I'm a teacher in Tokyo!

"Waaah, big brother, the thing behind you looks angry, it's so scary... I'm not playing with you anymore."

Almost instantly, countless terrifying images flashed by, and he lost weight as if falling from a great height. The next moment, Yoshizaki almost jumped out of bed.

"Damn it, another ridiculous dream."

Yoshizaki vaguely remembered that the first time he had a bizarre dream, he encountered that Po-Xiu demon.

At this moment, I encountered Ju-on again and had another dream.

However, the final goal of this dream was still the Po-Xiu Demon.

Perhaps because I had seen the movie in my past life, I even dreamed of the place where the Po-Xu Demon was located.

A place called "Mountain".

In ancient times, people would send elderly people who had no labor value to the mountains to fend for themselves, as the mountains represented death in everyone's mind.

Thus, the mountain became simply "mountain".

The old man survived, but the children were sent to the "mountain".

then--

The thought of the scene in yesterday's dream sent chills down Yoshizaki's spine. The smell of blood and the soft, sticky texture made it feel as if it had all actually happened.

Forget it, let's talk to Kayako first and then deal with the rest later!

When Yoshizaki found Kayako, he told her about the principal's situation;

The latter's face clearly showed disappointment, but she forced a smile and said, "The teacher's work is definitely more important. It's okay, I can manage on my own."

"Kayako, there's plenty of time in the future. Let me save this surprise for next time. Perhaps the beauty of accumulated regrets will make the scene even more breathtaking!"

Seeing Kayako's dejected look, Yoshizaki offered words of comfort.

At the same time, upon hearing these words, Kayako's eyes lit up; she felt the kind of beauty her teacher had described.

The regret was left to be resolved later, and the teacher was right, there was still plenty of time for both of us, so there was no need to be fixated on this moment.

She nodded emphatically;

Yoshizaki told Tomie and Mako that he was going back to work.

Tomie looked disgusted, as if she couldn't wait to leave, while Mako... she seemed quite relaxed? Why was she relaxed?

That's strange—

However, he put these questions out of his mind and got on the bus back.

Hey, you demon, I'm coming! You better watch out, or I'll rip your hood off!

Mako breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Yoshizaki drive away. After all, she had to record such an embarrassing video, but she wouldn't feel embarrassed if she gave it to her teacher as a surprise.

After all, I wasn't there when the teacher watched the video, and besides, I could hypnotize myself into thinking the teacher hadn't watched it.

But if you were to take photos in front of him, that would be a very awkward situation.

"Well then... let's begin while Yoshizaki-sensei is gone!!"

Although her tone seemed quite excited, coupled with her expressionless, deadpan face, well, Tomie felt that the atmosphere, which should have been high-spirited, suddenly plummeted to freezing point.

This guy won't be suitable to carry the flag during future sports meets.

For some reason, this idea popped into Tomie's mind.

Meanwhile, Kayako was completely confused and didn't know what they were going to do;

Seeing Kayako's confusion, Mako explained, "I felt ashamed for doing something so rude in front of Kayako earlier. I shouldn't have taken the joke so far."

"Furthermore, I feel that the previous apologies were too weak, so I want to record an apology video and give it to Yoshizaki-sensei as a gift to make amends."

"The scenery here just happens to be quite nice, so—"

Before he could finish speaking, Tomie interrupted him.

"Then, after careful consideration, I realized that a video is too monotonous, has no interest whatsoever, and is a waste of videotape."

"So, I've decided that I'll pay for it, and the three of us will each record a video and send it to that guy Yoshizaki Kawa!"

Hearing this, Kayako seemed to find it very interesting. It would be a great honor if her video could be collected by the teacher!

Thinking they were about to start recording, she quickly asked, "What do we need to prepare?"

"Let's clear away the weeds around here first. We plan to record tonight when the moon is out!"

"it is good!"

……

Meanwhile, two hours later;

Yoshizaki returned to his home and saw a worker hand him a talisman bearing the "Seal of Kotoko." As soon as Yoshizaki pressed it against his body, the talisman burst into flames.

After a moment of silence, he looked at the worker in front of him, whose face was filled with terror, whose legs were trembling, and who was about to run away. He said seriously, "This is just an accident. Do you believe me?"

"I...I believe..."

The worker spoke in a trembling voice, and then sounded the alarm;

In the end, it was Kotoko who stepped in and resolved the issue.

Once inside, Yoshizaki Kawa realized the scale of the scene. In every street that was blocked off, there was a wooden platform and an offering table.

At every street corner, colorful fabrics were hung, fluttering in the wind. The streets were cleared of pedestrians, and green willow branches were planted everywhere, giving rise to a strange sense of desolation and vastness.

Walking into the Kayako house, there is a huge stage at the street corner in front, with colorful flags on both sides of the stage, and in front of the stage is a road paved with unknown white stones.

In the distance, there were even several vehicles carrying instruments parked.

Following Kotoko's steps into the house, a simple altar had been set up inside, with a piece of paper covered in writing on top of it.

Yoshizaki glanced at it and only saw the first few words: "The eight hundred gods who reside in Takamagahara..."

He looked away and stared at Kotoko, who was dressed as a shrine maiden, and said seriously, "I wasn't joking last night, I almost died."

"You mean the curse on that child descended from the future through the sacrifice of the Ouija board, intending to kill you, and the reason it killed you is that the child who was possessed can no longer be possessed because of you?"

Kotoko succinctly relayed the information Yoshizaki had provided earlier, and the response she received was: "Complete nonsense! There's no way such an outrageous thing could happen!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 101 Coming

"Come on, let me restore it for you."

Kotoko seemed to realize that she had been too arbitrary just now, so she grabbed a piece of paper from the side, took out a pen, and wrote "Ouija board, ritual, hallucination" on the paper.

"The normal sequence is that the three of them summoned the Ouija board, and because the Ouija board triggered a curse, and you possessed the cursed paper, the curse descended upon you."

But there's a crucial premise here: Kayako has developed a rift with you, or rather, her power alone is no longer sufficient to suppress the curse.

"That's why you almost got cursed to death. It is indeed a very serious problem, but it can still be dealt with. As for what you said about Mary Shaw and time travel, that's a bit far-fetched. It's probably just your hallucination."

For Kotoko, the idea of ​​an attack from the future was too far-fetched for her to believe.

Of course, through the Yoshizaki River issue, she naturally understood the latter's situation.

However, this situation can still be handled.

All we need to do is isolate the medium that can transmit the curse; all we need to do is figure out what this so-called medium is.

But if it's about time... ugh, how could there be such a thing!

Then, seemingly to explain the question about time, she drew a straight line on the paper;

"Time moves forward and cannot be reversed or changed. If a future attack could come to the present, then the meaning of time would cease to exist."

"After all, if, as you say, the future has the power to kill the past, then if I go back in time to kill myself, since I've already been killed in the past, how can I kill myself in the future?"

"This is a paradox."

"So, it must be that you were cursed from the moment you entered the door, causing you to hallucinate. Mary Shaw and those things were nothing more than products woven from your hallucinations and implanted into your memory. In fact, these things do not exist."

"As far as I remember, I sent Makoto there to prevent anything from happening to Kayako and the others, and that didn't include the thing you made up. Besides, my main reason for being in America before was..."

Kotoko's expression seemed a little strange.

"I'm in America..."

"Those exorcism associations want me to exorcise an evil spirit..."

Her expression quickly regained its composure, as if her earlier hesitation had been an illusion.

Yoshizaki never believed that what she had experienced was an illusion because of her words. She herself had experienced hallucinations before because of the Po-Xiong Demon.

The curse could not possibly be an illusion.

Mary Shaw's memories were definitely not implanted; they were truly erased from time.

Yoshizaki felt he had the right to speak on this matter, given his extensive experience with so many "incidents."

"So, Miss Kotoko, what is the name of that evil spirit?"

Yoshizaki Kawa launched a fatal blow, intending to end the topic once and for all.

He didn't come to discuss right and wrong with Kotoko; he came to ask for solutions. What's the point of him just sitting here doing tai chi?