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Chapter 1629 Opening (The cat that sleeps every day)

After a night of relaxing in the hot spring hotel, the crew began the intense filming.

The film uses a mixed shooting method, telling the story of two girls who come here and travel in the modern city during the day, but when they fall asleep at night, they dream that they have transformed into the two artists in ancient times and move around in ancient villages. Even in their dreams, they clearly retain their consciousness, as if they return to the modern world when they wake up during the day and travel back to the ancient world when they fall asleep at night.

I have to say that this setting is quite interesting. Through the time travel and intersection between modern and ancient times, the audience and the two heroines gradually uncover the truth of this legend. Although it is not a popular drama in terms of subject matter, it can at least be regarded as a masterpiece of outstanding quality.

Of course, when the two protagonists travel back and forth in time, the identities of other people will also change. The uncle who farmed in ancient times may be the owner of a small shop in modern times. The officers who chased them may also be patrolmen from the police station. Among these people, only the girl played by Duanmu Huai remained the same without any change.

So in the early stage of the movie, this character is actually used to confuse the audience, making the audience mistakenly believe that she is some important plot NPC. Then in the middle of the plot, when the girl played by Duanmu Huai rescues the two girls, the audience will mistakenly believe that this is a good ghost.

It was not until the two girls finally revealed the truth of the legend that Duanmu Huai pushed them into the lake and drowned them.

Hmm? You said the truth was revealed, so why was he still killed?

This is what makes Japanese horror films different from those in other countries.

Chinese horror movies all emphasize that good will never triumph over evil. No matter if you are a zombie or a female ghost, if you meet a Taoist monk with great righteousness, I can beat you to pieces with the power of heaven and earth, and you will never be reincarnated. It emphasizes that good will be rewarded with good, evil will be punished with evil, and every wrong will be punished.

European and American horror films tend to follow the path of good and evil dualism, with demons persecuting humans and angels saving them. Only by believing in God can you be saved, and not believing in God will lead to death.

But Japanese horror films are completely different.

It doesn’t matter whether you have a grudge or not, it doesn’t matter whether you believe in God or not, it doesn’t matter whether you have a relationship with me or not, as long as I target you, you will die.

It’s that simple, who would reason with you?

This is the biggest difference between Japanese horror films and those from other countries.

Horror stories from other places all focus on the idea that good people will be rewarded. In most Chinese horror stories, the protagonist sees someone as pitiful at the beginning of the story and helps him. Then when he encounters an evil ghost, the latter appears as a master and says, "You helped me once, so I will help you once too." This is the idea that good people will be rewarded.

As for Japanese horror stories, if the protagonist sees pity for someone and helps him at the beginning of the story, he will most likely be deceived and entangled by the evil spirit and then die.

So what does this story want to tell people? Probably don't look for trouble.

No wonder the Japanese are so indifferent to outsiders.

By the way, the ghost played by Duanmu Huai this time is a relatively anti-traditional image. After all, the first impression of Japanese ghosts is that they have long hair covering their faces and look down at the ground. However, the ghost played by Duanmu Huai this time has a bob haircut, which makes her look no different from an ordinary modern girl. She doesn't look like a ghost at all.

It is completely different from those weird female ghosts in other horror movies.

Of course, without this external condition, the acting skills of the actors will be required to be high. For example, Sadako and Kayako, if nothing else, just their appearance in the haunted house is enough to make people feel scared.

However, if Sadako and Kayako were to dress up like ordinary girls, they would need superb acting skills and momentum to make the audience feel fear.

Fortunately, this is also what Duanmu Huai is best at.

The entire movie plot revolves around Duanmu Huai and the two heroines. It can even be said that the two heroines are the top priority. Although the role played by Duanmu Huai is very important in the script, he actually has more shots than ordinary supporting roles. Everyone is a professional, so filming is naturally a piece of cake.

“………………CUT! Okay, this scene is over!”

As the director's voice sounded, Kurokawa Akane and Sakurajima Mai, who were standing in the camera panting, breathed a sigh of relief and then came to the side to rest. Duanmu Huai also came over and waved to the two of them.

"Yo, thank you for your hard work. It feels good."

Shooting horror movies requires very high acting skills. Although in the movie, the audience only sees the protagonist, in fact, on the set, if you want to express the fear of being alone under the watch of twenty or thirty people, you really can't do it without some acting skills.

"After all, this kind of film isn't that difficult."

As Sakurajima Mai spoke, she took the bottle of mineral water handed to her by Duanmu Huai.

"I heard from the director that this movie is going to collaborate with Hakone to promote tourism?"

"Yeah, otherwise Hakone wouldn't be so generous to agree to filming. So what are you doing, Akane?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Heichuan Akane who was sitting next to him, then took out a notebook from his bag and started flipping through it.

"I'm investigating the strange rumors about Lake Ayu in Hakone, and I want to see if I can find any clues."

"Akayin, you are really interested in this kind of thing."

Hearing Kurokawa Akane's answer, Sakurajima Mai was filled with emotion.

“It’s almost like the police are investigating a case.”

"Ahahaha, I've read similar books before. Maybe I'm really good at this."

"But those weird rumors are probably all fabricated. I would say they have no credibility at all."

Although she plays a timid girl in the movie, Mai Sakurajima seems to completely disbelieve in the existence of ghosts.

"Hmm...I think it's a little different."

"Not the same?"

"Yes."

While twirling the pen in his hand, Kurokawa Akane spoke.

"I think that rumors about ghost stories can be roughly divided into two types."

"Childhood sweethearts and a thieving cat?"

"??? What are you talking about, Xiao Ai???"

"Nothing, I'm just saying it, you continue."

Maybe I have also been brainwashed by Yanami.

“………………Well, to put it simply, I think ghost stories can be divided into two categories: creative ones and true stories.”

"Aren't all ghost stories made up? How can there be true stories?"

Mai Sakurajima drank some mineral water and asked in disbelief, while Akane Kurokawa shook his head.

"This is different. Creative ghost stories are basically stories like 'I heard it from a friend of a friend'. They have no credibility."

"Isn't that the case with most ghost stories?"

"But there are also some that are not true. For example, some people say that when they were sleeping at night, they suddenly opened their eyes and found that they could not move. Then they found an old lady looking at them beside the bed. Then they fainted out of fright. When they woke up, it was already morning."

"This kind of story is quite common. I have heard similar stories in school."

Duanmu Huai also chimed in. "Yes, but this is not actually a created weird story."

"Doesn't it count?"

"That's right. From this story, we only know that the narrator woke up from his sleep, saw an old lady, then lost consciousness again, and never saw the old lady again after waking up. But we don't know who the old lady was. Was she a ghost? Or an illusion? It's even possible that the narrator didn't wake up at all, but just had a dream within a dream. We think this is a strange story because our first instinct is to identify the old lady as a ghost. But whether the old lady is a ghost, whether the narrator was confused in his sleep or really encountered something strange, we have no way of knowing."

"………………………"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai and Sakurajima Mai looked at each other and couldn't help but think of puberty syndrome. From a certain perspective, puberty syndrome fits the kind of "true story ghost story" that Kurokawa Akane said.

It sounds like there is no explanation, but it does exist. However, no one knows why it exists. After hearing this story, everyone will interpret it from their own perspective.

"I'm not used to thinking about these difficult things."

Duanmu Huai gave up thinking first, as he hated philosophical topics the most. At this moment, the director's voice sounded again.

"Okay, let's get ready to shoot Scene 125!"

When everyone finished filming, it was already evening. The crew members stayed behind to pack up, while Duanmu Huai walked down the mountain with the two of them.

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"The mountain at night looks really weird."

Mai Sakurajima raised her head, looked at the dim mountain path in front of her, and whispered, while Akane Kurokawa nodded.

"The records I read show that this mountain was once called a sacred mountain, and many people disappeared on this mountain. The records I investigated before also showed that people from that village also disappeared on this mountain."

“………………I hope we don’t encounter any corpses.”

At this moment, fog had begun to appear around them. The three of them didn't pay much attention to it at first. After all, the people here had told them that there might be fog here in the evening. The filming in the previous few days was also like this, so the director usually announced the disbanding at this time.

But things seem a little different today.

“…………………Be careful.”

Duanmu Huai, who was walking in front, stopped and squinted his eyes to stare at the fog in front of him. Seeing his reaction, Sakurajima Mai and Kurokawa Akane were stunned for a moment.

"What's the problem, love?"

“Sh ...

Duanmu Huai signaled the two of them not to speak, then looked around.

"Something's wrong."

"Something's wrong?"

"Can't hear anything."

Duanmu Huai looked around again, but at this moment, the fog was so thick that she could barely see her hand in front of her face. She could only barely see the mountain path in front of her, and she couldn't see the trees farther away. Not only that, there was a dead silence all around, no birds singing, no insects chirping, as if there were only the three of them left in the world.

"Wait, what's going on?"

At this moment, Sakurajima Mai hurriedly took out her cell phone and couldn't help but whispered.

"what happened?"

“My cell phone has no signal…”

"Me too."

Kurokawa Akane also quickly took out his cell phone and took a look, and so did Duanmu Huai. Here, their cell phones were completely "out of circle" and there was no signal at all.

"Excuse me... Is there anyone over there...?"

At this moment, a faint girl's voice suddenly came from not far away. Hearing this voice, Sakurajima Mai and Kurokawa Akane both breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to check the situation, but Duanmu Huai quickly grabbed them.

"Stay with me, don't leave."

"Ah...well..."

Although Duanmu Huai looked a little serious, the two still nodded obediently. After all, they all knew that although Duanmu Huai looked petite, her fighting ability was outstanding, and she could even kill a bear with her bare hands. It was obviously the safest thing to do to stay with her.

So the two of them followed Duanmu Huai and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

The winding mountain road was very difficult to walk on, and because of the thick fog, it took the three of them some time to get close to the hazy figure in the fog. On one side of the mountain road, a girl in a yukata was sitting on the ground, looking around anxiously. She looked about 13 or 4 years old.
Duanmu Huai and three others stepped forward and helped the girl up. The latter also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed her head to salute.

"Thank you very much for your help..."

As she spoke, the girl looked at the three people curiously.

"My name is Chao Yun Acorus. I am a resident here. Are you three... travelers from outside?"

"Yeah, almost. By the way, why are you here alone?"

"I don't know either………"

In response to Duanmu Huai's question, the girl named Chaoyun Changpu frowned slightly.

"When I came to my senses, I was already here... But this should be near my family's shrine. If you can, please come to my house."

"Ah, um..."

Faced with the girl's invitation, the three did not refuse, but they still looked at each other in confusion.

Is there a shrine nearby?
Asahi Iris has difficulty walking, and she said she was born like this. As for the fog, Asahi Iris said that fog often appears around the shrine, but she has difficulty walking and rarely goes out. As for why she appears here, Asahi Iris has no memory at all.

As they talked, the fog in front of them gradually became thinner. When the four of them walked out of the fog, they saw the winding mountain road and the torii gate of the shrine not far away. A ray of morning sun emerged from behind the mountain, illuminating the scenery in front of them.

Wait, Chaoyang?
It was already evening when I went down the mountain!

"Xiao Ai, look over there......!"

Just when Duanmu Huai was puzzled, suddenly Sakurajima Mai's expression changed slightly. She pulled Duanmu Huai's sleeve and pointed to the mountain not far away.

Duanmu Huai looked down in the direction of Mai Sakurajima's finger, and saw patches of green farmland and wooden houses at the foot of the mountain, with people coming and going on the dirt road from time to time. However, the clothes these people wore were not modern clothes, but more like characters in period dramas.

“…………………Where have we come from?”

I have to say, at this moment, even Duanmu Huai was stunned.