I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

I almost got killed by the guy who was living with me...

Of course, he only thought this in his mind. In reality, he shook his head and said, "Old problem, a bit of low blood sugar. Kayako, give me a piece of candy."

what?

But... but the only candy I had was a lollipop I had already eaten;

She turned around, and under the cover of darkness, quietly spat out the lollipop from her mouth, then pretended to unwrap the candy wrapper.

"for you."

In the darkness, Yoshizaki couldn't see what she was doing, nor did he think much of it;

He popped the lollipop into his mouth and then let out a long sigh.

Watching Yoshizaki's actions, Kayako's heart pounded, and her previous worries were overwhelmed by her excitement.

"I just told you I was coming to see you, but then I had a hypoglycemic attack."

In fact, Yoshizaki was not wrong. He was still feeling a little dizzy. Sugar is the thing that can provide the brain with nutrients the fastest in this situation, which can prevent brain damage due to suffocation.

He sat on the flower stand and rested for a while;

Then he said to Kayako earnestly, "Kayako, you can't limit yourself to your own little world. In this big world, there are plenty of good people and not that many bad people."

"what?"

Kayako didn't quite understand why her teacher was suddenly saying these things to her.

"Just now, when I was about to faint, this thought suddenly came to mind, and I felt compelled to write this."

Yoshizaki didn't explain much; these things couldn't be explained, and only Kayako could see for herself.

After the attack, he understood that Kayako was the vessel chosen by Ju-on, so—

The future Ju-on contains Kayako's memories, which is why it uttered those twisted words before killing itself.

Of course, this does not mean that Kayako will become the Curse of the Dead.

After all, Ju-on observed Kayako and his own every move over time, so he naturally knew these things.

—As for why that guy came down.

Yoshizaki Kawa already has some ideas;

However, further evidence is needed. He suspects that during the previous Ouija board game, they asked some extraordinary questions that Mary Shaw couldn't answer, resulting in her being sacrificed. He also believes that future curses can be brought down through this medium.

I'll go ask them later what question the Ouija board asked.

Kayako sat quietly with her teacher for a while, and only after she noticed that Yoshizaki's breathing had become steady did her worries subside.

At this moment, she couldn't help but look up at the moon in the sky, her eyes narrowing slightly, and a smile appeared on her face. She was already imagining what it would be like to be with her teacher tomorrow night.

"Teacher, look..."

"Stop, let's talk about it when we get back to the room."

Yoshizaki Kawa already has PTSD related to the moon, and he really doesn't want to hear Kayako say things like, "Teacher, look how beautiful the moon is."

To be honest, he's still shaken. If Kayako had arrived even a second later, he might be dead.

This was the first time he had ever truly felt death was so close to him.

"All right……"

Kayako felt a little wronged, but then she comforted herself by thinking that her teacher must have been very scared when he was in that situation, and that the first thing he thought of when he was scared was her.

Hey, thinking about it that way, Kayako laughed again.

As for why this conclusion was reached?

That was naturally because of what my teacher had said to me before, which made me believe that there are many good people in the world.

He was probably worried that if something happened to him, he would fall back into the same situation he had been in, but—the teacher was worrying unnecessarily; he would definitely live to be a hundred and would eventually marry him and have children…

Oh, and Saito-sensei too...

Back to the room,

Yoshizaki didn't take out the paper in front of Kayako. Instead, he said to Kayako with a slightly tired expression, "Teacher has a question for you. What questions did you ask when you were using the Ouija board?"

Kayako wouldn't overthink things, so Yoshizaki didn't beat around the bush with her.

"Mako asked the spirit's name, and it said it was called Puppet. Tomie asked for the answers to her English exam, but the spirit couldn't answer. Mako then asked how to make a lot of money, but the spirit still couldn't answer. I..."

"I asked Xiao Hei if he was alright, and the Ouija board said he was fine..."

"Mako asked the Ouija board about her background again... The Ouija board couldn't answer, and then it exploded."

Yoshizaki quickly focused on the question about Kayako's black cat, because it was the only question most closely related to Ju-on. He secretly made a mental note of it and then said:

"Kayako, your teacher is a little tired. She's going to rest for a bit. You should rest early too, okay?"

"Okay... okay."

Kayako's gaze kept drifting to the lollipop in Yoshizaki's mouth. The thought of eating it herself filled her with a secret joy, a feeling akin to kissing her teacher.

However, she preferred that the teacher eat first and then continue eating, so that it would be her kissing the teacher instead of the teacher kissing her.

Wow, my head is a little dizzy. She shook her head and watched Yoshizaki Kawa return to his room.

At this moment, Yoshizaki Kawa paid no attention to Kayako's little tricks. His mind was entirely focused on the piece of paper. When he took out the paper, sure enough, the human figure on the paper had been scratched by five bloody finger marks and was now in pieces.

"Poor Mary Shaw, you should just die, why should you be used as the price for the curse's arrival?"

This guy wants to drag me down with him?

He wanted to burn the paper, but then he thought that burning it rashly might cause even bigger problems.

"Just ask Kotoko yourself what's going on!"

Strictly speaking, everything before was just my own conjecture.

—Although this is a reasonable conjecture, Yoshizaki Kawa thinks it's better to have a professional take a look.

He wrote down what had happened that night and sent it to Kotoko.

A moment later, a message came from the other end: "There's no such thing as a ridiculous story. Don't make it up. Come over tomorrow to exorcise the demon."

"...Do you think I'm just bored and making up stories to amuse you?"

"Alright, you didn't make up a story. Remember to come back tomorrow for an exorcism."

I'm serious!

"Okay, when you come to perform the exorcism tomorrow, bring that piece of paper with you."

"Ok."

"Remember to come for the exorcism tomorrow."

Because there were no MMS messages or high-end devices like cameras on ordinary mobile phones at that time, Yoshizaki Kawa naturally had no way to take pictures to show her.

Close the phone.

Yoshizaki could only put the papers away...

Then... well, he opened the door and put it in the drawer in the living room.

I really don't dare let it stay with me anymore. What if that guy gets sacrificed again?

Looking at the peaceful room, Yoshizaki felt that it was all an illusion, and he had a feeling that he would die at any time.

He stared blankly for a while, then sighed. He could only leave these things to fate. He lay down on the bed and closed his eyes, because the pressure from what had happened back then was too great, and he couldn't fall asleep for a while.

I don't know how much time passed before I finally managed to fall asleep;

He entered the dream once again.

……

In a world shrouded in mist, everything exists alone and in solitude.

At this moment, all sorts of people seemed to have taken on different colors. They were engraved with numbers, but Yoshizaki couldn't understand them. Perhaps they were 1, 2, 3, but dreams are chaotic and disordered. All knowledge here floats in the sky and can only be obtained by touching it.

At this time,

He saw what appeared to be a giant infant's arm emerging from the mist, and Yoshizaki walked forward;

Only upon closer inspection did they realize that it was an enormous infant.

Yoshizaki Kawa instinctively touched the baby's skin;

Almost instantly, his gaze seemed to pierce through the endless mist and arrive at a "mountain". This mountain floated on the sea of ​​blood, the entire mountain was stained red with blood, there were no trees on the mountain, only umbilical cords stretching to the sky.

In the middle of the umbilical cord, there are infants with broken faces, mutilated bodies, or broken into several pieces;

And at the very front;

It was a little girl of about seven or eight years old. She was dancing while pulling on the woman's corpse, pulling on the umbilical cord on the ground, and jumping rope on the man's corpse, as if she was playing with something unseen on the side.

The next moment, she seemed to notice Yoshizaki Kawa's arrival and revealed an innocent smile: "Big brother, do you want to come and play with me and it too?"

"But could you please call the person behind you away? He's terrifying..."

"It didn't mean to hurt you before. It was just too lonely and had no one to play with. Now that everyone comes here, it's lively."

"Look at these older brothers and sisters, they're having a great time!"