1

"Hey! I need answers,my daughter is dead,what happened to her?"

Shouts as she falls down to the ground, begging the pathologist to tell her the truth.

"I'm so sorry, ma'am but this case seems to be stranger than I have ever imagined it would be,I have never seen such case. Your daughter has died because of some injuries on her body but the injuries we saw earlier suddenly disappeared which was also the reason I had to perform the autopsy. No disease was found but on her heart and lung I saw a greenish colour,sticky mucus on the heart and lung and in just 5 seconds it turned black. I suggest you talk with the paramedics,maybe they can tell you more about your daughters state while she was in the ambulance but by their words she was already dead,her chest being of a purplish colour but as soon as they came to bring her body to me it was all black. Everything results in black could it be that she was in any way assaulted?"

Asks the pathologist as he stares at the crying woman.

"I know that she wasn't, I'm her mother! If I don't know, who else is supposed to? She didn't have any affairs with anyone and she was always the calm type of girl. I don't remember any detail about her upsetting someone and I also don't believe she would let her guard down in front of her abuser."

"Then could it be that she looked at something strange before her death?"

"Well,if I think of it I know it might sound childish. She looked at a photo of a girl full of blood. It also had this strange phrase on it. In fact let me show you."

She searches desperately through her pockets until she found the photo.

"Last time."

"Miss, please tell me you are joking,there is no way a photo would kill your daughter,it isn't even that creepy at least not by it's looks. It is psychologically disturbing but not as much as to kill a woman neither to kill a man. I'm just going to throw this away since I think it brings you lots of discomfort."

Announces as he practically snatches it from her and leaves.

"A photo that can kill... bullshit! Total bullshit. I don't believe in this as a pathologist I'm not going to ever believe this. A photo can't fight years of studying."

A noise was heard from the bathroom.

"Is somebody here?"

No response. I say as I walk to the bathroom,lots of blood was on the ground while I hear a strange noise then a voice embraces my ears: One month. I give you one month to show me how much you believe in your claims. If you don't believe the voice you're hearing then good for you.

"Quit playing around! Who are you? You sick fuck,when I'll find you you'll be dead meat."

How can you kill something that's already dead?

"What? I ask as the voice disappears leaving me in a total confusion. Bullshit! I think as I throw myself on the chair. One month,she says...then I'll make sure that if someone is really behind all of this,they will suffer."

*One month later*

"Auntie!"

Yes,Izumi,do you need something?

"Look at this, doesn't that man look familiar."

Pathologist,found dead in his apartment. Yes I do recognize him but I don't think you should watch something so brutal and misterios.

"I'm gonna go and play with Aki!"

Okay.

What could have happened to him?

My phone suddenly rings as I receive a call from Kyoto's friend.

"Hello, Suzuki. Did you hear about what happened?"

Yes,my niece asked me if I recognize the pathologist from the TV and when I looked it was a photo of his corpse.

"I wanted to announce that you are invited to the funeral,but I suggest you prepare yourself mentally because there is something off about his face and body. It looks all bruised now and something greenish came out of his neck..." Says as he swallows some extra words,I quickly ask in a suspicious tone.

How do you know?

"Well please don't bring the police into this but I was there when he died and now I'm here in his apartment this is why I sound like I'm whispering.

I was there,I saw all of the process. First he started talking,alone he said things like: You are not real,you are not gonna kill me and you aren't going to do anything you sick fuck. Then he picked something from his drawer,a photo and tore it apart as he did that. Magically,it remade itself and he fell on the ground,his face was petrified and his lips were bruised,as I was trying to perform CPR I noticed bruises on the chest and abdomen and a the face of a bloody girl popped up in my mind as soon as I touched it. I panicked and as his body began to frozen up I ran. Apparently his wife called the police. She found his and now she's uncontrollably crying and shouting so if you have heard murmuring it's because of her."

That's awful I will make sure to come but an additional question,can I bring my niece? She doesn't have a person to stay with since her mom is in South Korea with business and his dad always works. She has to stay with me all day and I can't get her out of my sight. I promise she will be respectful and that she will not be a bother to Kyoto's family.

"Of course,after all I'm also bringing my son to the funeral. We can keep the kids in one of the rooms,in his daughters room. Maybe they will befriend eachother and become a good trio. His wife made this suggestion."

Sounds good,when is the funeral.

"Tomorrow at 5 PM. The date was mostly recommended by the doctors since he's decaying faster than normal."

I understand. I'm going to end the call here,see you tomorrow!

"See you!"

Is all I hear before Aki and Izumi come to me and laugh.

Hey kids,why are you laughing?

"Nanako fell!"

Nanako? Who is Nanako?

"Don't you see her? She's that woman next to you!"

States Aki.

There is no one next to me.

"I need to go home." Says Aki in quite a serious tone.

Okay, do you want me to accompany you?

"No."

Bye then, Izumi, let's go upstairs I need to tell you something important.

"Okay, auntie!"

So,you asked me if I know the dead pathologist..Yes I do, he was my best friend in middle school and we kept contact and since we were best friends his friend invited me to his funeral and I need to go with you,but please don't make a fuss,you are going to stay in his daughters room with her and another child and you three can possibly befriend eachother.

I need you to stay focused on not being disrespectful. Can you do that for me?

"Sure!"

I wonder what photo can be so magical that it suddenly remakes itself? I wonder if it contained some kind of poison an elderly would be the author of or if it was surrounded by some kind of abnormal power.

I need to find the photo or at least analyse it so that I can notice if there are strange signs.

As I think about this,the kids were talking about Nanako, who is Nanako?

Maybe I should go to Izumi's room.

As I walk to her room I began to fill uneasy as strange noises were making their appearance.

Izumi,are you here? Izumi?

I shout as I control the wardrobe in her room.

What the hell? A huge strand of brown hair was taken from it. It is impossible that it was Izumi's since she doesn't have long hair she has it medium length.

This is surely strange.