Horror simulator, if you survive till tomorrow, you win

Even if it's soon, why are you looking at the sky?

Makita was confused and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

Rizo looked melancholy, standing quietly beside Akari.

Makita looked up at the sky and saw nothing except a balloon with a dead body's head hanging on it. He couldn't help but cast a strange look at Shikino.

Could it be that the president has such a hobby?

As expected of him being the president of a club like the Paranormal Research Club, which sounds strange at first glance.

"coming!"

At this moment, Akari yelled, and Makita looked around, only to find that the messy streets were empty.

Where are the people coming?

Makita was confused. Could it be that the other party could become invisible?

"Look up to the sky."

"In the sky? He can even fly here by helicopter..."

Hearing Shikino's reminder, Makita looked up and saw only a human head balloon in his field of vision. There was no Ito...

Suddenly, Makita was stunned!

A huge human head balloon floated over from a distance, but the problem was that there seemed to be something non-human hanging under the human head balloon.

Makita concentrated his attention, looked over carefully, and his pupils suddenly trembled.

What was hanging below the human head balloon was clearly a hanging basket, with two figures standing inside it.

Wow! It really flew here?!

Makita looked at the human head balloon floating from afar in shock, and the melancholy girl beside him couldn't help but open her lips.

What is a human head balloon?

It's a natural disaster! It's a nightmare! It's a demon that brings destruction!

This is the consensus of normal humans. Even if some cultists believe that it is an apostle of God, no one thinks that a human head balloon that is bent on taking human lives is something that can be used.

Using a human head balloon as a hot air balloon really had a serious impact on Makita and Risa's worldview.

"The person above is Ito Jun?"

Makita asked a question in a dry tone, the answer to which he already knew.

"Ito Jun and his friend Narimi, my most capable men."

Shikino adjusted his glasses, and his matter-of-fact tone made Makita admire him.

Gradually, the human head balloon fell from the sky. The huge face showed an angry expression and kept swearing.

Even this human head balloon could not have imagined that it could be transformed from a murderous ghost into a means of transportation. The difference between the two is too huge.

Chengmei pushed open a small door on the side, and Shikino, Akari, Makita, and Risa walked in one after another.

“Is this a new person?”

Ito Jun stood in the middle of the basket, controlling the movement direction of the human head balloon. When he saw the two people led in by Shikino, he asked calmly.

"This is Risa, the amnesiac girl I rescued yesterday, and that's Makita, suspected to be Risa's boyfriend."

Shikino briefly introduced the two newcomers to Ito Jun, but it was a little too simple.

What amnesiac girl and suspected boyfriend? Where did Shikino find these two weirdos?

Ito Jun couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Shikino did not give much explanation. Only Makita and Risa greeted Ito Jun, who responded with a friendly attitude.

Makita was stunned. He didn't know why, but he always felt that there was a hint of pity in Ito Jun's eyes when he looked at him.

Is it an illusion?

"Everyone, come and take a look. This is the roadmap for our operation this time."

Shikino opened a map app on his phone. A red straight line extended from where everyone was, and the marked distance was about 100 kilometers.

Because it is a straight line and there are no detours, Ito Jun doesn't have to worry about getting lost.

Even so, Shikino still snatched the driving rights from Ito Jun, and he had a very good reason. After all, Ito Jun was a person with poor direction, and it would be troublesome if he got lost in the sky.

Ito Jun had no choice but to step down and let others take over. Shikino excitedly launched a human head balloon into the air and flew from the sky towards Guimen Village.

Chapter 107 Double One

Shikino's interest quickly disappeared.

Driving a human-head balloon is not an easy job. Driving in the air is different from driving on land. You just have to follow the road. The wind in the sky and the thoughts of the human-head balloon can change the direction of travel, so you must pay attention at all times.

Six people took turns flying the human head balloon. Every half an hour, three hours later, the human head balloon arrived over a town.

A strange scene appeared before the group's eyes.

In every area where humans gather, there must be a large number of human head balloons in the sky. This town is no exception. However, unlike other places, none of the human head balloons above this town have corpses hanging from them.

“Is there such an obedient town?”

Shikino was shocked.

Although the authorities had explained the harmfulness of human head balloons before the disaster, less than one percent of people believed it, resulting in the deaths of millions of people.

In a small country town like this, no one died because of a human head balloon? Are they all so honest and obedient?

Simply a miracle!

The six people in the basket looked in amazement at the miracle happening in this rural area. Thousands of human head balloons were floating around, but the victims were nowhere to be seen.

No, there are victims!

A balloon with a human head suddenly dropped down, and the rings locked the legs of a middle-aged man, taking him to the sky. The middle-aged man who was hung upside down in the sky screamed in fear, and the balloon with the human head also laughed arrogantly, flying around in the sky with the middle-aged man hanging. When passing over rows of houses, the middle-aged man was hit and his face was bruised.

“It’s completely different from Tokyo.”

Qianli said in surprise.

They don't kill people, they just play with them. They have never encountered this kind of human head balloon, let alone in Tokyo. On the way from Tokyo to here, they have never encountered it.

Ito Jun gave me an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, as if I had seen this style somewhere before.

"Go down and have a look."

Shikino got angry and immediately ordered Akari to lower the human head balloon.

Qian responded, and the human head balloon slowly descended and landed outside a parking lot.

Because it is just a small town, the parking lot is not very big. The security guard is an old man. He stared in amazement at the people from the Supernatural Department who walked out of the hanging basket.

"Grandpa, we want to park the hot air balloon here for a while. How much does it cost?"

Shikino walked over and gave the old man a polite and intimate smile.

She was always good at pretending, but this pretense was really effective. Just a few words made the old man laugh happily.

Shikino took the opportunity to ask about the human head balloons in the sky, but the old man didn't know what was going on.

Two days ago, the human head balloon appeared over the town for the first time, causing some confusion.

The chaos lasted only a few hours because the human head balloons just floated in the sky and occasionally fell from the sky, only injuring people but not killing them.

It seems that at first many people were hanged by human-head balloons, but after those people were hanged, the upper and lower positions were switched, and the hanged people became balloon people, and the human-head balloons became solid balloons.

Although he turned into a balloon man, the hanged man came back to life.

After listening to the old man's statement, Shikino felt very strange.

Because the old man was very calm, as if it was no big deal.

"Don't you think that's strange?"

Shikino asked directly.

“Hahahaha, if you live in this town for a while, you’ll find that this is actually quite normal.”

The old man said with a smile.

It turned out that strange things often happened in the town, such as people being buried alive or seeing ghosts at night. There was even one time when a school teacher turned into a rag doll.

However, no matter what happened, no one died. Although everyone was very angry when encountering such things, over time, everyone got used to it.

Everyone in the Supernatural Department looked at each other in bewilderment, and Ito Jun's sense of déjà vu became more and more serious...

Wait! Isn't this a double series plot?

Ito Jun reacted instantly.

If this was the town where Shuangyi lived, it wouldn't be surprising that such a thing happened.

In Junji Ito's worldview, if there is anyone who can break the curse of the human head balloon, it can only be three people.

Anyone holding the Sword of the Resurrectionist can destroy the human head balloon and resurrect the corresponding human.

A supernatural transfer student with an unknown upper limit of ability. He can create many supernatural phenomena and even allow ordinary people to gain superpowers.

Souichi, Junji Ito's biological son, possesses top-level curse techniques, and is particularly good at using magic such as replacing a dead person with a dead one. He is perfect for dealing with human head balloons.

Although Shuangyi often uses curses to play pranks, he always knows his limits and has never killed anyone directly or indirectly, and he always ends up hurting himself.

When encountering something like a human head balloon, it is not impossible for Shuangyi to take action to solve it.

"The goal has changed. We will go to Guimen Village tomorrow. Today's goal is to explore this town. I want to know the truth about those supernatural phenomena!"

After saying goodbye to the old man, the people from the Supernatural Department walked on the main street of the town. Shikino's eyes were bright and her interest in Guimen Village had completely shifted to this town.

"How should we investigate this, President?"

Rizo asked suspiciously.

"Let me organize my thoughts... First of all, those paranormal phenomena are man-made."

Shikino adjusted his glasses, and a bright white light flashed across the lenses.

"Why, President?"

Kang Qian asked in confusion.

"These incidents happen too frequently, and the person on the other end is very sensible and has never caused any loss of life. I am sure that there is a human behind these paranormal phenomena... a human who is no older than the second grade of junior high school."

Shikino's words were very convincing, but she was right.

"His name is Shuangyi. He has a weird personality, is arrogant, is good at cursing, and likes to hurt people secretly. You must have heard of the story of the farmer and the snake, right? He is the snake, a naughty kid with supernatural powers."

Ito Jun didn't let Shikino waste time and simply told him the information about Souichi.

"Do you know that person?"

"I've heard of it, but I don't know it."

"I see... that sounds difficult."

Shikino seemed to be thinking about something. She was not good at dealing with naughty kids. Or rather, no one was good at dealing with naughty kids, especially those with supernatural powers.

"What are you going to do?"

Ito Jun asked calmly.

Shikino pondered for a moment before speaking, "...Since he is a cocky middle school boy, just go along with him and flatter him. After all, he is just a kid."

Shikino's eyes gradually lit up, and she made up her mind to bring Souichi into the group, or at least get to know him well, to find out where Souichi got his abilities, and when necessary, to take him along to explore supernatural events, to provide an additional insurance for the supernatural club.

Chapter 108 How to deal with naughty children

Ito Jun only remembered that Souichi's name was Souichi, and he had long forgotten his last name.

Perhaps, he should have used his good karma to purchase the Memory Palace earlier.

While Ito Jun was thinking to himself, Shikino went to inquire about the boy named Souichi. This was just a small country town with not many residents and everyone knew each other. After Shikino described Souichi's characteristics, he quickly found out where Souichi lived.