The younger sister of the Shinagawa family, Rieko, was so frightened that she lost her mind.
She heard the screams from the crowd around her, and they panicked one after another.
Obviously these shouts were loud, but the sound did not form an echo in the Xiangshan Mountain.
"ah--!"
At the same time, Rieko also screamed uncontrollably.
She saw with her own eyes that several strange, deformed, incredibly long white arms stretched out from under the cliff and grabbed the railing.
Just like what my sister said.
Something is really crawling up!
But her sister Misako was still at the railing at this moment, with half of her body leaning out, looking down.
The team that came to participate in the ceremony fell into complete chaos.
Fear was like a bomb exploding in the crowd, covering everyone. Adults and children alike turned and fled.
When Rieko came to her senses again, she and her sister were the only ones left on the rocks halfway up Xiangshan Mountain.
Rieko also wanted to escape.
But she was so scared that her feet were trembling, and her sister was still on the railing. The little girl felt that she could not leave her sister and run away no matter what.
"elder sister!"
Rieko struggled to make a sound, her tone was trembling and distorted.
The thick darkness of night seemed like a black hole that could swallow up sounds. Her shouts probably did not reach her sister, let alone evoke any echo.
"elder sister!"
Rieko closed her eyes, took a deep breath and shouted again.
This time the sound should be transmitted.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw that her sister had rushed to her side from the rock railing.
"Something's not right, let's run too!"
Misako took her sister's hand and dragged her towards the dark mountain road.
Is it really too late to run again now?
Rieko thought this in her mind, but being held tightly by her sister, she finally gained some courage and stumbled into running.
The moment she fled, she looked back again.
At the railing protruding from the rock, I saw the figure standing stiffly again.
I saw that person again!
So, I didn’t see it wrong just now.
In this clearing halfway up the mountain, two overturned lanterns were scattered.
It was probably left behind by the adults who just fled for their lives in a panic.
The candle rolled down to the ground, its bright red flame swaying dimly. The weak firelight was like a tired soul, trembling in the dead darkness.
But just through this dim firelight, Rieko could see a little bit of that person's outline.
He is indeed wearing a strange mask.
The mask is colorful and looks hideous in the low light. Three colors of red, blue, and brown can be seen twisted and intertwined together.
In front of the masked man, the strange arms extending from the bottom of the cliff are getting longer and longer, and the whispering sounds from under the rock are getting louder, like the bubbles of boiling water surging,
Confusing the dark forest...
The last strange scene Rieko saw was fixed in this scene.
Her sister dragged her away from there.
Because there was no lantern to guide the way, it was too dark in Xiangshan Mountain, and the two sisters were in a panic and didn't know which direction they were running to.
Eventually, they got lost in the mountains and were not found again until early this morning.
…
"So, Misako, you saw what climbed up from the bottom of the cliff, right?"
After listening to the story of the Shinagawa sisters, Onizuka gently put down the pen in his hand.
Regarding what climbed up from the cliff, the younger sister of the Shinagawa family only saw white arms climbing up, but her elder sister Misako lay on the railing for a while and looked at it, and she probably saw the whole thing.
"Very strange things. There is a group of people who look like people, some are male and some are female, some have long hair and some have short hair, some are wearing kimonos, some are not. But all of them have mouths on their faces and no eyes or noses.
, just open your mouth, open and close, and repeat what I say."
Misako spoke in a very calm tone and said something that made people's hair stand on end.
The little miko Onizuka thought for a while and probably guessed what the monster that appeared at the Echo Festival was——
The sound of the valley, or the mountains.
In ancient Japan, people regarded the echo in the valley as "the god's response", which gave rise to the worship of echo.
Mountain spirits and monsters such as Yugu Xiang and Shan Yan emerged from this kind of worship, and are worshiped as gods in some areas.
This coincides with the situation here in Xiangshan.
In addition, Kamiyagawa also killed a Yamabiko before when he conquered the Aokigahara dungeon.
However, the Yamabiko itself evolved from the remnants of the sacred tree Hanakayehime on Mount Fuji, and its divinity is more important.
So it may be different from the one on the Xiangshan side.
The same type of ghost stories have different final images because the stories are spread differently in different places.
Like Kamiya's Kuuchang, Hiyoribo's look is quite special.
So it is quite common for the same monster to have different forms.
Of course, Onizuka himself did not know Kamiyagawa's experience in the other world, so after guessing the identity of the monster that appeared at the Echo Festival, he did not think more about it, but continued to ask the Shinagawa sisters, mainly asking
Among the sisters:
"Why do you do that? To attract the valley noises from under the cliff?"
"Because I felt something was wrong, I wanted to figure it out. And, according to the Echo Sacrifice, isn't the echo a response from the gods? Since there was a voice coming from the cliff, I thought maybe I could see what the gods were like.
.Isn’t it amazing to be able to see God with your own eyes?” Misako smiled coquettishly:
"Actually, Sister Onizuka. I had a feeling on the rocks halfway up Xiangshan Mountain last night, that is... even if I attract the things under the cliff, there will be no danger. But those things, oh,
It's after the sound of the valley you mentioned, sister, that I felt something was wrong again. Gods probably don't look that disgusting..."
"Well, those things are not gods. I can feel a very disgusting feeling from them, a very strong... resentment, maybe."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "When I realized something was wrong, I took Rieko and ran away. But nothing happened to us in the end, so the feeling at the beginning should be considered right?"
Misako is probably not just a simple radio-type girl.
After listening to her words, Onizuka almost understood.
It seems that this thirteen- or fourteen-year-old junior high school girl is a type with strong intuition, that is, she has a keen sixth sense that ordinary people do not have, a supernatural talent similar to "The Shining".
"Even if you have some talents, I still don't recommend that you do this again. When you feel something is wrong, just avoid it. If you are too curious, you may get yourself and the people around you killed?"
Onizuka said this to Misako.
Japan has stories about irrational evil spirits, but there is no talk of karma. Anyone caught is killed without any reason.
If you rely on your high level of inspiration to do whatever you want, you might lose it one day.
"Anyway, Sister Onizuka, you are beautiful and everything you say is right. In fact, I know it. After this experience, I will not mess around again."
Misako, who had her own way of doing things, did not refute the little miko.
Later, Onizuka turned his attention to the younger sister of the Shinagawa family, Rieko.
During the narration process of the two sisters just now, the elder sister was mainly talking, and the younger sister just added what happened when she saw the masked man twice.
The mask that Shinagawa's sister mentioned made Onizuka very concerned.
To be continued...