American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 48 Grudge

Roy calmed Heather down and told her to be careful this week and not to leave his side.

Then we drove into the town of Snowmass to look for the Japanese-style B&B.

The real estate agent was right. It is indeed not difficult to find a Japanese-style B&B among European and American buildings.

After driving for about ten minutes, Roy found the B&B that the real estate agent mentioned.

The door of the B&B was open and there was a car parked at the door. The real estate agent must have entered the house.

"Roy, can you tell me why you want to rent a Japanese-style guesthouse?"

Heather took her digital video camera and started filming, interviewing Roy like a reporter.

"Oh, I just wanted to experience the architectural styles of different countries. Let's go in, I have a surprise for you inside!"

Of course, Roy would not say that he rented a Japanese-style B&B because he couldn't rent a place in other B&Bs.

Heather walked into the house with a digital camera, looking expectant. She saw many rose petals spread at the entrance, extending all the way to the living room.

In the living room, there is also a heart made of roses.

"Oh my god! Roy, are these all for me?"

Heather's face was filled with surprise as she turned to look at Roy.

"Of course it's for you!"

Roy was a little curious about where the real estate agent had gone, but he didn't say anything to spoil the mood at this time.

Heather passionately put her arms around Roy's neck and kissed him until she was out of breath, then let him go.

“I’m going to film all of this!”

Heather excitedly began to record the surprise Roy had prepared for her, while Roy was looking for the real estate agent in the house.

After searching for a long time, I still didn't find anyone, but I found a door key.

Where have people gone?

Roy took out his cell phone to make another call, but he heard the phone ringing in the house.

what's the situation?
Roy followed the ringing sound to a room that looked like a storage room. He opened a sliding cabinet door and saw a cell phone inside.

"Roy, what happened? Why is there a cell phone here?"

Heather, who was filming a documentary, heard the noise and came over.

Roy's expression was not very good.

In this situation, if the real estate agent didn't like to play pranks and wanted to play a joke on Roy, then something had happened to him, and it happened in this B&B.

Considering that I had guessed before that this Japanese-style B&B might be a haunted house, could there be ghosts in it?

If this is the case, what will happen when the two ghosts meet?
"Nothing, this phone might have been left behind by the previous tenant. Heather, it's getting late, can we get dinner ready?"

"Oh yeah! It's almost five o'clock! Roy, I learned a few dishes from Jenny and I'm going to make them for you tonight!"

Jenny is the middle-aged maid that Roy introduced to Heather.

"I am looking forward."

Heather put down her digital video camera, quickly ran to the car to bring the things she had bought in advance into the house, and then started preparing dinner.

Although the real estate agent has disappeared, what he said before is not wrong. Although something happened in this B&B, the facilities are indeed usable.

In order to adapt to the American market, some places have been renovated, such as the kitchen and bedroom.

Americans definitely don't like sleeping on tatami mats, so there is a big bed in the bedroom.

While Heather prepared dinner, Roy decided to take a shower to wash off the blood.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Roy went to the living room and suddenly found that the digital camera that Heather had put down before was not turned off and was still recording. So Roy wanted to see if Heather had captured anything.

One of the conveniences of digital video cameras is that you can review previously recorded content anytime and anywhere.

Roy browsed the video on the monitor at double speed and made a discovery.

A pale little Asian boy's face flashed across the screen, and he seemed to be standing in the cupboard in the living room.

Why does this little boy look so familiar?

Well, not a hell of a joke this time.

Roy picked up the digital video camera and walked towards the cupboard, then pulled it open.

Sure enough, I saw a naked little boy sitting inside through the monitor.

He couldn't see it clearly just now because the pixels were too blurry, but this time Roy saw it clearly. Isn't this little boy Toshio from The Grudge?
So this Japanese-style B&B is actually Kayako’s home in the American version of “The Grudge”?

The real estate agent deserved to die. He actually rented out this haunted house as a B&B. How unethical!

Roy's expression turned strange.

Sadako and Kayako have always been the two most famous female ghosts in Japanese horror movies. Unexpectedly, Roy encountered them both today.

How about bringing in Mitsuko from "Ghost Water" and Mimiko from "Something Happens to Me" to complete the four female ghosts?
"Little boy, where is your mother?"

Roy squatted down and wanted to say hello to Junxiong, but Junxiong didn't respond at all. He just stared at him blankly with his dark eyes.

Can't speak? Or has he lost his ability to think?
According to the knowledge of the Key of Solomon, after death, the soul will stay in the world of the living for a short period of time, and then will be judged and go to heaven or hell.

The soul can still maintain human thinking at the beginning, but after a long time only some simple ideas remain.

Few souls can stay in the world of the living for a long time unless they have a huge obsession.

Resentment and love are both forms of obsession, but it is relatively rare for people to stay in the world of the living because of love, almost non-existent.

Most souls linger because of resentment, and these souls are called ghosts.

There are also some special ways to artificially create ghosts, but the methods are quite cruel and belong to the path of necromancy.

In mysticism, ghosts can be further divided into many types, which I will not go into details here.

Take the way Yamamura Sadako and Kawamata Kayako appear in the movie, for example. They both rely on the power of curses to kill people, which is different from many ghosts.

As for other ghosts, you can survive by staying away from them.

But Sadako and Kayako are different. Anyone who has watched the cursed videotape or entered Kayako's house will die no matter where they are.

This may be related to the fact that the two female ghosts were people with super powers in their previous lives.

"The Ring" clearly states that Sadako Yamamura has super powers.

Although it is not explicitly stated in "The Grudge", Roy guessed that Kayako's family might not be ordinary, and this woman might have awakened her superpowers before she died.

"what--"

While thinking, Roy suddenly heard a scream coming from the kitchen.

Thinking that Sadako or Kayako took the opportunity to attack Heather, Roy rushed into the kitchen.

"what happened?"

Fortunately, the Heathers are still here.

"I accidentally cut my finger."

"It scared me, I thought something happened!"

(End of this chapter)