On the third day, Sakuragi Yukari returned to school.

Shizuku has been following her these two days, but Sakuragi Yukari did not suffer any more accidents. This also verified Shizuku's guess, that is, the second elevator murder was aimed at Mizuno Sanae. She is the sister of Mizuno Takeshi in the class, so she is also within the scope of the curse, and it is not surprising that she was implicated.

However, after returning to school, Sakuragi Yuka developed an extreme dependence on Shizuku. She followed Shizuku almost everywhere, just like a puppy that couldn't leave its owner. However, considering that Shizuku had pulled Sakuragi Yuka back from the brink of death twice in a row, it was not surprising that she would do this.

Of course, Shizuku was...secretly happy about this!

In fact, Sakuragi Yukari has been living with Shizuku these past two days, eating, living, bathing and sleeping together. Sakuragi Yukari is a very cute girl with a good figure, and she is willing to do this, which is naturally a good thing for Shizuku.

Look, this is the advantage of having a girl. They have no resistance to taking a bath and sleeping together, and intimate actions such as hugging are also normal. If it were a boy, it would probably not be so easy.

But on the other hand, if it's a boy, maybe he will be so excited that he will give himself to her...

So is it a profit or a loss to create a female character for yourself?

Fang Zheng has no answer to this question.

But the answer doesn’t matter right now.

Now what’s important is…

"We must first protect the safety of our classmates."

Sitting on the chair, Shizuku stared at Akasawa Izumi in front of her and said softly. Akasawa Izumi frowned and showed an embarrassed expression.

"Even though we say that,...what can we do?"

"I have a plan."

As Shizuku spoke, she took out a stack of small paper figures.

"This is?"

"It's a form of substitute. To put it simply, I hope that each classmate can give me a hair, and then I will connect this paper man to the hair. In this way, this paper man is equivalent to a substitute for that classmate. Once a disaster occurs, it is likely to attack the person holding the paper man first."

"Wait, then who will..."

"Of course it's me."

Facing Akasawa Izumi's surprised question, Shizuku smiled and gave an answer. However, hearing this, Akasawa Izumi, Sakuragi Yukari and others were immediately shocked.

"Wait, this is..."

"I have enough ability to protect myself. Besides, the disasters are too scattered now. There are so many people in the class. I can't monitor everyone's movements 24 hours a day. So I'll just focus the targets of the disasters in one place. If it's about my safety, don't worry. I've said before that I've been through similar situations several times and have enough experience to deal with this kind of situation."

This is also one of Shizuku's plans. She is now troubled by two problems. One is that she can't find the dead, and the other is that the Heavenly Order will not attack her. If it comes to trouble her head-on, then Shizuku can still communicate with it. But if it doesn't come to trouble her, then it will be difficult for Shizuku to deal with it.

So why not just start a taunt and draw all the hatred towards yourself.

"This is the same as the ritual of the 'non-existent person'. Since someone has to be sacrificed, it doesn't matter if we use someone else."

"That's not the question... You have to understand that this could lead to death!"

Akasawa Izumi slammed the table, glared at Shizuku and shouted.

"Aren't you afraid of death?!"

"Of course I'm scared, but wouldn't it be better if I didn't die? Besides, if this goes on, everyone in the class will only get more nervous and uneasy. Disasters are like this. The more afraid you are, the more likely it is to be attracted. Even if we tell everyone that 'it's okay', it's useless. So in the final analysis, a 'ritual' is still needed. Whether it's a 'non-existent person' or a 'representative', the essence is the same."

Shizuku said this and stared at Akasawa Izumi.

"Or do you have a better idea?"

“…”

This time, Akasawa Izumi was silent. Although she was very responsible and had a strong character, she was just an ordinary female middle school student after all. If she was asked to come up with a solution... she really couldn't think of one.

Finally, the countermeasures team agreed to Shizuku's suggestion, collected hair from all the classmates, and announced that the ritual of "non-existent person" had ended. They planned to use a new method to avoid the curse. The classmates did not object, so Shizuku successfully obtained the hair of all the classmates, and then made a stack of small people and put them in a cloth bag.

And next, what Shizuku has to do is to find the "dead person" lurking in Class 3, Grade 3.

This is not an easy task, because according to the curse and the explanation, after "that incident" happened, the extra deaths in Class 3 of Grade 3 every year are the people who died in the curse before. And it is not limited to time. Chiye Tatsuji once told Shizuku that they found a girl who was the dead, and that girl actually died in the curse accident two years ago, and then two years later she suddenly appeared in Class 3 of Grade 3.

However, no one had any doubt about her appearance, their memories were clear, and the written records were tampered with. It was not until a year later, when the girl disappeared, that they discovered who was the real dead person.

Of course, this trick might work for ordinary people, but Fang Zheng is a prophecy mage. Any illusion is meaningless in front of him. Even if the records are distorted and tampered with, it is impossible to have any effect on him. So after that, Shizuku basically ran around the district office, crematorium and hospital to look for previous death records.

If there was a name that she had seen before but it was distorted, then Shizuku could confirm the deceased.

At that time, she only needs to quietly place the form on the dead body, and then wait for justice to come... and then everything will be over.

However, Shizuku is not acting alone.

"Akazawa-san, you don't need to follow me all the time."

Putting down the list in her hand, Shizuku looked helplessly at Akasawa Izumi who was sitting opposite her. At this time, Akasawa Izumi was not wearing a school uniform, but a white dress, which also looked very beautiful. But this is not the point. The point is that after Shizuku collected the form generation, Akasawa Izumi basically stayed with her. Although it was not as serious as Sakuragi Yukari, as long as it was allowed, Akasawa Izumi would go to Shizuku and stay with her.

“It’s my responsibility.”

However, Izumi Akasawa doesn't think so.

"I'm a member of the countermeasures team. I can't leave such a dangerous thing to you and pretend that I didn't see anything. It's fine if others don't know, but now that I know, I can't let you go alone."

"You might get dragged into this, too?"

Yukari Sakuragi's mother is still in the intensive care unit, and another victim is Yukari Sakuragi's mother's sister, who was also involved in the car accident. Judging from the scope of the relationship, as a member of Class 3, Grade 3, Izumi Akasawa will also be affected. It's like the target of the disaster before was Nurse Mizuno, but at the same time, Yukari Sakuragi and Shizuku who walked into the elevator together were not spared - it's obvious that the other party wants to catch them all.

“It’s my decision.”

Akasawa Izumi turned her head away in anger and bit the straw. Shizuku looked at Akasawa Izumi with a smile and continued to speak.

"Akazawa-san, you are so cute."

“Huh?!”

Akasawa Izumi seemed quite surprised and astonished by what Shizuku said.

"But, cute?"

"Yeah, you know very well that this is a very dangerous thing, but you still mustered up the courage to come and see me. Isn't that cute?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you kidding me?"

Hearing this, Akasawa Izumi turned her head with a red face, staring around anxiously. Seeing this scene, Shizuku put down the list in her hand with a smile, then rushed over and hugged Akasawa Izumi directly.

"Hehehe, that's why you're cute. Seeing you so cute, I can't help but want to hug you."

“Uwaa, let me go, please, stop touching that! No…!”

“This is harassment!!”

After making her blush, heartbeat and panting, Shizuku was finally satisfied. The latter, on the other hand, was red-faced, grabbing her messy clothes and staring at her unhappily, but even so, she did not choose to leave - oh, such a good child with such a strong sense of responsibility is really cute.

Thinking of this, Shizuku wanted to tease her again.

The next day, Shizuku came to school again, intending to continue her investigation.

However, the moment the class teacher Kubodera walked into the classroom, Shizuku realized that something seemed a little wrong.

The teacher in front of him, Kubodera, was not wearing a tie and dressed neatly as usual. Instead, he walked slowly and looked listless. His hair, which was once very neatly combed, was now a mess, as if it had never been taken care of. Moreover, he was holding a black briefcase in his hand.

Not only Shizuku, but the other students in Class 3 of Grade 3 also noticed their teacher's situation. They looked at each other uneasily and whispered to each other.

But Mr. Kubodera didn't care about all this. He walked to the podium exhausted and looked at everyone.

"Everyone..."

Then, Mr. Kubodera spoke.

"I have to apologize to everyone. I have to apologize no matter what..."

Everyone was confused after hearing their teacher's sudden apology. However, Mr. Kubodera seemed to not care about it at all and just continued talking.

"I also hope to work hard with everyone until next year, and then graduate happily. But I'm sorry, I may not be able to hold on anymore... Maybe this is not my fault, but I don't know what to do..."

As he spoke, Mr. Kubodera opened his briefcase, then reached out and took out a kitchen knife.

Seeing this scene, all the students were stunned.

"I'm sorry. I was supposed to get through this together with everyone and never give up. That's what I hoped for. That's what I hoped for..."

At this point, Mr. Kubodera's expression became more and more distorted, and then he suddenly raised the kitchen knife, pointed it at his own neck, and stabbed it hard!

“Swish!!”

It happened in a flash. Almost at the moment when Mr. Kubodera was about to stab her neck, Shizuku, who had already noticed something was wrong, jumped up, rushed to the podium, grabbed Mr. Kubodera's hand, and slammed it against the podium, forcing him to drop the kitchen knife.

“Let me go, let me go…!!”

However, at this moment, Mr. Kubodera seemed to be crazy. He struggled desperately and banged his head against the blackboard, making a dong dong sound. When Shizuku saw this, she hurriedly slapped Mr. Kubodera on the neck. Then she saw Mr. Kubodera's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Shizuku raised her head and looked towards the classroom. At this moment, the other students finally realized what was happening and were stunned, not knowing what to do. Then she looked away and looked at Kubodera who was lying at her feet.

Come to think of it, the teacher is also within the range of the curse...

Thinking of this, Shizuku narrowed her eyes.

She already has an idea.