My Cell Prison
Chapter 1526 - 1524 Diary Activation

Chapter 1526: Chapter 1524 Diary Activation

[Black Shell Street]

Inside a luxurious European-style mansion, the "safe house" is located in the underground wine cellar.

The assassin squad hidden here is a true competitor, coming from another Super World as fate travelers.

Their overall progress is identical to Han Dong’s,

They have currently also collected four clues and exchanged them in the Shrine for a key item - [Watson Family Tree], with usage conditions limited to "Ladybug count = 4".

Currently, they also hear the ’heavy leather shoe sound’ as if treading on the surface of a heart.

"Boss, this thing is really strong!

It’s not on the same level as the monsters we usually encounter... Why don’t we go out and kill it now? Perhaps the "Box of Resentment" is hidden on him."

As the strange man with copper coins hanging on his body wanted to act.

The cold end of the folding fan lightly tapped on his shoulder, a certain artistic conception was transmitted through the fan, forcibly suppressing his anger.

"Keigo~ Just stay here quietly.

The thing wandering outside, even if we really could kill it, we’d pay a huge price, possibly exhausting all our trump cards.

Before many things become clear, touching "Ladybug count = 5" seems premature... First, we need to handle the matters in this haunted mansion."

While waiting for the ladybug number to change,

Keigo, out of boredom, repeatedly pulled off the copper coins hanging on his skin, playing the "heads or tails" game alone in the corner.

Another squad member, [Forbidden Speech], used an iron hammer he carried to tap the iron nails on different parts of his body, actually tapping out childhood nursery rhymes.

Only the handsome man referred to as ’Boss’ remained motionless, in a state of meditation.

[5] → [2]

"Two hours exactly? The highest difficulty stage lasted this long... There must be secrets hidden within, enough time for us to explore its mystery."

When the three returned to the grand and ornate mansion hall, a little girl with protruding veins all over her body crawled toward them at high speed in a prone position with her back down.

Before the rather manic Keigo could act to restrain her.

Ding!

A nail, fast as a bullet, instantly pierced through the little girl’s head, the slightly extracted body quickly dissolving into a puddle of blood.

...

Camera cuts back

Into the courtyard of a Japanese-style villa.

In [2] mode, evil spirits in the haunted mansion are limited to movement within fixed areas, while the weed-infested courtyard is considered a ’safe zone’... or rather, the evil spirits dare not approach here.

Han Dong glanced back at the second-floor window.

A female in high school uniform, her face covered by long hair, was eerily waving slowly.

This was very similar to some horror movie scenes, used to create psychological fear, gradually eroding others’ psychological defenses.

However, Han Dong discarded prejudice and fear, carefully feeling the message the other party wanted to convey.

The other party seemed to genuinely want Han Dong to come upstairs for a private talk.

"Didn’t feel any direct threat... Of course, it could also be a disguise or a kind of induction trap.

Let’s give it a try, maybe we can really find some clues."

Letting Sally stay in the courtyard.

Han Dong didn’t return to the second floor via the original path but instead jumped directly using the modifications from his zombie constitution.

With one hand clasping the window ledge, he easily flipped himself inside.

『Count, do you smell any danger?』

『Not for now, you probably guessed it right.』

『That’s good.』

This was an independent study, all locked up... previously when clues were sufficient, Han Dong hadn’t paid much attention to it or checked it out when passing the second floor.

As Han Dong flipped into the study.

The female student who was originally greeting from the window slowly rotated her body without making any sound, almost as if she didn’t have any bones.

This image of long hair covering the face is the result of a clever fusion of the uncanny valley concept and Lovecraftian horror by an island country director, which has proven highly effective in horror films.

"Is there something you want?"

Faced with Han Dong’s question, the female student seemed unable to speak verbally.

She just slowly stretched out a soft arm, making an effort to point toward the Crooked Neck Tree in the courtyard.

Then she started a weird head-shaking mode...

The frequency of head shaking sped up with time until her entire head, skin, and flesh were torn off and dropped on the ground.

Most people would probably have run away in fear.

Yet Han Dong maintained a kindly smile throughout, bending down to pick up the head that rolled to his feet and reattached it to the neck.

Due to his close interaction with the head,

Han Dong accidentally discovered the reason the female student couldn’t speak... Her mouth was completely sealed by a stapler, dozens of staples piercing through her lips.

"Need me to help you take these nails off?"

Receiving a nod of response from the female student, Han Dong carefully removed all the staples.

As her oral cavity had been sealed for a long time, it was deeply ulcerated inside, and a large part of her tongue was missing... her speech was choppy and difficult to understand.

"Tree... everyone... I can’t... beware curse..."

As she spoke.

The female student seemed to be afraid of something after saying this, and her head and body completely disappeared.

"According to the root cause of forming a haunted mansion, is this tree the key?

Might as well take another deep look."

Han Dong began to perform flashy operations under difficulty [2].

Deliberately activating various curses inside the haunted mansion

For example, burning the red high heels from the shoe changing area,

Proactively putting on a bloody kimono,

Picking up the ball that had turned into a head,

Drinking the eyeball beverage from the kitchen,

Just like this, the whole haunted mansion came alive.

Following Han Dong was a group of oddly postured residents who had once died tragically here.

However, when Han Dong passed the living room and reached the courtyard where the Crooked Neck Tree was located, this group of Evil Spirits suddenly stopped, even actively severing curse connections.

"Nicholas, what are you playing? It looks so fun, I want to play!"

"Not playing... still quite dangerous.

Indeed, all the Evil Spirits in the haunted mansion are afraid of this tree, and I really want to see what’s so special about this tree now.

Hold on a bit~ we’ll soon have a chance to delve deeper."

Not disappointing Han Dong’s expectations.

The next difficulty change happened just right from [2] → [4], thus completing a full cycle of all difficulty levels.

As the bracelet displayed four ladybugs, a dense resentment rose from the ground, and the black barriers on Black Shell Street began to envelop the entire haunted mansion.

The Evil Spirits that wandered within the haunted mansion began to withdraw.

One by one, black vines grew from the ground, spreading against the building, feeling as if they’re about to breed some extremely terrifying existence.

Ignoring the oppressive feeling brought by the scene change, Han Dong decisively opened the "Curse Diary".

『Current ladybug count = 4, "Curse Diary" restrictions lifted! The key item and scene form a congruence...』

Buzz!

In the blink of an eye.

The scene before Han Dong and Sally simultaneously changed, returning to a previous point in time.

The two stood outside the villa, at the entrance where a family nameplate – [Soei Family] was posted.

"This is!"

Han Dong suddenly recalled the similar scenario corresponding to the movie "Ju-On".

At the same time, he looked at the characters corresponding to himself and Sally.

He had become a middle-aged man with a slight beer belly and stubble, while Sally had turned into a woman with a somewhat ghastly appearance... a timid little boy stood between them.

Han Dong couldn’t control his body, only able to observe and experience it in the first person.

"Through the diary, are we experiencing the life of the first homeowner?"

Han Dong had a rather bad premonition...