NAKU JOSEI'S
THE TRUTH THAT BEGINS TO UNFOLD (PART 2)
"At that moment, my heart was completely shattered. I didn't think it through and didn't expect that he could make it that close.
You know ... After that incident, I thought the villagers would stop to talk negatively about him. But on the contrary, their gosipan is increasingly becoming. They begin to gossip about Hanako's unsettled and haunting spirit. They say that his spirit cries every time someone meets him.
Not just get there. Shortly after, out of nowhere, suddenly there was a story about a demon called 'Naku Josei' circulating among the public. They say that the devil often abducts children to eat their hearts and drink their blood until their bodies become thin and dry. It made me hate the villagers even more when the charges were leveled against Hanako, my wife."
"Wait a minute .. You said that it happened sixty years ago, right?" ask Yuki.
"Yes, I was twenty-seven years old, and Hanako was twenty-five" replied Yusuke-san.
"It's so weird" Yoshino-san said. "Based on the story circulating, they had sealed Naku Josei on Mount Tomioka about sixty-six years ago. Then ... how is it possible?"
"Sixty-six years ago ?" inner Yuki; looking at Yoshino-san. "That means ... When the sealing event happened, Hanako-san was still alive. Right, right?"
They all fell silent for a moment, then Yusuke-san gave a soft laugh. "That is the result if you hear the story spread by word of mouth. I told you, Hanako can't be such a terrible demon," he said, then sat back in the chair. "I don't know why they think I'm crazy. Whaddya think? Do you think I look like a lunatic, huh?" He brought his face closer to Yuki.
Yuki rewinded her chair. "Why are you still alone here? It makes you a talking point for the people in the village" he said.
"Huh? By himself? I'm never alone here. Hanako is always with me in this house, she will always be there, and no one should bother us both" Yusuke-san replied; stand up from his chair and walk towards a room not far from where they are sitting.
"Basic crazy," murmured Jack inwardly.
Nori-san stood up from her place. "Then it seems like there's nothing more we need to hear from you. Come ... we per- "
"It is in this room that Hanako hangs herself" interrupted Yusuke-san who made Nori-san's words stop. "It was in this room that he ended his life" he said.
The four of them followed him into the room.
"If I feel lonely, I always enter this room to talk to my wife, Hanako. Look ...Even the rope he used to hang himself is still hanging up here," Yusuke-san opened a piece of cloth covering the wooden window.
The light that entered through the window, illuminated the entire room, and at that moment Nori-san's face was startled after she saw a human skull sitting in a rocking chair, with long hair.
"W-what does this mean? Whose skull is this!" nori-san asked in a snapping tone.
"Aaaaghh ..," cried Yuki who had just noticed it.
"This guy .. he's really gone crazy," Jack muttered inwardly as he pulled Yuki back.
"Why ... Yusuke-san is?" yuki asked stammered; not believing what she saw.
Yusuke-san turned her body. "Why do you look so surprised? I told you, didn't I. Hanako will always be in this house with me, he.he. I also put a fake hair on her head. Hows it? She looks pretty, doesn't she?"
"This person ...," Nori-san murmured inwardly as she stepped back. "It was .. I thought the villagers were wrong, but it turns out that you are completely insane! Come on .. we get out of here!" nori-san, walk out.
"Come ... Yuki." Jack pulled his hand.
They stepped out of the hut, and walked down the stairs to the village.
From a distance, Yusuke-san shouted to them, "You're all going to die! No one can survive the devil's entrapment! You all ... die! Ha.ha.ha ...!"
They all ignored his screams, and continued walking down the stairs.
Arriving at the village, they immediately ran towards the car.
"Now are you satisfied, Yuki-chan?" ask Nori-san.
Yuki did not answer her and simply turned her face outside the car window.
"We have to rush to the bridge before nightfall" said Nori-san, who immediately stuck the gas pedal.
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At 5:15 PM.
Back then, the sky had already been seen getting darker when they arrived at Han'ei bridge.
"The tower is not far from the end of this bridge," Yoshino-san said.
From a distance, a car was parked at the end of the bridge.
"Nori-san, that car ...," Yoshino-san said staring intently.
They parked the car at the end of the bridge; got out of the car, and walked along the path to the monastery.
When they got there.
"Come ... hurry! We have to look for the book at the back" Nori-san said, walking around the monastery.
"Quick take the cloth off and open the coffin!" nori-san.
"Ah ... This crate is locked!" moaned Yoshino-san who was trying to open the chest.
"The key must be hidden somewhere" Jack said.
Without a second thought, Jack immediately picked up a stone that was there, and directly smacked it into the chest. "There's no other way to find it other than to destroy it, is there?"
Moments after the attempt, the chest was finally destroyed.
"Successful! Uh?" Jack was astonished after seeing the coffin that looked empty. "What does this mean? Why is the box empty?"
Yoshino-san and Nori-san looked at each other. They nodded their heads at each other, as if they had just realized something.
"Let's get out of here! It seemed like Takamura's old grandfather's words were nothing but nonsense!" nori-san insists; walk away around the monastery.
"W-what! Whatchu mean? We've come all the way here" Yuki complained. "The book must be around "
"Yuki-chan! Just follow his orders! Let's go," said Yoshino-san who also walked away.
"Come .. us too," Jack pulled Yuki's hand.
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A few minutes after they left the place, suddenly someone appeared from behind a tree near the monastery. It was Tomo-san.
"Hwd ... Just barely. How do they know about this book? Did Takamura-sama tell them ?" tomo-san murmured in her heart; clasping a book in her hand.
Wiping off the sweat on his eel, he then walked away to his car parked near the bridge. However, when he got there ...
"I'm guessing .. You're the one, Tomo-san!" yoshino-san suddenly appears with Yuki and Jack from behind her car.
Tomo-san was surprised to see the three of them. "You ... how can ...," he said stammering.
Yoshino-san walked over to him. "Huh? Why do you look so surprised? Your car is parked here!
Flashback ...
"Nori-san, that car ...," Yoshino-san stared intently at Nori-san.
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Let's get out of here! It seemed like Takamura's old grandfather's words were nothing but nonsense!" nori-san insists; walk away around the monastery.
"W-what! Whatchu mean? We've come all the way here" Yuki complained. "The book must be around "
"Yuki-chan! Just follow his words! Let's go," said Yoshino-san who also walked away.
"Come .. us too," Jack pulled Yuki's hand.
They all circled the monastery, and walked towards a car parked near the bridge. Yuki asked Nori-san what they should do.
"So ... What's your next plan?" ask Yuki.
"Plan? There is no. we don't need plan B. 'cause the book is still here" he replied.
"W-what do you mean? I don't understand" he asked again, looking confused.
Yoshino-san steps her foot closer to the car. "Nori-san, this car ...?"
Nori-san looked at the faces of the three of them. "Yes, no more wrong. This is Tomo-san's car!"
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*****
CONNECT ...