Chapter 27 2. Burning bones

The four kept cursing Genzo, hoarse, but the vengeful ghost ignored their abuse and built the red brick wall without saying a word.Not long after, even the sound of building the wall stopped. It can be seen that the only exit has been sealed by a dense brick wall. Although it is narrow, the basement is at least six tatami mats in size, so it is unlikely that he would suffocate to death in a short period of time like Genjiro Okumura.But we can't be too optimistic, as thick bricks are built on all sides, and it will be a matter of time before the oxygen in the secret room runs out.No, perhaps the first test they face before suffocation is hunger.In short, you can't wait to die.

There is no sharp weapon that can destroy the brick wall in the basement, and there is only one way to escape, which is the hole in the wall where Genjiro died unjustly.However, in order to dig a passage, the horrific remains had to be moved.They were deeply afraid of disturbing the innocent souls, and what frightened the father and son even more was the poisonous curse of the deceased before his death.Thinking of this, they really didn't have the courage to take a step forward. With the faint light of the fire, the four people looked at each other in blank dismay.They fell to the cold ground, and the basement fell into deathly silence once again.The more silent they are, the more fear of being buried alive jumps up from the soles of their feet along with the biting cold underground.

"Oh, it can't be done, the gas in the lighter is almost exhausted!" Just as Ichiro finished his panicked words, the flame was as thin as a firefly. "It would be even more unbearable if there was no light at all." Erlang moaned. "Woooo, what should I do? I'm afraid." Taeko couldn't help lying on her father's lap. However, how do they retain the firelight?Watching the weak flame struggling alone two or three times, it went out.The surroundings fell into darkness again. Darkness, cold, and the dead silence that can only be found in a cemetery, the father and son can only stay close together as much as possible, trying not to leave anyone behind, but still can't think of a good way, and can only let the silence continue.

"Who brought matches? One is fine. I can't bear it anymore without seeing your faces." Zentaro finally couldn't stand it anymore. As soon as his father reminded him, Ichiro and Erlang began to rummage through all the pockets. "Ah, yes. But there are only three." Erlang was frustrated. "Is there? Quickly polish one and drive away the darkness." After the sound of "cha", a round of sun seemed to rise in the corner of the basement.Even the faint light of the matches felt extremely dazzling to the eyes that were used to the darkness. As if for the last time, the four looked at each other.

Unexpectedly, the match hadn't burned out yet, and something extremely bizarre happened. "Brother, look, isn't that moving? Here, isn't it?" Taeko muttered to herself in surprise, and everyone looked at the wall hole.Apparently it wasn't an illusion caused by the jumping flames, Genjiro's skeleton in kimono was indeed moving. "Ah, coming this way! Wow..." Taeko's scream made the men jump up in fright. The skeleton still walked out of the wall hole in the painful struggling posture before dying, and the four people saw the moving posture that seemed to be walking or floating without touching the ground.Could this be the obsession from fifty years ago, injecting new energy into the lifeless skeleton?

Shocked by the abnormal scene, everyone backed away in a hurry.Suddenly, Erlang let go of his hand, and the burning match in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap". At the same time, with a sound of "Bo", the entire basement was as bright as day. The negatives scattered on the ground were drawn.Although it was a small film, the stack of dozens of negatives that had just been played looked like a hill, and it was ignited instantly. During the burning process, the fire became more and more intense, which can be described as thrilling. The narrow basement was filled with choking smoke, and flames were running on the spiral film, like countless red snakes writhing in pain on the ground.

That is the scene that can only be seen when falling into the crater of a volcano, or falling into the center of an ore furnace.The glare of the flames made people unable to open their eyes, and the stench filling the air made it impossible to breathe. This was simply a scorching purgatory, where human beings could not breathe at all. "Ah, Dad... what's the matter? Are you okay?" Erlang coughed loudly, looking very frightened, and shouted intermittently. In the extreme discomfort, Ichiro and Taeko seem to have seen their father's terrible dying state in a dream. Zentaro leaned against the red brick wall, his whole body twisted, his hands scratching in the air, the veins exposed on his forehead rolled like earthworms, as if he was suffocated, but he held his breath.What's even more frightening is that his posture is exactly the same as Genjiro's skeleton struggling in pain.

As for the skeleton, after "walking" out of the cave, it looks like the shadow of Zentaro, leaning against the wall next to Yucun in the same posture. "Yeah!" Taeko screamed.Ichiro and Erlang yelled something inarticulate, and rushed towards their father's painful body, as if they were trying to separate the dead soul that was causing trouble. The father and son fell into a ball and lay down in a corner of the basement.The moment they fell, countless black balls flew towards their eyes, and they lost their way. When they came back to their senses, they noticed that the mountain of film had been completely burned, and the smoke gradually dispersed, only the flames burning towards the tables and chairs remained fierce.

Ichiro and Erlang stood up staggeringly, approached the tables and chairs, grabbed them and smashed them down, and kept stomping on them, trying to put out the fire, trying to dissipate the pungent smoke as soon as possible. Both thought the fire had been put out, so they returned to their places and sat down wearily.But for some reason, I can still see the faint light, and I can see my own shadow shaking. Feeling strange, the two looked at the light source at the same time. It turned out that the flames had already jumped to the tattered kimono covering Genjiro's skeleton. Fortunately, the kimono was damp and the fire did not spread quickly.The blue flames crawled on the corners of the clothes and cuffs, like a conscious soul.

The flashing flames reflect the shape of the skeleton from the bottom up. Due to the contrast between light and dark, the skeleton shows a smiley and crying expression, and the sunken and hollow eyes seem to be full of anger, as if it will pounce on you and eat you at any time . Fortunately, Taeko has been lying on the ground in a coma. Although she has never witnessed this horrible scene of hell, the other three people can't take their eyes off the skeleton even though they don't want to see it.They were so frightened that they almost fainted, their eyes widened in a daze. Suddenly, Erlang gritted his teeth and shouted:

"Asshole, asshole!" As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly went mad and rushed towards the skeleton.The more frightened I was, the more I felt an urge to knock over this ghostly skeleton. Erlang wept like a child, and took another step closer to this formidable opponent. He waved his arms wildly like crazy, and threw himself at the burning bones and dead souls invisible to the naked eye.