American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 43 Cursed Videotape

Roy knocked Mason unconscious with one punch. With the temperature outside and the gunshot wound in the abdomen, Mason should die soon.

The reason why he didn't use a revolver was because he was afraid of leaving any traces.

After all, this is not Waterfall Town, and the local police are not familiar with Roy. It would be troublesome if they judged that he had excessive self-defense.

So Roy only fired one shot.

However, Roy was somewhat concerned about the dark web that this guy mentioned before he was knocked unconscious.

Roy had heard a little about the dark web in his previous life when he was at the University of Tokyo. It was described in various marketing accounts as a very mysterious and terrifying underground organization.

But from what Mason said, this dark web seems to be real.

Never mind, let’s call the police first!
Suddenly, the door to room five opened and Heather's head popped out.

"Roy, what just happened?"

Heather finally woke up from her afterglow and found that Roy was not in the room, so she opened the door to see what was going on and saw Roy dealing with Mason.

"Heather, there's something wrong with this hotel. Hurry up and lock the door and stay in your room. Don't open the door unless I knock!"

Heather now completely trusted Roy. When she heard his words, she immediately nodded and locked the door.

Heather returned to the room feeling a little scared, and her cell phone had no signal, so she could only sit in a chair and pray for Roy.

At this moment, the TV in the room suddenly turned on automatically.

On the other side, Roy had already taken out a bunch of keys from Mason, then went straight to the hotel front desk and opened the room behind the front desk.

This is a monitoring room that can see the images of all the guest rooms in the motel, including Room 5 where Roy and Heather previously stayed.

On the table in the monitoring room, Roy found a phone, and the call was indeed connected.

So Roy used the phone to call the police.

The operator was very enthusiastic and told Roy and the others to wait there, saying the police would arrive in half an hour at the latest.

Then, Roy called the emergency number again, but the ambulance operator said it would take two hours to arrive at the scene.

Why is there such a big time difference between the two sides?

But considering that the police might be patrolling a nearby road, while the ambulance had to leave from the hospital, it was normal that there was a big time difference.

So Roy didn't continue to dwell on this problem, but started looking for the videotape in Room 5.

Well, the videotape in Room 5 must be destroyed. Roy has no intention of debuting as an adult film actor for the time being, although he has the potential to become a Goat in this field.

The videotape in Room 5 was quickly found and destroyed. Roy also found many videotapes from other rooms, all of which contained content related to torture and killing.

That motel owner, Mason, has killed countless people over the years.

The question is, with so many people missing in this area, is it possible that no one noticed?

Roy's expression grew serious.

Considering what Mason said about the dark web, this matter may not be that simple!
[Ding! Received Mason's treasure chest! Open it?]

The Chest of Destiny is in hand, which means Mason is dead.

Roy left the monitoring room and prepared to go back to meet Heather, then drove away with Amy and David.

"Heather, open the door!"

The door of room five opened, and Heather hugged Roy with a look of horror.

"Roy, you're finally back! I was so scared!"

"Silly boy, what are you afraid of? Nothing will happen to me."

"Not this, it's the TV!"

Heather pointed at the TV in the room with an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

TV? Roy let go of Heather and walked over to the TV curiously. It was showing a woman combing her hair in front of a mirror.

Although this picture looks a bit weird, it doesn't seem to be scary at all.

"What's wrong with the TV?"

Heather replied, hugging Roy's arm.

"Just now after I locked the door, the TV suddenly turned on and played a videotape, and then I felt like there was another person in the room!"

If someone else heard Heather's description, they might just think she was scaring herself.

But Roy knew that this world was a world stitched together from a horror movie, with monsters, demons, angels, and anything could happen.

Now what Heather felt might be true.

So Roy first calmed Heather down.

"Heather, don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, nothing can hurt you!"

With Roy's assurance, Heather finally calmed down.

At this time, the picture on TV had turned into an ancient well in the forest.

Although the image was very blurry, it still triggered some memories in Roy's mind.

Could this be the cursed videotape in "The Ring"?
Roy wasn't sure what the cursed videotape in "The Ring" was called, but the scene before him was too similar.

Thinking about the strange phone call he received when he and Heather were doing bedtime exercises, Roy already had a rough idea in his mind.

However, it still needs to be confirmed.

Roy quickly took out the videotape of "This is the Ringtone" from the VCR, then pulled Heather out of Room 5 and went to the monitoring room.

Heather was shocked when she saw what was happening in the monitoring room.

"Roy, what's going on?"

"This motel is a shady place. The owner tortured and killed guests and made movies to sell. I've already killed him."

Roy answered Heather's questions while searching for the videotape.

The hotel owner was very thoughtful and classified the videotapes with labels. If Roy is lucky, he should be able to find the videotape of the previous guest in Room 5.

"Ah! So, could what we did before have been recorded as well?"

"Don't worry, I've destroyed that videotape—I found it!"

Roy successfully found three videotapes with Room 5 written on them, one from yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday.

First, put yesterday's videotape into the VCR and play it. An elderly couple appeared on the screen.

The elderly couple on TV were soon tortured and killed by Mason's gang.

The bloody and cruel scene made Heather retch, and Roy quickly turned off the screen.

"Heather, go and guard the front desk."

Heather left the monitoring room pale, and Roy continued to play other videotapes.

The second videotape still wasn't what Roy wanted to see, until the third videotape finally allowed him to see the scene he wanted to see.

On the TV screen, a long-haired woman walked into room five and began to check her bag as soon as she entered the room.

After taking out a videotape from her bag, the woman threw it on the ground like crazy and kept stepping on it with her feet.

However, the videotape was intact.

Immediately afterwards, the woman collapsed in the chair. Even though the video footage was not clear, one could still feel the despair on her face.

Then something terrible happened!
(End of this chapter)