American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 238 Crystal Lake

The students were busy taking photos, chatting, and having fun on the bus until it stopped, at which point they realized they had arrived at their destination.

"Alright, students, let's get off the bus first! We can continue taking photos later."

Everyone got off the bus and unloaded their luggage, and the bus drove away.

"Ms. Elizabeth, isn't the bus waiting for us here?"

Carly watched the bus drive away with some confusion. The driver was going way too fast, as if he didn't want to stay there for even a minute.

"This bus belongs to the tour company, not the school. This school trip is a collaboration with a tour company. Please wait here while I contact the resort staff."

"Ms. Elizabeth, let me go! You don't need to trouble yourself with such a trivial matter!"

The speaker was the school's physical education teacher, named Matt Sanders.

Elizabeth was so beautiful and single that she was very popular with the students at school, and many single male teachers also pursued her.

The physical education teacher in front of me, who is around thirty years old, is one of them.

However, Elizabeth always treated Roy differently; to others, she was always polite but distant.

"No need, Mr. Sanders. I'm the one who handles all the travel company contacts, so it's more convenient for me."

With that, Elizabeth walked toward the resort's office.

About ten minutes later, Elizabeth arrived with a staff member.

“We have already made all the arrangements. You can choose any of the holiday homes in this area. Each holiday home can accommodate 4 to 6 people, and there is enough food for a week in each home.”

"Thank you, Mr. Fisher."

Fisher led everyone to choose vacation homes and gave a brief introduction to the resort area.

This resort area is actually quite interesting. It's built around the central lake, with each villa spaced about a hundred meters apart to ensure privacy.

"You are free to move around inside the resort, but please do not cross the lake to the other side."

Upon hearing this, Wade became somewhat curious.

"why is that?"

"That's because the islands in the lake and the town on the opposite shore are all private property, and their owners are not very good-tempered. In the past, there have been conflicts between tourists and them."

Fisher's explanation made it clear to everyone.

Territoriality is very important in the American countryside, especially among farmers.

Every year, we see news reports of people being beaten to death on the spot by farm owners for entering farms without permission, with the majority of the victims being people with dark skin.

Some mischievous students had originally planned to explore the other side of the lake, but after hearing what Fisher said, their adventurous spirit vanished.

Ultimately, life is more important.

Next, everyone began to allocate holiday homes.

Elizabeth did not force the students to choose; instead, she allowed them to make their own choices.

As a result, Roy became a hot commodity.

Jennifer and Neddy will definitely be sharing a room with Roy, and Ashley can't possibly move to another room, so that will be four people.

Although Nancy didn't say anything, it seemed she also wanted to share a room with Roy, thus taking up another spot.

Even in a large house where six people live, there was only one spot left, and the girls were practically fighting tooth and nail for it.

It's really frustrating that Carly and Peggy, these two best friends, are fighting over this spot.

In the end, things got really ugly, and Elizabeth had no choice but to step forward and designate someone.

"Wade, you can have the last room!"

Wade stared wide-eyed, pointing incredulously at himself.

"Ms. Elizabeth, do you mean I should move in with you?"

After glancing at Roy's eyes, Wade knew he would be killed if he went to stay there, so he quickly shook his head and refused.

"No, no, no! Teacher Elizabeth, I've already arranged to live with someone!"

Wade randomly pulled a girl aside; she neither admitted to the relationship nor rejected him.

Well, if Roy is the best boy at Oak School, then Wade is probably in the second tier.

After all, Wade isn't bad-looking, he's a member of the football team, and he's generous and seems quite wealthy.

Elizabeth had no choice but to choose another one, but no matter who she chose, someone would be dissatisfied in the end.

Elizabeth simply announced that she would be moving into the holiday home where Roy was staying.

Roy glanced sideways, beginning to suspect that all of this was part of the Demon Queen's plan, that she was waiting for this opportunity so that she could openly live with him.

The most disappointed people, not the girls, were the two male teachers who led the group.

There were four teachers leading the team this time, two men and two women.

The two male teachers were relatively young, around thirty years old, but besides Elizabeth, there was also a middle-aged female teacher, so there was practically no choice.

Don't Matt Sanchez and another male teacher want anything to happen between them and Elizabeth during the school trip?

That's definitely what I'm thinking. Even if we can't get married in the end, having some romantic memories would be nice!
It seems that even this small wish has fallen through.

So Matt and another male teacher started glaring at Roy.

Roy was speechless. It wasn't him who let Elizabeth move in, so why are you all staring at me?
Without any hesitation, Roy glared back.

Under Roy's terrifying killing intent, the two male teachers suddenly recalled all the tragic events that had happened in their lives, and then thought of Roy's terrifying record, and then they decisively withdrew.

Only the boys remained, lamenting that it was bad enough that someone had monopolized so many beautiful female classmates, but now he wasn't even letting go of the beautiful female teacher.

Roy: Should you guys think about it again?
However, another female teacher seemed to have some objections.

"Ms. Hell, wouldn't this have a bad influence?"

Elizabeth smiled.

"Mrs. Hayes, I think Roy will be very busy these next few days and probably won't have time to take care of me!"

As she spoke, Elizabeth winked at Roy.

The girls around Roy blushed when they saw the look in his eyes, but Jennifer gave them a strange look.

Jennifer had long sensed that something was wrong with Elizabeth, but she had no evidence to prove it.

(Jennifer saw some things during the House of Wax Museum incident, but Elizabeth altered her memories, leaving only some impressions.)
In the end, everyone was put into the holiday home according to Elizabeth's arrangement.

After a simple lunch, everyone started putting away their luggage and doing some house tidying up.

Roy didn't need to do the house tidying up; the girls all volunteered to help. All he had to do was carry the girls' luggage into the house.

Sometimes, Roy would wonder if girls liked to put dumbbells in their luggage, otherwise why would such a small suitcase be so heavy?

Fortunately, Roy's strength far exceeded that of a normal person, so he easily carried all five people's luggage into the holiday home. "Little Roy, can you help me carry my luggage too?"

Roy turned his head and saw Elizabeth sitting calmly in a chair, like a lord, without even tidying up her room.

This left Roy speechless.

"Can't you go move it yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Elizabeth's face showed a heartbroken expression.

"Oh my god! Roy is so cold to his teacher! The teacher is so sad!"

Upon hearing this, the four girls who were tidying up the house simultaneously cast suspicious glances at Roy.

Roy's lips twitched. He knew that living with Elizabeth was never a good thing, and he didn't know how many more troubles would come in the coming week.

"Stop talking! I'll go move it right now!"

In fact, Elizabeth's suitcase was very small, about the same size as the suitcases carried by flight attendants.

But for some reason, the suitcase was incredibly heavy, and Roy almost strained his back when he lifted it.

"Fuck! What on earth is in there?"

Roy began to suspect that Elizabeth was deliberately messing with him; it seemed the Sloth King was really capable of such a thing.

Unlike the reason the female demon king gave for taking leave last time, Roy was embarrassed for several days because of it.

Fortunately, the school principal kept his mouth shut and didn't reveal Elizabeth's reason for taking leave, otherwise Roy would have wanted to transfer schools immediately.

"Thank you, Roy. Just leave your things here! I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Shall we go for a walk together?"

Back at the holiday home, Elizabeth started winking at Roy, which puzzled him.

What does this woman want to do?

However, Roy did not refuse the other party.

"Then let's go for a walk."

Many resorts are open seasonally, and this one seems to be no exception.

The resort looks very deserted right now, with no other guests. Perhaps the students from Oak School are the resort's first customer of the year.
Roy and Elizabeth strolled to the lakeside, neither of them speaking until Elizabeth suddenly spoke.

"Roy, there's something wrong here."

"Ah? What did you say?"

Roy was a little distracted and was very surprised when he heard what Elizabeth said.

"Roy, I mean there's something wrong with this place!"

Elizabeth stopped and looked at Roy seriously. Roy rarely saw his beautiful teacher with such an expression.

The King of Sloth has always been very lazy, always listless in the face of anything, so this expression is truly rare.

The last time I saw this expression was when Roy mentioned fighting Mammon.

"Ms. Elizabeth, what exactly is the problem?"

Elizabeth gazed at the shimmering lake, her eyes filled with deep concentration.

"There's something at the bottom of this lake that can block my senses!"

It can actually block the Demon Queen's senses?

These words surprised Roy even more; what a terrifying thing that must be!
Seeing Roy's stunned expression, Elizabeth smiled and shook her head.

"Roy, there's no need to be so nervous. There are actually many things that can block my senses, after all, I'm not in my true form now. It's just that there's something of a high level at the bottom of the lake, you'd better investigate it."

Upon hearing this, Roy glanced sideways and began to suspect that Elizabeth was trying to get him to do things because she was afraid of trouble.

Seemingly sensing Roy's thoughts, Elizabeth reached out and stroked Roy's cheek.

"Please! Please! Please, please!"

The female demon queen suddenly unleashed a three-part charm attack; who could resist that?!

Roy immediately raised his hands and took a step back.

"Okay, okay, I'll try to investigate this lake."

Elizabeth immediately resumed her languid demeanor.

"Speaking of which, this school leave trip was quite interesting. A travel company actually contacted the school to offer to organize the trip. The travel company even made quite a few concessions for it."

These words made Roy's heart flutter. Could America really have such a good thing?
This is completely contrary to the values ​​of capitalist society!
"You mean there's something wrong with this travel company?"

"It's just a guess. If a lot of coincidences come together, then it's not a coincidence."

"Ms. Elizabeth, what's the name of this travel company? I'd like to have someone investigate their background."

Roy took out his phone to make a call, and then noticed that the signal bars were empty.

This is a bit outrageous!
The resort area is located in a small town across the lake, yet there is no cell phone signal?
Crystal Lake Tourism Company.

"What did you say? Crystal Lake?"

Roy's strong reaction made Elizabeth squint.

"It seems you know this place, Roy."

How could I not know!

Friday the 13th, a famous horror film series, features Jason, a vigilante in a hockey mask, who is well-known throughout the multiverse.

“Uh, I do know this place. There should be a super serial killer hiding here, but I’m not sure if that killer is related to the thing at the bottom of the lake.”

In the movie, Jason is bullied by other children at Crystal Lake Summer Camp because of his appearance and intelligence. The instructors at the time do nothing about it, which indirectly leads to Jason drowning in Crystal Lake.

Jason's mother, Pamela Warhurst, was a summer camp staff member and witnessed her son's death.

So, in order to avenge her son, Pamela spent 11 years killing everyone who had bullied Jason, including the negligent instructor.

After that, Pamela mysteriously disappeared and was never seen again.

Instead, the reborn Jason began wandering around Crystal Lake, starting his daily anti-prostitution work.

Judging from this origin story, Jason's death seems to be only related to Crystal Lake, but Roy feels that things are not that simple, and there are probably other issues with Crystal Lake.

"Fuck! There's absolutely no signal here!"

"Roy, don't worry! Now that we roughly understand there's a problem here, it's easier to solve. Actually, I'm quite curious why that travel company lured us here in the first place. Was it just so that Jason, the one you mentioned, could torture and kill us?"

Indeed, unless Crystal Lake Tourism is backed by the dark web and wants to film some torture videos, there must be a deeper purpose behind it.

Damn it! If only my phone had a signal!

Jason Voorhees, the boy who slays 100 men
(End of this chapter)