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Chapter 1404 The whole story (I prefer lying in bed to playing games recently)

The early spring sun was extremely dazzling. Shizuko Matsushita withdrew her gaze from the window, revealing a trace of annoyance. Through the window, she could hear the noise of students playing in the playground outside. In the past, Shizuko Matsushita would have thought that these students were very lively. But now, she felt a little annoyed. The screams and noises coming from the playground outside sounded like the buzzing of flies to Shizuko Matsushita, making her feel unbearable.

"call……………"

In order to calm her thoughts, Matsushita Shizuko forced herself to lower her head, then subconsciously reached into her bag and took out a thick, black-covered book. The cover seemed to be made of some unknown animal leather, with strange foreign letters engraved on it. Apart from that, the book had no logo and looked more like a notebook than a book.

Shizuko Matsushita reached out and touched the cover, feeling the rough and warm touch, and her original mood became much calmer.

"Mr. Matsushita."

"————!"

Hearing the sudden voice calling her name, Matsushita Shizuko was startled and quickly stuffed the book into the drawer, then stood up and saw a teacher looking at her curiously.

"what are you doing?"

"No, I...I'm just thinking about something. What's the matter?"

"The principal wants to see you and asks you to come over immediately."

"Okay, I know."

Matsushita Shizuko nodded, then she looked at the drawer reluctantly, and then left the office. Soon, with the ringing of the class bell, the teachers in the office also went to class, and there was no one in the whole office. After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"excuse me."

A girl wearing glasses walked in with a stack of homework in her hands.

"The teacher...isn't here?"

As she spoke, the girl with glasses walked to another teacher's desk next to Matsushita Shizuko with her homework in her arms and placed it there. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard a "click" sound from the side. When she turned around, she was surprised to find that the drawer of Matsushita Shizuko's desk was half opened, and inside, a classic book with a black cover was clearly visible.

"…………………"

At the first sight of the book, the girl with glasses seemed to be attracted by it. She stood there motionless, staring at the book in the drawer. The latter was like a magnet, firmly attracting the girl's eyes. After a moment, the girl hesitated, then she approached the drawer and reached out her hand...

"Wow."

Suddenly, the office door opened, and at the same time, a serious voice was heard.

"What are you doing!"

The girl with glasses turned around in surprise, only to see Matsushita Shizuko standing at the office door like an angry lioness, her eyes burning with anger, as if she had caught the murderer of her father and wanted to tear the person into pieces immediately.

"Yes, Mr. Ueda asked me to deliver the homework..."

The girl with glasses glanced at the book again reluctantly, then spoke.

"This is not a place for students to stay casually, leave immediately!!"

Facing Matsushita Shizuko's angry rebuke, the girl with glasses didn't say much, and hurriedly lowered her head and left the office quickly. Matsushita Shizuko stared at her intently, with an uncertain expression on her face. Finally, after the girl with glasses left, Matsushita Shizuko quickly returned to her seat, looking at the half-opened drawer, her face twisted and hideous.

“How dare you… How dare you… steal… damn thief…! You’re just a student, yet you actually want to steal the teacher’s things…!!”

In the office where she was the only one there, Shizuko Matsushita let out a low roar like a wounded beast.

"This is mine. I had a hard time getting it out of there. It belongs to me! No one can take it away from me!"

While muttering to herself, Matsushita Shizuko solemnly took out the book and put it back into her backpack. But soon, she couldn't let it go and took it out again, and put it on the table without opening it, just staring at the cover of the book with an obsessed smile.

In the next few days, Matsushita Shizuko kept this behavior. She always carried the book with her, and sometimes even skipped classes. After arriving at school, she sat in the office without moving, just staring at the book in her hand and stroking it tenderly.

"Mr. Matsushita, what's wrong with you?"

Finally, the Dean of Studies could no longer sit idly by and watch the situation.

"As a teacher, you actually took the lead in skipping classes! And this is not the first or second time! If you have any difficulties, you can tell us, right? But as a teacher, you come to school to teach!"

"…………………"

However, Shizuko Matsushita, who was sitting in her seat, turned a deaf ear to the dean's words and just stared at the book without saying a word.

"Hey! Did you hear me?!"

The dean could no longer bear it, he reached out and grabbed the book.

"What on earth are you doing? Why are you so obsessed with this book...?!"

“Wa ...

  Before the dean finished speaking, Matsushita Shizuko, who had been looking down blankly, suddenly jumped up like a madman, raised her hands and grabbed the dean's face like she was performing the Nine Yin White Bone Claws. Her long nails even pierced directly into the dean's cheek!

"Ahhh! What are you doing!"

"Give it back to me, you thief! It's mine! Mine!!"

"Woooaaa! What happened?"

"Mr. Matsushita, calm down!"

The sudden conflict startled the other teachers in the office, who hurried forward to pull the two apart. The dean's face was covered in blood and she was shaking. On the other side, Matsushita Shizuko was like an angry lion, baring her teeth and claws at the dean. Her hands were still waving forward like claws, and then she suddenly knocked over a cup of hot tea on the table next to her. The hot tea splashed out and directly splashed on Matsushita Shizuko's face.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The next moment, Shizuko Matsushita let out a scream as if she was burned by a branding iron, then her head tilted and she fainted.

"Now, what should we do now?"

"Go to the infirmary and call an ambulance!"

Soon, several burly male teachers came forward to support the dean of studies and carried the unconscious Matsushita Shizuko out of the office. Other teachers also left the office. Some said they were going to report to the principal, while others said they were going to comfort the students. Soon, the office was empty again. As for the black-covered book, it was kicked into the shadow under the desk next to it during the argument.

But not long after, the office door quietly opened, and then the girl with glasses walked in. The office was clearly a mess at the moment. But she seemed to be guided by something and walked straight to the desk, then squatted down and took the book out from under it. She carefully wiped the stains on it, and then turned around and ran out of the office.

Then, her figure disappeared from Duanmu Huai's eyes.

"I see."

Time in Duanmu Huai's eyes returned to the present. He narrowed his eyes and pointed at the table beside him.

Now everything is connected.

The first person to bring the book was Shizuko Matsushita. It was obvious that this was not an ordinary book, but probably some kind of cult book. From Shizuko Matsushita's strange reaction, it can be seen that she was obviously attracted by the cult book. But it was not only her who was attracted by the cult book, but also the literary girl. The latter had obviously been looking for an opportunity to take the cult book from Shizuko Matsushita since then, but Shizuko Matsushita kept a close eye on the cult book, so she failed to succeed.

What happened next was just the information Duanmu Huai got from the flashbacks of his cell phone and desk, but it should be like this: Matsushita Shizuko and the dean had a conflict, and then both were sent to the infirmary. The teachers also went to deal with the aftermath, and the literary girl probably heard about the situation from a classmate, and found out that Matsushita Shizuko was not there, so she thought it was a good opportunity, so she came to the office and took the evil book.

Then use it to summon the spirit of the star... Well, if that's the case, then the almost obsessive-compulsive behavior of the literary girl can be understood. Maybe at that time she was completely controlled by the cult, so she chose to summon monsters. Unfortunately, in the past flashbacks, Duanmu Huai couldn't throw an appraisal to the other party, but from the cause and effect, the mental pollution of these two people is already quite obvious.

And according to the testimony of the apartment manager, the physical education teacher was fine before, and he became like this after he returned to his hometown a year ago.

Then the book might have been brought back by Ms. Matsushita from her hometown.

  It is certainly understandable that the literary girl has been eaten by the star spirit, but why did Shizuko Matsushita die?

If it was suicide, it is understandable, but according to Duanmu Huai, it was not suicide. In other words, is there any connection between that book and the thing that ran out of Matsushita Shizuko's body?

But why did the book self-destruct?

Only a charred image was left on the ceiling of the air-raid shelter, but Duanmu Huai didn't remember seeing when the book was burned.

But Duanmu Huai has already made his decision.

"After the holiday, I will go to Yangchen Town."

After returning home, Duanmu Huai spoke to others.

"Hey? Are you going alone, brother?"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's answer, Sha Jiuye seemed a little surprised.

"That's right, the Golden Week is coming soon, you guys can relax a bit, I'll take this opportunity to go over there and take a look."

“But… you’re really not bringing other people? For example, Yotsuya-san and Mian-nin-senpai…”

"Do not."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"The situation this time might be a little dangerous. Bringing extra people will only cause more trouble, so I will go alone."

Actually, Duanmu Huai didn't tell the truth. Strictly speaking, he didn't go there to investigate. If he was going to investigate, Duanmu Huai would definitely bring Sakuya and Yotsuya Miko, and probably also Nenme Sanatori. I'm afraid that only Shionji Yuko, the otaku, would never go out.

But Duanmuhuai didn't do that.

Because strictly speaking, he was not going there for an investigation. In fact, Duanmu Huai was planning to go there to take a look, and then... issue an extermination order for that place depending on the situation.

Although there were no warships, this was not a big problem for Duanmu Huai. It was like a manual extermination order, except that there were additional tasks of kicking doors and burning houses.

For the girls in this world, this scene is still too exciting. Duanmu Huai can kill the residents of the entire town without changing his expression, but it does not mean that other people have such psychological quality. After all, Duanmu Huai is an inquisitor, and it is his job to eliminate heretics and cultists. He has long been accustomed to it.

But other people obviously don't have this mentality.

Maybe Nemu-satori is an exception.

Although there is also a method of using shadows to copy and print to replace local residents, as in March City before, Duanmu Huai feels that his actions should be more radical. If the place called Yangchen Town is related to the Cult of the Light of the Universe, then perhaps he should let the Cult of the Light of the Universe know how powerful he is.

After all, as an inquisitor, it doesn't seem right to always chase after others.

So Duanmu Huai decided to go to Yangchen Town alone. Once he found the connection between that place and the Church of the Light of the Universe, he would not hesitate to issue an extermination order there—a manual version.

"But……………"

"Do not worry."

Seeing that Sha Jiuye wanted to say something, Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"It'll be fine. So what are you planning to do during the Golden Week?"

"Hey? Mika invited me to go to the beach, and I wanted to ask my brother to come along..."

"I'll forget it. Go and have fun. Do you still have any concerns?"

"If I leave Youzi here alone, she will starve to death..."

I have to say that Sakuya's worry is quite realistic.

"Then take her with you. If she refuses to go, drag her along."

Duanmu Huai gave a decisive answer.

"I don't want to come back and find dead bodies starved to death in the office."

"Um... okay, I plan to go out with Youzi too."

Sakuya also seemed to feel that he had to put Youzi where he could see her. After all, the girl's ability to take care of herself was extremely poor.

"Mimi will go with you too, right?"

"Of course, Mimi is so cute and obedient, I must take her along."

As he spoke, Sakioye picked up the red panda at his feet and hugged it, and the red panda also stretched out its paws, hugged Sakioye and let out a soft cry.

"Then it's decided."

Duanmu Huai also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Sha Jiuye's answer.

I hope I can gain something from this time.