Deep in the Living

Chapter 552 The Smell
At the moment when the ball was drawn from Katayama's side,

Wu Wen also secretly approached Luo Di from behind, tiptoed and whispered in his ear:
“Roddy, be careful... Katayama-kun is not a bad person by nature and does not have any intentional aggression, but he himself is a source of danger.”

In terms of the level of danger alone, it is no less than that of others.

Be careful, I don't want you to catch a disease, then you'll have to stay with me after you get out.

"disease?"

Just as Luo Di wanted to ask more questions about the details, Wu Wen had already left and started chatting with Hua Yuan.

The shop assistant also took out blank paper and drew a second lottery box.

"Next, please have each team send a representative over to draw a question about the trial operation event you will be facing. We don't have as many choices as the corner team here; whatever you draw is what you get."

When the other teams went up to draw prizes...
Katayama-kun didn't go up, but instead licked the sticky substance around his face as best he could, saying somewhat embarrassedly:

"Luo, why don't you go ahead and take it? My hands are too big, it's hard to fit them in. Besides, my body will unconsciously secrete this smelly, sticky fluid, which will affect other people."

Looking at the other party's honest and simple appearance, Luo Di was somewhat surprised that such a monster could exist in the corner.

Moreover, even Roddy, who was good at disguising himself, could sense that Katayama's "honesty" was not a disguise, but his true nature.

therefore,

Roddy didn't care about the other person's stench and slovenly appearance. He reached out and placed his hand on Katayama's shoulder, patting him gently.

"You have the closest connection with Teacher Guo, and the vortex here might bring you good luck. It's okay, just be bold and do it, don't worry about what others think."

"Roddy, please don't touch me... you'll get sick!"

Katayama quickly moved his shoulder to separate Roddy's hands.

"It's alright, my hands have been specially treated, they usually don't..."

Roddy thought that by learning from his grandmother during this time, and by entering the "flowering period" with the flower buds resembling a palm, his hands would become extraordinary.

Even if there were real danger in Katayama, it wouldn't be so dangerous that a mere touch could affect one's palm.

To everyone's surprise, Roddy's expression quickly turned serious, and he stopped speaking.

He quickly looked at his palm.

Looking at the sticky residue on the surface of my palms,

Even without any breakage in his skin, it began to swirl and slowly seep into his palm; a strange disease was attempting to infect his body.

Roddy had a premonition that once fully infected, he would become as fat as Katayama and carry a snail shell.

Consciousness Slash!
The smooth-cut palm fell to the ground, and without Roddy as the main body, the palm was quickly corroded by the slime.

The internal skeleton calcifies rapidly, forming a snail shell shape on the back of the hand, and the five fingers become soft and wriggle freely, crawling on the ground like a snail.

They quickly climbed to the foot of the mountain and merged into his body.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry~" Katayama apologized repeatedly. "Please, Luo-kun, reduce your contact with me as soon as possible. Many people have died because they accidentally touched me. I'm really sorry."

Roddy quickly regenerated his hand, maintaining his smile, "It's alright, go draw the prize, we're the only ones missing."

"okay."

When Katayama went to draw the lottery, many eyes turned to him, including Li Beite, who noticed what had just happened. Yu Ze also pushed up his glasses, as if Luo Di had drawn the worst possible lot.

"Luo, this is the last ball. There should be a piece of paper inside with the issue we need to address. Hopefully, it won't be too difficult."

"You can open it yourself."

"Oh right, it has my slime on it, you can't touch it."

Despite using all his strength, Katayama still couldn't unscrew the ball. In desperation, he could only increase the secretion of the mucus, which directly corroded the ball.

A sheet of "manuscript paper" that had been stacked many times was stored inside.

It's very similar to the parchment used in corner film stores to provide participants with a selection of film events.

When the manuscript was finally unfolded, a fishy smell wafted over, and both Roddy and Katayama inhaled the smell to some extent.

A deep sense of nausea spread from the depths of my body, as if a dead fish was thrashing wildly at its tail due to lack of oxygen, even gnawing at my stomach lining with its mouth.

When Roddy tried to use the hellish heat and the metal wires inside his body to deal with the intruder,
The unusual sensation disappeared quickly.

It's like a fish swimming to the bottom of a river, leaving no trace.

Roddy immediately began a full-body examination, but still found nothing unusual, as if it really was just a physical phantom pain caused by a smell.

However, this unusual fishy smell reminded him of something.
It seems that when I accompanied Hua Yuan to the Black Coffin Supermarket and encountered that mysterious comic book store, one of the comics inside also emitted a similar scent. But I've lost that memory and can't recall any details.

My gaze returned to the manuscript paper, on which were written exaggerated and messy characters resembling the event requirements in the corner video store.

Ju-on (Manga Remake)

The story was remade by Mr. ████ in comic form, with the main storyline remaining unchanged, but the plot, elements, characters, social landscape, and even the crisis were completely altered.

You, as ordinary people, will be drawn into this incident, so be careful!

Size: Medium

Keywords: curse, spirit, ██, ██.

Requirement: Before you completely collapse and before the social system completely collapses, eradicate the root cause of alienation.

Dungeon depth and comic book difficulty: 2-★★★ (A rather dangerous comic book adaptation; please be extremely careful and avoid becoming one of the characters.)*
Special or hidden events: Yes

Sequel or related event: exists
reward:

1. Non-corner-type alienation and proliferation.
2. Special Corner Coins (Coins left behind in this shop; we can give them away if you want them)

3. Foul-smelling things (things that smell very bad, but are very valuable).

Notes (in standard font, written by a former store employee using invisible ink):

This shop has been invaded by an unknown force. My connection with this corner is constantly diminishing, and some kind of alienation is happening here.

Attention all later adopters: if my face no longer has any angular structure, it means I have been completely transformed, and I am very likely to have lost control and become someone else's puppet.

Please help us find out the root cause of the mutation and report the information to the corner. A crisis is approaching.

The moment you stepped into this store, the effects of alienation had already spread into your bodies. You must pay attention to the timing of handling the situation.

"Anomaly? Could the aura I just inhaled be some kind of influence?"

Moreover, judging from the text descriptions above, even the dungeon events were affected, and the film itself was distorted and corrupted.

The rewards look a bit odd, but getting special corner coins is still pretty good.

I'm currently in a crucial stage of plant growth, so I'm trying to avoid being affected. I'll try to avoid any insights I gain here if possible.

Roddy looked up at the other members. Everyone was looking at the events in their hands, and they all felt a little uneasy. Only Li Beite was very excited because she could get in touch with new things again.

"Teacher Guo...and you?"

Ms. Guo stood motionless in front of the counter. "You just need to complete the tasks you each drew. I have more troublesome things to deal with."

After we complete one alien contact, we can report the specific situation here to the corner.

As for whether what you get from here is good or bad, and whether you should absorb it into your pituitary gland, please consider it for yourselves; I will not offer any advice.

After everything is over, I will use a vortex to teleport you back to school.

If you're ready, let's get started. Some of you are probably already feeling unwell, and time is running out.

Since Teacher Guo had spoken, Luo Di no longer hesitated.

Although it's impossible to determine Teacher Guo's true stance, the fact that Wuxing Mountain Villa chose to believe him and even entrusted Li Beite to him confirms that the other party is on the side of the villain.

"Katayama-kun, let's go... We might need to speed up a bit, instead of being as slow as usual."

"I'm sorry, I'll try to be as fast as I can."

Katayama immediately started jogging, panting.

Roddy had already arrived at the exit of the comic book store.

Wu Wen and Hua Yuan happened to pass by, and without much small talk, Wu Wen simply said, "Don't die."

Katayama arrives.

The two walked together into the dark exit.

hum!
Space transmission.

When Roddy opened his eyes, he was already wearing a white shirt, with his employee badge hanging on his chest, sitting at his workstation. A steaming hot boxed lunch was placed on the table, and various documents that needed to be processed were piled up beside him.

A familiar fishy smell wafted from between the gaps in the lunchbox.

Roddy curiously opened it and took a look.
A dead fish was placed inside, its eyes wide open, staring at him...

(End of this chapter)