In The Clutches Of The Vengeful Spirit (Text Only)
A horrific discovery
We're in an almost empty room with various scraps, clutters and broken furniture.
The room is dimly lit by an old light-bulb at the ceiling which flickers from time to time.
If it wasn't for the moonlight which shines into the room through its broken windows, it wouldn't be possible to see anything at all.
There's one functional furniture in the room - a table - that stands close to the door, which is the area's only exit.
On top of it, there's an old and small radio that is switched off.
At the far end of the room, the silhouette of a person sitting on a chair, with the head bent down, can be seen.
If we come closer, we can see that the person is bound to the chair with their hands tied behind the chair's back, and their legs tied to the chair's legs!
The light-bulb flickers again, and the light shines on the victim, who turns out to be a young female, somewhere in her early twenties.
She's wearing a celadon green blouse, a blue ribbon hair bow tie, purple shorts and red sneakers.
Her only restraints consist of duct tape that ties her hands, torso, and ankles to the chair.
The lower part of the head is wrapped in an unknown number of layers of duct tape, covering the victim's mouth.
The victim is unconscious.
But slowly, she regains her consciousness.
She opens her eyes slowly.
When she feels that she can't open her mouth, hindered by the layers of duct tape, she starts to panic.
Mizuki Kuba
Mmmmpppphhhh!!!!
The victim realises now in horror that she's a captive.
Unable to shout for help!
Her mind is filled with many thoughts.
Mizuki Kuba
<What happened...?>
Mizuki Kuba
<How did I come here?>
Mizuki Kuba
<Did I fall on my head?>
Mizuki Kuba
<No, I know I haven't...>
Mizuki Kuba
<I came to that abandoned house to look for...>
The victim stops thinking and widens her eyes.
Mizuki Kuba
<Was I attacked from behind?>
Mizuki Kuba
<That must be it.>
Mizuki Kuba
<I was quite sure that the house was abandoned!>
The victim's name is Kuba Mizuki, a foreign exchange student from Okinawa currently studying in Easthaven together with her friends Hata Aimi, a fellow Okinawan, and Courtney Carr.
They've been investigating a series of strange murders that baffle the police.
So far, the three young women have managed to uncover clues that could lead them to identify the killer.
But the police dismissed the trio's findings as "insignificant".
The police even told them to stop with their investigation!
Having a strong sense of responsibility towards the murder victims, and wanting to prevent future murders, the trio continued to look for clues.
In the end, Mizuki found out that the clues were leading to an abandoned house outside the northern part of Easthaven.
Since she was the closest to the house, she has sent her friends a text message, telling them to meet her there.
Aimi Hata
<Alright, Mizuki-chan.>
Aimi Hata
<Both Courtney-chan and I will meet you there.>
Aimi Hata
<Do NOT enter the house on your own!>
Aimi Hata
<I have a bad feeling about this...>
Those were Aimi's last text messages to Mizuki.
But Mizuki didn't heed the warning.
Mizuki had gone around the house and couldn't find any other life than an owl hooting from a nearby tree.
She really believed that she was alone.
Thanks to the fact that it was in the middle of summer, the night wasn't very cold.
Suddenly, Mizuki discovered flickering light coming from a room on the house's upper floor!
Mizuki Kuba
Wasn't the house supposed to be abandoned?
Mizuki Kuba
How come there is flickering light coming from that room?
Mizuki really wanted to wait for Aimi and Courtney.
But in the end, her curiosity was too much to ignore.
Mizuki Kuba
I better go inside.
Mizuki Kuba
I'm really alone out here...
Mizuki Kuba
The front door may be locked, though.
She went to the front door, pressed down the door handle and pushed hard.
The door opened with a loud creak.
Mizuki turned on her torch and went inside.
She noticed that the house hadn't been occupied for a long time as she glanced around.
There was dust everywhere and much of the furniture had been broken by time.
Mizuki Kuba
I'll let Aimi and Courtney scour the ground floor later.
Mizuki Kuba
But now, that room with the flickering light!
Her torch shone on a broken stairway that was still usable.
She took several cautious steps while ascending the stairway, making sure she wouldn't fall down.
At the end of the stairway, Mizuki was in a small corridor leading to different rooms.
The flickering light came from a room on the right side of the corridor.
She began walking towards the flickering light.
Her chest was filled with tension that was building up.
What would she find in the room?
Mizuki felt pain in the neck.
But before she could do anything, her vision blurred, and she felt the world was spinning around her.
The young woman fell forward, and hit the corridor floor with a thud.
Before Mizuki completely lost her consciousness, she could hear the sound of an echoing voice belonging to a young woman.
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