When Fang Zheng emerged with Sora, the situation around them had grown even more complicated. While the two of them had been "resting," this place had drawn in quite a few more victims.
What else could Fang Zheng say about that?
He could only take them along.
"Are we really going to look for that terrifying ghost?"
Following behind Fang Zheng and Sora, a curly-haired girl with a pink hair clip asked uneasily. Fang Zheng silently turned around and glanced at her.
"What else? Are you planning to live here for the rest of your life?"
"Of course not..."
The curly-haired girl was Yamamoto Mizuki, a second-year student at Byakudan High School and another victim who had been dragged into Tenjin Elementary School. Earlier, she and her companions had been attacked by that enormous monster. Yamamoto Mizuki had narrowly escaped, then encountered Fang Zheng and Sora on the first floor after they had just left the infirmary.
After hearing that the two of them intended to find the mastermind behind Tenjin Elementary School and put an end to all this, she had followed them despite her fear.
"But really... do we have to let her follow us?"
At that moment, a ponytailed girl beside Yamamoto Mizuki, who looked rather strong-willed, complained in dissatisfaction. She was Mizuki's classmate, Kirisaki Touko. She had been the one who led Mizuki away from the enormous monster's attack earlier. However, Kirisaki Touko's expression was clearly uncomfortable now. She secretly looked behind them and saw a girl in a black sailor uniform with long, straight black hair following the four of them from a short distance away, neither too close nor too far.
Unlike the others, though, this girl's eyes were vacant, making her look like a puppet with no sense of self. Not only that,