Chapter 19:

The Bloody Playground

My Near-Death Is A Blessing!


(The next day after relentless training, Bai then focuses his towards his project on the Bloody Playground after researching article after article to find out if the Bloody Playground exists or not. Suddenly, he was then jump-scared by Silke which forced Bai to jet right out of his seat in fear and crash headfirst into the ceiling as Silke laughed uncontrollably at the outcome. As Bai then pulls himself out of the hole in the ceiling and lands on the floor, he'd relax himself.)

"Bai: What was that for?!?!?"
"Silke: Hahaha..!!~ I'm sorry..!! I just needed a good laugh.. and that was worth it!"
"Bai: Ugh... Well, I'm glad you got your laugh but I can't really lose focus right now."
"Silke: Hm..? What are writing?
"Bai: Well, we have a report on the Bloody Playground here in Japan, does it exist and if either, we have to explain how and why."
"Silke: Ohhh! Would it help if I knew the location of the Bloody Playground?"
"Bai: Huh?!"
"Silke: Yah! I experienced lots of horror but none has ever compared to my homeland's stories! This one though has me curious though until I found a trail of heads leading into a foggy area of a forest."
"Bai: Where is it located?"
"Silke: Uhhh.... Somewhere far from here in the west. If you want me to come with you, I can!"
"Bai: Hmm, are you sure there's nothing else for you to do?"
"Silke: Well Negan's out shopping for tonight's dinner and everyone else has their own things to handle. So it's just you and me!
"Bai: Then let's go! To the Bloody Playground!"

(As the two then travels to the forest where the legends hails, they'd interact more along the way with jokes and topics to pass the time. As they left the city where they currently live, they were miles and miles away into a forest with a quiet inn nearby as the two then enters a dark-clouded area of the forest which was sealed by an elemental barrier and notices a sign on the front of the sealed field.)

"Sign: WARNING: This area has been prohibited for entering by the Board of Japan Internal Affairs. This area contains sights not for the public, sounds that is not for the easily disturbed and an active killer in said area."
"Bai: Guess this is the place, The Bloody Playground. Last chance to turn around."
"Silke: I'm not scared! Are you?"
"Bai: Hell no! Lets go in, this will definitely help with my project!"

(As the two crosses the barrier, they immediately were hearing the sounds of slashing, screaming, begging, crunching, liquid splashing and more kinds of disturbing noises as they ventured deeper into the forests with their ears covered, Bai then begins to record a video for his project as he then steps on a twig that snaps and not only alerts the birds to escape the trees, a loud roar awakens from the depths of the forest as the two then stuck close together.)

"Silke: They were not kidding... If anyone were to disturb with the smallest sound in such a place, a loud roar would be heard which indicates... the killer is coming for the noisemakers..."
"Bai: We have powers so who's to say this killer is all that-"

(In an instant, Bai's hair was immediately cut through by a sword cloaked with invisibility which was thrown with such speed and velocity to slit from his cheek to the back of his head as the two now understood they were in the killer's sights.)

"Both: ...We're fucked."

(As they began to run for it, footsteps began to be heard from all sides as the two ran for their lives while Bai's camera continued to capture everything being recorded. As another sword was thrown at the two, it began to release an unknown substance into a tree it was stabbed into which the tree then awakens with a frighting scare as it rips itself out the ground and begins to chase Bai and Silke as the two ran once again, the camera continuing to record everything. As the two then enters the darker areas of the forest, Bai and Silke then releases one of his revolvers and generates an energy ball in the gun's barrel for them to see light and noticed over hundreds of scary-faced creatures ready to slaughter the two.)

"Bai: ...Fuck this."

(In mere seconds, a massive part of the closed off Bloody Playground was obliterated by angered negative energy from Bai as he and Silke then rushes out of the depths of the forest until Bai was then pinned down by a powerful force and Silke was pinned against a tree and held down by devious spirits. As Bai struggled to be let free, he'd notice seeable boots walking his direction as he looked up to see a masked, muscular individual with a black chain-held cape staring down at him.)

"???: What were your reasons to disturbing my home?"
"Bai: ...I apologize, this was for a school project. My class and I are writing about the Bloody Playground and if it exists or not."
"???: ...Well, you're here. Now die."

(As a chainsaw-like sword spawns out of his hand, Bai no longer was putting up a fight as Silke then begins to use her anger as she then radiates nuclear energy to destroy the entire forest which halts the killer as Silke then burns the trees around her to let herself free then draws her weapon to fight for Bai.)

"Silke: Get away from him, now!"
"???: ...Fighting me is pointless, but dying first is your wish? Should've fucking said so."

(As the mysterious killer then flash steps, the dark fog began picking up around where they stand for there was nowhere for them to run now. As Bai then takes the chance to harness enough fuel within his system to activate the Jet Blessing, Silke began fighting for Bai as she and the killer fought through the endless fog.)

"Bai: Come on...! I have to focus... Close my mind and open my ears, close my mind and open my ears... close my mind and open my ears!"

(Immediately, Bai's feet began to hum of a high-speed engine, he'd manipulate the jets to spawn across his body for faster acceleration. He'd then notice Silke in the distance as Bai then charges enough force to escape the pin trap, grips Silke's hand tight as the two escaped a swarm of evil bats which chased them down as the two were almost at the exit of the Bloody Playground.)

"???: ...If you escape this forest alive, you're free to go. I will let my pawns deal with you if you can't escape."

(As the killer walked away and vanished into the fog, Bai and Silke began avoiding the endless spawns of creatures, monsters, spirits and revenants chasing them. As Bai then boosts once more towards the exit, they were then ejected outside of the barrier as the two notices the monsters stopped at the front of the barrier then one by one, they'd all disappear as the elemental barrier was then reinforced as the sign remained. Silke and Bai then began chuckling which became laughs that they made it out alive.)

"Both: Never... Again."

(As Bai finally realizes his camera was active the entire time, he'd notice it was on low battery and was cracked but captured enough footage to pass his project.)

"Bai: Silke, thank you... I'm gonna pass the project!"
"Silke: Hehe! I'm grateful I could be of help to you. Now lets head home, I need to drain my leftover radiation before it gets worse."
"Bai: We should do this again sometime."
"Silke: Haha! We should!"

(As the two walked home, the killer inside the Bloody Playground was then sitting on a bench made out of both humans and ghouls while in front of him are piles and piles of dead bodies, all shaped to be an actual playground as the killer then takes a picture of his beloved family out of his cape, reshapes another pile of bodies to be turned into a slide then places the picture back.)

"Vreyah (Power: Nightmare Blessing | Hellspawn Spirit): ...Those two actually made it out alive. If they were interesting enough, I'd invite them over for some fun on the playground. Hm... That child however... his father's last name is Zhen.. right...?"

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