Horror/Fear Anime: Starting with a Tomie Hairstyle.

Seemingly realizing she had overreacted, Reiko Asakawa quickly added, "That videotape is filled with ominous signs. What if something really happens if it's released?"

But there are no ghosts in the world.

Miura Tomoka's lips moved, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing Qianchuan's appearance, she felt a strange unease welling up inside her, and a chill began to rise from the soles of her feet.

Perhaps he was frightened by her expression.

Having gained nothing, Miura Tomoka planned to go home after get off work. Actually, the director should be more worried than her, the host. Let the director figure out a solution.

"Tomoka, are you looking for a videotape?"

Suddenly, Megumi Obayashi called out to her and brought up a topic that interested her.

"Xiao Hui, how did you know?"

"I was just passing by and overheard your conversation with Asakawa. If you'd like to see them, I have some at my house."

"Really? How did you get it?"

“During a short holiday, I went to Izu Pacific Land. Asakawa asked me to find a videotape at a hotel. She said that her niece, Tomoko, and her friends had watched it before. Since I was there, I helped her out. I made an extra copy so I could keep it for myself.”

As Megumi Obayashi was speaking, her phone suddenly rang. She froze, staring blankly at the phone, but didn't answer it.

"Xiaohui? What's wrong? Is it your boyfriend on the phone?"

"No, it's nothing. I probably just didn't sleep well last night."

Megumi Obayashi forced a smile and pressed the reject button. "Let's go quickly."

When they arrived at Megumi Obayashi's house, her boyfriend was also there. He poured Tomoka Miura a glass of water and handed her a videotape, saying, "Here, this is it. You can play it yourself."

Miura Tomoka found it strange; putting it in the video recorder was a simple matter, so why did she have to do it herself?

However, she was about to witness the rumors. Without much thought, Miura Tomoka inserted the videotape into the machine and returned to the sofa, ready to watch it carefully.

"Xiao Hui, where are you going?"

But then Megumi Obayashi suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to the restroom."

"Um, okay."

If I remember correctly, Xiaohui's boyfriend also went to the restroom just now.

Are you two so affectionate? You even go to the bathroom together.

The videotape has started playing.

After a burst of snowflakes and some noise, the camera focused on the moon in the dim sky, which was obscured by dark clouds and not very clear.

The scene shifts, the camera focusing on a mirror. In the mirror, a long-haired woman is combing her hair, her face sometimes smiling, sometimes melancholic. Suddenly, the mirror teleports to the left, revealing an empty mirror, then returns to its original position, the woman still combing her hair...

The scene shifts to a newspaper with distorted, writhing text that is magnified, rotated, and misaligned, making it completely incomprehensible at first glance.

The man with a white cloth covering his head pointed out of the frame, while a strange noise, resembling a horn, came from the screen in waves. It sounded jarring and unsettling.

Immediately afterwards, the entire screen was filled with an eye, blinking repeatedly, with the character "贞" (zhen) imprinted on its pupil, creating the illusion that the eye on the television was watching you.

Finally, the scene freezes on an ancient well, surrounded by withered trees and fallen leaves scattered on the ground...

"Sizzle~~"

"Snap—"

The background was all white noise. Miura Tomoka turned off the video recorder, and a strange sense of tension made her restless.

"Ring ring!"

Her phone suddenly rang.

Miura Tomoka was startled. Realizing it was a cell phone, she breathed a sigh of relief, but when she saw the caller ID displaying a string of "4444444", she swallowed hard.

"Hello?" She put the phone to her ear.

"Swish~"

"Buzz~ Rustle~"

On the other end of the phone, there was only a low-frequency electrical sound, mixed with a buzzing noise that caused tinnitus. There seemed to be human voices, but they were all breathy and hissing sounds, and it was impossible to hear them clearly.

"hiss----"

The hollow, inhuman scream startled Tomoka Miura so much that she threw her phone away.

She trembled violently several times, and without thinking of anything else, she ran outside without even picking up her phone...

After listening quietly, Jiuzhiche still didn't understand how this videotape curse, which was almost identical to the original story, came about. Sadako and Black Sadako didn't die, nor did they merge together.

Surely she couldn't be from the future like Kayako from Ju-on, could she?

"Sister Rou, where is that videotape now?"

Jiuzhiche looked at Shanchengrou beside him.

"It was found at Da Lin Hui's house and is now kept in the evidence room. Jiu Zhi, you don't want to see it, do you?"

Shancheng Rou frowned slightly, looking somewhat disapproving.

Chapter 123 Advice: Sadako Yamamura is No Simpleton

Sadako's wallet was stolen.

On the way to the Flying Theatre Company.

I gave Jiuzhi Che 60,000 yen before, which was already tight, and now my pockets are even emptier.

She was so kind that even a thief who came to her house wouldn't have the heart to leave a bag of rice behind.

So she called the police.

Although the hope of recovering it is slim.

But... she didn't want to ask that person for money.

There are still 10 days until the troupe gets paid, so for the next few days, we'll have to eat discounted instant noodles.

While giving her statement, Sadako thought to herself, "I'll go to the supermarket at 8 p.m.."

After the statement was taken, Sadako got up to leave, but when she saw someone, she froze and her steps involuntarily slowed down.

......

Jiuzhiche certainly wouldn't watch it; he knew he'd die if he did.

He won't die, but if he's tortured, that would be worse than death.

"No, I meant to say, keep it safe and don't let anyone see it."

"As expected, videotape murders really do exist."

Yamashiro Yu's expression was complicated. Recently, there had been a number of unsolved cases, such as the deaths of several students including Oishi Tomoko, Iwata Hide, and Muto Haruko. They all died under mysterious circumstances, with no trace of other people at the scene, and no clues or suspects could be found. However, the manner of their deaths did not seem to be the work of a human being...

Everything pointed to the videotape.

They had one thing in common: they had both watched that videotape!

Two minutes later.

An evidence packaged in a transparent plastic bag was delivered.

A thick, ominous aura permeated the videotape, and a tangible black mist flowed through the air.

Jiuzhiche picked up the plastic bag, and the black aura dispersed considerably, drifting in the opposite direction as if trying to avoid him.

"Purify".

About a quarter of his mental energy was consumed, and half of the black energy disappeared, but it returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

This is just one of the sources of infection, and it also has the ability to recover. Even if you keep using purification to completely eliminate it, it won't make any difference.

However, if the videotape that cursed Miura Tomoka is purified, will the curse on Miura Tomoka disappear?

Give it a try.

Yamashiro Yu and Miura Tomoka stared at Kyushige Tetsuya in a daze for a while, wondering what he was doing.

Can you find clues just by watching?

A few seconds later, Jiu Zhiche swayed slightly, looking somewhat tired.

Then he handed over the evidence bag, saying, "Sister Rou, I've already removed the curse from it."

He paused, then said, "Now look at it, it's no longer cursed."

Jiuzhi Che looked at Miura Tomoka, and thought, "Hmm, not surprising, the aura of the curse is still there."

Shan Chengrou noticed his condition. "Jiuzhi, will this... hurt you?"

"I'm fine, I'll be alright after a rest."

His mental energy was almost depleted, and the purification he used on Mammon earlier had also overdrawn his mental energy. Just now, his mental energy improved a little again.

It must be said that without the "spirit" template, it is very difficult to improve one's spiritual power.

"Sister Rou, if you find any more videotapes like this later, you can contact me."

Now that the videotapes have started to circulate, we must find a way to control them.

Because this curse will evolve!

What if, after killing enough people, it evolves into online videos?

Could it even spread as rapidly as a virus wherever there is internet access?

Judging from the fact that he exhausted his mental energy to purify a single videotape, this videotape curse is probably, like in the original work, at least in its early, complete form.

So, will a fully-fledged Sadako appear?

Miura Tomoka looked at him expectantly: "Kyushiki-kun, am I alright now?"

Although it is cruel, Jiuzhiche generally does not lie.

He shook his head: "The curse is still there."

Actually, there is a way to break the curse: make a copy of the videotape and show it to a second person, thus spreading the curse. In this way, the curse will naturally be broken.