"Oh, Izumi, Yukari!"
Seeing the two girls before her, Shizuku broke into a delighted smile and hurriedly opened her arms to greet them.
"Welcome, welcome! Come on in, let's talk... Why didn't you call before coming over?"
The two girls were none other than Akazawa Izumi and Sakuragi Yukari. Back when Shizuku had gone to Yoru Kita Junior High School to investigate that "Final Destination" murder case, she had gotten along very well with them. She had even saved Sakuragi Yukari's life. At the time, the two of them had been in their final year of middle school and were about to move on to high school. When Shizuku had resolved the case and left Yoru Kita Junior High School, she had invited them to stay at her agency if they decided to attend high school in Tokyo.
After all, her house was huge, and her beds were huge too... There was more than enough room for a few girls to sleep there!
And now, they had really come. That made Shizuku very happy.
The more pretty, cute girls, the better.
"Still, I'm really surprised. I thought you were just saying it back then."
After bringing the two into the agency's reception room, Shizuku looked at Akazawa Izumi and sighed. She was not surprised that Sakuragi Yukari had come to Tokyo. Yukari's mother had died in a car accident because of the "curse," leaving her all alone. Besides, Yomi North was now a place filled with painful and terrifying memories for Sakuragi Yukari, so it was only natural that she would leave and come to Tokyo.
But Akazawa Izumi's arrival surprised Shizuku somewhat. Although Izumi had said she wanted to apply to a Tokyo high school back then, Shizuku had assumed she was merely talking. After all, Akazawa Izumi had