After dinner and a bath, Beichuan Si finally returned to his room to take out the tape recorder and retrieve the cassette from his backpack.
At that moment, Nishijou Kurenai suddenly came up beside Beichuan Si.
Beichuan Si glanced outside at the weather.
Unbeknownst to them, a heavy rain had started pouring outside.
The heavy rain brought with it a strange chill. Kurenai seemed quite frightened by the weather, so she clung tightly to a corner of Beichuan Si's bathrobe, leaning against him.
"Let's listen together then," Beichuan Si suggested, crossing his legs and placing Kurenai beside him on the floor, then he turned on the tape recorder and inserted the cassette.
Accompanied by an uncomfortable, grating sound, the tape began to turn, and a noise with a clear electrical tone resonated.
"The recording has begun, Mr. Takayama."
A young, vibrant male voice sounded, probably the journalist who was writing about Shenzhu Village.