Lin comforted, "We can just walk around and then go back."

"Ah."

The two walked around the front hall and then walked along a corridor to the humid laundry room.

The blue and white tiles reflect the strong light.

The scattered detergents were placed haphazardly on the slippery floor tiles. It was pitch dark and one would slip if one was not careful and stepped on the detergents.

Fortunately, Mu Lin had a flashlight.

Tsurumi Rumi stepped over the detergent carefully.

But Mu Lin kicked the detergent that was blocking his way away.

"Don't do this!" Tsurumi Rumi warned fearfully.

"What are you afraid of?"

"It might anger the ghost."

"What? Do you believe in ghosts again now?"

"Oh."

Passing through the laundry room, the two came to the spacious main hall.

Neatly arranged wine tables, scattered wine bottles, and curtains at four exits in the corners close off this place.

Mu Lin and Tsurumi Rumi lifted one of the curtains and walked in.

This spacious main hall with no lanterns and only a wine table made Tsurumi Rumi feel a little relieved.

But Mu Lin's face changed when he caught a glimpse of the corner of the ceiling in his peripheral vision.

The flashlight suddenly turned toward that place.

"What, what's wrong?"

Tsurumi Rumi asked in confusion, and at the same time took a few blind photos with her camera and prepared to take them back to have a look.

"Nothing, just making sure there is really no danger here."

There's no danger, but there are indeed ghosts.

The earthbound spirit has no grudges, it is just a spirit, harmless, and at most it can play some mischief.

In the world that ordinary people cannot see, a ghost wearing a white dress and with disheveled black hair dragging on the ground covering his face is hanging in the corner of the ceiling.

Even though he couldn't see her eyes, Mu Lin could still feel that she was looking straight at them.

Moreover, when Mu Lin's expression changed and he pointed the flashlight at her, she became even more curious and crawled over with a deformed posture.

"Snap! Frame!!"

The unusual sound of the bottles being smashed made Tsurumi Rumiko scream in fear, but fortunately she couldn't see that a ghost was coming in front of her, otherwise she would have fainted on the spot.

The ghost stood up straight, tilted his head and stood in front of Mu Lin curiously.

The distance between the two is less than a palm's width.

That strange look with all the long black hair was very scary.

But Mu Lin just looked at her indifferently, with an expression that said "what do you want to do".

"laugh······"

Suddenly! The ghost flew backwards, and his long hair rolled up several wine bottles and smashed them over!

Mu Lin caught them easily, placed them one by one on the table beside him, and watched her disappear into the shadows.

"Was there a wine bottle flying towards me just now?!" Tsurumi Rumi said in fear and disbelief.

"You are mistaken, no."

"Yes, is that so?"

"Well, let's go, take a look around, then meet up with Ito and the others, and then go back to sleep together. I'm a little sleepy."

"Okay." Tsurumi Rumi was very much looking forward to going back soon.

Then, the two of them walked upstairs to the main house.

Upstairs are lounges, numbered 1, 2... and finally 13, for a total of 13 rooms.

In each room there was an altar in the corner, on which were rotten apples and an incense burner with a few incense sticks with only the handles left.

Maybe the daughter died, so she created these underworld things.

But I don't know why so many at once.

"How weird." Tsurumi Rumi commented.

"Well, okay, let's go and meet up with Ito and the others in the front yard."

"it is good!"

However, just as the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, she heard a scream not far away!

"Ahhhh!!!"

The heart-wrenching scream made her relaxed expression freeze!

Then, the senior student next to her grabbed her little hand and ran over there.

Rumi Tsurumi was running very fast in the corridor as if she was being dragged, staring blankly at the big hand that was tightly holding her.

The soft touch feels just as warm and reassuring as when I first put on this school uniform jacket.

PS: Tomorrow, February 15th, is an important day for the protagonist, so I will take a day off~~

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