Midnight Terror

At two or three o'clock in the morning, Konoha gradually calmed down.

It was already very late, and the forest in the distance was shrouded in a layer of dark aura that seemed to be spreading towards the village.

The lights in the village were extinguished one by one, and the whole village was restored to peace.

There was no one on the streets, only a few doves on the eaves shouting.

Shizune dragged her tired body back.

"Tonton --"

"Tonton --"

In the dark corridor on the second floor of the ancestral home, the night breeze actually made people shiver.

Shizune looked around and called out a few times carefully, but there was no response.

In the entire corridor, other than the echo brought by her own voice and the "dong" sound of shoes stepping on the floor, there was no other sound.

Shizune carefully groped about in the darkness.

In this kind of environment, Shizune seemed to be able to hear her heart thumping.

As a woman, Shizune was not brave to begin with, and it was inevitable for a person to be afraid of the dark.

She wanted to turn on the lights in the corridor, but she did not want to get up and turn off the lights later.

After all, because of the gamble, their pockets had never bulged.

Shizune naturally formed a habit of frugality.

"Googoo ---"

A few black bird shadows suddenly flashed past the corridor, shocking Shizune to the point that he instinctively shivered.

A bad premonition suddenly rose in her heart.

Her heart was also beating faster and faster.

"googoo ---"

"ka ka ---"

There was a little sweat on Shizune's head, and he began to feel a little anxious, calling out anxiously all the way.

She went to the bedroom where she lived and reached out to touch the light switch on the wall.

Soon, Shizune touched the switch.

The light lit up and the room was empty.

The room was warmer than the outside. Looking at the familiar decoration of the room, Shizune breathed a sigh of relief.

Being in a bright environment, Shizune's slightly tensed nerves relaxed.

"This guy, I don't know where he went to play again."

Shizune complained and closed the bedroom door.

She went to the window, closed the window, and closed the curtains.

Finally, she looked at the tightly enclosed room. For some reason, she still felt a little scared.

Perhaps it was because women were born timid.

Shizune did not dare to turn off the lights, so she just lay on the soft bed and began to rest.

"Googoo ---"

"Coo! Coo!"

"Crash!"

A gust of wind blew outside, causing the trees in the courtyard to rustle. At the same time, it disturbed the birds resting on the trees.

Perhaps it was because she was worried about Tsunade she could not sleep.

In the end, she lay sprawled out on the bed, staring at the chandeliers on the ceiling.

"One sheep, two sheep, three sheep..."

The intense incandescent light was a little dazzling, and the light made her feel a little dazed.

She closed her eyes, wanting to shift her gaze elsewhere, but she was always a little afraid.

Even though she was staying in the room, her heart was still not at peace.

She began to imagine whether there was someone else in the room, whether there was something dirty that could not be seen with the naked eye.

Her mind was constantly thinking about all kinds of scenes, and the more she thought about it, the more flustered she became.

After a moment, Shizune decided to keep staring at the chandelier.

At the very least, this would give her a sense of security.

"Hu hu ---"

The wind started blowing again, and it seemed like someone was pushing the window with force.

Because the ancestral home was too old, many places had already rotted away. With the wind blowing like this, there were clanking sounds everywhere.

"zzzzzzzzzt ---"

The lights seemed to flash weakly a few times because of a problem with the electric road, and finally went out.

The whole room fell into a dead Shizune of darkness.

Only the shadow of the window was visible on the curtain.

"Gulp ---"

Shizune swallowed his saliva subconsciously and shrank her feet into the quilt, allowing the warmth brought by the quilt to help stabilize his mood.

After an unknown period of time, the sound of the wind outside seemed to have lessened, and it was no longer as noisy as before.

Shizune yawned, feeling sleepy, and slowly fell asleep.

In a daze, Shizune was woken up by a strange sound.

As a basic accomplishment of a ninja, Shizune judged that this sound came from downstairs.

However, this sound seemed to be a little small, and it could not be heard without listening carefully.

Shizune tip-toed to get up, then knelt beside the bed and slowly lowered her head, pressing her ears against the floor to listen to the sound coming from below.

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

This was...

It seemed to be the sound of friction.

Did someone break in?

Shizune narrowed her eyes and quickly got up, preparing to go to the first floor to investigate.

However, just as she was about to move, a scene suddenly flashed through her mind, and she was stunned.

She slowly bent down, staring straight at the bottom of the bed, and slowly lowered her head.

Suddenly, Shizune's pupils contracted, and his body seemed to have become a machine.

She saw a pearl necklace lying quietly under the bed.

Shit!

Shizune grabbed the pearl necklace in her hand, got up suddenly, pushed open the door and ran to the first floor.

The pearl necklace had been worn on the Tonton's neck from beginning to end, and it had never been removed.

But now that the necklace was left under the bed, it was likely that someone had entered her room before.

The electric road in the entire ancestral home seemed to have malfunctioned, and the lights on the corridor were still on energy saving mode, unable to be turned on.

Soon, in the dim environment, she went down the stairs to the corridor on the first floor.

However, the strange thing was that the room opposite the corridor was lit up.

Moreover, this room was directly below her bedroom.

This was... the kitchen.

Shizune took out the Kunai and carefully stuck to the innermost part of the corridor to the kitchen door.

Shizune held her breath and observed that there was a gap in the kitchen door.

She immediately moved her head closer, wanting to observe the situation inside through the crack in the door.

However, the moment her eyes reached the crack in the door, the lights in the kitchen instantly went out, making it dark in front of her eyes, and she could not see anything.

"Click, click, click..."

At this moment, a creepy chewing sound came from the inside.

Shizune was about to push open the door and rush in.

Suddenly!

A pair of bloodshot eyes appeared on the other side of the door, staring straight into Shizune's eyes.

Shizune felt her mind go blank for a moment, and the necklace and kunai in her hand fell to the ground.

She wanted to scream but found that something seemed to have blocked her throat, and she couldn't make a sound no matter what.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream was heard.

Shizune suddenly sat up straight from the bed.

"Googoo ---"

"Googoo ---"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind blowing through the window could be heard from outside the house.

At this time, Shizune was already soaked in sweat and was gasping for breath.

Turning her head to look at the curtain that reflected the outline of the window, Shizune subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. A pale smile appeared on her face as she self-deprecatingly said,

"So it was a nightmare. I was scared to death."

After saying that, she completely relaxed. She closed her eyes and lay on the bed.

Shizune, who had been in a tense state all this time, only felt extremely comfortable at this time. She lazily turned over, her back facing the window.

Suddenly!

Shizune widened her eyes.

She saw a figure standing beside her bed.

The figure was holding a long knife mechanically, looking at him quietly.

Through the faint light coming from outside the window, Shizune recognized the person in front of her.

Uchiha Tunan!

Uchiha Tunan's face was deathly pale, devoid of any color.

His twisted face seemed to carry a strange smile as he slowly raised his long saber.

Shizune felt hrr blood turn cold and stiff, and her entire body lost consciousness.

She could only watch as the long saber pierced his abdomen and slowly slid down...

This feeling...

It was as if the specimen on the operating table was being dissected.

Creak - creak ---dong ---

In the kitchen on the first floor, Uchiha Tunan ignored the violent vibrations coming from the ceiling above his head.

He was concentrating on sprinkling the boiling wine on the golden and crisp roasted suckling pig.

After pouring the wine, Uchiha Tunan calmly tied the white napkin around his neck and picked up the knife and fork to enjoy it.

Cutting off a small piece of meat and putting it into his mouth, Uchiha Tunan frowned slightly and shook his head,

"The smell is a little less than before, but the ingredients are a little too fatty.

Although the taste is not very good, it is still a rare ingredient."

Uchiha Tunan ate the roasted suckling pig one bite at a time.

Not to mention, after eating, Uchiha Tunan not only did not feel greasy and disgusting, but had a kind of fragrance left in his lips and teeth, which was full of aftertaste.

"High-end ingredients..."

Uchiha Tunan muttered. Then, he took off the napkin and gently wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth.

The only pity was that there was only wine here and no tea.

He could not scrape the oil after a meal.

At this time, the vibration sound on the ceiling had gradually subsided.

The corners of Uchiha Tunan's mouth curled up slightly. He shook his head with a chuckle and got up to clean up the table.

After all, he had come uninvited and had a full meal at someone else's house. No matter what, he had to clean it up and leave without leaving a trace.

Uchiha Tunan poured the leftovers into the trash can and wiped every corner of the kitchen with a tissue.

After making sure that there were no traces left behind.

After cleaning up, Uchiha Tunan picked up the trash in the trash can and turned off the kitchen lights.

Everything seemed so natural, as if it was his own home.

When he arrived at the electric home at the end of the corridor, he took out all kinds of tools from his ninja backpack and began to connect the previous circuit.

At this time, Uchiha Tunan no longer seemed to be a ninja, but a professional electrician.

The movements of his hands were very fast, as if he was so skilled that he could not be more skilled.

This was what he said.

There was no need to suppress one's skills.

When the different threads connected, others would be dazzled just by looking at it. They could not tell the end of the line, but Uchiha Tunan was like a fish in water, everything smooth.

When all the lines returned to normal.

Only then did Uchiha Tunan succeed. He put away the tools, picked up the garbage bag, and left.

In the quiet and empty alley, a group of stray dogs huddled around the trash can to warm themselves.

They were hungry and cold, and they were making noises.

According to the rules, as long as they could survive until tomorrow morning, someone would throw away the trash.

This way, they could dig up some food to fill their stomachs.

Suddenly, the noses of these stray dogs twitched slightly. As if they smelled something, they stood up at the same time.

At this moment, a figure appeared at the entrance of the alley.

The moment the figure appeared, the group of stray dogs fled into the alley and hid at the other end of the alley, watching the figure from afar.

Uchiha Tunan glanced at the pitiful stray dogs and then at the garbage bin in the alley.

He threw the garbage bag in his hand lightly and accurately fell into the garbage bin.

The tempting aroma drifted into the noses of these stray dogs, and saliva spilled out of their mouths, dripping onto the ground.

In the end, these stray dogs still couldn't resist the temptation. They ran to the trash can and jumped in one by one.

The next moment, the sound of tearing and chewing echoed in the narrow alley.

Seeing this, the corners of Uchiha Tunan's mouth curved slightly, and he whispered, "Happy New Year."

After saying that, he tightened his windbreaker and strode towards Uchiha's home.

The next day.

The sunlight shone through the corner of the curtain and entered the room. It was like a pillar of light standing in the room. Shizune tossed and turned on her bed.

She subconsciously used her hand to block the light, frowning as she opened her hazy eyes.

Her mind paused for two seconds, and then she felt that all the cells in her body were screaming and aching.

"What's going on?"

Shizune endured the pain and sat up. She reached out to press her temples and shook her head, trying to shake the pain out of her head.

However, it was of no use. It even made the pain even more intense.

The memories of last night came to her mind in bits and pieces.

"What a terrible nightmare."

Shizune looked at the ray of sunlight that shone into the room in a daze, and a feeling of sudden realization rose in her heart.

Looking down at her sweaty clothes, she murmured, "Is it because the nightmare was too long, causing the body to tense up for too long?"

Thinking that she still had to take care of Tsunade, she planned to change into a clean set of clothes and go to Konoha's hospital.

But when she came to the wardrobe and was about to open it, she suddenly remembered the man standing beside her with a strange smile.

She could not help but feel a chill down her spine. Her hands were trembling slightly, and she did not dare to open the wardrobe.

The image of the man standing in her dream had already appeared in her mind when the wardrobe was opened.

"Hu ---"

Shizune let out a light breath, shook her head, and threw away the wild thoughts in her mind.

How could it be? It was just a nightmare. It was not real. Don't think about it blindly.

After saying that, she comforted herself in her heart for a few words before gathering her courage again.

Then, she opened the wardrobe.

She saw rows of clothes hanging in the wardrobe in an orderly manner. There was no such boring scene as she had imagined at all.

Shizune heaved a sigh of relief, and her hanging heart was finally at ease.

Therefore, she laughed at herself and said, "I am so useless without Tsunade sama."

After a while, she changed her clothes and was about to take away the clothes that were full of sweat.

But for some reason, she looked at the bottom of the bed.