Chapter 442 Nightmare (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

The curtain on the stage was closed and then quickly opened again, and the rhythm of curtain changes became faster and faster, which indicated that the story was coming to an end.

At the school graduation ceremony that day, the underworld people drove to this deep mountain. They surrounded the school and picked up the child who graduated first in front of everyone. In this small town with little information, the scene was simply unbearable. It was like a guard from a small country picked up their prince... The rumors were indeed true. The boy living in the temporary shelter was indeed the child of the underworld boss. He had incredible blood flowing through him. This boy and From then on, this incident was listed as a taboo topic in the town by the mayor and school principal, and no one was allowed to discuss or even mention it.

This topic and turmoil quickly subsided in the town, but there are always some traces that cannot be erased even with verbal bans. On the school's honor wall, the one hanging at the top of the column for outstanding graduates has The photo of the boy with stubborn eyes, the dormitory building rising from the ground in the school, the brand new floor is incompatible with the surrounding old buildings... and there is another boy who was left behind in the town.

Since his elder brother left, his younger brother has become even more withdrawn. Everyone in the school, whether they are acquaintances before or new students who have entered the school, everyone who has heard the rumor has stayed away from him. The girl in the family who is as precious as a princess has also moved away. His adoptive father would not take the initiative to talk to him throughout the day, and his younger brother's timid character would not take the initiative to talk to his adoptive father.

Every day after school, the younger brother would walk the mountain road he had walked with his older brother. He sat alone in the spot where his older brother often wielded his sword, looking at the empty vista, dazed.

The younger brother didn't understand why his elder brother finally left with those people. Perhaps this idea came into his mind from the day his elder brother left home and moved into the shelter... No, maybe earlier, he learned about his true life experience from his elder brother. At that moment, he had long expected this day to come.

This town is too small, and the mountain is not high enough. Such a small place cannot trap a tiger-like man like my brother. A prosperous big city is the place where my brother should realize his lofty ambitions... No, big The city is not enough. My brother is a man who lives for dignity. Such a man should not be bound by anything in this world.

Although the younger brother is not good at expressing, he is actually very smart. He knows very well in his heart that it is not that the elder brother does not want to take him away with him, but that he cannot take him away with him.

When the underworld man proposed to adopt them for the first time, he had already revealed the complex situation of the underworld family very straightforwardly. It must be an extremely dangerous road. Only a man with a strong temperament like his brother can overcome all obstacles on this road. Following up with such a personality will definitely drag his brother back and become a burden to his brother, which is definitely not what he wants to see.

He has always understood these principles, and he has always done this since he was a child, but he doesn't know why his brother doesn't even want to say hello to him before leaving. They haven't had time to agree on a time to see each other again, and he hasn't had time to say goodbye. The elder brother left no precious words, and the elder brother didn't leave a word to him either. The parting was so hasty and sudden.

It was as if his brother had suddenly grown up and embarked on the path of becoming a man, leaving him alone as a child. This loneliness made him sad... for so long.

One day, an uninvited guest came to this remote town. He was wearing a black suit and a silver-white Noh mask on his face. When he walked into the town, he didn't care about the curiosity or curiosity of passers-by. With a surprised look, he walked straight towards his younger brother's foster home.

However, the younger brother is not at home at the moment. It happens that the adoptive father is at home. The elder brother has left home. The princess girl from a well-off family has also been picked up by her family. His source of income has been almost cut off. He has no spare money to buy wine. Being able to collapse at home every day, like an old salted fish who has lost faith in life.

"You are not from this town, who are you?" The adoptive father looked at the strange man wearing a mask and couldn't help but feel wary.

He calmly held the bamboo knife in the corner, which was left behind by his brother before he left. Although his adoptive father regarded it as tattered, he did not throw it away. He grabbed the bamboo knife but hid it behind his back, and did not immediately drive away the masked man, because Although the man looked strange, he might be a client introduced by a previous employer who was preparing to foster a child. This was related to whether he would be able to drink for a long time in the future, so the adoptive father was particularly cautious towards the man.

"You have fostered two boys here, right? They are a pair of brothers. The older brother was taken away not long ago." The masked man spoke in a hoarse voice, "The younger brother is left. He is a boy who looks like a girl, right? He is now Where are the people?”

"What are you doing looking for him? How do you know so much about it? Who introduced you here? Do you also have children who need foster care?" The adoptive father subconsciously thought that the man had heard rumors and came here because he had children he wanted to foster, so he inquired The situation with other children in foster care.

But since his brother was picked up with great fanfare, the adoptive father knew that the two children had special identities, so it is not ruled out that this strange man wearing a mask heard some rumors and came from outside the town to pay attention to the remaining one. The child with surprising origins has an agenda.

But the masked man seemed unable to hear the adoptive father's series of questions. He just continued to ask in a hoarse voice: "Where is the boy who looks like a girl who was fostered in this home now?"

The adoptive father finally realized that the visitor was evil. He raised his brother's bamboo knife, waved it and shouted at the masked man: "What are you here for? What are your intentions for that child?"

The masked man still didn't answer his adoptive father's question. He walked forward silently and slowly approached his adoptive father.

The adoptive father waved the bamboo knife menacingly while yelling fiercely, but his steps were retreating step by step. For some reason, this man with a silver mask looked very strange to him. His two dark eye holes were like Like a soul-stirring whirlpool, the masked man seemed to be the incarnation of fear...until the adoptive father retreated to the corner with no way to retreat. In the end, the adoptive father did not dare to drop the bamboo knife in his hand, and his back was soaked with cold sweat. .

The adoptive father put down his bamboo knife feebly, raised a trembling hand, and pointed in the direction of the mountain: "That way...the way up the mountain...he rarely returns home except to sleep...he always likes to go to the mountain alone..."

The masked man did not embarrass his adoptive father. He just followed the direction of his adoptive father's finger and left, disappearing into the long mountain road.

As usual, the younger brother looked alone at the empty valley in a daze. The masked man came quietly behind the younger brother and followed the younger brother's line of sight. The scenery under the mountain was in his field of vision like a green scroll. spread out.

"Too young." The man whispered in his brother's ear.

The younger brother was startled by the sudden voice. He turned his head and saw a silver-white mask. Surprisingly, the timid boy's first reaction was not fear, but instead he was attracted by the man wearing the Noh mask. The man became curious... His younger brother has been yearning for Noh theater and kabuki since he was a child. He only told his elder brother about this matter, but unfortunately, his elder brother was not interested in these two traditional opera cultures.

"Too small... isn't it?" the man repeated again.

"What?" the younger brother asked timidly.

"I know everything about you and your brother. You have great blood flowing in your bodies. I mean, this place is too small for you." The man's expression could not be seen clearly under his mask, but his brother always felt that the man was smiling. , "Look at that mountain, that tree, that town...it's only the size of a pitiful palm. This world is too small."

"Yes, this place is too small, so my brother left...my brother went to a bigger world, because such a small place cannot keep a man like my brother." The younger brother murmured absently.

"No, not only your brother, but you too." The man whispered, "You are also very good, even better than your brother."

"Better than my brother?" The younger brother was stunned, "How is it possible... There is no one in this world who is better than my brother... let alone me..."

"Actually, when I said this, you were secretly happy in your heart, right?" The man said in a persuasive manner, "Because your brother left, he was chosen, and you were left behind, and you felt deep in your heart. In fact, things are not peaceful. You are like his shadow. You feel that you have been your brother's shadow all your life. From childhood to adulthood, the girls in school only like him. No one looks at you. Everything about your brother is like that. dazzling, and you hidden behind him will always be dim and your face is blurred, but your brother left you as a shadow. He left you alone to the big city. You felt that you were abandoned by your brother, so your heart Deep down, I not only admire him, but also envy him, and even... hate him."

The younger brother was completely stunned. He wanted to deny what the man said, but he couldn't, because everything the man said was right... Yes, what he didn't want to admit but had to admit was that he admired his brother... and also hated his brother. .

This man is really good at discerning people's hearts. His inexperienced brother is like a naked child in front of him, and he can see right through him at a glance.

When the younger brother came to his senses, tears were streaming down his face.

"You have to believe in yourself. You are no worse than your brother. You can do everything your brother can do, and even do it better than him." The man gently stroked his brother's forehead, "I will teach you , whether it’s your favorite kabuki performance or a way to surpass your brother, I will come here to meet you every day from now on. Don’t tell anyone about us, I am your teacher... Belongs to you alone teacher."

The man grasped all the pain points of his younger brother, and he came to the mountain to meet with his younger brother every day as promised.

The man carefully taught his younger brother's acting skills, told him the story of the legendary kabuki master, told him how big the outside world was, and taught him exquisite sword skills... Every time he went up the mountain, the man would also bring his younger brother a medicine, he said. The younger brother's constitution is too weak, and he claims that as long as he insists on taking this medicine, one day the younger brother will have a stronger body than his older brother.

This medicine is indeed miraculous. After drinking it, my brother’s limbs and limbs were filled with warmth, and even the late night mountain breeze no longer felt cold... After drinking it for a period of time, he felt that the world became brighter, and he began to treat it every day. While putting on makeup and dressing up in the mirror, more and more girls in the school would peek at him shyly. He enjoyed this feeling very much, because this was the kind of treatment only older brothers could have in the past. It turns out that this is how it feels to be watched. What a great feeling!

The younger brother began to date different girls. The younger brother learned the appearance and posture of women from those girls. He conquered every girl in the school with his charm. He felt that the older brother should be proud of him, because this is what the younger brother is. What he has never done... But in fact, he doesn't really like those girls. He just wants to see the eyes of those girls who are attached to him and admire him, just like he admires his brother.

The man wearing the mask has been secretly observing all this, and things have developed as he expected. Under the influence of the drug, his brother's character has been subtly led to distortion and even pathology.

On this day, a black car stopped at the entrance of the town. My brother, wearing a long black trench coat, stepped out of the car. At this time, he was completely different from the stubborn young man who left the town. He became calmer, He has become more restrained, and what is tied to his waist is no longer a worn-out bamboo knife, but a real long knife... He has achieved a certain status and power, and has the ability to take his younger brother with him and take good care of him.

However, the bulletin board at the entrance of the town, full of missing persons notices, attracted his attention.

From a year ago to recently, there have been no fewer than twenty disappearances in the town. The missing persons were all young and beautiful girls, and they were all students of the school where my brother attended before he left the town.

A bad premonition flashed through his brother's mind. He followed the intuition he had honed over the years of killing in big cities and came to the school where he had graduated. Step by step, he went deeper underground, and the air exuded a dangerous atmosphere until he came. When he arrived at the abandoned well cellar that had been neglected by the school, his brother saw a nightmarish scene that he would never forget.

From the deepest part of the well cellar came a sad and dreamy song. Rows of girls in costumes stood neatly in the darkness in the distance. The weak candlelight hit their faces, reflecting the deathly pale skin. Their faces and the luster of wax... They were all dead. Their corpses were made into wax statues and placed here for an unknown period of time, like a group of resentful souls imprisoned in the depths of the underworld.

The only living person faced away from the entrance of the well. She was wearing a crimson robe and costume, and the singing came from her position.

The brother moved slowly, and when he got closer to the figure, a sudden chill ran down his back... He found that the figure was using his long sharp nails to dissect a girl's heart with his bare hands.

The man turned his head and looked at him with surprise.

"Brother...you are here!"