Mygo, are you all yanderes?

"..."

"whispering sound."

Seeing that the doll was still silently pretending to be dead, Kusano Akira frowned and decided to ignore it for now and go to the infirmary first.

Anyway, in his hands, this doll can't cause any trouble.

........................

Kusano Akira walked to the door of the infirmary, knocked, and went inside.

The teacher in the infirmary was nowhere to be found. Only one student was lying on the bed in the whole room, trembling from time to time, as if he were having a nightmare.

It's Toyokawa Shoko again.

Kusano Akira felt that he and Toyokawa Shoko must have some kind of fateful connection.

Otherwise, how do you explain this series of coincidences?

He moved closer to Toyokawa Shoko and carefully examined her appearance.

Toyokawa Shoko seemed extremely insecure, curling up on the bed with her arms tightly wrapped around herself.

A layer of cold sweat appeared on her delicate face. Although she was asleep, a look of fear lingered on her face.

Toyokawa Shoko's lips moved slightly, as if she were murmuring something.

Kusano Akira moved closer to her, putting his ear to her mouth, trying to hear what she was saying.

"It's not my fault..."

"Why……"

Don't leave me alone...

"You're leaving too... No... No..."

Are you having a nightmare?

Kusano Akira was wondering whether to wake her up. Judging from her appearance, she must have had a very painful dream.

The doll that had been quietly sitting in Kusano Akira's hand also quietly turned its head.

Her scarlet eyes held a hint of hostility as she stared intently at Toyokawa Shoko.

"Toyokawa-kun...?"

Kusano Akira gently shook Toyokawa Shoko's body, trying to wake her up as gently as possible.

"Waaah... Search‰:九釟粫驷¨∶彡＊叁．〔嶺．≡五…"

Toyokawa Shoko sobbed twice more, tears sliding down her tightly closed eyes.

"Toyokawa-kun, wake up..."

"bright…………?"

Shoko Toyokawa was finally shaken awake by Akira Kusano, and she blankly turned her head toward Kusano's position.

"Uh...it's me, what's wrong?"

Although he didn't understand why Toyokawa Shoko had acted as if she was trying to distance herself from him in the morning, she was now calling him by his name so affectionately.

However, Kusano Akira put aside his doubts for the time being and first saw what was going on with Toyokawa Shoko.

"Ugh... Ugh..."

With trembling hands, Toyokawa Shoko touched Kusano Akira's cheek. Feeling the solidity in her hands, she finally couldn't hold back her emotions, hugged Kusano Akira tightly, and burst into tears.

Her chin was pressed firmly against Kusano Akira's shoulder, and her hands were so forceful that it seemed she wanted to meld Kusano Akira into her own body.

"Waaaaah... Thank goodness, you're alive!"

"Of course he's still alive..."

Kusano Akira was suddenly hugged and was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Judging from what Toyokawa Shoko said, it seems she dreamed that Kusano Akira died.

However, Kusano Akira didn't think their relationship was good enough for Toyokawa Shoko to cry like that for him.

"Toyokawa-san..."

"Waaaaahh ...

"..."

"……Ugh."

Kusano Akira sighed helplessly. Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko had no intention of communicating, he could only try to comfort her for the time being.

Kusano Akira placed his hand on Toyokawa Shoko's back and gently patted her.

"It's alright, it's all over now..."

"Good boy, good boy..."

"It's okay, it's okay..."

About half an hour later, Toyokawa Shoko's crying gradually subsided, her voice becoming hoarse from crying.

She rested her chin on Kusano Akira's shoulder, turned her head, and looked at him with a lingering gaze, as if trying to memorize him completely.

He then released Kusano Akira's shoulder, covered his face, and seemed embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, Kusano-kun, I hope you didn't find this amusing."

"Oh, it's okay."

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko had returned to normal, Kusano Akira smiled and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind.

"But Toyokawa-kun, are you really okay? How did you end up in the infirmary again?"

"about this……"

"Kusano-san, could you please step out for a moment? I just cried so badly, and I'm really embarrassed to see you right now. Could you give me some time to take care of myself?"

"sure."

Kusano Akira was about to get up and leave, but as soon as he reached the door, he felt something was wrong with his hand.

"Toyokawa-kun, did you see that doll I was holding just now?"

"Dolls? I didn't know. So, Kusano-kun, you like dolls?"

Pretending to be unaware, Toyokawa Shoko secretly nudged her hand behind her back.

"It's not that I like it... it's just a doll with green hair."

"The hair was green... Come to think of it, I vaguely saw something green open the door and walk out just now, but I thought it was just my imagination."

Hearing Toyokawa Shoko's words, Kusano Akira felt somewhat weary.

Why wouldn't you answer when I asked you earlier, and now you've secretly run away again?

"Toyokawa-kun, I just remembered something, so I have to go now. I'll leave this place to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kusano Akira ran out.

That thing has such a strong attack power; it would be bad if it hurt someone.

Moreover, the first rule of horror comics is: never let the first source of horror spread, otherwise it will only affect the whole world.

After Kusano Akira left, Toyokawa Shoko's embarrassed smile vanished instantly, replaced by a cold expression.

She finally took out her right hand, which had been behind her back, and there it was, the doll was in her hand.

Toyokawa Shoko gripped the doll tightly with both hands, as if wary of it.

"..."

"..."

"It's been a long time, Xiang."

The doll opened its hideous and terrifying mouth and was the first to greet Toyokawa Shoko.

Unlike her previous speech to Kusano Akira, which sounded somewhat distorted, the voice she spoke here was filled with a unique, clear, and crisp quality characteristic of a young girl.

It sounds exactly like Wakaba Mutsu's voice.

"…Indeed."

Gone was the meekness she had shown in front of Kusano Akira; Toyokawa Shoko practically spat out those words through gritted teeth.

She looked at the doll in her hands with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was more guilt or anger.

"It's so good to be able to return to my own body, instead of being like this."

The doll spoke lazily, its large, scarlet eyes filled with a hint of mockery as it stared intently at Toyokawa Shoko.

"That's great! With such a big advantage, you're sure to win first place."

Ignoring the doll's sarcastic remarks, Toyokawa Shoko looked at the doll's body, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.

"What's wrong with your body?"

"What else could have happened? Something went wrong."

"Don't even mention someone like you who has completely returned to the mainland, and doesn't even have control over your own body, only able to depend on this ridiculous rag doll body."

The doll spoke lazily, appearing completely unconcerned.

"There are probably more things to talk about than these, my dear other half, aren't there?"

"For example, what happened after I died that allowed us to come back?"

"..."

"That's true, Mutual."

Volume 1: Chapter 25 (Twenty-Fourth Chapter) - Half-Body

"That's true, Mutual."

Shoko Toyokawa neither confirmed nor denied the doll's viewpoint—that is, Mutsumi Wakaba's viewpoint.

"But unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure how we got back."

Toyokawa Shoko put Wakaba Mutsu down, walked to the tap, filled her hand with water, and moistened her face, which was a little disheveled from crying.

Water dampened the stray hairs on her forehead, causing them to stick to her face.

"Okay, I'm not really concerned about that. There's something else I'm more curious about—what exactly happened to you?"

"I don't recall you ever showing such weakness before, not even in front of Ming."

If Ye Mu jumped onto Toyokawa Shoko's shoulder, her fingers pressed against Toyokawa Shoko's slightly reddened eyes, her tone tinged with curiosity.

　№4””釟衈↑缌№∫三○、叁∈′≯‰SUSuO: “……

Upon hearing Wakaba Mutsu's words, a hint of sadness flashed in Toyokawa Shoko's eyes. She covered her head and sat down on the bed, feeling a headache coming on.

"that's not important."

"You just need to know that I won't go near him again."

"Liar."

"Really do not have."

"With such a deep-seated obsession like yours?"

Wakaba Muku scoffed, not believing a word Toyokawa Shoko said.

If others don't understand Toyokawa Shoko, how could she not understand her?

Even though Wakaba Mutsu considered herself to be rather extreme, she wouldn't dare say that she was more excessive than Toyokawa Shoko.

Now that Toyokawa Shoko has suddenly said she doesn't plan to get close to Kusano Akira, it's like Dio suddenly doing a good deed and saying he wants to atone for his sins.

Foolish and ridiculous.

"...I don't need your trust either."

Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu looked unconvinced, Toyokawa Shoko could only shake her head helplessly.

"So you can only appear in this form?"