This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 210 - 181: 1 Year (4000 Words)_2

Chapter 210: Chapter 181: 1 Year (4000 Words)_2

Unfortunately, he had still been contemplating suicide two days ago, so it was entirely normal for Kobayashi Saki to look at him that way.

After Kobayashi Saki had completely left the hospital room, Kobayashi Seijiro, who had been lying on the hospital bed, straightened up slightly.

He took a deep breath, exhaled, and repeated the process several times before he turned to look at Beichuan Si:

"Beichuan, you want to know about what happened after the game of hide and seek with four people, right?"

He probably knew Beichuan Si’s purpose by now.

After all, someone with supernatural abilities like him would definitely come for the hide and seek game.

"I would appreciate it if you could tell me."

The other party wasn’t completely devoid of emotional intelligence, so Beichuan Si was somewhat reassured.

After pondering for a moment, Kobayashi Seijiro slowly began to describe the hide and seek game:

"I remember there were many students from the school there, Shen Gu was also there, and I, along with Hoshino, Ichun, and Ebi, proceeded with the four-person hide and seek game."

"It was really just to satisfy my own desire to perform... There were so many people watching, we couldn’t not do it, and running away would have been embarrassing. Then someone said, ’Let’s start.’"

"And I chanted the spell with them four times, waiting in place for a long time." Kobayashi Seijiro scratched his head, somewhat regretting why he had joined in the first place and why he couldn’t suppress his need to show off.

"But in fact, nothing happened that night. I just felt inexplicably cold, but seeing those envious glances from my classmates, I actually enjoyed it, so I didn’t mind the details."

Suddenly, Shen Gu Mirai spoke: "But things didn’t end that simply, did they?"

Kobayashi Seijiro admitted with some embarrassment by nodding his head.

"Ever since that game, I always felt like something was lurking in my room. It was a strange feeling. At first, it seemed just like a psychological illusion, but then it became clearer and clearer... as if someone was truly watching me."

A terrified expression slowly appeared on Kobayashi Seijiro’s face.

"Can you imagine? Shen Gu, Beichuan... that kind of gaze full of immense hatred... as if it wanted to drink up your flesh and blood bit by bit, seeming to be everywhere, able to be in my room, outside my room, on the ceiling, and on the floor...possibly...even behind you."

Shen Gu Mirai shivered involuntarily.

"But this symptom... disappeared after a month or two." Kobayashi Seijiro swallowed, his eyes filled with fear as he stared at the empty floor, "But then, something even more terrifying happened."

"What?" Beichuan offered him some hot water.

"Thank you..." After gulping down the water and wiping his mouth, Kobayashi continued, "That thing...Beichuan, you should be very clear about it...it was childlike scratch marks, those purple-blue scratch marks."

"At that time, my wrist inexplicably became cold and a bit painful, and one day when I woke up, that purple-blue scratch mark had already appeared on my wrist...as if some malicious child had been tightly squeezing my wrist every day."

Beichuan looked at the trembling Kobayashi Seijiro, his expression changing slightly.

So that’s how the purple-blue scratch marks were formed?

"I knew then that it wasn’t a hallucination, it was real. Someone was truly beside me, but I couldn’t see it, I didn’t know where it was, and just like that, I endured several more months...until that thing happened..."

Kobayashi Seijiro’s face was covered in cold sweat.

"That thing?"

"Yes, Ichun, who had played the game with me, died... His body was found at home, as if someone had smashed a firefighter’s ax into his head."

"I was terrified at the time, I thought I might be next, so I told my parents. But they didn’t believe me at all! Absolutely didn’t believe me! That’s when I knew I had to gather my strength, eliminate Ichun and my other two companions."

Kobayashi Seijiro tugged at his hair, murmuring in agony, "But when I told the other two, they didn’t believe me either."

"Hoshino and that girl called Ebi?"

"Yes, by then, the only survivors were the three of us. I told them about the scratches, but they thought I was joking and even said ’that kind of joke is really disgusting.’ Then what followed was Hoshino’s murder case by some maniac, dumping the body. To be honest, I was almost breaking down by then, hiding at home all day long, feeling that I was next."

Kobayashi Seijiro’s palms trembled as he brought the cup of hot water to his lips and took a sip. "After that, I started to frequently see children with pale blue skin. They would hide anywhere in my room... When I wanted to change clothes, they would squat in the wardrobe watching you. When I wanted to grab a pen, I would open the drawer only to find it filled with the bloody severed hands of children."

"I just couldn’t stand that life anymore."

Kobayashi Seijiro’s face was deathly pale.

"So you chose to attempt suicide, and after failing, you were sent to the hospital, where you bumped into me during your escape attempt. Right?" Beichuan Si, having pieced all the events together, asked.

"Um..." Kobayashi Seijiro nodded, his gaze somewhat vacant. "I really don’t want to die. I don’t want to die so horribly. Every time I close my eyes, I feel like I can see those terrifying children’s spirits... They want to drag me to Hell..."

Beichuan Si could understand what Kobayashi Seijiro was subconsciously saying.

This way of dying, like a frog boiled in warm water, is oppressively maddening.

Because you never know when the danger will come, nor do you know when you will die... you just know you will certainly die.

In such a situation, you can only live each day on tenterhooks.

It was understandable why Kobayashi Seijiro would become semi-mad.

Beichuan Si asked his final question.

"Is that person, Ebi, still alive?"

"Still alive, I guess... I heard from my mother that she sometimes comes to visit me."

Still alive.

Beichuan Si rubbed his chin and continued, "Then can you help me get in touch with her?"

"It’s not a problem to contact her, but that person is really bad-tempered. Beichuan, I mean, Beichuan Master, you definitely won’t enjoy her company."

"Regardless, we’ll have to make contact first and think about the rest later."

Beichuan Si’s tone was firm.

This made Kobayashi Seijiro sigh and nod, saying, "I understand. I’ll contact her right now and give you her phone number shortly."

Kobayashi Seijiro reached into the bedside table, pulled out his phone, and began making contact, while on the other side, Beichuan Si’s group wasn’t idling either.

The events Kobayashi Seijiro described were of great reference value.

Besides the symptoms after being cursed, another point was the timing.

Kobayashi Seijiro, Hoshino Nana, Ebi, and Ichun—that group of four—since the start of their hide-and-seek game until now, nearly a year had passed.

Coincidently, "The Lost Mikawa" also had mentions of time.

Since the seal was disturbed in March, the protagonists were cursed, and a full year had also passed.

At the end, when the murderer killed the female protagonist, the described scene of cherry blossoms falling subtly implied the passing of a year.

This implies that those cursed will be killed by the spirits and will all die within the span of a year.

This Ebi might start being unsafe now.

They need to find her before that and then ask her some questions.

That is what Beichuan Si needs to do now.

While he was pondering this, on the other side, Kobayashi Seijiro’s voice rang out.

"I got through."

Beichuan Si and Shen Gu Mirai both looked over.

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