Chapter 323 Xiaolin: Teng Shu is my lifelong enemy

Kobayashi, the reviewer of the Hoenn Regional Film Association, is responsible for reviewing movies. This is a very good job for Kobayashi. After all, all he has to do every day is watch movies, which can be considered a form of entertainment. Moreover, the types of movies are varied, and some movies are still very interesting.

What’s more, Kobayashi himself is a movie lover and likes to watch movies. He was very obsessed with movies during college and watched many old movies. He didn’t expect that he could continue watching movies after working.

So Xiaolin has always liked his job.

Although sometimes he would come across some rather bizarre or boring movies that made people want to fast forward and skip, Kobayashi still did his job conscientiously.

After all, Xiaolin himself knows that the film market is actually very large, and only a small part of it can be released in theaters. Most movies may not be known to others and will just disappear. However, these movies need to pass review, so Xiaolin has also seen many movies of varying quality. Some movies even give Xiaolin a headache.

But Kobayashi still persisted. After all, in addition to those bad movies, there are many excellent movies.

Then, Xiaolin encountered the biggest problem in his career.

Directed by Teng Shu.

A new director who is good at and likes to shoot horror movies. His skills are very good, and those unique horror movies have become a spring breeze in the entire Pokémon market. It can be said that since Director Teng Shu shot Dead Silence, the horror movies in the entire Pokémon world have been greatly improved. In the past, no matter how he shot, it was always ghost Pokémon causing trouble.

Then those unlucky ghost Pokémon have to be captured by trainers or subdued by investigators of the League. It is very boring. After watching it so many times, Xiaolin knows the plot. But ever since director Teng Shu came out of nowhere, Xiaolin found that horror movies have changed.

It’s become even more terrifying.

Various movies similar to the horror movies directed by Director Teng Shu began to appear, but none of them escaped the influence of Director Teng Shu. The shadow of Director Teng Shu’s works can be seen in many places, but the combination of music and jumping faces still scared Kobayashi many times.

But these are all acceptable to Kobayashi. After all, he loves his job, he can watch movies, and he can get paid. For Kobayashi, a movie lover, this is simply great.

Until director Teng Shu launched a new patented technology.

The kind of technology that gives people a strong sense of immersion.

After watching Alien that day, Kobayashi couldn’t eat any meat for two days and switched to a vegetarian diet. After all, whenever he ate meat, he would think of the people in Alien who were torn apart and eaten by aliens in various ways, and the facehugger that came directly for his face. It was simply outrageous.

After watching it, Xiaolin felt terrible. When he closed his eyes, he could still remember the facehugger putting its tentacles into his mouth and then starting to hatch little aliens.

This made Kobayashi think about resigning for a while, but he thought that Director Teng Shu was the heir of Dewen Company after all, and he estimated that he would not produce too many movies. Even if a movie was released, it might not be reviewed by him. After all, their association worked in shifts, and different people were responsible for reviewing movies every day.

“Should I resign?” Kobayashi sat at his desk, looking at the movie in his hand that needed review, and fell into deep thought.

“Xiao Lin, let’s go. There’s nothing we can do. It’s our turn today.” The other nine colleagues came over and spoke with heavy expressions. Xiao Lin rubbed his cheeks. He didn’t want to watch this movie very much, because this movie was directed by Teng Shu and the title was “The Grudge”, just two simple words, without any extra words.

But based on Kobayashi’s understanding of Teng Shu, the simpler the title, the more it represents.

Moreover, the “grudge” always makes people think of some bad things. Words like curse, grudge, and hatred do not give people a bad feeling.

“Oh, is it too late for me to resign now?” Kobayashi sighed, wishing he could just crush the original copy of the movie in his hand so he wouldn’t have to watch it.

“Have you paid off your mortgage? Do your children have a house? Do the elderly in your family have enough pension? Do you have money for medical treatment?” A middle-aged colleague patted Xiaolin’s shoulder with a heavy face, and Xiaolin’s mouth twitched.

After hearing this, he didn’t want to resign.

“You know the association’s rules. If you resign, you need to submit a report one month in advance.” Another female colleague sighed, and Kobayashi stood up suddenly.

“I think that compared to the horror movie directed by Teng Shu, being unemployed in middle age is more terrifying.” Xiao Lin said seriously. He was motivated. After all, compared to Teng Shu’s horror movie, being unemployed in middle age and having to pay mortgages and car loans, as well as having to save money, is more terrifying. Movies are just movies after all, and the ghosts in them are played by humans. Can they really get out?

The ten reviewers looked at each other, then took the film to the special viewing area. Other colleagues gave them sympathetic looks.

Now all the film association reviewers in the Hoenn area know that they can watch anyone’s movie except Teng Shu’s. Teng Shu’s movies are too scary. After using new technology, it always gives people the feeling of being sent to be slain by demons. But who would have thought that not long after Alien was taken off the screen, this guy would come with a new work.

As Xiaolin put the film source into the projector, ten people turned off the lights and sat in their seats to review it. They were professionals. Although they didn’t want to watch Teng Shu’s scary horror movie, their professional ethics (?), or the pressure of life made them serious.

“Alien is a movie similar to a bloody film, so there shouldn’t be any problem. It will definitely be about all kinds of murders anyway.” The middle-aged colleague sitting next to Kobayashi comforted Kobayashi. Kobayashi forced a smile, and at this time, the Grudge began.

The Grudge is a curse left behind by a person who died with strong resentment. The strong resentment that arises from the depths of a person’s heart after a wrongful death condenses in the places that the deceased had touched during his or her lifetime. Anyone who touches the place will lose their life, and a new curse will be born.

It started with an explanation. Those strange words and weird flashes made Xiaolin’s breathing quicken a little.

But then comes a name.

【Toshio】

A man appeared on the screen, he was an ordinary middle-aged man, but Xiaolin sat up straight instantly. He knew this actor, Yin Carrey, a very outstanding comedy actor with good acting skills. The only regret was that he did not get the award he dreamed of. It has always been his regret, and he has not had any new works for a long time.

Unexpectedly, this time I appeared in Teng Shu’s movie.

“Kobayashi Shunsuke? This name.” Kobayashi looked at the name of the man in the film, feeling a little helpless. He really didn’t expect that this man would have the same name as the one in the movie. Naturally, other colleagues also noticed it, but they didn’t laugh. Instead, they watched attentively.

As Xiaolin put his thoughts aside, he was unknowingly affected and entered the world of the movie.

“There is a student in our class who hasn’t come for a few days.” Kobayashi said this to his pregnant wife while eating, and his wife asked about Kobayashi’s work. “That’s it, Saeki Toshio. But speaking of Toshio, do you remember a girl from our college days?” When Kobayashi mentioned the missing student, he remembered something.

“Are you talking about Kayako?” Manami asked curiously. She had heard her husband talk about this before.

Kobayashi nodded, and then took out the information that Toshio had registered before. Toshio Saeki is the child of Takeo Saeki and Kaya Saeki, and Kaya Saeki’s former name was Kawamata Kaya.

Thinking of Kawamata Kayako, Kobayashi remembered the woman that Toshio met when he came to school that day. He didn’t expect that she had already become a mother.

After looking at the information, Kobayashi made a decision. He would go over to visit Junxiong’s home to check on his condition.

After get off work the next day, Kobayashi came to Kayako’s family’s house in Nerima District. He rang the doorbell, but no one answered, so he had to go in.

Kobayashi knocked on the door, but still got no response. Kobayashi could only look around the house and finally saw Toshio. Kobayashi then walked into the house and saw all kinds of messy paintings, while Toshio remained silent.

Kobayashi asked curiously, but Toshio didn’t respond much. Kobayashi had no choice but to take out his cell phone to contact Toshio’s parents, but then he received a call from his wife Manami.

In order to get a better signal, Kobayashi came to the window, and behind him, Toshio opened his mouth and made a strange cat-like sound. The camera zoomed out and saw a woman in white clothes standing at the window on the second floor.

Junxiong’s story ends here without a beginning or an end. The scene changes and another name appears.

Yuki.

This time, Kobayashi put himself in the third perspective. He stood beside Yuki, watching Yuki teaching a student and tutoring her. He also learned that Yuki was afraid of cats, and he could hear a strange sound, but the student he was teaching could not hear it.

Kanae had to go to school to feed the rabbits, so she left in a hurry, leaving Yuki alone here.

As the girl left, Xiaolin also learned that this was now a happy family with two children, a boy named Qiangzhi and a girlfriend.

In the empty room, the strange sound rang out again. Yuki put on headphones and listened to the song inside. However, after listening for a short while, the song was stuck and made a strange giggling sound. Yuki took off the headphones in confusion. At this time, there was no other sound in the whole movie, as if he was placed in the vacuum of the universe in an instant.

But in contrast, the jamming sound in the tape became increasingly strange, with a faint sense of creepiness.

Xiao Lin swallowed, he also heard that strange sound, he couldn’t tell what it was, but it was very weird and made him feel uneasy. And this time, the sound made Xiao Lin feel that it almost came from the ceiling above his head.

This feeling was too creepy. Kobayashi couldn’t wait to leave, and Yuki thought the same thing. So Kobayashi and Yuki came to the door. As Yuki opened the door, the house outside suddenly became dark.

It’s like being in the dead of night.

Xiaolin’s breathing became faster. He remembered that when Yuki sent the tangcai to feed the rabbits, it was not like this. It was clearly broad daylight outside.
There was a meow and a cat rushed in. Yuki screamed and dodged in panic, but was forced to crawl into the cupboard.

This time, Kobayashi’s perspective was replaced by Yuki’s main perspective.

Looking at Meow Meow below, Xiao Lin felt very scared, and then he heard that familiar strange sound, the gurgling sound of bubbles.

Right above his head.

Xiaolin raised his head and saw an opening above him that led to the top of the closet.

He suddenly became very curious, what on earth was this sound? Xiao Lin climbed up, and in the pitch-black darkness, he seemed to see something quickly crawling in front of him, but it was too dark and he couldn’t see anything.

Xiao Lin could only take out his lighter and light it tremblingly.

Then what came into view was a terrifying face. Then the other party suddenly pounced on Xiaolin’s face, grabbed Xiaolin’s head, and forcibly pulled Xiaolin up. Xiaolin could only let out a desperate scream and was dragged up.
“My cabinet moved! I don’t want to watch it anymore!” Accompanied by a scream, the lights in the screening room suddenly lit up, and Kobayashi also broke free from that strong sense of immersion. He covered his head and seemed to still feel the cold hands grabbing his head.

“Huff.” Xiao Lin took a deep breath, the feeling just now
“I suggest that it be restricted to adults only.” There was a hint of tears in the female colleague’s voice. Kobayashi looked at her with sympathy. He knew why the female colleague was so scared, because her home had the same layout.

Simply.

“Do you want to see more?” a taciturn colleague asked.

There was a long silence, and then the screening room went dark again.

There is no other way. If they want to make a living, they have to finish it. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, they will lose their jobs.

Xiao Lin took a deep breath. For the first time, he felt that the movie was too long, and it felt like a year.

As the film continued to be screened, new names appeared on it.

Strong will.

Xiaolin remembered this name. The boy from the Murakami family had a girlfriend named Mizuho. They had a good relationship, but now the other party’s name appeared.
Xiaolin was stunned for a moment. Whoever’s name appeared would die. Then, whoever was killed at the beginning?
“Could it be that the child is dead?” Xiaolin thought of a possibility, but how did Junxiong die? Why did he suddenly become suspicious again?

However, Xiaolin’s interest was also aroused.

(End of this chapter)