“Ring ring ring ring ㅡㅡ”
The ringing of the phone suddenly woke you up, which almost made you fall off from your seat. Several CCTV screens lined up in front of your eyes, you find yourself in the security room of a building…and what you’re wearing is a security guard’s uniform. Yes, you remembered that you accidentally dozed off during your shift, that you even forgot that you were at work. This job must be too boring to remember.
“Ring ring ringㅡㅡㅡ” The phone on the table rang again, and you hurriedly picked it up. On the other end of the phone was an anxious resident, saying that there was some burning smell when he passed by the fourth floor and hoped that you would go take a look. It would be quite troublesome if a fire broke out in this kind of old-style public housing. Hope it’s not something serious… You grabbed a flashlight and went up the stairs.
When you arrived at the stairwell on the fourth floor, the burning smell was indeed filled in the air. However, no thick smoke was seen. You believed the situation was not that serious yet. As long as the source is found as soon as possible, it shouldn’t be a big problem. You took a deep breath of fresh air and opened the smoke door, but the scene you saw there made you feel a little chilly down your spine. You don’t see anyone, and the lights in the corridor were quite dim. It didn’t even look like there’s people living there at all. You followed the smell and went forward, until you stopped in front of two units: the front door of one of the unit was deeply locked, and the door and transom window were sealed with newspapers, making it difficult to tell whether anyone lives here; the other unit was also locked, and talismans were posted on the door. It seems like no one has been home for a while… But when you looked up, you saw light coming from the transom window.
The burning smell was definitely coming from around here. Since there’s only one unit that has someone at home, let’s start the investigation here. You tried your best not to pay attention to those strange talismans stuck on the door and knocking on the door, but no one responded. Strange, you clearly heard sounds coming from the inside? You tried knocking on the door a few more times. After a moment, there was an unlocking sound from the front door… Does that mean the householder letting you in? Although you were confused, you pushed the door open.
“Sorry for bothering…” you greeted politely. But when you entered the house, you found that there was no one in here. It will be too late if the fire actually breaks out, hope the householder won’t mind if you take a look around here without permission. You never expect that this daily duty is not as simple as you think. It seems that someone…or “something”, is somehow leading you step by step into the truth of a secret…
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「鈴鈴鈴鈴鈴ㅡㅡ」
一陣電話鈴聲把你忽然驚醒, 你差點就從座位摔到地上。眼前並排著好幾個閉路電視螢幕, 你發現自己身處在一座大廈的保安室, 一摸身上, 你正穿著保安的制服。對了, 你想起了你是在當值途中不小心打起了瞌睡, 連自己正在上班都能忘記, 這份工作肯定是太無聊了。
「鈴鈴鈴ㅡㅡㅡ」桌上的電話再次響起, 你手忙腳亂地拿起來接聽。電話的另一頭是一位焦急的住戶, 表示剛剛在途經四樓時聞到刺鼻的燒焦味, 希望你能去看看。這種舊式公屋要是發生火警會相當麻煩, 希望不是什麼大事…你帶上了手電筒, 從樓梯走上樓。
來到四樓的樓梯間, 果然一股焦味撲鼻而來, 然而樓層內並未有看到濃煙, 相信還不至於嚴重的地步, 只要盡快找到源頭, 應該問題不大。你深吸了一口新鮮空氣, 推開了通往四樓的防煙門, 但樓層的景象, 卻讓你感覺有點背脊發涼。整層樓一個人也沒有, 走廊的燈光也相當昏暗, 根本不像是有人住。你順著氣味往前走, 直至停在了兩個單位前: 一個大門深鎖, 門和氣窗都被報紙封得密不透光, 難以分辨這裡到底有沒有人居住; 另一個單位的門也是上鎖的, 門口貼了符咒, 似乎已經有段時間沒有人回來過了…但抬頭一看, 你發現有燈光從氣窗透出。
焦味確定是從這附近傳出來的, 既然只有一個單位有人在家, 就從這裡先開始調查吧。你努力地不去注意那貼在門上的詭異符咒並上前拍門, 卻等了許久都沒有人回應。奇怪, 你明明聽到單位內有聲音?你不放棄地再拍了幾次, 片刻, 大門傳來了一下解鎖的響聲…是戶主讓你進去的意思嗎?雖然心中疑惑, 你還是硬著頭皮推開了門。
「不好意思打擾了…」你禮貌地打招呼, 卻在進屋後發現單位內根本沒有人。要是火警發生就來不及了, 希望戶主不會介意你擅自在這裡四處看看。你萬萬想不到, 這看似日常的保安工作並沒有你以為的那麼簡單, 似乎有誰…或者說有”東西”, 正在一步步引導你深入一個秘密的真相……