Creak. Gu Jun slowly pushed open the wooden door. The room was shrouded in grey and hazy. Everything was shrouded in shadow.
He frowned and reached for the light switch on the wall next to the door. He pressed it. Click.
But the light did not come on. The light appeared to be broken.
He tried to get a clearer look. It felt like everything in the room was fading and floating. The classic wooden bed and the armoire against the wall flickered in and out of view. They seemed to be hovering between existence and non-existence. They had disappeared but in the blink of an eye, they appeared again.
"Is this a problem with my mind or my vision? Or is it the room itself? "
With this question, Gu Jun came to a conclusion.
'Is this the Witch's House … '
He thought about Keziah Mason again. She was not a good person but she could not be defined as a bad person.
She did not believe in Nyarlathotep, she only believed in herself.
If she hadn't found the prayer calling for Shub-Niggurath in time and space, perhaps the final result would have been different.
"What are you doing standing here?"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind him. Gu Jun almost jumped out of his skin. Due to his high spirituality and training, he could hear even the slightest sound from afar. But just now, he did not hear any footsteps.
Gu Jun turned around and saw a woman standing behind him. He did not know when she had appeared.
She had long red hair, pale green eyes and a pretty face. She looked about 25 and wore a denim jacket and overalls.
It was Hannah Mazurewicz but she looked similar to Keziah Mason. She was the witch.
Her face was expressionless. Gu Jun could not guess what she was thinking.
"Do you not make a sound when you walk?" He asked.
"Yes or no," Hanna Mazurewicz said with a smile. "What's your situation now? Are you alright? "
"Keziah Mason, I should be the one asking you, what is going on?" Gu Jun stared at her and said something that sounded like he had a mental problem, "Keziah Mason, I should be the one asking you, what is happening?"
"Keziah Mason? Me? "Hannah shrugged." You've thought so since April Fool's Day. Jem, you're a smart man. You don't have a religion, you don't believe in God, you don't believe in ghosts. You're not the kind of man to go crazy easily. Why did you go crazy all of a sudden? "
"Maybe you know the answer." Gu Jun looked into the room again. It was getting more and more hazy. "Don't tell me that this is normal in your room."
"What's wrong with my room?" Hannah shrugged again. "Call Mom and Dad over. Let them see what's wrong."
Before Gu Jun could say anything, Hannah yelled. Soon, Bob and Janet walked up the wooden stairs and asked what happened. Hannah said, "Dad, Mom, what do you think of my room?"
Mr. and Mrs. Mazurewicz looked at the room suspiciously, but their expressions did not change in the slightest, as if everything in the room was normal to them.
"Is there a light?" Hanna asked.
"Of course, baby." Janet answered with confusion. She looked at Jem with concern. "Are you okay?"
At the same time, Gu Jun was also looking into the room. It was almost empty.
He didn't say anything. He just watched coldly as Hannah chased the couple away. Then she strode into the room and opened her hands. "I'm here."
"So you're trying to tell me," Gu Jun said, "that there is something wrong with my mind?"
"Obviously." Hannah nodded but her expression chilled. "If there is nothing wrong with your mind, how can you see the problem?"
Gu Jun narrowed his eyes. She was implying something. "What do you mean?"
"Can we really see our own faces?" Hannah walked to an antique dressing mirror. "From the mirror? From the water? My brother, our eyes are destined not to be able to see our own faces. How can we know that what we are seeing is real? "
Gu Jun listened. The woman's attitude was different from Bob and Sanders. She was telling him that he was not crazy.
He could see the abnormality in the room, and she did not deny it. It was the others who could not see the abnormality and the real problem.
"Let's go. Follow me. I'll take you to a place to have a look." Hannah walked out of the room and headed down the stairs. Soon, her voice came again. "Mom, Dad, Jem and I are going out for a walk. We'll have dinner outside. Don't worry, it's nothing serious."
Just like that, Gu Jun left his' home 'less than an hour ago and got into a white Chevrolet driven by Hannah.
The engine was revved and the car sped down the road. It was so fast that it did not seem like a Chevrolet could have such power.
"Don't worry, we won't get into any accidents." Hannah said, "No matter how fast we drive, we won't."
Under the night sky, as the car sped down the road, Gu Jun, who sat in the passenger seat, noticed that there were not many cars on the road. Even though this was just a small town in America, it was still spacious enough. Furthermore, the houses that they passed, even though they had lights on, did not appear to be occupied. It was too quiet.
Hannah controlled the steering wheel and drove south.
According to the map, they would be out of Arkham in 3 miles. Soon, only 2 miles, 1 mile …
Gu Jun's eyes gradually saw a strange scene. The space outside of Arkham was like Hannah's room. It was floating, changing, and barely visible. If he tried to focus, he would only see a strange nothingness.
The car stopped beside a road sign that said the name of the town, Arkham.
Hannah turned to look at him before turning back to the road.
"I've been thinking about all these years. Can you believe it? I've never left Arkham. I was born here, I grew up here, I went to school here and now I work here. I should have gone on a school trip, a summer camp, or even a trip to another town.
But no, in my memory and the pictures at home, it proves that I've never been in Arkham.
It was only a week ago when I read the King in Yellow that made you crazy that I realized I could see something else. "
"Little brother, this place is a mental asylum." She said, "I just don't know, are we the ones who have gone mad or are we the only ones who haven't gone mad?"
Gu Jun thought about it. "You don't have any feelings for Keziah Mason? You look exactly like her. "
"No." Hannah shook her head. "But who knows, perhaps I'm the one who lost my memory."
"Have you tried driving the car out?" Gu Jun asked.
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