"You watched it the day before Mai was able to watch it as well." John looked at Yasuhara's expression, it was something that he was not proud of and it was something that he regretted the most. "Yasuhara, how did it happen? How did you have the DVD?" Masako slightly leaned back on her seat.

Yasuhara felt the need to tell everyone exactly what happened the day that Mai was discharged from the hospital. He observed everyone's expression before finally saying his statements.

"While Mai was in the hospital, Lin brought her bag pack from the crime scene in Masami Ito's house. It was already night time and Lin might have forgotten to bring the bag with him. So I took the liberty of taking it. When I pulled it up, the DVD dropped to the floor." Yasuhara paused for a while as he tried to recollect what led him to put it in the DVD player.

"I froze for a while and I couldn't move. It was as if my body was being controlled by a foreign entity. I could feel my body reaching for the DVD. I approached the DVD player with stiffness and I kept on screaming to myself to stop. Because I had a feeling that it would be wrong to play it." Yasuhara placed his hand in his pocket and then cleared his throat before continuing.

"The next thing I heard was the phone ringing… and she told me 7 days."

Mai closed the door from behind her and heard what Yasuhara was talking about. She was stunned at the man, she felt rather saddened for the both of them, knowing that they would die soon. "Yasu." Mai's eyes started to become glassy, she felt a drop of liquid from her face. However, she lifted her hand and touched the top of her lip. She pulled her hand away and saw blood on her finger. Ayako stood up immediately and rushed towards the brunette.

"Mai! Your nose is bleeding." Ayako slightly raised Mai's head by pushing her chin upward.

"Lin, can you give her a seat, please?" She then rushed towards the small kitchenette and grabbed a dry towel from the drawers before dumping it with cold water. The priestess then squeezed the excesses water from the towel. John initially moved away from the furniture and then sat beside Masako. Mai sat down with her neck against the back of the chair, lifting her head up she could see Ayako placing the cold towel on top of her nose and cheek.

"Were you done, Mai?" Naru walked towards the bleeding brunette and then watched her nod.

"I hid the DVD." Mai tried to raise his head up but Ayako pushed her back once again. Lin entered in his office and then hauled up the images that Mai printed. His eyes dilated upon seeing such peculiar images, he gathered the images and then slid it inside a folder. He labeled the side of the folder and wrote down. 'Taniyama Mai, 2017'.

Lin made his way back to the team carrying the folder. He stopped for a while and decided to confront Naru of one particular image that he saw. Pulling out the image, he continued to walk towards the raven-haired man. Naru was leaning on the seat behind Mai.

"Naru, we may have a lead on this case already." Lin showed him the screenshot of the woman brushing her hair on the mirror. Naru reached his hand to grab the image as he folded his other hand near his body, his right hand lifting the image to see what the Chinese man was talking about.

"Shizuko Yamamura," Naru mumbled her name looking at the image, his eyes were rather stunned. It was years since Naru was able to see the photo of the woman once again. The woman had long black hair, she was wearing an elegant black kimono which complimented her eyes. His curiosity was at a higher level, to the point that he was tempted to watch the video himself to gather some clues.

"I'll request from my father a copy of the unfinished journal about Shizuko Yamamura. We can start with that." Naru placed the image back inside the black folder and then turned towards the brunette behind him.

"Shizuko Yamamura? Can you start the preliminary investigation with what you know already, Naru?" Ayako folded her arms as she sat on Mai's armrest. Oliver Davis went back to his seat and then placed the folder on top of the coffee table as he flipped it open.

"Shizuko Yamamura, Yamamura was born and raised on Oshima Island near Izu. She possessed psychic abilities, quite similar to Mai but for her case, she was able to predict and see the future." Naru placed the photo of Shizuko Yamamura on top of the coffee table.

"So, she has precognition, then?" John inquired. "Correct. That's all the stock knowledge I know about Shizuko Yamamura. We'd have to wait for my father's journal about her." Naru sighed and then slid the photo back into the folder.

"How about the other contents of the folder or the video?" Yasuhara stood up, he couldn't help but worry about his life. He knew that he was in a lot of trouble if the team will not be able to solve the case.

"We don't have much time, Naru." Mai tilted her head slightly as she pulled off the towel from her face. "My father will send a soft copy of the journal." Naru paused for a while and then looked at Lin with a sigh. "In the meantime, we will look at the other clues that Mai gave us." Lin dragged the white board at the side of the room while John locked the SPR door from the inside. Bou-san carried the black folder and started to pin the images on the whiteboard.

Yasuhara moved his seat and sat beside Mai, who was deeply in thought. She was thinking of anything that Tomoko might have mentioned before. She suddenly felt guilty about the fact that she should have called help when Tomoko was attacked by the violent spirit.

"Disoriented figure in the photos," Mai mumbled and then pulled out her phone from her bag pack. She immediately pressed the camera icon and then faced the back camera to herself. The team paused for a while and noticed what the young brunette was doing. They thought of her as vain for a particular moment but their judgments were moved the moment her eyes grew, she covered her mouth and dropped the phone out of fear. She pulled her knees to her chest turning her head down and tightly hugging her knees.

"Mai?" Masako gently approached her but for a moment curiously picked up her phone and then checked at the screen. Masako swiftly rushed towards Naru and showed her the recent photo that Mai took. Her face looked disoriented, it was as if her face was blurry. Naru found it rather odd for the photo to produce such image.

"Lin, prepare two cameras as well. We might probably need it."

Oliver Davis dropped his hands to the side before making his way into his office. Mai gave out a sigh, she was feeling hopeful that the team would keep them from dying. Most especially Yasuhara since he would die a day earlier than her. Mai stood and shrugged off the tension from her body. She felt that she needed to find a way to be useful while she was in the case. So, she decided to approach Lin. "Lin, can I borrow your laptop for some days?" Mai inquired as the tall Chinese man walked outside his office carrying two video cameras. With the Chinese man's nod, the young brunette rushed inside his office, picked up his laptop and went back towards the lounge.

Hearing the door opened, the team watched the narcissist carry a folder on his hands. Yasuhara pulled an envelope from his bag pack and opened it.

"I have an incomplete investigation on Shizuko Yamamura here." Oliver Davis mentioned as he sat down on his seat and flipped the folder open as he started to read the report.

"I just realized something." Mai paused for a while and realized the type of voice that she heard when she was called for her death. "I think it's a young girl." Lin and Naru lately realized that she was right, the tone of the voice and the pitch of the voice was a young girl.

"You're right, Mai. However, that young girl is still connected to Shizuko Yamamura." Naru crossed his legs and pulled out a photo of Shizuko Yamamura together with a young girl. He placed the photo on top of the coffee table and then slid it so that everyone can see.

"That girl is also from the video, right?" Bou-san snapped his finger and stood up as he pointed at an image of a young girl in front of a mirror with hair covering her face.

"How do you know it's her?" Ayako doubted his assumptions. "Well, it's my gut," Bou-san replied.

"I did my own preliminary investigation yesterday. I know a certain teacher that knew Tomoko Yuko, he was quite uncomfortable discussing the matter with me the moment I showed him a photo of Shizuko Yamamura" Yasuhara placed his envelope on top of his lap and started to pull out a photocopy of a newspaper article and laid it on top of the coffee table next to the photo of Shizuko Yamamura with the young girl.

"On 1947, Shizuko Yamamura met her husband, Ikuma Heihachiro, the teacher knew Dr. Heihachiro since he was his intern the time Shizuko Yamamura were their patient." Yasuhara then pulled an old photo of Ikuma Heihachiro. The young priestess pulled the old photo of Ikuma Heihachiro and then somewhat remembered the face of the man when she was a child.

"Did Ikuma Heihachiro somewhat suffer in Tuberculosis?" Ayako turned her head to Oliver Davis and then shifted to Yasuhara.

"I wouldn't know that." Naru shook his head for his response. Yasuhara was quite surprised hearing Ayako's knowledge of Ikuma Heihachiro.

"Yes, he went to South Hakone for the treatment for his tuberculosis. How did you know?" Yasuhara nodded, Ayako suddenly felt the chills passing thru her spine, and she immediately embraced herself before shrugging it off.

"Shizuko Yamamura performed a psychic demonstration in Tokyo in 1955, where she was exposed as a fraud and a con. A year later, she threw herself in Mt. Minhara at the age of 31." Naru started to talk because he felt that it wasn't relevant for Ayako to discuss the matter with the group. He was rather interested in knowing how to save Mai.

"The newspaper article I laid out is what happened on 1955, during Shizuko Yamamura's psychic demonstration in Tokyo." Naru took the liberty of taking the article from the coffee table and lifted it to read the content of it.

Oliver Davis's eyes dilated upon seeing the writer of the article, he then placed the article back on the coffee table.

"And as for the girl." Masako noticed Naru's cracked voice, she watched him flip over the paper and then lifted another photo and placed it on top of the coffee table.

"Her name is Sadako Yamamura. She possesses the same psychic ability as her mother. She also possesses psychokinesis. No one truly knows what happened to her demise."

"But, what we do know is that she is our violent spirit, Naru." Mai stood up carrying Lin's laptop and approached her desk. She placed the CD inside the laptop sleeve before walking to her locker.

"Mai, where do you think you're going?" Naru stood up realizing that Mai was headed towards the door.

"To Oshima, Izu." Mai directly said she was about to turn the knob. However, he was stopped by the narcissist by grabbing her wrist.

"Wait! What is this about?"

"Why are you going to Oshima?" Bou-san raised his tone. Yasuhara stood up and packed his papers back inside his bag and then walked towards the door as well.

"We're going to ask some questions about Sadako Yamamura, this will keep us from death." Naru heard Yasuhara's sentiments. They were rather aggressive on how to handle the situation, however, it was the only way for them to live and escape Sadako.

Oliver Davis sighed and then closed the door. He stood behind the door and looked at the two victims with his cold stare. "No one will leave this building unless I say so." Naru raised his cold tone and warned the two people in front of him.

"What do you want us to do Naru!" Mai yelled with anger hinted in her tone. "Do you want to wait for our deaths?" Mai's raised voice was constant, her sweat rolled from her temple as she yelled at her boss. She soon took a step back and scoffed. "I can't believe this…" Her cracked voice was heard by everybody. "You still don't believe us, don't you?"

"Lin, take Mai and Yasuhara inside my office. Keep them there until we finish our discussion." Lin sighed realizing that he would have to lock the two children inside the office.

"Trust Naru on this one," Lin whispered as he led the two inside the office.

"Masako, why are you so quiet about this?" Ayako noticed the young medium silence was rather unusual. "Don't tell me you also watched the video?" Ayako sprung from her seat and worriedly looked at Masako.

Masako shook her head and then glanced at Ayako for a while before turning to Lin and Naru. "

"It was the spring of 1955, my grandfather died of an unknown death." Masako paused for a while before clearing her throat.

"I don't see any relevance of that to our case." Ayako scoffed but later took back what she said the moment Masako continued.

"He was one of the mediums of the press that accused of Shizuko Yamamura as a fraud."

A/N: The case is actually based on the accounts that happened in the Ring series, movies and the novel.