Chapter 619 Look at Me!

Tsuboda Harumi doesn't understand the current situation.

Did I do something that made everyone hate me?

But she had no chance to verify it with her friends for the time being, because the bell for class had already rang, and Teacher Arimura, who taught "Business Organization Theory," had also entered the classroom.

Teacher Arimura is a man in his forties. He wears glasses and is always very kind.

He walked to the church, cleared his throat to say hello to the students, and then flipped through the roster: "Well, let's take roll call before class."

"Umezu Yuki."

"arrive."

"Keiji Suehiro."

"arrive."

"..."

"..."

Tsuboda Harumi was obsessed with the strange episode before class while listening to Teacher Arimura's roll call.

It seemed like it was almost his turn.

"Kana Takehara."

"arrive."

Teacher Arimura called on her friend Kana's name, and Kana, who left Tsuboda and sat in the back row of the classroom, responded in a weak tone.

So, next is Pingtian.

Her serial number on the roster is connected with Chanel.

But at this time, Teacher Arimura, who was famous for his smooth speaking on the podium, suddenly stopped.

The always kind teacher looked at the name on the roster and closed his lips forcefully. His throat squirmed hard, as if there was a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck there.

Teacher Arimura's hand holding the roster unconsciously exerted force, and the paper crinkled in his palm.

"Tsubo... Kogure Kengo."

Teacher Arimura spoke, skipping the unspeakable name.

After deliberately ignoring it, he felt extremely relaxed.

"I……"

Tsuboda, who was already ready to answer, was completely stunned.

The roll call in class continued, and after crossing Pingtian, the process became smoother again.

A few minutes later, Teacher Arimura called on the name of the last student on the roster. He smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, everyone is here today, let's start class."

Books were flipped in the classroom and chalk rubbed against the blackboard.

For others, it was a very normal lesson in business organization theory.

Tsuboda Harumi was sitting alone in the audience, her body shaking unconsciously. There was no one around her, making her already thin figure look even thinner.

The classroom was obviously full of people, but Tsuboda seemed to be sitting in a wilderness, sitting in darkness with no end in sight.

She was out of tune with everything around her.

is that a lie?

Why?

What exactly is going on?

…

Jingle Bell--

The bell rang for the end of get out of class.

Teacher Arimura put down the chalk, put away the handouts, and then ordered: "Okay, everyone, please hand in all the exercises assigned last week."

Except for a few students who did not complete their homework, everyone else followed suit.

Tsuboda Harumi stood up from her seat in despair, and placed the exercise paper she had carefully completed over the weekend on the podium, placing it in the most conspicuous place.

"Teacher Arimura..."

The girl didn't know what to say.

She just wants to be noticed.

Teacher Arimura is usually very kind. When students talk to him and ask him questions, he will answer them seriously.

But now, the teacher never raised his head to look at Pingtian, just letting her stand there as if she didn't exist.

Tons, tons.

Teacher Youcun stacked the collected exercise papers, knocked on the podium, and then left quickly as if running away.

Before he left, he left a paper on the podium.

The handwriting on the paper was neat, and the answers to the questions were written very carefully.

The name column clearly says: [Tsubota Harumi]

"Why?"

Tsuboda stared blankly at the exercises that had been deliberately left on the podium. She felt that the writing on it had become distorted, and the black notes were twisted and tangled, making her head dizzy and giving her a strong feeling of vomiting.

So, is everyone doing this on purpose?

It doesn’t matter if it’s Kana or Arimura-sensei.

Are you deliberately turning a blind eye to yourself?

But why?

Did I do something annoying?

Tell me!

"I obviously...didn't do anything."

In the classroom, only Pingtian was left, just like the answer sheet that was deliberately left behind, lonely and light, with clear imprints on the white paper and black characters.

…

It's still snowing in Tokyo today.

Industrial salt must have been sprinkled on the road, and the snow did not condense into thin ice, but turned into black dirty snow.

Pingtian was walking home alone.

She was still thinking about what happened at school.

I wonder if I have really done something bad to make my friends and teachers hate me.

However, she really didn't expect it.

Ringing——

A bicycle bell rang ahead.

At the corner of the road, a reckless young man jumped out on a bicycle.

"careful!"

Tsuboda, who was worried, couldn't dodge in time. When he reacted, the young man and his bicycle had already rushed in front of him.

boom!

Tsuboda Harumi fell heavily to the ground, and her palms grazed the ground, causing burning pain.

"Sorry, you..."

The young man who caused the trouble quickly reached out to pull Pingtian away, but as soon as his eyes fell on the girl he knocked down, he became panicked.

It was like seeing something that would attract an ominous evil.

The young man suddenly pulled back his outstretched hand, quickly got on his bicycle, and left without looking back.

Only Pingtian was left, and Pingtian's raised hand was still frozen in the air.

Her palm was scratched, and the rough snow and dirty mud stuck to her hand, stinging and cold.

The girl watched the perpetrator escape helplessly, opened her mouth, and turned her head to look at other passers-by around her.

But everyone was the same.

He only kept his eyes on her for a moment, then hurriedly moved away and walked away quickly, fearing that he would have anything to do with her.

Not only in school, but also outside.

Pingtian knew that everyone could see her, but everyone was deliberately ignoring her and isolating her.

Why, why do you treat me like this?

Am I an existence that everyone hates and avoids?

The tight string in Pingtian's heart broke, and she was wrapped in unspeakable depression and fear.

The girl's emotions finally collapsed, tears burst out, blurring the delicate makeup on her face.

"You...you..."

Look at me, everyone.

I'm right here, you can all see me.

Why do you do this?

Today, the sky over Tokyo is gray and snowflakes are fluttering.

Crack.

Snap.

In a trance, Tsubota heard the sound again.

The sound like nails scratching on wooden boards, the sound like water drops falling on the ground.

And the indistinguishable source, the layers of cold and illusory human voices: "Unless there is a big fire, unless your body is buried..."

Tsubota's heart suddenly tightened and pounded in his chest.

"Please, look at me..."

...

Hachioji City, the villa of the Kazuki family.

After Kazuki Fumio's funeral, Kamiyagawa returned here again.

This time it was not a solo visit on the surface, and he was accompanied by people from the Countermeasures Office.

Kamiyagawa has applied to the Countermeasures Office for an investigation of Xiao Binze.

However, because there are not many useful documents preserved in the cursed land of Xiaobinze, the investigation started at the Xiangyue family.

According to Yanma Xiangyue Xun, who has both old and young characteristics, her grandfather was from Xiaobinze, and the blood of the Xiangyue family also contains the resentment curse of Xiaobinze.

Starting from the Xiangyue family, some useful clues may be found.

"Mr. Xiangyue, I'm sorry to bother you again."

"You..."

When Kamiya Kawa brought people to Xiangyue's house, Mr. Xiangyue who stayed here was extremely surprised.

He was a little overwhelmed-

The young man who came to participate in the memorial two days ago and claimed to be his aunt's junior in shogi, unexpectedly turned into a policeman with a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department certificate, and brought several colleagues to investigate.

Moreover, this young man named Kamiya Kawa was obviously the youngest among those who came today.

But the others seemed to follow his lead.

However, although he was surprised, Mr. Xiangyue still maintained his demeanor and did not act excessively.

He thought Kamiya and others came to the door because of his aunt's death.

Mr. Xiangyue had done nothing wrong, so he chose to cooperate with the investigation.

The Xiangyue family's mansion was quite large, and the carpet search investigation here lasted from morning to evening.

After Xiangyue Fumio died, there was no extraordinary aura left here, so the perception ability of the exorcists was of little use.

To find possible clues here, we can only rely on manpower to look through the ordinary objects left in the old house by Xiangyue Fumio's grandfather to find out if there are any clues related to Xiao Binze.

So the countermeasures room personnel brought by Kamiya this time are not the type with strong strength.

They are all more serious and careful, and there are detectives among the personnel.

In the tea room of Xiangyue's family, Kamiya Kawa and the current head of the family Xiangyue Hayato sat opposite each other and drank tea.

Listen to each other talk about some family matters.

For example, Xiangyue Fumio's grandfather, that is, Mr. Xiangyue Hayato's great-grandfather, this old man is called Xiangyue Nozomi.

Xiangyue Nozomi left Xiao Binze at the age of sixteen and came to Kanto to work hard.

Through certain opportunities, he joined the real estate industry and made enough money to gain a foothold in Kanto and build an industry.

Later, the family of Xiangyue was declining, and the last bloodline, Xiangyue Fumio, fell into a coma due to a strange disease.

The industry of the Xiangyue family was managed by Mr. Hayato's mother.

As Xiangyue Fumio said, her brother and sister-in-law did not have much business talent, and they were forced to sell part of the assets of the Xiangyue family before long.

But it can be said that it is a blessing in disguise. This forced operation just avoided the period of the collapse of Japan's bubble economy.

The impact of the Great Depression on Japan was huge, and the Xiangyue family was of course inevitable.

But the remaining money and family assets were enough for the family to continue to live safely.

"Hmm..."

Kamiyakawa listened to Mr. Xiangyue's story and drank another sip of tea slowly.

He had heard these things from Yanma Girl before, and they were almost the same. There was no conflict in the family history.

"Mr. Xiangyue, can you tell us more about your great-grandfather Xiangyue Nozomi?" Kamiya asked.

"Great-grandfather, I don't know much about him. I only know that this residence was left by my great-grandfather. My mother told me that in the few years before his death, my great-grandfather stopped asking about business matters and handed over the business work to my grandfather. He returned here and lived for a long time until he died here."

"Is that so?"

Knock knock.

The relatively harmonious conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The door of the tea room was opened from the outside.

A detective who came with Kamiya was standing at the door: "Mr. Kamiya, I think you should take a look at this."

The detective handed over a yellowed book with a leather cover.

It looked very old.

"This was found on the shelf in the lower level of the study." The detective further said, "There are also many books related to curses in the study, but no one has read them for a long time. The most noteworthy one is this one."

Kamiya Chuan took the book.

It can be seen that there is no extraordinary aura in this book itself.

He couldn't help but feel lucky that he had foresight and brought the members of the Countermeasures Office who were conscientious and meticulous, and also applied for the transfer of several detectives affiliated with the Countermeasures Office.

Without the help of these people, it would be very difficult to find some useful clues in the Xiangyue family.

Xiangyue Hayato, who was standing next to him, looked over curiously and shook his head again: "Is it the study room full of miscellaneous items? The things inside are all left over from the great-grandfather's time. I rarely go in, so I haven't seen this book."

In Mr. Xiangyue's impression, the study room was very messy, with a lot of messy things piled up, and there were many kinds of books.

It's really hard for these people to find what they are interested in.

In fact, Xiangyue Hayato had already noticed at this time that Kamiya Kawa and others did not seem to come for the death of his aunt Xiangyue Fumio, they seemed to be more interested in his great-grandfather Xiangyue Nozomi.

I don't know what they are investigating.

Kamiya Kawa had already opened the leather-covered book, which was a notebook.

The paper inside was also yellowed and wrinkled due to moisture.

The handwriting left by the fountain pen is a little blurry, but it is barely discernible.

The contents of the notebook should be recorded by Xiangyue Wang——

…

I feel that I don’t have much time left, and I may disappear from this world at any time like Xiaobinze. This feeling has become stronger recently.

Before I can’t hold the pen anymore, I think it is necessary to record what I have studied and understood, which should be useful. About my hometown, about Xiaobinze.

Xiaobinze seemed to be destroyed overnight. After I got the news, it had become a barren land. Those people I knew and lived there are probably all dead.

After Xiaobinze was destroyed, no one could get close to it, and no one was willing to talk about it. I tried to go back to Aomori to see what happened to my hometown. But the closer I got to Hakkoda, the more my heart twitched. I had a feeling that as long as I returned to the vicinity of Xiaobinze, I would definitely die.

Absolutely.

So I gave up the journey back home halfway and returned to the old house in Kanto. I locked myself up and read a lot of books related to curses. I can now be sure that Xiao Binze was destroyed because of a curse, and that curse was also passed on to me. Otherwise, why do I always hear some strange noises at night?

And the person who cursed Xiao Binze and did all this. I think it can only be him——

Mr. Qingliu.