The road ahead was divided. There was a sound of running water.
There were signs on the walls. Both roads led to the exit. One was called Gate of Hell, and the other was called Infinite Terror.
According to the notification, customers could give up, especially those who were timid or had heart diseases. They could choose to press the button on the wall and inform the staff.
The customers could continue to move forward if they were okay. There was no signal. The customers had to carry the interphone hanging on the wall. They could contact the staff at any time when they couldn’t take it anymore.
The scene was too realistic. The guests needed to be mentally prepared.
“Which one do you want to choose?”
Hazel really wanted to leave, but they bought the tickets. It would be pitiful if they quit midway.
“Gate of Hell.”
Baron made the decision. Gate of Hell sounded better than Infinite Terror.
The notification on the wall suggested customers turn off their phones and put them in the specially prepared code case. There was running water ahead. If the phones fell into the water, the spook house wasn’t going to pay.
Hazel and Baron got ready. Baron suddenly stopped.
“What’s wrong? Are you afraid?”
Hazel asked fearlessly. Along the way, she looked like a joke in front of Baron.
“I think we should do something meaningful.”
Baron looked very calm. Hazel tried to remain cool but was actually timid. Baron found her so adorable.
He saw her unique charm and teased her. Baron was addicted to it.
“What should we do?”
Hazel was disappointed that they could not return by the way they came. But it gave Hazel the courage to explore the spook house.
“I want to kiss you.”
Seeing Hazel’s widened eyes, Baron could not help but smile.
He was lying.
“You…”
“Let’s take a selfie to show that we came here together.”
From now on, Baron would take photos wherever he went with Hazel. And he would especially create an album.
Baron thought it would be memorable.
“Baron, can you make a better pose? Make a peace gesture!”
Hazel faced the camera and leaned against Baron’s shoulder.
She pouted and smiled happily. Behind Hazel and Baron was mysterious darkness.
“Why do I feel like we are going to hell together?”
After taking a picture together, Hazel pressed her lips and pretended to be calm. She even made a joke.
Hazel thought, ‘No matter what kind of demons and ghosts are waiting for us, I don’t need to be afraid. I’m not alone. At the worst, I can hide behind Baron.’
Hazel was mentally prepared. She held Baron’s hand willingly and walked forward with Baron.
Gradually, the road under their feet became flat. It was like a cave. The flowers on both sides of the road, under the light, looked as red as blood.
“These are equinox flowers. Some people say that equinox flowers are on the road to death.”
When the flowers bloomed, there were leaves. But when there were leaves, there were no flowers. Flowers and leaves couldn’t exist at the same time. They missed each other all the time. It was a curse that people in love could never be together.
Baron pointed at the red flowers in front of them and explained to Hazel.
“This spook house is really professional.”
It did look like the Gate of Hell. There were even flowerings leading to death. But the meaning of the flowers was really sad.
It was terrifyingly silent. Baron and Hazel walked hand in hand. They could hear each other’s heartbeats.
The scary music had stopped, making people feel that they were really on the way to death.
A piece of news that Hazel had seen suddenly occurred to her. A patient with heart disease had died in the spook house of the biggest amusement park in City J.
Hazel wondered if it was the same spook house.
She was a little afraid and unconsciously grasped Baron’s hand more tightly.
There were no ghosts in the world. Even if there were ghosts, people were scarier than them.
People were complicated and changed easily. On the contrary, ghosts were much simpler.
“You are finally here.”
A hoarse female voice sounded. The light voice was filled with infinite resentment.
A female ghost in black appeared in front of Baron and Hazel. She looked very light. Her long black hair almost touched the ground. And her arm bones were exposed.
Her left eye was lost, and her right eye was all covered in white. The female ghost was crying, and her tears were actually blood.
Feeling her tears rolling down her cheeks to the corner of her mouth, the ghost touched her tears with her hand and stuck out her scarlet tongue to lick her tears.
“Only one of you can pass by. Do you think this is just a simple haunted house?”
The female ghost laughed wildly. The place had many years of history.
The female ghost looked very old. But in fact, she was only in her 20s.
Many years ago, the woman went to the haunted house with her fiancé. In front of the Gate of Hell, they needed to make a choice between life and death.
Her fiancé gave up on her without any hesitation. Thus, the woman was left there forever.
She had already become a ghost and was waiting there. The female ghost could leave and become a new person when she found someone to replace her.
Baron could leave safely if he was willing to give up on Hazel.
“Girl, the man beside you is just like my fiancé.”
After she finished speaking, the female ghost suddenly pounced forward and reached out her hands toward Baron’s chest.
The absurd story made Hazel sleepy.
The female ghost was clearly an old lady. She could even squeeze mosquitoes to death with the wrinkles around her eyes. But in the story, the woman said she was in her 20s. No one was going to believe that.
Somehow, Hazel suddenly became strong. She stepped forward and stood in front of Baron. Hazel pushed the female ghost hard.
She thought, ‘This woman is trying to touch Baron’s chest! No way! I won’t let that happen.’
“Damn it! What are you doing? You are not my target!”
The female ghost was pushed down and sat on the ground. Half of her fake arm fell from her sleeve and rolled on the ground.
“We don’t care how you died, you pervert!”
Hazel placed her hands on her hips, looked down, and rolled her eyes at the female ghost.
Baron focused all his attention on Hazel. He found something new about Hazel again, her possessiveness.
“Let’s go.”
Hazel ignored the female ghost and pulled Baron to walk forward. The female ghost behind them nagged, “Young people nowadays have no idea about respecting old people. I got hurt!”
But just now, the female ghost said she was in her 20s. Hazel turned back and made a disdainful gesture toward the female ghost. She was angry that the woman wanted to touch Baron.
When they walked out and saw the light of day again, Baron and Hazel felt as if it had been a century.
After passing by the female ghost, they entered the escape room.
In the escape room, Baron and Hazel needed to work together. To solve the puzzles, they needed to know each other very well. Baron and Hazel made it because they worked together very well.
On the way out, they encountered sudden attacks from a kid, a black cat, a hanging ghost, and a headless ghost. Some of the characters seemed to be from the Japanese movie, “The Grudge”. Hazel acted very bravely.
The staff returned their phones and praised Hazel as well as Baron.
Generally, it was common for couples to be trapped in the haunted house for half a day, and they often had to ask for help from the staff midway.