I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

"Based on the preliminary examination of the body's hardening and livor mortis, the time of death exceeded 48 hours, and the cause of death was... multiple fatal injuries leading to internal bleeding."

After death, the body was subjected to inhumane treatment; its limbs were broken, and its neck was forcibly twisted 180 degrees before being thrown at extremely high speed into a fire hydrant, resulting in a fractured skull and broken cervical vertebrae.

"However, there were no signs of movement at the scene, and based on the impact, it can be inferred that a great force was applied to the body. Currently, unless it is a large piece of equipment, it is impossible for manpower to throw an object weighing more than 100 kilograms at such a high speed."

Unless the body was loaded into the cargo bed of a truck, the truck was reversing at an extremely high speed, and then suddenly braked, the body would not have been able to hit the fire hydrant with such force due to inertia.

However, such braking would inevitably be very loud, and strangely, none of the surrounding residents heard the noise.

Upon hearing the forensic doctor's description and seeing the appearance of the corpse, Yoshizaki Kawa thought of Ju-on for some reason.

Breaking necks, limbs, and slamming people down like sandbags—isn't that something only a vengeful spirit would do?

But why would it target this woman?

Yoshizaki Kawa was unaware of this; he remained silent, waiting for Kotoko's arrival.

The forensic examiner is still examining the body.

Because Yoshizaki lived the closest, he was brought in for questioning;

Do you know this woman?

Yoshizaki shook his head: "I don't know him."

Just as the police were about to continue questioning, a black sedan suddenly stopped at the scene.

Just as the police were about to move the car away, the people inside slowly got out.

"minister?"

However, after the minister got out of the car, his body bent slightly;

Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, Kotoko, wearing a trench coat and high heels, stepped out from behind the car and looked at Yoshizaki Kawa: "Are you alright?"

Yoshizaki shook his head: "I'm fine."

"Okay, I'm taking over here. Everyone except the forensic doctor and the police I brought, step back ten meters and be on alert immediately!"

Seeing that everyone was still in a daze, the minister immediately said, "Everyone, step back ten meters!"

Therefore, the cordon was extended back ten meters.

After doing all this, Kotoko instructed the department head behind her, "Is there any security surveillance?"

"Preservation measures have been taken."

Kotoko Higa nodded and then walked to the front of the corpse;

Looking at the gruesome corpse, she disregarded the blood on it, put on gloves, pressed her hand against the corpse's chest, and then moved down the thigh to the ankle before stopping.

"This corpse has been possessed."

Kotoko Higa removed her disposable gloves and tossed them into an evidence bag, then took out a talisman from her pocket.

The next moment, the talisman spontaneously combusted without any wind.

"It's a very powerful evil spirit, but not what you're thinking of."

Because this place is close to Kayako, even Kotoko dares not say the name of that thing.

Who knows if calling that name will attract anything? Higa Kotoko felt it was better to avoid it.

"Isn't it?"

Yoshizaki's tense expression did not ease. If it was not a curse, then what kind of evil spirit was it, and why did it come here?

Could it be that this evil spirit was planning to attack Kayako, and was thus killed by the Ju-on?

But just then, Kotoko seemed to see something, and her gaze faltered slightly.

She then tore open the corpse's collar without even putting on disposable gloves;

Upon seeing the tattoo on her chest, Kotoko's expression darkened slightly. She covered her collar and then stood up.

"Yoshizaki Kawa, these are people from that cult. They've got their eyes on Kayako."

"and--"

"Judging from this tattoo, this person is of high status, and may even be a 'saint' within a religious sect."

Chapter 128 The Cry for Help

Saint?

Seemingly noticing Yoshizaki's confusion, Higa Kotoko explained, "The so-called saintess is nothing more than a tool used by that disgusting cult for reproduction. The members of this cult, or even its leader, have no qualifications to become spiritual mediums, but they somehow obtained evil magic and modified it to create their own method for worshipping evil spirits."

"By worshipping evil spirits, the evil spirits are brought into the world, and then the reincarnated bodies are tortured and killed, thereby enhancing the power of the evil spirits. The reincarnated bodies are then used to control the evil spirits, thus demonstrating supernatural powers and bewitching the people."

"A few years ago, they tried to bring down that evil spirit that had been reincarnated countless times, but I drove it back. Only a part of it descended, attaching itself to an infant and becoming a new evil spirit. Later, due to my negligence, the infant's corpse was taken away, and I guess they used this to manifest their power."

Upon hearing Kotoko's words, Yoshizaki's mind began to work, extracting key information from the matter.

A religious sect, a saintess, a feud with Kotoko, a demon, sabotaging a ritual, failing to sabotage, and then targeting Tomie... Kayako.

After extracting these keywords, Yoshizaki Kawa began to rearrange them according to his own logic;

The saintess is a tool for breeding evil spirits and accumulating resentment. Kotoko used the word "torture," which shows the saintess's true status. Although she has power on the surface, she is just a tool to be discarded at will.

Then, the church needed the saint to breed evil spirits to increase their resentment and thus control them.

The situation at the highest levels is currently unclear.

"Does the Holy Maiden hold real power within their sect, or is she merely a figurehead?"

Yoshizaki suddenly asked at that moment.

"It should be a 50/50 split between the two groups; it's nominal in front of the higher-ups, but has real power in the eyes of the followers."

"That girl received exceptionally good treatment before she died, and that's why she was tricked into becoming a vessel for that person."

Yoshizaki nodded.

Saintess, Tomie—

He stepped forward; having faced all sorts of vengeful ghosts, corpses, and rotting flesh these past few days, he had long since become immune to such gruesome sights.

Wearing gloves, the body was turned 180 degrees. The head, with its dented forehead, was turned around. Perhaps because it had been dead for a long time, even after such an impact, the woman's face did not become congested.

Despite the bloodstains on her face, one could still vaguely discern the regularity of her features.

"And all saintesses must be beautiful women?"

"Yes, this should be written in their doctrine. To put it bluntly, their leader likes this kind of thing, and many who are deceived will be influenced by the leader..."

"Just as I thought—I think I know their purpose now, they want Tomie to become the new saintess!"

Only in this way can we explain why Tomie suffered so much and died in her precognitive dream.

Because this perverted cult increases the resentment of evil spirits through torture!

"Or perhaps this guy knew what he was about to face and wanted to find someone to replace him, and that's when he set his sights on Tomie."

Yoshizaki pointed to the gruesome corpses below and said;

"Because the so-called selection of a holy maiden is actually the selection of a consort for the cult leader, so as long as someone can replace her, or is even more beautiful, the cult leader certainly won't refuse."

As for why she found this place from Tomie's side, Yoshizaki didn't know, but he speculated based on the existing clues.

Perhaps because Kotoko had laid a trap, she couldn't get involved, and with the time for the sacrifice approaching, she had no choice but to follow Tomie's lead and decide that Kayako was still acceptable, so she planned to take action against Kayako.

She was practically asking for death, like lighting a lantern in a latrine.

Of course, all of this is just Yoshizaki's speculation.

He didn't know the truth, but he did know one thing—Kayako was also being targeted by that organization.

Although Kayako is immune to magical attacks, what is the sect most prevalent? Devious people. Physical attacks are something neither Kayako nor herself can be immune to.

So all of this still has to be done by Kotoko.

"Miss Kotoko, Kayako may also be being targeted. I need your help to check on her."

"Um."

While Kayako's situation is quite intimidating, it's relatively simple for Kotoko.

Evil spirits and magical attacks are nothing but easy prey for any of them, as can be seen from the miserable state of this guy in front of him.

Therefore, all I need to do is ensure that no one launches an attack.

However, even with constant vigilance, there can be a moment of oversight.

"Since this rat is jumping around so much, we should just kill it."

Kotoko's tone was calm, but it was filled with murderous intent.

There are too many supernatural beings and monsters in this world for her to manage; she can only fix things up.

Previously, since the sect hadn't caused much trouble, she had turned a blind eye.

They only instructed us to thoroughly investigate cults; they didn't actually take any action.

But since they're courting death, I have no choice but to take action.

As for how to find the location of their sect? Looking at the corpses on the ground, Kotoko smiled slightly; it was still quite simple.