Red Mist Bliss Village

Ningyo Ukiyo-e, this is the work published by Sakuraba Aki in July [-], and it is also the novel that has been controversial by readers among all the works so far.

The content is that the protagonist, Qi Li, was educated not to have any negative expressions on his face and to treat anyone with a smile forever since he was a child. After he grew up, his relatives died one after another, and when he was the only one left, he thought To get back the lost emotions.

It was mentioned just now that Qi Li will not have negative emotions, that is to say, even in the face of the death of his relatives, I am afraid that his handsome face is still smiling, and he faces everyone with that empty smile.After becoming an adult, Qi Li embarked on the path of a painter. In order to draw beautiful and painful expressions, Qi Li lured many beautiful boys to have sex with him, and killed them while they were sleeping, and then painted the appearance of the dead boys.

After Qi Li met the young Jun Yi, after killing Jun Yi who he "may" like, and finished a painting of the boy smiling when he was dismembered, Qi Li jumped off the building and committed suicide.

In the whole novel, there are only descriptions of actions and dialogues for the character of "Wildly". What kind of state of mind this character is, or his most real thoughts, are not described in Ningyo Ukiyo-e at all.

Later, someone interpreted this novel in a special way, the key point being the title.Ningyo refers to dolls, and ukiyo-e is a form of Japanese painting that is a color-printed print that mainly depicts people's daily life, dramas, and landscapes.The combination of the two nouns means "depicting the daily life of dolls".

This is how the mystery was revealed. After knowing the real world view of Ningyo Ukiyo-e, I read this novel again, and then saw the illustrator described by Sakuraba Aisheng appear on the stage. At that moment, I felt the spine spread from bottom to top the chill.

Ignore morality and ethics, but it is not purely promoting the word "evil", but after understanding the Ningyo Ukiyo-e, I think many people will understand that the painter is miserable, but he is actually a person without emotion. Because he has no emotion, the whole novel There is no emotional profile of him in it.

If you want to say that the character of Qi Li has any emotional expression, it is probably the scene where he committed suicide by jumping off the building after killing the boy Junyi!

At that time, after reading the Ningyo Ukiyo-e, I never thought that I would become the editor of Sakuraba Aki one day. At that time, I only had one idea about the author who wrote such a work and had never met—the author frankly If it wasn't a very unhappy childhood, or there was a major change in life when I grew up, otherwise I really can't imagine how a normal person can write this kind of story.

With this in mind, it didn't take long before I became the editor of Aki Sakuraba.

In such a crowded place at the train station, people come and go around, and the warm sunlight outside shines in through the frosted glass, as if through a hazy veil. In such a place, it was the first time I had a relationship with Ai Sakuraba meet.

Then, I finally knew what kind of person wrote Ningyo Ukiyo-e, a man with eyes that were still dark in the sun, who seemed to hear the sound of rain when he saw him, and a man with no expression on his face.

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I don't know how long I've been standing in this place. When I saw the boy being burned to the point that there was no ashes left, my thinking seemed to stop at that moment.Normally, someone should be called for rescue or something, but the boy who was burned by the fire has left nothing, as if seeing a phantom, he burned very quickly, in just a few seconds, this The boy disappeared before my eyes.

It wasn't until someone called my name from behind that my brain gradually recovered.

"Mr. Shinzo." Ai Sakuraba walked over, keeping a distance of one and a half meters from me, her voice still cold.

"...Huh...?" I slowly turned my head and looked at him.

I don't know what expression I have now, but after seeing my face, Sakuraba Aisheng seemed a little surprised. This is the first time for him, and it has been seven and a half hours since we met, which is rare. inquiries of concern.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

God, I was actually a little moved when I heard these three words, but now I am being quite shocked by the burning incident just now, so even if I am very moved, I don’t have the energy to express the four words "I am very moved" .

"This...I..." I don't know how to explain to him that the boy was burned to death. After all, it's peaceful here as if nothing happened, so even if I say it, I'm afraid Aki Sakuraba won't Make any representations.

I decided to keep the matter under wraps until it might be easier to convince him if something similar happened.

"...It's nothing." I forced a little smile.

"..." Sakuraniwa looked at me, and after a long silence, he said, "It's time to eat."

"Okay, I'll go right away..." But when I wanted to move my feet, my body suddenly went limp without strength, and I could only fall powerlessly and sit on the grass.

Aki Sakuraba, who was about to leave, turned her head to look at me, showing an incredulous expression again.

"Sorry, I don't seem to be able to move much..." I didn't expect that not only my heart was shocked, but my body might also be affected. Sure enough, the mind will affect the body.

Sakuraba Aisheng sighed, and came to my side with both feet. Without saying a word, she held my shoulder with one hand and my leg with the other. Before I could understand what was going on, she threw me Hug up.

──Ah...

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Waiting for the moment, moment, and second when my whole body was floating in the air, I was completely awake!

God, this is the legendary princess hug, right?Can this hold be used between men and men?May I?

"Don't move around." Aoki Sakuraba said slightly displeased.

"Yes..." Since Sakuraniwa's tone was as vicious as "If you dare to move again, I'll throw you to feed the sharks", I could only stay safe and be hugged by him.

There is no distance between the two.

Sakuraba Aisheng's cold and handsome face can be seen just by slightly raising his head, and the slight breathing sound seems to be in his ears. If it is a girl, he will blush immediately. For me... I just beg him to hurry up Put it down, if this appearance is seen by passers-by A, B, and C, my fame in the first life will probably be ruined.

After finally returning to the guest room without any obstacles along the way, Sakuraba Aisheng put me on the tatami and looked at me without saying a word.At first, I didn't know what he was going to do, so I just let him watch.After 1 minute passed, he still didn't say anything, and I really couldn't help but speak up.

"What are you looking at?" I asked a little nervously.

"Are you feeling better?" Sakuraba Aisheng moved her face closer, as if she was looking for something unhealthy on my body.

"It's much better..." I fiddled with the hair on my forehead uncomfortably, and my eyes skipped the clock that Ai Sakuraba left on the wall, it was already [-]:[-] in the afternoon. "Looks like it's almost time to eat."

"Can you stand up?" Aki Sakuraba asked.

...I'm sorry, I forgot who the person who was weak in front of this gentleman just now is, unfortunately, it is the next one...

He actually let him see the scene where his feet were soft. Now that he thinks about it, he really wants to dig a hole and bury himself in it.

"I... I can do it." Then this sentence is not convincing at all.

"Really?" Sakuraba Aisheng stood up, glanced up and down at me, then opened the lattice door and left.

"Huh!" After confirming that he had left, I gasped impolitely.During the period from when he picked me up to when he put me down, my heartbeat could jump from 150 beats per minute to [-] beats per minute, and my blood pressure suddenly rose.

I always feel that my reaction seems to be too exaggerated, but, no matter what, the person who lifted me up just now is that Sakuraba love life!Don't ask me why I use the word "carry", because using "hug" is too hurtful to a man's dignity...

However, such an insignificant thing made me discover the other side of Sakuraba Aisheng, aside from his indifference. He still cares about others and does something for others.

Although these things are so common to other people, any slight and gentle actions of that man, when I think about it after a long time, are enough to make me want to cry.

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The place for dinner is in the hall of this luxurious mansion. The dishes prepared by Ye Yue are quite exquisite, both the ingredients and the presentation are so perfect that there is nothing to say. Seeing such dishes, the only thought that rushed into my mind is- ─I came to this poor village by car for several hours, just for this meal, it was worth it!

"Mr. Shinsan, please sit down and eat!" Ye Yue took out the washed rice cakes and placed them on everyone's table one by one. "It's just rough tea and light meals, please don't be polite."

"Then I'll start." I picked up the chopsticks, thought about it, and decided to start working on the dish closest to me.

I admit that I am a gourmet, so I should know that I am a very picky person. Then, when I took a bite of the meal prepared by Hazuki and stuffed it into my mouth, I thought of "God of Food" at that time this movie.

Do you know what the most famous line in God of Cookery is?That's it--too delicious la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la!

But now, my mind is full of those words of the God of Cookery.

"I'm talking about Ye Yue." I calmly put down the tachymeter and looked at him with a straight face.

"No, isn't it delicious?" Hazuki's tone was a little nervous, and even Aki Sakuraba, who was eating calmly, turned to look at me.

"No, I want to tell you one thing, that is..." I took the hand of Ye Yue who was sitting opposite, and said very seriously, "Will you marry me?"

... Sakuraba Aisheng was silent, or should have been speechless for ten seconds, and then continued to eat calmly, while Ye Yue was stunned, but the beautiful boy Ye Yue quickly recovered his sanity, and also seriously refused me.

"There is no way! Mr. Shinsan." He said while shaking his head sadly. "I've got my heart set on it."

"Please look at this." Ye Yue took out a photo from her arms, and showed it to us very preciously, "The one standing on my left is my sweetheart."

I lowered my head and looked carefully, I don't need to repeat how handsome and handsome Ye Yue is, but the man standing on Ye Yue's left, if his appearance is so handsome according to my ranking, he can probably be listed No.3.

Ask, who are the top two?

Let me tell you mercifully that No.2 is a certain Tanmei editor who our company claims to work 24 hours out of 1. Unfortunately, that editor is following me, and No.[-] is in the top eight. Someone sat on it when I was young, and it was the novelist and Tanmei writer Aiyu Sakuraba.

Colleagues in the company describe my appearance as follows: If Shinzo didn’t wear glasses, otherwise, my appearance and personality would be no different from Tezuka Kunimitsu, the ghost animal president in The Prince of Tennis...

To be honest, I really want to refute, I can accept describing me as handsome as President Tezuka, but my personality should be [-] times better than his, at least I won’t ask so-and-so to run twenty Circle this kind of thing.

Aki Sakuraba also glanced at it out of the corner of the eye. Even though it was only for a few seconds, I still noticed that his emotions were a bit complicated.Or should I say, when he saw Ye Yue, his expression changed a little.

I couldn't understand what those changes were, but just like seeing his dark eyes, I felt an inexplicable sense of depression in my heart.

"So, does the person you like live here too?" I asked curiously.

"No." Ye Yue put away the photo, with a bitter smile on her face. "We... haven't seen each other for a long time, he is not from here."

"Huh?" If you're not from here, then you should be a foreign visitor like me and Sakuraba Aki!I can't help but guess like this.

"It seems that I lost my way, so I came to this village, and I was the one who entertained him at that time! In fact, we were very hospitable here before." Ye Yue said here, with a shy smile on her lips. "We met at that time, but he already had a child at that time, and we made an appointment to bring his child to me when he came next time."

"It's just...it was a long time ago." Ye Yue smiled and immediately changed the subject. "You mean, why do you want to go to the Red Mist Bliss Village to collect materials? Don't you think that place is scary?"

"Ah, I heard that the residents in it are descendants of monsters. In a way, it can be considered topical." Speaking of this, I thought of the lady I met on the way here. Since this village is far from The Red Mist Bliss Village is very close, so you should have heard the rumors about the Red Mist Bliss Village.

"You have lived here for so long, have you heard of other things in the Red Mist Bliss Village? For example, there will be strange-looking humans at night." I asked.

"Of course I know more or less! Speaking of strange-looking humans! There are rumors of such people in the nearby villages, but no one has actually seen them. I think many of the rumors are because others are afraid of Hongwu Bliss Village, so It must have been fabricated!" Ye Yue said briskly, "It's like people used to say that there are people living on the moon and there are rabbits on it, but after actually going to the moon, they found that there was nothing on it. Is this what the village is like?"

"Exactly." I lowered my eyelids, thinking about the boy I met in the courtyard.I came there because I heard crying, and when I was looking for the boy, I kept thinking about the content of the novel written by Aki Sakuraba.Is it because of being influenced by the content?I'm not sure, but the sight of the boy burning was too unreal for me, I saw his body on fire, burning out at an extraordinary speed... The longer the time interval, the more I felt There is no guarantee that what you are viewing has ever occurred.

What if all this is just my fantasy?

No...impossible, because I am so interested in boys crying, this is definitely not a fantasy.

"You guys are so close to the Red Mist Bliss Village, is there anything incredible going on here?" I calmed down and asked. "I read a news article before. It said that a high school student jumped from a tall building, and after falling to his death, he even stood up and left the campus. I heard that he was also from Hongwu Bliss Village."

"Mr. Xinsan, that report must be false!" Ye Yue smiled, "Because no villager has ever left the Red Mist Bliss Village in such a long time from its inception to its demise, so I absolutely did not go to the village. Such things as reading abroad.”

"Is that so?" I didn't expect that the news turned out to be fake.However, this kind of thing does happen often. Due to the development of the Internet, there are often some fabricated things. Moreover, the fabricated things are almost fake. The more famous one is the Yejian Island incident.

It is said that it happened in the 60s. On Yemi Island, a small island off the coast of Japan, all the inhabitants of the island disappeared overnight, so many people called that island Huangquan Island.The disappearance of residents on Yejian Island was listed as an urban legend, and some people went to the island for investigation and published their photos and experiences on the website "Urban Legend Investigation Team".

It didn't take long later to discover that the content of this website was all a virtual website set up by a certain game company to promote new works. (Note [-])

"Hehehe, there were occasional visitors here before, and they also came here especially for the famous Red Mist Bliss Village, probably because the scenery and architecture here made them feel that it was related to the Red Mist Bliss Village, so many people said here Encountered monsters or something." Ye Yue waved her hand, and continued to speak with the appearance of "Look, this is just echoing what others say". "It is rumored that the people in the Red Mist Bliss Village are descendants of monsters, so they believe that there must be monsters nearby, just like the people on the moon and the jade rabbits were all killed by the astronauts who landed. The exaggeration of imagination can subvert the facts."

"Hmm..." Despite hearing such an answer from Hazuki's mouth, I don't think that boy is a phantom created by myself.The sixth sense told me that this village should also have some secrets, but now I still focus on the Red Mist Bliss Village, after all, that is the content of this interview. "Then, the fact that the people of Red Mist Bliss Village are descendants of monsters is a fabrication, right?"

Ye Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, then spoke in a clear and crisp voice unique to teenagers. "Isn't it fabricated... Actually, it's not entirely true."

"What?" I couldn't understand for a moment what was going on.

"The people in Hongwu Bliss Village are descendants of monsters, it's true." Ye Yue said slowly, "everyone in Hongwu Bliss Village has snake patterns on their necks, maybe because their ancestors are Baqi The relationship between the big snake, after many generations, still cannot change the fact that he has the blood of the demon ancestor. Even so, there is only one place on his body that is different from ordinary people. In addition, the people who live in Hongwu Bliss Village are A real human being."

Only the snake tattoo on the neck can prove that it is a descendant of Yamato no Orochi?I looked down and thought.In such a remote area, people are always superstitious about ghosts and myths. People in one village have strange marks on them, which must be regarded as taboo by people in other villages!Because of fear, there were many things that distorted the Red Mist Bliss Village, such as monsters and so on.

It's just that in today's century with such advanced technology, such things as offspring of demons are still unimaginable.As an editor, I have been in charge of unrealistic fantasy and aesthetically oriented gay novels. I should be able to accept all kinds of weird events and bizarre rumors, and I am quite scientific in my bones.

Perhaps the residents of Hongwu Bliss Village will have snake tattoos, and it is not certain that some genes in the body have mutated. Even if they think so, there is no proof that a fire will kill them.

"Do you know the real reason for the fire in Hongwu Bliss Village?" Sakuraba Aisheng asked lightly.

Ye Yue's hand holding the chopsticks paused in mid-air at that moment, and a trace of haze flashed across those smiling eyes.

"That..." I quickly smoothed things over. "It's okay to be inconvenient to answer."

If I remember correctly, the newspaper said that when the fire broke out in Hongwu Bliss Village, the neighboring villages did not lend a helping hand. Since this place is so close to Hongwu Bliss Village, could it be that the villagers here also witnessed the fire at that time? happened?

However, having said that, the fire that destroyed Hongwu Bliss Village felt very sudden. There is a high possibility that someone deliberately set the fire on fire. After 20 years of changes, that place no longer exists, only some that have not been burned. all relics.What are the neighbors thinking about the series of changes in Hongwu Bliss Village...

"Hongwu Bliss Village is cursed, many people say so." Ye Yue picked up the teapot and poured the brewed green tea into the cup with a calm face. The sound, the fresh smell of green tea slowly spread.

"Because they are members of the heaven-defying family, they will definitely be condemned by the heavens one day. Therefore, when a fire broke out in Hongwu Bliss Village, it turned out that if you extend a helping hand to the descendants of demons, you will also be condemned by the heavens. Stand by and watch." Hazuki smiled slightly, and brought the green tea to Sakuraba Aki and me. "As for how the fire happened, I think the fire should be man-made! If it is really a scourge, then it is not the Red Mist Bliss Village that is going to be burned, but the distorted view of the Red Mist Bliss Village. inhabitants of ideas."

"..." Hearing Ye Yue's radical remarks, I lowered my head silently, not knowing how to respond.As for Sakuraniwa Aisheng, after hearing the answer, there was no need to express, and she stood up directly holding the bowls and chopsticks and the empty plate.

"Where is the cleaning place?" Ao Sakuraba looked at Hazuki.

"Ah, just leave it to me, I'll clean it up later." Ye Yue originally wanted to reach out to take the tableware in his hand, but Ao Sakuraba took a step back.

"Where?" he asked again, seeming very much insistent on cleaning himself.

"Ye Yue, just tell him, we're sorry to bother you at your place, please let us do things like cleaning the dishes!" Unbelievable, I understand Sakuraba's thoughts at this time , he must have wanted to help, so he stubbornly asked where the cleaning place was.

"You guys are really too polite!" Ye Yue had no choice but to open the lattice door next to her and point to the long aisle. "Go straight and turn right and you will see it."

"Understood." Sakuraba Aki nodded, turned around efficiently and immediately went straight to the cleaning tank.

After closing the door, Ye Yue looked at the clean table and sighed a little. "Then, Shinzo-san, Sakuraba Aki-san seems to be very strict with himself! Is he like this?"

I was a little embarrassed as to how to answer, to be honest... child, I didn't see him in person until today...

"It feels harsh, but in fact...he is a very gentle person." At the end of the day, I didn't say anything to Sakuraba, but I always felt that he was not as indifferent as he looked.

"It's like this!" Ye Yue seemed very happy to hear that, "This character is very similar to that person! Although he always doesn't speak and is used to doing his own things alone, he can be found in many places that he is unknown. , very gentle side."

That person refers to Ye Yue's sweetheart!Whenever talking about the man with whom he had an appointment, Ye Yue's pure and beautiful face would show a very happy smile.

At that time, I really wanted to ask Ye Yue "Why didn't you leave the village to find that person", but in the end I gave up the idea.

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After returning to the room after eating, Sakuraba Aisheng picked up the laptop, transferred the photos in the digital camera to the computer one by one, and then edited the contents of the photos.

I couldn't help at all, so I had to read a novel. I have read half of this novel. The author is also Aki Sakuraba. ".

It basically tells the story of a certain college student who met a music producer by chance. Most of the jobs that the producer took were almost text adventure BL game soundtracks. Enthusiast support.

I have to introduce the music producer. Generally speaking, it is the "ghost attack" that rarely appears in Sakuraba Aisheng's works. For example, he likes to cover the eyes and mouth of college students with cloth, or use a belt to cover his hands and feet. Fixed, etc., the reason for doing this is also explained in the novel────This is the producer's personal interest.

When I saw this explanation, I had to wonder if it was also Aki Sakuraba's personal interest... In short, apart from the interests of these ghosts and animals, it is also circulated in the plot, as long as the producer is played after twelve o'clock in the evening If you listen to the music made by human beings, you will hear very subtle cries and screams.But as long as the sun rises and the music is played again, it will not be heard anyway.

I haven't finished watching "Bird in a Cage" yet, but I've finished pinching him on the Internet... According to the youth killing plan in the three laws of Sakuraba Aisheng, the college student was finally imprisoned by the producer, and his hands and feet were all dead. He was hacked off by the ghost animal attack, and his eyeballs were also gouged out. In the end, the teenager lost his mobility and vision, bleeding all over his body, crying in a dark room.

I didn't write out the scene of the boy's death, but it is estimated that the body will not live long in this situation.Why Ghost Animal Gong does this is that in the plot, college students want to know the past of the producer, so they find out that the producer's family was poor when he was a child, and he was sold to be a male prostitute.

Originally college students just wanted to get to know their lovers, but let the whole story meet the ending of the novelty. Such a turning point made some readers cry on the Internet and say, "I was expecting the caged bird to be the first happy ending of Mr. Sakuraba Aisheng's book. So stupid...'.Frankly speaking, I really can't understand why some people think that Aki Sakuraba will write a happy ending. Isn't it because his brand image has always maintained a good tradition that readers support him all the way to the present?

Then, when I was concentrating on watching "Bird in a Cage", Aki Sakuraba looked at me from the side, and spoke without any ups and downs.

"You..." His dark eyes revealed some doubts. "Caged bird?"

"Oh, yes!" I turned the novel to the front, and there was a huge three-character bird in a cage written on it. "If you want to ask me how I feel, I'm sorry, I haven't finished watching it yet, so I'll ask later!"

"Why do you want to watch it?" Sakuraba asked.

"Why..." I smiled wryly, "I was reading your book before I became your editor! After becoming an editor, I know that you don't engage in communication with editors and readers. I want to understand For you, I can only read the novels you wrote.”

"Want to understand me?" Sakuraba Aoki slightly frowned as if hearing something unbelievable.

"I want to know your style, and I want to know what you will express in the novel. If the editor doesn't know the writer's ideas, how to package and plan will be very difficult." I put the book on my feet and thought about it. "It is true that many novels use a handsome man or a cute woman as the cover, so that female readers will definitely pay for it. However, such a cover cannot express the content of the work at all. At best, it is just relying on the cover to attract buyers. , readers should also feel a big gap after reading the content.”

After listening to it, Sakuraba Aisheng still didn't express anything, just turned off the laptop, put it in the bag carefully, and said a sentence that no one can misunderstand.

"I want to sleep." And after I finished speaking, I immediately laid out the quilt, without giving me any chance to refuse, reached out to turn off the light, and activated the night light mode very thoughtfully.

...I now deeply feel that Lao Tzu's character is really too kind. At a time like this, 90.00% of people would throw nearby objects that could be used to hit people at him, or even throw them at him Kicked a few feet on the body and shouted: "What are you sleeping! Get up quickly!" Such behavior.

Not only did I not do anything, but I also put the book away very cooperatively, pulled up the quilt and fell asleep, and I knew that compared with Sakuraba Aisheng, I was a good person at all.

Well, first of all, let me explain the current location allocation. First of all, Sakuraba and I sleep on tatami, with a small night light between us. Furthermore, I sleep next to the lattice door, so as long as you open the door The eyes can feel the changes in the shadows outside through the lattice door.

This is the first time I came to such a rural place, and the night is much quieter than the city. As soon as the night falls, I won’t hear any noise, and I feel that my mood is more peaceful than usual.

I didn't fall asleep right away, thinking about how Ai Sakuraba would write this new book. Since I went to collect materials with him this time, I was also looking forward to it.Seriously speaking, if the new book is going to be published, I will be in charge of his planning and packaging this time. After all, this is also the first time I have cooperated with Sakuraba Aki!

Just when I was thinking about these things seriously, nursery rhymes sung by many children came from outside the door. In such a quiet night, the sound of nursery rhymes and weird lyrics seemed very eerie.

red rain red rain

who is crying in the moonlit night

A boy with a body like a snake holding his head and crying

Lost feet and crawled on the ground

That person is at the bridge

carrying a red lantern

at the bridge

red rain red rain

when can we meet

at the bridge

It was past eleven o'clock in the evening when the nursery rhyme sounded.

Through the shadow and light on the door, there is only the white moonlight and the shadows of trees swaying in the wind, but there is nothing else.I wanted to open the lattice door to see what it looked like outside, and to know who was singing outside, but at this moment, I saw a scene that I will never forget in my life.

Reflected above the door is the shadow of a woman.

The woman's hair was floating in the air, and her hands seemed to be touching the door in front of me. Then, her lower body was kneeling, and there were eight feet in total.

It was a woman who looked like a spider.

Note [-]: The horror game developed by Sony Corp. is called SIREN.Sony has set up virtual websites to introduce the strange places that appear in the game, such as Hanyu Snake Village and Yemi Island. The most famous one is the personal website of the urban legend investigation team and writer Osamu Mikami.