rpbooks Chapter 346 The Bursting Head Balloon
Chapter 346 The Bursting Head Balloon
"Bang bang bang!"
"Kazuko, Kazuko, can you hear the sound of the rope?"
"Have you ever thought... that the feeling of being suspended in mid-air is actually quite comfortable?"
"Don't make yourself stand out. Everyone should be together, otherwise you'll feel lonely."
"Everyone up there is watching you."
That familiar voice kept echoing in her ears, and Kazuko Morinaka was going crazy.
Not only did the mental pressure bring her despair, but her body was also on the verge of collapse. She hadn't eaten for four days and was so weak that she could only hide under her desk.
She didn't want to be outside because she had just taken down her curtains to wash them, but the crisis came first.
Once she left the desk, she could feel the tangible gaze upon her.
Even when I'm under the desk, I can feel that gaze upon me!
Kazuko Morinaka cried silently, not wanting the balloons outside to notice.
Because they will be ridiculed.
However, despite her best efforts to suppress it, she was still overheard.
"Kazuko, why are you so timid? Aren't you almost out of water?"
"Tears can cause your body to lose water faster."
"I don't want a dried-up corpse hanging below me, so why don't you drink your tears? Hehehehehe~"
"Kazuko, Mommy misses you."
Hearing the first few sentences, Kazuko Morinaka was able to hold back, but she finally couldn't take it anymore at the last sentence. She climbed out of her desk and looked outside.
Next to her own human head balloon was a balloon of a kind-looking middle-aged woman. Below the balloon hung a corpse, its eyes rolled back and half a tongue protruding from its mouth...
That was her mother. Four days ago, when there was no food left at home, her mother resolutely left and never came back.
Dad went out a week ago.
My younger brother went out last night and hasn't returned yet...
Kazuko Morinaka covered her mouth, her lips moving as she murmured, "Mom..."
Immediately afterwards, a third balloon with a human head appeared by the window, grinning: "Kazuko, it's Dad! Open the window quickly, let's reunite as a family."
Even the baby balloon with its head on it laughed, "My little brother's here too."
Next to her, another balloon with her head sticking out squeezed in, "Sister, I can fly! I'm so free in the sky, it's so fun! Didn't you dream of flying when you were little? Come on over!"
Kazuko Morinaka wept uncontrollably, crying for her father, mother, and younger brother...
Things got out of control the day she saw the balloons with human heads in the sky.
Balloons with human heads appear out of nowhere, and more and more of them appear. People find the person whose head is floating on a balloon and hang themselves.
Someone popped the balloon, and then, just like the balloon deflated, the person's head shrunk, becoming dry and wrinkled, like a discarded, tattered balloon.
Unable to resist, unable to escape, fate had already written the ending.
"Come on, Kazuko!"
"Sister, I'm not hungry at all."
The human-shaped balloons started crashing into the windows.
Kazuko Morinaka stood up, ran to the window, placed her hand on the windowpane, and pushed it to the left...
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"This is a forgotten town."
Jiuzhiche saw through the clouds above the town, which were filled with dark, human-shaped balloons.
People passing by will completely ignore this town, as if it doesn't exist at all.
Sadako also saw the human head balloon under the clouds. She wasn't afraid, but she unconsciously tightened her grip.
With so many human heads on the balloons, the entire town is probably dead.
"With the supernatural rampant, it's impossible for people not to die."
"I know."
Sadako said softly, "Let's go, Che."
She had already prepared herself mentally.
The Black Sadako inside her sensed Sadako's sorrowful state of mind and was quite displeased.
Those people had no connection to her. Even if they had some connection, they were dead, so why should she cry on the spot?
There was no obstacle to entering the town; it was as if they had crossed a line. As soon as they came in, the human head balloons all kissed them.
—This refers to something surging up.
They were kept two meters away by Jiuzhiche's mental power.
Each head-shaped balloon is as big as 10 people's heads.
This is different from when Jiu Zhiche punched his own head-shaped balloon in the hospital room. Back then, the head-shaped balloon was only 2 to 3 times the size.
Is it because there are too many nutrients?
Before long, dozens or even hundreds of human head balloons swarmed around Jiuzhiche and Zhenzi. From above, they looked like tadpoles finding the same patch of mud and wriggling around.
Seeing such a shocking scene up close for the first time, Sadako held her breath and took a long time to breathe in slowly.
Jiuzhi Che discovered this, but did nothing. Sooner or later, Sadako would have to adapt to the most real and terrifying side of this world.
Seeing that they couldn't reach Jiu Zhiche and the others, the human head balloons gradually dispersed.
"Split up. If they swarm again, use the psychic barrier I taught you to create. Sadako, nothing and everyone else is as important as your safety, do you hear me?"
"I heard you, A-Che, you need to be careful too. You are the most important."
The two parted ways and began their search in different directions.
Jiuzhi Che immediately hired a hacker to investigate the address of Morinaka Kazuko's hometown, but they couldn't find it.
Expected.
After all, the fact that the town's human-head balloons have developed to this point, yet there's no news about it and no one mentions it, means that everything about the town has been hidden, forgotten, and left to die.
Finding Kazuko Morinaka would be a considerable undertaking.
"Why do you walk? Floating is much faster."
A human-shaped balloon suddenly spoke.
"I like to be down-to-earth, unlike you, who only wants to reach the sky in one step."
"I'm proud of myself, so what? You couldn't have had the chance!"
"So I'll leave the opportunity to be useful to you, just like the opportunity to die—I'll be generous and give it to you."
"Purify!"
In that instant, the balloon with the human head seemed to see light.
"Ah, wait, wait!!! I have last words!!!"
The corpse beneath the human-head balloon was shaking violently as it trembled.
It seems he's someone who's afraid of death.
The human head balloon will possess the original owner's memories and some of their personality traits.
Jiuzhi Che smiled smugly: "I have a grudge against a human-headed balloon named Morinaka Kazuko. Find it, and I'll spare your life!"
"receive!"
The human head balloon immediately began its simple and direct inquiry, calling out "brother/sister" to every human head balloon it saw, asking if it knew the Morinaka Kazuko balloon.
They even shouted, and at least dozens of people heard it.
"Brothers and sisters, please help us call out to Kazuko Morinaka!"
Some people actually did shout out the names of the people in the balloon.
People have a herd mentality; if no one speaks up, there won't be any "headballs" (people gathering to fill a balloon).
Then, a large group of balloons with human heads started calling out Kazuko Morinaka's name.
"I know Kazuko Morinaka, who's looking for her."
"I know him too."
Within two minutes, Kazuko Morinaka's home address was sent back.
"Good job, you did very well."
The man with the human head balloon said with a fawning smile, "It's all thanks to your guidance. If you hadn't found the right person and had such good judgment, we wouldn't have found Morinaka Kazuko so quickly."
Jiuzhi Che nodded in agreement.
"Purify!"
The light we had seen before enveloped us once more.
The human-shaped balloon was shocked and tried to escape, but it was too late.
"You promised to forgive me!"
"I promised to spare your life, but you're not a dog."
"puff----"
After being purified, the human-shaped balloon burst and deflated.
His eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes still open.