[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-cell-prison":3,"chapter-my-cell-prison-my-cell-prison-chapter-286":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Cell Prison",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1206671,1562,"Chapter 285 - 285 Red Umbrella","my-cell-prison-chapter-286",286,"\u003Cp>Chapter 285: Red Umbrella\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? Is it leaking? These public umbrellas are really poor quality… However, as long as the documents do not get wet, it’s fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I cannot afford any mistakes in today’s meeting, I must get there on time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The office worker felt occasional drops of rain falling on his cheek as he hurriedly walked towards his company, located a street away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unusually cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss… So cold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, a cold liquid sensation coming from his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this man instinctively touched his right cheek, he found that the ‘rainwater’ was strangely viscous… and there were two strands of hair sticking to his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strange feeling of being watched closely made his whole body erupt in goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in order not to let the documents in his hand get wet, he continued to hold up the umbrella and started running towards the company…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the cold viscous liquid appeared more frequently on his cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt like there was a human head resting on his shoulder when he glanced at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… The urban legend is real…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company was just across the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, completely panicked, was not paying attention to the traffic signals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A speeding car in the torrential rain hit the man’s body head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handwritten files from the briefcase scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The umbrella he held was flung away…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been a serious car accident at the crossroads. The deceased ‘Ikegami Mitani’ was an ordinary employee of Hailida Company. Witnesses mentioned that before the accident, he looked panic-stricken, trying to cross the road against the red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the heavy rain, visibility was low. He collided head-on with a street racer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is another point to mention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victim was holding a red umbrella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no red umbrella was found at the scene of the accident. Perhaps it was thrown out too far due to the high-speed impact…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred meters away from the scene, a hooded young man walked into an alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, he was holding the red umbrella left behind at the crime scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following close behind, Han Dong, who was also at the scene during the accident, quietly caught the flying red umbrella and discreetly left the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Han Dong walked into the alleyway, the familiar voice of the ‘Fate Space System’ echoed in his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, the system message was completely different from the ones before, in terms of the voice or the method of notification… it may be related to the five-star difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ringing in Han Dong’s mind was the voice of an eerie old woman, as if she was telling a spooky story before bedtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange Tales – Red Umbrella”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strange Tales News]:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are rumors of a series of brutal serial killings occurring in Gifu County, Yu Island City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The killer tends to strike during the rain, targeting young women carrying red umbrellas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the cruel nature and frequency of the crimes, it posed a severe threat to the local security. Unable to solve the case, local law enforcement handed the case over to a senior detective from Nagoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, through some high-tech image processing techniques and investigative methods, they were able to confirm the suspect’s identity and location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Police officers stormed the house, but were met with the overwhelming stench of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspect – Shen Toshio had been dead for more than ten days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small room was filled with stolen photos and red umbrellas of the victims, all connected by red strings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspect seemed to have a peculiar obsession with the color red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the basement, the heads of past victims were stored in large freezers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon examination of the suspect’s corpse by a medical examiner, it was found that he had been strangled to death using the threads connecting the photos due to extreme fright…This was the main cause of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, strangely enough, his body cavity was found to be filled with rainwater and hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the results from the forensic department indicated that due to the immediate freezing of the victim’s heads, they were well-preserved, and all were quickly matched to their respective victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, they were one head short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That missing head belonged to the last murder victim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After further precision calculations for the time of death, it was found that the victim and the suspect both died on the same day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspect had killed the victim, and later that night, died in his own house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the suspect was now deceased, the case was closed…but the local law enforcement was quite reluctant to discuss it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days after this incident ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, a red umbrella would appear on the public umbrella stand in Yu Island City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people, unwilling to wait for the rain to stop nor willing to take a cab, would take this red umbrella. However, they would often die from accidents afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After conducting autopsies, it was found that their bodies contained a large amount of rainwater and viscous black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the eerie tale was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the old woman in Han Dong’s mind continued, detailing task requirements and arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strange Tales Level]: B\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Trigger Method]: Non-clue, indirect trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Requirement]: Carry an umbrella (only separated by clothing) for 24 hours. If you’re separated from the umbrella for any reason during this time, the timer will reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching the time limit, you’ll receive ‘Strange Tales Information’. You can exchange it for ‘Strange Tales Points’ at the ‘Shop’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hee hee hee hee! (Eerie Laughter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, the introduction to side mission-like events ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is entirely different from the explanation of side events in previous Fate Spaces, like an elder telling a strange tale…it involves a [Level] aspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Red Umbrella corresponds to [B] level, which I think represents a slightly above-average ‘Strange Tale’. I didn’t expect to encounter this right out the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this proves one thing to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, even without the clues in the ‘Shop’, ‘Strange Tales’ can still be triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the requirement is to carry it, let it be…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the issue in the Strange Tale, I’ll think about it later. I reckon this umbrella has a complicated history. Maybe the serial killer was also one of the ‘umbrella’ owners.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong strapped the umbrella to his back using a thin rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the requirement was to carry it for 24 hours, it’s obviously a test for Han Dong to survive this period…Earlier, that poor office worker encountered a disaster within five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I should try to reach the intersection and join everyone else…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Han Dong had strapped the umbrella to his back and was about to leave the alleyway,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold sensation of rainwater came in contact with his cheek…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong turned his head to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head appeared to be ‘growing’ on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt completely different from Chen Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Chen Li is essentially a human being,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This, attached by what appeared to be veins rooted onto Han Dong’s shoulder, was a true ‘spirit’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pale makeup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two red dots on her upper and lower lips, a wet, dark grey tongue dripping with rainwater, hung out of her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1214,"2026-06-03T14:08:19.788Z",1,"novelbin.me","ce41729eab62e4bcd9a6e8c46d49a3809c0db085e6cb2cdff84a04da6a8251b9","my-cell-prison-chapter-287","my-cell-prison-chapter-285",2176,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-cell-prison-cover.jpg"]