I, Hikigu, are contained by the evil god

On the side of the road, there was a mother and daughter who had just returned from a trip. The young mother looked less than 30 years old, and the little girl she was holding was only six or seven years old, and she was the cutest.

Both the mother and daughter were wearing big sun hats, the little girl had a small pink bag slung across her shoulders, and the mother was carrying a bag and dragging a large suitcase.

The little girl walked quickly with two short legs, staggered as she walked, raised one hand to hold her mother's hand, and held a large round lollipop in the other. At the moment she is licking the lollipop obediently, her porcelain doll-like face is very quiet.

Biqigu without a suitcase attracted the little girl's attention. In her limited knowledge, people at the airport should all be dragging large suitcases, so she took a few more glances at Biqigu.

"Mom, Mom!" The little girl exclaimed.

Mom immediately turned her head to look over, "What's wrong?"

The little girl raised her right hand holding the big lollipop and pointed to the distance, her big eyes flickered, "I think that big brother is so handsome, let him be my father!"

"You little idiot, you're talking nonsense again." Mom's face darkened, the single-parent family belongs to the single-parent family, but you still can't talk nonsense, it would be embarrassing if the other party heard it.

Go back and clean her up!The daughter's bad habit of recognizing her father indiscriminately, she must find a way to get her back!

With regret and embarrassment, she looked in the direction her daughter pointed,

——But there was only one walking slowly, even looking a little sloppy from the back, and couldn't see the front, but it should be a young boy by feeling.

"How handsome is it?" Mom curled her lips, muttering to herself.

Isn't this a very ordinary person?It's so common that you can't find it when you throw it into the crowd. What's so special?

...It's so weird, who did my daughter follow with her strange aesthetics?

——People say that children's eyes and hearts are more pure, sometimes they can see things that adults can't see, and feel "real things" that adults can't feel

——All the facts show that this is true.

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Chapter 1 The figure in the mirror in the early morning

On August 8, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 10:05 pm.

Today's Chiba is peaceful, and Biqigu is doing his own psychological construction at home. Except for going out to buy ice cream in the afternoon, the rest of the time is not sold outside the door, and there is no extra story worth writing.

...Saki Nagase lives here on a street about half a city away from Hiki Valley and quite close to Toyonosaki High School.

Nagase Saki is an unknown private detective who is nearly thirty years old. Because of his professional needs, he secretly hides an old second-hand Luger GP100 revolver at home. He fantasizes that one day he will receive an unusual mission... Although he always gets some crap commissions to investigate escapades.

Although he doesn't even have his own detective agency, he has to rely on someone else's agency to occasionally take on some small tasks to make a living, but he still loves this profession, and always thinks that he must be very handsome as a detective—like Sherlock Holmes Just as handsome.

He liked and even admired Sherlock Holmes since he was a child, and he has long been inspired to become a detective. Unlike other peers, he finally became a detective, turning his interests and ideals into a career that he lives on.

So he often feels that he has already lived what he wanted to be when he was a child, so his life is always full and meaningful, and it is also romantic and ideal.

Relying on the fortitude and courage that ordinary people don't have, coupled with his frequent brainstorming, the percentage of his employment is not low, and the money he earns is just enough to maintain the family's expenses.

It is also because she likes her career so much, Nagase Saki usually has a little narcissism, whether it is when she goes to the public toilet to wash her hands, or when passing by the window of a car parked on the street, or when she opens the office and carries it with her. My little mirror... will take a look at my own appearance whenever I get the chance.

In the mirror, I see myself in a suit with a leather collar, eyes under the elegant black-rimmed glasses are sharp and deep, although the facial features are neither delicate nor sharp, they are not too bad, the skin is close to bronze because of being outside all year round, and the hair is combed back with pomade Meticulous... He felt that he was really handsome in the mirror, so he just looked at it when he had something to do.

... Saki Nagase is busy with a commission recently. It is very rare that it is not an investigation of cheating, but it is not a big deal. It makes him feel once again when his abilities will be useful.

But in fact, such an ordinary entrustment is not bad, it can make money and is very safe, ordinary and simple is a serious life-some people are envious and still have to come!

Today's weather is really hot, Nagase Saki couldn't stand the horrible weather in the afternoon, and bought an ice cream when passing by a cold drink shop... At that time, there was a dead fish-eyed boy who also came to buy ice cream in the shop, as a detective, he was used to Looking at the people around him, this young man is obviously ordinary.

Time flickered to the evening, and it was another day of no harvest.

The shape of the sunset in the evening is almost abstract and distorted. The red afterglow spreads to the whole sky, which is very coquettish. The sunset glow silently barks its teeth and dances its claws like a monster. After a hot day, only the half-dead cicadas are left, which makes him feel a little lifeless on the way home. the silence.

When he returned home, he had dinner with his long-awaited wife. For various reasons, they had no children.

After eating, I took a shower, watched TV on the sofa after taking a shower, and went to bed early after finishing the housework. Saki Nagase also turned off the TV at around eleven o'clock in the evening, and the living room with the lights turned off fell into darkness. There was a dead silence.

After a simple wash, he looked at himself in the mirror at the bathroom door for a long time, and after making sure that he had no acne or dark circles under his eyes, he put down the horn comb contentedly, and a "clang" broke the dead silence, which gradually reverberated.

——The only thing that makes him a little anxious is that recently he has started to lose his hair. He obviously doesn’t stay up all night, but every time he combs his hair in front of the mirror before going to bed, the comb made of ox horn can always pull a handful or two of fluffy black hair out In the porcelain white pool, there is even a growing trend.

"After completing this entrustment, go to the hospital and ask a doctor." He felt that this was very strange. He was not yet middle-aged, so he shouldn't have lost his hair so early. My parents don't have the genetic gene for baldness either.

Soon he didn't think about it any more. He dragged his slippers and walked back to the bedroom. His wife was already asleep, and the bedroom with the windows closed could only hear the "slapping" of the clock and the whistling of the air conditioner. He closed the door with his hands "squeaky", climbed onto the bed lightly, put on the quilt, and closed his eyes to sleep.

Waiting for tomorrow, it will probably continue to wander outside without success, and then repeat today's process.

This is the boring life of ordinary people, very boring and monotonous, year after year, day after day... Even if he is a detective, he will not really have the turbulent life of Sherlock Holmes, it is a novel, in the novel It is always exciting and exciting because the author omits the boring fragments directly.

——Even so, his attitude towards the current life is more enjoyable and content than most people.

It didn't take long for the sound of snoring to sound, and the bedroom was dead silent, black and quiet, the thick and closed curtains shone through the pale moonlight, and the large mirror of the dressing table not far from the bed reflected light silently.

At two o'clock in the morning, the moonlight was even paler, and when the night was at its deadliest, mist rose from the street outside where there was no one.

"Woo... woo... woo..." From the dead long street outside the window came a cry that sounded like a baby.

Those who know know that this is the cry of wild cats in the middle of the night, but it sounds very scary.

"Wow——" the wild cat's screams woke up Nagase Saki, who was sleepy and a little unconscious.

A signal came from his bladder, and he felt the urge to urinate, but his limbs didn't work, and he didn't want to get up.

He shouldn't have had that glass of water before bed... Now here's the trouble.

"Pa-ta, pa-ta, pa-ta," the sound of the clock turning in the bedroom was clearly heard by Nagase Saki, who was dimly conscious, but he just didn't want to open his eyes.

"Wow!!!" There was another scream of a wild cat. It roared loudly and piercingly, as if it had encountered something extremely terrifying and felt something extremely terrifying.

The sound was like an alarm clock, and also like a signal deep in the nerves. Nagase Saki opened her eyes and sat up straight from the bed.

His consciousness is still fuzzy, and his brain is still dominated by sleepiness, but at least he can finally sit up and go to the toilet.

... Saki Nagase didn't think this cry was scary. He often heard this cry lately recently. As a detective, he knew clearly that the reason for this was either that the wild cat was in heat or the wild cat was sick. It was too painful... God knows When did the feral cats move near his house, hell!What a pity!

He sat on the bed with his back bowed, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and subconsciously turned to look at his wife next to him... She was sleeping soundly, with her face turned upwards, her eyes tightly closed, her lips tightly pressed, her expressionless face, in the hazy night Can't see clearly.

... This is his wife, 27 years old is the best grade, she is good-looking and good-natured, but she wasted a lot of effort to chase her, but the sleeping posture is not very good-looking, with her legs stretched straight all over her body Stiff, like a dead man.

— But it’s okay if you get used to it.

He lifted the thin quilt and turned to get out of bed, slowly put on his slippers and stood up, wobbly dragged his slippers and walked towards the door, passing by the dressing table with a large reflective mirror.

From the corner of my eye, the mirror of this large dressing table flashed by.

"..." The sound of footsteps shuffling with slippers came to an abrupt end.

Nagase Saki stopped, stood where she was, blinked her eyes, and felt that something was wrong, but the speed of processing information in her still-awake brain was too slow, and she couldn't react for a while.

Nagase Saki raised her right hand to support her right temple, her expression changed.

... Did he see a standing figure in the mirror of the dressing table just now?

"!" Saki Nagase trembled all over, and a horrifying coolness surged up, and the whole person was awake instantly, the brain resumed functioning, and the muscles gradually tensed.

what?

—he is sober.

Chapter 2 Strange self, the wild cat behind the door

His mind is now fully awake, without any confusion.

... If I remember correctly, just now, he seemed to really see a figure standing quietly in the big mirror of the dressing table, right here in this room!

He looked suspiciously at the mirror of the dressing table, the mirror was empty, only a blurred shadow of himself.

——He turned around sharply and looked behind him, looking around intently.

"..." The quiet environment in the bedroom was all dim and blurry, the moonlight coming in through the curtains brought light into the room, and there was not even half a standing figure in the room.

The curtains hang quietly on the wall, the moonlight shines behind the curtains, the cold air blown by the air conditioner just blows the curtains and dances slowly in the dark, you can see the terrifying shadow behind the curtains - that is the twisted window frame projection.

"Is it an illusion...Is it an illusion?"

When I just woke up, I was in a daze, and it should be considered a very normal thing to misread... Saki Nagase heaved a sigh of relief.

He thought there was a thief in the house, so he was startled, and he was nervous for a long time.

Nagase Saki turned around and looked back, the muscles that were tense just now relaxed... That's right, his house is on the sixth floor, and the security system is also well done, and thieves generally cannot get in.

After he turned around, he subconsciously looked at the dressing table in front of him. The bottles and jars on the dressing table were neatly arranged, and there was nothing in the large mirror above. The room reflected by the mirror was clean and in a mess, only his wife was lying on the bed. , and an empty bedroom.

Inside the impenetrable glass is a strange, uninhabitable space that seems to hide a non-existent, shiny light reflecting off the surface, a little bright at night.

Well, it must have been an illusion just now... Saki Nagase put her heart in her belly completely, but she also vaguely felt that there seemed to be something missing in the mirror, and there was a strange inexplicable disharmony there, but he couldn't describe it.

It must be a psychological reaction caused by the incident just now... As a detective, Nagase Saki has a certain understanding and cognition of psychology, and he feels that he is in that situation now.

Withdrawing his gaze, Nagase Saki dragged his slippers and walked towards the door. The slippers creaked on the brown wooden floor and rubbed hoarsely. When he walked to the door, he looked down at the door and blinked.

There is a small gap between the gray-white bedroom door and the gray-white door frame. The cold air in the bedroom and the hot air outside the door are exchanged here. Standing in front of the door, Nagase Saki can clearly feel the flow of air. It swished towards his waist.

This kind of door with a handle will make a soft click when it is closed. It is closed with a lock cylinder. After closing, it will not open. Saki Nagase can see the cylindrical metal lock cylinder protruding outside the door handle. , very close to the door frame.

...But how did he remember that he closed the door when he returned to the bedroom?

"Aww!!!" The shrill wild cat's scream came from outside the window again, and Nagase Saki was upset for a while.

... Has anyone ever unscrewed this door?

But there was no one in the room... Nagase Saki was surprised to find that she was suspicious again.

Remember wrong?Nagase Saki thought.

If no one came, no matter what you think, he forgot to close the door when he entered, so he must pay attention next time.

Nagase Saki opened the door and walked out, seeing the dimly lit living room.

The living room was too deadly, the outlines of the sofa and the TV were reflected in the dim light, the two clocks in the living room and the bedroom ticked at the same time, ringing clearly in his ears.

——Saki Nagase was able to confirm that there was nothing unusual in the living room.

Nagase Saki went to the bathroom to go to the toilet. Accompanied by the sound of rushing water, his upturned face showed a relaxed expression, and his whole body was relaxed after the urge to urinate ceased.

The physical needs were resolved, and along with the relaxation of the nerves and muscles, Nagase Saki's drowsiness resurfaced bit by bit.

He walked out of the bathroom and absorbed it at the sink at the door. Weimi's eyes subconsciously looked at the mirror with a black wooden frame that had splashed some water droplets in front of him.

The surface of Silence is smooth and bright, like a thin layer of mist, and the face that looks at it and is looked at dimly appears inside, and the facial features that are displayed are the most familiar appearance.

In the dizzying dimness, there seems to be an extended, empty, invisible world in the quiet mirror surface, which is an illusory and profound world carefully crafted by the reflection.

Looking at the mirror, Nagase Saki once again felt a strange sense of disobedience, but this disobedience was indescribable. He couldn't express what was going on, but he felt his heart beating a little faster, and he felt flustered for no reason.

So he stared carefully at the large mirror in front of him, and unconsciously stopped washing his hands. The faint sound of water running late at night could be heard throughout the living room.

After looking in the mirror for a long time, he suddenly found that the self in the mirror suddenly became very strange... like someone he didn't know.

He also remembered that when he stared at a commonly used font for a long time before, he would find that he suddenly didn't know the word like this... It was as if there were two "selves" in real life, but in that Suddenly switch to another personality.

So the current looking in the mirror and the previous reading of words are really just accidental?

…It’s as if people’s schizophrenia is not a disease, but their true selves.

Nagase Saki shuddered tremblingly, but he knew that he probably thought too much.

--wrong! ! !

Nagase Saki's eyes widened suddenly. When he let go of his thoughts and came up with various thoughts just now, the collision of thoughts made him catch a flash of inspiration. He finally found out where the very strange sense of disobedience came from!

He looked at himself in the mirror, who was becoming more and more unfamiliar, and the dark person in the depths of the mirror was staring at him with wide-eyed eyes, as if he had seen something extremely frightening.

He remembered that when he looked in the mirror on the dressing table in the bedroom, he did not see any strange figures in the mirror, except for his wife sleeping on the bed and the empty room——

What about himself?

Why didn't he see his own shadow in that mirror? !

--How is this going!

Nagase Saki held her breath unconsciously, cold air ran up her spine, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead for a moment. She was clearly in her own home, but she felt creepy.

He felt terrified and afraid, wondering if he hadn't woken up at all, he was actually still in a dream?

"Aww!!!" Wildcat's shrill scream reached Nagase Saki's ears again.

——But the barking of the wild cat is on the street outside, and only the bedroom close to the street can hear it. He is now at the door of the bathroom, and there is even a living room in the middle!

How did he hear it?How did this sound come from?