"Everyone, please come with me."
After placing their belongings, the "nurse" who led the way took Kamiya and others deep into the passage. There was a rusty iron door here, which was currently closed.
Next to the iron door, there is a room with a door sign that reads, [Waiting Room].
The lights in the waiting room are fairly bright, and there are a few tables and chairs scattered here and there.
The four tourists, including Kamiyagawa, randomly found a table and sat down at the nurse's signal.
There is a document on the table, which is a liability exemption agreement.
The rules that should be followed when visiting Ciji Hospital are written in detail above.
Kamiya picked it up and looked at it. The rule that he had heard before, "Staff can contact, abuse, and imprison tourists according to the needs of the plot, but tourists are not allowed to attack staff" was also written in it.
In addition, at the end of the agreement, there is an important reminder in bold capital letters.
It’s about safe words and safe moves.
During the visit to the haunted house, if tourists feel obviously unwell, or are overly panicked and wish to exit the challenge, they can exit the challenge by shouting the safe word or performing safety actions.
The safe word is "good luck and good health."
The safe movement is to cross your hands and raise them above your head.
Safe words and safe actions can be done to any NPC in a haunted house or under any surveillance camera, and are considered effective.
Staff will arrive at that time and take the tourists away from the haunted house.
"You can withdraw at any time. It seems that Ciji Hospital has given tourists some safety guarantees." Kamiya simply read the agreement and signed it without hesitation.
The nurse who led the way took away the agreement signed by the four people, leaving behind a flashlight, then turned around and left, and slammed the door of the waiting room with force.
Almost as soon as she left.
In the originally bright waiting room, the lights began to flicker violently, on and off.
The projector hanging above everyone's heads made a strange noise and began to operate.
The black-and-white image was projected onto the white wall of the waiting room, and the image played was shaking, with snowflakes flashing from time to time.
The content played on the screen seemed to be the Ciji Hospital that everyone was in now, but it looked like before it was abandoned. You can see bright rooms, neat medical facilities, as well as medical staff and patients wearing hospital gowns that constantly flash back in the image.
This looks like image data preserved decades ago, and it feels extremely real.
As the video played, a woman wearing a nurse uniform appeared on the screen and began to explain:
"What I am telling you now is an old story that really happened. The stage where the story takes place is the Ciji Hospital where you are. Maybe you have heard that before it was transformed into a haunted house, it was an abandoned building that really existed. Hospital building.”
"The Ciji General Hospital located in Nerima Ward was once a very large hospital with excellent medical resources and various excellent equipment. On the surface, this hospital treated diseases and saved lives, but in fact it was engaged in some shady activities behind the scenes. "
"The director conspired with some staff members of the same hospital to prescribe medicines and surgeries at will to some patients and conduct in vivo experiments. Many patients suffered from unbearable pain, became mentally disturbed, and then died."
"Dead patients will have their organs removed and soaked in chemicals, and the remaining body parts will be randomly packed in large wooden barrels."
"No one knows why the director of Ciji Hospital did such a horrific and unscrupulous thing."
"This went on for a long time, until the ghosts of the patients who died in vain appeared. They slaughtered all the doctors and nurses, and the entire hospital was abandoned."
"To this day, if someone walks into this gloomy hospital, they will still see dead patients and doctors, as well as nurses carrying human heads wandering around... Be careful of the ghosts you see when exploring here. Maybe... they are real?"
At first, the nurse's speech was normal, but when she got to the end, her voice became low and empty, she started to cough up blood, then her face became disfigured, and finally her hair became disheveled, and the background behind her became bloody and unsightly.
The video ends here.
"It's a bit scary. Why do I feel like everything played on the projector is real?" The curly-haired girl in the college couple, after watching the video, felt a little panicked and grabbed her boyfriend's hand hard.
Her boyfriend tried to comfort her, but his voice was a little unsure:
"Don't be afraid, Rumi. Haunted houses are like this. They make it sound real and make you believe it. But if you really believe what was said in the video just now, then the purpose of the haunted house will be achieved."
The muscular man wearing glasses on the side also answered, his state was slightly calmer: "Yes, I have watched this video several times, it will be fine. If we are separated in a while, you guys If you are really scared and can't bear it, just shout the safe word."
Among the group of people, only Kamiyagawa, a stranger, sat silently.
He was thinking about something.
Since Ciji Hospital can be selected as the fourth map in "Kaitan Monogatari", it should at least be regarded as a supernatural spot in reality.
The kind that's really haunted.
So, the things mentioned in the description just now... are they just fabricated stories used by the haunted house to deepen the immersion of tourists?
It always feels hard to say.
In the waiting room.
The three college students exchanged a few words among themselves, and then the muscular man turned back and looked at the fourth person in the carpool: "Hey, little brother over there."
"Well, call me?" Kamiya stopped thinking and came back to his senses.
"Of course I'm calling you. What, are you too scared to say anything?" The muscular man laughed jokingly and patted his strong chest, "Don't worry too much, we can play together. Games can be regarded as fate, big brother, I have played this haunted house several times. While taking care of my two juniors, I will also take care of you."
It seemed that Kamiyagawa was sitting there, frowning and thinking, which made the muscular man Jiraiya mistakenly think that he was scared.
However, when such a small misunderstanding occurred, Kamiya did not explain anything. He just said to the other party: "Then I'll leave it to you."
"By the way, little brother, you look like you are still a high school student, right? Is it really okay to play in such a scary haunted house by yourself?" The young couple also turned their attention to the fourth person in the temporary team. On the body.
Before Kamiya could reply, the muscular man stood up from his seat: "It's okay, it's okay. Even if the little brother is really frightened and fainted, there is a first aid station here."
Then, the muscular man took the flashlight that his sister had left on the table in the front row and walked towards the door of the waiting room in a hurry.
It looks like he can’t wait to challenge the haunted house.
The couple looked at each other and stood up to follow.
Finally, there was Kamiyagawa. He looked at the backs of the three college students walking out and just laughed helplessly. Then, he turned and glanced at his side.
On both sides of him, there were several "people" who were invisible to ordinary people.
It's also interesting to say that the people in the previous group who called Kamiya "little brother" are now standing beside him and acting as his little brother.
"Then let's go too."
Kamiyakawa lowered his voice to greet the hearse group, stood up and left the waiting room.
…
As the four of them left the waiting room, they briefly introduced themselves.
Three college students explore the haunted house with Kamiya. The eldest brother, who is muscular and wears glasses, is called Shiratori; for the young couple, the boy is called Fumio and the girl is called Rumi.
In the corridor of the hospital.
Brother Shiratiao has already started to push the rusty door in front.
The iron door made contact with the ground, making a stiff friction sound, and slowly opened. Behind the door is the real play area of the haunted house.
When the door opened, you could feel a cold wind blowing in your face, and the surrounding temperature seemed to be even lower.
Snapped.
Shiratiao turned on the flashlight, and through the light of the flashlight, he could see that there was still a passage corridor behind the door.
But unlike the outside, there are dried red traces on the corridor walls inside.
This mark does not look like it was left by paint, it looks like it was made by real blood. Kamiya, who is more sensitive to this kind of smell, can even smell a very dull smell of blood spreading in the air.
In addition, fingernail scratches can also be seen on the wall, which are deep, shallow and densely packed.
The faint light shone through, a bit seeping.
"Everyone listens to my instructions. Although the content in this haunted house is constantly changing and the experience is different every time, I have played it several times, so I am experienced."
"At the end of the corridor on the first floor, there is a floor map of the hospital. On it you can see the fastest route for customs clearance. The route is different every time. Everyone must remember the route."
"Remember, the shortcut route is equivalent to the strategy for clearing the level. Follow the route to get out. If you run around and deviate from the correct route, you will encounter extremely scary things. Those who are scared to crawl out or carry out are basically This is the case all the time.”
"In addition, after entering, there are likely to be 'ghosts' who will appear and scatter us. You must run when you encounter 'ghosts', and then return to the original path immediately after getting rid of them. NPCs in the haunted house are allowed to contact us and catch us . If you are caught by them and taken deep into the hospital, it will be difficult to leave and return to the correct route."
"Do you understand everything? Especially that little brother Kamiya, follow me closely."
Shiratori waved the flashlight and led the way. At the same time, he talked a lot using his status as a veteran player, and finally mentioned Kamiyagawa's name.
The four of them walked to the entrance of the passage.
The old pendant lamps in the corridor flicker on and off. You can see several bulging sacks at the foot of the wall. I don't know what they contain.
There was a notice board on the wall on the other side, and sure enough there was a map posted on it.
Everyone followed Shiratiao's instructions and began to memorize the marked route for the quickest escape this time.
But in fact, Ciji Hospital is so big that it is impossible to completely memorize the route. It is good to be able to memorize a rough outline in a short time.
Among the four, the one with the greatest advantage in memorizing the clearance route is Shiratori.
Although the route he passes through is a little different every time, as a veteran player, he is somewhat familiar and understanding of the unchanged terrain in Ciji Hospital.
While others were busy memorizing the escape route in their minds, Kamiya stretched out his hand and took out the Nagi bird bronze accessories from the [Mirage Cloth Bag].
A little old man who had grown to more than ten centimeters in height immediately appeared on his shoulders.
The three college students couldn't see the existence of this small, shiny thing.
"Make a note of the map, especially the one on the third floor. It should be useful later." Kamiya whispered to his scouts.
"Abba! Abba!" The little old man said "ok, leave it to me" to his master, and excitedly began to observe the contents of the map.
Memorize the hospital terrain in advance and then combine it with subsequent on-site surveys.
As a professional scout, as long as these two steps are completed, the little old man can transform into a plug-in for Kamigagawa to explore Ciji Hospital.
The specific effect is equivalent to opening a small window into the whole picture.
