"Ding-ling-ling..."

The sound of the telephone echoed in the wooden house. This was the first scene of the Ring, and now Shizuku was alone here. The cold wind was howling outside, and the whole wooden house was silent with only the ringing of the phone echoing in it.

Shizuku swallowed, then reached out, picked up the phone, and put the receiver to her ear.

Then, there was a rustling sound in the receiver...but no one spoke.

It was not until a moment later that a voice rang out.

"Hello, guest, do you need room service? We guarantee that you will be satisfied."

“…”

That's true. Why would Sadako call me?

Shizuku breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to hang up the phone, but she quickly thought about it.

"So do you have any amateur JC? JK is also OK, of course, it would be better if there is JS."

"...Guest, this is against the law."

That's such a pity.

In the end, Shizuku stayed alone in the cabin for a whole night. However, what made her even more unhappy was that the phone rang again early the next morning before she even got out of bed. Shizuku picked up the phone yawning, and soon the voice of Inspector Inudo was heard from the other end.

"Ms. Shizuku? Are you still there? How is the investigation going?"

"Oh, I'm still working on it, what's wrong?"

"Actually, I did some research last night and found out that the medical examiner had performed autopsies on the bodies yesterday afternoon. The results were quite surprising. Guess what they found on the bodies?"

"Hmm? What?"

"smallpox."

At this point, Inspector Inudo's tone suddenly became serious, and Shizuku shook her head before she reacted.

"Oh... so what?"

"So? This is a big deal! You should know what this means!"

Inspector Inudo's voice came from the other end of the microphone, and Shizuku couldn't help but move the microphone away from her ear. She certainly understood what Inspector Inudo meant. Smallpox was a very terrible disease, and it was also the culprit and demon that caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of people.

It was not until 1980 that the World Health Organization announced that humans had successfully eradicated smallpox, and smallpox became the first human infectious disease to be completely eradicated. In fact, after that, the smallpox virus was completely extinct, and it was only preserved in a very small number of biological laboratories.

However, now, the people who watched the videotape and died all had smallpox virus in their bodies, which means they were infected with smallpox, but the smallpox virus behaved differently from before. In the past, patients with smallpox would develop herpes, but these dead people had no abnormalities on their bodies. Not only that, according to the autopsy results, these people also died of sarcoma blockage in the heart arteries.

To describe it scientifically, this smallpox virus will not cause disease like before, but will lurk in the human body, and then after seven days will form a certain sarcoma that blocks the heart and blood vessels and causes death.

The smallpox virus that had been declared eradicated has reappeared, and is even causing consecutive deaths through some uncontrollable infection route. If this gets out... No wonder Inudo Ranko is so anxious and angry. I'm afraid that the politicians above are also scared to death at this moment.

"Will ghosts also use viruses to kill people?"

“That’s normal.”

Compared to Inudou Ranko, Shizuku seemed very calm.

"There are only a few ghosts who can kill people on their own. Most ghosts kill people with some special means, such as manipulating their brains, creating hallucinations for them, harassing them, and causing them to become mentally exhausted and collapse. Of course, using smallpox virus to kill people is not mainstream among ghosts, but it is not uncommon."

Like the ones in Himuro Residence, Minamigami Village and the House of the Sleeping Ghosts, although they are very scary, strictly speaking, their lethality to humans is extremely limited. Most of them invade the opponent's mind and make the opponent's mental defenses collapse, and very few of them go directly to kill people.

"We hope that you can find the source of the curse as soon as possible and seal or eliminate it. The Metropolitan Police Department is willing to provide all assistance."

"no problem."

Since she couldn't find the videotape here, Shizuku didn't bother to play it safe any longer.

"I want you to immediately investigate a woman named Takano Mai. She is a student of one of the victims, Takayama Ryuji. She should be a college student. Just tell me her address."

"Does she have that videotape?"

"almost."

According to the novel and the movie, Kono Mai got the videotape from Takayama Ryuji and watched it. The other tapes have been destroyed, and now only this tape can help them find Yamamura Sadako.

The police were very useful. When Shizuku finished breakfast and was about to leave, Takano Mai's address was sent to her. Then Shizuku drove directly to Takano Mai's residence and successfully got the videotape. Fortunately, judging from the situation in the room, Takano Mai did not seem to have time to watch the videotape. After all, according to the original story line, Takano Mai would watch the videotape and then give birth to Yamamura Sadako.

But now... this is obviously impossible.

After that, Shizuku took the videotape back to the office, and then she excitedly gathered everyone and said that they wanted to watch the videotape together.

At first everyone thought it was quite interesting, but after watching the video, they seemed quite disappointed.

"Can such a mess be considered a curse?"

Bonzo no Mist showed a disdainful expression. After all, she was a vampire, so she would definitely not die.

"I do feel a bit uncomfortable..."

Kurosawa Aiseno whispered softly, and Shiragiku shook his head beside him.

"This is nothing compared to the curse of Night Spring."

"I just feel a little uncomfortable... Sister Shizuku, will this evil spirit really come to us in seven days?"

"That's right."

In response to Hinasaki's crimson question, Shizuku nodded.

"So you all need to be prepared, don't miss the time on that day!"

Soon, seven days passed and it was night again.

A group of people sat on the sofa, curiously watching the turned-off TV. According to Shizuku, the ghost named Yamamura Sadako will appear tonight and come out to kill them.

"She'd better come soon!"

Bonfire Mist Branch gritted his teeth.

"I have a TV show to watch tonight! If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have agreed to watch that crappy videotape with you guys that day!"

“Ahahahahaha…”

Hearing the complaints from Kagami no Kirie, Hinasaki Shinku gave a bitter smile. Although she was somewhat uneasy inside, when she looked at the people around her, Hinasaki Shinku quickly calmed down and stared at the TV.

“Puff.”

Sure enough, almost at the same time as seven days ago when I finished watching the videotape, the TV that had been turned off suddenly turned on, and then there was a flash of snow. Then, an ancient well appeared on the TV screen.

“Here it comes!”

Seeing this, Shizuku quickly gestured to the others.

"Concentrate all your spiritual and demonic energy and hide behind, quickly!"

As she spoke, Shizuku waved to the others, and the girls hurriedly stood up, quietly stood against the wall, restrained their breath and hid aside - those here were either monsters or shrine maidens who had practiced for many years, and they must be proficient in this skill. Hinasaki Shinku didn't understand this, but with the amulet given by Shizuku, she was able to hide her breath.

Then Shizuku just stood there, staring at the TV curiously.

Then, everyone saw a woman in white clothes and long black hair climb out of the well with her head lowered, and then slowly walked towards the TV. Then she stretched out her hand, broke through the TV screen, and came to the real world...

That being said, what if the TV at home is very small?

Seeing Sadako stretching out two hands from the TV screen and crawling out, Shizuku seemed to be frightened on the surface, but in fact, she was thinking about completely different questions. When Fang Zheng was a child, his family still used black and white TV. The size of the TV screen at that time was almost the same as that of a tablet computer today. It was amazing to be able to stretch out an arm. What would Yamamura Sadako do if she encountered a TV with such a small screen?

It won't get stuck in there and be unable to get out.

That would be really interesting...

While Shizuku was thinking about these meaningless things, Sadako slowly crawled out of the TV screen, and then...

"I got you!!"

The next moment, accompanied by a cry, the Firewood Mist Branch descended from the sky, grabbed Sadako's arm and pressed her to the ground. At the same time, other girls also appeared.

"Quick, quick, block the TV, don't let her crawl back!"

"Catch her, be careful she runs away!!"

As Sadako appeared, the girls who were hiding nearby also rushed over. Sensing the power of them, Sadako's face suddenly changed and she turned around and wanted to escape. However, the firewood mist branch held her head and then pressed Sadako to the ground.

Then Shizumi Hisahisa and Yuki Onna appeared on both sides and subdued him.

Poor Sadako had never seen such a situation before. She struggled desperately to break free, but the power of the Kame no Mist Branch as a vampire was too much for a vengeful spirit like her to break free from.

Then Sadako raised her head again, and her eyes glared at the girls around her fiercely through the gaps in her hair, as if she wanted to kill them with her special ability... But to be honest, in terms of spiritual power alone, even if Yamamura Sadako turned into an evil ghost, she would still be the last among this group of people.

Not to mention Kurosawa Aise and Shiragiku, she could probably only compete with Hinasaki Shinku...

After that, Shizuku used Frostmourne to suck Sadako, who was subdued by the girls, into her body, which completely ended the trouble. In fact, the girls were also quite confused as to why Shizuku insisted on dragging them along to exorcise the evil spirit. In their opinion, the evil spirit was very weak, and most of them could easily deal with it, not to mention Shizuku.

Of course Shizuku wouldn't tell them that this was just a childhood memory...Anyway, watching Sadako crawl out of the TV was enough to make the viewing experience worthwhile.

Now that Sadako is in her hands, she is just waiting to see when Kayako will appear.