The terrifying heavens inside the box

"Phew! We're finally out."

Seeing the car emerge from the fog and the sun shining brightly outside, Lingzi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the foreign man who had helped her fight monsters and give her directions along the way.

After a brief hesitation, she told the other party about investigating her niece Tomoko's death and the urban legend that "watching the videotape will curse you to die within seven days."

Kurt frowned, and his face darkened even more when he heard that AID had locked Lingzi up for seven days and planned to use her as bait.

This reminded him of his previous experience of almost being "sacrificed".

Kurt now had even less affection for AID (Anomaly Investigation Division), the island nation's branch organization within the Anomaly Management Bureau system.

However, since the management of the branches in various countries was in the hands of the "Sacrifice Faction," he was unable to interfere much.

"I understand your situation, Ms. Asakawa. I feel very sorry for what you have gone through."

"I'll bring this up at the global conference later at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and ask AID to make changes... but I suspect it won't be very effective; these guys are already used to that way of working!"

Reiko glanced at Kurt and could clearly sense the anger suppressed in his tone; it was not just ordinary polite sympathy.

"Mr. Kurt, may I ask what kind of organizations this Bureau of Extraterritorial Affairs and AID are?"

Her curiosity as a reporter compelled her to inquire even while driving.

Kurt pondered for a moment, then briefly mentioned some anomalies that the Bureau of Anomalies was responsible for investigating, such as the containment of monsters—things that weren't exactly classified.

Lingzi was increasingly surprised as she listened, never expecting that such an organization existed in the world.

"That's amazing! So, does the Bureau of Mysteries have branches all over the world?"

Kurt shook his head. "Only a few countries don't have branches, but they all have independent research institutes and containment facilities."

As they chatted, the car arrived at Reiko Asakawa's house.

"Yang Yi! Yang Yi!"

Lingzi rushed home and knocked on the door, but because her key was in her handbag and had been confiscated by AID, she couldn't open it.

Just then, the door opened.

An unexpected figure stood in the room.

"Reiko?"

"Ryuji? What are you doing here?"

Wearing a brown coat, Takayama Ryuji glanced at the foreign man following behind Asakawa Reiko and answered her.

"You suddenly disappeared these past few days. The school noticed you weren't doing well and couldn't contact you, so they tried to find me..."

"Mother!"

At that moment, Yoichi Takayama also rushed over and hugged Reiko's waist.

"Yang Yi!"

Upon seeing the mother and son reunited, and noticing the presence of a foreign man in the house, Takayama Ryuji's expression darkened, and he decided to leave.

"etc!"

Lingzi then called him back. After taking the child into the bedroom, she told her ex-husband the truth and introduced Kurt to him.

Just as Ryuji Takayama was about to say something, the television in the living room suddenly turned on automatically.

Behind a screen filled with snowflakes, an ancient well, a woman in white...

"Mr. Kurt!"

Lingzi's face turned deathly pale as she let out a loud roar, and Kurt raised his hammer and brought it down.

A bolt of lightning struck, causing the television in the living room to short-circuit and explode, emitting white smoke.

Ryuji Takayama, who was standing next to him, was also so frightened that his eyes widened and his face turned pale.

He never expected that this urban legend would actually be true!

But what was even more unexpected was that the foreign man could actually use the hammer to generate electricity!

What is the principle behind this?

Kurt breathed a sigh of relief after putting away the hammer.

Although he had seen many monsters, he had never seen anything as bizarre as this, one that almost crawled out of an old-fashioned television.

Fortunately, the two had discussed this point earlier in the car.

"What should we do now? If Ms. Asakawa can't get near any place with a screen, how are you going to investigate the contents of this videotape?"

Upon hearing Kurt mention this, Ryuji Takayama took a deep breath and said, "I'll do it."

After saying that, he glanced at his ex-wife, then looked at Kurt: "I'm leaving Reiko in your care."

Reiko Asakawa had already taken out her phone, made a call to her colleagues at the TV station, and then handed the videotape to Ryuji Takayama.

"I notified my colleagues at the TV station, and they will help you."

After the two groups separated, Lingzi drove her car quickly down the street, but unlike before, there was now Yangyi in the car.

If Kurt hadn't been there, she wouldn't have been so bold as to flee the curse while carrying her child.

"There are only nineteen hours left. The seventh day will be over. Ms. Asakawa, do you know what will happen after the seventh day?"

Upon hearing the question, Lingzi shook her head directly. In that urban legend, almost no one could survive past the seventh day.

Kurt looked out onto the street. Fortunately, this should be another world connected by the mist, unlike his world, where every street and every house was filled with display screens.

Not long after, Ryuji Takayama called.

His curse took effect.

But at the same time, some clues were also found...

Over the next five days, as the investigation deepened, Reiko's hallucinations became more and more frequent.

Ryuji Takayama also showed some symptoms, but not as severe as Reiko's.

The two accelerated their investigation and eventually uncovered the truth.

Sadako Yamamura!

After reconstructing the entire tragedy, only the last detail remains.

A place where corpses are hidden!

None of them expected that the place was actually in the mist, the very holiday home where Reiko had watched the videotape.

When they tried to enter the mist again, they encountered trouble.

Due to the appearance of fog and monsters, the military and police in Reiko's world have been mobilized to seal off the fog zone.

Seeing that his car was being stopped, Kurt got out and patted the door, saying:

"Wait a minute, just keep charging forward! I'll follow you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kurt smiled and raised his hands.

"Hey! Don't get excited, I'm going to show you a magic trick!"

The next second, the miniature hammer on his bracelet suddenly enlarged, and the electric light made the figures around him tremble and dance.

Reiko floored the accelerator and broke through the blockade.

Seeing the two leave, Kurt grabbed his chisel and rushed into the fog.

Just as they arrived at the holiday home, intending to go inside and search for the ancient well.

Two beams of white light fell from above, landing on the holiday home and on Lingzi respectively.

"Reiko!" Ryuji Takayama covered his eyes. "What's that?"

Kurt, however, looked as if he had just realized something.

"Is this...a revelation from the giants?"

Standing in the white light, feeling an upward suction force coming from her hand, Reiko Asakawa instantly realized what was happening and subconsciously released the videotape.

At the same time, the holiday home and the videotape were carried away by a white light and flown into the sky.

All that remained was a crater on the ground, larger than the footprint of a giant beast.

……

Outside the box, Wang Hao watched as the combined white light inside the box dissipated, and let out a long breath.

"This move is called... Light of Guidance! Use this move whenever you need to retrieve something."

He then assessed his body's current energy expenditure after creating the "Light of Guidance" inside the box.

"Hmm, it doesn't consume much energy, that's good!"

Wang Hao turned to look at the "miniature holiday home" that had just been taken out of the box, and the foundation beneath the house where an ancient well was buried.

As for that tiny videotape, he had already stuffed it into the external VCR with a single thought during "The Light of Guidance," taking it out along with Sadako, who was about to crawl out of the TV.

He carefully used precision tweezers to remove the ancient well, the external video recorder, and the old-fashioned television.

Wang Hao plans to find a home for Sadako first.

"Kayako, oh no... the Oni-jin's place is pretty good."