The bloodstained smile made my heart clench.
I felt like I was suffocating. My consciousness drifted away, and all I could hear was my own labored breathing and pounding heartbeat.
The terror was so overwhelming that I couldn't even feel afraid.
The woman before me suddenly changed her appearance, becoming a girl who raised a knife at me.
The knife came down. A sharp pain cut through my neck, and blood blurred my vision.
Ah...
It wasn't her...
That's right. She hadn't come with me this time.
I'd rushed here overnight, arrived at the school at dawn, climbed over the wall, and investigated all the way until...
Thwack!
Another slash came down.
I couldn't react at all. Blood kept gushing from my neck.
My head hit the ground, but I felt a sense of relief.
There was regret, gratitude, and a feeling of lightness. The last one was strongest.
I saw the girl crouch down and take something from my hand.
She made a point of showing it to me.
A ring...
My wedding ring!
I saw her face changing.
My heart, still bleeding, seemed to beat strongly again.
She was turning into me...
What was she planning to do?
My terror rose again.
I saw her smile with my face.
No, no...
A flood of intense emotions surged through me.
I felt dizzy.
My body suddenly floated upward.
I looked down at the girl from above the room.
Unhurriedly, she dismembered my corpse, ground it all up, and flushed it down the toilet.
Then she took a rag and a mop and cleaned up the bloody scene.
When she was done, she looked at me and said in my face and voice, "I'm going home."
She was going to my home!
I was furious and frantic. I wanted to