Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 25 No. 13 steps
"It is said that at midnight, if you walk on the stairs of the teaching building, there will be an extra 13th step that does not exist, and those who step on it will cross the boundary between the world and hell..."

The three members of the supernatural club who were listening intently to Keisuke's story looked a little nervous, but Minamoto seemed completely unaware and even asked aloud: "Everyone knows this legend, is there any real thing that happened? "

Keisuke, who originally had a gloomy look on his face, also changed his expression when he heard this: "That... yes, it exists, but it was said to be four years ago, so I also heard it from the senior class..."

Keisuke coughed and continued: "It seems that a security guard disappeared in the main teaching building when he was patrolling. After that, the police came and did not find out the reason. The school surveillance did not see where he left. But I searched the school and couldn’t find anyone.”

"At that time, there were a lot of scary rumors. Some people said that he was killed by an evil spirit, and his body was hidden under the playground. The ghost he turned into would find the lone students at midnight... In short, there were many rumors. , in the end, in order to calm down the matter, the school ordered not to discuss related matters anymore, and then the matter became a secret rumor."

"And our school's security guards often resign. Some people say it's because of this incident."

Keisuke hesitated for a moment and then said to Minamoto Naon: "Naon, you don't want to try this supernatural legend, do you? Although you have never been afraid when we went to explore ghosts in the past, in fact, everyone knows that those are just rumors. , even those who were frightened were frightened by the atmosphere, or they just frightened themselves."

"But... this is really a bit evil. You'd better not go. Risa and the others from Class [-] should know. A few days ago, it was said that they asked a girl to test this supernatural legend at twelve o'clock. The result The girl was frightened. I don’t know the specific situation..."

Gennain frowned: "Is that girl named Ayako? She is the thin, weak-looking girl in the same class as me."

Keisuke said hesitantly: "Probably, that group of people can only bully those soft persimmons, and often do bad things based on their family connections. Nain, is that girl your friend?"

Gennai nodded with an ugly face: "Yes, I saw something was wrong with Ayako before, but I didn't expect it."

"Keisuke, I'm going to find Ayako. Thank you for the information."

Keisuke looked at Gennain and Kamogenichi who were going out, and shouted loudly from behind: "You must not go! Don't be stupid!"

"understood."

Gennaon took Kangenichi to her class. There were not many people inside at this time, but Ayako seemed to be in the classroom. Kangenichi was leaning outside the classroom and waiting, and he heard Gennain entering. After being greeted by many people, she came out with another girl after a while.

The girl had a weak temperament at first glance. She lowered her head slightly when walking, as if she didn't dare to look directly in front of her. When she saw Gennai standing outside, she also hid behind Gennai and asked weakly. : "Nayin, who is he?"

Gen Nayin pulled her in front, and then introduced Shenyuan Yi to her in a low voice. Shenyuan Yi, who was following behind, picked up the piano case and observed the building. As expected, he did not find any curse. According to what the boy named Keisuke said, the most recent unknown disappearance or death occurred four years ago, and it seems that no one has disappeared since then.

If this curse really exists, it may be a curse with harsh conditions or a curse that is difficult to meet. It is more likely that it is less harmful. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be discovered soon and a magician will come. solved.

Gennaon took Ayako to a pavilion on campus. Dense vines climbed the entire corridor, making the place cool and private.

Gennain hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Ayako, were you bullied by Risa and the others before?"

Ayako's shoulders shook slightly, and a look of fear clearly appeared on her face. Then she lowered her head, put her hands on her legs and grabbed the school skirt, and said after a moment of silence: "Nayin, don't worry about this. It's over"

When Gennain heard this, she stood up angrily: "Risa and the others have gone too far! I. I'm going to go to the principal to report them, Ayako. I heard another friend say that you were forced by them to experiment with that No. 13 steps to the supernatural legend.”

Ayako showed that fearful look again, and she grabbed Nayin's hand: "No. Nayin, don't ask anymore, because..."

Shenyuanyi, who was standing a little further away, said at this time: "Because it's true, right?"

Ayako turned to look over and hesitated to speak, but Gennain held Ayako's hand at this moment: "Ayako, this Genichi-kun specializes in solving this kind of thing. Don't be afraid. If you know anything, you can do it." tell him."

It can be seen that Ayako still trusts Minamoto Naine. After hesitating for a while, she finally said: "Actually, I didn't see anything. But those things seemed to really exist after I saw No. 13 steps. "

Gennaon and Kangen looked at each other. Yes, even if there is a curse, Ayako should not be able to see it, so this is a kind of evidence.

Ayako looked straight ahead and murmured: "Although I didn't see anything at the time, there seemed to be something hiding in the darkness around me, and we all heard the faint sound of someone crying. Risa and the others I was scared away, my feet were numb and I thought I was going to die, but I didn’t touch those things until I dragged myself away.”

Seeing that Ayako's mood was a little abnormal, Shenyuan Yi winked at Minamoto and walked aside, asking her to comfort Ayako. After comforting Ayako, Gennain asked Ayako for a leave of absence. Sent back to the accommodation area.

"Then what shall we do next?"

Kamogenichi did not answer Gennain but asked instead: "Do you really want to go with me?"

Yuan Nayin nodded firmly, as if she was about to say something, but Shenyuan raised her hand and interrupted her: "As long as you are aware, the action time will probably be in the evening. I will teach you some skills first and try to make it easier for you." Have the ability to protect yourself.”

In fact, it was to teach her some basic skills in using curses. It was more of a fluke that the curse spirit was forced away the previous time, and if I was not mistaken, some of the reasons were partly due to Dojichi. And although the unknown curse on the campus seems to be It's not very harmful, but you still shouldn't be careless.

Without stopping at the school, after finding Shiro Lang and Sugihara Zi, they arranged for the two to take a car back to Yuan's house, and then cleared a yard, and Shen Yuan Yi also began to teach them.

The basic usage skills are relatively simple. It took one afternoon for Minamoto Nain to master the ability to actively extract the power of the spell and apply it to her body, thereby gaining strength beyond ordinary people, which also made her very happy.

Time soon arrived at night. During the day, he was not only training Gennain. Kamogenichi also sought help from the higher ups. In fact, it was Mr. Gojo Satoru. Because the campus is relatively large, the school has already divided the teaching staff and students. They all moved to the other side, and the main teaching building and its surroundings were deserted.

Shenyuan Yi and Yuan Nayin stood under the teaching building, which looked a bit gloomy under the night. Neither of them looked scared. Then Shenyuan Yi pointed out and said: "Born from darkness, darkness is the darkest. Dirty, residual and filthy. , cleanse them all." The "tent" then fell down to cover the teaching building. Gennayin looked at this scene with wonder, and then followed after Shenyuanyi's greeting, and then Shenyuanyi cut and killed the boy. After taking it out of the piano case, the two began to climb the stairs of the teaching building.

"One, two, 32."

Gen Nayin finished counting the steps with some disappointment: "There are still twelve, is there really No. 13 steps?" Bai Lang didn't notice anything at the side, Shenyuan took the lead and went up to the fourth floor, while Said: "Don't worry, let's take a look."

However, he didn't see step No. 13 until he reached the rooftop. Minamoto raised his hand and looked at it and said, "Could it be because it's not even twelve o'clock? It's still 5 minutes away."

Although it was rumored that the non-existent steps would only be seen after twelve o'clock, it was just a rumor after all. Could it be that the curse would choose a time to appear?Or is this some kind of bondage?

So the two of them returned to the first floor and stared at the steps while paying attention to the passage of time. When time passed the last second of the day, Shenyuan's expression changed, and the white wolf next to him also showed a vigilant posture.

"Appeared."

From Shenyuan Yi's perspective, the twelve neat steps seemed to have a non-existent step squeezed out of the air, and it was harmoniously connected to the corner of the corridor.

Gennaon exclaimed: "No. 13 steps! It really appeared."

The scene on the steps can be seen at a glance, and there is nothing abnormal. If it weren't for the weird steps and the faint smell of curse, I really couldn't see anything wrong.

"There is also a possibility that this curse also has a triggering condition in the realm of birth. It is probably to step on that step. I have to give it a try, but before that."

Shenyuan raised his hand and released a ball of magic power to hit the No. 13 steps, and then the steps were smashed like ordinary stone bricks to create a gap, but then an unusual scene appeared: the scattered debris was very large. It quickly "melted" into black mist and then disappeared, while the damaged part quickly returned to its original state as if it were growing.

Shenyuan thought for a while, and then took action again. This time the power of the spell was stronger. In a burst of noise, the entire staircase was blown up by the power of the spell he released. Then an even weirder scene appeared between them again. in front of my eyes.

The No. 13 steps that were quickly restored were suspended motionless in the air without any connections around them. It seemed that this was not the root cause. After a simple destruction test failed, Shenyuan Yi then launched the "Wheel of Time - Reverse".

Then the intact staircase reappeared, and Gennain, who almost suspected that his memory was wrong, was a little surprised, but then just regarded it as part of the weirdness here.

"Let's go."

Shenyuan Yi took the lead to go up the stairs. He stopped in front of the No. 13 step and said to Gen Naine next to him: "Step on it together. If you are not wrong, you will fall into that place after you step on it." In the realm of cursed birth, if we are not safe, we will be separated. You should hold the Doji Kiri first. If it is separated, you can hold it first and I will solve it quickly."

Handing Dojikiri to Gennaon, the two of them and Ichigo stepped on the last step at the same time. The expected dispersion did not occur, but the abnormality that occurred was the surrounding environment.

Just like the zoom-out effect of those lenses in movies, Shenyuan looked at everything around them and moved away from them. The scene was stretched and disappeared. In just a moment, they were already in a place similar to a corridor, front and back. Both ends extend into the darkness at the end.

There were closed doors evenly distributed on both sides of the corridor. Shenyuan signaled Bai Lang to search for traces of the curse. Just as Bai Lang took them a few steps forward, Bai Lang suddenly lowered his head forward. roared.

Shenyuan looked at the handle of the door in front of him turning slowly. He stretched out his hand and asked Gennain next to him to hand the child to him. Then the two of them just stared at the door that had some movement.

After a while, the quilt was pushed open by a pale hand from the inside, and then the figure walking out of it was also revealed. It was a boy wearing an unfamiliar school uniform. After walking out of the door, his A pair of dull eyes looked straight over.

As soon as Shenyuan pulled out the Doji Kiri, Gennaine next to him stumbled and said: "Is he also cursed? But..."

However, before she finished speaking, Shen Yuanyi's figure had disappeared and appeared behind the strange student. Then the student suddenly lost the support of his legs and fell to the ground.

As soon as Shenyuan looked at the figure whose legs were cut off and fell to the ground, there was no blood flowing out of the wound, only a small amount of unknown purple-black liquid oozing out from it.

"Sure enough... there are no ordinary living people who can survive here. Everything looks and behaves wrong. Although the thing in front of you looks like a human for the time being, it's hard to say what it actually is."

He raised his hand and stabbed the head of the thing that was still struggling to get up to the ground with a knife. The curse spread along the blade of the boy's knife. The destroyed thing quickly stopped struggling and slowly decayed into black ash on the ground.

Kangen Ichi looked at the Doji Kiri in his hand. He wondered if it was his imagination. When he used this knife to cut through the body that was not sure whether it was a curse, he did not feel any hindrance at all.

Maybe it was just because the existence was too weak... But the changes that happened soon drew the attention of the two people again. The doors started to move one after another, and then there was a continuous sound of door pushing. A dozen figures walked out.

Gennain raised her head in confusion as she looked at the child that Shenyuan had handed to her. Shenyuan tilted her head towards the figures that had begun to undergo changes: "I'll leave these to you, I'll cover you from behind. you."

"I I I..."

Shenyuanyi had already put Dojichi into her hand, and gave her a thumbs up with a smile: "Don't worry, you will be fine, these are not the original bodies of this campus legend curse, they are all weak. Just follow the instructions I taught you to extract the magic power and apply it to yourself. Speaking of swordsmanship, you should have learned it, right? It doesn't matter if you haven't, just use slashing."

Gennayin said slightly nervously: "I have learned this, but..." Looking at the group of figures in front of him that were disfigured beyond recognition by the swollen tumors, Gennayin took a deep breath and turned to look determined.

"Then... let me give it a try."

(End of this chapter)