In a beautiful seaside town, Nanami and Haibara were on a mission together again after a long time.
This was a cursed incident with serious consequences.
The incident had resulted in several high school students committing suicide and more than twenty high school students suffering mental breakdowns.
According to psychiatrists, these people's minds had already been completely destroyed.
And as time passed, they would develop stronger and stronger self-destructive tendencies.
Thus, Jujutsu Headquarters assigned the mission to the Tokyo Branch.
After discussion, the Tokyo Branch decided that the mature and reliable salaryman, Nanami, would carry out the investigation.
"Please have some tea."
"Thank you."
Nanami picked up the teacup and took a sip. Seeing that the girl in front of him was no longer so nervous, he said,
"I am Nanami Kento from the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Investigation Unit. This is my identification. Could you please tell me the story of the incident again?"
It seemed that Nanami's calm demeanor had a soothing effect on Reiko.
A hidden story slowly spilled from Reiko's lips...
Takagi-sensei was in a state of panic.
But he still forced himself to appear calm and called the person who had suddenly appeared in the classroom, the one who should not have existed, to his office.
During the brief wait, Takagi-sensei tried hard to suppress the most likely guess in his heart.
He kept trying to explain everything that had just happened through other possibilities.
Until an incredibly beautiful girl walked into the office.
She was a tall and vibrant girl.
Even though she was only wearing a school uniform, one could still feel a deadly allure on her that did not belong to a student.
This captivating charm was almost demonic.
'Impossible, absolutely impossible. She clearly already...'
Gulp.
Takagi-sensei could not help but swallow.
"Tell me, who exactly are you?"
Forcing down the panic in his heart, Takagi-sensei spoke in as serious a tone as possible.
He hoped to use the kind of behavior that usually made students the most flustered to force the girl in front of him to reveal a flaw.
"I am me, Teacher."
The girl, wearing the school uniform and a hairband, showed her homeroom teacher a lively, girlish smile.
This familiar smile made the panic in Takagi-sensei's heart grow even stronger.
"Stop fooling around. Everyone knows Tomie is dead. Are you Tomie's sister, like a twin?"
"Takagi-sensei, you know I'm an only child."
The girl named Tomie covered her mouth with one hand, as if the person in front of her had told some amusing joke.
"Enough! Stop lying! Is it fun to scare people like this?"
Seeing that familiar smiling face, countless memories flooded Takagi-sensei's mind.
He finally panicked.
At this moment, the students in the classroom had also gathered to discuss it.
"It has to be fake, right? Is it a ghost?"
A girl said in disbelief.
"How is that possible? Aren't ghosts supposed to be transparent and have no legs? But look, Tomie's legs are right there, completely normal."
After her friend said that, everyone remembered the fair and smooth legs that had peeked out from beneath Tomie's school uniform skirt earlier.
They were fair and smooth legs like precious jade, making people want to touch them.
Thinking of this, a familiar wave of jealousy rose again in the hearts of many girls.
In the office, Tomie suddenly embraced Takagi-sensei, whose panic was no longer hidden and whose breathing had become much heavier.
"Teacher."
A seductive voice whispered in Takagi-sensei's ear.
The sudden embrace made Takagi-sensei quickly try to steady himself.
Deeply feeling the familiar softness and warmth in his arms, Takagi-sensei felt no joy at the girl's embrace.
There was only deep fear.
He was too familiar with this embrace, this touch.
"Let go of me, Tomie!"
Takagi-sensei began to struggle violently.
But for some reason, the girl he could usually subdue with a little effort now made it impossible for him to break free.
"Have you forgotten, Takagi-sensei?"
Warm breath brushed past his ear.
"After graduation, you'll be with me, right?"
"Teacher, I love you."
Teacher, I love you.
These words, which once made Takagi's heart pound with joy and soar to the heavens, now sounded like the whispers of a demon from the abyss.
"Enough! You're already dead, dead!"
Takagi-sensei forcefully shoved Tomie away and then rushed out of the office.
Tomie's smile did not disappear. Instead, she watched Takagi-sensei vanish down the hallway.
"That, what exactly was that?"
After school, Tomie's only friend, Reiko, muttered to herself in an uneasy tone.
But in her terror, Reiko still held onto a sliver of hope.
Could everything that happened that day have been a dream?
Tomie Kawakami was an incredibly beautiful girl.
She possessed special qualities that others did not understand.
However, neither Tomie nor those around her were aware of such things.
So they naturally assumed that Tomie was born with a seductive charm.
Thus, countless malicious curses flowed toward Tomie.
Tomie had actually already gotten used to this.
Moreover, although the people around her often spread malicious rumors about Tomie, Tomie herself was not so pure and innocent either.
Yes, Tomie herself did indeed have problems.
In class, she was close to the most popular boy, Yamamoto.
At the same time, she was also involved with their homeroom teacher, Takagi-sensei.
This made those who already disliked Tomie even more displeased.
Fickle, vixen, slut... countless vicious curses were all directed at Tomie, the girl who had possessed a demonic charm since childhood.
Until a recent outdoor class, these malicious feelings finally exploded.
During that class, the students were excitedly discussing what games they would play later.
Tomie, meanwhile, quietly went to find their homeroom teacher, Takagi-sensei.
Since Takagi-sensei was the homeroom teacher, even though these students were no longer young teenagers, he still had to keep an eye on them out of duty.
So Takagi-sensei found a high place to sit.
From there, he could observe all the students and make sure that no one would disturb him.
Therefore, Tomie's action of approaching Takagi-sensei was noticed by some people.
They told this to Yamamoto, who was close to Tomie.
Yamamoto, who had already begun to suspect Tomie, could no longer sit still and quietly crept behind a tree next to the two of them.
"Phew, why aren't you going to play with them?"
Takagi-sensei lit a cigarette, enjoying his time slacking off during work.
"Because I'm already an adult."
Tomie smiled and leaned against Takagi-sensei's shoulder.
She spoke words that made Takagi-sensei's imagination run wild.
As if recalling some unforgettable scenes, Takagi-sensei immediately felt a surge of emotion.
However, this was during class, and many people were watching their location.
So Takagi-sensei could only forcefully suppress that restless feeling.
After Yamamoto, the central figure of the class, left, everyone's gaze was involuntarily drawn toward the high place where Takagi and Tomie were.
Immediately, countless displeased curses and contemptuous remarks arose.
Many students began whispering in small groups.
Clearly, compared to the outdoor games they had long since grown tired of, this kind of disparagement toward someone they envied and were jealous of brought them more inner satisfaction.
"That woman is always clinging to boys. That's why girls don't accept her, hmph."
"Yeah, only Reiko still bothers with her."
Discontent toward Reiko appeared in the crowd's voices.
Reiko also smiled and agreed with them.
However, just as they formed their usual small groups to criticize Tomie, an unexpected situation occurred.
(To be continued.)