There is another type of monster, similar to Mariko and Takahashi Fumihiko. These count as the second type. They lurk because they wish to absorb more desire. Monsters that lurk are almost indistinguishable from real people.
It’s very hard to tell through a peephole. These monsters often won’t tempt you to open the door... But according to the rules, your house indeed needs to have someone in it.
So you must open the door for someone, at least for someone who looks like a person through the peephole.
After they enter the house, they start to exert their power, creating all sorts of strange phenomena to make you realize they’re not human and deny them, thus ending their lurking period ahead of time.
Of course, the main reason for ending the lurking period early is still... you’re too difficult to deal with.
After they enter the house, they find nothing on you that they desire. For example, lust, fear...
So they want to end the lurking period ahead of time.
Currently, Wen Xishu has already twice stopped two monsters in the house from casting spells.
"I wonder who will knock on the door next, come on, someone."
Wen Xishu rarely prays.
But in this situation, he really had to hope for some mysticism.
Time, without notice, has transformed from 7 PM to 9:40 PM.
Actually, the night has just begun.
Those truly curious monsters and spirits of the night are just about to start their activities.
Wen Xishu finally had a chance to get some sugar intake this time.
But coming to the bathroom to wash his hands, a strange scene appeared.
In Wen Xishu’s sink... suddenly, a lot of hair appeared. These hairs wriggled constantly, like black smoke pouring out of the sink’s drain.
He immediately retreated several steps.
Wen Xishu quickly exited the bathroom and closed the door. At this moment, he saw Mariko in the room...
Mariko’s hair was gone. Mariko, wearing a maid outfit, was now standing straight in front of the TV.
Just like a model in a clothing store.
Some models in clothing stores also don’t have hair, showing their round heads, waiting for the staff to put on wigs.
Wen Xishu certainly knew this was no coincidence.
First, seeing strange hair in the bathroom, then coming out and finding Mariko had lost her hair.
Mariko suddenly turned around, her body looking a bit stiff:
"Oh great god, do you like my hair?"
Wen Xishu didn’t answer, instead showing the two characters of Mariko’s name—Mariko.
He pointed a gun at Mariko:
"Stop playing tricks, Mariko. Go lie down on the sofa, or I’ll shoot."
Mariko’s eyes widened.
She didn’t expect, in this situation, this man could still calmly ask her to stay in the house?
Shouldn’t he have collapsed and accepted that she wasn’t human?
She looked at Wen Xishu, perplexed.
Wen Xishu suddenly thought...
Why is Mariko targeting me? Is it because Mariko plans to end the lurking early...
So why does Mariko want to end the lurking period early? Because Mariko found out I don’t have what she wants.
That thing, combined with Mariko’s previously seductive demeanor, Wen Xishu seemed to understand.
"Damn it, these idiots are so hard to deal with."
From time to time, they create some terrifying illusions to mess with the resident’s state of mind, forcing the resident to give a reason to let them end the lurking period early.
But Wen Xishu wouldn’t do that.
Mariko returned to the sofa, and her hair began to ooze out from her scalp bit by bit, like wriggling worms.
Wen Xishu had a premonition that the confrontation between the two was not over yet.
Mariko then turned her head, revealing a strange smile:
"Then do you like Mariko’s chest? You can touch it."
Right after saying this, Wen Xishu originally thought it was just a kind of seduction, but he immediately realized he was wrong.
Because Mariko’s chest... started to shrivel. Like a sponge being drained of water.
At the same time, Wen Xishu suddenly felt something extremely creepy appear in the room, all the talismans seemed no longer to be talismans, but... a certain part of a woman’s body.
Dense and connected like honeycomb holes, or the skin of a pineapple.
Mariko still looked at Wen Xishu with that smile.
Wen Xishu finally realized the benefit of Anti-Magic Value, would he be tortured like this if he had Anti-Magic Value?
But Mariko wasn’t done yet, she continued:
"Some guests also like Mariko’s feet. Oh great god, do you like women’s feet?"
Considering the scene that was about to appear, which was too nauseating and creepy, Wen Xishu pulled out his gun:
"Mariko, stop."
Mariko didn’t stop. Her legs began to shrink, and then she started crawling with her hands. She fell from the sofa like an insect, back to the ground.
Many insects can’t flip back when their backs hit the ground, Mariko was the same. She kept waving her hands, but she couldn’t flip over.
Fortunately, in the next second, Mariko’s head turned 180 degrees, so her abdomen became her back. Her hands made bone-breaking sounds as if forcibly twisted around.
Mariko could finally continue crawling.
Meanwhile, countless feet without upper bodies, like shoe molds, started to appear.
They surrounded Wen Xishu like they were performing some kind of ritual.
Mariko crawled closer to Wen Xishu and said:
"What do you like, oh great god, tell me."