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That child must be one of the little boys who were killed.
"I collapsed from exhaustion halfway through, so I didn't succeed."
"but..."
"If there is a way to calm the souls of those children, perhaps this space will collapse."
Saenoki Nanahoshi clearly stated a way to escape from the alternate dimension of Tenjin Elementary School.
Although there is only one possibility, from the perspective of the protagonist's reasoning, it is indeed a possibility with a time limit.
"Maybe they will stop abusing us and let us go."
Closing her eyes, Nanahoshi Saenoki whispered the results of her investigation.
"How do you calm your soul?"
"We're not some great exorcists."
The impatient Kishinuma Ryoki couldn't understand why they were asked to let the dead child's soul rest in peace.
How could they, who are just ordinary people, possibly do that?
They can't even recite the Bible.
"First, the murderer's confession is necessary."
"Because the murderer is also in this school."
Squinting his eyes slightly, Saenoki Nanahoshi, who looked like a complete nobody, gave the steps.
"repent?"
"Faced with a guy like that, what can we and Shinozaki do..."
Reaching out to stop Kishinuma Yoshiki who was about to lose his temper, Ayumi Shinozaki said that she would take over next.
"Um, Mochida..."
"Is my friend here too?"
Unable to wait, she asked the question.
"There are eleven souls that just entered this school."
After a brief moment of uncertainty, Saenoki Nanahoshi clearly stated the result.
"Eleven, that is to say..."
"Is everyone here?"
Ayumi Shinozaki looked at Yoshiki Kishinuma with visibly anxious eyes, but also with a hint of joy.
"Then go find them quickly."
Similarly, Kishinuma Yoshiki couldn't wait to get everyone who had mistakenly entered Tenjin Elementary School out.
Deep down, he has begun to imagine that everyone will be alive and well, and then work together to finally escape from Tenjin Elementary School and return to the real world.
He has already begun to imagine that his relationship with Shinosaki Ayumi is gradually warming up during the adventure, and finally...
"It's impossible to find."
"This is a multi-blocked space formed by a terrible curse."
Interrupting their fantasies, Saenoki Nanahoshi revealed the cruel result.
"Even if we are in the same place, we will never bump into each other if we are not in the same dimension."
"how come..."
"so."
Ayumi Shinozaki took a half step back in disbelief, unable to accept this fact.
"but..."
"If it were you..."
Before he could finish his words, without waiting for Kishinuma Ryoki to stop him, Saenoki Nanaboshi turned into a cloud of mist and disappeared on the spot.
A red stuffed doll appeared at the place where Saenoki Nanahoshi disappeared.
After looking at each other, Ayumi Shinosaki picked up the doll on the ground hesitantly.
The words "Yixiong" were clearly written on the puppet's hat.
Ayumi Shinosaki knew the name Yoshio.
He is undoubtedly the culprit of the "four children kidnapping and murder incident" at Tenjin Elementary School in 1973, the son of the principal of Tenjin Elementary School and also a teacher at Tenjin Elementary School...
Yoshio Yanagihori.
According to records, one of the abducted children——
The only survivor, Shinozaki Sachiko, was arrested on the spot as a suspect based on her testimony, and was later found not guilty due to insanity.
Eventually, he escaped from a mental hospital and hanged himself.
At that time, he was only 32 years old.
......
......
“It can’t be used here.”
It was another bathroom. The Mochida siblings, who even tried the men's bathroom, still couldn't find a usable bathroom.
Then...
The two saw a little girl with sickly pale skin, barefoot and wearing a tattered red dress, looking at them quietly.
"This is..."
"Is this the ghost that Morishige mentioned?"
The little girl lowered her head in silence, her long black hair covering her eyes.
"but..."
"He doesn't look injured."
I felt fear instinctively, but the girl didn't have many features that indicated she was not a human other than her pale skin.
Could it be that...
Just a little girl lost in this elementary school?
Could it be that...
Is this child still alive?
When he thought of this, Tetsuo Mochida couldn't help but feel pity and heartache.
She couldn't believe how sad a child so young would be here.
That's the kind of guy he is.
A nice guy who is a little too nice.
"who are you?"
"Are you lost here too?"
The brother and sister asked questions one after another.
"Um..."
"This way~"
The little girl said crisply while pointing her index finger behind her, and then she thought about walking away.
"Onii-chan..."
"She said let us pass?"
"Um..."
"Um..."
The girl led the way in front, staggering a little. Her back was thin and her skin was that sickly pale complexion that was unique to people who hadn't seen the sun for years.
The miserable state of wearing a tattered long skirt and not even having shoes.
All...
The brother and sister felt pity and distress.
This brother and sister are both of this type of people.
At this time they had already forgotten what their companions had said.
Things like taking medicine and being careful with children were completely forgotten.
They can be said to be hopeless stupid siblings.
"Even...children that young are trapped here?"
Finally, Tetsuo Mochida made a decision. Since he didn't know what to do now, he might as well follow and see for himself.
With this thought in mind, he followed the little girl who was leading the way in front with Yuka Mochida.
Led by the girl, the three of them (?) came to a double-opening door.
"Is there anything outside this door?"
The closed wooden door blocked their way. Unable to resist, Yuka Mochida asked the little girl.
"Ah."
The little girl nodded. The gate was behind her and she didn't seem to be on guard at all. She didn't consider the possibility that the two people in front of her might be bad guys.
This subtle abnormality was completely unaware to Tetsushi Mochida.
“When I came here just now, there shouldn’t be a door here?”
Looking at the door with some confusion, Tetsuo Mochida began to doubt whether there was something wrong with his memory.