Chapter 57 The Black Hat

After telling the mayor about the discovery of the child's body, the three of them went to the cannery again.

But when he got to the place where he saw the corpse yesterday, Lin Qiushi found that the place where the corpse should have been was empty, and only the hollowed out tree trunk was telling Lin Qiushi that they did not have hallucinations yesterday, but everything that really happened.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Nanzhu frowned slightly and was about to explain, but the mayor seemed to have expected it long ago. After a sigh, he said, "Actually, we usually can't find it..." No one could be found. The body could not be found either. The lost child just disappeared into the town out of thin air, and will never appear again, so even if the body disappears, it is not surprising. Besides, it has been one night since yesterday.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at the stake and fell into contemplation.

Later, the mayor left, but Ruan Nanzhu still had no intention of leaving. Lin Qiushi knew that he wanted to check the inside of the cannery again, so he waited quietly beside him.

"Why did this noodle man suddenly change sex?" Ruan Nanzhu said, "Is it really getting stronger?"

Lin Qiushi shook his head, indicating that he was not sure.

"Let's go and take a look inside." Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi entered the cannery through the side door.

This cannery has been discontinued for a long time.

The machine was covered in rust, and Lin Qiushi checked it to make sure that the power supply had been cut off, and neither the machine nor the lighting could work.

Ruan Nanzhu's eyes stayed on the machine for making cans. Lin Qiushi followed his gaze and saw nothing. But he felt that Ruan Nanzhu seemed to have noticed some details. Ruan Nanzhu stepped up to the machine and said, "This machine has only been used in the past few days."

Lin Qiushi: "...Are you sure? But there is still rust on it."

Ruan Nanzhu: "I don't know how he used it." He looked around and said, "It's really uncomfortable."

It was really uncomfortable. As soon as Lin Qiushi came in, he felt that someone was staring at him, but he couldn't find out the specific source of the gaze.

Ruan Nanzhu seemed to remember something: "You said what happened to the person wearing the top hat?"

Lin Qiushi: "Maybe missing? Maybe dead?"

When Ruan Nanzhu heard the words, he smiled and did not answer.

Lin Qiushi thought he was just laughing casually. Who knew that when he saw the man in the top hat again in the afternoon, he understood what Ruan Nanzhu was laughing at.

A very strange change appeared in the man in the black top hat.

His hands and feet began to become slender and longer, and his height began to grow taller. Although the facial features on his face were still there, it gave people a very vague feeling, and even made people feel a little unclear.

If it was someone else who didn't have any clues, they might just feel weird and terrifying when they saw such a scene, but both Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu knew what the change in a man meanthis body began to grow thinner and thinner. The ghost changed.

His hands and feet were as soft and slender as snakes, he grew taller and taller, and finally his face turned white, and all his facial features seemed to be embedded in human skin.

Within a day, this person had such a change, which really made the scalp tingle.

Lin Qiushi also saw this scene, and he silently looked away.

Who knew that Ruan Nanzhu suddenly stood up, wiped his mouth with a tissue and walked directly to the man in the top hat.

When the man saw Ruan Nanzhu, he didn't speak, raised his almost invisible eyes and looked at him.

Ruan Nanzhu's next action frightened Lin Qiushi, only to see him smile, suddenly reached out and grabbed the black top hat, and then pulled hard——

"Ah!!!" A sharp cry came from the man's mouth. Lin Qiushi was stunned. He even suspected that he had read it wrong. The top hat was actually connected to the flesh and blood on the man's head. For a man, it means to forcibly rip off an organ on his body, so it is no wonder that he made such a shrill cry.

The man seemed to be in great pain from being pulled, and there was an angry look in his eyes.

Ruan Nanzhu directly loosened his hat and apologized calmly: "I'm sorry, I just think your hat is so beautiful, I can't help but want to take a closer look."

The man was praised, which calmed his anger, and said vaguely: "I... also think... nice."

Ruan Nanzhu turned around and left.

Others in the restaurant also saw this scene, and finally someone broke free from the nightmare state, no longer felt that the top hat man was normal, and looked at him with fear in his eyes.

The man ate and left the restaurant. Everyone looked at his back and fell into noisy whispers.

"What happened to him, what happened to him? How did he become like this..."

"Why did I find out that something was wrong with him now... Is he going to turn into a monster..."

"It's terrifying, it's almost impossible to guard against."

There are countless such remarks, but Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu seem very calm.

Lin Qiushi typed to Ruan Nanzhuo: Why don't we go out and have a look?

Ruan Nanzhu thought for a while: "You wait here, I'll go out and see."

Lin Qiushi: Let's go together.

Ruan Nanzhu reached out and pinched Lin Qiushi's face: "I told you to wait here and wait, the little dumb girl is obedient."

Ruan Nanzhu's attitude was firm, and Lin Qiushi had no choice but to nod to indicate his agreement.

Ruan Nanzhu stood up and walked out, probably chasing after the man.

Lin Qiushi didn't have the appetite to continue eating, so he got up and planned to go back to the room. Who knew that when he walked to the door, someone grabbed his arm. Lin Qiushi turned his head and saw Wang Tianxin.

Wang Tianxin squinted at him, his eyes were very bad, and said: "Yo, little dumb girl, your friend is not here."

Lin Qiushi's expression was indifferent. He glanced at the restaurant, thinking about how to smooth things out after beating Wang Tianxin here.

Fortunately, before he came up with a solution, Wang Tianxin pulled Lin Qiushi very consciously and started to slip into the corner.

Lin Qiushi pretended to be powerless and was dragged away by him, and he cooperated with a look of panic and fear.

"Don't be afraid, this kind of thing is very interesting." Wang Tianxin smiled very evilly. He looked at Lin Qiushi's scared look, but felt even more exciting.

The person in front of her can't speak anyway, no matter what he did to her...

"Has he already fucked you?" Wang Tianxin said, "I promise to be better than him..." The extremely vulgar words came out of his mouth.

Lin Qiushi looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, he smiled at Wang Tianxin.

Wang Tianxin thought he was willing, and was about to stretch out his hand to take off Lin Qiushi's coat, when he heard the thin lips of the poor little dumb girl in front of him, and spit out a sentence: "Damn, I will kill you."

This voice belonged to a man, and Wang Tianxin's expression froze the moment he heard it.

But this stagnation is only a fleeting thing, because soon, he found out that he is not the opponent of the person in front of him.

Lin Qiushi didn't fight people very much, but he was an adult man. Facing Wang Tianxin, who was hollowed out by alcohol, he easily beat him.

Wang Tianxin was beaten by Lin Qiushi, and his face was full of flowers, and shivering was stepped on by Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi said: "Didn't you say that you are better than him? That's it? Waste, get up—"

Wang Tianxin almost cried. He used to think that Lin Qiushi was pitiful, weak and helpless, but it was only today that he realized that the poor, young and helpless person was actually himself. He is actually not the dumb girl in front of him at all... Bah! The opponent of this women's clothing tycoon!

Wang Tianxin said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong... Brother, I was wrong!" He kept begging for mercy, his face pleading.

Lin Qiushi: "Who the fuck is your brother, Wang Tianxin, remember me, if you dare to harass me again, or tell me what happened today, I will kill you." Tian Xin said coldly, "Anyway, it's not illegal to kill people here."

Wang Tianxin shivered and nodded heavily to indicate that he knew.

Lin Qiushi let out a sigh of turbidity, put his feet away and tidied up his clothes, and after a while, he turned into that pitiful weak and dumb girl.

He glared at Wang Tianxin and turned away.

Wang Tianxin looked at his back with a dazed expression.

When Lin Qiushi returned to the restaurant, Ruan Nanzhu had already returned. Seeing him walk in, he asked, "Where did you go?"

Lin Qiushi typed: Just now that Wang Tianxin tried to plot against me and was beaten by me.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at the words and ticked the corner of his mouth: "Amazing."

The eyes of the others were a little subtle, and they didn't know if they thought of something else when they looked at Lin Qiushi's slightly messy clothes.

Fortunately, there were still some people in the team who couldn't see it, and they walked over carefully and told Ruan Nan Zhulin Qiu Shi was taken out.

Ruan Nanzhu was probably playing again. After hearing this, he slapped the table and said angrily, "He dares to move my people!!" Then he left the table angrily. After a while, Wang Tianxin's ghost crying and wolf howling came from outside. , followed by an extremely miserable plea for mercy.

Lin Qiushi took a sip of the water in front of him, pretending he didn't hear it, a dishonest bitch like Wang Tianxin should clean up.

The man in the top hat who went out just now disappeared completely, but he disappeared into the town in a short time. I'm afraid it's a lot of mischief.

Lin Qiushi was already mentally prepared, but he was not surprised, but in the evening after the end of the day, he encountered something.

At that time, Ruan Nanzhu was taking a shower in the bathroom, and Lin Qiushi stood by the window, looking at the woods and thick fog outside.

At this time, the night had just come, and there was still some faint light. The woods were shrouded in gloomy fog, and the scenery inside could only be barely seen.

Lin Qiushi saw a tall figure in the depths of the fog.

The figure was at least as tall as two people, standing quietly in the sparse woods, as if watching in the direction of Lin Qiushi. Its hands and feet are not the proportions of normal people, but they are terrifyingly long like spiders. The whole person is tall and thin by the slender arms. At first glance, it looks like a withered tree.

When Lin Qiushi saw this thing, he planned to withdraw his eyes, but found that it seemed to have a new movement.

It slowly approached the window, step by step, targeting exactly where Lin Qiushi was.

Lin Qiushi was taken aback. His first reaction was to draw the curtains. However, when his hand touched the curtains, he felt that the texture of the curtains was wrong. This was not a hotel curtain.

Lin Qiushi was very surprised. He turned around, but the hotel scene that should have appeared turned into another place - his home.

That's right, it's where Lin Qiushi used to live.

Same living room, same decor, same cat.

Chestnut was standing in the center of the living room, meowing at Lin Qiushi.

This was supposed to be a warm scene, but Lin Qiushi looked cold all over. Because there was a person sitting in the center of the sofa in the living room, the person looked exactly like him, and his body was slumped on the sofa at this time. Even if he could only watch from a distance without getting close, Lin Qiushi could be sure that this person was dead.

This man exactly like him has been dead for a long time. After the catalysis of time, his skin has begun to swell, and green water is emerging from all over. Chestnut jumped on top of the corpse, and while rubbing, she meowed, trying to wake the owner up.

But how could the dead wake up, so chestnuts began to bite Lin Qiushi's face. It seemed to want to wake the master with pain, but it didn't control the strength, biting out a hole in the corpse in front of it until the bones were exposed.

Lin Qiushi knew what it was, and it was something he feared deep in his heart.

He was afraid of a person's death, he was afraid that even if he died at home, no one would find out that he was dead.

It could take a week, or even a month, for his body to be found after neighbors smelled the stench of the decomposing body.

Seeing one's corpse being bitten by a cat is really not something that makes people feel comfortable. But Lin Qiushi quickly pulled away from the scene in front of him. He remembered the records about the noodle people in the clues. These monsters seem to be very good at taking advantage of human fears.

It knows what human beings are most afraid of. What they are afraid of is not ghosts, but the hidden meaning behind ghosts... death.

There are very few people who are not afraid of death, and Lin Qiushi is not exempt.

But the scene behind him couldn't touch the deepest part of Lin Qiushi's heart. He turned his head, looked at the shadow standing outside the window, and said softly, "Sorry, should I tell you that I have moved."

The ghost stopped.

Lin Qiushi said, "I have a lot of friends around me now. If I die, they will definitely find out." He thought about it and added, "Maybe it can be rescued by calling 120."

The ghost figure stood quietly in front of Lin Qiushi. Although the face without facial features was separated by the mist, it gave Lin Qiushi a feeling of being stared at.

"So I'm not very afraid." Lin Qiushi's tone was very calm, not forcing his calm, "or else you will scare someone else?"

"Bah." Something fell from the top of the tree, Lin Qiushi took a closer look and found that it was a black top hat.

Seeing the top hat, he immediately thought of the hat-wearing man on his team... that man seemed to be more fortunate.

Ghost Shadow slowly bent over and picked up the top hat.

Lin Qiushi originally thought that he would turn around and leave, but who knew that he was holding a top hat and bent towards Lin Qiushi - giving a gentleman's salute. Then he turned around and disappeared into the mist.

Lin Qiushi looked at his back in a trance. Until a pair of hands patted Lin Qiushi's shoulder, Lin Qiushi was frightened, and he turned his head to see Ruan Nanzhu.

"What are you looking at?" Ruan Nanzhu asked him.

Lin Qiushi pointed to the woods in front of him: "I just saw that thing."

Ruan Nanzhu raised his eyebrows: "Noodle man?"

Lin Qiushi nodded: "I saw the hallucination he created."

Ruan Nanzhu said, "What an illusion."

Lin Qiushi said: "I died at home, and my face was bitten by a cat." His tone was light, as if he was describing a story that had nothing to do with him, "Think about it now, chestnuts dislike me so much, and I don't know if I want to or not. willing……"

Ruan Nanzhu: "..." He was desperate for Lin Qiushi's cat slavery.

But no matter the process, Lin Qiushi was still not bewitched by that thing. He guessed that if he was bewitched, then the next person to put on the top hat would be himself.

"Nan Zhu, what are you most afraid of?" Lin Qiushi asked him.

Ruan Nanzhu said, "I'm not afraid of anything."

Lin Qiushi: "Really?"

Ruan Nanzhu smiled, his fingers wrapped around Lin Qiushi's black hair, and he gently rubbed his fingertips, his voice was low and deep, "Really. I'm the same as you." His tone was firm, not stubborn at all.

Lin Qiushi also believed it.

"I found out at the first door." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Lin Qiushi, you are very... very suitable here."

Lin Qiushi raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Literally, your ability to adapt is very good." It can even be said that it is too much. After Ruan Nanzhu went out to investigate that Lin Qiushi was indeed entering the door for the first time, he knew that Lin Qiushi was a gentleman in the door. It is not easy to find such a person who fits the world very well.

Ruan Nanzhu thought casually, fortunately, he was lucky enough.

The night passed like this, no wind, no rain, quiet and calm.

The next day, there were only eleven people left in the restaurant—on the same night, two more disappeared.

The two missing are girls. It is said that they were fine before going to bed last night, but when they woke up, they were gone.

People in the same room as her indicated that someone had been to their room and that the window by the woods had been opened.

"She must have been taken away by that thing," someone said. "It's bad luck."

The others didn't speak, but they were actually thinking the same thing as this person.

Lin Qiushi thought of the ghost image that appeared outside the window last night. He didn't want to guess what would have happened if he hadn't calmly rejected the hallucination. Is it like this girl, she suddenly disappeared into the silent night.

Before Lin Qiushi could come up with an answer, they made a worse discovery - another child was missing.

"There are only eight children in the town." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I think the missing people in our team have something to do with these children."

Lin Qiushi felt the same way. He said, "Why don't we go find the remaining children and see if there are any clues?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "I want to go to the cannery again." The two looked at each other for a moment, and then they had an answer, "The soldiers are divided into two groups?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Also, but it will be inconvenient if you can't speak."

Lin Qiushi felt that it didn't matter: "Just bring a mobile phone."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Okay, if you can't find anything, go back to the restaurant and we will gather there."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

The two then parted ways on the street and went to their respective places.

The place where Lin Qiushi went was a dilapidated grocery store in the town. It is said that the son of the owner of the grocery store was a seven-year-old boy.

"My son doesn't see strangers now," the boss said. "I'm not sure you can keep him safe."

Lin Qiushi patiently persuaded: I understand what you mean, but you must know that that thing is getting more and more powerful. If you can't find its lair early and destroy it, your son may be the next missing person. Other children were also hidden in the house, but they were still missing.

When the boss saw these words, his attitude was slightly relaxed.

After Lin Qiushi persuaded for a while, the boss finally agreed to Lin Qiushi and his son to talk, but not for too long.

Lin Qiushi breathed a sigh of relief, and after entering the house, he saw a little boy sitting on the sofa with his head lowered and playing games.

Lin Qiushi stepped forward and greeted him with his mobile phone.

The little boy glanced at him and seemed reluctant to speak. He answered all the questions Lin Qiushi asked him, until... Lin Qiushi mentioned hats.

"Hat, do you mean that black top hat?" The child's expression showed a hint of panic. He seemed to think of something, and swallowed heavily, "I seem to have seen..."

Lin Qiushi's eyes lit up: Have you seen it?

The child's eyes moved to the position of a staircase in horror.

According to the boss, the building has two floors. The first floor is used to sell groceries, and the second floor is where the family lives. The boy's room is on the second floor.

"I've seen..." The thing was hanging on the corner of the stairs, the little boy was shaking all over, and his words were intermittent and illogical, but Lin Qiushi understood what he meant. A black top hat suddenly appeared on the top, and no one felt that there was anything wrong with the top hat, so the top hat was left upstairs and no one cared about it.

Lin Qiushi: The top hat is upstairs? Can you take me to see it?

The little boy hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Lin Qiushi and the little boy walked towards the stairs together. The two went up the stairs and soon saw the black top hat hanging in the corner of the second floor with the little boy on the second floor. The moment he saw the top hat, Lin Qiushi suddenly felt that something was wrong, he stopped, his expression full of suspicion: "You mean this hat was in your house more than ten days ago? You... Except for this hat, Didn't encounter other strange things?" He didn't believe that the slender ghost would have such good patience, and waited quietly at the little boy's house for more than ten days.

The child's footsteps also stopped, he turned his head expressionlessly and looked at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi was startled by his expression, and was about to speak, but saw the little boy tilted his head, and then his head fell straight to the ground.

Even though Lin Qiushi had already encountered many such scenes, he was still frightened by this scene, and the child's head rolled all the way downstairs. Lin Qiushi looked at the top hat again, but saw the top hat sticking out. A pale arm.

The pale hand stretched out longer and longer, as if he was looking for something, and finally determined Lin Qiushi's position, and ran towards him.

Lin Qiushi turned around and ran and was almost caught by the hand. He rushed downstairs and saw the head that rolled down the steps, standing on the ground, grinning at him with a bright smile.

Lin Qiushi: "..." Mom's head fell off and she laughed so happily, are you out of your mind? !

The author has something to say:

Modified the reason why Lin Qiushi found the difference.

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