Tokyo: I was tricked into marrying a yandere ghost

At the same time, inside Suginami Ward Koenji Junior High School.

Kayako Kawamata, holding the student ID, carefully knocked on the door of the infirmary.

She promised Kiyokawa Kiri to help her find out who owned the student ID—but she was not well-liked at school, and many teachers were unwilling to talk to her, let alone help find out who owned the student ID.

Kayako Kawamata knew they disliked her, so she asked the nurse in the infirmary for help.

The other person was an elderly lady who treated the students very gently.

Kayako Kawamata had met the other party before, and the other party was one of the few teachers in the school who treated her normally.

If you want to ask someone for help, you can only ask the other party for help.

There is another advantage to contacting the other party.

That is, the old lady is a teacher who was rehired by the school, and she also taught at this school 20 years ago.

In order to cope with the crisis of low birth rate and aging population, Japan has had a re-employment system for a long time. At that time, Japanese teachers were still civil servants. Although no relevant laws had been introduced, they could return to school as school nurses and occasionally work as temporary lecturers. They could still receive a salary and enjoy the school's welfare system.

Such seniority is always highly respected at school, and they know many things that others don't.

"Please come in..."

The old man's gentle voice echoed in the health care room.

When she saw Kayako timidly push open the door, she was somewhat surprised, adjusted her reading glasses, and asked gently:

"What's wrong, little girl? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Excuse me, teacher... I'm not feeling unwell." Kayako Kawamata was inexplicably nervous. Faced with the old man's kindness, she seemed unusually reserved and could only weakly take out her student ID, saying, "I wanted to ask the teacher if you know who owns this student ID?"

Did you find someone else's lost student ID?

The elderly man originally wanted to tell the other person that lost items should be handed over to the physical education teacher.

But seeing the other person's timid appearance, the older woman felt a little soft-hearted, thinking that perhaps the other person was too cowardly to go to the strict physical education teacher.

After all, in Japan, physical education teachers are also responsible for monitoring students' attendance.

Just like in anime, he stands at the school gate with a bamboo sword, loudly scolding students who are late...

"Give it to me, and I'll help you hand it over to someone else later," the old man said gently.

But this was not the outcome Kayako Kawamata wanted. She quickly shook her head and whispered:

"Teacher, this is a student ID from more than 20 years ago."

"More than twenty years ago?"

Upon hearing this, the old man was quite surprised.

She adjusted her reading glasses again, took the student ID and looked at it carefully, only then realizing that Kayako Kawamata was right.

It is indeed an antique certificate from twenty years ago.

She happened to be teaching at the school back then, so she could tell the authenticity of the documents.

Besides, who would be so bored as to forge a student ID that is long outdated and unusable?

"Teacher, I want to return this student ID to the other person in person..." Kayako Kawamata stammered.

She wasn't good at dealing with these kinds of things, but it was Kiyokawa Kiri's request.

Kayako Kawamata barely slept last night, trying to find a way to help Kiyokawa Kiri find the owner of the student ID.

Fortunately, the old man was very patient and did not feel disgusted by Kayako Kawamata's overly gloomy eyes. On the contrary, he carefully examined the student ID and fell into deep thought.

"I think I vaguely remember this person..."

"real?"

Kayako Kawamata's eyes lit up upon hearing this, she was so lucky to have found someone who knew the truth.

But the old woman was a little worried. Holding her student ID, she said uncertainly, "More than 20 years ago, I think I saw a child named Yuko."

The memory was somewhat hazy, but the old man still had a general impression.

More than 20 years ago, she was in charge of teaching Chinese. At that time, classrooms and offices were allocated according to subjects. Her good friend who shared an office with her was also a teacher in Asagiri Yuko's class, and she even substituted for her in class.

The reason I still have an impression of Asagiri Yuko is simply because I heard about her rather tragic past.

Asagiri Yuko comes from a single-parent family.

Her father disappeared before she was even born, leaving her to be raised by her mother alone.

When Asagiri Yuko was fourteen and had just started junior high school, her mother apparently died in a car accident, leaving her an orphan. This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and some people at school even spread rumors that she was an unlucky person who had caused her mother's death.

This kind of thing is ultimately too absurd.

Few people spread rumors, but many pity Asagiri Yuko.

The school also organized a fundraising event at the time, but the elderly man doesn't remember what happened afterward.

"That's pretty much how it happened..." the old man explained briefly, then said with a sigh, "This Yuko was quite pitiful. She was sent to an orphanage, and I don't know what happened after that."

"An ominous person?"

Kayako Kawamata instinctively clutched her little bow tie.

After a brief silence, she asked in a soft, hesitant voice:

"Teacher, isn't there any other way to find her current address?"

"After all, it happened more than twenty years ago, so finding it is extremely difficult." The old man pondered for a moment, then looked at Kayako Kawamata with some curiosity. "Why would you want to find a student from more than twenty years ago?"

"It was just curiosity..."

Kayako Kawamata's heart tightened immediately; she didn't know why Kiyokawa Kiri wanted to find Asagiri Yuko.

But her intuition told her that there must be something else going on, so she didn't want to tell the other party the truth.

Seeing Kayako Kawamata's uncomfortable expression, the old man seemed to have thought of something, and his gaze softened even more.

Although Kayako Kawamata didn't say anything, she could still tell that the other person was somewhat insecure.

Then, recalling the sympathetic and sad expression on the other person's face after hearing about Asagiri Yuko's story, the old man vaguely guessed that Kawamata Kayako might have had a very similar experience to Asagiri Yuko, and so he softened a little.

She thought for a moment, then said softly, "It's not entirely impossible..."

"The school library's basement contains outdated student information files, and files from more than 20 years ago may also be there."

"But it will probably take a lot of effort to find it," she added gently.

The library's basement is open to the public. Besides storing expired student information files, it mainly contains activity records and competition documents from school clubs, as well as some old activity certificates.

If Kayako Kawamata wants to find Yuuko Asagiri's whereabouts, she'll have to search the basement slowly, which is an extremely large undertaking...