Curse of the Eye of the Dead

Meanwhile, another place.

Marui, Nioh and Liu followed the figure of "Mei" and trotted over together.

The surrounding environment is so quiet that it makes people instinctively feel uneasy - there are very few residents in the buildings on both sides. At a glance, only one of every five houses is lit.In addition, the street lights are dark, there are no stars and moons in the night sky, and the temperature is low... All kinds of factors add up, and the three teenagers who have finally found the figure of "Hui" are silent and rested a little bit when they just went out. Have fun.

They wanted to call Hui to stop, no matter what happened to the other party, they would ask him directly.Let's solve small troubles together, and ask adults for help in big troubles.At least don't go to such a quiet place alone at night.

Of course, it is best to turn around and go back to the hotel immediately.

Ah, no.

Before that, you can drop by the bustling city center for a late-night snack. Marui and Nioh, the two most active, have already searched for several specialty shops before leaving for Sendai, but they have too much training during the day and have not been able to spare time Just came to explore the store.

Now they’re all out anyway, after sitting on the bus for so long, it seems like a shame not to take a stroll.

all in all.

The first thing to do now is to call their little friends back.

"Hey--"

Just as Marui spoke a little, the person in front happened to turn a corner at a certain building.

"Wait a minute, Hui!"

Marui murmured in his heart how the other party walked so fast, and trotted over quickly.

The three of them stood at the gate of a certain building together.

——Sendai City Senju Nursing Center.

A nursing home that was abandoned three years ago.

The rickety signboard is a bit mutilated and appears to have been vandalized, but at least the writing is legible.

The rusty iron gate on the outermost wall was half covered at this time, and the gate of the innermost building was also pushed open, revealing most of the dark inner corridor.

It seemed that he saw some light flashing past, like the flashlight function of a mobile phone.

"Hey, Hui!"

Marui noticed the beam of light with keen eyes, he quickly pushed open the iron door and ran forward a few steps, then raised his voice and shouted again.

got no response.

Liu Lian'er, who stepped slowly into the range of the nursing home, frowned slightly, and grabbed Marui, "Let's call Hui, I always feel something is wrong."

Nioh Masaharu nodded and said, "I also feel that the surroundings are so quiet, and even a little sound is definitely harsh. It is impossible for Hui to hear our shouts in such a place but pretend not to hear them."

Marui was stunned for a moment, then realized, "We got the wrong person? But that's obviously..."

"We didn't see the front, although the back is almost exactly the same... Maybe it's just a stranger with a different shirt and hairstyle. This kind of thing is not uncommon." Nioh, who is especially good at pretending to be another person to play pranks, shrugged.

In fact, Yukimura had called when he was lost in the urban area.

The head of the tennis department with a smile on his face wanted to find someone by the ringtone of his mobile phone, but Hui, who knew his old friends very well, hung up the phone in time, and just sent a text message to Yukimura to let them go back, and also noted that he would bring them a midnight snack (Liu Lian) Two, I am 100% sure that it was Hui's method to appease her friends).

Later, when they were wandering around in groups, Nioh and Marui were all focused on tossing coins, and even bet heads and tails with the snacks they brought. It was a joy to play.

As for Liu Lianer, he started to record the route halfway, and checked nearby information by the way.After all, they are not familiar with the place where they live, and it is almost impossible to get a taxi around here, and the navigation is also wrong. As the most reliable member of this group, he must have some preparations. I checked everything... Half an hour had passed before I realized it, and I happened to see "Hui" again... No, it should be said that it is a suspected figure of Hui.

I hadn't thought about the phone until now.

If that person wasn't Hui, that person had been lost for so long, Hui would answer the phone this time.

And if that person was Hui... he was caught, and according to Hui's character, he wouldn't be dying and struggling.

Although he gave two possibilities in his heart, Liu Lian'er, who is good at analysis, has 80% confidence that it must be the former.

In order to ensure a 100% probability, Liu Lianer pressed the call button and waited for Hui to answer.

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The 13-year-old Hui, who has always been very sensible, pursed her lips, put her hands in her pockets, and buried half of her face in the red scarf.

After parting from Father Hu Ling, he walked towards the bus stop with a stinky face, feeling extremely unhappy in his heart.

He was full of questions that were not answered, and he was stung by the expression on the face of Cursing Father's last apology, and he still hasn't recovered.

What kind of expression was that?

It's like a majestic, extremely tall and strong snow-white Tibetan mastiff with its ears and tail drooping, its eyes are full of fear of being abandoned and sad, but it's still pretending to be calm.

What the hell happened to Dad?

Who cursed him?

When did he become a curse spirit?

Why not tell us?

Is it because...we are too weak?

With more and more doubts, Hui drooped her slender eyelashes, and finally was swept away by fear and worry little by little.

He couldn't help but think over and over again the suggestion of "eliminating Lixiang" proposed by the father of the curse spirit at the beginning-that sentence is completely unlike the gentle Mr. curse spirit who would say it bluntly without trying other possibilities. And speak out cruelly.

In the end, the memory in Hui's mind was fixed on the phrase "peaceful and peaceful eternal sleep" that Uosheng said.

[Eternal sleep in peace and tranquility].

Hui read it slowly in his heart, recalling the tone of Uogi's words, combined with the fact that his curse father was once a human being...

He couldn't help himself from thinking in a direction he absolutely didn't want to face—

Could this be Dad's own wish?

For example, I am sure that I will never be able to break the curse, that my soul cannot escape this distortion, so I put the hope of liberation on the extinction of ashes.

benefit:……

Kei trembled in shock at her own thoughts.

His green eyes were wide open, his steps stopped, and he stood there blankly for a long time.

In the end, the black-haired and green-eyed boy buried half of his face in the warm red scarf woven for him by the curse spirit father around his neck, and murmured slowly and indistinctly: "It's so cold."

He also said "don't think about it".

How could I not think about it!Stupid dad.

You are... my most important father.

The black-haired and green-eyed boy let out a breath, and slowly clenched his hands in his pockets.

After a long time, he raised his head with firm eyes, as if he had made up his mind.

...I really won't tell other people, not Chacha and Tsumiji.

But even by myself, I absolutely must find out.

Hui Xiang: If Dad can't find a way to lift his curse, then I will find it for him.

It doesn't matter even if you have to enter the magic world for this, it doesn't matter even if it takes more than ten or twenty years or even a lifetime.

Ashes disappearing into smoke... That's not what [Tranquil Eternal Sleep] is, that's not what his most longed-for father should have.

Just at this moment, the phone rang.

Hui took out her phone, glanced at the caller ID, and suddenly felt guilty.

By the way, I have to apologize to everyone when I go back.

Thinking about the character of his good friend Yukimura, Kei felt that the future was bleak - he would definitely be tossed back, and additional training was probably a trivial matter.

Headache.

I don't know if I can get leniency if I buy a midnight snack and go home...

Hui pressed the answer button.

From the opposite side came Liu Lian'er's calm questioning voice.

[Hui, where are you now? ]

"In the commercial street, I'm sorry to make you worry. My matter has been resolved, and I can go back now."

Hui said quickly, and then didn't give the other party time to talk, "And Liu Jun, please ask the others if there is anything they want to eat. I will treat you as an apology..."

[The matter of you "running around the National People's Congress and killing a group of us at night without telling the reason" will be discussed later, the minister is not on my side now. ]

Liu Lianer silently emphasized the "crime" of her little partner in a calm tone, which made Hui feel guilty and did not dare to refute, and then said slowly: [Anyway, you are sure you are in the commercial street, right?Marui, Nioh, and I saw a person who looked like you walk into an abandoned nursing home at the end of XX Street, and he didn't respond when we called him, so it really wasn't you, right? ]

"Abandoned nursing home?" Hui frowned.

[It's called Sendai City Senshou Tree Nursing Center... I feel like I've heard it somewhere, probably in newspapers or news, it doesn't look like it's been abandoned for too long, probably in two or three years. ]

"That's not me, I've been on this side of the commercial street all the time!" Hui's voice raised, and then he said worriedly, "Don't stay here, and don't go in. If there is an abandoned building... it's too dangerous anyway."

Hui blurred his words and swallowed the possible encounter with the curse spirit.

Nursing home, abandoned... the collection of these words will more or less attract curses to gather, and curses are most active in the middle of the night.

As for Sendai City Senju Nursing Center...

Hui recited it in his heart, and felt familiar, so he tilted his head and thought for a while.With an exceptionally good memory, he quickly remembered the matter of this nursing home.

He had seen reports of this nursing home in the newspaper three years ago.

...not a positive report.

That nursing home was established 30 years ago.

It was still in full swing for the first 27 years, until a scandal broke out 3 years ago: the director embezzled funds and extorted family members, made false publicity, and the nurses abused the elderly... As soon as the social news came out, the nursing home immediately became the target of verbal criticism, and finally took it for granted closed down.

So far, it has been idle for three years.

According to common sense, there will be auxiliary supervisors going to investigate this kind of place, so as to make sure that there is no troublesome curse born because of this bad past... But this kind of investigation is not 100% accurate.It's like some curses are trigger curses, which must meet certain conditions to appear.

Therefore, it can only be said that you can rest assured that it is better not to get close if you are fine.

but……

The frown became tighter and tighter, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.Hui couldn't help but emphasize his tone: "In short, the three of you come back quickly."

[I know, let's go now, Marui, Nioh, we're going back, eh...?What?Ah——Megumi, Marui said he wanted you to treat someone to a supper. ]

Hearing the noisy voice at the other end, Hui felt much relieved.Just as he was about to say "yes" easily, the phone suddenly cut off the communication without warning amidst the harsh sound of the rusty iron door being pulled open from the other end.

Hui looked at the phone interface: "...Liu Jun?"

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the other side.

The moment the three of them stepped out of the iron gate of the outer wall of the nursing home together, their vision suddenly went dark——

The scenery that originally belonged to the street in front of him was replaced by a dark corridor that was only barely illuminated by a layer of dim light from an unknown source.

Liu opened his eyes in astonishment. He was still holding the phone, and he didn't seem to be able to react.Looking back, behind him was the closed main entrance of the nursing home building.

"This is...the interior of the nursing home building?"