Truth is everywhere within range

Fengcheng University Affiliated High School, the fourth teaching building.

This teaching building has the oldest history and has existed since the school was founded. However, in recent years it has no longer been used for teaching. The four-story teaching building has a total of sixteen classrooms and has been converted into mobile classrooms.

The Mysterious Research Department is located in classroom No. 4 on the side of the fourth floor. According to Amamiya Mio, the director who selected the classroom at the time felt that this number had a mysterious atmosphere.

In the ten years since its establishment, no mysterious incidents have occurred in the Mysterious Research Department.

After all, the students who join are ordinary people.

At its most glorious time, the club had twelve members, and now there are six, which is not too many, not too little.

After all, there are still some societies with only two or three members that are on the verge of being abolished.

The Mysterious Research Department can still worry about the Minejo Festival project, which is already a luxury!

The club members have not arrived yet, but Qiao Qiao and Amamiya Mio are already sitting in the classroom.

I don’t know why, but there are also Natsume poems.

"As a disciplinary committee member, it is very reasonable for me to supervise the preparatory work of the association."

Natsume Shishi showed off his disciplinary committee armband.

After all, Qiao Qiao has a history of blowing up shoe cabinets. If there is any bigger news this time, it will be the disciplinary committee's dereliction of duty.

"Besides, Mio-chan is my good friend. I can't let Qiao Sang teach her bad things."

Looking at Mio Amamiya who was sitting obediently with some worry, Natsume emphasized the poem.

As a shrine maiden of Toshogu Shrine, she naturally had heard about the Gion Festival in Kyoto.

Shimogamo Shrine, to this day, is still a feared presence among the eccentrics in Kyoto's circle of spirit exterminators.

It's like being infected by Qiaoqiao virus.

No, I have to prevent the quiet, well-behaved and sensible Mio-chan from being infected!

"Why are you still wearing a mask, Natsume-san?"

Qiao Qiao looked at Natsume Shishi who was trying to put a mask on Amamiya Mio with some confusion.

"To prevent the spread of the virus."

Natsume Shisei said seriously.

"Has hay fever gotten this bad lately?"

Although Qiao Qiao does not have this common problem of crooked nuts, he still needs to consider whether he should get a gas mask or something.

"Let's put this aside for now. Is the Mysterious Research Department's Minejo Festival project definitely a haunted house?"

Natsume Shishi looked at Amamiya Mio and confirmed.

"Um."

Amamiya Mio nodded.

"I really don't know how this guy persuaded you."

Natsume Shi was a little helpless, but since it was Amamiya Mio's own decision, she as an outsider couldn't interfere.

"Well, I have a basic design drawing here."

Qiao Qiao took out a blue drawing from his schoolbag.

"Wait a minute, wouldn't it be enough to just use this classroom to decorate the haunted house? Just take out the tables and chairs, and you'll have a spacious place, right?"

Natsume Shishi asked a little strangely before seeing the drawings.

"I looked up some information about haunted houses on the Internet and summarized some of the reasons why haunted houses are scary, and I came to a conclusion."

Qiao Qiao spread out the blueprint.

"That's the unknown."

"unknown?"

Natsume’s poetry is unclear.

But Amamiya Mio's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown."

she muttered.

"Very good, Amamiya-san has mastered the essence of haunted houses."

Qiao Qiao praised.

"Ordinary cultural festival haunted houses are decorated in classrooms. This kind of haunted house looks quite safe at first glance, and its appearance has reduced a lot of fear."

He glanced at the classroom.

"Familiar places where everyone usually stays can't generate fear. Just like in a horror movie, the main character and his group come to a strange big house. It is precisely because of the unknown that it brings a sense of psychological oppression. "

"I know this!"

Amamiya Mio nodded vigorously.

"Just like in "The Shining", the protagonist went to a strange hotel, which triggered a series of horrific events."

"?"

Natsume Shishi looked at her friend who suddenly became excited and felt a little strange.

Does Mio-chan actually like this kind of horror movie?

“So, we need to carve out an area on campus and build a separate haunted house.”

Qiao Qiao said.

"Please wait a moment and create a separate area?"

Natsume Shi felt a little unbelievable. Although the High School Affiliated to Minejo City covers a large area, during the Minejo Festival, various outdoor club exhibitions also require a large amount of open space. How can there be an extra area for the Mysterious Research Department?

"Well, I have applied to President Jingyi and got approval. The location is probably in the north area of ​​the playground, and the area is as big as four classrooms."

Qiao Qiao nodded and continued.

"It's better to ask Amamiya-san to take a look at the design first."

All three people turned their attention to the design drawings.

"?"

Natsume Shi was stunned for a moment.

On the drawing, this large area is divided into four parts.

The location marked with the entrance is the first area.

Mountains of Madness.

"Wait, wait a minute, what is the Mountains of Crazy?"

I don’t quite understand Natsume’s poetry.

Is there any connection between haunted houses and mountains?

"Ah, is this the Crazy Mountains?"

Amamiya Mio became even more excited.

"Yes, in the first area, we will let visitors act as explorers, climbing mountains and encountering various strange events, which are unknown to visitors."

Qiao Qiao explained.

"But what's so scary about climbing a mountain? Besides, although the area is very large, it's still very difficult to achieve heights, right?"

Natsume's poetry is hard to understand.

But after all, this is just a design drawing, and you should know it when it is actually produced.

With this thought in mind, Natsume Shishi looked at the second area.

Star color.

Is it a tourist area like a planetarium?

"This seems pretty normal, isn't it? Why is there such an artistic area in the haunted house?"

Natsume Shishi instinctively sensed something was wrong.

"The second area is a forest. In the forest, visitors will see all kinds of unknown monsters, and even the visitors themselves will change."

"I know this! Star Color, right?"

Mio Amamiya patted the table lightly.

"Visitors themselves will change. Hey, this seems to have completely exceeded the scope of the haunted house business, right?"

Natsume Shi felt that she no longer had the energy to complain.

She looked at the title of the third area.

Shadow over Innsmouth.

"What does this mean? A name I've never seen before?"

Natsume Shishi has no interest in horror movies or literary works. After all, he is an exorcist. Seeing scenes in movies where ordinary people howl in fear and are massacred by evil spirits always feels a bit hypocritical.

Naturally, there is no way to know this name.

"The third area is the ocean. Visitors will go deep into the sea to explore the unknown huge city sunk into the sea. At the same time, they may be attacked by monsters."

"Wait, wait, no matter what, it's completely impossible for the ocean to be reproduced on campus, right?"

There are swimming pools and swimming lessons, but due to some physical reasons, Natsume Shishi doesn't like swimming.

Ignoring Natsume's comments about poetry, Qiao Qiao pointed to the fourth and last area in Amamiya Mio's expectant eyes.

Call of Cthulhu.