Chapter 117 Grudge

Island country, Tokyo.

As the green light turned on, the commuters on the zebra crossing moved like puppets, their eyes devoid of light as they talked on their phones.

A female college student looked flustered, clutching a handbag, as if she were fleeing from something.

She suddenly bumped into a young man and quickly apologized, "Excuse me, I have an emergency!"

The young man stood on the zebra crossing, looking back at the female college student thoughtfully. He crossed the zebra crossing and stood motionless in front of a convenience store. After a few minutes, a glint of light flashed in his eyes: "So that's how it is. They've arranged for me to be in the world of the famous horror movie 'Ju-on'..."

The young man was Li Xuan, who had just transmigrated. At first, he only knew about the island nation and did not know which world it was.

Because island nations, besides producing limited-scene male-female fighting movies, are also major producers of horror films. Their horror is not simply about blood and gore and dismembered limbs.

Instead, it uses a large amount of eerie, bizarre, and terrifying atmosphere and psychological suggestion to create a terror that reaches deep into people's hearts...

The defining characteristic of Japanese horror films is not cause and effect, but resentment—extreme resentment, almost rule-based killing. Anyone who violates the taboo of a vengeful ghost dies; bad guys die, good guys die, everyone dies.

Through his contact with the girl, Li Xuan obtained complete information about the first part of Ju-on and learned the plot.

Ju-on: A man named Saeki Takeo suspected that his wife had a secret relationship with a boy he had a crush on in high school named Kobayashi Shunsuke. Based on his suspicions, he killed his wife Saeki Kayako and their six-year-old son Saeki Toshio. He then planned to take revenge on Kobayashi Shunsuke's family, but on his way back, he was killed by Kayako, who had turned into a vengeful ghost.

The film features many good people, and the horror begins when social work student Rika Nishina discovers something wrong with the old house where Kayako lives.

Several people entered the house: police, reporters, and Rika Nishina's classmates. Almost everyone who entered died, even Rika Nishina, who was the protagonist, died in the house in the end.

Li Xuan's mission was to [completely clean up the old house of the Saeki family, exorcise the ghosts of Saeki Takeo, Saeki Kayako, Saeki Shun, and others, establish the Fengdu Hell Altar, create a connection, and take control of the place of reincarnation in this world.]

He came to an empty alley and took out the Nine Springs Command and the Seal for Inspecting the Three Realms of Ghosts and Gods. These two items had lost their original luster and now looked like two matte handicrafts, exquisitely crafted, but only exquisite.

Li Xuan took out the Gongcao talisman, activated it, and summoned the official.

The talisman trembled slightly, wisps of green smoke curling around it, and a cacophony of voices emanated from within. After careful listening, the gist of the voices became clear: "Is it Li Xuan? We sense his aura is extremely faint; it's truly difficult to establish a passage. We urge you to take care of yourself and be cautious. If you insist on summoning spirits from Fengdu, perhaps you could try using your life essence to open the altar..."

The talisman paper was restored to its original state.

Li Xuan: “…”

He paused for a moment, realizing that before the prison altar was established, he would have to rely on his own strength to fight Saeki Takeo, Saeki Kayako, and Saeki Toshio one-on-one.

Let's investigate first.

Following the clues provided in the movie, Li Xuan bought a map and used a red pen to draw circles to narrow down the area, eventually finding Saeki Takeo's residence.

He did not approach rashly, but stood nearby and observed.

This house is made of a combination of traditional wood and stone bricks. Although it is an old house, it does not look dilapidated.

Li Xuan's eyes rolled back, revealing a house that instantly transformed. The house was now shrouded in thick, black filth, with large amounts of black water flowing out from within! When pedestrians passed by the door, their shoes would inevitably get a little black filth on them, which they would then splatter away with.

There was a crack in the window on the second floor...

A jet-black cat peered out from inside, its needle-like pupils gleaming with an eerie green light. Behind the cat were a pair of dark, malevolent eyes. A boy of about six years old, dressed only in thin shorts, sat there, his face and body as pale as paper, with dark circles under his eyes, his arms wrapped around his knees…

He was Kayako's son, Toshio Saeki. Because Toshio Saeki suspected that the child Kayako had given birth to was not his, he also killed this six-year-old son.

Haunted by Kayako's resentment, Toshio Saeki could only instinctively stay by his mother's side, constantly swaying, indirectly causing the deaths of several people...

Li Xuan suddenly saw the door of the house open, and he could see directly into the living room, where a young couple and an elderly mother who seemed to have dementia were.

So that's how it is, the story ends here...

In Ju-on, Takeo Saeki kills his wife and son, and is eventually killed by his wife. This series of deaths is reported, and the house naturally becomes a notorious haunted house.

The house was very cheap, which eventually attracted a poor young couple to move in. They were both decent people, but unfortunately, after only a few days, strange things started happening frequently, a curse broke out, the wife was scared to death, and the husband was possessed by Takeo Saeki and wandered around the house...

Just then, the young man, dressed in a suit and carrying a bag, said goodbye to his wife and came out.

His name is Tokunaga Katsuya. He had just come from the countryside and bought this so-called haunted house at an extremely low price.

Tokunaga Shū is also a very career-oriented man. He believes that people should always strive to improve themselves in life. If they do nothing, they will be trapped in the countryside for the rest of their lives.

After discussing it with his wife, he used all his money to buy the house and brought his mother, who suffers from dementia, to live with them.

These past few days have been very busy.

The new house needed a lot of renovations, and he was almost done, but he still felt something was wrong because he could smell a faint, unpleasant stench whenever he sat down.

He and his wife searched high and low, but couldn't find the source of the stench.

My wife's spirits weren't as high as when she first arrived. Perhaps it was because setting up the new house was exhausting; she looked much more haggard, with noticeable dark circles under her eyes. Tokunaga Katsumi even joked that his wife's eyes looked like a panda's…

He was walking briskly down the street when he suddenly saw a young man standing under a telephone pole at the corner.

He's twenty-five years old, wearing a shirt. He should be at the age to be working. Why is he standing here at this time? Is he perhaps an unemployed person pretending to be an office worker?

Tokunaga Katsuya also labeled Li Xuan, who was standing there observing the situation, in his mind.

The island nation's economy has been struggling in recent years, and many people are unable to support their families. Quite a few have jumped from buildings, and there are long lines of people hanging themselves in the forests. There have even been cases of people indiscriminately attacking others with knives to vent their frustrations!

Think of this.

He instinctively kept his distance from Li Xuan; having just arrived in Tokyo, he absolutely couldn't let himself be harmed for no reason.

Li Xuan: "?"

Why does this guy seem afraid when he sees himself?

He touched his cheek, but nothing seemed wrong. Why?
Li Xuan said, "Do you know you bought a haunted house? There are three terrifying ghosts living inside..."

Tokunaga Katsuya's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "He really is a lunatic!"

He remained expressionless and echoed, "I know, I know, but we're already so poor, it doesn't matter if it's a haunted house, right?"

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