"Tomie Kawakami, seventeen years old, attends Fujimigaoka High School in Tokyo."
"Tomie's father is named Tsubasa Kawakami, a graduate of Japan Medical University, and is currently the director of a private hospital in Tokyo."
"Tomie's mother is named Yu Kawakami, and she passed away not long after Tomie was born."
"Tsubasa Kawakami deeply loved his deceased wife. In the more than ten years that Tomie grew up, he did not remarry and raised Tomie alone."
At a hotel in Hakodate, Momiji was already sound asleep on the bed.
Toru sat in front of his computer, communicating with Curacao by typing.
As Rum's most capable assistant in the Black Organization, Curacao was shrewd and competent. Tomie Kawakami was not a major figure, so her and her family's information was very easy to find.
After a detailed investigation, Curacao sent the specific information to Toru and personally explained it to him.
"Boss, when I was carrying out missions for Rum, I encountered some strange incidents, but these incidents did not cause much impact. However, they also proved that some extraordinary abilities exist in this world."
"Regarding Tomie Kawakami, I suspect she is similar to some strange incidents I encountered in the past. Therefore, when investigating her information, I also conducted a more detailed search in this area."
Curacao worked efficiently and cleanly. Without Toru having to make any requests, she perfectly completed everything she could do.
"Before Tomie Kawakami displayed her strange abilities, she was just an ordinary person. Aside from her astonishing beauty, her past life history was nothing special."
"Her academic performance was average. Since junior high school, she had received countless confessions from male classmates, but she rejected all of them."
"Based on the known information, she has not been in a relationship with a boyfriend."
"According to the investigation, although Tomie Kawakami's father is a doctor and her family is a typical middle-class family, Tomie Kawakami's life was not well-off. Her father did not provide her with much material assistance."
"However, starting about half a year ago, Tomie Kawakami's life underwent dramatic changes. She began to often carry luxury brand handbags, and her clothes were replaced with expensive luxury brand items."
"A high school girl with no income suddenly becoming wealthy easily leads one to suspect whether she has done something illegal."
"But according to my investigation, Tomie Kawakami has not engaged in compensated dating. All her money comes from men's generosity."
"Therefore, I conclude that her special ability should have appeared only half a year ago, and Tomie Kawakami herself knows about it and even uses this ability to change her life."
Curacao reported the situation to Toru in her cold yet gentle tone.
This gentleness was only displayed when she was facing Toru.
"Well done, Curacao. Your investigation is very important."
Toru frowned in thought.
Although he had the System since childhood and used the System's ability to strengthen himself, while also gaining the affection of many women.
It was not until Vermouth completely fell in love with him that the System was truly activated.
And based on experiments and results, Toru determined that the key to using this System was for female protagonists related to the plot to develop feelings for him.
It was also at that time that Toru activated his occult abilities.
However, this ability did not manifest specifically on Toru's body. At the very least, Toru did not possess any superpowers.
"The timing is a bit too coincidental. The time when Tomie awakened her abilities is very close to the time when my System was fully activated."
"Could there actually be some connection?"
While thinking, Toru continued to look through the information sent by Curacao.
"Boss, Tsubasa Kawakami was born in a rural village on Kyushu Island. That village is called Kawakami Village, and most of the people in the village have the surname Kawakami."
"I had someone investigate the libraries in the Kyushu region. This village was founded three hundred years ago, and there is a legend in the village."
"The legend says that three hundred years ago, a person with the surname Kawakami, whose given name is unknown, came deep into the mountains of Kyushu. He encountered a god in the mountains and coincidentally helped that god."
"In return, the god gave him blood, which is said to have the ability to resurrect the dead."
"Kawakami's wife died an unnatural death, and in his grief, he used the blood granted by the god. His wife was indeed resurrected as the god said."
"The miracle of resurrection allowed Kawakami and his resurrected wife to settle deep in the mountains, worshiping that god and establishing the original Kawakami Village."
Curacao's investigation was very detailed, telling Toru a story from Kawakami Village.
"Does this village perhaps perform some strange ritual every certain number of years?"
Toru raised an eyebrow and asked.
Isn't that the usual setup for strange stories in rural Japan?
However, Curacao said, "Kawakami Village does not have similar customs or rituals. The Kyushu region has very detailed records of this village."
"Kawakami Village has always been a very normal village in the past. In fact, because it was located deep in the mountains, during times of war, many people went there to avoid the fighting."
"And in the records, this village has not experienced any strange incidents or accidental deaths. The local government in Kyushu also has detailed proof of this village's past tax payments."
Toru tapped his fingers on the table.
Well, he thought there would be some supernatural incidents in that village, but there weren't any?
"What is the specific location of this village?" Toru asked.
"Twenty years ago, this village was abandoned. There were not many villagers left, and due to aging, there were almost no young people in the village."
"The local government in Kyushu finally decided to abandon the village and let the elderly there go live in the city."
"However, one point is very important. Tsubasa Kawakami's deceased father was the last village chief of this village and a descendant of the Kawakami who founded the village."
Curacao's investigation report made Toru close his eyes and ponder.
He carefully recalled that in the story of Tomie, there was no introduction to Tomie's abilities or family.
But in this reality, Tomie could not be of unknown origin.
Her abilities were very likely related to that legend of resurrection, or rather, very likely related to her father.
"By the way, Boss, there is another piece of information that might be useful."
"According to hospital records, when Tomie's mother was pregnant, she should have given birth to twins, but Tomie's sister was a stillborn baby at birth. I don't know if this is related to Tomie's abilities."
Curacao then said in a low voice, "...Tomie's abilities are a bit strange. I do not recommend that you have any contact with her."
Toru sighed softly. "I don't want to have contact with her either, but you said she is interested in me."
"I'll deal with it when it comes. I can't hide forever. Some things must be faced directly."
Tomie Kawakami, alas, what a troublesome woman.
These supernatural things were what gave Toru the biggest headache.
Can I hand Tomie over to Kayako to deal with?
In the movie, Kayako fought Sadako. Can we let Kayako also fight Tomie?
(To be continued.)