[Master K] The bad one next door

This joke...it's a bit big.

……

It's not just "a little bit", ah mouth!Just after listening to other people's ghost stories, I turned my head and stepped into this pit, so I can't feel stuck anymore, okay? !This kind of joke has exceeded the limit!What would exist at Kisaragi Station is simply unscientific! !

Mami felt a little dizzy in his head, as if he was suddenly hit by a big hammer and stared at his eyes.She took a few steps back, sat down on the bench by the platform, leaned weakly on the back of the chair, took a deep breath, and looked up at the night sky through the glass on the ceiling of the station, feeling at a loss for a while.

She needs to organize her thoughts.

Why did things become the way they are now?

After a restless day, I listened to a classmate tell an urban legend to refresh my mood during recess, and then got on the tram to catch up on sleep. When I woke up, my world view completely changed——I came to the legendary city inexplicably. In the station, it is called helpless to the extreme.

Of course, it's not time to think about meaningless questions like "how unlucky I am".

The point is - what now?

Mami was stunned for a while, then suddenly remembered something.

By the way, Lianshi—the protagonist of the Kisaragi station incident, what did he do after he came here?

After thinking about this, she quickly took out the terminal from her pocket.The shell of the terminal that she put away not long ago still had residual warmth from her fingers, and the familiar cold mixed with gentle touch from her fingertips made her heart calm down a little.She unlocked the lock screen of the terminal, and was surprised to find that the battery, which was almost 30.00% before, was now only [-]% left, and the signal bar in the upper left corner of the screen was also flickering unsteadily around one bar.

Maki opened the address book without hesitation.

She doesn't have many contacts, only about seven or eight.His finger moved among several names for a while, but he still clicked on the first name - "Mom".

When the white text of "calling" appeared on the screen, she put the terminal to her ear, listening to the normal but now extremely long "beep" sound, and waited anxiously.

But as time passed by, her originally full of anticipation cooled down little by little.

The last "beep" snapped off after the standby time limit was reached, and then a cold female voice sounded next to my ear: "Sorry, the customer you dialed is temporarily unanswered, please call later... Sorry, the customer you dialed..."

Maki hung up the reminder tone that was repeated over and over again, and dialed Dad's phone in disbelief.

After a burst of beeps, it was the same female voice again: "Excuse me, the number you dialed..."

Hang up, call Misaki Hatta, put it to her ear and wait.

"Excuse me……"

Hang up and click on May Tian.

"not good……"

Fushimi Monkey than ancient.

"Do not……"

Several names were dialed in turn, but no one answered, and when she got to the back, her hands were almost trembling and she couldn't hold the terminal steadily.When the last name lost hope of being contacted, she let go of her hand, and the terminal fell directly on her lap.

She sat in a daze for a long time, staring blankly at a certain point in the distance, and slowly curled up for a long time, resting her chin on her knees, biting her lower lip, and a mist gradually gathered in front of her eyes.

I want to cry.

Obviously...it shouldn't be like this.

The original plain and warm daily life seems to be broken suddenly from a certain day. The good days are no longer, but all kinds of bleak blows follow one after another-betrayal by the father, rifts in the family, grievances on the street. The explosion, Misaki's concealment, the dispute with Wuyue... and like now, alone in a different time and space with no one, at a loss as to where to go.

Although she sometimes reacts slowly, she is not stupid.

She knew that the trajectory of her life was changing little by little, but she was powerless and could only watch it go straight to a dark and unknown direction.The heart that used to be full of sunshine gradually shrouded in haze with one incident after another, and the relaxed shoulders seemed to have jumped on a heavy burden, and I was so depressed that I couldn't breathe.

She suddenly realized: Blindly maintaining an optimistic attitude, entrusting trust to others easily, always leisurely looking at this unknown world with the mood of "There will always be a way, just wait"—this It's not a carefree life, but being blinded by the so-called "happiness" to see the dark eyes.

She is simply a young eagle living under the wings of her parents, who looks at the goshawk soaring in the blue sky enviously, thinking that it is "freedom". The storm was drenched.

The more Zhenya thought about it, the more wronged she became, she bit her lower lip tightly, tears almost fell down.

But...she couldn't.At least not now.

She took a deep breath, straightened up, wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, and forced back the tears.

What about crying?make yourself more sad?Can the status quo be changed?She's here alone, with no one around who can understand and sympathize with her—wasting time, crying for whom?

If it was before, she might cry like this regardless of everything.

Now she has figured it out, instead of continuing to complain about herself, it is better to rectify her mood after introspection, find the way home, and talk about this bizarre experience with a smile in the days to come, just like talking to countless ups and downs in her mind. Precious memories.

Instead of hiding under the wings of their parents and looking forward to the blue sky, they spread their wings and fly high in the storm.

——Yazawa Maya, it's time for you to grow up.

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Just when Mami wiped away her tears and stood up, ready to search around the entire station, a strange sound suddenly came from a distance.

It sounded unreal at first, but as the source of the sound got closer, the blurred sound gradually became clear—it was a very rhythmic drum sound, maintaining a strangely precise sense of rhythm, pointing towards her little by little. The location is approaching, and there is still a mixture of crisp bells and someone's dull shouts like chanting a spell.

Maki was slightly taken aback, and then his expression changed instantly.

In the dark and silent station, the light and shadow moved again. A large dark cloud slowly drifted across the roof, gradually covering most of the light, leaving only a small piece of the moon sticking out of its head, casting a few gloomy rays from the gap in the cloud. Light.

The world darkened in an instant, and the voice became clearer.Gritting his teeth, Maki turned around and ran away without hesitation.

Bells and drums.Music used in ancient rituals.

She ran across the clearing, turned the corner, and a tunnel appeared in front of her.She remembered that Lianshi was taken away at this place, so she ignored the tunnel and continued to run forward non-stop.

The sound of the taiko drum and the bell behind her did not weaken at all, and seemed to be moving with her.The breath of Mami, who is not very strong, has begun to be a little disordered, and sweat is faintly seeping from his temples.She clenched her fists tightly, trying to ignore the creepy chill on her back, and took a big step to turn another corner in front of her.

The light flickered, and the scene suddenly changed.The sudden brightness made her squint her eyes.

What appeared in front of me was a waiting hall. The hall was bright and bright, illuminating the dark night outside. There were steaming coffee on the tables beside the rows of chairs.

Such a hall was empty.

The sound of bells and taiko drums suddenly disappeared after she came here, as if they had never been there.Mami subconsciously turned her head to look behind her, and was shocked to find that the way she came from had disappeared, replaced by a wall.

She touched the wall with her fingers hesitantly.The rough touch of her fingertips clearly told her that this was not an illusion.

Really... so strange.

She turned to look at the bright but unpopular waiting hall, and lifted her heart that had just let go.

However, this is the only way to go.

Zhenya suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, took a deep breath, clenched his fists to embolden himself, and took a step forward.

The "da da" sound of the heels of the student's shoes on the marble floor carried a hollow echo, as if hitting her heart heavily, adding a bit of chill to the unpopular hall.Rows of chairs are placed in the empty hall, and the surrounding small shops are also lit, with a dazzling array of products.Compared with the waiting hall, this place is more like an airport waiting hall.

She walked past the small table next to the chair, stopped, stared at the steaming coffee on the table for a while, then turned her head and continued to walk forward.

After a while, she came to the back of the waiting hall.

There are also small shops at the back, almost all lights are on, and the oden section in one of the convenience stores is still boiling soup, as if it is still open, but the owner of the shop cannot be seen.In the dazzling light, a convenience store with lights off in the corner easily attracted her attention.

On the signboard above the store entrance, there are two words scrawled like a child's random graffiti: Kisaragi.

It has the same name as Kisaragi Station.

Looking at the ominous signboard, Mami suddenly had such a feeling in his heart - if he wants to go out, here is the key to open the locked door.

This feeling made her want to go in and have a look.After experiencing the previous incident, she certainly didn't dare to act rashly. She just stood at the door of the store and looked around cautiously, trying to see a clue.

The store was dark, and only the outlines of some shelves and cash registers could be vaguely seen.Maya hesitated for a moment, took out the terminal, and was about to use it for lighting, but when he lowered his head and glanced at the screen, his eyes suddenly widened.

The originally flashing signal grid in the upper left corner has returned to four grids.

She took a step back tentatively, the four grids swayed and turned into three grids.Taking another step forward, the three grids changed back to four grids.

This means that...

She tremblingly held the terminal in front of her, speechless with excitement.

There is a signal in the Kisaragi Convenience Store!

Having received such information suddenly, Maki was almost overwhelmed by the surprise that rushed to her heart.Without thinking about it, she quickly walked into the dark store, and when she stepped into the store, her eyes were fixed on the upper left corner of the terminal screen, longing for a better change in the situation.

The four signal grids jumped and became full grids under her expectant eyes.

At the same time—

The store door slammed shut behind her.