As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

"The girl was not scared at this time, but a little angry."

"Rather than the doll claiming her life, she actually tends to think of it as someone's prank."

"So she just waited in front of the phone, waiting for the second call."

"After a while, the second call came as expected—"

"【Hello, I'm Lika, I'm in front of your house now】"

"[Is it fun to play tricks like this? Who are you?]"

"The person on the other end of the line did not answer her question, but simply hung up the phone."

"This made the girl feel a little uneasy besides being angry."

"Perhaps due to psychological factors, she seemed to hear subtle footsteps coming from outside the door."

"Before she could think about it, the phone in front of her rang again."

"The girl was going to ignore it, but the phone kept ringing and there was no sign of it stopping."

"She had no choice but to pick up the phone."

"【Hello, I'm Lika, I'm already in.】"

"After that, there was another beep from the receiver."

"The girl's hand holding the receiver was sweating. Without even putting the phone down, she suddenly looked towards the door."

"It was empty, there was nothing there."

"Not only that, she didn't hear the door open."

“【It was a prank indeed.】Just when the girl was relieved, she heard that familiar and eerie voice again.”

"However, this time the voice did not come from the receiver, but directly from behind the girl—"

"【Hello, I'm Lika, I'm behind you.】"

……

……

"How is it?" After telling the whole story, Morikami Nozomi asked Genhui what he thought, and his words sounded a little nervous.

This was not the first time that Nozomi Morikami told ghost stories to friends, but it was mostly to female friends.

This was the first time that Nozomi Morikami told a ghost story to a friend of the opposite sex.

By the way, isn’t it a little too shameless to call yourself Yuanhui’s friend?

"It's a decent ghost story," Yuan Hui commented. "It's not bad, but it's not eye-opening either."

In a nutshell, it's 'mediocrity'.

"If we look at it now, it seems to be no different from those groundless rumors."

"But since you can call me with such confidence, it means that this ghost story must be more outstanding than other ghost stories."

Yuanhui had told Morikami Nozomi before that he actually preferred the kind of weird stories that had "real evidence".

"Yes, that's right." Having said that, Morikami Xi couldn't help but look up at the table beside his bed, on which there was an open notebook.

That was her diary from elementary school.

“When I was little, I also bought a [Lika doll].”

Yuan Hui was not surprised by this.

When telling this ghost story before, Nozomi Morikami used the adjective "popular all over Sakurajima".

On the contrary, it would be strange if Nozomi Morikami, who was still a little girl at the time, was not interested in this.

"Did you lose the [Lika Doll] too?" Yuanhui asked.

If Morikami Nozomi suddenly said at this moment that she was the little girl in the story and that what she just described were her personal experiences...

Then Yuanhui might have to re-evaluate this "ordinary beautiful girl".

However, that did not happen.

"That's not the case." Morikami Nozomi denied, "But they are definitely not with me now--"

"Government workers found our home and took away my [Lika doll]."

"It can't be for no reason, what reason did they give?" Yuan Hui looked at the empty search results in front of him and showed an expression of 'as expected'.

"They said that toy manufacturers used inferior rubber that was toxic to children in order to save costs when making dolls."

"Some children even died as a result, so we have to urgently recover these toys." Logically speaking, such old memories should not be preserved so clearly.

But fortunately, like many elementary school students at that time, Morikami Nozomi had to write four diaries every week as Chinese homework, so he recorded the case in relatively detail.

“This also seems to be the reason why the toy manufacturer that produced [Lika Doll] went out of business.”

The product has serious safety hazards and has even caused the deaths of people, especially a large number of children. No matter which country it is, this is an unforgivable major vicious incident.

No matter how many times you bow or say "Red Bean Paste Private Marseille", it's useless.

Toys that were once popular all over the country disappeared overnight, and the manufacturers that were once prosperous also suddenly died.

It all seems to make sense.

but……

"The staff who came to the door at that time should not only take away the [Rika Doll], right?" Yuanhui asked Morikami Nozomi on the other end of the phone, "Did they also take away the packaging box of the [Rika Doll]?"

The packaging box of [Lika Doll] has [Lika's] phone number on it, so children will most likely not throw it away but choose to keep it.

"Yes, they asked me about it and took the packaging away as well." Morikami confirmed what Yuanhui said, "They said that there might be some harmful substances left in the packaging, so it must be destroyed together with the doll."

This reason is a bit ridiculous.

It is impossible to pack rubber products like this directly into packaging boxes, as they will easily be squeezed and deformed during transportation.

Even ten years ago, at least bubble wrap or something like that would be used to separate the doll from the packaging.

In this case, even if the material of the doll is toxic, it will never be contaminated onto the packaging through the bubble film.

After unpacking, such dolls are basically placed by the little girl at the bedside or in a matching "home", and the possibility of them coming into contact with the original packaging is very small.

There is absolutely no need to specifically ask about this possibility and take it away.

unless……

"Ms. Morikami, do you still have the phone number of that [Rika]?"

Yuanhui's tone became quite serious, but it was this seriousness that made Morikami Nozomi hesitate slightly.

"I do have that phone number," this was one of the things she learned when she looked through her diary, "but..."

"But you don't want to tell me?" Yuanhui keenly noticed Morikami Nozomi's hesitation.

"Yeah." After such confirmation, Morikami said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "Gen-kun, after you get that number, you should call [Rika], right?"

"Although there is a high probability that you won't be able to get through, but if you do get through, doesn't it mean that you, Gen-kun, will be hunted down by [Lika]?"

"I... don't want to see that happen."

Although still a little weak, the girl's tone gradually became firmer.

She is not a fool.

From Yuanhui's question and tone just now, she seemed to have sensed something unusual, so she did something that was almost equivalent to going back on her word.

"Even if I exchange it for Morikami Miko's letter of apology, it won't work?"

"It's not the same thing." Morikami Xi didn't even hesitate for a moment, "I really want to get a letter of forgiveness from Yuanjun, but that doesn't mean I will ignore it."

"In your heart, Yuanjun, am I such a person?" The girl's tone sounded a little lost.

"Sorry." Yuanhui apologized very straightforwardly. He had just subconsciously tested Morikami Nozomi. This was actually an occupational disease he brought from his previous life.

"However, in Miss Morikami's opinion, am I the kind of reckless man who would be driven by curiosity and fall into desperate situations without any care?" Yuan Hui used the unique skills of the Gusu Murong family.

As for the effect...

"Ah? No, no, I never thought so!" The original loss disappeared instantly, and Morikami Nozomi's tone even sounded a little flustered.

The result is an outstanding effect.

Now Morikami Nozomi is in a dilemma.

If she told Yuanhui the number, it would mean that she disregarded Yuanhui's life; but if she didn't tell him, it would mean that she didn't trust Yuanhui and thought he was a reckless person who didn't know his place.

Faced with such a problem comparable to the trolley problem, Morikami Nozomi's answer is:

"Yuan-kun, what time do you get up every morning?"

"?" Yuan Hui was a little confused, but he still answered honestly, "6 o'clock in the morning."

This body is too weak, so Yuanhui plans to maintain a good schedule to make it healthy first.

"Okay, in that case, I will call you at 6 o'clock every morning to wake you up." Morikami Nozomi said in a very serious tone, as if he was making some kind of oath.

"You don't have to answer the call, just press the hang-up button."

"But if there comes a day when my phone goes unanswered..."

Morikami Nozomi took a deep breath.

"Then I will call [Lika] as well."

"That's my condition."

7. Hello, I'm Lika, I'm going to kill you now

Yuanhui finally got the number.

the reason is simple--

He needs strength.

There will be no pie in the sky.

He was the one chosen by 'Him', not only passed 'Him's test, but also received the reward afterwards.

Although Yuanhui hoped that this was a casual act of some great being, to be honest, the possibility of this was very slim.

Especially after Yuanhui knew the name and ability of the 'reward'.

From the moment he opened his eyes, he had no choice in his life and could only rush into this bizarre and crazy railway.

If that's the case, then at least you should master the power to easily crush those idiots who are trying to stop a chariot with their arms.

Compared to his own, Morikami Nozomi's attitude made him a little concerned.

The fact that a beautiful girl calls every morning to offer wake-up service sounds like it has an ambiguous pink atmosphere, but Yuanhui is obviously not that love-minded.

Morikami Nozomi may have some feelings for him, but to say that they have reached the point of being loyal to each other until death and staying together through life and death is pure nonsense.

The reason why she made this decision was, on the one hand, that she believed that if Yuanhui really encountered an accident, she would have to bear some responsibility.

And besides that——

She seemed to treat it as a divination.

I think everyone has had this experience, which is to use some unrelated things to predict something that is about to happen in the future.

For example, before the test results come out, you can just find a mobile game to draw cards, and then judge whether the test results are ideal based on the results.

What Morikami Nozomi did was actually something similar.

"During the day, I tried my best to avoid stimulating her in that direction." Yuan Hui held his forehead helplessly.

As for the 'that direction' he mentioned, it naturally refers to Morikami Nozomi's father who was dismembered by his wife.

Even if the mother has committed a crime, people would hope that she would suffer less... This is naturally human nature.

But Miko Morikami is not just Nozomi Morikami's mother, she is also the murderer of Nozomi Morikami's father.

If she was really given a lighter sentence because of Morikami Nozomi's efforts, what would her father's spirit in heaven think?

Before, Yuanhui deliberately avoided this topic and did not touch on this unsolvable moral dilemma.

Just because you don't touch it doesn't mean it will disappear.