I know where the rooms are since we examined the house once already during the day.
The search operation went smoothly.
First, I examine all the rooms upstairs.
Nothing unusual.
Then, we carefully went down to the ground floor.
We check out the rooms one by one, such as the stove or fireplace, and other places something might be hidden.
Nothing unusual.
The rooms are all beautiful.
"Shishō, only the basement is left."
"Ah."
We move to the basement.
The door behind the stairs.
The stairs to the basement.
It's dark.
There seems to be some strange sense from the basement.
It seems I'm also tense.
I could hear my heart thumping.
A single deep breath.
While paying attention at the back, we descended the stairs.
I feel like I'm descending into hell.
We arrived at the basement.
"What's up?"
"There is nothing."
Zanoba answered so.
I also tried to light up the surroundings with a lamp.
I try to look carefully at the corner.
But, there's nothing there.
However, the former resident would have examined the basement too.
It's the most suspicious place.
However, there was nothing to be found even if you look at a glance.
"For the time being, let's prepare for a surprise attack once we return to the room."
I heard the sound.
Then the enemy will come.
Alternatively, it may wait to attack until after we fall fast asleep...
Well, we can also try to pretend to be asleep until tomorrow.
We carefully leave the basement.
And go up to the second floor.
We walked to the hallway and came back to the room we waited in.
"Zanoba, please be careful when opening the door, It is also possible that it is lurking in the room where we slept."
"I understand."
Zanoba slowly reached the doorknob while grasping his stone club.
It opened.
Nothing happens.
"...."
"...seems to be all right."
Nothing.
No attack.
"Fu ~u......"
A sigh.
Let's see if it attacks the place again while we are sleeping
Or, for example, if it attacks while using the toilet.
That reminds me, I didn't examine the garden.
When tomorrow comes, I guess I should also investigate the garden.
And.
Then, suddenly.
I looked back.
There it is.
Down the hall.
Lowering its posture as if to crawl.
The upper body part peeped out from the stairs.
It tilts his head looking at me.
I wonder if it's human.
There was an eye. There was a nose. There was a mouth.
There was no hair. There were no ears.
And I didn't feel its life either.
"..."
In the dark, while the pale silhouette rose, the guy was looking at me.
For several seconds, we stared at each other.
"You-"
The moment I was about to say something.
That fellow moved.
It raised its upper body as if about to leap, then jumped to the second floor.
There were four hands.
There were also four feet.
In the dark, that person while brandishing a kind of stake in his hand, while moving four feet, without a sound, ran over here with tremendous speed.
"Uoaaa!?"
I lost my balance.
I shot a Rock Bullet at once while falling on my backside.
It crosses my mind, my concern is that it might break the house.
Hesitation weakened the power of Rock Bullet.
The Rock Bullet crushed the shoulder of the guy and it staggered.
However, the guy doesn't stop.
He raises a stake toward me.
Then I try to avoid it with foresight eye.
"Shishō!"