Japanese Terrorist: What? I'll fight Hellstar!

"Mr. Amamiya? You...you're not asleep?" the nurse asked with concern.

Amamiya Rin rubbed her dry eyes.

"Yeah, I didn't sleep. I have nightmares as soon as I close my eyes, I can't stand it."

Tomie's magic is powerful enough to affect dreams. If one were to spend several years with Tomie in nightmares, Amamiya Rin is certain that he would go insane upon waking.

The nurse looked at Amamiya Rin with sympathy.

Although she didn't know what "Long Dream" was, she had heard that Amamiya Rin suffered from a strange illness, with extremely poor sleep quality. When she woke up, she would even forget who she was. She thought that forcing herself not to sleep might be better for her health.

Amamiya Rin yawned deeply, reached into the bedside table drawer, and took out his old wallet.

This was one of his personal belongings returned to him by the hospital after he regained consciousness.

Amamiya Rin opened her wallet, inside which lay ten 10,000 yen bills and some loose change. This was the living expenses that the previous owner of this body had brought with her from her hometown to study in Tokyo.

Yu Gonglin took out two 10,000 yuan bills and handed them to the nurse.

"Miss Yuko, could you please buy me a Buddhist scripture about the White Bone Contemplation and five cans of black coffee when you get off work?"

The nurse took the money and said hesitantly, "The Buddhist scriptures are fine, but the black coffee... I need to ask the doctor if your body can handle black coffee."

Amamiya Rin simply nodded silently, without saying anything more.

After having her temperature and blood pressure taken and the nurse left, Amamiya Rin forced herself to stand up and slowly walked around the room with crutches, carrying out her rehabilitation training alone.

Meanwhile, in another room on the same floor, Yukiko Mio stretched and walked into the private bathroom in her ward.

Standing in front of the sink, looking up at herself in the mirror, Yukiko Mio couldn't help but pause for a moment.

The girl in the mirror still had the same familiar silhouette, but something seemed different.

Her skin became exceptionally fair and smooth, with almost no visible pores. Her complexion, which had previously appeared somewhat dull due to illness, now radiated a healthy, rosy glow.

My hair also seems to be darker and shinier, and the texture is smoother.

The most obvious feature is her facial features. Her eyebrows and eyes appear more refined, and even the subtle curve of the corners of her eyes exudes an indescribable charm. There is also a faint but quite striking beauty mark under her right eye.

She subconsciously raised her hand to touch her cheek, the touch from her fingertips was incredibly delicate.

"strangeness……"

Yukiko Mio murmured to herself, unable to resist bringing her face closer to the mirror to examine it carefully.

This wasn't an illusion; she really did look different from yesterday, and even seemed to have grown slightly taller.

(My skin seems smoother?)

(Yeah, I think so too. When I looked in the mirror just now, I felt like I looked really healthy.)

(It's not just my complexion that's improved; my skin has gotten better, my dark circles are gone, my hair is much smoother, and I've even grown taller—it's like I've had a top-notch treatment!)

(No! This is something nursing can't do! Is it Kara's power?)

(Our bodies influence each other, complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses, and everyone's body is constantly improving!)

(We are becoming better and more perfect, and this is the right direction for evolution.)

……

The smug chatter on the Kara Network echoed. As the thoughts flooded her mind, Amamiya Rin stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowing tightly.

What's going on?

Improved skin? More beautiful appearance? Grown taller? Does [Sacred Kara] have these effects?

That's bullshit! Junji Ito's worldview doesn't have anything so wonderful... Oh right! There's a story about a beautiful woman with a tragic fate, where a curse makes people more and more beautiful, but they die very quickly, and it's contagious. It's also a world-ending horror story.

Amamiya Rin had long forgotten the specific details, only remembering the general setting.

However, the scenario of a group of hospitalized women simultaneously becoming beautiful is not a situation found in that comic.

So... it really is the [Sacred Kara]? Co-evolution?

(Oh ho ho ho ho! Sisters, I'm so confident now! I used to be ugly and short, with curly hair, and everyone always bullied me. I hated my fate of being ravaged by illness. But from now on, everything will be different. I will become more and more beautiful and happier.)

(Bless you, sister.)

(And may we also evolve into a new kind of human!)

(Amamiya Rin, can you hear me?)

(Stop resisting! Join us and embark on a glorious evolution!)

Amamiya Rin heard them extending an invitation to him, but his only response was a cold laugh.

"I don't believe in free lunches or the idea of ​​getting something for nothing."

He vaguely remembered that Junji Ito's universe was essentially dark.

Although "light" exists, it is now only a faint glimmer, while darkness shrouds the entire universe.

Even if the narrator said that light would eventually triumph over darkness, that was a future too distant to be imagined. Until that day arrives, all the seemingly beautiful appearances in this world may conceal ugly truths.

(What are you thinking about?)

A feeling of confusion reached Amamiya Rin's mind.

Yukiko Mio and the others could sense Rin Amamiya's thoughts, but they couldn't understand what he was thinking.

(A dualistic view of good and evil?)

(God and Satan?)

(Zoroastrian mythology?)

(Sounds mysterious and mystical. Are you religious? A cult? Is the leader Junji Ito?)

Faced with this incomprehensible way of thinking, Yukiko Mio and the others quickly lost interest in delving deeper.

They are more intoxicated by their own renewed beauty, and this change needs to be seen, appreciated, and admired.

The women walked out of the ward one after another, unusually not gathering together, but intentionally or unintentionally pacing around the corridor and public rest area.

They deliberately slowed their pace, straightened their backs, and displayed their now graceful figures.

Whether it was medical staff passing by in a hurry, or other patients and visitors, their eyes were involuntarily drawn to this group of beautiful women.

They keenly noticed the amazement and infatuation in those eyes, and a faint smile mixed with superiority and satisfaction appeared on their faces. They enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.

"Damn it! These ugly women!"

In the shadows, a pair of eyes were glaring menacingly at those flaunting women.

The owner of these eyes is none other than Tomie Kawakami.

Behind a window on the third floor of the hospital, Tomie was staring intently at Yukiko and the others who were strolling in the garden below.

Her slender fingers pressed hard against the window frame, her nails turning slightly white from the force.

"These... imposters!"

Tomie practically spat out those words through clenched teeth, her pretty face contorted with rage.

She went out last night to kill Yukiko Mitsuki and prevent this from happening.

Unexpectedly, she was killed by Yukiko Mio and the others; the scene she had anticipated still unfolded.