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She was referring to FUJIYAMA, known as the "King of Roller Coasters," whose towering tracks are enough to make anyone with a fear of heights tremble.
"Don't rush." Yuto Itsuka grabbed Eriri, who was already eager to rush forward, and took out the guide map he had just taken from the door.
"We have limited time, so we need to plan ahead. The waiting time for popular attractions is definitely very long."
Queues are common in many places in Japan, especially during mealtimes; you can see them on any street in Tokyo.
"Itsuka-kun, you've thought this through very well," Kato Megumi whispered in agreement.
“I’m used to it.” Itsuka Yuto spread out the map and pointed to several attractions. “These roller coasters are a must-ride, but it’s a weekend afternoon now, and the queue will probably take more than an hour. But this ‘Jikyu General Hospital’ seems to be able to book an entry time.”
"Jikkyu General Hospital?" Eriri leaned over to take a look. The map showed a creepy picture of an abandoned hospital, with the words "The longest and scariest haunted house in history" written in blood-red font below.
"A haunted house!?" Eriri's face paled instantly, and her voice weakened. "I...I don't want to play this. It looks so boring!"
"Chicken out?" Itsuka Yuto said with a wicked smile.
"Who, who's a coward! I just think... this kind of pretentious stuff is childish!" Eriri puffed out her chest and stubbornly insisted, but her eyes, which were darting around and not daring to look at the map again, betrayed her.
"I think it looks kind of interesting," Kato Megumi's voice drifted in from the side. "If the three of them are together, it shouldn't be so scary, right, Sawamura-senpai?"
Even Kato Megumi said so, Eriri suddenly felt like she was in a bind.
If she refuses again, wouldn't she be even more timid than the seemingly gentle and weak Kato Megumi? This is absolutely unacceptable!
“Fine, I’ll go! Who’s afraid of who!” Eriri stiffened her neck and agreed.
"I'll see just how terrifying it is!"
The first attraction was happily decided. The haunted house reservation was forty minutes later, so the three of them could use the time to experience other attractions, such as the inverted roller coaster, the King of Roller Coasters, and the High Flying Coaster.
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Volume 1: Chapter 76: Once you leave, you can never come back.
A 40-minute wait is neither long nor short.
Fuji-Q Highland is never short of thrill rides. Under the guidance of Yuto Itsuka, the three decided to first go on a ride with a relatively short wait time but no less thrill – the super-large roller coaster Eejanaika.
The Japanese phrase means "Isn't this good?" It sounds very Zen, but the experience is a completely different story.
Its unique feature is that, in addition to the traditional climbing, falling, and flipping motions, the seat itself can also flip forward and backward, making it the world's number one in total rotations.
"This... looks even more exaggerated than the one we saw before." Eriri stood at the entrance of the facility, looking up at the twisted red track, her bold words just now somewhat deflated.
"Coward?" Itsuka Yuto deliberately provoked her.
Eriri immediately retorted, "Who's afraid!"
The queuing process was faster than expected; about ten minutes later, the three of them boarded the roller coaster.
Eriri sat next to Yuto Itsuka, while Megumi Kato sat in an empty seat behind them.
"Hey, hey, Yuto, is this seatbelt really secure? It feels a little loose to me..." Eriri nervously tugged at the restraints on her body.
"Don't worry, with so many people playing every day, if something were going to happen, it would have happened long ago." Despite saying that, Itsuka Yuto still calmly checked the safety buckles for the two of them, and only withdrew his hand after confirming that they were secure. He even turned around and said something to Kato Megumi.
Eriri noticed his movements, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she was about to say something when the roller coaster started moving.
Unlike traditional roller coasters that face forward and move continuously, this one ascends slowly with its back to the direction of travel. This fear of the unknown is part of what makes it so formidable.
"It's...it's about to begin..." Eriri's voice trembled.
As you ascend, the entire Fuji-Q Highland landscape unfolds before your eyes, and you can even see Mount Fuji in the distance—which is why this place is called Fuji-Q.
But Eriri had no time to appreciate it; she kept her eyes tightly shut and gripped the railing with both hands.
The moment the roller coaster reached its peak, time seemed to stand still, and everyone held their breath.
The next second, a violent feeling of weightlessness came over me.
“Aaaaaaaa——!!”
Eriri instinctively screamed loudly.
The roller coaster plunged downwards at an astonishing speed, while the seats began to spin wildly.
Yuto Itsuka felt like he had been thrown into a washing machine, with Eriri's eardrum-piercing screams filling his ears.
He suppressed the heart palpitations brought on by weightlessness, turned his head and glanced at her, only to find that Eriri had completely given up on maintaining her image. Her golden twin tails were pointing straight up against gravity, and tears were even streaming from the corners of her eyes.
Looking behind him, he vaguely heard Kato Megumi say, "Oh—"
The sound was so calm, as if the group were riding a sightseeing cable car instead of a roller coaster.
……
A few minutes later, the roller coaster slowly came to a stop at the platform.
With the safety device released, Yuto Itsuka, his fingers trembling, gripped the railing as he descended, feeling a slight sway beneath his feet.
He turned to look at Eriri and found her still gripping the railing tightly, as if her soul had been ripped away.
"Hey, Eriri, are you alright? It's over now." He went over and patted her on the shoulder.
“…I survived…” Eriri opened her eyes shakily, her gaze unfocused, her legs weak, and she could only walk off the platform with the help of Itsuka Yuto.
Kato Megumi walked over with a normal expression, even taking the time to tidy her wind-blown hair: "It feels so strange, like dancing in the air."
Yuto Itsuka gave her a thumbs up.
"Dance...dance..." Eriri leaned against the railing, on the verge of tears, "I feel like all the organs in my body have been moved..."
"See, isn't this great? After playing something so exciting, going to a haunted house will seem like child's play," Yuto Itsuka comforted him.
Upon hearing the words "haunted house," Eriri froze, only then remembering that there was something even more important to come.
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Tzu Chi General Hospital.
Even on a sunny afternoon, this haunted house, modeled after an abandoned hospital, still exudes a sinister and terrifying atmosphere.
The walls are mottled, the windows are broken, and the hospital sign is about to collapse...
The three arrived at the entrance at the appointed time and found that quite a few people had already started queuing. Unlike the cheerful atmosphere of other amusement rides, the tourists queuing here could hear faint screams coming from inside the haunted house.
Eriri's face was even paler than when she was on the roller coaster, and she clung tightly to Yuto Itsuka's clothes.
"Eri, are you alright? If you're really scared, don't push yourself," Yuto Itsuka said softly.
"Who, who said I was scared!" Eriri immediately retorted, but her voice was barely audible. "I was just... a little dizzy from the roller coaster ride, and I haven't recovered yet."
Yuto Itsuka didn't expose her, but he was thinking that he should take good care of her when they went inside. They came to the amusement park to have fun, and it wouldn't be good if she got scared and something bad happened to her.
Kato Megumi curiously examined the exterior of the haunted house. "It's very realistic. Even the distressed finish on the walls is very accurate."
When it was their group's turn, the staff first showed them a video introducing the background.
In the dim light, the screen played the hospital's "dark history": an unscrupulous director, failed surgeries, patients who died from abuse...
A cliché but effective horror movie trope.
The video ended, the lights came on, and a doctor in a white coat, pale-faced, came out and handed them a dim flashlight.
"It's very dark in the hospital, so please make sure you preserve your only source of light. Remember, no matter what happens, never let go of your partner's hand, and never attack our staff." The doctor's voice was low and hoarse, and his expressionless face sent a chill down one's spine.
However, this reminded Itsuka Yuto of a news story he had seen online before, which said that in a haunted house, a tourist, out of excessive fear, attacked a staff member dressed as a ghost and sent him to the hospital.
"Um... excuse me, is it okay to quit halfway through?" Eriri asked softly.
"Of course you can." The doctor grinned, revealing a chilling smile. "The hospital has many emergency exits. If you really can't take it anymore, you can leave from there. But remember, once you leave, you can never come back."
Eriri swallowed hard, her grip on Yuuto's clothes tightening even more.
The entrance to the haunted house is an iron door that creaks loudly when pushed open. Behind the door is complete darkness and a faint, pungent smell.
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Volume 1: Chapter 77: Eriri's turn, and... a hearing-impaired girl?
"I'll go first." Itsuka Yuto took the flashlight and led the way into the Jikyu General Hospital.
Eriri immediately followed, clinging tightly to his back, her hands gripping his clothes tightly, as if she wanted to hang on him.
Kato Shichi, a 30-year-old woman, followed behind the two.
The hospital interior was set up to be extremely realistic. In the dimly lit corridor, medical records and empty medicine bottles were scattered, dried bloodstains were left on the walls, and there was a strange smell of disinfectant in the air.
Just as the staff had said, the flashlight beam was very weak, barely illuminating a small area in front of us.
"Tick, tick..."
The sound of an unknown liquid dripping echoed in the corridor.
"Yu-Yuto, slow down..." Eriri buried her face in Yuto Itsuka's back, not daring to look around.
Feeling the warm touch on his back, Yuto Itsuka said helplessly, "I can't walk like this, Eriri. Just hold my hand."
He took Eriri's cold little hand in his own; her palms were sweaty.
"Kato-kun, are you keeping up?" Itsuka Yuto asked, turning around.
"Yes, I am," Kato Megumi's voice came from behind. "I just passed an operating room, and the props inside were very well made."
"You still have the mood to look at props..." Yuto Itsuka shook his head admiringly.
The three of them walked through the registration hall and came to a long, narrow corridor with wards on both sides, the doors of which were half open and the inside was dark.
at this time!
A disheveled "female ghost" rushed out of the ward next door, letting out a shrill scream.
"Aaaaaah!!!" Eriri closed her eyes, startled, and fell directly into Itsuka Yuto's arms, her not-so-full but still busty breasts wrapping around his waist, her hands tightly gripping his neck.
Yuto Itsuka was so tightly choked by her that he almost couldn't breathe, and the beam of his flashlight swayed wildly.
He quickly walked forward, supporting the small drum that Eriri played with her hand.
The "female ghost" didn't chase after them; she simply stood there, staring at them with venomous eyes.
"It's alright, it's just a staff member, don't be afraid." Yuto Itsuka patted Eriri's back with his left hand, which was holding a flashlight, trying to calm her down.
"I...I know! I'm just going with the flow!" Eriri said stubbornly, but her body was trembling with fear.
After calming down a bit, she finally felt the warmth emanating from the large hands beneath the drum.
The thin dress couldn't block the burning sensation at all. Eriri felt as if this person's hand was directly caressing her smooth breasts without any obstruction.
She was so embarrassed that she gripped her hands even tighter.
"Loosen up! You're choking me!"
The journey that followed was nothing short of hellish for Eriri.
The baby's cries, the sudden fall of severed limbs, the hand reaching out from the morgue freezer... all sorts of terrifying elements took turns appearing, and her screams never stopped. She kept her eyes closed the whole time, clinging to Itsuka Yuto like a koala, her head buried in his shoulder.
Although Yuto Itsuka was also a little nervous, he had lived two lives and was not so frightened that he lost his composure. He was more worried about whether Eriri would be traumatized.
"Itsuka-kun, it seems like Sawamura-senpai is about to reach her limit," Kato Megumi reminded her from behind.
"Okay, let's hurry up and find an emergency exit to get out."
They quickened their pace.
Near the emergency exit was a long, obstacle-filled passageway through which they had to pass several operating tables and hospital beds.
Just as Yuto Itsuka was carrying Eriri and preparing to pass through, a chainsaw suddenly roared behind them.
"Zizzi-"
A "murderous doctor" carrying a chainsaw rushed out from around the corner, laughing maniacally as he chased after them.
"Run!" Yuto Itsuka shouted behind him, then grabbed Eriri and ran forward.
Eriri was terrified and kept burying her head in Yuto's shoulder and chest.
Kato Megumi followed closely behind, her steps light and quick, and she even had time to glance back at the doctor who was chasing them.
Finally, the three saw the light of the exit. Itsuka Yuto quickened his pace and rushed out, returning to the sunlight.
"Ha...ha..." Eriri got off Yuto, leaning on her knees and panting heavily, her face pale and tear stains still on her face.
Yuto Itsuka wasn't much better off, but he wasn't scared; rather, he was being strangled by Eriri, and the final sprint had taken a toll on his stamina.