Perhaps it's because both parties have an attitude of getting straight to the point and not messing around.
At about five o'clock in the evening, with the cooperation of Tsukiyama Masao, Rosetta and Arakawa Reiko quickly completed their work and finally left the gloomy and depressing prison.
He raised his head and looked at the dim sun embedded in the gray sky.
In front of the car, Rosetta suddenly stared in trance for a while, then he opened the car door, got into Reiko Arakawa's car, and left the prison on the outskirts of the city.
It was like a drop of water rejoining the river. In the traffic rushing on the street, their existence seemed to melt away and be swallowed up again by the huge machine monster in Yichuan City.
The sky was overcast with clouds, and the rain still didn't stop.
Even if the car's wipers are constantly wiping, in this weather, the view ahead is still unclear, and everything is hidden in the hazy rain curtain.
In this silent closed space, a sudden silence appeared.
He leaned on the back seat of the car, rubbing his temples, recalling the day's events.
Vaguely, Rosetta felt a sense of 'danger' following her. Whether it was the Ishiizaki person she met on the way to the interview room or the great writer who invited him to complete the work together, they all gave her a warm welcome.
An indescribable 'weird feeling'.
Since he decided to embark on this path of pursuing the bizarre, he has thought about what he has to face and what he has to lose.
Maybe it's bad luck, maybe it's danger, maybe it's death.
Rosetta was very aware of all this and was calmly prepared to accept it.
Knowing that there are bad signs ahead and still insisting on moving forward is not the thinking of a normal person, but this is what Rosetta chose.
La la la, the rain is still falling in Yichuan City.
He rolled down the window a little, letting in the cold air.
Feeling the 'danger' that seemed to be following them closer and closer ever since they left that prison.
In the quiet space inside the car, Rosetta closed the gift that Masao Tsukiyama gave her before leaving, a collection of poems by Atil Rimbaud, and suddenly spoke calmly: "Miss Arakawa, you
You know, actually what I said to you last time was not entirely a joke."
"What did you say last time?"
As he drove the car, as soon as he finished speaking, Arakawa Reiko seemed to remember, and said with an 'oh': "Mr. Luo, you said I asked you why you seemed to know in advance that I was coming, so you opened the door first.
What's the matter?"
"Yes, do you remember what I said?"
Rosetta nodded and said: "I said at the time, one way of saying it is: In fact, I just simply forgot to close the door, and the other way of saying it is: some kind of subtle premonition, which made me feel that someone was coming tonight.
."
"You said at the time that the two answers were one true and one false."
As a reporter, Reiko Arakawa has a good memory and still remembers Rosetta's answer at that time.
"Yes, one is true and the other is false, it all depends on which one you are willing to believe." Rosetta nodded, put the book in her hand on the car seat next to her, and said calmly: "Then are you willing to believe the latter now?"
This request made Arakawa Reiko stunned for a moment, and then she followed Rosetta's previous words, smiled and said, "Suddenly, is it Mr. Luo's premonition that made you suddenly foresee something?"
"Well, maybe."
Rolling down the car window a little more, Rosetta nodded slightly. During the short time she was talking to Reiko Arakawa, the ominous premonition that had gradually accumulated since her encounter with the Ishiizaki people deepened again.
He glanced through the car mirror, and sure enough, the source of the ominous premonition seemed to be hidden in the traffic behind them.
but……
I don't know why, facing this feeling of approaching danger, Rosetta's always empty heart seemed to have a different emotion.
Because if the peaceful life in the past is regarded as reasonable, then wouldn't this dangerous situation be the 'abnormality' he has been chasing?
Rosetta knew that she was not normal.
But he didn't want to involve others because of it.
Staring at the traffic behind him through the car mirror, he felt the danger getting closer and closer.
Until Reiko Arakawa's car reached a deserted road section, Rosetta used the reason that the rain had subsided a little and she wanted to go for a walk, and asked Reiko Arakawa to put herself down from the car and walk alone.
He never gave up the idea of finding the source of his premonition of danger.
At the moment when the vehicle's speed slowly slowed down until it stopped, Rosetta noticed that at the same time, a car in the traffic following behind her also slowly slowed down.
Snap.
Raindrops fell from the umbrella to the ground.
Holding up the black umbrella she borrowed from Reiko Arakawa, Rosetala opened the door, paying attention to the movements of vehicles on the road, and quickly walked out.
Watching the reporter's car drive away, he quickly observed the surrounding environment.
Then, feeling the howling cold wind blowing across her face, Rosetta raised her head and saw a large truck loaded with building materials, with dazzling lights, driving past him at a slow speed.
And passed.
This.
This was the source of the 'danger' he felt.
At that moment, under her calm expression, Rosetta's nerves immediately became tense.
He heard the continuous dripping of rain in the background, and the sound of saliva dripping from unknown time seemed to be mixed together.
And in the cab of the truck that was slowly stopping.
Sensing the scent of its prey, the unknown evil beast grinding its teeth quietly reached out to open the car door. Then, it stuck out its head and locked its target with its crimson cruel beast eyes!
Make eye contact with him.
Almost just for a moment.
The illusion of being stared at by a large beast swept over me.
In the cold rain, Rosetta held a black umbrella and her eyes fell on the other person without hesitation.
At the beginning, his imagination of the stalker was probably like a 'silent, inhuman monster wearing human skin' that was unable to communicate.
But after actually seeing it, 'it' was wearing a dusty blue overalls, and it looked like it was dressed like a truck driver.
——If you ignore the opponent's face, which is covered with black animal hair, has a big mouth that is split all the way to the cheek, and is stretched like a canine, it is extremely long and narrow.
A wolf? A lycanthropic patient? Or a more local Yingzhou monster?
Amidst the screams, Rosetta couldn't think too much. He intuitively issued a warning, and the black umbrella in his hand was immediately placed in front of him, and then made a crunching and bending sound to block him.
Got hit by that monster!
When he raised his eyes, the terrifying face of the attacker was very close at hand.
The foul-smelling blood vapor mixed with the sound of hungry gasps rushed towards my face.
There was no fear, no panic, no wavering. Rosetta just stared at the monster in front of her expressionlessly. Then, in the struggle with the umbrella, she pushed forward with both hands and kicked the opponent suddenly in the abdomen.
A calm voice came out of his throat: "Fuck you!" This chapter has been completed!