This world, April 8, 2022.
There are all the necessary technologies, mobile phones, computers, the Internet... This is a modern world.
Gu Jun sat in the back seat of the Buick sedan, looking through the window at this old New England-style town.
Arkham was built along the banks of the Miskatonic River, which can be divided into the north and the south by the two banks, connected by three bridges.
On both sides of the river are old buildings with mansard roofs, gable roofs with moss growing, and green meadows scattered like chaotic rocks. Although this is a small town, it has all kinds of facilities, including the University of Michigan, several hospitals besides the mental hospital, churches, prisons, theaters and so on.
There are several major newspapers here, "Arkham Gazette", "Arkham Advertiser", and "Arkham Candide", where Hannah Mazelvich works, is only behind, and in recent years Under the impact of new online media, these traditional newspapers are struggling to survive. Hannah shouldn't be so busy.
When it comes to the history of Arkham, nearby Salem, Chicktown, and Innsmouth cannot avoid the witch trial.
Before that, Gu Jun took back his "own" mobile phone, Jem's mobile phone, and he didn't find any special information in the mobile phone.
It's just that through pictures, documents, etc., I have a better understanding of my current identity.
Then, he used this mobile phone to search online, and there was a so-called "Witch House" in Arkham, where Kezia Mason used to live.
Here, Kezia Mason is not only a character in "The King in Yellow", but also a historical figure. She was from the 17th century and lived in the family's big house. She was arrested for being a witch, and then opened the door of space in the prison, and disappeared with her treacherous cat and ghost. The jailer who witnessed it was shocked.
Gu Jun first heard about this witch legend from old man Joyce in Chicktown, Massachusetts, in the early 20th century world.
At that time, what he heard was not the part of the crafty cat and the ghost.
But here, in the modern world of Massachusetts in the 21st century, the details of the legend have changed a bit, the changes they caused.
The "Witch House" is one of Arkham's more popular attractions.
As early as many years ago, the old big house was bought by a businessman, renovated and turned into a witch-themed hotel. Tourists can live in the room where the witch once lived, and see the mystical carvings and spells left by the witch.
But Gu Jun found a report on the Internet, saying that those occult things were just marketing made by the merchants later, and in fact it was full of loopholes.
On the hotel review website, the rating of the Witch House is very low, only 3.1 out of 5. The service attitude is not good, the room is dirty, the ifi signal is not good, and sometimes there is a problem with the hot water supply. The most negative reviews are, Stayed there for one night and didn't encounter any supernatural things at all.
Still, the Witch's House sees daily visitors, with young tourists heading there for the thrill.
Looking at these comments, Gu Jun felt rather weird.
He has been to Chicktown and Arkham Prison in 1692, and he knows how wild it was in the old days, and he knows that there are indeed strange things here.
Only now, it seems that all the frightening darkness has dissipated, and the witch's house is full of laughter and curses from people who have never seen the real darkness.
Arkham Asylum is located on the outskirts of the northern part of town, while the Mazelwicz family is located in a community to the south where they also run a small supermarket.
So during this trip, the car crossed the Miskatonic River, and Gu Jun saw boats coming and going on the wide and sea-like river, tourists walking by the river bank, and a large flock of white pigeons flying, a peaceful scene.
But for some reason, he always felt that the faces of those tourists were a little fake.
The car crossed the river and arrived at the community on Hegate Road, which was also a house with mansard roofs, with green garden lawns in front.
Finally, the car stopped in front of a two-story house. Sanders had already got out of the car and left. Bob and Janet took Gu Jun down.
"Jem, welcome home." Bob smiled cheerfully, very friendly.
Gu Jun observed all the way, got out of the car, walked onto the porch, entered the house, and saw some photos on the wall not far from the door, each of which seemed to confirm the existence of Jem. In the name of amnesia, he asked the story behind each photo.
"This is your piano performance at the sophomore celebration." Bob pointed to a photo of Jem playing the piano on the stage, and said quite proudly.
Gu Jun doesn't know how to play the piano, he has never learned it, but he knows who can play, Mozart, Xiao Huili and other girls...
"When will Hannah be back?" he asked, and it was almost evening.
"She hasn't finished get off work yet." Bob is also proud when talking about his daughter, "She is good at work, and the newspaper office entrusts her to do everything."
Gu Jun listened first, and said that he wanted to be alone for a while, and Bob and Janet went to the kitchen to make dinner.
He really went back to his home, walked around casually, went up to the second floor, and entered Jem's room. The door was half open, which was obviously a boy's room. Regardless of whether there was hidden monitoring or not, he immediately rummaged through boxes and cabinets, as if he was playing a game and entered an NPC's house.
Jem Mazelvic is a medical dog, and American medical dogs are also medical dogs. There are bone models, surgical suture practice devices and other things on the desk.
Gu Jun looked really nostalgic, and thought of his Kalop equipment again, and now he doesn't know where it is.
He looked through many of Jem's belongings, but the matter of "The King in Yellow" was still like a blank sheet of paper, and he couldn't find anything.
"How is it possible?" Gu Jun frowned and thought, acute madness also has a process.
Sanders said that as early as half a month before April Fool's Day, Jem was talking about "The King in Yellow", and Jem should have arrived earlier.
Medical Dog has a feature that it takes a lot of notes, notes, notes, or notes! Draw lines, draw pictures, mind maps, all kinds.
If you don't take notes, don't review and recite, you can't remember them at all.
He saw some of Jem's notes on the desk, which were also extremely detailed and excellent.
Such a person, since he is so interested in "Gu Jun" and suspects that he is "Gu Jun", he should want to clarify the story one by one, right
Especially in the chapter of Alien Locust, several worlds are intertwined, different time and space are intertwined, so many clues, at least make a mind map.
Is it in the school dormitory? But on the day of the April Fool's madness, Jem was at home, and the backpack was in this room.
Gu Jun had an idea, maybe Jem had actually done it, and even had a lot of notes, but... the files were taken away.
He thought, walked out of this room, and looked at the other room at the end of the corridor, Hannah's room.
Maybe that's where the real witch's house is.
Since I'm Jem, it's only natural to go into my sister's room and have a look.
Gu Jun walked over casually, held the handle of the door and pushed it, it wasn't locked, but it could be opened.