Horror simulator, if you survive till tomorrow, you win

"Please, don't lose!"

Jun Ito prays from the bottom of his heart.

As long as the ghost of the apartment could hold out, he was safe.

"I'm investigating the ghost matter. Can you help me? Everyone in the apartment is just waiting for the next person to move in. If we know the truth, maybe we can be safer."

Ai Mi was a little hesitant, but still made a request to Ito Jun.

"Sorry, I don't have time. I still have to go to work."

Ito Jun politely declined. For him, maintaining the status quo was enough.

Moreover, he had to think about what to do in the future. Although it was safe for now, the weirdness that was not evil spirits was the theme of Junji Ito's worldview.

"あの日あなたといった本屋いつしかコンビニになっていた恡ぼう..."

At this time, Ito Jun's cell phone rang. Ito Jun made a gesture to Ai Shi, and Ai Shi opened her mouth and closed it again, and left in disappointment.

"Hey... Mr. Mizuno... Sorry, I'm moving these two days... Okay, I got it."

Ito Jun answered the phone. The caller was his homeroom teacher Mizuno, who asked him why he didn't go to school.

He hadn't been to school for two days, and his head teacher was worried that something had happened to him.

Ito Jun dealt with Teacher Mizuno and looked at the time. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. The last class had ended and there was no need to go to school today.

However, he still has to go to school. His living expenses now depend on his parents in this world. If he doesn't go to school for a long time, the school will call his parents and it will be difficult for him to get the living expenses.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ito Jun went out and grabbed a half-price bento that looked pretty good in a supermarket. After bringing it back to the apartment, he boiled a pot of water, made dinner for it, and continued to look for a high-paying part-time job online.

However, it is not easy to find a part-time job with high salary.

Waiters, salesmen, newspaper deliverymen, if they have too much work and little pay, they will get lost.

“Aaaaaah! This is so annoying! Is there no shortcut?”

Ito Jun fell on the tatami, tossed and turned, and shouted anxiously.

He sat up suddenly.

"By the way, aren't there part-time jobs like washing corpses and shoveling corpses?"

In Ito Jun's impression, every country has similar legends. Although the work is very hellish, the pay is also high.

Jun Ito searched for similar information on the Internet.

[This app can answer all your questions. Please download Saiko and ask Ms. Saiko questions! 】

Although he didn't find a decent part-time job, Jun Ito discovered an APP.

According to the introduction, this Caizi is a super AI that can answer any question. And there is no need to pay, you just need to sincerely thank Caizi after correctly answering the difficult question.

“Is it high-tech like preserved eggs?”

Ito Jun thought for a while and downloaded the app, intending to try it out to see if Ayako was really useful.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Caizi. No matter what the question is, I will prepare the best answer. Please give me your advice!"

The download was successful, and the app was opened. On the cartoon background surrounded by balls of light, a beautiful girl with long hair raised her hands and greeted Ito Jun cheerfully.

"Ayako, I need a large sum of money in a short period of time, what should I do?"

"Please go to a nearby ATM and I will help you withdraw the money."

"I don't have much money in my card."

"It's okay. I can help you withdraw the money directly from the bank."

"..."

Ayako's smile was sweet, but Ito Jun was dumbfounded. Who designed this app? Why would they commit a crime so easily?

Could it be a phishing software used by the police?

Ito Jun became alert.

"No, thanks. I need a part-time job between 3:30pm and 11pm, and I can go home before midnight."

Ito Jun decisively rejected Ayako.

“这样吗？伊藤君是个好孩子呢。江口海之家店员，时薪1万日元，工作时间为下午3点30分到晚上9点30分。”

Ayako kept smiling and introduced a job to Ito Jun.

However, is it really normal to have such a high daily wage for a job as a clerk in Haizhijia?

Ito Jun plans to give it a try tomorrow. Coincidentally, the number of simulations will be refreshed tomorrow, so if there are any problems, he can know in advance.

Before he knew it, it was already past eleven o'clock. Having just moved into a new home, Ito Jun couldn't sleep at all, and therefore he heard the noisy voices coming from outside.

Ito Jun didn't know what was going on. He put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out. He saw several residents gathered in the courtyard on the first floor. A man named Sheng rushed out on a bicycle.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Ito Jun looked at the time. It was already eleven forty-five. Is it really okay to go out at this time?

"Mingmei from Room 203 hasn't come back yet. Normally she would have come back by now. Xiaosheng went out to look for her."

"How could such a thing happen? Isn't Sheng in Room 203 very annoyed with his girlfriend? I didn't expect that he would risk his life to look for someone in such a critical moment."

After learning the whole story, Ito Jun was very surprised.

When he moved in today, he noticed that Mingmei was very close to Xiaosheng, but Xiaosheng looked annoyed. It was hard to tell that Xiaosheng liked Mingmei. He didn't expect that only when it comes to a critical moment can you see a person's true thoughts.

Jun Ito and everyone came to the street outside the apartment.

Outside the courtyard of the apartment, two large stones are placed on both sides of the door and connected by a white line. According to the rules of the apartment, if you do not walk into the white line before 12 o'clock, you will be killed by the ghost.

For some reason, Ito Jun had a sense of déjà vu, as a novel he had read in his previous life also had a similar setting.

After waiting for a while, Ito Jun took out his mobile phone and checked the time.

"11:54."

Under the cover of night, the streets are dim.

It is now late at night and the streets are long empty of pedestrians. Even citizens who enjoy the nightlife stay in commercial districts such as Shinjuku and Ginza. In areas near the suburbs, the shopping streets close early and residents are either working overtime at the company or sleeping at home. How could there be people running around outside?

"Xiaosheng, help me, come and save me..."

Mingmei squatted in the corner. She was lost and in despair. She held her head and cried, praying that her live-in boyfriend would come to save her.

However, she also knew that her expectations were unrealistic. Even she didn't know where she was, so how could Xiaosheng know?

Besides, Xiaosheng must hate her, right? The two of them have been trapped in that apartment, and Xiaosheng has long been fed up with her.

"A small victory..."

Would he really risk his life to come find me?

Mingmei wiped her tears, her heart was in a mess, and her heavily made-up face looked quite bad because of the tears.

"Akemi!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from a distance.

"Xiaosheng?"

Mingmei was stunned for a moment, then stood up excitedly.

"Akemi!"

"Akemi!"

"Xiao Sheng, I'm here!"

Mingmei cried with joy, she jumped up and shouted loudly.

Soon, Xiaosheng rushed over on his bicycle. Seeing Mingmei's expression, he was both happy and angry, and hurriedly urged: "What are you doing here? Get in the car, get in the car quickly, get in the car!"

Mingmei immediately sat on the seat and hugged Xiaosheng's waist tightly.

"Let's go, how many minutes are left?"

"Four minutes left. Only four minutes left."

Xiaosheng pedaled hard, breathing heavily, and the bike rushed forward.

"A small victory."

"what's up?"

"I don't want to die."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Shut up and hold me tight!"

Xiaosheng roared angrily. The tension and fear consumed a lot of his physical strength. He felt that his limbs were about to no longer belong to him. Even so, he did not think of abandoning the stupid woman behind him. He tried his best and moved forward with all his heart.

"11:59."

Ito Jun's eyes became serious.

If nothing unexpected happens, those two people will not be able to come back.

That’s right, there are not so many miracles in the world. In the worldview of this kind of horror movie, death is the norm.

Ai Shi's father, Mr. Yamato, stood under the gate of the apartment building, with one hand in his pocket, glancing at his watch as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Everyone, go in, get inside the white line quickly."

Old man Ebisu sighed and decided that Xiaosheng and Mingmei would never come back. He called everyone into the apartment so as not to violate the rules set by the apartment ghost.

"They're back!"

Ito Jun spotted Xiaosheng in the distance with his sharp eyes. The man on the bicycle was looming in the light of the street lamp. The range of the light and the dark night seemed to foreshadow his future, walking on the boundary between life and death.

"come back quickly!"

"Come on!"

“I will definitely catch up!”

"Come on, try harder!"

The residents were all excited and they cheered loudly for Xiaosheng and Mingmei.

In their eyes, the current Xiaosheng and Mingmei will be who they will be in the future.

"Last five seconds!"

Affected by the atmosphere, Ito Jun also felt nervous.

Five, four, three...

Getting closer and closer, in the last few seconds, Xiaosheng's face became ferocious, the chain of the bicycle was stepped on and flew up, and the wobbling bike seemed like it would fall to the ground at the next moment.

Two, one!

Xiaosheng kicked the ground with both feet, and they both fell off the car.

Everyone looked away, unable to bear the sight.

The clock kept ticking and would not stop because of the residents' unwillingness. Ito Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

He kept his eyes on Xiaosheng and Mingmei. Even if they were going to die, he wanted to see clearly what the cause of death was.

However, the two did not die. At the last moment, they fell into the white line.

The two people who escaped death hugged each other excitedly, and Ebisu and the Hotei couple couldn't help but applaud them.

“What a strong desire to survive.”

Ito Jun sighed softly, turned around and walked towards the apartment building, his eyes a little confused.

Why can these people who know nothing be so strong?

That’s right, strong.

Living is a strong choice. There is nothing harder than living, and nothing easier than dying.

Because death is an escape, a weak choice. However, escape is never a loss, sometimes escape is victory.

Ito Jun went home and sat for a while. Because of what happened tonight, he couldn't sleep. He took the two soul stones and walked out of the room.

The moonlight shone on the corridor of the apartment, and Ito Jun's figure was reflected in the moonlight. He strolled in the night breeze, sorting out his thoughts and experiences of these days.