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19th of April.

lt could be pneumothorax attack!

Koichi!

Move him over there!

2 3

Please change your mask!

Transmit 10 liters oxygen!

Prepare the ECG monitor!

I had a strange dream. . .

. . .after I was put to sleep under general anaesthetic.

An unknown girl led me to a hill and. . .

. . . I was welcomed by my long gone mother. . .

. . .who only existed in the photo.

Mother.

This dream could be an omen of nightmares. . .

. . . I'm going to experience in my new school.

Another

Your last pneumothorax attack was about a year ago, right?

Well.

Your recovery is going well. Stay 10 days more for observation.

Okay.

Thank you.

Jeez! You just came here and you're hospitalized.

Poor you.

Any wards at basement?

Mortuary

6th of May

It is prohibited to enter the abandoned schoolhouse there.

Understand.

We have a new student today, this is Sakakibara-kun.

Please introduce yourself.

I'm Koichi Sakakibara. l'll be part of 3rd Year, 3rd Class from today onwards.

I am transferred here from Tokyo. . .

. . . because my father has to go to work in India for one year.

I'll be staying with my grandma during this period.

Actually my admission was in April but I was hospitalized. . .

Sakakibara-kun?

Well, thanks for the flowers from you guys.

Please take care of me.

That side is your seat, Sakakibara.

Alright.

Everyone please introduce yourself accordingly.

Please wipe the blackboard, Akazawa.

Here.

The duty roster is arranged according to the name order.

You're in second group, Sakakibara.

This week you should take care of hygiene in the classroom.

The seating plan is arranged like this too.

Hi, I'm Teshigawara Naoya.

Is the examination very hard in middle school at Tokyo?

I'm not sure, I came from a private middle school.

You must be very smart.

I'm just average.

So, smarty.

Do you believe in souls and spirits?

Also supernatural phenomena and Nostradamus such things?

I don't believe in these things.

About that girl who is sitting at the back seat. . .

That seat is empty.

We'll bring you visit around later.

Okay.

Am I the only one who can see it?

Or this is the continuation of my dream?

Aunt Reiko!

I'm home.

Time really flies. It's been 1 5 years since sister passed away.

Yes.

I never thought Sakakibara will become my student.

What?

I'm your homeroom teacher.

Do you like it or not?

I don't mind at all.

Alright.

Do you want me, the graduate to tell you. . .

. . .the four precautions of Yomiyama North Middle School?

Four precautions?

Various rumors of school often happen.

First precaution.

If you hear a crow at the rooftop,

you must take your left step first when you leave.

I heard of that too when I was young.

Second, 3rd Grade student cannot tumble at the ramp outside the back gate.

You as a teacher believe in that too, Reiko?

I'm giving you suggestion as a graduate, not a teacher.

Do you still want to hear the other two?

Time to eat!

Yes.

Tell me about it.

Third, you must obey the class rules.

And you must make a clear separation between school and home lives.

Yellow tail teriyaki.

It is bad for being opinionated too.

What?

Yes.

I don't like pumpkin.

Don't be picky.

Okay.

I tumbled at the ramp outside the back gate.

You'll be very bad luck.

Because of the second precaution?

Yes. 3rd Grade student cannot tumble at the ramp outside the back gate.

You already know it, right?

Is that girl from our class?

Look, she's at the rooftop.

Nobody's there.

Strange, she was there just now.

We met in the elevator at the hospital, right?

May I know your name, Misaki?

Mei.

How to write it?

M.e.i.

Mei.

Be careful. It may have begun.

Your checkup result has no problem.

When will you feel painful?

Let me think.

I'm not so sure.

Creepy.

What?

That librarian.

I heard he was Misaki's class teacher long time ago.

Who is Misaki?

Mochizuki.

What?

The bell is going to ring.

I forgot about something. Sorry, you guys go first.

What are you doing?

Recess time has ended.

I'm sorry.

We should have let you know earlier.

Don't ask any question. I hope you can just listen to me.

Twenty-six years ago today,

a student named Misaki had died.

Misaki?!

I heard that she got along very well with people.

It happened in year 1 972.

Her friends in 3rd Grade, 3rd Year of Yomiyama North Middle School. . .

. . .was very sad.

She couldn't accept her death.

she pretended that she was still alive.

Let's eat, Misaki.

I'll sit beside Misaki.

Let's eat, everyone.

So hungry.

I'll eat now.

Please take care of Misaki, everyone.

Okay.

It continued until they graduated.

Please help us to take a photo, Teacher.

Let's take photo.

Okay.

How about Misaki?

We're going to graduate, never mind her.

You're right. Let's take photo.

Alright, smile.

Ready, cheese.

Done.

Thank you, Teacher.

Give us the photo.

Okay.

That girl who called Misaki,

the incident twenty-six years ago still continues today.

Sakakibara!

Sakakibara!

Hey, Sakakibara!

Be careful.

Are you okay?

Sakakibara.

It may have begun.

I already cannot believe in what I've seen.

Mizuno-san.

You're sick again?

Yes.

Well, do you believe in spirits?

Why are you asking?

I'm just wondering.

Before my admission during April,

was there a girl passed away in this hospital?

Why do you want to know about this?

Perhaps it's just my illusion.

You like this too?

It's you.

Why are you here?

Your eyes. . .

Same as them.

What?

The eyes of a doll?

Who are you actually?

Are you from 3rd Grade?

Didn't I've told you, Sakakibara.

That seat is empty.

Stop talking to the non-existing person.

Otherwise, the consequences will be dreadful to contemplate.

The non-existing person?

You'll die if you keep talking to the non-existing person.

Die?

What has happened to the incident twenty-six years ago now?

What is going on?

What's wrong?

Aunt Reiko.