Chapter 44: Is the Zashiki Douji a boy or a girl?
(The second and third groups are full, and the first group has been expanded and not yet full)
Unlike Hanako in the toilet, Sadako and Rift Girl appear in cities like the urban legends, the legends in rural areas often expand the horror atmosphere due to the small number of people and large land.
This is why ghosts are always attacking the single person, rather than rushing to Ginza Plaza to open unparalleled.
In that way, ghosts will not scare people and absorb negative energy.
However, there are exceptions. The ghosts in the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk Record are different. They say they are ghosts, but they are more likely to say they are "monsters". Most of the eight million ghosts and gods in Japan are monsters.
But even Takagi Naohito had only seen a few monsters, but not too many of them.
One of them is Rain Girl.
To enter the village, you need to drive over a newly built bridge. Japan's climate is temperate marine monsoon climate, with a mild climate, distinct four seasons, rainy in summer and dry in winter.
As the car was about to enter the village, it started to rain.
As the drizzle hit the windshield, the wiper began to blew up the rain regularly.
"It's raining again." Mitsutaro said helplessly: "It's been raining very frequently recently."
"Yes, it's summer, it's normal to rain."
Takagi Naohito looked out the window. When the vehicle passed by the bridge, he saw a wonderful woman standing in the rain.
Although the vehicle drove past quickly, Takagi Naohito still saw her clearly.
She was wearing a kimono with a sense of age and holding an umbrella in her arms. When the vehicle passed by, she also looked back, with a sad expression, as if she was waiting for someone to come back.
"Sister Rain Girl is still here..."
Takagi Naohito muttered in a low voice.
Yu Nu is a monster he encountered when he was a child. Not to mention the boy Saki who had been at his grandfather's house, she was the second monster Takagi Naohito had ever seen.
It was a rainy day in elementary school. Takagi Naohito was originally going home with an umbrella, but he saw a rain girl standing on the bridge and getting wet from the rain.
The rain was filled with deep sorrow, but Takagi Shangren was still young and didn't understand these things. He just thought that this elder sister would get sick when she was in the rain on the bridge.
So he walked up.
"Sister, please lend you this umbrella."
The rain girl turned around and was slightly stunned.
In her legend, she would always pester the man who lent her an umbrella, but the other party was a child.
Moreover, she didn't plan to appear in front of others today, she just came out to stroll around and was actually seen by a child.
But she also had to take the umbrella, and she could not refuse any request from men to give the umbrella.
Afterwards, she stood on the bridge with an umbrella and watched Takagi Naohito run home quickly with her schoolbag in the rain. A beautiful smile that Takagi Naohito didn't notice appeared on her face.
Just like now.
When the vehicle Takagi Naohito drove into the village, the rain girl also gave a beautiful smile.
‘The little boy from back then is growing up now.’
Then her figure slowly disappeared, and only the rain was still there.
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Houses in rural Japan are different from those in cities and often have a sense of the times.
The house of Takagi Naohito's grandfather is made of wooden structure, with a large yard outside with some potted plants inside. If it is bigger, it will be like a house from the last century.
Moreover, this house was built by my grandfather himself, so it’s amazing.
"Grandpa!"
Takagi Naoren knocked on the door, and after a while, an old man holding a cigarette opened the door.
Grandpa is a little older, but he is still energetic. He also likes to smoke and drink. He used to be old-fashioned dry tobacco, but now he is cigarettes.
"Shang Ren?!"
My grandfather was also very surprised when he saw Takagi Naohito, and the cigarettes on the corners of his mouth fell off.
He quickly stepped on the slap and then said, "Why are you back? Haven't I told you not to come back?!"
"It's okay, I'm already an adult."
"Enjoyment is not good either! Come in!"
Grandpa vigilantly stretched out his head and looked outside the house, then helped Takagi Naohito take a pair of slippers. This is the case with Japanese houses, and they had to change their shoes before entering the house.
The same is true for schools.
As soon as he entered the house, my grandfather asked, "Did you hear any noise outside? And the tall woman you have seen before, have you seen it?"
"without."
Takagi Naohito shook his head.
He really didn't see it. If he saw it, um... that would be another story.
"That's good, that's good."
Grandpa's heart was finally relieved. He nodded and began to ask about some common things.
"Shang Ren, are you hungry? I'll get you some food."
"Okay, I'm a little hungry."
It took a few hours to drive, who would believe it? And there is really no need to be polite at my grandfather’s house. The smoked fish and sauce pork made by Takagi Naohito’s grandfather tasted better than that in Tokyo!
After a while, my grandfather prepared some food for Takagi Naohito.
Rice, smoked pork, grilled fish, clear soup, natto, etc. are all common foods in rural areas. Don’t think that this thing is not of grade. It is these authentic foods that can nurture Naohito.
With his hands folded, Takagi Naohito said piously: "I'm starting to move."
Then I started to pick up a bowl of rice with big mouthfuls. The pork was really fragrant and it was especially good for the rice.
Even if it's dry food, he can eat a large piece.
"Eat slowly, no one will snatch it with you." Grandpa smoked while smoking a cigarette next to him, kindly reminding.
Takagi Naohito is his grandson. When he was a child, he was also very fond of Takagi Naohito's parents. The elderly helped take care of their children for ten years and liked him very much.
"Uh-huh."
Naohito Takagi nodded vaguely and answered.
At this time, he remembered something, put down the bowls and chopsticks, took a sip of the soup, and started wandering around his grandfather's house.
"Shang Ren, what are you looking for?"
"Well, I'll see if there are any changes."
Naohito Takagi was looking for Boy Zaki. He didn't know when he was a child, but when he grew up, he knew that Boy Zaki was a monster that only children could see.
But it is strange, because the way to find out that the child’s boy is that the parents find that there are more playmates, which means that the boy can also be seen by adults.
Takagi Naohito wanted to look for it first, maybe he was still at his own home.
Maybe still...
Grandpa's family is not small, and its space is enough to accommodate more than a dozen people. Now only grandpa lives alone, which makes it less popular, but the house still does not look dilapidated.
Takagi Naohito quickly finished visiting the upper and lower floors. Unfortunately, he did not see Boy Saki in the room.
"Aren't you here?"
The boy Sashiki is a very honest monster, but sometimes he is childish and hides.
Maybe I've been hiding.
Takagi Naohito returned to a bite and sat down to have a meal again.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, this holiday will be seven days. Even if you count today, there are still six days left. You can't hide for six days."
The reason why Takagi Naohito wanted to see Boy Saki so early was mainly to figure out one thing.
Is he a boy or a girl?
Chapter completed!