At this moment, another strange piece of music began to sound in the room.
Upon hearing this sound, Chiba Yui and Hajima Kyoko, who were looking for the secret door, trembled in unison, and then subconsciously began to retreat.
What this means is clear to both of them.
Punishment is coming soon.
However, since the punishment content last time was related to the background music, this time should be no exception.
After realizing this, Chiba Yui couldn't help but hold her breath and listened intently to the sound of music echoing in the room.
In the darkness, the innocent and tender voice of a child reached her ears.
cage seam,cage seam
bird in cage
I want to run out all the time
On that night before dawn
Crane and turtle slipped
Who is directly behind?
...
Listening to these familiar lyrics, Chiba Yui immediately knew the name of this song.
"Caged bird".
It is also a nursery rhyme that is widely circulated in neon. It is a short song that children hum when playing a certain game.
The rules of the game are simple.
The child playing the role of "ghost" squatted down in the middle and covered his eyes, while the remaining children held hands and formed a circle, singing this song while circling the "ghost".
After singing, the child who plays the role of "ghost" needs to rely on his voice to guess who is the person standing directly behind him.
If the guess is correct, the guessed person will be the "ghost" in the middle.
It seems that this is the punishment game this time——
"Hey, you, what are you doing!"
"Wait a minute, Chiba, Chiba, help me!"
Just when Chiba Yui was thinking, suddenly, Hajima Kyoko's fear-filled cry came from beside her.
Chiba Yui subconsciously turned her head to look over, and then her eyes widened uncontrollably.
I don't know when, those pale figures appeared quietly beside Hajima Kyoko, surrounding him.
Completely ignoring Hajima Kyoko's resistance, she tied her up with ropes and carried her on her shoulders.
"Miss Hashima!"
Chiba Yui wanted to stop her, but several figures immediately stepped forward and forced her back to where she was.
At this moment, the wall next to Hashima Kyoko suddenly began to rotate, revealing a dark and gloomy narrow space behind it.
Amidst Hashima Kyoko's hysterical screams, several figures carried her in, and then the wall closed again.
At this moment, Chiba Yui realized that her idea was wrong.
In fact, there is another explanation for the caged bird game.
That is, the last ghost child will replace the bird trapped in the cage and become its scapegoat!
Obviously, the other party chose Hajima Kyoko to play such a role.
After taking Kyoko Hashima away, the figures seemed to have completed this round of tasks. They did not continue to attack Chiba Yui, but retreated into the darkness again.
"Please... please wait!"
Looking at those leaving figures, Chiba Yui subconsciously called out to them.
she asked bravely.
"I think there should be a way to save Miss Hajima, right?"
The figures were silent for a while, and then someone activated what mechanism, and the wall next to Chiba Yui also started to rotate.
Next to her, a secret room also appeared.
However, this time the secret room was not completely dark. A dilapidated chandelier hung on the broken ceiling, casting a dim light.
The only object was a huge iron cabinet standing in the center. There were dark red handprints, paw prints, and even tooth marks printed on the half-rusty cabinet body.
A light yellow talisman was pasted between the cracks in the door, sealing some strange evil spirit.
Seeing this scene, Chiba Yui immediately understood the other party's intention and couldn't help but tremble in her heart.
If you want to survive for the dead ghost, is the only way to release the real evil ghost?
But if you want to save Miss Hashima, you have no other choice.
Fortunately, this cabinet does not exude a supernatural aura. If there is someone hiding in it, it is probably a staff member of the haunted house...
Chiba Yui took a deep breath and entered the secret room.
When he came to the iron cabinet, he reached out and pinched a corner of the talisman, and then slowly took it off.
Bang!
The moment the talisman completely left the cabinet, the door of the iron cabinet opened like an explosion.
A pale face belonging to a woman appeared in front of her, with completely black eyes and blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, and it rushed towards her!
Although she was mentally prepared, Chiba Yui was still quite frightened when she actually saw it with her own eyes.
Subconsciously, he put his hand in front of his face and closed his eyes tightly.
But after a while, the expected impact did not come.
The next moment, a familiar voice came to her ears.
"Huh, luckily I caught up."
"It's okay now, Chiba-san, you can open your eyes now."
Hearing this voice, Chiba Yui suddenly opened her eyes in surprise.
Looking at the face that appeared in front of him, he was completely stunned.
"Ye...Yakami-kun?"
"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be collecting clues outside?"
"Originally I planned to attack it seriously, but something unexpected happened."
Ye Shenkong explained.
"Anyway, I have figured out what is going on in this haunted house. Now let's take Chiba-san away."
"I'm afraid this place is more dangerous than I thought. I need to contact Xiao Sagawa as soon as possible to inspect it after I get out."
"Danger?"
Hearing this word, Chiba Yui couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"But hasn't Lord Yagami confirmed before that the employees of this haunted house are not supernatural?"
"Indeed, they are not simply supernatural."
Ye Shenkong muttered.
"It may be a bit troublesome to explain, but it's better to let Chiba-san see it with his own eyes."
He immediately knelt down and deftly untied the clothes of the staff member who collapsed on the ground.
And turned the other person over, exposing his chest.
"Yakami-kun, what are you doing-"
Seeing this scene, Chiba Yui suddenly panicked and subconsciously wanted to stop the other party.
But the next moment, her eyes couldn't help but be stunned.
Looking at the dark bead embedded in the other person's chest, he asked in a daze.
"What's this?"
"I don't know yet." Ye Shenkong said.
"But one thing I can be sure of is that these employees are not human beings, but specially made physical dolls."
"After being touched by me, you will be paralyzed like this."
"I think the reason is that the spirits attached to them were exorcised."
Hearing this, Chiba Yui suddenly understood, and her pretty face changed slightly.
"So, the true identity of the employees of this haunted house is actually a doll possessed by a supernatural being?"
The next moment, she couldn't help but think of something and blurted it out.
"Too bad, Miss Hajima is still with them, we have to save her as soon as possible!"
"Miss Hashima?" Yagami Sora was stunned.
"They are the people who are locked up here with me. By the way, there is also Ms. Hashima's newly married boyfriend. He is also still in this haunted house——"
Suddenly, a probing inquiry came from outside.
"Chiba, are you here?"
The next second, Hashima Kyoko's figure appeared at the door of the secret room and looked in.
Looking at the other party's face, Chiba Yui was slightly surprised and asked.
"Ms. Hajima, are you okay?"
"Great, let's run away quickly-"
"Wait a minute, Chiba-san."
Ye Shenkong suddenly stretched out his hand to stop her.
He looked at Hajima Kyoko's empty hands and frowned slightly.
"No way......"
Looking at Yagami Sora's expression, Chiba Yui seemed to realize something, and looked at Hajima Kyoko with dull eyes.
"Miss Hajima, can you even..."
Hajima Kyoko was startled, then showed a helpless smile.