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"Squeak!"

The door opened from the inside.

Driven by inertia, Jiuzhi Che's hand continued to press forward and downward, stopping abruptly just 0.01 millimeters before it touched the fullness.

Jiuzhi Che remained expressionless, withdrew his hand, and upon seeing the face of the person who opened the door, was slightly surprised: "Is it Miss Amano Kosei?"

Amano Kosei stared at Jiuzhi Che for a while before she remembered who the person in front of her was.

I had met that client of Keiji Soga once before.

"Yes, I am. You must be Mr. Jiuzhi."

After some time apart, Amano Kosei still looked as beautiful as ever, but her once beautiful, jet-black hair had lost its luster and even looked somewhat dry.

Jiuzhiche saw much more. For him, sometimes the simplest way to distinguish between humans and monsters was to observe through the flame of life.

The woman before me possessed a life force that was entirely different from others; it was a feeling, for the life force itself had no color.

If it's used to distinguish them, then the color of a normal person's life flame is red, while hers is green, like a ghostly flame, which makes her face look somewhat cold.

Amano Kosei stood at the door, making no attempt to invite them in. "I'm sorry, my sister isn't feeling well and can't be seen by outsiders..."

“I’m Amano Kori’s classmate. I haven’t heard from her for a long time, so I was a little worried and came to visit. I didn’t expect that Ms. Amano is her older sister. It just so happens that I have a new website that I would like Mr. Soga to help design and build.”

Jiu Zhiche looked at her as he spoke, but his eyes were actually glancing inside the door.

The door to one of the rooms was ajar. The room was pitch black and the view was not clear. Even with Jiuzhiche's eyesight, he could only vaguely make out two round objects, which seemed to be floating in mid-air.

"I'm sorry, Qi Er has gone back to his hometown for vacation and is currently suspending all work."

Amano Kosei pretended to close the door.

Jiuzhi Che had a smile on his face, and his hand was already raised.

Sometimes, appropriate methods can help advance the investigation.

He doesn't mind being a little rough.

"Is it Jiuzhi? Is it Jiuzhi?"

A hoarse voice came from inside the room, and the door, which was slightly ajar, was suddenly pulled open, and a humanoid creature slowly walked out.

She was wearing pink pajamas, and judging from her long hair, she was a girl, but from her face and body, she didn't look human.

Its head was twice the size of a normal person's, but its face was in normal proportions. Its eye sockets looked like two glass marbles, and its pupils were completely white. The exposed skin was covered with crisscrossing veins that bulged slightly. Its fingers were unusually long, slender, and pale...

"Amano Kori".

Jiuzhiche asked tentatively.

Amano Kori excitedly "ran" over, but due to her long-term dreaming, her physical abilities couldn't keep up with the evolution in her dreams, so she ran very slowly.

So she simply crawled over using both her hands and feet, muttering to herself:

"My love, we've been in love for 100 years in my dreams..."

Chapter 125 He died, then came back to life, the missing man

The Amano family hasn't had any guests in a long time.

Amano Kosei stared blankly at the moldy tea leaves in the tea canister.

Finally, he poured a glass of plain water and placed it in front of Jiuzhiche.

Opposite Jiuzhi Che was Amano Xiaoli, who was staring intently at him. If you looked closely, you could see a tiny black dot, the size of a pinhead, in her white pupils—that was her original black pupil.

"Now that you've seen it, there's no need for me to hide it anymore."

Jiuzhi Che's reaction was calm, and Amano Xiaojing vaguely sensed something, so she told her sister everything that had happened to her.

It wasn't until now that she found out who the boy her sister had been talking about was.

What a small world.

"Xiao Li is under a curse... Not only are her dreams getting longer and longer, but it's even affecting her body. Gradually, Xiao Li's body is changing in ways I never imagined..."

When Amano Kosei was speaking, Amano Kori tried to crawl over and hug her lover.

That was a nightmare that lasted for a century.

She survived a plane crash and was stranded on an island infested with giant insects. There, she met Jiu Zhiche, who was also in distress. They supported each other through countless life-and-death ordeals and eventually became partners.

Even in their dreams, they merged with insects, gaining lifespans beyond that of ordinary people. Initially, they struggled to survive; later, the couple worked together to rule the eighteen major insect islands; and finally, they lived a blissful life, happily brewing sauce every day…

"What a terrible experience," Jiuzhiche said, feigning a sigh, though he was actually quite disheartened.

I don't know if Amano Kori received the message that he could temporarily delay the curse, but it's too late to think about it now.

To see a young girl in the prime of her life turned into such a horrific state is nothing short of torture.

"To be honest, I'm very interested in some strange events. Over time, I've developed some special abilities. I'd like to try them out on Xiaoli to see if they can be of any help."

Amano Kosei recalled the website that Soga Keiji designed back then, which was called the Ghost Stories Forum, I think. Oh, I see.

Coupled with the boy's sincere eyes and upright tone, Amano Kosei lowered her guard somewhat.

"Then I'll leave it to you. If... it doesn't work out, don't blame yourself..."

Amano Kosei choked up for a moment, then quickly wiped her cheeks. "Sorry, I got a little emotional."

Jiuzhiche remained silent.

Regardless of what that vibrant green flame of life is all about, at least Amano Kosei is more human than some other people.

You could tell she was exhausted. Putting everything else aside, she was just an older sister who was worried about her younger sister.

Amano Kori had been unable to contain herself for a long time. If her older sister hadn't been holding her hand, she would have dragged Jiuzhi Che back to the room to mate.

Seeing Jiu Zhiche move closer, she broke free from her sister's hand and reached out to kiss him—

Jiuzhiche blocked it with his hand.

What did she experience in her dream? Her personality changed completely!

Jiuzhi Che was quite helpless, "Purify!"

Amano Kori's body jolted, and she fell headfirst to the ground.

Jiu Zhiche helped her up and put her on the sofa.

Amano Kosei, who had reached out but couldn't grab her sister in time, gave him a grateful look.

"She's alright, I'm trying to cleanse her of the curse."

Jiuzhi Che explained.

Previously, while cleaning up videotapes at the police station, my mental energy was almost completely depleted, but after more than an hour of recovery, I have recovered about half of my mental energy.

It's okay for dealing with the Long Dream Curse on a person.

Two more purifications were dropped.

Amano Kori started covering her forehead and shaking it incessantly.

The bulging veins on her body made her look extremely frightening.

"Xiao Li..." Amano Xiao Jing wanted to go forward but was afraid of disturbing Jiu Zhi Che, so she could only stand to the side with her body tense and her fingers dug into the sofa.

After the sixth purification, the changes became even more obvious.

The gray-black mist around her body dissipated to almost nothing, and the veins on her skin began to writhe, disappearing one by one like blocks in a match-3 puzzle.

Her head shrank rapidly until it returned to its normal size.

Amano Kosei loosened her grip on the sofa, as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

Jiuzhiche felt a slight sense of relief.

In the original work, Tetsuro Mukoda went through a similar phase.

In his dream that night, time stretched to hundreds or even thousands of years, and his appearance began to become strange and bizarre, as if he were evolving in a certain direction of future human evolution.

But if this is considered an evolution, it can only be said that aesthetics have regressed by tens of thousands of years.

Amano Kori was still unconscious, while Amano Kosei kept crying tears of joy.

Jiuzhiche kept a tight rein on himself; he wouldn't allow himself to overexert his mental energy, especially when facing outsiders.

“You can come to me every now and then to cleanse her of the curse, because the root of the curse has not been eliminated.”

He left his phone number.

"Then can't we think of a way...?"

Jiuzhi Che shook his head. "Miss Amano, I was just about to ask you something. Your aura is strange, but it doesn't seem like you've been cursed. Can you tell me what happened?"

He added, "I'm very interested in the ins and outs of some bizarre events."

He figured it out?

Amano Kosei hadn't expected the other person to be so blunt. She sighed, "You helped Kori, so there's nothing to hide from you, but if people find out, they'll probably think I'm crazy..."

"I have already died once..."

As she spoke, Jiu Zhiche silently lowered his hand.

If the other party is sensible, there's no need to force them.

He meant coercion.

The story is not complicated, and can even be described as inexplicable.

Because even the person involved was completely baffled.

At that time, after a woman licked his face, Soga Keiji's condition continued to worsen, and his body continued to ulcerate.

Amano Kosei saw it all and felt the pain in her heart, but there was nothing she could do.

Watching her beloved boyfriend grow weaker day by day was incredibly agonizing. Moreover, the pain he suffered every day was even greater, a double torment of both body and mind.

But while she waited for Qi Er to be freed, Qi Er suddenly mustered all his strength and said that he wanted to go back to his hometown, that something there was calling him...

Amano Kosei accompanied Keiji back to the countryside. Before they even reached home, a man carrying a long sword on his back suddenly appeared and stabbed her in the stomach. The last thing she saw was Keiji and the man struggling together...

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