"She's coming!"
Someone in the group shouted.
Everyone looked in that direction.
At the edge of the sky, dark clouds pressed down, thick as ink poured into water, swallowing their way toward them inch by inch.
Beneath those dark clouds, a red dot was rapidly approaching.
At first, it was only a tiny speck. In the blink of an eye, it grew larger.
Another blink, and they could already make out a human shape.
It was too fast.
Unnaturally fast.
"Is that a person?"
Someone asked quietly.
No one answered.
Because that thing had already reached them.
A hazy curtain of rain shrouded her. Only when she was close enough did everyone finally see...
It was a figure in a red raincoat, her entire body enveloped in it. Her hood was pulled low. They could not see her face or her hands. They could not see anything.
Just a red outline standing in the rain.
Yet that outline alone made the hair on everyone's back stand on end.
The sensation was hard to describe.
It was like walking into a deserted alley late at night. You saw nothing, yet your body told you...
Something was watching you.
It was not psychological. It was a physical reaction.
Every hair on their arms stood upright, and fine goose bumps covered their skin.
Their hearts felt gripped by an invisible hand, beating heavily and slowly.
"That's not human!"
Someone spoke through gritted teeth, his voice trembling. "No human could move that fast!"
"And... can't you feel it?"
"The hair on your arms is standing straight up!"
No one argued.
Because they were all the same.
"That thing... has to be an Eerie!"
"Is Captain Cao not ready yet?"
Someone asked urgently.
As soon as the words fell, the radio went utterly silent.
Then