Alien Hotel

The night is dark.

Night shrouded the orphanage, and the corridor outside gradually became quiet. The children had exhausted their energy during the day's play. Most of them had fallen asleep at this time. The "parents" on night patrol walked through the corridor with flashlights. Occasionally, there was light from The door's observation window flashed by, accompanied by the sound of deliberately slowed down footsteps.

Little Red Riding Hood put on her nightgown and leaned against the bed, listening to what was going on outside.

She was paying attention to whether there were short cries or unusual screams in the night. Her wolf was sniffing out the smell of fear and uneasiness in the shadows, sniffing out whether there was something that shouldn't be there, taking advantage of the night. leaked into reality.

She had developed this habit even on days when she didn't have to do night watch.

After a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the bed.

The first hour after lights out is the most troublesome, and it looks like today will be a peaceful night.

There was a creaking sound from the upper bunk, and a head poked out from the edge of the bed, with curiosity on his face: "Red Riding Hood, why did you go to bed so early today? Have you really slept more recently?"

"Well, I'm starting to feel sleepy," Little Red Riding Hood yawned and said a little sleepily, "And I have an appointment tonight."

Rapunzel, who was sleeping on the upper bunk, was a little confused when she heard this. She didn't understand what it meant for a while, but she realized it within a few seconds.

A name that I became familiar with recently came to mind:

: ".——That uncle named Yu Sheng?"

"He's not that old, you should call me brother," Little Red Riding Hood rolled her eyes, "Yes, it's him. He asked me to meet in the Black Forest."

"Okay, brother," Rapunzel looked a little weird, "I asked you to meet in the Black Forest - well, even though I know what's going on, it still sounds weird. We have always been trapped in In their respective 'subsets', your dark forest has become 'lively' recently -"

Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyelids: "Envy?"

The head on the edge of the upper bunk tilted, then retracted after a moment: "I don't have any ideas."

Little Red Riding Hood opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back. Then she picked up the mobile phone beside her, and edited a message as sleepiness gradually emerged -

1. "Good night, see you later."

After an unknown amount of time in a daze, the girl finally gradually fell into a dream.

Dark, cold, and empty, and then layers of shadows appeared in front of us. The forest at dusk emerged from the shadows, and along with the shadows, there was the distant roar of wolves.

Little Red Riding Hood opened her eyes in her dream and saw a familiar "landscape".

"".We are really at this place again. "

She sighed helplessly, but her nerves gradually began to tighten in her heart.

The fear and tension that have been rooted in childhood have almost become instinctive in the bones. This is not something that can be fought against by making some mental preparations in advance or exercising courage on weekdays. The calmness on the face and the ridicule in the tone are just... She was still afraid of being able to lie to herself—she knew this better than anyone else.

As her nerves gradually became tense, she summoned her wolf pack, and then looked around.

She was wary of the wolves appearing in the darkness, and was also looking for the figure who promised to explore the dark forest with her.

Almost at the same time that the wolves were summoned, Little Red Riding Hood saw intertwining and spreading black threads suddenly appearing out of thin air in the nearby air, and heard a voice coming from nowhere:

"Hey, she's asleep, she's asleep... Don't rush, don't rush. Just position yourself. Don't you have to find a way to drive directly to her? This is a delicate job - it's connected, hey, it's connected! Just set the door Here, open it, open it————

The next second, Little Red Riding Hood was stunned to see those threads floating in the air suddenly condensed into a thorny "door frame".

And a shimmering illusory door quickly took shape in the center of the thorn bush. The door opened, and three familiar figures stepped out of the door.

Yu Sheng carried Irene on his shoulders, and the fox girl followed beside him.

"Good evening," Yu Sheng greeted the girl in front of him cheerfully as soon as he came in. "You're not too late, right? Irene said you just fell asleep a few minutes ago."

Then Hu Li and Eileen also waved and said hello, both looking cheerful.

It seems as if we are not entering a dangerous black forest, but running to the park for an outing.

Little Red Riding Hood suddenly felt that her emotions were a little out of sync. She felt that she should still be nervous, but the atmosphere was suddenly overwhelmed by this kind man's cheerful attitude. She could only open her mouth and hold back a sentence for a long time: "Uh--" I just came in."

Then she saw Yu Sheng take something out from the door that had not yet been closed, and bent down to pull something in from the opposite side of the door. She must have a clear look, and it turned out to be a piece of rebar more than one meter long. The front end of the thick steel bar was bent several times, and a bunch of rusty nails, blades and angular steel bar stubble were welded to the circle. In the dark forest near dusk, this thing glowed coldly.

Just looking at it makes me feel like I'm going to get tetanus·

With a question mark on her forehead, Little Red Riding Hood watched as Yu Sheng pulled the tetanus stick out of the door and waved it twice out of thin air. The one-meter-long and nearly two-meter steel mace was as light as a plastic stick in his hand. , she finally couldn't help but asked: "This is--" - what? "

"Weapon," Yu Sheng explained cheerfully, but at the same time he seemed a little embarrassed, "The main reason is that I don't have anyone who can take advantage of me, and I don't have much combat experience or skills. I usually have nothing but brute force and selling blood." There are other advantages, unlike Hu Hu, who has a fox carrot suit or Erin, who has a bunch of magic gadgets*""-I can only make do with this."

As he said that, he grabbed the vicious stick that could cause severe bleeding and tetanus to an ordinary person after just wiping it. He swung it around twice and sighed: "Although I feel like this thing is of no use to the 'bad wolf', it has roots." A stick is better than going up with bare hands or grabbing rocks like before. "

Little Red Riding Hood was stunned for a while after hearing this. She finally recovered from the shocking "weapon" painting style and followed Yu Sheng's thoughts. Her expression couldn't help but be a little awed - but it wasn't because of this. How powerful the stick really is.

To be fair, she has seen a lot of dangerous weapons in her years as a detective in the spirit world, and there are countless weird things that can kill people in foreign lands. A piece of rebar with a lot of blade stubbles welded to it is actually nothing at all. Advanced stuff, but this What’s great about this thing is the style of painting. The pile of spikes, barbs and sharp blades shining with cold light can be seen as the result of the designer giving full play to subjective malice and ruthlessness. The murderous aura in the style of weapon painting has surpassed that of the weapon. It's lethal in itself.

And for some reason, she always felt a wave of fear when looking at this thing. This tension became more and more obvious, and finally made Little Red Riding Hood feel that something was wrong.

She suddenly sniffed and noticed the source of this discomfort in the cold light of the blades.

"-Is it soaked in blood?" The girl gradually opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at Yu Sheng, who was turning around and closing the door seriously.

"Yes," Yu Sheng laughed, "a lot."

In the shadows of the dark forest, that smile seemed to glow with pure joy.

Little Red Riding Hood stood there contentedly. She always felt that she should say something at this time, but she couldn't find the right words in her limited life experience and three views. After a while, she just said: "This - you Blood? Isn’t this a bit——”

"Don't worry about it," Yu Sheng waved his hand nonchalantly before the girl finished speaking, "Anyway, this whole stick is the leftover material left when making the doll. It can be regarded as a by-product of making the doll."

little Red Riding Hood:"..-?

Yu Sheng did not continue to explain, but put the tetanus stick on his shoulder and looked up into the depths of the black forest.

"Don't stay in this dark place for now. According to what the squirrel said, look for a direction with light first. I think there seems to be a light ahead - let's walk first and see who comes out first, the squirrel or the wolf. .

As he spoke, he walked out on his own. After Little Red Riding Hood reacted, she had no choice but to follow. After a few steps, she noticed the nail marks on Yu Sheng's arms and the small teeth marks on his forehead. (I don’t know how the teeth marks can be gnawed on the forehead), I couldn’t help but curious: "Then what’s going on with these wounds of yours? It’s like a cat scratching——"

Yu Sheng's steps immediately slowed down, and his face twitched in embarrassment: "Um - this is also a by-product of making dolls. Don't worry, it will be fine in a while."

Irene, who was sitting on his other shoulder, snorted and tried hard to look angry, but she had no power at all. In the end, she reached out and touched the tooth mark on Yu Sheng's forehead, which seemed particularly twisted. bar.

Little Red Riding Hood continued: “..————·?

At this moment, a choking sound suddenly came from the bushes nearby, causing everyone to stop instantly.

The next second, under the gaze of several eyes, a small figure of a squirrel with a big fluffy tail suddenly jumped out of the bush. It was wrapped with a red rag strip, holding an unknown squirrel in its arms. Where did you pick up the acorns?

Jumping to the twigs at the top of the bush with great dignity, he uttered a shrill cry: "Ah, dusk! It was dark in the forest, and Little Red Riding Hood was walking alone on the path in the countryside. Good children must control their curiosity. Don't be attracted by the wildflowers and mushrooms on the roadside....

The little squirrel suddenly stopped mid-sentence and stared at the group of people in front of him.

Yu Sheng was carrying the tetanus staff with a smile on his face.

A doll that is only 66 centimeters tall but looks particularly impressive for some reason.

Behind him are a bunch of demon foxes with fox fire floating around their tails,

Little Red Riding Hood looked embarrassed but didn't know why.

The squirrel stared blankly at this scene. After a few seconds, the acorn in his paw fell to the ground with a thud.

“—It’s getting weird!!”