Tokyo: Restricted Tutor

“Let’s begin. I don’t believe in spirit games either. I want to see what this is all about.”

Everyone else also spoke up after hearing Hojo Saki Rei and Asahi Rinka’s conversation.

Nodding, Hojo Saki Rei walked to one corner of a six-pointed star not far away.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei walk there, the others also stood in their corresponding positions.

Actually, this spirit game is very simple: just hold the props, cover your eyes, and everyone chants a spell together. The game ritual is then complete.

This kind of game is also played by many people outside, but it has never worked a single time.

When Hojo Saki Rei and the others were in their corresponding positions, Hojo Saki Rei also picked up a black blindfold from the side and put it on.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei move, the other girls also followed suit.

“Alright, we can start.”

When everyone had put on their blindfolds, they all sat down cross-legged and began to chant the spell.

As the terrifying spell came out of their mouths, a gust of cold wind blew directly over Hojo Saki Rei and the others, and everyone immediately felt a chill down their spines.

This feeling made everyone quite frightened.

But at this moment, the ritual was not yet complete, so they naturally could not stop and could only continue chanting the spell.

This spell was divided into six parts, and each of the six people needed to chant one part.

It was precisely for this reason that the game required six people to play.

When the chorus spell was finished, Hojo Saki Rei and the others also began to chant the subsequent parts of the spell individually.

However, when the spell reached the sixth person, no sound came.

At this moment, Hojo Saki Rei and the others couldn't help but become nervous.

“Fang Tian, it’s your turn, hurry up and chant the spell.”

Asahi Rinka, who had already finished chanting, originally thought Fang Tian would continue, but Fang Tian, who was beside her, remained silent.

“Fang Tian, what are you doing? Hurry up!”

As Asahi Rinka’s voice fell, Shiratori Kashi also reminded Fang Tian to chant the spell at this moment.

However, after they both finished speaking, there was still no sound from Fang Tian.

At this point, Hojo Saki Rei could no longer hold back and directly took off his blindfold.

Looking towards where Fang Tian had been sitting, Fang Tian’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

“Fang Tian is gone.”

After seeing that Fang Tian in that direction had disappeared, Hojo Saki Rei quickly said.

“Huh?”

“How could this be?”

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say this, everyone else also took off their blindfolds.

Looking at Fang Tian’s position, they indeed did not see her.

Instantly, the atmosphere in the entire art classroom became exceptionally solemn and eerie.

“Fang Tian, where are you, Fang Tian?”

Asahi Rinka began to shout loudly.

After seeing that Fang Tian was gone, the others also began to call out her name.

However, in the empty art classroom, only their voices echoed.

“Saki Rei-kun, what’s going on? Isn’t this game fake? Aren’t there no ghosts in this world at all? How did Fang Tian disappear…”

“This… How am I going to explain to Fang Tian’s family? If they know Fang Tian is missing, they will definitely be very sad.”

“Wuwuwu, Fang Tian, come out, I’m not playing anymore, let’s go home.”

“Fang Tian, come out, don’t scare me, I’m scared…”

The girls spoke one after another, their voices trembling as they reached this point.

Originally, they did not believe in this spirit game, but now that Fang Tian had disappeared just like that, it was impossible for them not to be scared.

At this moment, Hojo Saki Rei was also a little flustered.

But it was also at this moment that he found something amiss.

That was, the cold wind from earlier had disappeared.

The windows and doors in the entire art classroom were closed, and there shouldn't have been any wind in this classroom, let alone such a cold wind.

The appearance of wind indicated that they must have opened some kind of passage, otherwise there would be no wind.

They just didn't know where that passage was.

“Everyone, stop talking, don’t attract the security guard.”

Hojo Saki Rei knew that panicking at this moment was useless; the only way was to find clues about Fang Tian’s disappearance.

Looking at the ground, Hojo Saki Rei took out his phone and turned on the flashlight, hoping to find clues by footprints.

He gave up after just one glance.

Because there were too many footprints on the ground, it was very difficult to distinguish Fang Tian’s footprints.

Moreover, the classroom door had always been locked, and they had locked it from the inside, and Fang Tian had disappeared. From this, Hojo Saki Rei judged that Fang Tian had disappeared in this classroom.

“Saki Rei-kun, what should we do next?!”

Asahi Rinka spoke softly, her eyes full of worry and fear.

Hojo Saki Rei could even see tears in her eyes, about to fall.

The other girls also came to Hojo Saki Rei’s side, waiting for his next arrangements.

“Don’t worry, it’s impossible for someone to just disappear like that, and the classroom door was closed just now, and we didn’t hear anyone open the door, so it can only mean that Fang Tian disappeared in this classroom and did not go out through the door at all.”

Hojo Saki Rei said.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei’s analysis, everyone looked at Hojo Saki Rei with strange eyes.

After all, Hojo Saki Rei’s analysis was indeed correct, but Fang Tian was already in this classroom; if she didn’t disappear in the classroom, where did she disappear?

They somewhat didn’t understand Hojo Saki Rei’s reasoning.

“My point is that Fang Tian didn’t go anywhere else, and perhaps she is still in this classroom right now.”

Seeing the confusion in the girls’ eyes, Hojo Saki Rei said again.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say this, everyone finally reacted.

“Saki Rei-kun, do you mean that Fang Tian hasn’t actually disappeared, but is just in this classroom? But there’s nowhere else to hide people in this classroom.”

Shiratori Kashi said with some confusion.

Although she also understood Hojo Saki Rei’s meaning, this classroom was only so big; if Fang Tian was still here, could they not see her?

“Saki Rei-kun, if Fang Tian is still here, then where is she? Can you find Fang Tian?”

“Yes, Saki Rei-kun, nothing can happen to Fang Tian. She came with us, and if we can’t find Fang Tian, then we will…”

Although they couldn’t tell if Fang Tian was in the classroom, since Hojo Saki Rei said so, everyone naturally believed him. As a result, Kono Mika immediately asked if Hojo Saki Rei could find Fang Tian’s location.

Even Asuka was scared and placed all her hope on Hojo Saki Rei.

Before, they had only heard that this art classroom was dangerous, but they didn’t know it would be so eerie. Even though they believed in science, they were now scared.

“Don’t worry, let’s search again, we will definitely find Fang Tian.”

Seeing everyone placing their hopes on him, Hojo Saki Rei quickly said. He also knew that if he said he couldn’t find her at this moment, they would definitely break down.

Moreover, the reason Fang Tian came with them was mainly because she trusted him.

If he couldn’t find Fang Tian, Hojo Saki Rei would also feel very guilty.

“Everyone, don’t worry, this art room is on the first floor. As for supernatural things, I think it’s absolutely impossible. Let’s search again and see if there are any secret compartments in this room. Fang Tian was probably taken away from a secret compartment.”

Speaking of this, Hojo Saki Rei also began to search.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei searching, the others also followed him and began to observe everywhere in the room.

Because someone had just disappeared, everyone was very cautious and did not stay too far from each other.

However, they searched the classroom for a long time but found no trace of a secret passage, which made everyone even more anxious and scared.

Looking towards Hojo Saki Rei, they saw that Hojo Saki Rei was currently examining the spirit channeling props.

When they saw this, the girls became even more anxious and gathered towards Hojo Saki Rei.

“Saki Rei-kun, we’ve searched everywhere, but we haven’t found any traces of secret compartments or passages. Have you found anything here?”

Asahi Rinka asked immediately. She had already noticed that Hojo Saki Rei had been observing these spirit channeling props.

So she felt that Hojo Saki Rei must have discovered something.

Otherwise, why would Hojo Saki Rei keep looking at these props?

Hearing Asahi Rinka asking him, Hojo Saki Rei, who had already found a clue, also looked up at them at this moment.

Asahi Rinka’s guess was correct. When Hojo Saki Rei was looking at these props just now, he had already noticed that these props had been tampered with in advance, the purpose of which was to mislead people and create the illusion that those who disappeared were indeed taken by ghosts.

“These props have been tampered with. Take a look at this blindfold and these candles on the ground.”

Hojo Saki Rei said.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei’s words, everyone couldn’t help but be happy.

If Hojo Saki Rei had found something, it meant that they were not far from solving the case.

As long as they could find out how the person was taken, they would be able to find those who were taken.

Then, everyone picked up the props. After picking up the candles, they also discovered that there was a white powder in the candles.

There wasn’t much of this white powder, but it could be seen that this powder did not originally belong on the candle; it was put there by someone.

Because there was a small hole on the side of the candle, with some white powder inside. Although it was very little, it could still be seen that this was done intentionally.

“This white powder should have a hallucinogenic effect, and besides, when we were playing this spirit game, we also wore blindfolds and couldn’t see anything at the time. We might have all been deceived.”

Hojo Saki Rei said directly.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say this, everyone immediately felt much more relaxed.

It was enough to be able to see that this was man-made.

At least at this point, they had proven that this spirit game was fake and that there were no ghosts in the world at all.

“You scared me to death. I really thought there were ghosts in this world and that Fang Tian was taken by a ghost.”

“Since it’s man-made, this matter is much simpler.”

“However, although we know it’s man-made, we don’t know where they took the person.”

Everyone said one after another.

Hearing their voices in his ears, Hojo Saki Rei’s brows furrowed again.

Indeed, they had found evidence that it was man-made, but they didn’t know how the person disappeared or where they were taken.

In that case, this evidence was as good as nothing.

“How about we report it to the Police Department!”

Shiratori Kashi said at this moment. With no clues, how could they continue to search now?

Moreover, the more time they wasted here, the more she felt that the hope of finding the person was even more remote. It would be better to let the police search, as those police officers were professionals and would definitely be able to find the missing people more quickly.

“Don’t report it yet. If we report it now, we might be taken to the Police Department.”

“And if we leave, and those police officers can’t find any clues, wouldn’t all our previous efforts be in vain?”

Hojo Saki Rei said.

“Yes, we can’t report it. If those police officers were useful, they would have already found the person. They’ve been delayed here for half a month, and there’s been no progress at all. There’s no point in having them come here.”

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say not to report it, Asahi Rinka also stood by Hojo Saki Rei, feeling that Hojo Saki Rei was right.

Everyone heard Asahi Rinka say this and also felt that she made sense.

“But, we don’t have any clues now, how can we continue to search?”

Although Kono Mika also agreed with Asahi Rinka and Hojo Saki Rei that they shouldn’t report it, she also expressed her concerns.

“Below this room is the underground parking lot, right?”

“Let’s go down and take a look. As long as we can prove that Fang Tian was taken by someone, then those people could only take people through a secret passage, and you didn’t feel it before, but when we were performing the ritual, it seemed like a cold wind was blowing.”

Hojo Saki Rei said.

As his voice fell, everyone looked at him and quickly spoke of their feelings at the time.

“That’s right, I noticed it at the time, a cold wind, just like you said, I thought a ghost had appeared.”

“I had that feeling too. If I hadn’t been in the middle of the ritual, I would have taken off my blindfold.”

“Do you think Fang Tian might have been taken away at that time?” (End of chapter)