Silence, nothing but silence.
It's like being in a vast desolate void, where even one's own self has lost its value.
In a place where I couldn't determine the direction, something suddenly took on a shape.
The two objects emitting these dim light particles are filling up the void bit by bit and moving upwards slowly. No, it seems that it cannot be said that way, because the direction here has no exact definition.
Can't make a sound.
Can't breathe.
No air.
The medium for the propagation of vibrations and the raw materials required for respiration do not exist here.
Blurry light sources make it impossible to distinguish colors; it seems that the brain and retina have some kind of disorder in decomposing colors.
The photons seemed to break into something incomprehensible, bizarre, and the dark black hole at the center of the light seemed to have some kind of fatal attraction.
Eye--
A vague concept emerged from this chaos.
Time and space lose their meaning here, and distance suddenly becomes unmeasurable.
Red, red, and red again!
It's as if the spectrum is redshifted, and everything is dominated by this one discernible color.
Something is expanding and exploding!
It's him who is the culprit——!
The boy lying flat on the bed suddenly woke up.
I had that dream again.
Haiyin Temple Suyou thought silently, letting himself sink deeper into the soft bed, his eyes showing a faint blue color, a tide of fatigue sweeping over him.
So scary.
He stared aimlessly at the ceiling, as if staring into space, searching for an impossible answer.
On the bedside table, there was a fish tank with an irregular gap in it, and a red goldfish was blowing bubbles stupidly in it.
The red goldfish's lifeless eyes seemed to have something in common with the eyes in his dream, which made him lose the idea of falling asleep again.
"Good morning, Sun Princess." The black-haired boy observed the goldfish swimming in the water for a while and said slowly.
Although it was a bit strange to give a goldfish such a name, it was also one of the last memories his parents left him.
He suddenly thought, when he observed the goldfish like this, would the goldfish also feel afraid? And what would his approaching face look like in the goldfish's world?
But he quickly shook his head and put this somewhat ridiculous and unnecessary thought out of his mind. A carefree goldfish probably wouldn't think so much.
The alarm clock next to the glass goldfish bowl also rang at this time, causing the red goldfish to shake its tail in surprise, splashing out some water droplets.
It was time to wash up, Haiyin Temple Suyou walked into the bathroom, and the ghosts and gods were still diligently carrying out their daily compulsory lessons.
A bright red handprint suddenly appeared on the mirror above the sink, and blood that had not yet coagulated flowed slowly. A cold breath approached quietly, enveloping the boy's entire body from behind.
"Can I see...can't I see..." The hoarse whispers were like some kind of omnipresent mosquitoes, lingering and hovering around me.
But the black-haired boy didn't even frown. He stared at the cup and toothbrush in front of him and rinsed the foam calmly. However, the fingertips holding the cup turned a little white due to excessive force, and looked particularly pale and fragile under the rinse of the water.
After a while, the handprint slowly disappeared, and the black figure behind Haiyin Temple Suyou also gradually disappeared into the wall, as if it had never existed.
The boy's calm expression finally showed a slight ripple.
He clutched the edge of the sink, having now learned to stop himself from shaking, but the parents who would have held him tenderly, who could have shared and soothed his fear, were no longer alive.
A few minutes later, Haiyin Temple Suyou came out of the bathroom at a leisurely pace. His facial expression had become calm again, but the corners of his eyes were stained with a little red, and his red pupils seemed to be much wetter than before.
Haiyin Temple Suyou was forced to get used to these. Since childhood, he has had the ability to see things called "ghosts and gods".
These guys called "ghosts" seem to have coexisted with humans since ancient times, remaining in human memory as symbols of fear.
Not all people have the ability to see them. The vast majority of people cannot see ghosts and gods. People with clairvoyance can see different amounts of ghosts and gods. The stronger the clairvoyance, the more dangerous the ghosts and gods that are seen.
He could only see a small part of ghosts and gods.
But ever since he started having that dream a month ago, his clairvoyance seemed to be improving at a terrifying speed, from only being able to see fist-sized coin spirits to now being able to see upright black shadows.
[Host detected, about to be bound——]
The mechanical sound came from somewhere, and for some reason it carried an unpleasant sense of familiarity, like a beautiful pair of rain boots that were lost a long time ago and were finally found. You once loved them but now you can no longer wear them.
However, Haiyin Temple Suyou has learned to automatically filter out all sounds that are not in line with common sense, which is also an important criterion for his safety so far.
In most cases, as long as ghosts and spirits do not notice that you have the ability of clairvoyance, you will not be attacked by them.
The breakfast and lunch boxes in the kitchen had been prepared last night. He took his things, took a deep breath, and then opened the door.
The real challenge he faces is outside the door.
Dark clouds blocked the sunlight and hovered over the city with an oppressive feeling, which seemed to be a sign of rain.
The young man who was about to go out frowned slightly, which was also a sign that ghosts and gods liked.
When the sun is shining brightly, those strange-looking guys will not be so active. If they are not going to school, they are not willing to go out in such weather.
The streets are full of busy office workers and students, like a hurried symphony.
But if someone with clairvoyance like Haiyin Temple Suyou looks at it, it is not difficult to tell that there are some notes mixed in that are not so harmonious.
A girl in a cute high school girl uniform was skipping along, looking cute and lovely, but what she was carrying on her back was not a school bag, but a girl's head, and where the head should have been was replaced by some twisted, swirling purple arches of smoke;
The dark brown smoke was as thick as mud, lingering around the hooligans who were oblivious to the fact that they were asking for protection money. Dark green bubbles were gushing out of the bad boy's heart, almost burying him completely.
The playboy-like man looked listless, and four ghosts in tattered wedding gowns followed him silently. The rusty sharp knives were dragged by the ghost brides...
The other passers-by seemed oblivious to all this, and he was like an isolated island in the crowd.
This was the fear in Haiyinsi Suyou's eyes, and also the despair and suffocation that belonged to him alone at this moment.
I couldn't help but push my glasses again, and all the strange things were hidden behind the transparent lenses before I finally started my journey to Haiyin Temple.
He still follows his parents' teachings: don't listen, don't look, and don't try to understand.
However, this method seemed to gradually lose its effectiveness as Haiyin Temple's ability to trace back the past became stronger and stronger.
School life was still ordinary. Except that my deskmate, Naomi Tanizaki, who looked unapproachable but was actually a big brother complex, did not come to school, there was almost no difference from usual.
While cleaning, Haiyinsi Suyou noticed that the girl's textbooks seemed to have not been taken away, as if the owner of the textbooks herself had not expected that she would take a leave.
And until the evening, no one came to take away the girl's homework for the day.
This is a bit strange, and I probably can't return the notebook to her today. Haiyinsi Suyu held the very girlish notebook and thought about it.
He and Naomi Tanizaki were not very familiar with each other, but the girl was still very kind and lent him the notebook.
Apart from this, today seemed to be another boring day, but it was also a safe day. Haiyin Temple Suyou looked out the window with his chin in his hand, thinking casually.
After finishing the work, the sky had been completely dyed red, and the precursor of darkness was about to descend. The devil's moment was about to come, which made him look a little unhappy.
At this time, some scary guys will be particularly excited, and the chaotic light will make the boundary between humans and ghosts become ambiguous.
The frequency of ghosts and gods appearing on the road today seemed to be much less. The severed-headed ghost that often wandered around and the ticket-scalping ghost did not appear, but we could not relax at all during the Haiyin Temple tour.
This is not a good phenomenon. Most ghosts and gods have their own range of activities. There is almost only one possibility for ghosts and gods with relatively fixed movement trajectories to move their positions, that is, something more powerful has appeared in their territory.
But what was strange was that although he was vigilant all the way to Haiyin Temple, he did not see anything that would cause him to be alarmed. Until he returned to the gate of the community, everything around him was calm and peaceful.
His home is a single-family villa. His nearest neighbor is the detective Guan Tian who lives alone. He was also a good friend of Haiyinsi Suyou's parents when they were alive. He took good care of Haiyinsi Suyou and was very familiar with him.
When passing by Tateda's house and seeing the lights on in the villa next door early, Kaiinji Suyou was a little surprised. In his impression, Detective Tateda rarely went home so early.
But he didn't think much about it. He just thought that he could visit Officer Tateda after dinner, so he walked past Tateda's house and went straight to his own home.
Before reaching the door of the house, everything around was the same as it was in the morning. The clean community roads and the green belts that had just been repaired in the morning seemed to be normal. For a moment, Haiyin Temple Suyou wondered if he was overthinking. Perhaps the disappearance of ghosts and gods was just a coincidence.
But when he arrived at the door of his house, he found an unexpected visitor standing at the door.
She was a tall woman in a white skirt, standing with her back to Haiyin Temple, looking dignified and mysterious.
The woman wore a white chiffon sun hat on her head and had a slim figure. The white gauze skirt fit her body curves perfectly, making her look very beautiful and elegant, but this also made Haiyinsi Suyou instantly alert.
Is it a ghost or a human? Under the current circumstances, it is difficult to tell.
He had heard from his parents that some spirits looked like humans and that people with clairvoyant abilities like them could be easily deceived.
Once such ghosts and spirits discover that they can be seen, they will immediately reveal their inhuman side.
A gust of wind blew from somewhere and brushed through Haiyin Temple's hair. The heat carried away by the evaporation of moisture made him realize belatedly that his back was already soaked with cold sweat.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the gust of wind blew the woman's hat to the feet of Haiyin Temple Suyou. The woman in the white dress slowly turned around.
She seemed to be unusually tall. At one moment, Haiyin Temple Suyou even doubted whether she could reach the eaves. His heartbeat reached an unimaginable speed at this moment.
"The earrings seem to be placed in the schoolbag..." Haiyinsi Suyou said cover-uply, pretending to look for the earrings while rummaging through the schoolbag. Before he was sure whether the woman was a ghost or not, he absolutely could not show any abnormality.
The earrings were amulets made for him by the abbot of a temple his parents found before they died in the line of duty. Due to the school's rules and regulations, he had always carefully placed them in his schoolbag. He hoped that they could be of some use now.
There seems to be something else in the compartment where the earrings are placed.
When Haiyin Temple Suyou touched the pair of wooden signs, he also touched a strange object.
It was an object that looked like a notebook. The red cover looked like blood, and the touch of the cover gave him the same feeling as if he was touching a piece of rough skin.
If it weren't for the current atmosphere, Haiyinsi Suyou guaranteed that he would have thrown the notebook away.
[The system has been activated——]
It's that sound from this morning again!
The spirit of the Haiyin Temple tour has been tense to the extreme, and the mind is running at high speed.
Using objects as carriers, it seemed that contact was required to trigger. He calmly recalled the information just now.
Is it Class C? The knowledge in Haiyinsi Suyou's mind was quickly scanned, and he made a cautious guess, but soon such a guess was denied by himself.
No, it should be at least Class B!
The force of holding the notebook increased involuntarily, but there was no wrinkle on the cover of this strange notebook, as if brute force alone could not destroy it.
But the current situation did not allow Haiyinsi Suyou to make any judgment, because the woman in the white dress had already come to his side.
"Please help me pick up my hat."
He heard the woman say this to him.
There is no movement in the upstream tour of Haiyin Temple.
"Please help me pick up my hat."
The woman repeated.
The overly tall woman leaned slightly towards him, and the shadow she cast almost enveloped the entire person.
At the same time, the mechanical sound rang out again.
【Confirm the host: Haiyin Temple Tour】
The red notebook in his hand seemed to have life and began to tremble slightly.