I am a literary giant in Japan

After reading "The Crucible", Chihaya Ruri felt lost for a long time. It took her ten minutes to get out of the tragic feeling in the novel.

She let out a long breath and looked up to see that the driver, Uncle Kagawa, had parked the car next to a convenience store a few hundred meters away from her villa. She immediately understood that Uncle Kagawa wanted her to secretly finish reading the magazine without being discovered by her father.

Chihaya Ruri lost her mother at a young age, and her father, who was the head of the consortium family, never remarried and raised her alone.

Because she is the only heir, whether she likes it or not, the huge Chihaya Group will eventually be handed over to her.

Her father also trained her to be the head of a conglomerate family since she was a child.

Excessive entertainment is prohibited, underage dating is prohibited, making friends with questionable people is prohibited, and learning things that are not related to business is prohibited.
It was in this family environment that Chihaya Ruri became a "two-faced person" who was a bad boy at school but well-behaved at home.

Earlier this year, she was admitted to her father's ideal university, Shin-Eki Gochanomizu University, with excellent grades. Before she went to school, her father specially prepared a set of "Code of Conduct for College Students" for her and hired a large number of maids and butlers to look after her.

Her father's goal is that Chihaya Ruri can successfully enter his own group company for an internship when she is a senior, and then successfully take over within three years. It would be best if she can find a rich husband and get married during this period!
And in that thick book “Code of Conduct for College Students”, “No wasting time on various magazines” is the first rule clearly stated!
Chihaya Ruri had a big fight with her father about this matter not long ago.

In high school, she met her good friends Kaoru and Kyoko because of reading literary magazines, and also indirectly got to know their idol, Mr. Kitagawa.

After falling into the literature pit, she gained an additional hobby, a group of close friends, a career plan and future ideals.

However, as she grew older, Chihaya Ruri's talent for literary creation never became apparent - the countless manuscripts she wrote during high school were rejected by various magazines.

As the eldest daughter of the Chihaya Group, it was impossible for her to work as a low-level editor in a publishing house like Kaoruko, so her career plan was directly rejected by her father.

Chizuru Megumi, the eldest daughter of the Chizuru family, who had been in the same predicament, was her good friend and senior. Unfortunately, Chizuru Megumi's final choice was to compromise.

In fact, her father did not object to her reading novels, and he also approved of her making such a group of promising friends through literature.

Especially Mr. Kitagawa, he is a top figure that my father also wants to know and make friends with.

But Chihaya Ruri's ideal is to become a top writer like Kitagawa, so she treats the friends she meets as pure friendships and does not want to have too many conflicts of interest.

But her father insisted that she pretend to like literature and not waste time on it, but use it to get to know people and get closer to them.

Just like my father who never reads novels but has a study of several dozen square meters filled with world classics and novels by literary masters.

This contradiction intensified at home, and became so serious that once her father found out that she was wasting time on literature, he would come home like a storm to educate her.

Uncle Kagawa, the only driver who knew much about the matter, saw it all and often muttered "The young lady is so pitiful", and silently helped her avoid the master's eyes and ears.

"Alas, I don't know if I can find a chance to get away from my father after I go to college and live the life I want in a few days."

Chihaya Ruri now only regrets that her grades are not good enough, especially her English is so poor that she cannot apply to study abroad in a prestigious foreign university.

If I go abroad, my father won't be able to reach that far.

As her mood and thoughts gradually calmed down, Chihaya Ruri temporarily put aside the conflict with her father and returned her attention to the "Volkswagen" in her hand.

The blank-paper writer Kitagawa Naoko is just like what those "corporate animal" shills said. Maybe she is a big boss's vest or has connections. She unexpectedly got a very good position after her first work was published.

"The Call 1" follows the final chapter of "The Crucible", and will obviously be enjoyed by a large number of readers who have just finished reading "The Crucible" and are still savoring it.

Chihaya Ruri had heard from Kaoru that the later pages of a literary magazine become, the less valuable they are, because readers' patience is limited, and many people may not read to the end even if they buy a magazine.

The data statistics departments of Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Entertainment have conducted a comprehensive data survey and analysis and found that approximately 46% of readers do not finish reading the magazine after purchasing it, and approximately 21% of readers abandon the book after only reading the first three serialized novels.

Normally, the first three serial novels only take up 35% of the entire magazine!

Therefore, a very famous "35 principle" was born in the Japanese publishing industry.

That is, the first 35% of a magazine are the best publication positions, and writers who can have their novels published in such positions are basically the backbone of the publishing house.

The concluding chapter of “The Crucible” is not long, and it is estimated that it only consumes the first 10% of “The Masses”.

In other words, this new serial "Ghost Call 1" occupied the most golden serialization area of ​​the top literary magazine as soon as it was published!

"I want to see if this horror novel is really as amazing as those guys say." Chihaya Ruri cast her eyes on the magazine and soon began to read it with immersion.

Uncle Kagawa, who was always keeping an eye on the rearview mirror, smiled with relief.

He has worked for the Chihaya family for more than 30 years, and he has been his driver since Chihaya Ruri's father was still a college student.

Later, the master became the head of the family and had his own team of drivers, so he specially transferred him out to serve his young daughter.

It can be said that Uncle Kagawa watched Chihaya Ruri grow from a babbling baby into a graceful young lady.

In his mind, there is no difference between Chihaya Ruri and his own daughter.

He was also very happy to see that the eldest lady, who had been frowning recently, finally smiled.

"Alas, the young lady is really suffering. Maybe I should take some time to talk to the master."

Uncle Kagawa was thinking about whether he should talk to the master and ask him to consider not oppressing Chihaya Ruri anymore. But when he looked up again, he found that Chihaya Ruri's expression in the rearview mirror was a little distorted and frightened!

He also knew that Chihaya Ruri was a "two-faced person".

However, as she got to know Miss Kaoru better and better, this bad habit of hers had been mostly corrected.

In his eyes, the eldest lady is usually very well-behaved and cute.

Especially as I get older, I am no longer as naughty as I was when I was a child, and I have learned how to control my emotions and facial expressions.

Uncle Kagawa hasn't seen such an inappropriate situation for many years.

Chihaya Ruri's expression became more and more ferocious, and she flipped the pages of the magazine faster and faster.

It was obvious that she was concentrating intently on the literary magazine in her hand.

But I don’t know what kind of novel she was reading that made her facial expression so strange. Now she even shows signs of twitching!
"Miss?" Uncle Kagawa called out tentatively.

Nothing happens.

At this time, Chihaya Ruri, like most readers, was completely immersed in the story of "The Call 1".

In the novel plot.

After Yumi Nakamura's good friend Natsumi died, a new "ghost call" came to her other best friend Yoko.

For some reason, Chihaya Ruri always felt that the combination of Nakamura Yumi, Natsumi and Yoko was very similar to her, Kaoruko and Kyoko.

If you read carefully, there seem to be shadows of Sister Yumeko, Sister Jabami Rei, and Sister Chizuru Megumi. In short, the author of the novel, Kitagawa Naoko, gave Chihaya Ruri a feeling that she knew herself.

But she definitely doesn’t have any acquaintances around her who can publish their works in “Massive”!
This weird feeling, combined with the "ghost call" in the novel that kills anyone it sees, made Chihaya Ruri's scalp tingle and sweat profusely.

It must be my own misunderstanding, right?
She comforted herself like this and continued reading.

The person who is most similar to her template is Yoko, who is about to die in three days.

Yoko is also the eldest daughter of a conglomerate family, but her personality is relatively closer to Chizuru Megumi, a little silly, but also a little clever.

When Natsumi died, Yoko comforted Yumi, saying that it must be a prank by someone and it was just a coincidence that Natsumi committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks.

Other participants in the fraternity felt the same way.

But when Yoko also received the "ghost call", everyone panicked.

In the MMS sent to her, Yoko's screams lasted for several minutes, and one could hear the immense pain and despair.

Since the voice was exactly the same as her own, Yoko couldn't help but feel worried and scared.

She has been an optimist since childhood and has never screamed like that. It is hard to imagine what kind of situation would make her make such a creepy sound.

Just like the "ghost calls" that Xia Mei received, the "ghost calls" that Yoko received also contained some iconic "hints".

In Xia Mei's phone call, her first words were "Hey, why is it raining suddenly?"

It was on that day that Xia Mei called Yu Mei, and as they were talking, she suddenly said that, followed by the same scream as in the "ghost call".

This time, Yoko's "ghost call" was filled with many noisy human voices and the crackling sounds of some equipment.

Among the other voices, the clearest one was the muttering of a middle-aged man reciting Buddhist scriptures.

When Chihaya Ruri followed her father to visit temples in the past, she heard powerful Buddhist masters recite similar Buddhist scriptures. It was said that they were to help people cleanse their souls and remove the resentful spirits from their bodies.

In Japanese horror legends, vengeful spirits are a very common type of ghost. They float in the city at night and randomly attach themselves to a person until the host dies. Then they leave and continue to look for the next target.

Those Buddhist masters with profound skills can recite Buddhist scriptures to liberate the souls of the dead, and are very popular in Japan's upper class circles.

After receiving the "ghost call", Yoko was so tortured that she could not ignore it. Finally, with the help of her family connections, she found some high-level monks, Shinto priestesses, and ministers, hoping that they could help her clear the evil spirits from her body.

A large group of "mysterious people" who came here because of the reputation showed their magical powers. Some said that it was the haunting of vengeful spirits, some said that it was the work of dead souls, and some said that Yangzi's previous life was not clean and he had to pay for his debts in this life.

In short, after a large group of people discussed it, they actually contacted the TV station and planned to work together to broadcast a supernatural variety show to eliminate the "vengeful spirit" that was haunting Yangzi.

Although he knew that these "masters" most likely did not want to give up the kickbacks given by the consortium family, and did not want any of their peers to get exposure and traffic, so they came up with such an idea, but Yangzi, who was extremely frightened, had no choice but to agree.

The time soon came to the live broadcast of the supernatural variety show, which was also the day when the voice in "Ghost Call" was heard.

Audiences from all over the country watched the show after hearing the news. They were all very interested in the story of the daughter of a consortium being possessed by a ghost, and the show's ratings skyrocketed instantly.

Chihaya Ruri also realized that the novel was about to reach a climax. The distorted expression on her face became even more intense, and her anticipation was aroused.

Seeing the ratings soar, the director simply let those "masters" play freely.

Some were chanting incantations, some were reciting scriptures, some were performing shaman dances. In short, the scene was very chaotic. Yangzi, who was sitting in the middle and being watched like a monkey, was very scared.

Time just passes by towards the predetermined point second by second.

As Yoko's best friend, Yumi Nakamura also arrived at the scene. She was holding her mobile phone and looking nervously at Yoko who was about to cry in the middle of the scene.

Time is up.

Suddenly, the bright lights went out!
The shooting scene was in chaos. The roars of the director and staff were heard everywhere. Those "masters" seemed to have sensed the danger and performed their "unique skills" one after another.

"It's the voice on the phone! Exactly the same!" Yumi Nakamura reacted immediately.

There were a lot of these messy voices in the "ghost call" that Yoko received.

If you listen carefully, you can distinguish them one by one and match them with the people on the scene.

As these sounds came one after another, Yoko's screams followed closely, echoing throughout the entire filming scene!
"what happened?!"

"Is there anyone?"

"Damn it! The light is too bright! I can't see anything at all!"

"Boom!"

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

Several "masters" who tried to approach Yoko in the center of the stage took off instantly. Some were thrown into the crowd, some were thrown against the wall, and some even flew strangely into the sky and then fell heavily to the ground!
It was as if a mysterious force was isolating everyone and preventing them from approaching the center of the stage.

The live broadcast was still going on, and audiences across the country naturally felt that this was an "accident" prepared by the production team in advance, and that everything was a show effect.

It was not until everyone saw with their own eyes that Yoko's body was twisted into a dough twist by an inexplicable force as the lights flickered, and the lingering screams lingered in their ears, that people realized something was wrong.

"If it's a special effect, it's too outrageous." An audience member exclaimed.

Yoko is dead.

It was exactly the same voice as the one that came on the phone.

This unreasonable ghost, this indiscriminate killing without regard for day or night and people, this almost provocative killing behavior, makes everyone terrified!

"Huh - this is not a ghost, it's clearly..." Chihaya Ruri had never seen such a thrilling plot, nor had she seen such a scary ghost setting.

At the end of this volume of the series, everyone looked at Yoko, who had been dead for a long time, in a daze and trance.

In the extremely quiet environment, the phone suddenly rang.

The phone that dialed the number was Yoko's, but the caller shown was Yumi Nakamura!
Yumi Nakamura, who was also at the scene, looked at the vibrating phone in her hand and her face turned pale instantly.

At the same time, at the call of Uncle Kagawa, Chihaya Ruri also walked out of the novel.

Just as she was about to answer Uncle Kagawa, the phone in her arms began to vibrate! (End of this chapter)