69novels Chapter 183 Unimaginable Ways of Dying
Chapter 183 Unimaginable Ways of Dying
Chapter 183 Unimaginable Ways of Dying
It was a summer day, specifically on July 14th.
Perhaps it was because one planet collided with another planet in space.
In short, for reasons unknown, the number of meteorites suddenly increased dramatically, forming a meteorite shower!
Numerous meteorites rushed into the atmosphere at extremely high speeds, trailing long red tails as they fell from the skies over various countries.
Among these meteorites, there was one special meteorite that became the trigger for this strange event!
To witness the spectacle of a meteor shower streaking across the sky.
Many astronomy enthusiasts have come to Kawamoto City, which is convenient for observing celestial bodies.
The television station also installed a telescope in front of the camera, intending to broadcast these precious images to every household.
Amidst this bustling spectacle, three men will be drawn into an incredible event.
All three are well-known young associate professors at Murakawa University.
The first one is named "Kino Yoichi". He loves sports and has muscles all over his body.
He excels at everything, including soccer, rugby, and baseball.
If it weren't for the prior notice that he was an astrophysics teacher, people would probably mistake him for a physical education teacher.
The second is geology teacher "Yutaka Banno", who also enjoys sports.
He especially loves diving. He once couldn't wait for summer to arrive, so he would prepare his oxygen tank and head to the sea in early spring.
Kinoo and Ichiwa are about the same size, and their homes are full of exercise equipment.
The last one is a biologist named Motoharu Shitani. Compared to Kaneo, Ichiwa, and Yutaka Banno, Motoharu Shitani is the most talented of the three.
Both Yutaka Banno and Motoharu Shitani had no interest in the meteor shower; they were invited to Kawamoto City by Yoichi Kaneo.
It was simply because there were too many people coming to observe the meteor shower.
After discussing it, the three decided to set up a tent at the foot of a deserted mountain for observation purposes.
The tent was quickly set up.
By the time the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already 10 PM.
Jinwei and Yi had set up the telescope and were sitting in the chair, adjusting the focus.
Then a red dot appeared in the sky.
The red dot, accompanied by vibrations in the air, roared as it hurtled toward the three people's location!
"Meteorite!"
Upon seeing the red dot, Kin-O and Ichi-Shin were startled!
Then a huge impact sound was heard!
The meteorite crashed into the foot of the mountain opposite the tent!
Kinou Yoichi, Banno Yutaka, and Shitani Motoharu were quite frightened by the loud noise of the meteorite.
They changed into clothes that were easy to move in, grabbed flashlights, and headed toward the spot where the meteorite had fallen!
After a difficult trek of about thirty minutes, the three finally arrived at their destination.
The surroundings were deathly silent; no one had discovered any trace of the meteorite.
Only a cave with white smoke rising from it came into view for the three of them.
"It looks like it flew into there."
Kino said this to Motoharu Shitani and Yutaka Banno, and then bent down and entered the cave.
The length of the cave exceeded their expectations.
It must be at least ten to twenty meters deep.
The groundwater in the cave, in particular, almost caused Kin-O and I to slip and fall, which was really unpleasant.
However, when Kinwei saw the meteorite, his displeasure quickly turned into excitement!
Because the meteorite had a very peculiar shape, about thirty centimeters long.
It looks just like a giant egg!
After the meteorite cooled down, the three of them moved it to a flat surface and began to admire this meteorite from outer space.
As an astrophysics teacher, Yoichi Kaneo quickly analyzed that the meteorite contained a large amount of carbon.
Upon hearing Kaneo Yoichi's words, Shimotani Motoharu asked in confusion, "Carbon? You mean charcoal?"
Kino explained, "That's right, it's carbon. It's obvious that the surface material of this meteorite was burned and carbonized after entering the atmosphere."
"Of course, it's also possible that the meteorite itself contains a large amount of carbon."
With a trembling voice, Kinou Yoichi continued his explanation: "Meteorites are generally divided into three types: iron meteorites, stony-iron meteorites, and stony meteorites."
"But regardless of the type, no meteorite is composed entirely of carbon!"
"Regardless, this is an exceptionally rare meteorite!"
Just as Kino was explaining to Shimotani Motoharu and Banno Yutaka how powerful the meteorite was.
However, Motoharu Shimotani discovered a crack about five millimeters wide and six centimeters long in the center of the meteorite, which was emitting a bluish light!
"Could this crack have been caused by an impact with the ground?"
"But what is that bluish light it's emitting?"
Motoharu Shimotani is a biologist and a horror movie enthusiast.
Seeing this scene, it's as if the next second you'll see a strange, eerie monster radiating a bluish light bursting out of its shell!
In fact, if you look closely at the crack, you can see a transparent object inside!
Kino and Ichi completely ignored what Shimotani Motoharu said.
He could only excitedly say in a trembling voice, "I never expected to see something like this here!"
"Judging from the light coming through the crack, there might be something extraordinary hidden inside!"
Kinoo excitedly touched the surface of the meteorite and offered suggestions to Shimotani Motoharu and Banno Yutaka.
He plans to take the meteorite back to the lab and study it carefully.
Perhaps this meteorite will lead to my promotion from associate professor to full professor!
Motoharu Shitani strongly opposed this, because he was worried that a terrible monster might emerge from the meteorite!
Banno Yutaka wasn't particularly interested in meteor showers to begin with, so he simply followed Kinoo and got into the car back to the university.
Perhaps because Motoharu Shitani didn't want to get involved with the meteorite, he stayed in Kawamoto City, intending to continue watching the meteorite shower.
However, the three scholars never dreamed of this.
Inside this meteorite lies an object beyond anyone's imagination.
At this time, the three of them were still completely unaware of this.
The newspapers reported the meteor fall the following day, but since no meteorite was found, most experts believed that the meteorite had burned up before hitting the ground.
The event began with the arrival of the meteor shower on July 21st!
The first victim was astrophysicist Yoichi Kaneo.
Perhaps this is punishment for bringing the dangerous meteorite home without thinking?
He was murdered in a way that defies imagination.
Jinwei and Yi live in a university dormitory building.
The dormitory building has three floors, and each floor has three rooms, each about fourteen square meters.
At the end of the corridor on each floor, there is a cabinet with cleaning tools, including mops and rags.
Currently, only two people live in this dormitory building.
The reason for this is that the living space in the dormitory building is too small, making it only suitable for unmarried single people.
At the time that incident occurred, only Kino and Ichi were in the entire dormitory building.
Kino and Ichi's room is at the very back of the second floor.
The iron door to the room was also locked from the inside when the incident occurred.
Therefore, other people should not be able to enter from the outside.
The time is 9:00.
Under the dim light, Kino and Ichi were flipping through the documents.
There were many things on the table: professional magazines and books, a coffee pot and two empty coffee cups, a baseball glove and baseball, and a small television.
Of course, the charred meteorite that was found in the cave a week ago was also placed on the table.
Kaneo and Ichiro conducted many confidential examinations on the meteorite.
For example, using X-rays to illuminate a cross-section.
In short, they did not want outsiders to know about the meteorite's existence.
Unfortunately, no matter how the investigation is conducted, it can only be concluded that the main component of the meteorite is carbon, but what the substance emitting the bluish light inside is remains unknown.
There's only one way left to find out what's inside!
That is to chisel it open!
Jinwei and Yi were ready to fight, each holding a chisel and a hammer.
Just then, the television on the table began broadcasting the spectacular meteor shower in Kawamoto City, and the host's voice came from the television: "Tonight's night sky is dotted with stars, as if inlaid with countless jewels."
At the same time, a familiar face appeared on the television.
It's that guy, Motoharu Shitani. He's still there, just as expected.
As Kino and I listened to the television dialogue using phrases like "once in a lifetime" and "a world-shaking spectacle," a sarcastic expression appeared on their faces: "What world-shaking spectacle? What once in a lifetime?"
"The truly once-in-a-lifetime find should be the meteorite in my hand!"
"If that guy from Shimogawa weren't so stubborn, he might be able to admire the inside of the meteorite with me!"
Jinwei raised his hammer and smashed it against the chisel pressed against the meteorite!
With each strike of the golden tail, the blue light emitted by the meteorite grew brighter!
Looking at the blue light, Jinwei felt as if he had been purified, and he swung his hammer even faster!
Finally, the meteorite, which was about 30 centimeters long, was split in two.
Inside, there was a semi-transparent object about eight centimeters long, lying there as if curled up!
Kin-o and Kazunari are together!
He shouted as he held the meteorite that had split in two!
At that moment, the object at the center of the meteorite unfortunately fell onto the carpet, bounced once on the carpet, and rolled under the bed.
"Damn it! You actually ended up in a place like that! Can't you just accept your fate?"
Jinwei bent down and began searching for the fallen object.
Just as Kino was caught off guard, something was suddenly pressed against his face!
That thing was as big as a pair of pliers, and you pressed it against his face!
The object felt warm and damp to the touch.
At the moment of the attack, Kino saw an object that looked like a starfish!
The eyes, nose, and mouth were all completely blocked by a starfish-like object!
I can't breathe!
Jinwei struggled desperately, trying to tear the thing off his face, but it stuck to him tighter and tighter. Not only that, but a tail that looked like it had scales wrapped around his neck!
Kino instinctively reached out towards the television, as if pleading for help from Motoharu Shitani on screen!
Kinou and Ichi had no idea what had happened to them.
All he knew was that the flame of his life was about to be extinguished!
Shota Fukasaku rubbed the hairs standing on his arms with his hands.
The expression on his face turned somewhat terrified!
As mentioned earlier, this story takes place in the real world.
But no matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem like something that could happen in the real world!
In the real world, how could there be an object like a starfish with a tail covered in scales?
Could it be that the meteorite actually contained the facehugger from the Alien movie?
Shota Fukasaku's terrified expression was noticed by Kinji Fukasaku: "What's wrong? Shota? Are you feeling unwell?"
Shota Fukasaku gave his father a helpless wry smile and pointed to the illustration on the cover of the sixth issue of the magazine "Lucky Hat," saying, "Old man, this doesn't seem like a detective novel at all. It's more like a horror story written by Edgar Allan Poe, with things like 'extraterrestrial meteorites,' 'facehugger murders,' and 'a tail with scales on its neck'—"
"How could a mystery novel possibly have such an outrageous mystery?"
When Fukasaku Kinji heard his son's words, he looked puzzled. On the other hand, Fukasaku Kazumi, who was drinking tea and reading the newspaper, smiled lovingly when he heard his son's words.
"Honey, Shota, look at this."
Fukasaku | Nae flipped the newspaper over and pointed to the headline on the front page: "The Incredible and Bizarre Writer: Mai Kyosuke!"
"This Mr. Mai Kyosuke you just mentioned seems to have written a lot of strange and bizarre works."
"I just glanced at it; there's this 'wicked detective who can't catch the culprit,' this 'cold-blooded crime-solving machine,' this 'magic detective and psychic detective teaming up to capture the Ubume,' and this 'strange and unconventional cannibalism case.'"
"They all seem so interesting!"
"Especially seeing Shota's terrified expression, I'm really curious to see what interesting stories this eccentric author has written."
Sanae Fukasaku glanced at her watch: "Anyway, there's still some time before lunch, and I'm just killing time anyway, so I'll go to the bookstore and buy another book."
As soon as Fukasaku Nao stood up, he planned to go out to buy the magazine "Komei".
Upon hearing his mother's words, Shota Fukasaku helplessly shrugged, stopping her from doing so: "Mom, let's just forget about it. Kyosuke Mai is one of the most popular mystery writers in Japan right now!"
"Just buying this sixth issue of 'Lucky Hat' magazine almost cost me my life."
"There's a woman whose shoes were knocked off, and she's still trying to squeeze into the Sanseido Bookstore. Even if you rush over now, I bet you won't be able to get anything."
"So, let's wait a bit. I'll lend it to you after I finish writing this."
Shota Fukasaku paused for a moment after he had just finished speaking.
Because, without realizing it, the beggar began addressing Wu Jingjie as "Teacher Cong"?
I'm a staunch supporter of Haruhiko Oyabu!
How can you call Mai Kyosuke "teacher"?!
Shota Fukasaku frowned, then opened "Object X from Space" again, intending to take a good look at this short mystery novel.
Then find out Mai Jingjie's shortcomings so that you can take the lead in the next "Mai Debate"!
The person who discovered the golden tail and a body was a young man of twenty years old.
He was a security guard. He wasn't actually short of money; he just wanted to work extra jobs to save up to buy a sound system.
He was very interested in art and music, but disliked sports. He never watched baseball and spent all his time listening to music.
Because several burglaries had recently occurred near the university dormitory, the university's administrative office hired him.
The security guards entered the dormitory and checked each room door.
On the first and second floors, almost every room was locked, making it impossible to enter from the outside.
As the security guards were heading from the second to the third floor, they suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the innermost room on the second floor.
It was a heavy, dull sound, as if something had fallen to the ground.
As a security guard, I have to check it myself for safety reasons.
Seeing the name "Kino Yoichi" written on the door, the security guard knocked on the door, but received no response.
When you turn the doorknob, you find that the door is locked from the inside.
Seeing this, the guard mustered his courage and used the spare key to open the door. The room was dark, with only a small television on the table emitting a faint light.
A chipped meteorite was placed in an inconvenient spot next to the television.
"That is?"
The guard became curious about the stone and was about to go to the table to check when he discovered a person lying under the table!
A man in sportswear lay motionless on the ground, but that wasn't the scariest part!
What's terrifying is that a strange object is clinging to the man's face!
Because the room was dark, the security guard couldn't see exactly what it was. He could only make out that it was a flat, brownish object that looked like a starfish.
The man's neck was still tightly wrapped with an object covered in scales, resembling a monster's tail.
The guard approached the man fearfully, wanting to check his pulse.
As expected, the man had no pulse points; he had been strangled to death by the creature's tail!
The guard released the man's wrist and surveyed the surroundings as thoroughly as possible, looking at everything he could see, from the table to under the bed.
The door was locked from the inside, and the windows were also locked. There was nowhere to hide in the house!
The more the guards thought about it, the more frightened they felt!
He ran out of the dormitory building in a panic and called the police from the phone booth.
Because the description given by the security guard on the phone was too bizarre, more than twenty officers were dispatched.
A group of police officers followed the security guards into the victim's room.
The investigation confirmed that the deceased was Jinwei Yuyi.
At this moment, Kino and I lay on their backs on the ground, their dull, cloudy eyes staring at the ceiling, their mouths wide open, looking utterly terrified.
Through a forensic examination, the technicians determined that the true cause of death for Kino Yoichi was suffocation.
The murder weapon was a rope-like object with scales, resembling a monster's tail. The rope left a distinct, scale-shaped indentation on the victim's neck!
It was like a snake, wrapped around the neck of the dead!
What's even more baffling is the five red bruises on the deceased's face.
Clearly, it was some kind of mysterious unknown substance that caused the wounds by your attachment to the face of the deceased!
Besides these two points, the forensic department also discovered a strange clue.
That is, a corner of the deceased's sportswear was missing for some reason, and the deceased's underwear still had a sewer smell.
As for where the object that the guards saw attached to the deceased's face went?
The police believed the guard's words, but unfortunately, there were no relevant clues at the scene.
However, one thing puzzled the police: the guards entered the room using a spare key, and the room was indeed locked from the inside, including the windows.
So who is the killer, Jue Gai, and where is he hiding?
From the moment the guard heard the noise until he entered the room, only about a minute had passed. How could that scoundrel have escaped to such a place?
Incidentally, there were no recording devices in the house, so the time of the crime could not be faked.
So? The one who killed Kinou Yoichi? Was it really that unknown creature that was stuck to his face like a starfish?
If that's really the case, then how did this unknown creature disappear from this sealed room?
In order to track down the trail of this terrifying unknown creature, more than 20 police officers began to investigate and collect evidence, focusing on the university dormitory building where the murder occurred.
The more Shota Fukasaku looked at it, the more puzzled he became.
At the same time, I felt a little smug.
Because of the medium of detective novels, it is perfectly acceptable for officials to be dismissed from their posts.
Even literary giants like Edogawa Ranpo, Yokomizo Seishi, and Matsumoto Seichō have written some works that were not up to par.
Mai Kyosuke's article "Object X from the Universe" also seems to have the problem of underutilization of its potential.
The reason is that the riddle is too bizarre!
Without your extraordinary writing and your imagination, this strangeness could not be contained.
Then, he would inevitably be devoured by this strange force, and the story would be written as a tale of strange gods and monsters.
Thinking of all this, Shota Fukasaku wore a smug smile.
Because if I can produce irrefutable evidence that Mai Ryou has "fallen from grace", I will surely be able to win back my idol Haruhiko Oyabi in the "Mai Ryou Great Debate"!