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"I really saw an alien. He fell from the sky yesterday and entered that house. But the ZAT team didn't believe me. They said their radar didn't detect anything and asked me not to make harassing calls. Brother Gintoki, do you believe me?"
The so-called story of the boy who cried wolf, the ZAT team often receives calls from various naughty kids claiming to have seen monsters, almost every day. It turns out that those are almost all fake.
This is school time, and it is not credible for a truant child to call.
So unless there are actual casualties or multiple witnesses, children’s calls to the police will mostly be considered nonsense.
It's not that the case was not handled. The patrol team on duty that day was asked to go around the area where the alarm was reported to see if there were any suspicious signs. If there were no suspicious signs, the case would be put on hold.
The ones on patrol today are Nanyuan and Ueno. Half an hour ago, they flew a plane over the apartment and found nothing. The apartment was intact and there were no victims around.
Therefore, Qingyan's call to the police was also ignored as a false alarm.
"so troublesome."
Gintoki is not a member of the ZAT team. He hates trouble more than the ZAT team. But even though he muttered this, he had no intention of leaving.
Although it's not clear whether Kyoko is in there, for things like this, you'll know once you go in and take a look.
It was clearly daytime, but the building was gloomy and the sun could not penetrate, like a nest of creeping shadows.
"How do we get in?" Qingyan asked cautiously. He always felt like he was the protagonist of a horror movie.
It’s all my sister’s fault.
Sister Yoko is good in every way except that she has a particularly troublesome hobby: she likes to watch horror movies.
In the middle of the night, she had to close the windows. And she didn't watch it alone. She was timid, so she liked to drag Qingyan to watch it together.
A while ago, a horror movie produced by Oshima Entertainment was released, and my sister dragged me to watch it together. It was called "The Ring"
Fortunately, there was no telephone at home, and Qingyan didn't dare to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night during those days.
Looking at the dim building at this moment, the plot of the story emerges again.
snap, snap
When he heard footsteps, Qingyan's heart tightened. He thought it was the workers in the building coming out.
No, the footsteps came from Gintoki, he just walked in so arrogantly!
Without any scruples, he even shouted "Is anyone there?"
"Eh? Eh!"
Just go in like that? No matter how you look at it, there must be something wrong. There might be aliens in there! Shouldn't we be sneaky and careful?
"Little devil, why are you still dithering over there? Aren't you here to find the alien and ask it to change your brother-in-law back to his original state?"
That’s true, but is there anything wrong with this approach?
"They are just one or two celestial beings, and you are so timid. Show your samurai spirit." Gintoki said, and rushed in recklessly.
Sorry, he's just a junior high school student, he doesn't have that kind of thing. For the first time, Qingyan doubted whether the adult he had found was really reliable.
At this time, footsteps were heard again. This time it was not Gintoki, but several workers walking out from the shadow of the house.
"Ah, Iwahira-nii!"
The one called Yanping was the leader and the one walking in front.
"Didn't I tell you to leave right away? I don't need breakfast here!"
Yan Ping said this expressionlessly, without any emotion in his words. Even the tone between his words did not change.
Iwata-nii shouldn't be like this, he's a more friendly person and never talks like this. He's so strange, as if he's someone else wearing Iwata-nii's mask.
Qingyan was nervous, but someone else was not nervous.
"Hey, you're not a robot, you talk like that."
"Who are you?"
His fiancée Yoko didn't come, but a stranger came with Kiyohiko. He was wearing a white kimono that looked like something out of a period drama, but underneath it was a black polo shirt that looked like a bad high school student's. It was so incongruous that it seemed like a joke.
In order to meet the construction deadlines, Yanping usually has no time to watch TV, so she doesn't know this celebrity host who has become quite famous among housewives recently.
"I am Sakata Gintoki." Gintoki deliberately imitated the robot, enunciating each word. But it was obvious that even if he imitated the robot, he had no common language with the other party.
Iwahira and the other workers looked at him expressionlessly, which made Gintoki feel quite bored.
"I say, Kyoko is here, right? I heard that the country girl dressed in a very rustic way entered this building last night."
Several workers remained silent.
Gintoki reached to his waist, where there was a wooden sword. It looked like a wooden toy, and it was actually made of wood.
But this was purchased by Gintoki through the mobile phone guide. I heard that it was a kind of wood from an alien planet. It was a high-end imported product brought to Earth by the celestial beings of the Galactic Federation. It cost him 11760 dan.
The previous knife was stained with curry, and he gritted his teeth to change to this new knife. It is also because he is now a host and has some savings.
The wooden sword was originally named Star Breaker, but Gintoki asked the other party to carve the three words "Lake Toya" on the wooden sword.
It's a bit strange why a mobile shopping guide can buy things from another planet, but this wooden sword is really strong and it's hard to cut with an ordinary steel knife. It's obviously genuine.
Holding the handle of the wooden sword, Gintoki felt that when necessary, "conquering others with virtue" was also a helpless choice.
But at this time, the workers turned around and walked back into the building.
"What do you mean, let's catch up?"
Yes, that's what they mean.
"This kind of thing is dangerous no matter how you look at it!" Qingyan admitted that he was a little scared, even though those workers were his brother-in-law and his colleagues, and they were very familiar with each other.
But precisely because of the familiarity, I can feel that something is wrong with this scene.
He thought that he did not have the samurai spirit that Gintoki talked about, and was just an ordinary junior high school student. When he encountered danger, he had to admit it even if someone called him a coward.
Of course he wouldn't go, but seeing Gintoki following the workers inside without any tension, his feet betrayed his brain and he took his body in on his own initiative.
The workers did not go upstairs, but went deep into the basement, where the apartment's underground garage was located.
The garage has not been completed yet. The interior walls are exposed in some places, and they are mottled and covered with decoration materials.
The air became increasingly dry and cold.
This was not an illusion. Once they entered the basement, the temperature felt much lower. In early winter in Tokyo, the temperature could still remain above 10 degrees, but since entering the basement, white smoke appeared when they exhaled.
On the other side, Youzhi Elementary School
Because graduation is approaching, the sixth grade courses in related subjects have actually been completed. In the last few months, in addition to review, students have time to consider which junior high school to choose after graduation.
The past week has been spent preparing for the college open day next weekend.
It was a full two weeks, and the time was very relaxed.
"Oshima-san, regarding the preparations for the haunted house, can I ask your company for some help with the layout materials?"
Everyone in the class knows that the Oshima family owns an entertainment company, and when shooting movies and TV shows, there is also a professional props team.
“The relevant expenses can be covered from the class fees.”
"That's no problem. You don't have to charge. They're just some props. You don't have to make them specially. They should be readily available."
Lingya rarely takes on class responsibilities. If it weren't for her family background, she would have been isolated by others. Apart from Tomoyo, she really doesn't have many friends in the class.
Now that graduation is approaching, it would be nice to have the opportunity to take on some responsibilities for the class.
"I remember that our company filmed a movie called The Ring before, and Sadako's costumes and makeup props are still there. How about using these?"
"Don't! Don't!"
The monitor's face turned pale.
The Ring is arguably the most popular horror film in recent years, and it can even be said to be the greatest horror film of all time. Since its release, all kinds of news have emerged, not limited to entertainment channels.
I even heard that several people were scared to death while watching the movie.
Move Sadako to Tomoeda Elementary School and have her appear in the haunted house at their open house?
This is really not a good enough idea. It's too bad.
"That rumor that people are scared to death while watching a movie is false. Even if someone has a heart attack while watching a movie, it's because the audience themselves are sick."
The number of people who suddenly feel unwell while watching movies every day in the country is definitely not zero. But just because the horror movie produced by their company was put under the magnifying glass, this "special case" has no practical significance except for hype.
The reason why I thought of filming "Midnight Ring" is that I haven't watched many Japanese dramas in the past, and it's too troublesome to rewrite the long ones. However, this "Midnight Ring" is very impressive.
In her past world, it was obviously an old movie from many years ago, but whenever Japanese horror movies were mentioned, people would always bring it up over and over again. It was just so classic.
Moreover, "The Ring" in this world may be more terrifying than that in the past, because the actress who plays Sadako is rare to come by, and it can even be said that she is "playing herself".
In fact, if you look at her ID photo, she is pretty, but in person she looks like she came out of a horror movie.
There is no need to imitate it deliberately, it is natural.
The girl's name is Kuronuma Shoko, but after filming this movie, her real name may even be forgotten by people around her, and everyone calls her Sadako.
Since the class monitor felt it was inappropriate, Ling gave up the idea of inviting Kuronuma Shoko to help in the haunted house of their school festival.
As for props, just borrow some props from horror movies. They will just be gathered in the warehouse after filming anyway.
"Hey, is this Takasu Productions?"
During the break after the class meeting, Ling also called Takasu Production.
The production and maintenance of props is certainly not the job of the general producer, but Ling doesn't know the prop master. Apart from the management, the general producer is, after all, a senior executive of the entertainment company and has connections in all aspects.
Takasu Production did agree immediately. The company originally belonged to Oshima, so using a few props would not amount to anything.
"Ms. Oshima..."
When Ling thought she could hang up the phone, she heard Takasu Sakuran calling her, obviously there was something else going on.
"what happened?"
"Actually, it was Sho Fuwa who approached me several times today. Do you know Sho Fuwa? He is one of our company's top artists in the music industry."
"Yeah, I know Bu Po Shang."
However, Ling also does not have a good impression of Fuwasho. Although he is indeed the company's cash cow, his character is very questionable.
Because she knew Fuwasho from Kyoko.
He has no ability to take care of himself. He tricked Kyoko into coming to Tokyo and treated her like a nanny, and then kicked her out after she became famous, wanting to send her back to her hometown.
"Fuwa said that Kyoko is missing. Although he called the police, they have not accepted the case because there is nothing suspicious and the time since he lost contact was short. He hopes that our company can provide some channels to help him find her. He is willing to bear the related expenses."