Suicide threat

" Hospital was reported to be cursed. We investigated the source but Gojo wanted his students to find out about the curse on their own. " Ichiji explained.

Ray looked through the document and nodded. " I see. So tell me about the situation we got. "

Ichiji grabbed his glasses and pulled it back. " The earlier report about the curse was the red writing which happened on the hospital wall. "

Maki tapped Ray's shoulder and pointed at the laptop. There was a picture of a painting beside the wall of the hospital.

It said, ' Die. '

" Are those blood? " Ray asked.

Ichji shook his head. " No. It is just a painting. "

" It won't be the start of the curse, right? Just a bunch of people being a massive dick. " Maki said.

" I wish it could be that simple but those kids were the start of the curse. They jumped off the roof. "

Ray frowned. The curse drove people to suicide. They must have been tormented by it.

" We will take a look at the hospital. " Ray said. " From there we will find out what the curse is. "

Ichiji panicked, " Gojo said you need to figure out the cause of the curse first. "

" Maki, you know this curse right? " Ray turned toward her. He had figured out a glimpse of the curse.

Maki nodded. " First, the curse started to move when the kids started to paint. They are more likely rebellious teenagers asking for attention. "

Then she turned around the laptop to Ichiji and pointed. " Here. You organized the document so there is no coincidence that the paper of a dead hospital board member was placed here. "

" I know how humans can be attached to things. And, surprisingly, that board member must cursed the whole hospital during his last breath. "

Ichiji nodded. " What you said is correct? It was as basic as that. "

" So why did the curse make the kids jump off the building? We had a lot of reports about suicide in the hospital as well. Ranging from doctors, and nurses to the simple janitor. They all wrote suicide notes before killing inside the hospital. "

Ray tapped the car and sighed. " Because of that, the curse will strengthen itself with this negative energy. Where is the seal? "

Ichiji sweats furiously. " That is. "

" Gojo must have broken that seal. " Ray said.

Maki glanced at him, her eyes screaming for an answer.

" Just a thought. He had been busy looking for a seal. "

' Maybe it is because of Rika. He is probably trying a way to seal that curse queen. ' Ray thought. ' And he had been studying about the seal. '

Ray sighed. " Let's go to the hospital. I don't want to go to the victim's house. "

Ichiji nodded and started the car, " All right. "

***

Ray and Maki stood in front of the hospital. It was not grand just a three stories building. This hospital probably evolved from a simple clinic.

He saw a yellow tape warped around the hospital. Police were guarding. Ichiji guided them, saying. " We evaluate the patient for you guys. I will be waiting here. Good luck. "

He began to chant the curtain.

 "Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure." 

Maki took off the cloak from the staff, revealing a red naginata cursed tool with gold ends and a pink cloth. She swung the staff a few times and nodded.

" I am ready. "

Ray nodded and glanced at the hospital. 'Immense cursed energy. But pure, unlike curses. '

His eyes went serious. ' It is a very good birthplace for a curse womb. '

He had a bad feeling about this place. It's like that child. But it was not as bad as that. He could simply walk away but Gojo would tease him.

He glanced at Maki. ' She doesn't want to back away from it. ' He scratched his head and prepared to warm up.

" I will take the lead. " Ray said.

Maki agreed. Her lack of cursed energy meant she relied on instinct to sense curses. She can see curses with glasses but what can it do to a curse which was blocked by a wall?

She needed to develop that instinct. That is what the mission is for her.

As they entered the hospital, the cursed energy got more intense. A little curse hanging on the door to many eyes peaking under the chairs.

" It hurt. Hurt... Hurt. "

A hand crawled toward them. Ray stopped but Maki continued walking. Another hand crawled as well.

Ray saw an eye sticking out from the palm. After a while about thirty hands crawling.

" Creepy. " Ray commented.

Maki swung her weapon beautifully. She effortlessly moved the staff while avoiding the wall. Every time she swung, the blade hit the curse, killing it effectively.

' Wow, in a tight space. '

She killed all the hands quickly. The Purple vaporized. "Come on. " She said.

Ray nodded.

***

Inside the dark room. A chain was warping around the ball of flesh.

It had a mouth.

" More. More. " The ball of flesh repeated the words.

Another wave of creepy sound came from the mouth. It was feeding on the suicidal feeling.

***

After moving around exorcising every curse they saw, they stooped in front of a vending machine. Maki was standing on the chair while Ray was picking up the food.

He threw a potato bag at her. " They sold your favourite food. "

Maki looked at the bag and sighed. " I don't have any appetite. "

Ray understand her feeling. They had been killing curses nonstop for an hour. And they got worse and worse. Becoming more creepy.

" But you should eat. " Ray advised. " We had been draining mental strength. I got a feeling that the curse is aiming for that. "

He opened the can of icy coffee. " Do you want some? "

Maki shook her head and opened the chip.

After resting for a moment, they started the exorcism.

Meanwhile, the flesh ball was getting stronger.