I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

Sometimes, he couldn't help but suspect that the guy was actually Kotoko's mole.

Even though I didn't intend to watch the videotape, that guy insisted that I watch it.

Now all his trump cards are gone, leaving only this broken soul. After decades of hard work, he is reduced to death in a single moment, back to ten years ago.

Although this is a crime scene, according to the rules and regulations, all the objects should be preserved intact as evidence.

However, if he continues like this, any sorcerer with even a little bit of intuition could easily detect his presence.

This evil spirit wished it could kill his whole family, but it had already killed and eaten them long ago.

After sending the message to Yoshizaki Kawa, Mako originally planned to wait for her teacher's response before deciding whether to go to the photo studio.

Kayako now often puts herself in the teacher's shoes, which makes her gentler in her actions and more cheerful.

The thought of having everything I own taken away by this guy is unbearable.

Therefore, after returning from the world of the videotape to the real world, it was still afraid to move for a while.

……

Sensing its extreme emotions rising, the evil spirit immediately stopped all thoughts of hatred. After a moment, feeling its rationality returning, it began to look around and think of a solution.

—Although Kotoko has strong spiritual power, her spiritual perception is not very high.

Without waiting for Mako's reply, she walked forward.

For now, I'll use this pen as my anchor, suppress all my power, and leave everything to fate. If I can fool Kotoko and get out of here, I can still make a comeback!

But when he thought that guy was the first to die, he felt that his deduction was too arbitrary. In the end, he came to the conclusion that the ninja was a complete idiot.

So he picked it up without a second thought, filled out the form, and then subconsciously tossed it onto his collar before slowly walking out the door.

Seeing Tomie and Moriya Rie move forward, Kayako stayed behind and looked at Mako, who was clearly very conflicted. She said, "I'm just worried about your safety. If there's no danger, I'll definitely allow you to go, Mako."

Just as it slipped into the pen holder, a policeman walked in with a bunch of documents. He was worried about not having a pen to use when he saw a fountain pen lying quietly on the table, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

So, after thinking it over, he finally crawled into a pen that was left in the room.

But after seeing that she had sent the message, Kawakami Tomie said, "Alright, I've made the decision for that guy. You're allowed to go. Let's go!"

What problems could there be? Besides, this place has already been dealt with by that legendary organization, and we are just cleaning up the mess.

But it's just a fountain pen.

Kotoko, that old schemer, probably already set up a barrier around here. Knowing her personality, she always makes comprehensive contingency plans.

Meanwhile, upon hearing Kayako's words, even though she hadn't received a reply yet, Mako thought about it and realized it seemed to make sense.

So he hesitated and followed Kayako forward.

The allure of that supposedly free camera was immense for Mako.

She loves taking photos and feels that this way she can preserve her most beautiful memories in an album so that she can share the beauty of that moment when she looks back on them in the future.

During their break, the group went together to a photography studio, following the address on the note.

The photography studio is large, but not bustling.

People came and went all around, but very few went into the photography shop.

In this era, there was a rumor that taking a photo could capture a person's soul and put it into the photograph.

Therefore, many people are afraid that their souls will be captured in photographs, so they choose to refuse to have their pictures taken.

And taking photos is expensive, so many people don't take photos of themselves.

That's why this place is so desolate.

Although Tomie had been very talkative before, she was actually a little embarrassed to open the door when she arrived at the location.

Then, Moriya Rie seemed to notice her boss's embarrassment. She pushed open the door and cautiously peeked inside. Inside the photo studio, there were all sorts of clothes on the racks, and lights were displayed on both sides, making it look like some kind of mysterious world.

Mako followed closely behind and eagerly pushed open the door;

Looking at the beautiful clothes and lighting inside, and the cameras with big lenses on display, her eyes almost sparkled.

—Of course, she still has facial paralysis.

In Kayako and Tomie's eyes, Mako opened the door with a blank expression, looking around like a monarch surveying his territory.

"As expected of Mako!"

"As expected of Mako-san!"

"As expected of my top generals, the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix!"

"Wow, that's amazing! I wish I could be like Mako-san."

Tomie and Kayako were thinking to themselves.

Then a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a yellow trench coat came out of the inner room. When he saw Tomie's face, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled slightly: "So it's you! Are you also going to participate in my trial?"

"If you succeed in the trial, I will give each of you a camera worth a million!"

Kunihiko Aso's voice was actually a little weak; in fact, all the research funding he had swindled was spent on this one camera.

Therefore, this camera is all he owns.

However, he believed one thing: once his research yielded results, future funding would surely come pouring in!

"No, I just brought my friend here. She really wants it."

Tomie repeated what she had said to the man in front of her earlier.

"Oh, but you can try it out too."

"If I win this camera, can I give it to someone else?"

"I'm sorry, that won't work."

Hearing this, Kayako was a little disappointed. She had thought that if she had won, she could have given it to Mako.

But since the rules don't allow it, there's nothing I can do.

"Can I try it?"

At this moment, Mako asked.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 164 All the ghosts disappeared

"of course can."

Kunihiko Aso naturally wouldn't refuse these offers, even though they seemed to be just children.

In fact, children's intuition is far stronger than adults'.

If it weren't for his moral conscience, he would have wanted to use children for experiments long ago.

Of course, Kunihiko Aso is a conflicted person. Although he doesn't want to actively recruit people, he won't refuse those who come to him.

—Even if I fooled myself into believing it.

Those people who were previously lured by him will be given the camera after he has passed his test.

However, he was frightened away by the fact that several people who did possess special abilities and could see ghosts had ultimately been scared away by him.

At this moment, Kunihiko Aso was about to give in to his so-called "bottom line".

Can my friends go?

If there are many people, the ghost that appears in your photo is likely to be dispersed by the strong human presence.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Kunihiko Aso came back to his senses, smiling as he said, "Please come with me."

In fact, he gave himself six months.

My ability to glimpse the "spirit" is diminishing, and now I can only rely on experience and intuition, along with a camera lens, to glimpse it.

For various reasons, his fading inspiration, financial pressure, the helplessness of his aging body, and a slight fear of the unknown world after death, were driving Kunihiko Aso to the brink of madness.

To venture into those dangerous places that one would never have dared to explore before, to gamble with one's life, to bet on that one possibility.

If he cannot find someone who inspires him within six months, or if his inspiration continues to decline within six months, he will devote all his efforts to creating another camera and randomly give it away to someone destined to receive it, and then...

Even the assistive glasses he made himself were no longer able to help him see those things clearly.

Years later, Kunihiko Aso finds it hard to believe that once he loses all senses and doesn't even know where to point his camera, what will he do then?

This was a lifelong study that consumed half his life's work. He desperately wanted to know whether people who become ghosts after death possess their own will.

Just like all the ghosts I had captured before, the slightly stronger ones only had the instinct to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, while the slightly weaker ones didn't even have that instinct.

Weak ghosts are like a cold wind brushing your face; those with strong inspiration will feel their scalp tingle, those with weak inspiration will feel their heart race, and those with no inspiration will ignore them.

But so far, he has not found any ghosts with intelligence.

Upon hearing this, Kunihiko Aso shook his head: "I'm sorry, no, but don't worry, it's right behind my shop, there won't be any danger."

She also maintained a degree of wariness towards this unfamiliar store manager.

But he hasn't done any of these things yet.

Therefore, after losing inspiration, one can only explore more dangerous places.