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Chapter 9 Day : Cursed Videotape

It was approaching dusk, and the sunlight was weakly shining on the horizon, leaving no trace of warmth.

Zhuang Boshi turned his neck, feeling that he didn't sleep well last night. His neck felt heavy and he seemed to have a stiff neck.

"Chu Xuan, why are you always lagging behind? Are you tired?" Zhuang Boshi turned his head and asked Chu Xuan, who was about five steps behind him.

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "I'm keeping watch in case Kayako suddenly attacks."

"I have a feeling you have bad intentions." Zhuang Boshi muttered, then looked at the map in his hand, "This should be it."

Although there was Chu Xuan, a wise man and hacker expert, it was a pity that the Internet was not well developed around 2000.

Due to the lack of information exchange on social media, they could only find out that the cursed videotape was circulating in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, but no more specific information was known.

You should know that there are more than fifty video rental stores in Setagaya District. After Chu Xuan eliminated some of them, there are still about twenty.

Therefore, the two could only use the crude method and search from house to house. After a day of searching, they still had no clue. Seeing that night was falling, Zhuang Boshi also became a little anxious.

“This is the seventh one.”

Zhuang Boshi stood at the entrance of a small alley, inside a seemingly old video store. The windows were covered in dust, and through the mottled glass, one could see the dim lights and densely packed shelves of videotapes inside.

"Haha, Qi, supernatural horror movies are really interesting." Chu Xuan pushed his glasses and said in a low voice.

Kayako survives for seven days, with seven waves of attacks. And Sadako, in the movie, is cursed for seven days.

Before realizing anything, Zhuang Boshi pushed open the heavy wooden door, and a musty smell and the scent of old book pages hit him in the face.

The shop is simply furnished, with a few yellowed movie posters hanging on the wall and a worn carpet on the floor. The owner is an old man with white hair.

He was sitting at a rickety wooden table, his eyes narrowed into slits, concentrating on repairing an old VCR, and ignored the two people who came in.

Zhuang Boshi browsed around the store, his eyes sweeping over the various videotapes. He noticed that most of the covers of these videotapes were worn and some even had unidentified stains on them.

"There's none?"

Just when he was about to give up, his eyes fell on an inconspicuous corner.

There lay a pile of seemingly forgotten videotapes, haphazardly stacked together and covered in dust.

He squatted down and began to search carefully. Suddenly, his fingers touched an unusually cold videotape.

He picked it up and found that although the cover of the videotape was worn out, the pattern printed on it shocked him.

It had the word "Ring" written on it in strange, scribbled letters.

Ring, The Ring.

Zhuang Boshi was excited and immediately took the videotape to the store owner to ask.

The shopkeeper looked up, squinted his eyes, and studied the tape. Then he nodded slowly and said in a hoarse voice, "This tape... is quite old. I remember it causing some minor trouble in the past. Are you sure you want to take it?"

really!

Zhuang Boshi turned around to look for Chu Xuan, and then saw that he had been standing outside the store at some point, waving at him and indicating that he should leave immediately.

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Finished!
Zhuang Boshi, who had been tricked by Chu Xuan once, knew what was going on and his heart started beating wildly.

He turned to look at the store manager, but there was no one there. The chairs, tables, shelves—everything was covered in dust. It looked like no one had been in the store for ages. Suddenly, the videotape in his hand began to vibrate, making strange noises. Hair actually began to grow on the surface of the tape, black strands emerging from the tape and spreading rapidly.

He subconsciously wanted to throw away the videotape, but his arms seemed to be fixed and unable to move.

At the same time, the old VCR next to it started up by itself. At first, there was only darkness on the screen and it was so quiet that only the sound of the VCR could be heard.

Suddenly, the screen gradually lit up, emitting a faint light. A shrill noise was heard, and the screen began to wriggle, as if something was struggling out of it.

At this moment, a pale and distorted face emerged from the screen.

Her long hair hung messily in front of her face, and her eyes, which appeared from between her hair, were hollow and deep, as if they could devour life and choose anyone to devour.

There is no doubt that this is Sadako Yamamura, the king of evil spirits.

Sadako slowly emerged from the screen. Her body seemed to have no substance, but she carried a strong resentment.

She crawled out of the video recorder step by step, and with every step, the air around her became more stagnant.

Zhuang Boshi felt a strong sense of oppression, as if an invisible monster was pressing on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. In the end, he couldn't even lift his hands. He could only open his mouth and roar at the top of his lungs.

"Chu Xuan, save me!!!"

At this time, outside the Sunshine Hotel in Nerima District, a ghost with twisted limbs was hanging upside down on the outer wall of the hotel, and it seemed that it was about to attack the humans in the hotel.

Suddenly, the evil ghost seemed to have noticed something. It raised its hideous face and looked into the distance, making a series of giggling sounds, and then disappeared in an instant.

In the hotel, Zheng Zha suddenly frowned. In an instant, his sixth sense told him that a threat was approaching, but this feeling suddenly disappeared.

Zhan Lan, who was standing next to him, noticed Zheng Zha's expression and quickly asked, "Zheng Zha, did you find anything?"

Zheng Zha opened the window of the room and looked out. After observing for a while, he didn't see anything. He shook his head and said, "No, nothing. It might be an illusion."

"It's been almost two days, and I haven't been attacked by Kayako yet. This is too abnormal." Zheng Zha touched the back of his head and asked in surprise: "Zhang Jie, are all the supernatural horror movies you've experienced before like this?"

Zhang Jie looked as if he had thought of something, his expression slightly grim. "It's just like many horror movies: the calmer the beginning, the scarier the end. However, this time it was indeed too calm, which was quite unusual."

How could it be that by the second night, there was no sign of the evil spirit. It didn't even come to scare them once.

Zheng Zha nodded. "We have to thank Lao Qi for his in-depth knowledge of antiques and his expertise in treasure hunting. That's why we were able to find that artifact. Perhaps it was that strange object that helped us stop Kayako."

Zhang Jie thought of the ancient wooden box he found from a shrine, and his heart suddenly felt a chill, and he laughed dryly twice.

"Yes, yes, thanks to Lao Qi."

"Old Qi said that it seemed to be an object from a thousand years ago. He is an expert. If it weren't for his bad luck before, I wouldn't have said anything more. Among this wave of newcomers, he and that tomboy are both pretty good." Zheng Zha praised his teammates generously.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he turned around and asked Zhan Lan, "Zhan Lan, where are Lu Renjia and the others? What are they doing?"

"They were so nervous that they couldn't sleep on the first day, but today, they seem to have completely 'adapted' to this world. They eat well and have fun. Now, they are probably going to the rooftop to swim." Zhan Lan sighed helplessly.

"The quality of these newcomers is so poor, it's like they are here for vacation." Zhang Jie muttered dissatisfiedly beside him. He looked out the window, seeming a little confused.

Is Kayako here to see the scenery? She did last night and today as well.

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