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Chapter 285 - 218: Clues of Mirror Apartment (Achieved 8000 Words Goal!)_2

Chapter 285: Chapter 218: Clues of Mirror Apartment (Achieved 8000 Words Goal!)_2

In their eyes, if Beichuan Si ever decided to hit someone, it would probably be a severe beating, unlike this indeterminate feeling...

As the Salty Eggs discussed this, Beichuan Si, who had already finished eating, put his bowls and chopsticks down:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

He looked completely baffled, "I had no intention of hitting you today. Wasn’t it you who kept blocking the doorway, asking me to hit you?"

"???" Beichuan Huili, Nakajima Michika.

While Beichuan Huili and Nakajima Michika were dumbfounded, Beichuan Si tidied up his bowls and chopsticks and continued, "I haven’t been back for four or five days. You asking Mirai to come over more often didn’t really bother me."

"So you mean... just now... we deliberately went up to you to get hit?" Nakajima Michika coughed twice, still somewhat unable to accept the reality.

Beichuan Si just nodded, without saying a word.

"..." Nakajima Michika, Beichuan Huili.

At this moment, neither of them felt like saying anything.

Beichuan Si, as the main culprit, didn’t care about what the now self-absorbed Nakajima Michika and Beichuan Huili were thinking. He went straight upstairs, his mind still pondering the matter of the ’Mirror Apartment.’

That spiritual space was different from the previous Yuchuan Elementary School and the Sanmu Puppet Factory.

It gave off an even more bizarre feeling.

The writing was mirrored, the people and scenes were inverted. If one observed carefully, they would notice even the vengeful spirit holding a kitchen knife was not using the usual right hand, but the left.

"Hmm..."

As he pondered, Beichuan Si opened the USB drive that Qianye Yuki had given him.

It contained various types of documents, seemingly a USB drive Qianye Yuki used specifically for investigating supernatural occurrences.

Among these documents, Beichuan Si found a small one labeled ’Mirror Apartment.’

Since he had to return the USB to Qianye Yuki the next day, Beichuan Si straightforwardly copied the document, naming it ’Mirror Apartment (1)’ to distinguish it from his later investigations for comparison.

’Mirror Apartment,’ it is said to be a rumored game from Gunma Prefecture.

But there are too many similar supernatural games involving mirrors in the world, and such an unremarkable urban legend simply does not attract attention.

Yes, originally no one cared about such an unpopular and clichéd urban legend.

But when rumors surfaced online that ’someone actually played this game and disappeared,’ the game quickly rose from obscurity to become a popular mirror-related supernatural game.

Simple props, simple legends, but when carried out, the experience inexplicably felt terrifying and eerie. Some people even claimed they saw the scenery changing within the mirror.

This is the Summoning Ceremony of the Mirror Apartment game.

The background of the Mirror Apartment supernatural game, as mentioned earlier, is exactly that: very plain, very simple, and very clichéd.

The urban legend took place in a standalone three-story apartment where a happy family of three lived. They were good to their neighbors and experienced a harmonious and happily married life.

But on the night of the daughter’s tenth birthday, a murderer on the run from the police broke into their home.

By the time people called the police and arrived at the scene, all that was left was the father, barely clinging to life.

The daughter had been strangled in front of the mirror, while the mother was stabbed through the eyes with the sharp edges of the mirror, piercing through the brain.

Ever since that day, strange occurrences frequently happened in the apartment.

Many neighbors said, "At night, you could always see a little girl with a contorted face, laughing next to the mirror, her mouth wide open, staring intently at herself."

Not only that, some people would dream at night.

They dreamed they were running through an abandoned apartment with writings as if mirrored.

Under the shroud of these terrifying rumors, more and more tenants moved out of the standalone apartment, and gradually, the building fell into decay.

Thus, using a mirror as a medium, one could light ten candles that symbolize the little girl’s birthday to summon her at night, and then they could see that abandoned apartment. This kind of supernatural urban legend slowly started to spread.

"That is to say, the rumors of the Mirror Apartment originated from Gunma Prefecture. That means the domestic tragedy perpetrated by the murderer took place in Gunma Prefecture... or somewhere around Gunma, right?" Beichuan Si skimmed through the lines of information, his eyes flickering.

At a glance, these materials seemed complete, but there were still gaps in certain areas.

The time of occurrence, the location of the incident.

The only living father, what happened to him afterwards? The document stated "barely alive," which means there’s also a possibility that he’s still surviving.

However, that possibility was incredibly slim, after all, inside the world of the Mirror Apartment, the man holding the bloodstained cleaver, that Beichuan Si saw, might very well be the father of this family.

And then, assuming the father had already died, what happened to the mother among the three family members?

Moreover, the most critical thing is, why hadn’t Beichuan Si discovered the most important wrathful spirit, the little girl?

These might indeed be due to Beichuan Si not investigating that spiritual realm thoroughly.

But from these clues, it could also be seen that parts of this information are still false, even possibly fabricated by someone.

However, if one were to enter the Mirror Apartment again, it’s believed that many mysteries could be resolved.

Beichuan Si decided to ask Seki Naoya and Changgu Makoto tomorrow about the specific method of conducting that supernatural ghostly game, after all, these people had no reason to refuse.

As long as the Summoning Ceremony is conducted by following the playbook, one should be able to infiltrate the Mirror Apartment again.

Surely the wrathful spirit wouldn’t keep one from entering, right?

Besides... for a mass murder and malevolent ghost case like this, there should have been a lot of media coverage in Gunma Prefecture at that time.

Even if it wasn’t in Gunma Prefecture, those specific conditions should still be able to limit it to some locations.

"Time and place in the real world are unclear, guess the situation can only be clarified by visiting the spiritual realm again."

Beichuan Si rubbed his chin, pulling off Nishijou Kurenai who, unbeknownst to him, had climbed onto his shoulder.

This little creature became especially lively at night, sometimes Beichuan Si was even stepped on the face by Nishijou Kurenai while sleeping.

"It’s already past ten o’clock now?"

Beichuan Si glanced at the lower right corner of the computer, and the idea of searching for various news reports from Gunma Prefecture was put on hold.

It was already so late, better to just go to bed cleanly and conserve energy for tomorrow.

Thinking this, Beichuan Si changed into his pajamas and went straight to bed to rest.

...

The next morning, Beichuan Si practiced with Nakajima Michika as usual.

This time, Nakajima wasn’t as lazy as when she first came to the house; she even took the initiative to get dressed and waited for Beichuan Si.

It seemed that Dubian Kyoko’s daily "pillow talk" around Nakajima Michika had been the right decision; even Salty Egg had put her drive into action.

Only...

Nakajima Michika seemed to lack sleep, yawning incessantly.

"What were you doing last night?" Beichuan Si followed behind the quickly walking Nakajima Michika and suddenly asked.

"Uh—" Upon hearing Beichuan Si’s voice, Nakajima Michika stiffened, her face full of an imposing aura now filled with smiles that didn’t match.

"What, what did I do? Really, I stayed in my room the whole time."

"Staying in the room is one thing, but—"

Beichuan Si stopped in his tracks.

"What were you doing in your room? Logically, you should..."

"Don’t ask! Please, Mr. Beichuan, I’m begging you, don’t ask! I’ll tell you when it’s time!" Nakajima Michika beseeched with her hands clasped together.

This rare attitude of hers left Beichuan Si slightly stunned.

It appeared to be a topic that needed to be kept secret.

Beichuan Si turned his face to look at Dubian Kyoko floating beside Nakajima Michika.

Dubian Kyoko smiled and shook her head, indicating that Nakajima Michika wasn’t up to any mischief late at night.

Beichuan Si then nodded:

"Then I won’t ask, but no more staying up late from now on; you’re still a patient."

Nakajima Michika laughed dryly, hurriedly agreeing: "I’ll do as Mr. Beichuan says."

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