Suzuki Sonoko had no idea about Mouri Ran's worries. This righteous high school girl clenched her fist. "Let's take Teacher Jodie out for Japanese food again tomorrow! She won't be able to get such authentic Japanese cuisine after she goes back home."
Mouri Ran hesitated. She wanted to object, but on second thought, if Teacher Jodie was actually innocent, then Sonoko's suggestion did make sense.
Hopefully, this was all some misunderstanding...
Thinking Like This, Mouri Ran nodded in agreement. "Tomorrow's Monday, so we can ask her during the break."
The next day.
In an Apartment newly rented by a foreign teacher.
Jodie had felt uneasy from the moment she woke up, as though something bad was about to happen.
More precisely, she had not slept well last night. When she had a nightmare in the middle of the night, she had even dreamed of a huge black-and-white cat pressed against her bedroom window, staring at her eerily through the glass.
Jodie had jolted awake in the middle of the night, stared at the ceiling, and muttered a few curses about Uzo and his elusive cat. Only then had she wrapped herself more tightly in the blankets and gone back to sleep.
But forcing herself through the rest of the night had clearly done little to restore her energy. Not long after arriving at the office, Jodie began to feel drowsy.
In her haze, she dreamed of that night she would never forget for the rest of her life.
Twenty years ago, Jodie had only been an innocent, naive elementary school student. One night, she woke up for no apparent reason and carried her Cloth Doll to find her father, only to see him lying motionless on the floor. Beside him stood a beautiful woman dressed all in black.
Hearing