I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

How come Kayako, who is still a teenager, has such a strange ability?

With a roar, the mirror shattered.

If you had that ability, how would Takeo Saeki kill you?

At the same time, these words freed Kayako from that emotion. As her previous impulsive emotions subsided, she began to regret her actions, wondering if her loud voice had made the teacher dislike her.

However, she was very happy that the teacher praised Xiao Hei for being cute, feeling that she had been recognized: "I found Xiao Hei in the garbage dump."

When I was kicked out, I saw a dirty black cat next to the garbage dump. On a whim, I took it back with me. Although they didn't like black cats before, they didn't care about me.

The little black cat seemed to be summoned, glanced at Kayako with great intelligence, then wagged its tail, meowed, and came over to rub its head against Yoshizaki Kawa's trouser leg.

Yoshizaki quietly put the broken mirror into the drawer, then bent down and stroked the cat's head. Watching Kayako enjoy it, an idea popped into his head.

Could it be——

What's the setting of the American version of Ju-on?

In the American version of Ju-on, Kayako's parents are exorcists. Because of her special constitution, Kayako can eat evil spirits. So, Kayako's mother would feed the evil spirits she had exorcised to Kayako.

It is precisely because of this that after Kayako was tortured to death, her resentment, combined with her special constitution, formed a terrifying curse!

Words,

If it really is the American version of Ju-on—

Will those two exorcists kill me for kidnapping Kayako?

Waiting online!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 5 Helpless Pathetic Fool

Exorcists are usually portrayed as righteous figures in TV dramas or novels, so logically, I shouldn't have such concerns.

But this is the American version of Ju-on.

The exorcists in the original work are heavyweights who complete exorcism rituals by feeding evil spirits to Kayako.

It's hard to say whether they are good or evil.

They might actually use the absurd reason that they had contact with Kayako to get themselves into trouble.

After all, strictly speaking, their main "tool" for exorcising demons is Kayako, and only by "eating the evil spirits" can they completely eliminate those evil spirits.

Just as Yoshizaki was feeling uneasy, he suddenly saw Kayako still hesitating whether to take off her shoes and enter the room. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself, wondering if he still had a choice.

Should we chase away this poor girl right now?

Regardless of whether he will be killed by him in the future, can he really get over his own conscience right now?

She was already pitiful enough, and now she had become the only "pillar" that was kind to her. If she were to be driven away now, wouldn't that be like the last straw that broke the camel's back?

Furthermore, the fact that she yelled at the black cat in a fit of emotion, causing the mirror to shatter but the black cat was unharmed, shows that her abilities are controllable; otherwise, it would have been the black cat's head that shattered.

"Take off your socks if they're wet."

Yoshizaki closed the drawer containing the shards of the mirror, having already made up his mind.

They're just exorcists. Since there are exorcists in this world, there must be more than just two. If all else fails, then we'll just have to spend money to show these two exorcists the power of capital.

Anyway, there's still money in the original account; at worst, I can go bankrupt and hire other exorcists to protect me.

After all, for someone with "prophetic" abilities, money isn't really a big problem.

What if this world doesn't follow the path of the previous life?

Don't forget that the original owner was a university teacher. Even if she didn't make money through the Plaza Accord, her income as a servant at the university was still quite high.

In modern society, many things can be solved if you have money.

Hearing the teacher's words, Kayako carefully bent down. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the teacher closing the drawer and not looking at her. She quickly took off her socks and stuffed them into her shoes. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and carefully stepped onto the wooden board, leaving a wet footprint.

“Private Marseille!!”

With her face flushed red, Kayako hurriedly lifted her skirt, hesitated for a moment, and then wiped it on the ground.

The next moment, a hand grabbed her slender wrist;

"It's alright, you don't need to do that."

She pulled away from Yoshizaki Kawa's hand like a startled rabbit, then grabbed her left wrist with her right hand: "...It's better to wipe it off. Teacher, do you have a towel? I'm so sorry, I, I didn't mean to."

"Let me wipe your feet first."

Yoshizaki Kawa felt somewhat helpless. Kayako was always too sensitive. It seemed that he couldn't treat her with the same mindset he would have towards ordinary women, otherwise, who knew what kind of misunderstandings might arise.

This misunderstanding is not something to be taken lightly!

For details, please refer to the story of a poor man named Shunsuke Kobayashi, who suffered the loss of his family and home due to a misunderstanding caused by a simple act of kindness like handing someone a handkerchief.

Of course, to some extent, Kayako's endurance is also very strong.

In the original work, Kayako silently endured the domestic violence and almost perverse control that Saeki Takeo committed against her. If the former had not cruelly murdered her, the latter might not have become the Grudge.

"Therefore, I must let her know that I genuinely care about her and will never distance myself from her over trivial matters. Only in this way can I completely resolve the curse!"

Ju-on (the Grudge) is both difficult and simple in some ways.

Once the curse was formed, no being, not even myself, could possibly resolve Kayako's resentment, even if I were to transmigrate into Kobayashi Shunsuke, since Kobayashi was killed in the original story.

Before Kayako became Ju-on, there were many ways to resolve the issue. Although she might be the American version of Kayako who devoured evil spirits, her constitution was special. As long as she didn't die, the cursed spirits she devoured wouldn't become her power.

So as long as Kayako knows that someone cares about her and that she feels loved, she naturally won't harbor any resentment.

Yoshiki thought to himself that, as a seasoned veteran, he could easily see through Kayako's personality, her sensitive nature and tendency to associate things with bad things, and that he already held a certain weight in her heart—that's right, even if it was just the first time they met, the little bit of kindness he showed was enough to leave a deep mark on Kayako's heart.

In the original story, Kobayashi Shunsuke was madly in love with her simply by being handed a handkerchief.

She realized that her behavior was far more terrifying than simply giving someone a handkerchief, which is why she cared so much about her image in her own eyes.

Looking at the girl in the white dress carefully wiping the floor in front of him, Yoshizaki found it extremely difficult to connect her with the terrible evil spirit of later generations. Of course, if he were there, she wouldn't have become the evil spirit of the original story.

Seemingly sensing the teacher's attention, she quickened her pace in wiping her feet, quickly cleaning them and also wiping away the dried footprints on the floor.

"Thank you."

After doing all this, she whispered.

"Has Kayako eaten yet?"

At that moment, Yoshiki Kawa suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Kayako, who was already starving, hesitated and nodded: "I...I've already eaten."

—In fact, she had been wandering outside all day because her house was locked and she had gone hungry.

Kayako didn't want her teacher to know these things. She felt that if he found out, he might pity her, but pity was what she disliked most.

If concern turns into pity, wouldn't that make you look like a helpless, pathetic wretch?

—While there's nothing wrong with saying that, it just doesn't feel right.

She hoped that the teacher genuinely cared about her, or... liked her, rather than just pitied her as a poor wretch.

Looking at the frail girl, Yoshizaki smiled slightly:

"Since we've already eaten... let's have another meal!"

"Huh? Huh?!"

She paused for a moment, seemingly unable to comprehend Ji Qichuan's thought process, and was somewhat stunned.

"Just consider it having dinner with the teacher. After all, it would be too awkward if the teacher ate alone."

"And—please trust the teacher's skills, absolutely! They won't be bad!"

"No...that's not what I meant. I never doubted the teacher's skills, it's just..."

Upon hearing the last sentence, she stammered in her explanation, but her weak voice made it seem as if she truly meant it.

"Okay, it's settled!"

Yoshiki Kawa issued the order.

Hearing the unquestionable words, she felt like a slave receiving orders, yet a strange sense of satisfaction welled up within her. She whispered, "Yes..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 6 Cooking

"This guy……"

Just as abnormal as in the original work.

Seeing the strange sense of satisfaction on Kayako's face, Yoshizaki Kawa knew that she had personality problems, but he did not expect that she would have such a "masochistic" personality.

She was clearly giving an order, and a typical tsundere woman would definitely object, but Kayako was actually satisfied?

I felt a little speechless for a moment, but that's normal. Anyone with a few minor mental flaws wouldn't have evolved into that level of evil.

Compared to this infamous Japanese demon, the demons from my own country in my past life seem rather mild-mannered; at least they had their grievances settled and their debts repaid.