I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

But just then, the man quickly pulled an English dictionary from his pocket;

He began to recite the words he didn't understand at all, according to the phonetic symbols;

The next moment, a hint of fear appeared on the girl's lifeless face. With a shrill and piercing scream, the girl vanished.

But at this moment——

The moment he rolled inside, the corridor lights outside suddenly went out;

The next moment, the lights in the room came on.

Just as he was about to go out to explore, the lights in the corridor outside suddenly began to flicker. The man's expression changed slightly, and without hesitation, he immediately rolled to his side and hid under the bed.

The girl's smile grew even brighter, but that forced, insincere expression only made her seem more terrifying.

"I am willing."

Junichiro Yamada gritted his teeth and quickly made a decision.

The girl handed him the camera, and the man, suppressing the instinctive fear emanating from his body, calmed himself and took a picture.

"Finished taking the picture..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm, and almost instantly, a bloody mark appeared.

His entire arm was forcibly severed by some force and then disappeared completely. Blood splattered everywhere, and the excruciating pain made his already gloomy face even more so.

The next moment, the girl in front of him also disappeared.

A photograph of a severed arm slowly floated down onto the ground.

"Damn-"

He was about to curse under his breath when he suddenly found himself unable to speak. His gaze froze for a moment, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he spat out a lump of rotten flesh—it was… the body’s tongue.

When exactly?

—Damn it when I'm reciting English words.

But why is this happening? I've done everything right and followed the rules, yet I'm still being attacked by the curse?

Could it be——

"Because of my poor pronunciation or bad photos?"

Thinking of this, he was speechless with bitterness.

……

At the same time, in reality.

Yoshizaki Kawa held the videotape in his hand and put it into the projector.

This videotape can only be watched by yourself to avoid any trouble.

In Yoshizaki's view, the child's lost soul was also due to his own mistake, and besides, he had promised to help him find his complete soul.

So, Yoshizaki wanted to give it a try.

"Is this really necessary?"

Kotoko didn't actually want Yoshizaki to do such a thing. In her eyes, Yoshizaki's safety was more important than that poor baby.

If something happens to Yoshizaki River, Kayako will be out of balance, and the subsequent events will be even more unpredictable.

Moreover, this cannot be filled by a few lives. In Kotoko's eyes, stability is more important than anything else, and the majority is more important than the minority.

But to be honest, she had no reason to persuade Yoshizaki Kawa, especially after knowing his personality, which made it even more impossible.

"This is my promise, and this is my responsibility."

Just as Kotoko had predicted, Yoshizaki had made up his mind.

certainly--

Perhaps only someone like this can change those children who should have been cursed!

Kotoko admires Yoshizaki Kawakami for doing things despite knowing they are impossible.

“Okay, but I will wake you up if you show any abnormalities or if more than an hour and a half has passed.”

Previously, Kotoko had learned from Yoshizaki Kawa about his rather special ability to enter dreams, and that Yoshizaki Kawa could predict the future and even "go" to some special places through dream entry.

This time, Yoshizaki will also enter the world of the videotape through a dream to search for fragments of the soul, which is why Kotoko said those words.

"Ah."

"Then I'll go."

Yoshizaki Kawa closed the curtain, plunging the room into darkness.

Even now, he vaguely remembers the feeling of his heart being gripped when he first opened the videotape that Mako had given him; that feeling was definitely not pleasant.

"But there are still some things that need to be done."

This time, Kotoko brought an automatic player that uses a motor to drive a turntable and rotate the videotape, unlike the awful church where you have to do it manually.

Yoshizaki hesitated for a moment, then slapped the button.

As the machine turned, scenes began to appear one after another in front of Yoshizaki Kawa.

"Ok?"

Yoshizaki was stunned when he saw what was on the screen.

Because instead of a video of Kayako, Mako, and Tomie sharing a photo, the screen showed a man standing by a lake.

Moreover, Yoshizaki Kawa knows this guy!

This guy was the cult leader who died tragically.

Opposite him stood a man standing stiffly next to the video recorder. This man was a vice leader of the sect and also a ninja. He was the one who stole his videotape!

So, when they watched the videotapes, they were drawn into the world of the videotapes?

Thinking of this, Yoshizaki couldn't help but mourn for them for three seconds. Goodness, it's already considered a high-level player to take on one boss by himself, but you're doing it by taking on three bosses by yourself?

Yoshizaki couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this sect's reckless act, the vanguard of the anti-cult movement—the cult's vice leader.

Meanwhile, the images on the screen continued to play;

The man seemed to sense something was wrong, looking around nervously. He then walked over to the cameraman, glanced down at him, and then disemboweled him, removing the head of an infant from his abdomen.

When Yoshizaki saw the head, his expression immediately turned serious.

This is it!

Sure enough, its soul also entered the videotape.

My thinking is correct; all I need to do is find a way to get in and bring those remnant souls out.

After removing the head, he glanced at the moon in the sky and then ran towards the villa.

Inside the villa, he fled from a horde of demons and went through the documents in the room.

But because all of this was silent and vague, Yoshizaki had no idea what was written in those documents.

The man's ordeal continued; in the corridor, he scared Tomie away and had his arm severed by Mako.

Yoshizaki frowned slightly as he watched his classmate Tomie being scared away by a book. He was a little dissatisfied. He had already dressed Tomie, so why was she still so cowardly?

And—what exactly is that book?

Mako-kun is awesome! Keep it up, tear that guy to shreds!

The scene quickly shifts, showing the man losing an arm, then a leg, an eye, and two ears, before finally finding a pair of glasses in Kayako's room and a blurry painting in Tomie's room.

I sat down in the room on the third floor, took one seat, and left three empty seats to play with the Ouija board.

All the images abruptly end here—

The man sat in the chair like a stone statue, gripping a pen tightly, head bowed, seemingly asleep.

After the videotape finished playing, Yoshizaki was not pulled into that world by the videotape, nor did he feel anything unusual.

"As expected, they won't let me in?"

Yoshizaki sighed, then rewound the videotape and pressed the start button again.

As the video played on repeat, Yoshizaki Kawa didn't watch it; instead, he swallowed a sleeping pill.

A moment later, he lay on his side in the chair and drifted off to sleep.

……

When Yoshizaki Kawa woke up again, he was already at the pond outside the villa.

The camera in front of him was pointed directly at him.

The torn bones still lay there quietly.

Yoshizaki first glanced at his fingers and clenched his fist.

It felt like a real world; he didn't realize he was dreaming.

The power of the three demon kings is terrifying!

He felt a pang of emotion, then walked forward to the camera, and like the cult leader, he looked up at the moon.