Infinite spooky game

Seven years ago, Qi Si was fifteen years old and in the third grade of junior high school like Lu Ming.

At that time, he had not yet transferred to a junior high school in the countryside, but was studying in a private middle school in Jiangcheng. He was the most unpopular child in the crowd and the isolated "black sheep" in the group.

As the world's will's rejection reaction to uninvited guests, malice and rejection make up all of his memories like a puzzle, and they increase rather than decrease as he grows older.

He was like a rat that had fled into the city, or a flying insect that had suddenly appeared in a greenhouse; people hated his existence, yet inevitably paid too much attention to him.

They expressed their disdain for him, but at the same time they watched his every move in order to laugh at it. Familiar surroundings are conducive to digging up other people's pasts, not to mention that the events are too famous and the people involved do not conceal them.

Qi Si's deeds spread among the students, and soon most of the students in the school knew that the solitary, gloomy and withdrawn boy was a unique monster.

Not only did he frequently go to a mental hospital for treatment and love reading bloody and dark books, he was also cursed with disaster and had killed a former "friend".

Most children of this age are curious. When they hear rumors that they think are new and novel, they will whisper to each other and spread them from mouth to mouth. Some of the bolder ones even come up to Qi Si and talk loudly on purpose.

"Everyone stay away from Qi Si, he is a disaster, and everyone who gets close to him has a bad ending. Haven't you heard? His best friend in elementary school died tragically!"

"Who doesn't know? It was a big deal! He was missing for a whole week before being found. All his flesh and skin were gone, leaving only some broken bones, as if he had been eaten by a monster..."

"I've seen the photos of the scene, it's so tragic! After the luminol reagent was sprinkled, the ground was covered with a blue circle of blood, like a cult altar, it was really weird!"

The boys spoke in more and more detail, as if they had been there in person and seen the whole thing.

Describing the tragic death of a friend in front of others is undoubtedly a heinous cruelty, which is bound to arouse fear and sadness in the other party.

Qis, who had killed and eaten his "friend" with his own hands, just sat there quietly, looking down at the book in his hand, and making notes in the black notebook beside him.

The hostility exerted by his peers and the disgust expressed by strangers overwhelmed all kindness, tenderness and love, and constituted his earliest understanding of emotions, which was more common than the wet ground after the rain and the fallen leaves on the ground after the wind.

He is unable to understand the morality of universal values, nor can he put into practice the empathy unique to human groups, just like animals such as sheep, who can safely abandon their companions to their natural enemies and eat grass unconsciously beside their corpses.

But Qis is not a sheep. He is more like an incomplete mirror that only reflects black, white and gray. He almost instinctively reflects all the sins and injuries he has suffered.

"Lu Li from the high school department is so close to Qi Si all the time. I wonder when he will get into trouble. It looks like he won't have a good death, right?" Someone said in a gloating tone, winking at Qi Si.

Another person made a face as if he was telling a secret: "Do you think that the dead child was killed by Qi Si? He reads those messy books all day long. He will definitely become a criminal when he grows up, right?"

Qi Si wrote down the new name and the flash of inspiration in his notebook, closed the book in his hand, looked up at the speaker calmly, and asked: "Aren't you afraid of death?"

At that time, he had not yet fully grasped the behavioral patterns of the human species, so he was curious about certain incomprehensible words and deeds, and was not hesitant to ask questions humbly.

The other party just thought he was provoking him, picked him up by the collar and threw him against the wall, cursing: "Why are you pretending? Who are you trying to scare? You act like no one is afraid of you!"

Qi Si felt a little uncomfortable being pushed and frowned slightly, but he also filled in the missing piece of judgment about human hearts in his mind.

He smelled fear and the pretense of being powerful but weak, so he gently brushed the man's hand away, revealing a mouthful of white teeth and smiling in a ghostly manner.

The news of this friction quickly spread and became a new topic of conversation.

The third-year junior high school students are facing the pressure of diversion. The crossroads of life and the uncertainty of the future make them feel anxious all day long.

They need to vent and need a target as a tool to unite the group, as if as long as everyone says the same thing and does the same thing, they will not get lost.

The students taunted Qisi over and over, threw garbage on his seat, scratched his desk, chair and stationery with a carving knife, bumped into him accidentally on the road, and once even pushed him down the stairs.

The body was falling, the sound of breaking wind passed by my ears, a figure in a red suit and trousers was hanging on the ceiling, overlooking, and time and space froze for a moment.

The man, who had a face exactly like his, looked at him with interest and asked, "If I said I could solve all your problems, would you be willing to pray to me?"

Qi Si looked at the man and saw the shadows of trees and vines growing in the scarlet eyes.

"Who are you?" he asked.

“I am you.” The man put his index finger to his lips and replied with a smile, “Another me. When you feel pain, I come out to find you.”

Qis's back hit the ground, his spine and flesh were hurting. He heard the loud screams of people nearby, the confused questions of students in the distance, and the malicious laughter of the instigator.

The blue and white blocks of school uniforms and the black heads of the crowd gathered before his eyes, forming a vast ocean of cold colors. What flashed back in his mind was the bloody scene that was about to happen. The vivid and colorful death scene flashed before his eyes, and even the air he breathed became warm.

He couldn't see the faces of those people clearly, or rather, the specific details of those people did not remain in his memory.

The butcher would not deliberately remember the image of the lamb. He did not tell any adults about what happened at school at that time, so he was planning a perfect revenge that would not cause trouble.

"I don't feel any pain, nor do I want to pray to you." Qi Si looked up at the sky and made a calm judgment. "You appear here with such an image and words. It's easy for me to associate you with the evil god in the legend who tempts people to fall. So I have to be more cautious."

The man in red smiled happily: "There is nothing wrong with this. Since I am still alive in this world, it means you don't need to pray to any gods.

"But I believe that when I see you next time, you will need my help."

His figure shattered into sharp blocks of color like fragments of a mirror and disappeared in a sea of ​​cold tones.

Qis had been associated with ghosts since he was a child, so that nightmare-like encounter did not leave too deep a mark in his heart.

At that time, he was unveiling the first grand performance of his life, like a naughty boy who was about to destroy an ant nest or a child who was about to knock down a castle on the beach. His mind was filled with the shocking destruction that was about to happen and there was no room for anything else.

First, a girl fell off the rooftop after getting drunk because of the pressure of going to college; then, several boys skipped classes and went swimming in the river, and were swept into the drainage outlet by a sluice gate that suddenly malfunctioned.

In the end, hundreds of people fell ill due to food poisoning. The Public Security Bureau intervened urgently, only to find out that the supplier had put rat poison in the competitor's raw materials due to commercial competition.

Although the fifteen-year-old Qi Si is still inexperienced and still doesn't understand a lot, he has been able to move people's hearts without leaving any trace.

Age also became a good cover. No one could have imagined that so many vicious incidents would be related to a usually quiet teenager.

Now thinking back on the past, some parts of Qis’ memory were touched again.

He suddenly remembered that the god who had given him a fire, the god who had rescued him from the pit, the god who had appeared in his dreams... they all seemed to be the figure in red, who claimed to be "another him".

And what he is currently playing is the evil god who tempts people to fall, and is about to demand sacrifices and prayers from others.

"Lu Ming, what are you going to use as a sacrifice, and how are you going to ask me for help?" Qi Si asked with a smile as the outline gradually became clearer in the thick fog.

Lu Ming's thin and pale figure walked towards Qi Si, his dark eyes without white looking straight at Qi Si.

He spoke word by word, "The game is about to continue, and there are no more restrictions." Bright red prayer ribbons hung down from the sky like blood vessels, and the golden words on them flowed as if they had life.

The faded prayer belt that sank to the ground melted into mud, and the blood-colored red spider lilies grew in full swing, spewing out golden stamens.

The red lines flow and weave into lines of text:

[Game name: "Escape from Rabbit God Town"]

[Mission Objective: Prevent Lingzi from being chosen by the Rabbit God]

[Warm Tips: Be careful of rabbits]

[Save Points: ① "Suspicious Questions"; ② Reiko's Rabbit God Mask; ③ Reiko's Prayer Belt]

[The last game process was unexpectedly interrupted. Do you want to continue the game? ]

Qi Si looked at Lu Ming through the words in front of him and realized that the other party had a general idea of ​​what he was looking for, and that the enemy of my enemy is often my friend, which is probably not wrong.

He chuckled and said, "Yes."

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["Escape from Rabbit God Town" third week, continue]

The fog around them became thicker and thicker, and a white moon hung high in the night sky, casting a cold light. After the scene of Hope Middle School turned around, it was the forest of Rabbit God Town.

In front of Qi Si, Lingzi's body had its eyes wide open, and its protruding rabbit face slowly shrank backwards, its short hairy beard and fangs gradually receded, leaving only the girl's beautiful face.

There was no blood, no wounds, as if she was just a beautiful corpse playing the role of a person who died of fright in a musical, or perhaps she was trapped in a long and deep dream.

The murderer took two steps back, looking innocent and harmless, and quietly read the newly refreshed handwritten text.

[Obtain save point ④ Reiko's death]

[In order to prevent Reiko from being chosen by the Rabbit God, you killed Reiko. A body that dies before the Rabbit God Festival cannot become the Rabbit God's flesh and blood.

[But the Rabbit God Festival must proceed as scheduled. After Reiko's death, a new child must be chosen as a sacrifice, and you are "the child who looks most like the Rabbit God"...]

In the [Current Task] column, the original text faded away quietly, and the new text that appeared was [Participate in the fireworks festival in seven days], which was exactly the same as the main task.

There were flickering lights in the distance. Qi Si looked over and his sight was blocked by thick trees. There was only a figure moving among the dark green.

Akira Kurokawa, who had disappeared, staggered out.

"Lingzi, Xiaoqi, are you all right?" He shouted breathlessly as he ran, "It's so scary, so... so many ghosts!"

Qi Si lowered his head to look at the body on the ground and said calmly: "I'm fine, but Lingzi suddenly fell down. I don't know what happened."

Kurokawa Ming quickly ran a few steps, squatted in front of Reiko's body, stretched out his hand to feel her breath, and his fat face, which was red from the wind, immediately lost its color: "Ling... Reiko..."

"What happened to Lingzi?" a voice asked from afar, in an anxious tone.

Akira Kurokawa had a sad face and gritted his teeth and said, "She's dead..."

The fire in the deep forest was gradually approaching, and accompanied by the sound of messy footsteps, a group of people with open flames came through the forest and leaves.

Qi Si turned sideways, with his back to the light behind him, just enough to cover up his calm expression.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and adults in short kimonos holding torches surrounded the two people and the corpse in the center.

The flames flickered, the light and shadows were mottled, and a small piece of the night scene appeared fluid, twisting around the torch like an unstable dream.

The leader was a burly man with a stern face. Qi Si learned his identity from the prompt text that appeared above his head - the head of the Kurokawa family.

He stood beside Lingzi's body, his expression becoming more and more serious: "What happened? Why are you here? Why did Lingzi die?"

There were a total of twenty people this time. It must be that after the head of the Kurokawa family discovered that his son was missing, he hurriedly brought his retainers here.

At this moment, the accompanying retainers looked at Reiko's body on the ground and looked at each other in confusion.

"How could she die? Did the Rabbit God hurt her?"

"But she had no injuries on her body, just like she was sleeping. How did she die?"

"Poor child, dying at this time..."

The head of the Kurokawa family walked up to Kurokawa Akira, put his hand on his shoulder, and said coldly: "Kurokawa Akira, you have been spoiled by your mother and have become too lawless. You must explain what is going on here."

Akira Kurokawa was so anxious that he was about to cry. He kept looking at Qi Si and said, "I don't know anything! After the fog came, I saw a lot of ghosts, so I ran towards home, and then I met you... It was Shichiro who was always with Reiko!"

Everyone's eyes turned to Qis, waiting for his answer.

Qi Si raised his eyelids, his expression unchanged: "I don't know what happened. Just now, many human faces suddenly flew out of the mist, claiming to be children who died in the Rabbit God Festival. They danced around Lingzi and sang songs from the Rabbit God Festival. After singing one song, Lingzi fell down."

The head of the Kurokawa family narrowed his eyes and looked Qi Si up and down: "You know everything?"

"Yes." Keith looked him straight in the eyes. "I know that the Rabbit God was trapped in Rabbit God Town by our ancestors, so they had to fulfill our wishes. I also know that a child must be sacrificed every eighteen years as a container to imprison the Rabbit God in order to maintain the seal. Not only me, but Kurokawa Akira and Reiko also know it."

The retainers' expressions became even more sad, and they now began to talk openly.

"What should we do? Can we still hold the Rabbit God Festival this year?"

"It's definitely not going to work. I'm afraid our two hundred years of foundation will be destroyed in this generation..."

"Yeah, now that Reiko is dead, who else can serve as the vessel?"

The night wind made the flames jump restlessly, the mist was swept into various shapes of scenery, the dancing ghost shadows gradually disappeared, and the pupils of Reiko's body were dilated.

Now that the children know the truth about the Rabbit God, how can they truly connect with him?
Reiko, who was originally decided to be sacrificed, died prematurely. Who should be sacrificed between Kurokawa Akira and Kanna Shichiro?
If the Rabbit God Festival fails this year, will the Rabbit God break free from human confinement and launch crazy revenge?
In the stagnant atmosphere, Qi Si suddenly said: "If you only need a container, I think I can replace Lingzi."

Under the flickering firelight, the young man smiled and said, "After all, I am the 'child who looks most like the Rabbit God', am I not?" (End of this chapter)