Mystery Behind Jorogumo's Secrecy

CHAPTER 2: WHO IS SHE?

Despite of the bothersome happening last night, we still continued our purpose. Rain is worried, I'm excited. This project is not boring afterall.

We are now in the compound of the interviewees. Their place is not that  modernized and the beauty of the nature is well-preserved. No any forms of technology is present. If I'm gullible enough, I would really believe that what I saw last night is the product of demonic being and not by mere technological innovation.

"Uhm Ma'am, what do you do for living?" Rain asked the woman in her 40s.

"I do farming while my husband is a fisherman. Well, fishing and farming is our main livelihood in this place," she answered. It's an obvious answer but we still need to ask them.

"Isn't it hard to—"

"AAAAAAAHHHH!"

Our interview was interrupted by a defeaning shout coming from the shore. We hurriedly went there together with the people living in this area.

"What happened?" The eldest man asked. There, we saw a crying teenage girl and she's pointing hysterically to the thing behind the coconut tree.

"T-there's a dead b-body over there!"

Everyone gasped, except me and Rain. Corpse won't surprise us anymore.

"The Jorogumo attacked again! Oh Dearest Lord, please spare our lives from demons!" Someone said.

I walked into the dead body, and by looking at his physique, his skin color is as white as what white American skin color is, his phone is an expensive one and his eyeglasses, too. His stuffs are quite luxurious, so therefore he's a tourist.

"The thing from last night killed him?" Rain asked. She's now beside me and she's also looking intently at the corpse.

"Probably"

Pools of dry blood covered his body. Tinges of web-like thread are also visible in some of his parts. I observe keenly his hand, specifically on his fingernails. By looking vividly, I can see dry blood on his nail tips. I kept on observing his hands, it also has numerous hair in it.

W-wait, that's it!

By the use of evidences, the guy on my front fought for his life, so while he was being murdered by the Jorogumo, he hardly tweaked Jorogumo's hair, let his fingernails sink into her scalp that explained why his nails are filled with dry blood.

Using that conclusion, this case will be easier. I poke Rain to get her attention. "Rain, I have basis on how we can identify who pretended to be a Jorogumo".

“How?"

“By simply looking at her head. When you see wounds on her head, she's the one."

“H-how did you know?"

“Thanks to that man," I pointed the dead body.

Looking at the people around us, the lady that we've interview a while ago is the only one who has wounds on her head, her hairdo is quite messy, and her knees are now trembling.

“Rain, I have a plan. Come here..." This is now the end of your impersonation lady.

Night has come, sky is getting darker, surrounding's getting dim. It's the time. We are now here at the house of the lady, she's the person that we've interviewed. As we enter, I started observing. Their house is filled with tractors, wires are everywhere, and full grains' sacks. But the room that is locked, here in my front, caught my attention. “Lady, what's inside?"

“N-nothing..."

“Can we enter?"

“N-no, no!"

“Where's your husband?" Rain asked out of the blue.

“Fishing— ouch!" she exclaimed and holds her head, it's bleeding.

“What happened to that?"

“C-coconut fell to my head last night."

Rain is talking to her while I am observing the door of the room that caught my attention. As we look to the ground near the door, black pigments can be seen, that strengthen my suspicion.

“Caleb, Rain, I'll be back after 30 minutes," the lady said. It's the perfect time.

“Where are you going, lady?" I asked.

“I w-will fetch my husband..." she said.

“It's too dark, and Jorogumo is about to go out! You'll be in danger!" Rain hysterically exclaimed.

“I can handle this," she answered and walked to the door, as she opened it— “AAHHHH! J-jor-rogumo!" She shouted while pointing her forefinger outside. I rushed through the door, and I witnessed it. Jorogumo runs faster, that creature is leaving!

S-so? My deductions are wrong. Shit! This is impossible, this is utterly impossible. If that lady is not the one who pretended to be a Jorogumo, t-then, who is she?

To be continued...