Chapter 4 (1/2)

Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits

Vol 1 Book of Thunder – Chapter 4 Coffin

Translator: MoMoePom

Editor: Draygan

Quality Checker: Isalee

First Published on Chaleuria

Chapter 4 Coffin

shi+ Yitong nodded Then he lowered his voice and whispered, ”Soht

I feltit, ”Sounds?”

shi+ Yitong nodded ”I heard the strange sounds for the first ti after I transferred here I drank a little too ht to use the toilet The toilet in e house While I was passing by, I heard strange sounds co out of that room It was a 'knock knock' sound, one after another, very rhyth on a wooden board Throughout the entire time, the sound was neither loud nor soft It soain At that time I was afraid, but also very curious, so I snuck back into e house, tre with fear”

I sed and nodded, signaling him to continue the story

”But I soon discovered that the sound caht next to the doorway, so the sound cae to walk over As the light hit the coffin, it suddenly stoppedsounds It made no reaction even when I knocked on it I lifted it open and peeked through the slit, but it was e else, so I just let it go and went back to sleep after using the toilet”

”This… Could it be the wind? Or maybe the sound created by the wood plank of the coffin when it cracked?” I suggested

But shi+ Yitong shook his head ”Unlikely No ould sound like that, and wood cracking does notwas that the very next day, a fa that someone had passed away, therefore they needed to buy a coffin for the funeral I secretly followedthat family pick a coffin The coffin they chose was the exact sarandfather told me later that it was not people that picked coffins, but it was in fact coffins that picked people The kind of coffin that a person lies in always matches the kind of person one is There has never been a mistake”

I nodded in a half-understoodfro that his family was already used to What, then, was he afraid of?

”However, this is exactly where the proble rubbed his hands, his expression beco how to explain it to me ”In the past, whenever an empty coffin started to knock, it was certain that so day But, a week ago… One of the coffins in the storage house started knocking It's made of Chinese cedar, ards to workrandfather's house The price is also relatively high, therefore it has been there for quite a while without a buyer Both ht that the coffin would finally be sold, but nobody dropped by to buy a coffin the next day”