Chapter 1871: Chapter 1064: The Missing Older Sister
Yang Xiao could already imagine what happened next. As the train doors opened, the things on the train would disembark, and the girl’s sister met a grim fate.
"What happened afterward?" Yandeta Chiyoda asked, "Has your sister contacted you again?"
The girl shook her head and started sobbing softly, "No, my sister...she disappeared at that strange station. She never contacted me again, and... I couldn’t reach her on her phone."
"I reported it to the police, but...but the police didn’t believe me at all. They just told me to go home and wait for news. I could feel it, they just didn’t believe me. They suspected there was something wrong with my mind, that it was all in my imagination."
"They checked my phone and found... found that there was no call record between me and my sister and no so-called photos sent by her."
"This photo inexplicably appeared in my phone’s album, and the police saw no reference value in it."
"They didn’t say it explicitly, but I understood their implication. They suspected the photo was a screenshot from some low-budget horror movie. But... but how could that be?!" the girl painfully said.
A hand covered the girl’s palm, seemingly giving her strength. Journalist Mimura Kaori softly comforted her, "Don’t be afraid, we believe you. What’s your sister’s name?"
"Sasaki Sakura, I... I am Sasakimotoka," the girl replied softly.
"Taoka, did you go to the station to look for your sister? The station where your sister got off, it was called Shirohata Station, right?" Yandeta Chiyoda spoke gently, worried about disturbing this poor girl.
"I did. After I put down the phone, I was still worried about my sister, so I went to the station to look. But when I got to Shirohata Station, there were a few people waiting for a train, and there was staff. Everything was different from what my sister described."
"I didn’t find my sister. I also asked the station staff for help to look for her. They even checked the surveillance, but...but there was no trace of my sister at all."
"She didn’t get off the train at Shirohata Station at all!"
"I was relentless and searched along all the stations where my sister might have gotten off. But I looked the whole night and still couldn’t find my sister."
"My sister... she disappeared and never came back." Sasakimotoka’s eyes reddened, her eyes bloodshot, perhaps touching a sore spot, unable to hold back her tears.
"Sorry, I... I need to go to the bathroom." Sasakimotoka couldn’t hide her grief, her whole emotional state on the verge of collapse.
"Alright, Taoka, we’ve taken your case. We will definitely help you find your sister," Watanabe Gou promised earnestly and then had someone take her to the bathroom.
This was an old office building, and the bathrooms were located at the corner of each floor’s hallway. To ensure the safety of this sole witness, everyone approached the task with great care, with four people accompanying her.
"What is this..." Just stepping out, Sasakimotoka was also taken aback by this grand scene.
"Taoka, I also need to use the bathroom, let’s go together." Takagi Reina naturally linked her arm with Sasaki Kanai’s, acting as if they were a pair of schoolgirls.
Takagi Reina was originally dressed like a high school student, standing with Sasakimotoka without any sense of discord.
Apart from Takagi Reina, Yandeta Chiyoda, Mimura Kaori, and Ogawa Haruka also followed them, planning to keep a close eye on Sasakimotoka.
After they left, the room immediately quieted down. It was Hirano Yuuhi who broke the silence first, "That photo doesn’t look fake, the background is quite authentic."
As a photographer, her words were quite convincing.
"It seems this is the case we’re going to handle this time." Watanabe Gou exhaled slowly, "Later, we’ll hold onto her and have her take us to where her sister went missing."
However, Yang Xiao’s thoughts differed from the rest. He found something perplexing. Based on the information he had, "Youjian Mountain Station" seemed more like a subway station, the kind buried deep underground.
But according to Sasakimotoka, her sister Sasaki Sakura disappeared at a station called "Shirohata", which was a train station. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Japan is different from our country. The number and routes of trains far exceed those of subways, and the market share is also larger.
In Japan, only those cities have subways, while trains cover almost the entire island, with nearly every city and village accessible by train.
At the same time, Yang Xiao also keenly noticed one thing, not everyone involved in the task received the same script box. At least these teammates never brought up the concept of "Youjian Mountain Station."
Perhaps some of them knew but didn’t say, but Yang Xiao thought that possibility was small.
Since obtaining the Hundred Demons Coffin Clothes, Yang Xiao had to admit, he was a special existence in the nightmare tasks, the chosen one.
Of course, this special identity brought him opportunities, but also made his risk factor significantly higher than that of the average task player. freewebnσvel.cѳm
Yang Xiao decided not to reveal the name "Youjian Mountain Station" for now, to avoid arousing suspicion among his teammates.
The choice to use the name Chu Xi was for the same reason, as he had to reveal his identity as a person from Hua Country proactively.
After all, his habits were different from those native to Japan, and after living together day and night, anomalies would inevitably be discovered. Not confessing upfront would instead provoke unwarranted suspicion and doubt.