I knew the rules of first embrace of Happy Spores by heart in 2049:
Rule 1: The infected will laugh before they die.
Rule 2: After death, your pupils will reflect your worst fears.
Rule 3: That thing will get closer to you little by little over the next seven days.
I thought that by traveling to 2026, these rules would be invalidated.
Until I stood in front of seven corpses, they all opened their eyes at the same time, with the same red reflection reflected in their pupils.
It's standing behind me.
Is smiling.
"Red Raincoat, S-07, the source of infection in the first series of regular ghost stories."
I took out my lighter and said, "In 2049, I dissected your kind no less than 30,000 times."
The flames turned blue.
The smiles of the seven corpses turned to fear.
Because they're looking at what's behind me.
And behind me——
Empty.
