While in Hollywood, I used Taoist magic to quell American terrorism.

The hair was so long that it rolled around and around, covering most of the bathroom floor in no time.

"Cluck...cluck...cluck..."

The guttural sound that sent shivers down Nolan's spine suddenly came from the ceiling behind Cao Kun.

Cao Kun suddenly looked up.

In the corner of the ceiling, a large patch of dark red liquid had seeped out.

The next second, a pale head slowly emerged from the shadows.

Her thick, black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, obscuring most of her face.

Only one completely black eye was visible, filled with madness and resentment.

"ah--!"

Nolan, who was standing at the door, let out a piercing scream and collapsed to the ground, desperately crawling backward.

Cao Kun snorted coldly: "As expected, it's this thing."

Previously, after hearing Nolan mention the "clucking" sound and the meowing of a cat, Cao Kun suspected it was from "Ju-on".

Now that I see it, it's indeed true.

Of course, this is in the US, so this should be the American version of "Ju-on".

This film is a remake of the Japanese classic of the same name, and its core is a rule called "Ju-on".

Those who die with extreme resentment will have a powerful curse cast upon their place of death.

Anyone who enters that house that harbors resentment will be haunted by Kayako's vengeful spirit.

This curse is highly contagious and indiscriminately aggressive.

Kayako was brutally tortured and murdered after her diary was discovered by her husband.

Her anger after death transformed into an indestructible curse.

Her signature moves are her reverse-joint crawling and the guttural sound known as the "death cry".

Her son, Junxiong, often appears as a pale little boy, accompanied by eerie cat meows.

In the movie, once you're afflicted by this curse, no matter where you escape to, you'll eventually die under the ever-present black hair.

"Wow—woo!"

A piercing cry, sounding exactly like a cat's meow, rang out at the end of the corridor.

Cao Kun turned his head to look.

The little boy, whose skin was so pale it looked bluish, was crouching in the shadows of the corridor.

She tilted her head and stared at him, her mouth wide open.

Cao Kun withdrew his gaze and stared intently at the white-clad woman who was slowly "squeezing out" from the ceiling.

"Chris, go downstairs and wait," Cao Kun ordered without turning his head. "Don't come up unless I call you."

Nolan felt like he had been granted a pardon and scrambled towards the stairs.

"Giggle...giggle..."

Kayako's body began to fall from the ceiling.

Her limbs were folded at an extremely contorted angle.

The sound of bones grinding together as the body writhed on the floor was enough to make your teeth ache.

She stared at Cao Kun, the resentment in her single eye almost tangible.

Kayako's body plummeted from mid-air.

Like a heavy lump of rotting flesh, it fell to the floor of the second-floor corridor with a "thud".

Her body was contorted in an inhuman way.

Elbows forward, knees backward, black hair spread out like a tide, quickly covering the ground within several meters.

"Giggle...giggle..."

A muffled sound from deep in his throat echoed in the enclosed corridor.

It has a sticky, creepy rhythm.

From the shadows nearby, the little boy, Toshio, suddenly let out a meow.

With a flash, he disappeared into thin air.

Cao Kun's eyes flickered slightly, and he shifted his feet.

"Whoosh!"

A pair of pale little hands suddenly emerged from the floor beneath Cao Kun's feet and reached for his ankles.

Before he could even touch it, Cao Kun felt a bone-chilling cold.

"As expected, the younger one prefers ambushes."

Cao Kun snorted coldly, neither dodging nor avoiding.

He let the little boy touch him.

boom!

The moment they touched, a bolt of lightning spontaneously shot out from Cao Kun's body and struck the little boy.

Junxiong let out a mournful meow and was forcibly thrown out of the void.

His body slammed against the opposite wall like a tattered sack.

It then slowly disappeared into the shadows of the wall, leaving only a trail of damp black footprints.

At the same time, Kayako moved.

She crawled incredibly fast, her limbs scraping against the floor with a piercing noise.

The moment she got close to Cao Kun, her black hair, which had been spread out on the ground, suddenly grew back.

As if they were alive, they transformed into countless fine black ropes, wrapping around Cao Kun from all directions.

In the blink of an eye, Cao Kun was wrapped in a black cocoon by this endless black hair.

Nolan's anxious shouts came from downstairs: "Master Cao? What happened upstairs? Are you alright?"

"Shut up and stay put."

Cao Kun's voice came from the black cocoon, still steady and calm.

"break!"

A beam of orange-red light pierced through the black cocoon.

Immediately afterwards, the thick clump of black hair seemed to be scorched by a raging fire, emitting a nauseating burnt smell, and quickly contracted.

Cao Kun, his body glowing with an orange-red light, stepped out.

"You think this level of restraint can trap me?"

Cao Kun waved his hand, and the copper coin sword appeared in his hand.

With a backhand swing, the Great Zhou Heavenly Copper Coin Sword drew an arc of light in the air, directly severing the subsequent surge of hair.

Kayako suddenly raised her head, her pale face filled with madness in her single eye.

She let out a piercing scream, and the surrounding scenery began to distort violently.

The once modern corridor has disappeared.

Instead, there was a narrow, dark, musty attic.

The walls were covered with yellowed newspapers, and black slime was dripping from the ceiling.

Kayako also disappeared without a trace.

This is her "domain," the prison where she died.

Within this "domain," she can appear anywhere at will.

To launch attacks across space.

For ordinary people, once they enter this place, there is almost no chance of getting out.

All we can do is wait for death to come.

"Just an illusion?" Cao Kun sneered. "You're far from being able to pull that off in front of me."

"Let's take advantage of the local climate!"

Cao Kun stomped his foot heavily.

Boom boom boom!

A powerful force surged into the ground from the soles of his feet.

The originally distorted illusion crumbled inch by inch, like a shattered mirror.

The corridor of Nolan's villa was revealed again.

Kayako reappeared, standing before Cao Kun.

She was clearly being attacked by this force, her body trembling violently.

The gurgling sound in his throat became rapid and painful.

She disappeared again.

The next second, Cao Kun felt a chill down his spine.

Kayako's head actually grew out of his shoulder.

That deathly face was close to Cao Kun's ear, its icy breath brushing against his neck.

Cao Kun felt a tightness around his neck, as if an invisible hand was gripping his neck and trying to drag him into the darkness.

A ghost is choking me!

"Still not enough fun?"

Cao Kun's eyes flashed, and his right hand suddenly grabbed behind him, precisely seizing Kayako's skull.

Kayako has no physical form, but now she is firmly in Cao Kun's grasp.

"Get out here!"

He suddenly exerted force with his five fingers.

He forcibly pulled Kayako out of the void and slammed her heavily onto the floor in front of him.

Ripples appeared on the floor.

"Wow—woo!"

Junxiong reappears.

He crouched on the ceiling, his mouth wide open.

Countless clumps of black hair gushed from his mouth, crashing down on Cao Kun like a waterfall.