Chapter 6 second quarter

From the Ono House to the Huixiangyuan, with Allen's foot strength, it would take a quarter of an hour. Alan walked out the back door of the kitchen, and a gust of cold wind blew in his face.Bitter cold at night.She shrank, and even the light of the lantern in her left hand dimmed. Aaron took a step forward, and every step made Aaron farther and farther away from the big house, from the warm sleeping bed, from the unhappy but safe place.The darkness that covers the streets is so thick that it feels heavy when you touch it with your hand. If you eat it, it must be very bitter.There was a whirring sound of something swinging from somewhere.Allen decided not to explore that "thing", and it would be even more terrifying if he didn't find anything.

There is no turning back, and after making up his mind, Allen moved forward desperately.There is no moon tonight, perhaps blown away by the cold wind. It's the scariest when you're halfway there.Whether you want to escape back to the Onoya or escape into the Huixiangyuan, the distance is the same.People in businesses or shops with closed doors and sleeping soundly probably couldn't hear Alan's cry.If a kidnapper tries to take Allen away, no one will hear him even if he yells.Only the wild dogs would catch a glimpse of the captured Allen as he turned the corner, and only the buckwheat noodle vendor wearing a turban to protect himself from the wind would pick up a straw sandal dropped by the cold Allen.

After passing many shops in Motomachi, Alan came to the place where Huixiangyuan could be seen. The lantern shook, and when she ran into the courtyard out of breath, she suddenly tripped over her feet. That sound is terrible.In the silent courtyard, Allen felt that the sound of his trip seemed to startle something, making that thing ready to move.There was a gust of cold wind, and the sand blew into Allen's eyes. Allen held a small stone in his hand.The stones are small and cold.Allen stood up and slapped the hem of his clothes, turning around with trembling knees. Then she looked back.She felt as if someone was watching her just now, which made her very scared.

The bushes rustled, and it was dark all around, and Allen ran away without looking back. Run, run, just run.He simply ran all the way to Dachuan and jumped into the river.However, when the Ryogoku Bridge appeared on the right, Allen made a big turn with his feet, and ran to the Ichin Bridge with a sad face, and then stopped. In the distance there is the light of a lantern. A single lantern. Behind the hazy yellow light is Dachuan, with the deep night as the background, floating at the height of Allen's eyes. The cold and strong wind blew again.Allen opened his eyes wide.Although she shed tears because of the cold wind, she didn't even blink.

The lanterns in the distance did not blink. Allen tiptoed back, then slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again.Maybe the moment you close your eyes, the lantern will fly close to Alan, and there may be something behind the lantern. Allen opened his eyes, but the lantern remained motionless. "who is it?" Allen asked in a low voice; the voice was so small that the other party couldn't hear him at all.After she asked, she thought what should she do if the other party responded? The lantern did not budge.Allen ran away. Facing the cold wind, he clenched his teeth so hard that his jaw ached.

Allen stopped and looked back. There was a large bucket rolling on the road beside him, and there was also a cat curled up.The cat looked at Allen and let out a soft cry. The lantern was the same as before, floating alone at the same distance and the same height.In the hazy yellow halo, the person who should be carrying the lantern cannot be seen.Lantern clearly followed Alan, but there was no one behind him. It's a farewell lantern.Allen suddenly realized. When walking alone at night, there will be a lantern floating in the air, following behind without leaving.It was one of the seven oddities of the firm, and Allen would have heard about it.She had heard from her boss that it was weird.A reasonable person like the boss really doesn't lie.

The lantern glowed with a faint yellow light.The light that makes people feel an inexplicable warmth is not so much a lantern, but the gaze of some kind of creature is more appropriate. We are almost at Onoya.Allen, who should have breathed a sigh of relief, was so thumping in his chest that he couldn't breathe.She knew that everyone said that the original form of the farewell lantern was a fox or a civet cat, or even an unknown monster.Moreover, if you want the lantern following behind to leave, you must thank the lantern; throw a straw sandal and a rice ball.If the lantern is not thanked, the angry lantern - that is, the owner of the lantern - will eat the person it is following.Allen knew the reason.

That's why she wanted to cry; she couldn't help but want to cry.If a straw sandal is thrown, there will be no straw sandals to wear starting tomorrow, and where are we going to prepare rice balls at this time?The opponent will definitely eat Allen. Allen stood weeping at the panel of the back door of the kitchen.Although he didn't meet the kidnapper, Allen still couldn't survive. "What's wrong? Thief." Kiyosuke rested his hand on the door panel, and picked his head from behind the door.On his fair face, only those eyes looked black. Allen cried and pointed behind him.

"Send off the lantern..." The lantern disappeared.There is only the whistling cold wind behind him, and only the creaking sound of the wooden wall from nowhere.