The Mystery of Fangshi Edo

Yoshino Junpei sat on the sofa, staring at a blank space on the next bookshelf in a daze.

It may be due to the lack of sleep recently, otherwise, why do you feel that a book on the bookshelf has disappeared out of thin air?

It must be my eyesight.he thinks.

"What would you like to drink, Mr. Shunping? Oolong tea or barley tea?" asked the tea-haired youth who was pouring hot water into a cup not far away, "Sorry, I just moved in, and these are the only things suitable for minors at home. gone."

"Just give me plain water..."

"learn."

Fang Shi Yangming nodded, and took the water glass to the tea table in front of Shun Ping.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" He noticed that the boy kept his head down, and he couldn't help showing an apologetic expression, "I don't have any experience in entertaining people at home, and I don't know that people at your age usually like to play What……"

"No, it's not Mr. Fangishi's problem." Yoshino Junpei said, "Actually, I also... usually stay alone, so I don't know what to do when visiting neighbors."

To say how things became like this, we have to start a few days ago.

At that time, Fangishi Yangming, as a new resident, naturally visited his neighbor Yoshinoya. When he said that he was a novelist for the time being, when Mrs. Yoshino asked him about his pen name, he casually answered the least popular of his many pen names, Can't even find much information online.

Unexpectedly, the boy who had been sitting silently beside him, with black hair covering one eye, suddenly raised his head, expressing in surprise that he had seen Fang Shi Yangming's works.

"Huh? Is it true? What kind of story is it?" Nagi Yoshino suddenly became interested.

Fang Shi Yangming almost broke out in a cold sweat.

Under that pseudonym, he wrote some relatively strange and terrifying niche stories, such as the latest one, about the residents of a village controlled by the elder family, who resisted oppression but failed repeatedly. In the end, the desperate heroine turned into a murderer at night. Enter the elder's house on the mountain, and chop all the people there.

By the way, the heroine is based on Chiedomi Serizawa.

Mrs. Yoshino's knowledge of this kind of story will definitely not affect him well, so he can only hint at Yoshino Junpei with his eyes, and the latter replied after hesitating for a while: "It is... the protagonist and his companions have gone through hardships, and finally... The story of getting rid of the bondage and defeating the demon king."

"Is it such a kingly story? I thought you would like something more special."

"Haha... Occasionally, I will change the taste."

Fangshi Yangming heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Junpei with moving eyes, which made the latter shudder.

And after that, the young man let go of his guard against a handsome guy like Fang Shi Yangming, and started chatting with him about novels. It was one afternoon, that is, right now, when his mother said, "Young people should go out and make more friends." At the instigation of friends", he came to the neighbor's house as a guest with a gift in return.

……

Back to the present.

"Since Junping-kun likes to read horror novels, let's talk about related topics." The young man suggested, "For example... "Phone Call"?"

That book is the new work of the teacher 'The Eye of the Cobra'." The black-haired boy sitting on the sofa in the living room took the words and added, "Because it is a famous bestseller recently, so I went to the bookstore to read it. ...Does Mr. Fangshi like that novel? "

Subconsciously, Fang Shi Yangming wanted to say that it was not bad, but after thinking about it, he finally chose the latter between 'establishing a good relationship with the neighbor's children by saying things against his will' and 'following his own heart'.

"The mood is quite complicated." He sighed softly. "The writing is very good, and the plot is very touching. It's just that such a book should be classified as a general category. It's a little inappropriate to call it a horror novel."

"I think so too! The style of this book is too different from that of 'The Eye of the Cobra' teacher's previous works. It seems that something happened and forced the ending to be a warm story." Junpei Yoshino deeply felt Feeling the same, his eyes became firmer, "What's more, this story is obviously inspired by Huang ○ syndrome... Uh, sorry."

Accidentally mentioning a relatively unpopular game may make people impatient.

"Why do you apologize?" Fang Shi Yangming smiled, "I have played such classic works, Huang ○ Syndrome, and the Xi ○ Expedition Team. By the way, my favorite character is Kurumi Kokura!"

"You actually played it too!"

It is unbelievable that Mr. Fang Shi Yangming, who looks so pretentious, is actually like him in the game.

The young man left his seat intending to refill some tea, the young man was about to continue to say something, but suddenly something appeared in the corner of his peripheral vision—it seemed to be a figure.

He turned his head, but saw nothing.

His gaze inadvertently skipped over the bookshelf next to him, and suddenly he found that a small space that was vacant just now was gone... To be precise, it was "filled with books".

Yoshino Junpei rubbed his eyes nervously.

"Is anyone else home?" he asked hesitantly, "Or, do you have any pets?"

It may also be a cat or something, don't think too much about it yet.

"No, I live alone at the moment." Fang Shi Yangming replied, "Because the rent of this house is very cheap, I moved in impulsively. Now I have a headache how to clean it regularly."

"...I see, it feels like a novelist."

"You look a little surprised?"

"Because I always feel that people like Mr. Fang Shi are very popular," he said with a dry smile, "I was wondering if you might already be married."

After all, even his mother said that Fang Shi Yangming was good at chatting.

"That's really a misunderstanding," the tea-haired youth sighed, "I also prefer to be alone, how should I put it... It's just not suitable for a stable long-term development in a certain place."

At this moment, Junpei suddenly heard footsteps coming from the second floor.

The boy's smile froze on his face, but Fang Shi Yangming, who was sitting opposite the sofa, just picked up his teacup and took a sip. He didn't seem to hear anything, and continued: "So even when writing a novel, I often change the subject matter. Four or five."

"I see…"

Junpei replied calmly, but in fact, the uneasiness in his heart had reached the extreme.

——He remembered that this house seemed to be haunted by rumors, and the previous residents were scared away.

"Um, you these days...uh..." Although he has watched a lot of strange horror movies, he never thought that he would really encounter such a thing, so he stumbled and said, "Did you encounter any strange things? ……some type of?"

"Huh? No." Fang Shi Yangming blinked, "Why do you ask this?"

There was a door closing from upstairs.

"Didn't you hear?"

"Are you okay?" The young man showed concern, "I seem to be a little nervous since just now, are you too tired?"

No, there is definitely something on the second floor.

Suddenly, there was a "bang!" sound from outside.

Fang Shi Yangming immediately put down the cup: "Maybe my motorcycle was blown down by the wind, I'll go and have a look, Junping, you can stay here for a while, is that okay?"

Surprised by the urgency on the young man's face, the young man replied subconsciously: "Of course."

It seems that he really cherishes that motorcycle.

The door closed, and Yoshino Junpei couldn't help but start thinking wildly.

For those unusual places just now, is Mr. Fang Shi playing stupid?Still really not sure?

...I really want to go upstairs and have a look.

No, no, it's rude to walk around other people's houses casually!

But...if there is really something harmful, not only Mr. Fang Shi, but also the mother who lives next door will be affected.

After all, that's how it is depicted in the comics, such as the windows that get closer with the date, the walls that are inexplicably punched out, and the evil spirits that suck people's souls...

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he became, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of the bookshelf.

——This time, two books are missing.

"..."

Let's go upstairs and have a look, in case it is really an evil spirit that Mr. Fang Shi doesn't know, we can't just leave it alone.

After making up his mind, the boy's eyes became firm.

Although he is afraid of trouble and has no interest in guessing other people's privacy, as long as the safety of others may be involved, he will still muster up the courage.

Living room, hallway, narrow staircase, corner, second floor hallway, storage room, and back rooms.

"Swipe"

The sound of flipping a book came from the room.

Unmistakable... definitely something.

If it's a human being, it's enough to apologize to Mr. Fang Shi at that time.

Junpei was so nervous that his hands were shaking, and sweat was dripping from his forehead, but he took a deep breath and raised his hand anyway.

"excuse me……"

Saying so, he knocked lightly on the door.

"..."

no respond.

Do you want to push it away?

He has come here, if he shrinks back at the end, he may even look down on himself.

Thinking so, Yoshino Junpei stretched out his hand towards the doorknob, but just a second before he held it, the door suddenly turned inward and opened at an extremely fast speed——

A burst of cold breath.

The black-haired samurai stood behind the door, staring down at the boy's terrified eyes with six creepy eyes. He stood still and said nothing. Two open books could be seen on the table in the room behind him.

"..."

what is this?

Yoshino Junpei was not the type who would scream when encountering something terrifying, but at the moment his scalp was numb, he froze in place, and it was hard for him to turn his head around again.

Those six eyes were undoubtedly not special effects makeup, and they could clearly be seen moving.

With a knife at his waist, there is a vaguely ominous aura all over his body... like an evil spirit returning from hell.

...I can't feel the breath of a 'living person' at all.

Want to run away?

Nonsense, he has no means to deal with evil spirits...

But can you escape?

The boy just took two steps back when he bumped into something suddenly.

"Shunping-kun..." The tea-haired youth who appeared in the corridor at some time showed a helpless smile, supported his shoulder and said, "I was discovered by you."

The author has something to say:

The name 'that cobra's eye' neta the 'その目, who's eye?' of the game Brain of Chaos. '(Whose eye is that eye), I don't know if any friends think of it.And, welcome to guess the real identity of this writer hhhh

Works mentioned in this chapter: "Twilight Expedition" and "Twilight Syndrome".

The character Kurumi mentioned by Fangishi is one of the protagonists of the sunset expedition.These two works are excellent horror games in the ps console era, but because of the difficulty and scarcity of strategies and other reasons, they have always been niche. If you are interested, you can check the live video to see w, but please pay attention to the barrage etiquette Something like that (bow).