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Yang Tao reopened the wooden door to the Overworld and said to Oishi Tomoko behind the door, "Come on over..."
Fear resurfaced on Oishi Tomoko's face. Yang Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, you'll be fine with me here."
Perhaps Yang Tao's words gave Oishi Tomoko a glimmer of hope. She cautiously stepped into the room from outside the door.
She returned to the room and reached out to grab Yang Tao's arm. Elisa was about to speak, but her gaze quickly shifted towards the door.
"Tomoko! Are you alright?"
Footsteps ascending the stairs were heard from outside. It was Yami, Tomoko's classmate, who spoke. She had heard Tomoko's scream from outside while she was in the restroom, and by the time she ran out, Tomoko was no longer in the living room.
"Tomoko, you're in..."
The bedroom door opened, and Yami's mind was momentarily bewildered when she saw the three people in the bedroom.
Especially Tomoko, holding Yang Tao's arm, looking so pitiable, brought many inexplicable words to her mind.
"Uh... I'm sorry, Tomoko, I suddenly remembered I left the gas on at home. I'll head back first..."
Bah, I treated you as my friend, but you're making me a part of your 'play'.
With a slight blush, Yami prepared to leave directly.
Tomoko snapped back to reality and immediately ran over to grab Yami's arm, saying, "Don't... Yami, don't go."
"No! I have to go, if I stay, you'll corrupt me!"
The two were talking at cross-purposes but surprisingly in sync. However, Yang Tao and Elisa paid no attention to the conversation between the two girls, instead looking together behind them.
Sadako, who had originally left, sensed Tomoko's presence and returned to Tomoko's home.
A faint, ethereal eye peered through her dense long hair, staring intently at Tomoko, who was pulling at Yami.
As the saying goes, 'The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.'
Behind Sadako, some inexplicable ashes appeared out of thin air, silently assembling into Tri-bro's sturdy body. The nearly double height difference made the originally terrifying Sadako appear so frail and powerless.
Yang Tao stepped forward, grabbed the arms of the two girls, and pulled them into the room. Yami, who had been determined to escape the 'play,' immediately showed a resigned expression and said to Tomoko, "you are my best friend..."
"Pat!" Yang Tao slapped the girl on the head and said, "Don't read all sorts of nonsense at such a young age."
"Tomoko was cursed because of that videotape. If I hadn't come, your good friend Tomoko would have been completely dead."
As he spoke, Yang Tao pointed his finger towards the hallway outside the bedroom door.
"Sadako is outside. You can see for yourselves..."
The two looked towards the door upon hearing his words, and then...
A piercing scream erupted. Yami was even more timid than Tomoko. After a single scream, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted directly. At this moment, the electric light in the room suddenly emitted a crackling sound, and with a bang, the light bulb went out due to unstable voltage.
Perhaps the effect of the Almond water had not yet worn off, as Tomoko did not faint like Yami. She looked at Sadako and Tri-bro behind Sadako, stammering, "What... what's behind that... that female ghost?"
Although Tri-bro's abs were very attractive, his three-meter height, coupled with that triangular metal head, made him look even more intimidating than Sadako.
"You can just call him Tri-bro."
Sadako outside the door remained unmoved by Tomoko's words, still staring intently at Tomoko.
How could there be someone behind her? It was just a human trick.
But the next moment, a hand larger than her head, with a loud smack, grabbed her head and lifted her off the ground.
Yang Tao walked out of the bedroom, then showed a meaningful smile, closed the bedroom door, and instructed, "you two rest in the room for a bit. I'm going out to exorcise a demon."
The door closed with a click.
Soon, Yang Tao's voice from outside drifted into the bedroom: "Tri-bro, the hallway is too small to maneuver. There's another bedroom here. Let's go in there..."
Tomoko heard the opening and closing of doors again.
Then came a series of shrill screams, along with faintly audible talking and sounds of beating.
"So you're Sadako?"
"You like crawling out of TVs, do you!!"
"Lift your hair, I said lift your hair!"
After about five or six minutes, Yang Tao pushed open the door and returned to Tomoko's bedroom.
"Whew, it's fine for now."
Elisa then calmly said, "This is just a special clone. Her main body is not here, but I can find her main body based on her energy."
"Hmm, her main body should be in a well on the Izu Peninsula. By the way, is her power useful to you?"
Yang Tao was very curious if Elisa could absorb Sadako's avatars. If so, he had a bold and crazy idea.
"Yes, but the clone contains very little resentment..."
Yang Tao nodded slightly. This was normal. In reality, apart from Sadako's main body, other Sadako avatars mostly killed by scaring people. If it were like Tri-bro, killing people wouldn't be so troublesome; one strike would split a person in half from head to toe.
"It looks like we need to go to the Izu Peninsula. I heard the scenery there is nice, and it would be a good trip to combine with sightseeing."
What Yang Tao was thinking about was a seafood feast. In this era, the seas around Japan had not yet been affected by nuclear water, so there shouldn't be any mutated seafood.
He looked at Tomoko and asked, "Are you coming? You should have heard what I just said. Sadako's main body hasn't been killed, and I'm not sure if she'll come after you again."
Tomoko looked at Yang Tao with some fear and nodded, saying, "I... I'll go. I know where that videotape is."
She was only eighteen and hadn't enjoyed life yet; she didn't want to die like this. At this moment, she suddenly remembered the other three people who had watched the video with her.
"I... I also have three classmates who watched the videotape. They..."
Yang Tao could tell that the young girl wanted him to save her three classmates, but unfortunately...
"Don't worry about those three. If I'm not mistaken, they're already dead."
The four of them watched that 'Cursed Videotape' together. So, if Tomoko encountered Sadako now, the remaining three would naturally not escape.
Their luck wasn't as good as Tomoko's in meeting him.
Upon hearing his words, Tomoko showed an incredulous expression, covered her mouth with her hand, and tears immediately streamed down her face.
"How... how is that possible?"
"Heh heh, curiosity killed the cat. All four of you heard the rumors about that videotape. Since you did it, you have to bear the consequences."
80% of the character deaths in horror movies are due to curiosity and stupidity.
"Wake up your classmate. We'll leave tonight. Maybe we can still see the sunrise on the beach tomorrow morning."
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