Horror simulator, if you survive till tomorrow, you win

"It's exactly like the urban legend about the abandoned baby in the coin locker!"

After listening to the old lady's story, Ito Jun couldn't help but complain.

It was a mistake for him to waste so much time here. Old people like to teach others and also like to spread things around without knowing whether they are true or not. This old man probably heard the urban legend and told it to Ito Jun in conjunction with today's case.

The old lady shook her head. "Urban legend? I don't understand such a complicated word. However, it is just a rumor that this incident happened."

Ito Jun was speechless: "..."

The old lady continued, "By the way, I've heard another rumor recently. Young people often go to the locker over there to talk. Someone who comes to buy cigarettes told me that if you confess in the locker here, it will go very smoothly. It seems that you have to put gifts or something like that."

Perhaps because of the human head balloon, many urban legends have emerged recently.

The entertainment industry also reached its peak. It seemed that in order to vent their emotions, everyone was in a state of mind of enjoying life while they can. As a result, all kinds of idol activities not only did not decrease due to the crowds, but increased instead.

Urban legends are similar. For example, confessing in a locker will definitely be successful, which gives people courage and leaves no regrets. Ito Jun saw many similar urban legends on the Internet on his way here.

"My daughter and son-in-law have moved to England, and our house is deserted. Look, fewer people come to buy cigarettes! It's all because of that Kayo named Ningmu or Suzuki. As a result, opening the shop every day is..."

When people get old, they like to talk to others. When Ito Jun stood at the door, the old lady kept talking. If she continued like this, there was no telling when she would finish.

Ito Jun decisively ended the topic and said goodbye to the old lady. The old lady was still reluctant to leave, so Ito Jun left as if he was escaping.

The old lady looked at Ito Jun's back with regret. Now there are fewer and fewer people who can chat with him.

Because we were delayed at the station, we arrived at the ghost apartment after midnight.

At the main entrance of the ghost apartment, the white line had disappeared, probably because the curse had ended. Ai Shi, on a whim, moved away the two stones and the line that symbolized the curse.

The man stood at the original line, pushing another person who had fallen asleep, and looked up at the apartment building inside with a rather emotional expression.

After being away for a month, he saw the ghost apartment again, which made him, as the former resident, feel a little nostalgic.

Other residents would never have such thoughts. For those people, the ghost apartment is a hell that has taken away their years.

The girl in white was standing on the third floor of the apartment building. She looked down from the balcony with a strange look on her face.

Two identical people, two identical suitcases. The standing person was pulling the suitcase with his right hand and pushing it with his left hand. The sitting person lowered his head and sat on the pushed suitcase, as if he was dead, leaning against the suitcase handle without moving.

Ito Jun walked into the apartment and raised his head, meeting the girl's gaze. The girl was shrouded in the night and covered with a hazy black veil, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

Is it Ai Shi or Takamatsu Ai? Ito Jun didn't think about this question, he greeted the girl above.

"Long time no see, I'm back."

"Welcome back."

The girl on the third-floor balcony spoke softly, as if welcoming a family member who was on a business trip.

Ito Jun did not go up to the third floor. He went to the room on the second floor, put his suitcase next to his residence, pushed the door open, and stood against the wall. His body became stiff.

Ito Jun, who was sitting on the suitcase, opened his eyes.

"Finally home."

For Ito Jun, there are only two safe places. One is the residence in Shirasa Village with old seals engraved everywhere, and the other is the ghost apartment where the earthbound spirit is a friendly one.

Back in the ghost apartment, he didn't have to worry about being suddenly attacked.

Ito Jun opened the suitcase and carefully took out the small black box. He put the small box in the drawer, then went to wash up, changed into pajamas, and lay down on the bed to sleep.

“Huahua…Huahua…Huahua…”

The waves beat in Ito Jun's dream, the sea water surged onto the beach, and the will of the unknown existence also landed on the land under the wash of the sea water.

The sleeping Ito Jun frowned involuntarily. His body rolled over a few times and he sat up with lifeless eyes. He got out of bed and walked towards the door.

Ito Jun grasped the door handle.

"Click——"

He turned it a few times, trying to push the door open, but it didn't budge.

"Click - click - click -"

Ito Jun turned the doorknob a few more times and pushed the door using normal force, but the door still did not respond.

After a while, Ito Jun, who failed to open the door, staggered back to the bedroom and lay down on the bed again.

Outside the door, the girl in white bit her lips lightly and looked at the door with a helpless expression, as if she was worried that Ito Jun would get into trouble as soon as he came back. She stared at the door and looked through the iron gate at Ito Jun who was sleeping soundly. After a while, seeing that Ito Jun did not show any other abnormalities, the girl in white disappeared from the door.

Early the next morning, Ito Jun woke up from bed at almost 10 o'clock. He rubbed his temples and frowned unconsciously.

"I seem to have had a not very pleasant dream..."

Ito Jun talked to himself and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Chapter 23 Extremely Curious Photos

After eating breakfast and lunch together, Ito Jun contacted Hoshino Ai.

"Give me some money, I'm short of it."

Ito Jun said bluntly.

"…I want to talk to you after 8:30 tonight."

Hoshino Ai was silent for a while, and replied to Ito Jun in a pleasant voice.

"can."

Ito Jun hung up the phone and wondered what Hoshino Ai wanted to do.

That person didn't seem to have the courage to kill to silence the witness. Perhaps he wanted to beg him, or maybe it was another person who wanted to negotiate with him.

After thinking about it, Ito Jun opened the drawer and took out the little black one.

As if he was going to take out some treasure, Jun Ito opened the box. However, there was no treasure in the box, only a mobile phone - a mobile phone sealed by Jun Ito and containing the cursed software SAIKO.

More than half a month ago, Ito Jun accidentally triggered SAIKO's killing mechanism. Of course, it was in the simulator, and it seemed to be due to the improvement of intelligence.

In the simulator's character attributes, intelligence seems to be not only equal to memory and thinking speed, but also represents spirituality, or inspiration. The higher the intelligence, the easier it is to trigger supernatural events. This is something that Jun Ito discovered a few days ago.

In short, Ito Jun couldn't beat Ayako at that time, but he thought of a way, for example, using the old seal to seal Ayako.

The old seal's deterrent power against monsters is far greater than its offensive power. In Ito Jun's memory, the old seal sealed Cthulhu.

If you can seal Cthulhu, you can naturally seal Ayako. Ito Jun has tried it. He put the mobile phone in a box full of old seals. No matter how much he thanked her, Ayako would not come out.

During this period, the mobile phone was kept in the box by Ito Jun most of the time, and he would only take it out when he needed to use the phone.

Ito Jun searched for information about B. Komachi on the Internet and found out that B. Komachi would hold a performance tonight, which would start at 7:30 and end at 8:30, lasting for an hour.

"If nothing else, these idols have really strong stamina."

Ito Jun couldn't help but complain.

I heard that a popular singer’s concert can last more than two hours. With so much singing and dancing, their physical strength is definitely stronger than most men.

Just as he was about to put down his phone, Ito Jun thought about it and searched again about the Shibuya station locker murder case.

Because only one night had passed and the incident had not yet escalated, Ito Jun did not see any specific reports on the Internet.

However, there is some information about abandoned babies in lockers.

Coin-operated lockers are public lockers equipped with an automatic coin-operated system. They are mainly set up in train stations, in front of stations, amusement parks, etc. They are specially used to store luggage and other large items that are not needed temporarily, allowing people to travel light and complete the tasks at hand.

However, there have been cases where scary things have been stored in lockers.

In the 20s, there were several cases of newborn babies being abandoned in coin-operated lockers in District 70.

This behavior violated the law and constituted abandonment by a guardian. In 1973, such abandonment cases occurred frequently across the country, and most of the abandoned babies died. This gave rise to a social problem and urban legend known as coin locker abandoned babies.

There was also an incident of abandoned babies at coin locker No. 0009 at Shibuya Station, but this is not an urban legend made up by an old lady or heard by someone.

However, that happened a long time ago, and was slightly different from what the old lady said - when people found the body of the abandoned baby, her mother had committed suicide. The police wanted the little girl to be happy, so they named her Xiaosha and gave her to the temple for burial.

Recently, there has been a legend about that locker that it brings good luck. It is also known as the cursed locker. Using locker 0009 to pray for good luck will result in being cursed.

"..."

Ito Jun seemed to be thinking about something.

The first thing that can be confirmed is that this is indeed a supernatural event, and there is no doubt about that.

It is very logical for the evil spirit of the abandoned baby to kill those who disturb it.

But why did it happen only recently?

Is it because normal use of the locker would not anger the infant spirit Xiaosha? The act of praying for good luck to the locker made Xiaosha angry.

Ito Jun thought for a while and prepared to go to the locker to take a look.

After putting the phone back into the black box, Ito Jun closed his eyes, and the eyes of [Magical Boy] became more spiritual.

Jun Ito drove the "Magic Boy" out of the room and left his main body in the bedroom.

After a month of training, the maximum distance between the Soul Stone and the body is now 40 kilometers. At least in Tokyo, there are not many places that the "Magic Boy" cannot reach.

When Ito Jun arrived at Shibuya Station, the row of coin lockers had been cordoned off by police tape.

There were many reporters around holding cameras and shooting at that row of lockers.

With so many people, it's inconvenient to do anything.

So, Jun Ito left and took a bus to the beach where he had worked before.

The store is closed, and judging by the dust on the door, it has been closed for some time.

"Hey, isn't this the guy who works in the store? Why are you here today?"

Someone greeted Ito Jun, and Ito Jun looked over and saw that it was a regular customer of TOOBLUE.

"Hello, I left Tokyo for something a while ago and just came back last night. May I ask how the store has been doing recently? Is Mr. Jiangkou okay?"

Ito Jun greeted regular customers politely.

When the regular customer heard Ito Jun's question, a strange expression appeared on his face. He looked as if he wanted to vomit, and he shuddered, as if he had thought of something very scary.

"Boss Jiangkou died a few days after you left. His body was found leaning against the door of the store... Anyway, you can see it for yourself. I took a photo because it was very curious."

The regular customer took out his mobile phone, clicked on a photo, turned around, and handed the phone to Ito Jun.

Ito Jun looked at the screen of his mobile phone, was stunned for a moment, and then got goose bumps all over his body. Although he had a body of steel, the inhuman feeling of the photo made Ito Jun shudder.

The man standing by the wall... can only be described as a human-shaped person. His body, face, armpits, eyes, ears, mouth and nose... His entire body is covered with barnacles. Densely packed barnacles have taken root on this man's body surface, and his face and skin cannot be seen at all. Only his body shape and long white hair give Ito Jun a sense of familiarity, and he can confirm that it is Boss Eguchi.

The regular customer took the phone back, without even looking at it, and immediately exited the photo album.

Although he took the photo, it was obvious that he rarely looked at it and only kept it for collection.

Chapter 24: I'll Eat Your Secret Forever

At 7:30, Jun Ito arrived on time at the B Komachi performance venue, which was located in the basement of a shopping mall in Shinjuku.

Before coming here, Jun Ito never thought that B Komachi would be so popular.

"Are you here to see B Komachi's performance as well?"

"Is B Komachi the only one performing here today?"

"There's another rock band coming."

"I'm not interested in rock music, I'm here for Xiao Ai."

"Ahhhh! I can finally see Ai again!"

……

Walking to the floor where the performance was held, I was surrounded by young men and women, mostly men. They were all talking about B Komachi, no, to be precise, they were talking about Hoshino Ai, with excited expressions on their faces, looking quite fascinated.

When Ito Jun entered the shopping mall, he even saw many young people wearing special protective suits. There were balloons made of human heads floating above their heads. Ropes were dropped down from time to time, but they could not be fixed because of the grease on the protective suits.

Jun Ito also knows that the human head balloon has a single attack method and there are many ways to deal with it, but no matter what, there is still a certain risk of death when facing the human head balloon. These people risked their lives to watch B Komachi's performance. Even Jun Ito has to admire this kind of perseverance.

When we arrived at the performance floor, the gathered audience had reached 300 people. Although it was far from the number of official singers and stars, for an underground idol group, this number was already very impressive.

Maybe it’s due to the trend of the times, but without the ability, you can’t fly even if you stand at the forefront of the trend.