Yokohama 8pm Theater

"Ahhh-!!!"

The scream made Michiko almost jump up.

Fortunately, it was only "nearly", she did not do anything to damage the image of the King of Gold, but the calm smile on her face could not be maintained.

The hotel attendant who didn't know what happened was also taken aback by the sudden scream, but the professionalism he had cultivated through years of work made him react quickly and bowed down to apologize.

"I'm extremely sorry! Because I didn't get a response after knocking on the door for a long time, I was worried about the safety of all the guests, so I opened the door without permission... I'm really sorry for disturbing everyone!"

The first person to wake up from the fright turned on the light in the room, and the light returned, and the tense and terrifying atmosphere dissipated a lot.

Michiko cast approving glances at the clan member, then she looked at the waiter who was still kneeling at the door in an apologetic posture, and said softly: "It's okay, we were too involved in playing and caused trouble to your work, I'm really sorry."

Having said that, Michiko pretended to glance at the wall clock inadvertently, so she sighed "It's so late" and announced the end of today's game.

Well, logically, no one would ever find out that she was so anxious to end the game because she was afraid of ghosts.

Michiko thought well, but soon she realized that things were not that simple.

Back in the room, Michiko and her daughter Yuko were ready to go to bed after washing.The two sets of mattresses were spread out side by side, the lights were turned off, and the mother and daughter chatted for a while.

"...Is Yuko afraid of playing games today? If you are afraid, you can sleep with your mother."

"...Well...no need, I'm not afraid at all... Oda-sensei said that only children who do bad things will be targeted by monsters..."

There was sleepiness in Yuko's voice, and she fell asleep after a while.

Michiko: ...

This character who is not afraid of ghosts does not know who to follow, anyway, it must not be me!

Michiko turned over helplessly, opened her eyes, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

For some reason, she suddenly thought of the story told by Shuji Tsushima, in which the maid Azhu stared at the ceiling in a daze because she didn't dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.

Perhaps because of the fear of ghosts in her heart, Michiko vaguely seemed to hear a "swoosh" sound coming from the direction of the bathroom.

She couldn't help shrinking her neck, closing her eyes and trying to force herself to sleep.

It was just the opposite, the more she didn't think about the story that Shuji Tsushima told, the more clearly the young man's voice lingered in her ears, and it lingered for a long time, even the terrifying "swoosh" sound seemed to be getting closer.

After enduring it for a long time, I finally couldn't bear it any longer.

How could she, the majestic King of Gold, be intimidated by such a "thing" that didn't exist? !

Michiko threw off the quilt and sat up, looking aggressive.

At this moment, she felt that her whole body was full of strength, even if something like a "ghost" really appeared in front of her, she would be able to knock the opponent away with one punch without fear.

However, this momentum only lasted for a short two seconds.

Just like some people are afraid of spiders and some people are afraid of dolls, how can the natural fear of human beings be overcome so easily?

Michiko fell into bed again.

After a while, the wrapped quilt squirmed a few times like a caterpillar, and a white and tender arm stretched out, and brought over the coat that was folded aside.

Michiko put on her clothes and quietly left the room without waking her daughter up.

There were still lights for nighttime lighting in the corridor outside, and being in the light, Michiko's fear in her heart was relieved a lot.

She walked aimlessly to the rest area of ​​the hot spring hotel. She thought it would be empty, but she didn't expect someone to sit here before her.

"It's so late, isn't Mr. Tsushima still asleep?"

Michiko walked up to Shuji Tsushima and sat down.In normal times, she would never take the initiative to get so close to someone she has only known for less than a day, but tonight's situation is a little bit special.

"Miss Ishihara didn't sleep either." Shuji Tsushima turned his head and smiled slightly, as if he wasn't surprised by Michiko's appearance at all.

"Well, I couldn't sleep all the time, so I came out to get some air."

"Because you were scared by tonight's game?"

"How could it be?" Michiko pulled a forced smirk, "Of course I can't be afraid of any ghost stories, they are all made up."

"——It's not made up." Shuji Tsushima said with a half-smile, "The story I told is true."

"……Ugh?"

Michiko's smile froze, her hands clasped on her knees subconsciously clenched and twisted together.She remembers the story being interrupted and left unfinished, and this uncertainty only added to the eerie and terrifying feel of the story.

"...Then...what's the matter with that '咻咻' sound?"

As if he didn't notice Michiko's anomaly, Shuji Tsushima explained: "I also heard this story from others, and its name is "Xu Xiu". Of course, it also has a more popular name-" Martyrdom."

"...Miss Ishihara still remembers Aju, the maid who was dating her lover in the story and didn't come home late at night? In fact, she and her lover were in the small room near the toilet.

Not long ago, Aju received a letter from her family. Due to her escaping marriage, the family property was suppressed, she was in a state of depression, and owed a huge debt.Her lover also failed to continue his studies due to depression, and failed his family's expectations of him.

The two met to die in love in the hut. Her lover cut Aju's neck first, and then committed suicide.It's just that Aju's carotid artery was not cut, but her trachea was cut.She didn't die immediately, so she instinctively took a big mouthful of breath, and the air was poured in through the broken trachea, so she made a 'swoosh' sound. "

--I see.

Knowing the truth of the story, Michiko breathed a sigh of relief, and most of the fear dissipated immediately.

For her, a ghost story without knowing the ending is more terrifying than a ghost story knowing the ending, coupled with the atmosphere deliberately created by the storyteller, so she only remembers the last ghost story told by Shuji Tsushima, and the first 99 I have no impression.Now, knowing that this story has nothing to do with ghosts, Michiko is naturally not afraid.

"—Do you think it's not that scary anymore?"

The black-haired young man propped his chin with one hand, and turned his head to look this way. His brows and eyes were bent into the shape of a crescent moon, as if he had understood everything a long time ago.

Michiko was stunned for a moment, her first reaction was to quickly deny it, but when her eyes touched the gentle iris eyes of the young man beside her, the cover-up she was about to blurt out was completely stuck.

"Okay... I admit, I'm really afraid of ghosts." Michiko compromised.

I have been hiding things that I don't want my daughter and clan members to know, but now I feel relieved when I say them.She thought that even if Shuji Tsushima made a mocking laugh, she would never be angry.

"It's normal," Tsushima Shuji still had a slight smile on his lips, "Everyone has something to be afraid of, and there's nothing to laugh about."

Michiko had a sudden fondness for him, and she couldn't help asking curiously: "Mr. Tsushima also has something to be afraid of? What is it?"

Shuji Tsushima stared at the front calmly without speaking, but Michiko held her breath for an instant.

In just a few seconds, it seemed as long as it spanned thousands of universes. When he regained consciousness, the sadness and gloom that almost engulfed people had already faded away like a tide.As if they had never appeared, everything was just an illusion produced by others.

Michiko is keenly aware that she seems to have accidentally stepped on a "landmine".

"Miss Shi Yuan, when you are entangled by fear, there is another way to quickly dispel this emotion."

The word "what, what" stuck in her throat, Michiko opened her eyes wide and looked at the young man who suddenly approached her, and lost the ability to speak for a while.Her ears were covered with both hands, and her forehead was also pressed against the other's forehead. Such a close distance was far beyond what she could accept.

At this moment, all sounds were far away from her, and all senses went on strike.Her mind was empty, let alone fear, and all other emotions and thoughts disappeared.

A moment seems like an eternity.

When Michiko came back to her senses, Shuji Tsushima quickly retreated to a safe distance.

"Miss Ishihara, it's getting late, and there are a lot of strange stories related to this at the hot spring hotel at midnight, it's better to go back to sleep quickly."

After finishing speaking, Shuji Tsushima got up and left first.

Michiko was the only one left in the rest area. She raised her hand and touched her forehead. For the first time in her heart, she didn't have the urge to beat someone up. Instead, she felt a little strange.

"...I'm not a serious face controler, am I?"

……

The next day, the trip to the hot spring was over, and the people who were still unsatisfied wanted to leave no matter how reluctant they were.

"Hey... I really don't want to leave so soon, the easy life really will make people degenerate."

Kanae, who was waiting in the hall, sighed with a low expression.

At this time, the Oda couple just came out of the room, and Kanae's eyes were attracted by them.After watching the interaction between the couple for a while, she couldn't help sighing again: "Yizhi and Mr. Oda have such a good relationship! When can I get out of the order and become a person who distributes dog food instead of eating dog food What about people?"

Butterfly who was also waiting beside couldn't help but said: "Sister, you are only in your early twenties, there is no need to rush this kind of thing."

"You are wrong, Shinobu, the desire to fall in love is irrelevant to age." Kanae raised a finger and said in a serious manner.She didn't know what to think of, and suddenly mentioned: "Speaking of it, Shinobu is always unsmiling, but when he meets Yoshiyuki Tomioka, he will become active. Could it be that Shinobu..."

"Sister!" Butterfly endured the twitching of the veins on her forehead, and said helplessly, "Don't you want to fall in love with everyone?!"

Kanae stopped talking, she blinked innocently, wondering if she really believed her sister's words.

Die Die couldn't bear to think that her sister became so eager to get out of the order after subscribing to a certain newspaper.

"Really... Sister, please stop reading the boring novels in the boring newspapers! Dare to write any gossip news, if King finds out, he will definitely block it."

"Hey, Shinobu-chan, you also read "The Daily"?" Kanae showed surprise, "I think this newspaper is okay, everyone likes to read it, and it didn't reveal any real information. In addition, "This Assassin Is Not So Cold" is not a boring novel, but Ah Zuo and Ah Zhi are beautiful love!"

Kanae is a loyal reader of this novel, so Butterfly Shinobu decided not to talk about this issue anymore.

It just so happened that Michiko over there was also walking here with her daughter. After meeting Shuji Tsushima on the way, she stopped and chatted with him.So Die Die reluctantly changed the subject and said, "Sister, when did King become so familiar with that Mr. Tsushima?"

Of course, it was impossible for Michiko to become acquainted with Shuji Tsushima so quickly. She just thanked him for what happened last night after meeting someone.

However, what she didn't expect was that her daughter Yuko would know Shuji Tsushima, and the two made an appointment to meet at a curry shop after returning to Tokyo.

"Yuko, can you tell mom, how did you meet Uncle Tsushima?"

"Uncle Tsushima is a respected senior of Mr. Oda. We met at a curry shop! He is the uncle who doesn't like spicy food but wants to eat super spicy curry rice!"

Michiko: ...Huh?

So——Shuji Tsushima is the "strange uncle" that Yuko mentioned many times? ? ?

Today's headline of "Supernatural People Daily": Breaking news!The king of gold is always a strong hot spring hotel night party lover!Seriously hospitalized is fake news!