I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

You should know that there are many movies like this in the West.

Some people believe that summoning demons from books or reciting a phrase will summon a ghost.

Ordinary Japanese demons are fine, since there are very few capable ones like Kayako, but for Western demons who are designed for physical attacks...

You must completely avoid things like Bloody Mary and Charlie's Game!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 68 Kotoko is back (Happy New Year everyone!)

"What are you looking for me for?"

The next day, after finishing his class, Yoshizaki asked Tomie to come to his office.

It was obvious that the latter was very unhappy about being suddenly summoned, and judging from the dark circles under her eyes rather than the eyeliner she wore, it was clear that Tomie had recently put in a lot of effort for that shamanic society.

"Would it be convenient for you to take me to see the psychic shrine you're building? I think I saw some workers going there earlier."

Yoshizaki Kawakami naturally couldn't say that Kayako had told him these things, so he lied.

"Not convenient..."

She was just about to refuse, after all, she was busy collecting all sorts of books!

But then he saw the jerk's threatening look and could only grit his teeth and say, "Okay, Yoshizaki-sensei."

She practically gritted her teeth as she uttered the name "Yoshizaki Kawa." Tomie vowed that she would make Yoshizaki Kawa No. 2 teach Yoshizaki Kawa a lesson sooner or later!

Follow Tomie to the entrance of the Shamanistic Shrine;

A plaque has been hung at the entrance, with the club's name written in calligraphy on the wooden board, and the door has been painted black.

Pushing open the door, you see workers inside using wooden planks to divide the classroom into several interior sections.

The bookshelves of the reading club were clearly not moved; they were now filled with various books on occultism, scattered about. Yoshizaki glanced at them and estimated there were no fewer than a hundred.

However, perhaps because his "inspiration" was very low, he did not sense any feeling such as "chills" or "palpitations" from the bookshelf.

Where did you get these books from?

Yoshizaki asked while flipping through a book.

"It definitely didn't come from the school; I bought these myself!"

He glanced at the contents; the book was titled "Mr. Babaduk," but the content was somewhat unclear. It seemed to be an autobiography written by the protagonist, Babaduk? There were also some terrifying images and stories about researching supernatural phenomena.

The writing was disorganized and lacked substance, and he didn't sense any strange power.

So Yoshizaki casually flipped through it and put it down, then picked out another book. To his surprise, this one was written in Chinese.

Wait a minute—the Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts?

Damn, it's a Chinese horror movie! That's outrageous! Where did Tomie find all this stuff?

Meanwhile, seeing Yoshizaki's surprised expression, Tomie, looking smug, pointed to the book's title and asked, "Yoshizaki, do you know what's written in there? You don't, do you? Well then, let me..."

"Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts, what's wrong with that? I'll buy less of these kinds of books in the future; they're completely useless."

Yoshizaki glanced at the "ghost-seeing" section of the book a few times before putting it down. He figured the book was probably not suited to the Japanese culture and wouldn't be able to summon any ghosts.

He vaguely remembered some of the content of the movie. In order to see real ghosts, the young people used various methods, such as banging a bowl at a crossroads, going down to hell in an elevator, and holding an umbrella indoors. There were even more ruthless things to do later on.

Gouging out the eyes of corpses, eating the soil from graves...

After all, Yoshizaki had done this indoors with an umbrella countless times, and no ghost had ever tried to kill him.

As for the rest... well, Yoshizaki doesn't think Tomie is capable of doing things like gouging out a corpse's eyes or eating grave soil.

Tomie was completely dumbfounded. She hadn't expected this guy to actually understand Chinese. She had only found out the book's title by asking the collector. She had originally wanted to show off in front of this guy.

To my surprise, this guy blurted out his name without hesitation. Damn it, this was the first time Tomie realized that studying seemed quite important.

After all, she didn't understand a single word of what was inside;

A moment later, Tomie hurriedly pressed Yoshizaki about the ghost stories inside, but... after Yoshizaki mentioned one of them, she almost threw the book away, and a look of disgust appeared on her face.

"Eating corpse eyes? Sleeping with a corpse? How disgusting. I'll burn it when I get back."

Tomie was disgusted, especially when she imagined those images in her mind;

Just thinking about it makes me want to vomit.

"Tomie, all these books I read are about spirit summoning games. Are you planning to try them one by one? You'd be better off spending that time paying attention in class. After you finish listening, you'll realize that this is a materialistic world, and ghosts and gods don't exist—"

"If you're really bored, you can learn about astrology, tarot cards, etc. Those can also improve your learning and logical thinking, so they can be considered somewhat beneficial."

Yoshizaki put down the book explaining how to summon the Ouija board. He lied without batting an eye, even though there was actually a ghost chasing after him and trying to kill him.

But in order to dissuade Tomie from that idea and allow her to properly study harmless occult knowledge such as zodiac signs, divination, and constellations, he chose to lie.

"I also have books on prediction!"

"Isn't that Ouija board you're holding for divination? Once you summon it, it can help you predict the future! And you don't even have to go through all that trouble to learn it."

Rather than learning it herself, Tomie prefers to have a demon help her with her part-time job.

Rather than exploring, researching, and finding the cause of her physical abnormalities on her own, she felt it was better to directly consult the Ouija board.

"First of all, there are no ghosts in this world. Even if you use a pen to make things move, it's just someone playing a joke on you and secretly exerting force. If you believe in such predictions, you might as well believe in predicting the outcome by flipping a coin in the sky. That's more in line with the laws of randomness than the pen."

In fact, Yoshizaki was not afraid that Tomie would cause problems by playing the Ouija board game.

because--

Look who she's playing games with! Kayako!

The Nima Ouija board game randomly summons a ghost, but... with this powerful deity here, who dares to come near?

Yoshizaki thought that even if they played around, nothing would happen, so he didn't take the book away.

What he wanted to eliminate was that kind of unsolvable terror, like the curse.

"Flipping a coin? That's a good idea! But coins are too monotonous. From now on, our psychic club will decide what games to play by flipping dice!"

Upon hearing Yoshizaki's suggestion, Tomie's eyes lit up, and she came up with a solution.

With so many games here, one a day, it's enough to trigger decision paralysis.

If it's a dice game, then it's much more convenient.

Yoshizakigawa: "..."

Okay, I was arrogant. I actually tried to persuade this guy who doesn't like to use his brain to try using it.

"Then good luck, and try to become a psychic and exorcise ghosts as soon as possible."

With Kayako, I'll buy some amulets from Makoto and throw them in here. Let's see what kind of ghosts you guys can summon!

Later, Yoshizaki went to look at the statues again, but he still didn't feel that anything was wrong. In the end, he just took some strangely shaped statues of unknown origin back to his office because he didn't like them.

I plan to have Makoto check if there are any problems later.

Just as Yoshizaki Kawa finished his inspection and was about to return to his office, his phone rang.

He picked it up and saw it was Makoto again. He brought the phone to his ear.

The first thing that came from over there was—

"My sister's flight is tonight, and she'll arrive tomorrow afternoon, which is Friday. You can come over then."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 69 Kotoko Higa

what?

Kotoko is back?

By the way—who is she again? What's she doing back here?

Oh, a Po-Xiong Demon, right?

I'm sorry, I really don't recognize this valuable item!

Ever since Kayako moved into my house, it's as if that guy has completely disappeared from my life.

I vaguely remember the last time I saw that ghost was outside the station. Tomie only glanced at it before it disappeared completely.

Thankfully, to protect myself from it, I had specifically bought an extra amulet from Kotoko as insurance, and as a result—

It turns out I was overthinking it; it was just a valuable item.

Therefore, he didn't care about such a precious item as the Soul Demon at all!

next moment--

"Tomorrow at 2 PM? Is it okay if I arrive at 2:01 PM? If it's at the airport, can I pick you up? Do I need to wait in advance? I can take time off work."

"...I'll be at the airport at 2 PM, I can pick you up myself, you should be at the bar around 6 PM."

Although Makoto could understand Yoshizaki's eagerness, she didn't want him to get close to her older sister so soon.

I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry yet.