Chapter 916: Escape Route |
Ghouls truly live up to their reputation as a race that digs for food in the ground; the vegetables they grow are indeed much tastier.
At this moment, Matsui Yui, sitting next to Liu Xing, suddenly leaned over and said, "Liu Xing, can you guess how many human corpses were used as fertilizer to grow this table of vegetables?"
In an instant, Liu Xing felt that the food in his mouth was no longer tasty.
At this point, Shimada Sho tapped Matsui Yui on the head with his chopsticks and said irritably, "Yui, what nonsense are you spouting again? I haven't killed in many years... Of course, by 'killed' I only mean humans."
After finishing with Matsui Yui, Shimada Sho turned to Liu Xing and said, "Liu Xing, rest assured, there's nothing wrong with this table of food."
Liu Xing nodded and continued eating and drinking as he should... but the food still didn't taste good anymore.
After finishing this anticlimactic meal, Shimada Sho took Liu Xing to a two-story building outside the farm. "I built this building when I first arrived here, but because I got used to living on the farm during construction, I never moved in; I know that as a human, you probably wouldn't be comfortable living with us mythical creatures, so you can stay here alone for the next couple of days. If you need anything, you can contact us using the landline in the living room on the first floor."
After saying this, Shimada Sho handed Liu Xing a key and then picked up a nearby hoe and returned to the farm.
Watching Shimada Sho's back, Liu Xing suddenly felt a sense of warmth.
Liu Xing silently thanked Shimada Sho in his heart, then internally criticized Matsui Yui ten times before entering the two-story building in front of him.
This was a typical Japanese two-story building, fully furnished with all utilities and internet available, and there were various snacks placed under the coffee table in the living room... although without exception, these snacks were expired, and had been so for a full five years.
However, this also showed when Shimada Sho came here.
Of course, although there were many expired products in this house, the overall environment was still very clean, showing that Shimada Sho often came to clean up, indeed a unique Ghoul.
After finding bedding, Liu Xing couldn't help but want to take a nap... although he seemed to have forgotten something, he decided to think about it after waking up.
While Liu Xing was entering dreamland, Yin En and others were sitting in a row against the wall, staring blankly at the Smallpox board.
In this room, there wasn't even a bed, not even a single chair.
"Do you think Ryuusei is currently tied to a bed, with wax dripping and being whipped?" Yin En sighed and said, "I wonder if when we see Ryuusei again, he will still look human."
Next to him, Shima Mitsuhiro sighed and shook his head helplessly, saying, "So far, those Deep One tribes haven't replied to me, it seems Liu Xing might have already been taken away from the coastline. So by the time we find Ryuusei on one of the many uninhabited islands at sea, Ryuusei might already be a grandfather."
Although it felt a bit unkind, Yin En and the others couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After laughing, Zhang Jingxu changed the topic and said, "Actually, what we should be considering now is how we can leave here. After all, we can't just sit around waiting to be slaughtered, right? So should we launch a surprise attack when they bring dinner tonight and then rush out of here?"
"That plan seems a bit unrealistic. Because we don't even know where we are, or the structure of this building. Even if we manage to overpower the person bringing dinner, leaving here would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens, because if we take a wrong turn, we might get blocked by Shima Takeshi's men. So unless we're really lucky, it's unlikely we can escape from here," Ding Kun said, looking at the surrounding walls. "It would be great if there were a few windows here. That way, I could at least figure out the situation around us, and then we could make a plan."
Zhang Wenbing shook his head and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, this should be a specialized confinement room, because I just knocked on the surrounding walls and found that three of the walls are very thick, completely soundproof. And with only a viewing window on the door in this room, I think this must be a confinement room."
"Confinement room?" Shima Mitsuhiro suddenly stood up and said, "If this is the confinement room, then I might know where we are."
Looking at his mobile phone, Shima Mitsuhiro seriously said, "Perhaps we really have a way to leave here, because if nothing unexpected happens, this is the Shimazu Family's black house, essentially an estate used to punish erring Shimazu Family members. This estate is completely hidden on maps, and even on satellite maps, it's just a field of wheat, so when we were locating our position, it showed as an uninhabited area in the suburbs."
According to Shima Mitsuhiro, because the entire southern Kyushu has been the Shimazu Family's territory for hundreds of years, today the Shimazu Family still enjoys some privileges in Kagoshima City. For instance, as long as a Shimazu Family member doesn't commit a serious crime, the family can enforce its own laws. Therefore, the Shimazu Family purchased an estate in the suburbs of Kagoshima City, and because its main color is black, it naturally became known as the "black house."
As one of the most martial families in the Island Nation, the Shimazu Family's laws are not simple, and they don't go easy even on family members. So the various punishment tools in the black house have all seen blood. Anyway, since Shima Mitsuhiro can remember, he hears every year about relatives who "achieve enlightenment" during the enforcement of family laws...
So even though Shima Mitsuhiro was somewhat arrogant in his youth because he was a member of the Shimazu Family, he never dared to cross that red line because he feared he wouldn't be able to leave the "black house" once he entered.
Therefore, Shima Mitsuhiro has only heard of the "black house" and never personally experienced it.
However, Shima Mitsuhiro did seek out a few relatives who had suffered in the "black house" and learned quite a bit about it from them, with the most comprehensive information being about this confinement room.
Although the Shimazu Family is large and prosperous, with the main family numbering in the hundreds after centuries of reproduction, only direct members have the "qualification" to be subjected to family laws. Therefore, although the black house is built large, there is only one confinement room, because often only one direct member would be confined here to reflect on their actions.
So this confinement room looks no different from a regular one, but in every direction, the nearest room is over a hundred meters away, ensuring that the person confined hears nothing but their own sounds.
"You can think of it like this: the confinement room in the black house is like a small room dug out in the middle of a large block of concrete. That's why the person who brought us food was so arrogant, daring to open the door alone to deliver food, not worried at all that we would escape," Shima Mitsuhiro said with a bitter smile. "Because he knows we definitely can't escape. After all, once you leave the confinement room, there's only a narrow path for one person, ending at a bank vault-level iron gate, which can only be opened from the outside. So we shouldn't expect to escape from the confinement room."
Yin En raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled, and said, "Wait, didn't you just say we should be able to leave here, Hirodo? Why the sudden change?"
At this point, Shima Mitsuhiro, who had been wearing a worried expression, suddenly broke into a smile and said happily, "I only said that if we rely solely on ourselves, it's unrealistic to
Before long, Yin En and the others felt the ground beneath them start to vibrate continuously, and then the floor tiles in the middle of the confinement room suddenly split in two, revealing a circular hole.
"Uh, is this another slide?" Ding Kun couldn't help but ask.
Shima Mitsuhiro shrugged and said helplessly, "Yes, it is indeed another slide. This might be because the designer thought using a slide would allow for faster movement."
After saying this, Shima Mitsuhiro entered the slide and disappeared into the darkness... because the topic here is straightforward, unlike the slide at the hidden point on Tanegashima, which had glow-in-the-dark lights installed at intervals.
"To be honest, I think my claustrophobia is about to kick in," Zhang Wenbing said, swallowing hard. "So I'll go last. If I have an episode, you guys have to remember to rescue me."
Zhang Jingxu and the others nodded, and then they each entered the slide, leaving Zhang Wenbing in the confinement room to adjust his breathing.
After a while, Zhang Wenbing finally made up his mind, closed his eyes, and entered the slide.
Fortunately, the slide in the confinement room wasn't long, so it only took about a minute to reach the bottom. Therefore, when Zhang Wenbing exited the slide, he just looked a bit pale.
"Hmm? Brother, you really have claustrophobia?" Yin En said, somewhat surprised.
Zhang Wenbing gave Yin En a weak slap and said in a feeble tone, "Do you think I'm one of your online friends?"
Ding Kun, standing nearby, chuckled and said, "These days, I don't know what's going on, but on social networking apps, six or seven out of ten users claim to have mental illnesses. It's either OCD or depression, but when they get checked, they're all perfectly normal."
"Yeah, I really can't understand what those people are thinking, thinking that having a mental illness makes them seem sophisticated?" Zhang Wenbing said with a bitter smile. "It's because of people like that that ordinary folks misunderstand us real mental patients, thinking claustrophobia or OCD is no big deal."
At this point, Shima Mitsuhiro handed a bottle of water to Zhang Wenbing.
After drinking the water, Zhang Wenbing finally looked a bit better. "Let's keep moving, or Shima Takeshi's men might catch up."
Shima Mitsuhiro smiled and said, "Don't worry, Shima Takeshi's men won't be able to catch up with us."
After saying this, Shima Mitsuhiro pushed open a door beside them, revealing a minecart that frequently appears in various comedy animations.
"There is an abandoned mine next to the black house, so when the black house was built, a mine railway was dug from the mine over here. So now, as long as we get on the minecart, we'll reach the mine in half an hour," Shima Mitsuhiro said as he was the first to sit in the minecart. "Get in, and let Veteran Driver give you a taste of what a real roller coaster is like."
Yin En and the others looked at each other, not expecting that when the Shimazu Family planned their escape route, each one would be more extravagant than the last.
Half an hour later, everyone, including Shima Mitsuhiro, got off the minecart with pale faces.
"This was truly exhilarating..." Shima Mitsuhiro muttered to himself.
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