Horror au
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Who knew a mere object could put the whole world at stake? That it would make all kinds of danger surround you, without an escape, leaving you lifeless, just like...
Them.
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Tw: mentions of violence and death
Hand on the remote as he switched off the television which showed a blurred image of the corpse that had been brutally murdered, the boy had a small, amused smile on his face.
There was no way someone had done this gruesome crime without a weapon and a motive. Scratched by hands? That's impossible.
At least that's what Chenle thought. He had spent almost a year on the true crime podcasts corner of the internet, feeling as if he knew the murderers himself after listening to thousands of investigations.
How did he find such a hobby? He wanted to know how their thoughts worked, what made them want to inflict such heinous crimes on fellow human beings.
And that brought him here, keeping a record of the murders in the past month, four bodies found mangled up, missing their bottom halves, clearly a telltale for a serial killer with a gruesome identity.
But the people did not think of this as an act by another human being, they thought it was paranormal. What a load of bullshit.
Clearly a skeptic of the paranormal, Chenle found it almost funny how the people could be influenced so easily, how they could be manipulated without a trace of doubt.
Now his attention shifted from serial killers to debunking the senseless accusations of the murder cases, reading a news article about the recent happenings.
Photographs of the bodies scattered between the words, Chenle could not help but feel sorry for the victims, but one thing caught his attention.
Beside the blurred corpse of every victim, there was a book, not too big not too small, but enough to peak his interest. Dark green cover, words not legible enough in the photograph but he could discern the title that took up a major part of the front.
"Legends"? What does that mean?
Getting off the couch, Chenle made his way through his average sized apartment and entered his bedroom. The house was dark, too dark but Chenle did not bother switching on a light. The windows allowed a beam of light from the streets to make his path visible as he walked.
He seated himself at his desk, the glow from the laptop screen illuminating his face contrasting the dark of the room.
Not too sure about how he would begin his search for answers, his fingers typed away at the keyboard. Legends...
An array of results bombarded his screen, varying from definitions to instagram pages to video games but nothing seemed appropriate for what Chenle wished to find, not that he was sure about the end goal either.
A few websites mentioned the existence of Urban Legends, or creatures that lived among us, but Chenle could not help but chuckle at the stupidity.
Almost about to close the laptop, one last link caught Chenle's vision, mindlessly clicking on it before he could even think.
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Books about Urban Legends, find them in your nearest book store!
Description: owned by the oldest book keeper in the city, Hachirō Ichimura
That is the end of your search results, here are some articles that may interest you..
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Closing his laptop, Chenle scoffed at the fact that he was even slightly interested in the book, that he was thinking of visiting the library just for that.
Freshening up for the night, he made his way to the bed with sleepy eyes, immediately grabbing his phone to do some mindless scrolling.
Random reels and tiktoks skipped through his screen, not really gaining any attention from the boy. Except for the horror ones. Chenle never had horror videos on his for you page, which was usually filled with dog videos.
Maybe the search for the paranormal had affected his content, the badly edited videos showing mangled faces to scare it's viewers.
This is so stupid
Eyes tired from staring at screens, he set an alarm for tomorrow, fixed his pillow, and prepared to go to sleep.
It took only minutes for the boy to fall into dream land, the teke teke sound outside his window going unnoticed.
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Well hello I know it's been a whileee, but here's the update! I apologise for the 3 year gap :') Hope you liked it!
