Chapter 5 Section 5 Toru Mizushiro

Sunday, May 14th, at 8:30 p.m. In a certain room of the research building of Sagami Medical University, Shuicheng felt his head was about to move, and he rudely turned the heavy medical book in his hand upside down on the table. It was going to start again; the illusion was going to start again. Today is Sunday, but Shuicheng has been sitting at the desk since morning.Apart from him, there is no researcher in the entire building.Which researcher in this world is so enthusiastic, even working overtime during holidays.In fact, Shuicheng didn't have any urgent work, he just didn't want to stay at home, he didn't want to stay in that home.

Shuicheng opened the drawer, took out a sheet of tinfoil wrapped with pills, squeezed out one and put it in his mouth, picked up the coffee cup at hand, and poured the pills down his throat with the cold coffee. The depths of the brain began to stir again. "Damn..." Shuicheng, who was wearing a white robe, leaned his elbows on the table, and stroked his bony face with his palms.He listened to the slight sound of rubbing his beard and waited for the hallucination to strike. And so, the hallucinations began. The desk in front of me disappeared, the wall disappeared, and the two rows of bookshelves on the left and right also disappeared.In an instant, the field of vision melted into darkness, and a certain scene began to emerge.It was a grassland, a vast grassland that had never been seen before.In the distance, a white mare stood alone.Shuicheng knew that it was a mare.Then, an inexplicable black creature approached the mare from the right. It was a huge, thick-boned creature that walked on two feet.Shuicheng couldn't see the creature's face because only the face was blurred.The black creature approached the mare, the two flesh pressed together tightly.Then came a strong wind, a colored wind; a gray wind.The surrounding grass began to billow in the wind.The color of the wind is getting thicker and thicker, and the vision of Shuicheng gradually turns black, and then...

An animal appeared in the distance in the dark scenery, walking towards him, walking straight towards him, it was a small animal.Is that a horse?No, not a horse, that's definitely not a horse.That is…… A loud noise brought Shuicheng back to reality.Shuicheng slowly raised his head. Desks, medical books, notebooks, walls, bookshelves, bookshelves, bookshelves. Shuicheng was covered in sweat. What the hell is that sound?It sounded like the sound of two heavy objects hitting each other. "Did it come from outside..." Shuicheng stood up, feeling a severe tinnitus.Looking out from the small window on the wall, it was dark outside, Shuicheng pushed open the glass window and poked his head out.This direction of the building faced a patch of miscellaneous trees, and I couldn't see any street lights or car lights, and it was pitch black in front of my eyes.I looked around, but couldn't see anything, only the shadows of trees standing side by side, like countless huge creatures extending their tentacles to the sky.

Shuicheng closed the window and looked at his watch, it was ten past nine.Forty minutes have passed since the hallucination started, and Shuicheng was really shocked. He felt thirsty in his throat, so he went to the tea room through the dark and quiet research room.He opened the refrigerator with slow movements, took out a piece of ice from the ice box and put it in his mouth. His thirst was immediately relieved, and the coldness of the ice cube calmed his mood a little. Shuicheng took a deep breath, and staggered back to the desk.He opened the thick medical book again and copied the required paragraphs in his notebook.These are important references for the dissertation he is currently writing.

Two hours later, the phone rang in my shirt pocket.Your number will be displayed on the screen.Shuicheng answered the phone. "... Aki?" If it was Hui, he would definitely use his mobile phone to call, because that would be much cheaper. "Dad, what should I do? Mom hasn't come back yet." "Haven't come back yet? It's... eleven o'clock now." Shuicheng looked at his watch. "Come back later." "But she's never been home so late before." "Did you call her cell phone?" "No one answered, it seems that the phone is turned off."

"Perhaps meeting someone." "Someone?" The embers of the hallucination just now ignited again in the depths of Shuicheng. That animal; that little animal that looks like a horse but is not a horse. "Some man." After hanging up the phone, Shuicheng collapsed on the chair.The extreme burnout gave him the illusion that his hands and feet were about to break off.He couldn't take it anymore, he really wanted to forget everything, he really wanted to escape.At this moment, he heard the siren of an ambulance.Outside the originally dark window, there is now a flash of red light, and the voices of several men discussing a certain topic can be heard... However, Shuicheng can no longer tell whether these phenomena are reality or hallucinations.

In the middle of the night, the phone rang again. "We just called the house, and your daughter told us the phone number. Your wife, Ms. Hui, she..." The police told Shuicheng that they found Hui's body next to the building where Shuicheng was staying. "Answer", a drop of rain fell on the window.