Horror simulator, if you survive till tomorrow, you win

"She's Kumagai from Class A. I know her!"

"Does she know Morimoto?"

"I don't think I know him."

"120? It's Hanada Hill High School. Another person has committed suicide by jumping off a building."

……

Dozens of students gathered around the wall of the teaching building. People looked at Kumagai's body and whispered to each other. Ito Junya squeezed in.

Kumagai's body had been smashed into a meat patty, blood splattered all over the ground, and the brain matter splattered from the exploded back of his head dotted in the blood like gorgeous flowers. There was still a smile on Kumagai's face, as if his face had been severely injured due to the fall. Kumagai's mouth was grinning so wide that it almost reached below his ears, like a crazy clown smile, which left psychological trauma on many people.

Ito Jun left decisively.

Kumagai's death was suicide and had nothing to do with him.

Chapter 2 Hanako and Qianxian

"Death is too easy... Sometimes, death is more comfortable than life."

Instead of going to the club room in the old school building, Ito Jun went straight back to the fortune teller's home.

As he walked on the road, he couldn't help but recall the philosophy of death that Mr. Yokoi had introduced to him.

Ito Jun suddenly realized that perhaps the philosophy of death was not wrong.

In Junji Ito's worldview, entering the world of the dead early might be a good thing, as living is nothing more than a life worse than death.

Ito Jun thought absentmindedly.

"Stop!"

A hand reached out from behind and grabbed Ito Jun's arm. Ito Jun staggered backwards under the force. Suddenly he came to his senses and felt the wind pressure in front of him that stung his skin. An advertising vehicle drove past in front of him.

"Asshole, you're looking for death!"

A head with twin ponytails popped out from the driver's window, and scolded Ito Jun in a soft and cute voice.

When Ito Jun came to his senses, he saw the road right in front of him. The traffic lights were emitting a scarlet light, and he was standing on the edge of the road.

He almost committed suicide!

"……Thanks."

Ito Jun's face turned pale and he thanked the person who held him.

"You're welcome... You look familiar, is it Ito?"

Mimi let go of Ito Jun's arm and said openly that she looked at Ito Jun for a few times and suddenly remembered that in the world before she escaped, she gave this man a ride.

"you know me?"

Ito Jun asked doubtfully.

"secret."

Meimei waved to Ito Jun and left with a smile.

Ito Jun watched Mimi leave, but he was not thinking about this little thing.

He wondered why he committed suicide. Could it be that the power of the god of death was still working on him?

"This Grim Reaper is so unkind. He made me his subordinate and even wanted to kill me."

Ito Jun returned to the fortune teller's house cursing, and the god of death's philosophy of death was thrown behind him.

On the other side, at Flower Field Hill, is the club classroom of the Paranormal Research Department.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There were three knocks on the door, and a voice came from inside: "Come in."

The first-grade girl standing at the door pushed the door tentatively, and sure enough, the door was not locked and opened immediately.

There was no light on in the room. Shikino rested his arms on the table, his hands crossed, his chin resting on the back of his hands, and looked sharply at the three girls at the door.

The long table was placed near the window, and Koizumi, Yamashita, Tomie and others sat on both sides of the table.

The sun shines in from the window and falls on Shikino's back.

"Minister Shikino, that's them."

A girl walked in first. She quickly walked to Shikino's side, pointed at the two people at the door, and spoke loudly.

"Are you first-year student Kurahashi Satomi? I heard you passed out in the bathroom yesterday?"

Shikino nodded seriously and looked at the girl with short hair.

"Yes."

Kurahashi Rimi said timidly.

"Did you see anything in the bathroom?"

"No."

Kurahashi Satomi hurriedly shook her head.

"But I heard that you went to the bathroom to peek again. The second grade bathroom has nothing to do with you, right?"

Shikino narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low voice, as if putting pressure on Kurahashi Satomi.

According to Shikino's investigation, Kurahashi Satomi went to the first-grade toilet when the class was about to start, but the first-grade toilet was full, so she had to run to the second-grade toilet.

Because she had not returned to the classroom for a long time, the teacher asked Kanae Sawaguchi to go and find Rimi Kurahashi.

Kanae Sawaguchi discovered that Satomi Kurahashi had fainted in the second-grade toilet. After waking up in the health room, Satomi Kurahashi went to the second-grade toilet again.

This is all the information Shikino has found out.

"I just had a weird dream."

Kurahashi Satomi lowered her head and spoke hesitantly.

"What dream?"

Koizumi asked curiously.

"...When I came out of the bathroom, a door appeared on the mirror of the sink, but when I looked back, there was nothing there. However, the mirror showed everything clearly, and the door behind it slowly opened..."

"and then?"

"Then I woke up."

Shikino, Misaki, Koizumi and others looked at each other in bewilderment. Just by listening to Kurahashi Rimi's explanation, they couldn't find any clues at all.

"That wasn't a dream."

Shikino's follower, Koyuki, who brought Kurahashi Satomi over, said seriously.

"The door Kurahashi saw should be the old school building."

"Here? Is it really Hanako?"

Shikino's expression turned serious, his eyes gleaming with eagerness.

"Hanako?"

Sawaguchi Kanae asked in confusion.

"No one in this school ever mentions Hanako, because if anyone sees Hanako, someone will die or go missing."

Seto Akari also showed a serious expression.

"it is true?"

Kanae Sawaguchi was stunned. Shouldn't this just be an urban legend?

"So I don't want anyone to joke around."

"I don't!"

"There is no best, so don't let us wait in vain just for the sake of fame."

Shikino said expectantly.

"No, I'm not that kind of person."

Kurahashi Satomi quickly shook her head.

Shikino did not comment and asked Kurahashi Kazumi and Sawaguchi Kanae who came with her to sit aside and rest. She started a meeting with Seto Akari, Yamashita, Koizumi and others.

"Does anyone know any different news about Hanako in the toilet?"

Shikino looked around at everyone present and asked.

"I don't know if they are the same or not. What I heard is that anyone who sees Hanako in this school will surely die."

"But there is a way to break it. It is said that as long as you stick a talisman on your door, you can drive Hanako away. If you forget to stick the talisman, Hanako will suddenly stand in the corner of the room and take you away."

"Also, no one is sure whether Hanako really exists, but someone is indeed missing, and the missing person was last seen at the shrine behind the school."

"That abandoned shrine? It looks spooky."

"Anyway, if you want to find clues, you have to go to that shrine."

……

After some discussion, Shikino came up with a plan. The eight people from the Paranormal Research Club, plus Kurahashi Satomi and Sawaguchi Kanae, a total of ten people, went to the shrine behind the campus together.

If Ito Jun knew this, he would definitely sigh and say that only half of these people could survive.

After all, in the supernatural worldview, you won't necessarily die if you don't seek death, but you will really die if you do.

Ten people stood side by side outside the shrine's door, which was locked and sealed.

"Do you really want to go in? School rules prohibit entering the shrine or mentioning Hanako."

The abandoned shrine looked eerie, and Sawaguchi Kanae couldn't help but back off.

"And there's a lock on it. We can't get in anyway, so let's just go back."

Seto Akane was a relatively well-behaved child who would not resort to violence easily. Seeing that the door of the shrine was locked and there was a sign prohibiting entry, she persuaded Shikino to go back.

Shikino walked over silently, tore off the seal, inserted a pin and started tinkering with it.

"Wait a minute... President, what are you doing?"

Koizumi shouted in astonishment.

"Don't you understand? I'm unlocking the door."

Shikino said without turning his head.

"Please stop it, or the teacher will scold you."

Koizumi said in panic.

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Shikino turned around, feeling quite confident despite being unjustified.

"Don't you know why it's locked even if it's sealed? Generally speaking, no one can get in if it's sealed. This kind of wooden door can be destroyed regardless of whether it's locked or not. The reason for locking it is to tell us that if we really want to get in, we should just unlock it."

"Is that right?"

"I do not know either."

Koizumi turned around and asked Yamashita, who looked confused and asked, "Can this be another explanation?"

"Okay, the door is open."

Shikino threw the lock aside and pushed the door open.

The shrine probably hasn't been opened for ten years. As soon as the door opened, dust flew all over the sky. Shikino took two steps back and fanned the wind with his palms.

After a while, the dust settled and Shikino walked in.

The dimly lit shrine looked empty, with only a small coffin placed on the stage. Shikino went to open the coffin without even thinking.

There was a strange rag doll in the coffin, and Shikino's heart skipped a beat.

"Is this the ghost doll Hanako? Isn't this Mari?"