The next day, when Fang Zheng came to school again, he received an invitation from Furute Rika.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, please wait for a moment after school today. I have something to discuss with you."

"I see."

After hearing Rika Furude's answer, Fang Zheng nodded. In fact, even if Rika didn't say it, Fang Zheng guessed what she wanted to do.

Soon, another day passed, and when dusk fell, Fang Zheng came to the classroom again. Here, other people from the college life department had already been waiting. When they saw Fang Zheng appear, they were stunned for a moment.

"teacher?"

"Were you also called here by Lihua?"

"That's right."

Hearing Meiyin's question, Fang Zheng nodded, then he glanced at everyone.

"You too?"

"yes."

Maehara Kei nodded, then looked confused.

"I don't know why, but Lihua asked me to stay after school, saying she had something important to tell me."

"Me too... She also asked me to call Shion as well..."

Meiyin was also confused at this moment, and Shiyin, who was sitting next to her, was even more confused.

Although the protagonists all looked confused, Fang Zheng did not explain anything to them. He had already vaguely guessed that Lihua had called him and the others here to show her hand, but Fang Zheng always had a bad feeling - as a prophecy mage, he was very talented in this aspect. Perhaps this was because Fang Zheng had always had a strong sixth sense, so after becoming a prophecy mage, there were several times before things were about to happen, he could vaguely feel whether it was good or bad.

But now, what Lihua was about to do made Fang Zheng feel very uneasy. He always felt that... something was wrong.

"Ka."

At this moment, the door of the classroom opened again, and then Rika and Satoko appeared in front of everyone. Seeing that everyone was there, Rika's cute little face also showed a smile.

"Mia, it looks like everyone is here."

"Lihua, what exactly do you want us to do?"

Seeing the real person appear, everyone became curious, and Rika greeted everyone's gaze, walked over with Satoko, and glanced at everyone.

"Actually...I have something very important to tell you all."

"Something important?"

"That's right."

Hearing Keiichi's question, Rika nodded.

"It's about Hinamizawa..."

After that, Rika told everything she knew, including that Hinamizawa Syndrome was a virus caused by a parasite, and the truth about those who died because of the haunting. She also said that the real purpose of the Irie Institute was to study and treat the disease, and that they had a hidden plan, which was that once the Queen infected died, the entire village would be destroyed immediately.

After listening to Lihua's story, everyone showed incredible expressions. Obviously, what Lihua said was beyond their imagination.

"Is this true? Lihua?"

After a long while, Meiyin hesitated and asked.

"Why didn't the Maruzaki family get any news?"

"This kind of thing is confidential, there is no way the Maruzaki family would know about it."

Lihua shook her head. In fact, she didn't know much about it. Shion frowned and looked thoughtful.

However, not everyone believed Lihua's words.

"But... Lihua, you said... that parasite, can it really do this?"

Keiichi looked at the girl in front of him with confusion.

"I always feel like... it sounds like some horror story."

"I'm serious!"

Hearing Keiichi's question, Rika slapped the table excitedly. She didn't expect that she had finally made up her mind to explain everything to everyone, but they actually... didn't believe it! ?

"But……"

Everyone seemed a little confused by Rika's reaction. It was no wonder, they were just ordinary boys and girls, and they had lived a peaceful daily life before. Suddenly they talked about a parasitic disease called "Hinamizawa Syndrome"... and they also said that they might all get sick. Frankly speaking, this was too unbelievable.

"That's all for today."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Zheng stood up hurriedly.

"What Lihua said was indeed a little unexpected, but I believe she would not lie to scare us, and April 1st has long passed. In short, since we have said everything that needs to be said, we should go back and rest, and think carefully. If there is anything else, we can talk about it tomorrow. And..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng paused and looked at everyone.

"...I think you all know that this matter is of great importance, but no matter whether what Lihua said is true or not, I hope you don't tell this to anyone else, understand?"

After hearing what Fang Zheng said, everyone had different expressions, but they all nodded. And looking at the strange atmosphere, Fang Zheng didn't know what to say, so he just clapped his hands.

"Okay, it's time to go home now."

After Fang Zheng gave the order, everyone else left the classroom. Even Furuto Rika looked very depressed and lost, but Fang Zheng could understand her reaction. In fact, even Fang Zheng himself thought that as long as Rika said this, everyone should be able to accept it.

But now that he thought about it, Fang Zheng understood. An episode of an animation is only 30 minutes long, so there is not enough time to show everything to the audience. So in the animation, everyone believed it when Lihua said it. But reality... after all, it is not an animation.

"Why……"

Returning to the room and looking at the scenery outside the window, Fang Zheng reached out and pressed his forehead. He felt a slight tingling sensation, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Here it comes again... Never mind, let's take a break.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, the people who left the school also had different reactions. Rika used the excuse of feeling unwell and left with Satoko first. The others didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Is what Rika said... true?"

Keiichi frowned, thinking hard, and muttered to himself.

"Xiaogui, don't you believe it?"

Hearing Keiichi's mumbling, Meiyin glanced at the boy beside her.

"To be honest, I don't really believe it. Although the 'haunting' thing is indeed just a legend, to say it's a parasitic disease... it's really too weird."

"I do believe in Lihua."

However, as soon as Meiyin finished speaking, Rena gave a different opinion.

"Although I also think that what Lihua said is a little unbelievable, I always feel that I can believe that what Lihua said is true. I don't know why, but I have a feeling that I really felt something..."

"Me too."

Unexpectedly, the second person who agreed with Rena was Shion.

"To be honest, I also had a very strange dream a few days ago... It was a really bad feeling, but I don't know why, I always feel that there seems to be some deep connection between that dream and what Lihua said..."

"Dream?"

"It was just a dream."

Looking at the curious expressions of the people around her, Meiyin smiled embarrassedly.

"Shion, this girl, said that she killed me and Satoko, and she apologized to us very seriously. To be honest, I think she seemed a little too serious."

“Really? I was really troubled at that time.”

When Shiyin heard Meiyin reveal her past, her face suddenly turned red.

"Because that dream was so weird, I not only killed you, but also killed Satoko and the ghost woman, and cut off your nails..."

"Ah, stop it! I felt my hands hurt when you said that before!"

"But...if what Rika said is true, shouldn't we go and confirm it?"

At this moment, Keiichi seemed to have thought of a good idea and suddenly clapped his hands.

"Didn't Rika say that the Irie Clinic is a research institute? Then why don't we just go there and take a look. If we find that it is really a research institute, wouldn't that prove that what Rika said is true?"

"Wait, wait, Keiichi!"

Seeing Keiichi about to take action, Rena quickly reached out and grabbed him.

"Have you forgotten what the teacher said? If what Lihua said is true, aren't you just alerting the enemy?"

"But...but, there must be evidence!"

"...So you don't intend to obey the teacher's orders?"

A voice like a chilly wind floated past everyone's ears. Rena lowered her head and stared at the ground, as if the words just now were not said by her at all.

Perhaps sensing something, Keiichi Maehara took a step back.

"I, I didn't say that, but..."

"The teacher said so, Keiichi."

Rena raised her head, staring at the boy in front of her with eyes that seemed to have no focus.

"Don't tell anyone, and don't do anything you shouldn't do. Do we trust Rika? Keiichi, you know it best. Why do you still do these stupid things? Why?"

"The teacher didn't tell us not to do it! And what Rika said was so obvious... Never mind! Since you guys aren't going, it's the same if I go alone!"

After saying this, Keiichi turned around and left without hesitation. Seeing Keiichi Maehara leave, the others seemed to have lost their backbone, and after a while, they dispersed and left. Only Rena looked at the place where Keiichi left, was silent for a moment, and then followed like a ghost.