The sound of falling was painful.
Seizing the gap, Lin You rushed out of the compartment that was used as a tool room where she was. She looked back at the next door, and the man fell heavily on the toilet after being stabbed back with a sweep.
The twisted inhuman creature didn't weigh much, and the fall didn't break the toilet, but the compartment door that he had kicked open by himself was knocked shut by his head.
She heard heavy panting from behind the door, and the moment Lin You ran past the next cubicle, the chopped wooden door flew over with the latch and hit the opposite wall.
From the corner of her eye, Lin You glanced at the wooden door and the cracked tiles, which could hardly be seen from the previous shape.
... If it was a second later, she would have been stuck on the wall together.
The man walked out unsteadily.
The stab caught him off guard, but obviously, it didn't have much effect except for a little shaky knee. He still had the weird smile with stretched veins on his face, and when he turned his head to look at Lin You, his neck made a tooth-piercing "cracker-cracker" sound.
The ax in his hand hung down on the ground, dragging a crooked bloodstain.
It's clearly coming from the burgundy curly-haired girl who was out from the start.
He raised his hand again with a grinning grin, and swung the ax to strike. At the same time, Lin You quickly grabbed the empty bucket used to draw water for the mop in the corner.
Throw it straight at him!
She threw it well, and the bucket was firmly on the killer's head. The latter suddenly lost his vision, screaming frantically, trying to grab it and get rid of it.
"Didn't I tell you that when I was young, the hoop game stall owners in the nearby park would walk around when they saw me?"
Lin You raised her eyebrows and grabbed the handle decisively.
It's not suitable to fight this brute force now, she has to think of another way.
"See you later, I'll come to play with you later."
The moment she jumped out and closed the door with her backhand, she heard the sound of the plastic being torn and thrown to the ground.
Lin You didn't even take a breath, quickly looked at the direction, and ran towards the gate marked No. 5 without looking back. She went down half a flight of stairs, and noticed the sound of blunt objects rubbing against the ground again, and immediately stopped vigilantly.
The man who was dragging the ax around to look for her didn't hear anything, and went away again.
This time I didn't chase after him.
She took another step and went all the way down to the platform where the other party arrived at first.
This platform is wider than the one where the player got off, but the rest is the same.
The entire Kisaragi Station looked dilapidated, with clocks hanging on the walls, and the glass was full of weathered scratches. The dirty light bulb was shaking, and it was shaking like a strong wind could blow it off.
Lin You looked around carefully.
I really asked her to find her.
With the help of the dim light, she picked up a newspaper on the yellow line on the edge of the platform, and caught a glimpse of the bold and enlarged headline.
— "SMILE".
Seeing this word, Lin You's pupils shrank, and she looked at ten lines at a glance.
This is a front-page news report, to the effect that in recent days, several people with abnormal behaviors have appeared in the city. After research, they had the same mysterious disease.
The new disease is named "acute muscular sclerosis". People who are infected will deform their bodies, lose their minds, become violent and bloodthirsty, and have strong aggressiveness.
These patients are called "SMILE" because of the weird and distorted smile on their faces.
It seems that the one transported to Kisaragi Station was one of them.
"The coverage of this game is really wide..." Lin You muttered, "What kind of story is this again?"
Not even her.
But fortunately, there are ready-made clues here, and it also explains the origin of the so-called code name in the little girl's mouth.
"Ordinary knives or guns can't really hurt 'SMILE' unless it's a special weapon developed for them..."
Lin You muttered the last few words, and couldn't help falling into silence.
... Where does she go to fix special weapons
Even at this station, there is such a huge area, looking for it is like looking for a little girl's right hand blindly, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
In any case, it looks like I have to go back again.
But Lin You looked at the stretching track, and suddenly felt moved.
There was a three-minute time limit before, and now she wanted to try to see if she could pass others on this track.
The rules of the game are there, so she doesn't feel like she can leave along the track.
But the platform that can be seen not far away is separated from here by a few railway tracks. If there are groups of ghosts haunting the upstairs like now, maybe the underground can occasionally serve as a safe passage.
Lin You picked up a small stone and lightly threw it onto the rails.
There was wind howling in front of her, and she reflexively took a step back.
I don't know if it's because there are no passengers in the car, but the tram is passing by suddenly, but it is so quiet that there is no sound at all.
Lin You saw it with her own eyes this time, and the cab at the front of the car was also empty.
This is a real ghost tram.
Apparently, she thought, it was not allowed to pass on the tracks, and even the slightest touch would bring a trolley along—if someone really wanted to do that, the only way to end up was to disappear into the wheels of an empty tram.
She sighed in pity, and after seeing that there was nothing worth taking away around her, she stepped up the stairs.
The empty underground passage is divided into east and west areas, the odd-numbered entrances are in the east area, and the even-numbered entrances are in the west area.
There are four rows of high lockers in the central passage connecting the two districts. Just as Lin You was about to pass through to have a look at the west district, she heard another dull sound of an ax being dragged past.
She immediately leaned against a row of cabinets.
The distance was only a few meters, Lin You heard "SMILE" walking behind her, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
... There are still people!
The moment she turned her head suddenly, the other party also lowered her voice.
"Hush."
Lin You: "..."
Who is this person
She really looked up and down with some confusion, and felt that the other party looked familiar.
After four or five seconds, it was easy to remember—she had seen this face when she first got out of the elevator, but there was no way, the appearance was not very recognizable. Although it's pretty good-looking, it belongs to the kind of hang that you can't recognize when you throw it into the crowd.
"My name is Xu Yan." After the killer left, he introduced himself with a sigh of relief, "Did I scare you just now?"
… No no no actually she wasn't scared.
Even the guy who was still thinking about how to rush over to attack.
Lin You responded vaguely.
"Lin You." She said, "You didn't go up?"
"I just came down."
Xu Yan explained.
"The upper floor is a quite big shopping mall, but we tried it, and the gate seemed to be blocked by an air wall. It must be enough for nine people to find it, so I volunteered to come back here to see if there are any more. Right hand clue."
Hearing this, Lin You took another look at him.
"Speaking of which, we see that you have disappeared," Xu Yan inevitably felt a little embarrassed when he said this, "I thought you..."
died
Lin You glanced at him.
"As you can see, I'm living well." She didn't ask much, but just spread her hands, "I just want to look for it carefully. Since they're all on this floor, it's more efficient to divide the labor."
She is in charge of the eastern district, and Xu Yan is in charge of the western district.
The difficulty lies in investigating while avoiding the man's pursuit. Apart from the five entrances and exits in the East District, there are two storefronts on the far side—a station convenience store and a beverage store.
There are several vending machines near the entrance and exit. When Lin You passed by, she saw the dazzling array of samples inside, and knew the difference between going on like this and being caught blind.
There must be some clue that I missed—
"Ding dong."
Hearing the ringtone, Lin You was startled.
She suddenly looked at the wall clock on the wall of the passageway - counting the time entangled by the killer, twenty minutes had passed.
"Please pay attention—" the little girl's sweet voice sounded on the radio again.
"The Gap Girl appeared at Port No. 3."
Exit No. 3.
… the East End where she is now.
A young woman in a trench coat came out of the stairs.
She wore a mask, and her face shape and eyebrows looked outstanding. But once you think about what is under the mask, the appreciation will disappear.
Gap girl.
A well-known urban legend, it is said that a beautiful woman covered her burst mouth with a mask. She would stop children from school on the street and ask them if they were beautiful.
If the answer is "beautiful", take off the mask and ask again. This time, if the answer is negative, the Gap Girl will kill the opponent with the huge scissors she carries; if it is yes, she will cut the sides of the children's mouths and make them as beautiful as herself.
"..."
Lin You originally wanted to repeat the same trick, hiding behind the vending machine, and went down to the platform to see if there were any new clues when the other party left here.
But after seeing the pair of scissors that were as long as half an arm hanging on the woman's waist, she changed her mind.
Maybe... this one can choose to strike first.
"Go." She said softly.
Hearing this order, the hand summoned from the illustrated book began to crawl forward quietly.
It hid in the shadow of the bench next to it, keeping pace with the Gap Girl, and then silently stuck out its fingers.
—a sudden leap!
With a crisp tearing sound, the severed hand pulled the thing to the ground forcefully, then dragged the pair of scissors that were too big for its size, twisted and ran away.
Gap Girl: "...?!"
She stared at the scissors she was running with wide eyes in disbelief, and turned around to chase after them desperately.
The Gap Girl's speed is extremely fast, even if she has the opportunity to move first, the severed hand that only relies on fingers to move can't escape her. Just before it was about to be snatched away, it flicked hard, and the scissors slid straight out on the ground.
Lin You picked up the scissors that had slipped to her feet, turned her head and rushed down the stairs.
"stop!"
The Gap Girl gritted her teeth angrily, "...give me back my things!"
She chased after Lin You in a blink of an eye.
And then, at this very moment—
Lin You threw it forward vigorously, and the scissors drew a perfect arc in the air.
"Boom!"
The Gap Girl was stunned.
The second it landed on the rails, it seemed as if some mechanism had been triggered, and a tram passed by quietly.
Roll the scissors down until there is no residue left.