After the leader of He Sen

The Psychic Phenomenon Research Club of Yokohama Middle School can be said to be the most unpopular club. There are only two people in the club so far. If it weren't for the school clubs, the number of clubs would not be many, and the student union didn't have too much restrictions on the number of people. This club It has long been abolished.

Fujino Qixiang, the president of the Psychic Phenomenon Research Institute, is reading a book in the club activity room. The book is a horror novel from a second-hand bookstore, Stephen King's "Pet Cemetery".I have read this book once on my mobile phone, but how can I say it? The paper version of the book always reads differently. The text that can be touched by hand seems to be more ritual than the fast scrolling text on the screen. , Even people who read books add a bit of intellectuality.

Another member of the club is Fujino Nanaka's hair boy Shimo Haoye. This guy is different from other boys. Although he is about 1.8 meters tall, he is not interested in sports clubs at all. He likes to do sports every day. The only thing is to sleep.

The original intention of Haoye to join the Supernatural Phenomena Research Club is to get the club credits required for graduation without doing anything. In fact, it is true. The daily life of the Supernatural Research Club is Fujino Qixiang reading books, and Kamishita Haoye sleeps on the side. , until the club activity time ends.

"I said Haoye..." In the classroom, there were only the sound of Fujino Qixiang flipping the book and Kanishita Haoye's slight snoring. In such a quiet environment, when Fujino said this sentence with a normal high volume, it should be It can be heard clearly.

The target should not include Kamishita Hirono who was sleeping in the dark.

Fujino kicked God's bench, "Hao Ye!"

Woke up now.

Kanshita Haoye raised his sleepy eyes: "What? Is the club activity time over?"

"It's not over!"

"Then what did you ask me to do?"

"I have something to discuss with you."

Kamishita Haoye yawned lazily, "Say it."

"We have to find a way to recruit another person. I always have an ominous premonition that our club will soon be abolished by those guys from the student union." Fujino closed the book and said with a heavy face.

"Didn't the guys from the student union ignore it all the time? Why are you so worried?"

"It's just a matter of time! We have to gather the minimum number of people who can be allowed to form a society before they attack, so as to prevent problems before they happen."

"Give up, how could anyone join this kind of club."

After listening to Fa Xiao's unbeatable speech, Fujino raised his fist and was about to perform the usual routine. At this time, the door was pushed open, accompanied by a soft creaking sound.

The gazes of Fujino and Kanshita were drawn to him at the same time, and there was a petite round-faced girl standing behind the door.

"Um...Excuse me, is this the Psychic Phenomena Research Institute?" the girl asked timidly.

"Yes, what's the matter with you?" Fujino let go of his raised fist, with a puzzled look on his face.

"I..." The girl walked to the table for the two of them, and handed over a piece of paper with beautiful handwriting, "This is my application for joining the company."

"What?!" x2

"What's the matter? What's the problem?" The girl thought that her application had an irregular format.

"No, no, no," Fujino put away the first application form he received, unable to hide his excitement, "Welcome to the Psychic Phenomena Research Club, the third member of our club! Warmly welcome!"

It was so easy for the girl who submitted the application to not want to join the club, so she asked with some uncertainty, "Is that all right? There is no assessment or anything."

"There is no such thing as an assessment. Our Spirit Research Club is always open to members who want to join... No, I mean very welcome." Fujino Qixiang said enthusiastically.

The god on the side was not as enthusiastic as Fujino, he raised his eyelids and glanced at the girl, "Aren't you Mika Mika of the choir? It seems that the school does not allow one person to join two clubs at the same time, right?"

Mei Xia lowered her head, "I have quit the choir."

"Ah? Are you okay? You don't want to join such a good club, and you come to this kind of club that is on the verge of abolition..." Before God could finish speaking, Fujino gave him an iron fist.

"I'm sorry, he slurs like this, but he doesn't mean anything malicious, but I'm also curious why you quit the choir to join the Psychic Research Club." Fujino Qixiang moved a chair from another place, "Sit down."

"...Thank you, I do have another purpose for joining the Spirit Research Club." Meixia bit her lip and spoke with difficulty.Fujino found that the area around her eyes was a little swollen, but it wasn't particularly obvious, and it looked like it had been covered up with makeup such as liquid foundation.

"What purpose?" Fujino took out the bulk biscuits bought in the morning and handed her a piece.

Meixia squeezed the biscuit in her hand, looked straight into Fujino's eyes: "I want to see my dead friend."

*

"Has Lixiang heard that rumor recently?"

In the morning, most of the snow accumulated on the window sill finally melted, and the sun, which had not been seen for a long time, showed a small part of its face.I put small pots of green plants on the window sill to let them absorb some sunlight, but it was still cold when the window was opened, and the sunlight that shone through the thick clouds seemed to be a visual deception, without heat.

Just when I was hesitating whether to take the green plant back into the house, Akemi Tagawa suddenly asked this question.

"What rumor?" It's better to take the green plant back, I haven't seen the sun for so long, and I'm not in a hurry.

"One of the top ten unbelievable events in the school - the endless staircase!" Tian Chuan's tone of voice was like an announcement, and the tone fluctuated.

I wondered: "Isn't it the seven incredible events? How did it become the top ten now?" I don't know where the three extra events came from.

"It turns out that Lixiang has heard of it." Tian Chuan was in high spirits, "Didn't this kind of strange talk be very popular when we were studying? There is also a strange talk club in school, does Lixiang still remember?"

I was taking care of the leaves of the green plants: "Yes."

"Seeing your expression, you obviously don't remember it!" Tian Chuan stood up from his seat and leaned towards me, his chin resting directly on my shoulder, "Anyway, what I just said is called 'the endless staircase'. Ghost stories are quite popular among students right now!"

I met Tagawa talking and laughing with students several times before, so the content of the chat is this kind of campus legend?

"Could it be that the school's spiritual research club needs to recruit new students? So we added such campus legends to increase attention."

Tian Chuan: "... Lixiang, your focus is always so strange, why don't you ask me what kind of story this rumor is telling?"

Endless stairs.

This kind of campus legend can guess the content just by listening to the name, but seeing Tian Chuan's face of "Quickly ask me! Quickly ask me!", I had no choice but to cooperate: "What kind of story is it telling? "

This answer finally met her wishes, she snatched the watering can from my hand, let me sit on the soft chair in front of the desk, and then started with a sneaky voice: "Is there a school in the southwest of the school?" An abandoned school building?"

I nodded. The school building is very old. It should have been transformed into a new school building long ago or directly flattened and used for other purposes, but for some reason it is still lying in the southwest. corner.

Some timid but curious students deliberately went to explore during the day, and came back to say that there was no one in there, and there was a rattling noise, like a devil chewing human bones.

I think it's the sound they make when they're stepping on the floor that's been in disrepair.

"The school building has four floors in total. The stairs from the third floor to the fourth floor are divided into two sections, each section has fourteen steps, which is 28 floors. It was a normal staircase, but it became weird because of an accident. "Speaking of which, Tagawa glanced at me.

I understood and said: "What kind of accident?"

"A female teacher accidentally fell down the stairs and died. I heard that she was not dead when she just fell down, but because it was very late and there were no people in the school, she missed the best time for treatment. That's it. The body lay across the steps waiting for death.

Since then, when the single teacher or student went down from the fourth floor to the third floor, they found that the original 28 steps had become 29 steps, and the extra floor was the body of the dead female teacher. "

"Isn't this legend called 'the endless staircase'? Why does it sound like 'extra stairs' is more appropriate?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, Lixiang, don't interrupt me, I haven't finished yet."

"Excuse me, please continue." I made a movement of zipping my mouth shut.

"Ahem, if you find that the stairs under your feet have changed from 28 to 29, don't say it, just leave as if nothing happened. But——if you say something like 'how come there is an extra level of stairs', it will be forever I can’t even get out! The stairs will continue to extend infinitely, and I will never be able to return to the real world.”

Me: "Wow!"

"Damn it, why aren't you scared at all?" Tagawa was dissatisfied with my reaction.

If it was me who was tricked by Mori Ogai to watch "Midnight Bell" and only dared to wash half of my face when I washed my face, I would be a little scared after hearing this story, but now I am different.

In order to enrich my meager amount of reading and have more materials to write novels, I bit the bullet and read a lot of books about folk ghost stories. If I read a lot, it is easy to see routines and so on. This kind of campus ghost stories It is the most basic introduction to horror, so it is impossible to produce emotional fluctuations, let alone produce fear.

Of course, these words cannot be shared with Tian Chuanming, so he had to say: "Because it sounds very ordinary."

The reason why ghost stories are scary is that they connect common things in life with scary factors, and have the effect of frightening when you think carefully.

In this story, steps, dead teachers, classrooms, these elements that shape the situation are closely related to our lives, so it can be said that the selection is very good.But, who counts the steps when walking the stairs?According to the conditions in the story, the number should be counted when the order is placed. At this time, you should hurry home.I have worked in the school for more than half a year, and I have not deliberately counted the number of steps on any floor.

Tian Chuan's smile stiffened on her face, like a tattooed symbol, I thought she looked a little off, "Teacher Tian Chuan?"

"I'm going to the bathroom." She stood up, her body was bang when she walked, and she seemed to be uncoordinated.

Did what I just said offend her?

Ask her when she comes back.I was confused.

After 5 minutes, Tian Chuan pushed the door open and came in breathlessly, "Almost! I almost missed the bus. I really shouldn't have stayed up late last night to re-watch Lian's TV series, but it's so good and handsome!"

I was stunned, "Mr. Tianchuan..."

"Good morning Lixiang, are you alone in the office again?" She greeted me with a smile.

I come early, and music lessons are usually arranged later, so I am often the only one in the office in the morning.But that's not the point, "Didn't you go to the bathroom just now?"

Tian Chuan put the bag on the table, and said puzzledly: "Lixiang, what are you talking about, I just arrived at school. Did you confuse me with a teacher who dressed like me?"

"No, you went to the bathroom after you told me about the strange story, or you said to go to the bathroom yourself." Although I was not so clear-headed for a while, I often drifted between dreams and reality, but I never dreamed of it. I'm not dreaming about things in school now, am I?

"Lixiang, stop joking. I'm timid. I've never dared to watch horror movies. How dare I discuss ghost stories with you..." She saw that my expression didn't look like a joke, and her voice became smaller and smaller. It ends up being: "Is today April Fool's Day?"

I touched the tender leaves of the green plant, "I hope so."

In order not to cause further panic, I did not tell others about the "Fake Tagawa" incident in the morning. At the same time, I also comforted Tianchuan and said that it was probably because I did not have a good rest these days that I really had hallucinations, so she should not take it to heart.

It's a pity that Tian Chuan doesn't believe this kind of rhetoric at all, and now he has to drag me to the bathroom with him.When I leave school, I need someone to accompany me, and when I go to a slightly off-campus corner, I have to act like a baby and let her go with me.

Even Teacher Tomoko couldn't stand it and said: "Mr. Tianchuan, are you a primary school student? You have to let Lixiang accompany you wherever you go?"

"It's okay, it's all my fault that I forced her to watch a horror movie with me yesterday, which frightened her. Walking around is just like exercising." I winked at Tianchuan apologetically.

"Horror movie?" Teacher Tomoko immediately became energetic when he heard this word, "I really like watching horror movies. If Xiao Lixiang wants to watch but is afraid, please come to me!"

"well."

The beginning of this school year was not peaceful. First, the incident of "Fake Tagawa" made me uneasy, and then the disappearance of students alarmed the principal.

Three members of the Psychic Phenomena Research Club had an accident during an after-school club activity, and one of them disappeared for no reason in the old school building in the southwest.

The one who disappeared was a girl named Mika Siyuan.

Her good friend Xia Suicai unfortunately died a few days ago because she was implicated in a serious crime, and even her body was digested by the criminal.But now, she is missing, and her life and death are unknown.

I had received a love letter from Meixia before, and her face was full of youthfulness and beauty that belonged only to children of this age.After Xia Sui died, she was depressed for a while and even quit the choir.

"Teacher, I have important things to do now. If I don't do it, I will regret it." That was the reason she gave when she quit the choir.

What the hell happened?What happened in the old school building to make the living children disappear for no reason?

Suddenly, the campus legend that Kotagawa told me - "the endless staircase" flashed in my mind, like a bolt of lightning, illuminating the surroundings brightly.