Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

In the city SUV, Lenari held Lucia in his arms and sat in the passenger seat, looking at the scenery on the roadside with interest, and asked Miles who was driving steadily: "I am not familiar with the Douglas Doll Workshop. Do you know anything about this area?"

"What do you mean?" Miles said, "I am not a local. I was transferred here last year, but I know the geography."

"I see..." Lenari nodded, "Of course it's about ghost stories and legends."

"Ghost stories and legends..." Miles thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard of anything similar in this area."

"I have heard of it!" Lucia, who was held by Lenari to watch the scenery, suddenly raised her paw and said mysteriously, "Isn't there a wide river a few kilometers past the Doll Workshop? There is a very old legend there."

"What legend?" Lenari asked with interest.

"The Goli River is called the Reed River by the locals because the riverbanks are covered with reeds." Lucia rarely has the opportunity to tell stories, so she seems very interested. "Legend has it that in foggy weather, people occasionally see a small black boat with a boatman covered in a black robe standing on it."

"If someone comes up to talk to him, the black-robed boatman will ask him if he wants to take a ride. At this time, you must not answer yes, because the black-robed boatman is actually the god of death, and will take those who agree to take the boat directly to the underworld."

It must be said that Lucia does not have much talent for storytelling... but at least, she described this strange story very clearly.

"I see, it's a classic strange story." Lenari commented.

"Is that so?" Lucia said excitedly, "Back then, Vivian also accepted the commission to investigate this boatman god of death! Unfortunately, the investigation did not produce any results..."

Lenari touched Lucia's head and back, turned to ask Miles: "What about Team 7? Do you have any information about this boatman god of death?"

Miles frowned slightly when Lucia talked about the god of death, as if he was thinking hard about something. Hearing this, he came back to his senses and answered affirmatively: "At least after I was transferred here, no strange incidents happened on this river... Or rather, they happened, but Team 7 did not have any information about it."

Lenari nodded and asked Lucia: "Did Groot receive the commission to investigate because someone was missing?"

Lucia shook her head regretfully: "I don't know about that... Vivian has always been very tight-lipped about commissions involving ghost stories."

"After all, there are many ghost stories, and just knowing them is risky." Miles couldn't help but say, "I know another good place that is more suitable for a picnic. Why don't we go there instead?"

Lenari thought about it and asked Lucia: "What about Lucia? Do you want to change places?"

Lucia hesitated for a moment and said, "I still don't want to... Since I met him, I also want to see where Vivian used to work... Besides, the weather is so good today, it's not foggy, so I won't meet the boatman death god who only appears in foggy days."

"Then let's go to the reed river to have a look." Lenari said to Miles.

It can be seen that Miles disagreed, but he still didn't refute it. He just sighed slightly and drove silently.

...

Today, the sky is clear and the view is wide.

The brand new city SUV was driving smoothly with two people and a cat, and soon they could see the lush and swaggering reeds in the distance.

If Lucia said, it was not foggy today, but...

"Shadow Probe" was one step ahead of the eyes and saw the things on the river surface covered by the lush reed stems and leaves.

Lenari suddenly said, "Stop the car."

Miles was stunned, and quickly pulled over to the side of the road to stop the car without turning off the engine. He asked with a serious expression, "What's wrong?"

Lucia also raised her head in confusion and looked at Lenari inquiringly.

Lenari touched Lucia's head and said, "I saw the boatman's death."

Lucia was shocked: "How is it possible! Doesn't the boatman's death only appear in foggy days?!"

Miles looked solemn: "It is common for the content of the rumor to be different from the actual situation of the ghost story... Has the other party taken any action?"

Lenari was silent for a moment and said, "It's okay at the moment... Go back, no need to reverse, just take the 'fast lane' back to the seventh community."

Miles was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized what Lenari meant and started the car quickly.

The shadow overflowed from the bottom of the car, swallowing up the entire city off-road in the blink of an eye.

...

The underground parking lot of the seventh community.

The brand-new car that had just left drove out from a suddenly opened dark shadow, reversed with superb skills, and stopped steadily against a wall.parking space.

The car door opened, and Miles and Lenari, who was busy helping Lucia, who was frightened, get out of the car one after another.

Miles, who had just started working and encountered an abnormal incident, was somewhat confused and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Lenari comforted Lucia, who was somewhat self-blaming, and walked towards the seemingly ordinary elevator: "I have to talk to Anthony... about the strange story that has been threatening him and forced him to stay at the Seventh Team's base and not go out."

Hearing this, Miles' expression became heavier, and he followed Lenari silently.

...

Anthony's office.

"The strange story that threatens me? Why are you asking this suddenly?" Anthony frowned tightly and asked anxiously.

Lenari briefly introduced the story of the Reed River ghost story "Boatman Death God", and finally said: "Is the ghost story that threatens you also the 'Death God' series?"

Anthony was stunned: "How do you know?"

"Are there 4 more conditions, once all met, will trigger the instant death effect?" Lenari asked again.

"..." Anthony pursed his lips tightly, his expression heavy, "Have you encountered it?"

Lenari shook his head and nodded.

"?" Anthony looked at Lenari with a puzzled look, waiting for an explanation.

Lucia in Lenari's arms also pricked up her ears, nervously waiting for her explanation, not daring to urge her.

Lenari's expression was rarely solemn: "I suspect that the ghost story 'Boatman Death God' of Reed River was swallowed by the ghost story 'Death God' that threatened you."

Anthony's pupils suddenly dilated, and the next moment, he stood up suddenly and paced back and forth anxiously in the open space outside the booth.

Lenari looked at him silently, and while smoothing Lucia's fur, he asked, "Team Seven should have information on 'Boatman Death' and 'That Death', right? Can I take a look?"

Hearing this, Anthony stopped and scratched his hair in annoyance: "'That Death' is the type that will be entangled once you know about it..."