This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 465 - 308. I Still Have Things to Deal With (4000 words)_2

Chapter 465: Chapter 308. I Still Have Things to Deal With (4000 words)_2

"We’re going to Shikizaki Haru’s room."

After saying this, Beichuan Si did not stay where he was and entered the living room.

This was a very common type of apartment layout, with the toilet and bathroom located at the entrance. The first room inside was the master bedroom, and the first room to the right of the master bedroom was the second bedroom, which was where Shikizaki Haru’s daughter lived.

Beichuan Si and his group were heading to the first room, the master bedroom, which was Shikizaki Haru’s room.

He walked inside without any hesitation.

The door to Shikizaki Haru’s room was adorned with a shiny lock and handle that Beichuan Si twisted but couldn’t open for the moment.

He showed no mercy, simply kicking the door open and stepping over the broken door plank to enter Shikizaki Haru’s room.

The proficient movement surprised Hobu Tian and the others.

Shikizaki Haru’s room was in stark contrast to the worn exterior of the security door.

The room was immaculately tidy, even the desk was strictly aligned with the tiles on the floor.

Everything inside the room was exceptionally clean, and the furniture arrangement exuded the steady presence of an adult, but there was a faint strange smell in the air that was somewhat unpleasant.

Shikizaki Haru’s formal suits hung behind the door, and since the door plank was completely shattered, everyone just noticed them.

"This room doesn’t seem much different from ours," someone remarked.

Yes, apart from being excessively clean, this room was no different from an ordinary person’s room.

Just when Beichuan Si was about to say something, a chilling, deranged laughter echoed through the air:

"Welcome to the apartment I used to live in. First, I want to congratulate you. You are the first players to break through to this level."

"The name of this level is ’The Madhouse of the Joker.’ I hope you can find clues about me in this room. Hehe... When you understand everything, the invisible fear will have already seized you, and I will make my formal appearance. However—this time is not as simple as the previous two times. I’ve hidden the clues very thoroughly, hehe, I’m now quite eager to see if you can find them. Listen, you can only leave this place if you fully understand the events of that year; otherwise, you won’t be able to at all..."

"Is this the clue you’re talking about?"

Beichuan Si lifted a concealed floor panel expressionlessly and turned his eyes around.

Silence—

Shikizaki Haru’s excited voice quieted for an instant, then—

"It’s you again?! Why is it always you! How do you know where I hide things?!"

He shouted frantically.

But Beichuan Si completely ignored Shikizaki Haru’s shrieking, simply gesturing for the others to come closer and take out the items hidden beneath the wooden panel.

He had known for some time that the ground beneath his feet was off.

The moment he stepped on it, the sensation was wrong, and considering the peculiar height difference at the entrance, Beichuan Si immediately confirmed something was hidden under his feet.

The items pulled from beneath the floor were wrapped in white cloth.

Beichuan Si unwrapped the white cloth and glanced at the contents.

They were stacks of IOUs.

Leaving aside some ordinary lending companies, even some illicit high-interest loans were among the items in the white cloth.

Some places lent out millions, others just over half a million, summing up to almost tens of millions of yen in debt.

Honestly, tens of millions of yen wasn’t much for someone with Shikizaki Haru’s income, but it was common knowledge that the most terrifying aspect of loansharking was not the principal amount, but the interest.

If you delayed even a day in repayment, the amount owed would surge.

Especially the horrifically high interest rates of those illicit loans...

Just a glance was enough to make one’s head spin.

"There are words on this white cloth!" Hobu Tian exclaimed.

His voice caught Beichuan Si’s attention, who then shone his flashlight over.

On the back of the white cloth were fine words.

"Why... why do this to me...? Kawako...?"

"I trusted you so much... What about our daughter... Chun Cai?"

Most of these sentences were complaints about a woman named Kawako, starting with black ink that gradually turned into dark red.

Beichuan Si was all too familiar with those dark red marks.

It was the color of oxidized blood.

From the increasingly fierce and chaotic handwriting, it was clear that Shikizaki Haru’s mental state had gradually become abnormal.

Furthermore, based on the description above... even if Beichuan Si didn’t say it, the people behind almost understood what had happened.

This was the so-called family reason.

Shikizaki Haru’s wife had taken out a large sum of money and left him with their daughter.

After sorting it out a bit more, the situation was as follows.

In January 2016, Shikizaki Haru developed mild depression and anxiety due to job pressure, which was effectively treated after medication.

From February to March of 2016, during this period, because of the mismanagement of the park, a safety accident occurred, and Shikizaki Haru was hit hard. Coupled with the previous mild depression and anxiety, his condition worsened. Meanwhile, his wife’s betrayal and the sudden enormous debt followed.

This pushed Shikizaki Haru’s psyche to the brink of collapse, causing a split in his personality.

That was also why he said it was too late when he saw the psychologist.

"In May 2016, a new personality had completely taken over Shikizaki Haru’s body. He went to see the doctor for one last time. After the doctor made a record, he killed the doctor and then ran to the ghost house attraction to hang himself. At the same time, Jishi Park began to frequently experience safety accidents."

Beichuan Si made his conclusion, looking up.

"This should be your entire experience, Shikizaki Haru."

A long time passed.

Shikizaki Haru’s venomous voice finally transmitted again through the loudspeaker:

"This is my entire experience? This is... my experience?"

His voice sounded confused and painful, screaming, "No! This isn’t my experience! This is that coward’s! That weakling! That always pretending to be a good guy’s experience!"

He howled madly, his resentful and chaotic voice uncontrollable.

"No... no, no... you can’t do this! These five people... these five people are my toys! You bastard! You coward! You can’t—"

The voice from the loudspeaker abruptly stopped.

At the same time.

The fracture in the spiritual realm slowly opened.

It seemed that just as the clown had said, if they found all the clues, then they could leave.

Looking at the crack in the spiritual realm, Beichuan Si cast a deep glance towards the loudspeaker hidden in the corner, then gestured for the others to squeeze into the breach in the spiritual realm.

...

It was all over.

When Gongben Naoki stepped back onto the soft construction ground outside, she widened her eyes.

To be honest, even though they had come out, Gongben Naoki still felt an unreal sense of illusion.

They didn’t have to fight to the death with the final clown?

Didn’t have to see those terrifying spirits again?

Came out just like that?

But no matter what, they had come out.

They walked out alive.

That was enough.

Tanaka Takashi and Yamakou Hideyasu embraced each other, their faces full of joy, while Hobu Tian jumped up and swung his fist vigorously.

Yes... It was safe now.

Gongben Naoki took a deep breath, then lifted her head.

Under her gaze, Beichuan Si shouldered his folded backpack again, checked the flashlight batteries once more, and began to walk back towards the ghost house spiritual realm, which was about to dissipate.

"Mr. Beichuan—" she widened her eyes, asking in a tone that couldn’t comprehend: "What are you going to do?"

Indeed, everything had ended, so why did Beichuan Si still seem ready to go back into the ghost house?

When Beichuan Si heard Gongben Naoki’s words, he paused without turning back and replied, "I still have some things to deal with."

He lifted his head, looked towards the sinister and terrifying clown entrance, and repeated calmly:

"I still have some things to deal with."

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