I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

Damn it, why?

Are these two really the same person?

If it's not the same person, how do you explain the strangeness of this videotape? You know, Kayako's curse wouldn't attack in this way.

If it were Kayako, Ju-on would have twisted out of the crevice long ago and twisted her neck into a 360° giant flower roll!

And if it really is the person from The Ring—

Numb, completely numb.

So you're having a blast with the three Demon Kings right now, huh?

He also recalled the time when Kayako, Mako, and Tomie played with the Ouija board together, and why the spirit immediately went berserk after Mako asked about his origins.

I used to think it was because of Kayako and the others, but now it seems—it was entirely because Mako asked me about my past!

What is Mako's background? She is the reincarnation of the two great demons, Mae-no-Oni and Go-no-Oni, who were subdued by En no Ozunu, the strongest sorcerer in Japan!

Yes, they also have two other names—Ghost King and Ghost Mother.

If a mere Ouija board were to actually investigate these two powerful figures, wouldn't that be like lighting a lantern in a latrine—purely courting death?

So, the Ouija board exploded.

After figuring out the logic behind all of this, Yoshizaki glanced at the contact on his phone labeled "Principal" and wondered whether he should ask the principal to change Saitama University to "Demon University".

Surprisingly, after his initial shock that Mako was Sadako from The Ring, Yoshizaki Kawa now seems to be indifferent to the fact that she is the same person as Mako from The Ring.

There's a saying that goes, "If you have too many lice, you won't feel the itch," and that's roughly the mindset Yoshizaki Kawa has now.

I'm completely numb anyway.

Extreme numbness is probably the mindset of giving up and not caring.

Put the videotape away. This damn videotape features the three great demon kings. Yoshizaki even wondered when he, Kayako, and the others would die. This videotape might even destroy the world!

When I am gone, let these things be buried with me...

At this moment, Yoshizaki was already thinking about what would happen after he died. This school was so bad that it was not a place for a human to live. And that stupid principal, why did you have to create a poverty subsidy program? Did you have to embezzle that money?

Take one last look at the seemingly ordinary videotape, then carefully place it back in the box, intending never to open it for the rest of my life.

With his legs feeling a little weak, he leaned on a chair, opened the front door, and felt somewhat relieved as the sunlight streamed in.

I looked up at the sky, squinting, feeling the warmth of the winter sun.

Perhaps due to the strange weather, after the heavy snow, the sun was late and, because of the winter, it did not seem dazzling. Instead, it gave people a warm feeling in the cold winter.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, looked at the school covered in thick snow in front of him, sighed softly, and muttered to himself:

"Who told me to be such a nice guy? Since you haven't become a future demon yet, then let me seal you away too!"

To perform divine deeds with the body of a mortal;

Yoshizaki felt that he might become a god after he died.

After all, he controls all three evil spirits, and he is also responsible for protecting world peace!

Saito Asuka, that junior, even questioned me. It's true, maybe in this world no one listens to the truth!

In the original story of The Ring, Mako is a girl with superpowers who is taken to a circus by her parents to demonstrate her abilities in exchange for payment.

After her mother died and her father suffered a stroke while practicing asceticism, Mako was taking care of her father when she was raped. She discovered that she had a hermaphroditic constitution and was mocked. Overwhelmed with shame and indignation, she lured a smallpox patient to rape her and pushed herself into a dry well.

He then manipulated a video recorder to record everything, imprinting the curse onto the videotape.

And so, the midnight horror begins.

However, Mako's fate in this world has clearly taken a different turn. Her parents abandoned her for some reason, and she was later taken in by the director of an orphanage.

Furthermore, the dean was a good person, and the character of the son he taught was not as extreme as in the original story.

Although he has a somewhat expressionless face, he is a decent person; otherwise, he wouldn't have given me this videotape.

Therefore, the chances of her going berserk are slim.

If I pay more attention to her and teach her to view her gender correctly, I'm sure none of this will happen!

and--

The world has been so drastically altered that it's uncertain whether Mako is actually intersex!

So compared to Kayako and Tomie, Yoshizaki Kawa actually felt that this one was easier to handle?

However, when she recalled the strange phenomena on the videotape, Mako was clearly having some difficulty controlling her abilities. It would be best to try to prevent her from filming such things in the future.

In the original story, Mako's abilities were developed and guided by her parents. Now that her parents are gone, they are clearly unable to control their abilities. Otherwise, the videotapes they gave her wouldn't have contained such a terrible curse.

—After all, who the hell would put a curse that almost killed someone in a gift?

I almost died just now! Yoshizaki even suspects that the curse subsided later thanks to the video Kayako filmed.

Waaaaah, Kayako, she really... I'm crying my eyes out.

When we get back, your teacher will take you out for barbecue as a big reward!

Back in his office, Yoshizaki locked the box containing the videotapes, then picked up Mako's file and looked at it again.

He then circled the words "orphanage" with a pencil, planning to go there sometime to ask about Mako's background, and most importantly, to find out if Mako was intersex. If so, he would teach her well and help her accept him.

If not... well, you should still teach them properly.

He glanced at his recent schedule: caring for Kayako, exploring Tomie's surroundings, and sharing information with Kotoko about Mako's origins.

and many more?

Kotoko?

Damn, I almost forgot I have such a useful tool like Kotoko. Why do I need to investigate Mako's information myself? I can just ask her!

You have to understand that Kotoko has access to police records; she should be able to find this information easily.

With that in mind, Yoshizaki dialed Kotoko's number;

Before he could speak, the other end said, "I just found out some things. I was going to call you, but since you've called, I'll let you know!"

"Well, to be honest, I also have a new nightmare to share with you—"

Qinzi: "?"

Qinzi: "..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 113 The Spirit Communication Society? The Fierce Ghost Society!

Upon hearing Yoshizaki's words, Kotoko just wanted to hang up the phone and pretend she had never answered it.

But clearly, deceiving yourself is useless.

Kotoko could only lift her finger from the hang-up button and sigh, "Then you go first."

"You need to investigate a classmate named Yamamura Mako in my class. I need to know everything about her to determine whether this dream is real or not."

"Yamamura Mako? Another one from your class? Your school should be renamed Ghost University, and your class should just become Ghost Special Education Class!"

Upon hearing that it was another child from that class, Kotoko was speechless with frustration.

"To be honest, I have considered this, but I doubt the principal would agree—"

"I'll promote you to principal right away, okay?"

"It's not impossible..."

"..."

The two were silent for a moment, then returned to the topic.

"I will help you investigate, but you need to tell me what kind of dream it was and what level of harm it caused."

"Hmm... Nightmare. As for the harm, it seems to be a matter of degree. On a large scale, many people in the world might die from watching the videotape, maybe tens of millions? On a smaller scale, if the curse can be controlled, perhaps only a few dozen or a hundred people will die?"

Silence, more silence, silence lasting for nearly a minute, before finally three words were uttered:

"I'm done."

The death of dozens or hundreds of people is considered a minor disaster. In ordinary supernatural events, the death of more than ten people is considered a major incident.

Even the Po-Xiong Demons might only number in the dozens or hundreds—not counting those who voluntarily sacrificed themselves.

"I will send the information to your email tomorrow. Now, let's update the survey data on Tomie."

"After investigation, your dream was indeed accurate. The cult that made this sacrifice is a branch of the True Cult, which is based on the so-called 'Lord' and is led by the sacrifice of beauty and suffering. Its doctrines are extremely anti-human, and most of its members are violent criminals."

"Their sacrificial rituals are inhumane; the more beautiful the girl, the more painful the torture they inflict on her, the more they please the god in their eyes."

"And the god they see truly exists."

To be honest, even if that so-called "god" were to descend, for me at my peak, although it would be a bit troublesome, it would simply be a large-scale exorcism ritual to drive it away.

It's not as dire as Yoshizaki said, a terrifying crisis that could lead to the destruction of Japan.

However, this may be limited by his imagination. Dreams are always bizarre and extremely terrifying, so it is normal for him to overemphasize some things.

Of course, if Yoshizaki knew what Kotoko was thinking, he could only say that her so-called divine calculation was worthless, and compared to the harm caused by Tomie, it was not even worth a hair on her head!