Japan's Top Medium vs. Kayako: The Medium Sisters

Perhaps the only way to truly kill Kayako was to exhaust the grudge that sustained her.

But no one knew how long that curse had endured. Kayako's mother had been an exorcist back in the last century.

She had deliberately hidden her history, and even Kotoko Higa couldn't uncover it.

Kotoko realized something troubling.

The more powerful supernatural horrors all seemed to be legacies of the last century.

Makoto Higa believed her sister without question.

The sisters had dared to take on this case because they'd seen on a forum that a group of exorcists was coming. However strong the Vengeful Spirit was, surely she couldn't survive being surrounded by so many of them.

Reality, though, had a way of defying expectations...

Exorcists from around the world were being hunted down by Kayako. The Vengeful Spirit was powerful, yes, but the exorcists from other countries were also useless.

"Sister, looks like you'll have to call yourself the world's top medium from now on. These people are hopeless."

Kotoko thought little of them too, but she wasn't arrogant enough to declare herself the best in the world.

"There are strong ones among them. If they worked together, even Kayako couldn't do much against them. But..."

Makoto knew what her sister meant. These people weren't even from the same country.

They'd come for money and resources. Of course they schemed against one another.

Every one of them wanted to hang back and reap the rewards.

None had expected Kayako to be vicious enough to hunt them down wherever they went.

"Sister, what do we do now?"

"Take Toshio and leave."

Kotoko held a cage containing a black cat—another of Toshio's forms.

Catching Toshio had taken the sisters some time.

He was remarkably good at playing hide-and-seek. Fortunately, by touching objects or locations,