"That's odd…" Ayako mumbled and then snapped. Quickly, she pulled out her tablet from her bag and then started to slide her finger on the screen. She laid the tablet on top of her left arm as her right arm did typing and sliding. Turning the tablet with her hand for everyone to see, she then realized that her mother's patient was Sadako Yamamura's father, Ikuma Heihachiro.
"This is all just a coincidence." The raven-haired CEO leaned back to his seat and then shifted his eyes to Hara Masako. She looked displeased with his judgment with regards to the connection of the case. Considering the coincidence, he had to think of the possibilities that the coincidence is also a mere fact.
"We will consider the odds." His decision somewhat enlightened the group. His persona finally lifted, he thought of the two people who watched the video and started to write down in his journal.
"The possibilities that the dream of Mai watching the video is to lure the people involved with Shizuko Yamamura. We'll presume that Masako Hara and Ayako Matsuzaki is already connected. We have to dig up more information."
Oliver Davis finally placed his journal down. "We'll have to dig further, thus a field work." Everyone in the room stood up and walked towards the white board. Lin approached the CEO office to let the two victims out.
"John and Hara-san will cover the case with regards to the journalists that were involved with Shizuko Yamamura. Matsuzaki-san and Lin will meet with Matsuzaki-san's mother with regards to the case about Sadako's father. Yasuhara and Bou-san will check the details about Shizuko Yamamura's life here in Tokyo. Mai and I will check the background of Sadako Yamamura in her hometown."
Mai was quite surprised seeing Lin not over-reacting over Naru's decision with the pairing. Lin sighed, he looked completely defeated and therefore changed her mind about it. He was going to over-react but surrendered knowing that it would cause a huge fight.
"We have five days to save Yasuhara, we better move now." Mai looked at the determined Naru as he gave him his authority look. They all moved and entered Lin's office to grab equipment for the field work. Each one had a walkie-talkie, and each pair had a small tablet for information sharing. Naru walked from the office towards his office. The curious assistant of his followed him into his office.
"Is there something you need, Mai?" Her hands were at her back; she watched him on his computer before noticing that the screen turned black.
"Yasuhara made a copy of the DVD."
"What do you mean?"
"The one inserted in the DVD player was a copy. The one I destroyed, it was a copy that he made. That's why there was another DVD in my desk."
"Why did he make a copy?"
"He thought that he could make an article out of it. He just told me earlier, when Lin imprisoned us here."
Naru checked his phone before taking his coat from the rack. He placed it in his ear and waited for someone to respond from the other side.
"Good Morning, Can I make two room reservations for tonight and tomorrow night?" He spoke. "Under SPR, we will send the routing information through your email… Thank you." He placed the phone back in his pocket and walked towards the door with the brunette following.
"How many minutes do you need to get your things?" He opened the door and stepped out. "Just 15 minutes." She said.
Lin and Ayako were the only ones left inside the building with them. The redhead picked up her purse and followed the chinese man, who was about to take his keys. But she stopped him by telling him. "We're taking my car, Lin."
"Matsuzaki-san has a point; we don't need base since the spirit we're dealing with a physical." Lin looked rather irritated, but he decided to surrender himself to whatever Naru said.
"We'll be heading towards the pier after you get your things, Mai." Naru stepped outside the office as Mai locked the door before they could leave.
"What about your stuff, Naru?" Mai asked and wasn't able to get a respond until she realized he was already carrying a black bag pack.
"You practically live in the office." Mai chuckled. But, in contrary, Naru knew what he was doing. The backpack didn't come from the office. He already knew what to do in case they need to investigate on something urgent. He just sighed as they made their way outside.
The journey to Izu Oshima was long, and Naru didn't want to waste any more time. As he drove his way towards the old village that once was a popular village due to the fame of the Yamamuras, he asked Mai to connect to the SPR cloud to download the information needed for the case. Mai's head was spinning as she tried to read the report. She always gets sick in the car whenever she would read something from a device or even a book.
"Ayako just recently uploaded the information with regards to Sadako's father. He was in Tokyo and met with Shizuko Yamamura. Ikuma-sensei to kill her…" Mai's voice slowly fainted as she realized that the girl's father killed her. "Who could do such a thing…"
"Mai focus." His voice was strict; he soon saw a familiar photo from his report about Sadako Yamamura. "That's the school."
As Mai turned off the laptop, Naru pulled over and parked in front of the school. It was a small but silent school. There were only a few people that were walking around. Mai closed her door and saw an old lady coming out from the old school's entrance.
"You must be Shibuya-san. Kaori Natsume" The old lady slowly walked with her cane. Naru and Mai bowed and greeted the old woman. "And this must be your wife… such a young couple." Mai slightly flinched hearing the old woman's words.
"Of course, Takeru is very eager in going to school here after we transfer. Let's talk about the admission." Naru had his fake smile showing. Mai instantly knew what he was doing. So she decided to take this as an advantage.
"Hana and Yuki would surely enjoy their future too, darling." Mai gave a smirk at Naru.
"I thought you only have one child, Shibuya-san?" the old woman asked.
"Oh, No. We have five children, Kaori-san. I'm 35." Mai could see Naru's irritated face already, and she enjoyed it.
"Shall we discuss this inside?" Naru was losing his patience. His assistant stuck her tongue out the moment the teacher turned around. They followed her into the hallway, Mai looked at the wooden doors and small rooms. Naru, on the other hand, started to ask some questions.
"My wife and I will be living near the beach. We are still thinking about buying the Inn nearby." Naru waited for the teacher to react. As expected from her, she looked at him with surprise and slid the door of the guest room.
"You mean the old Inn at the end of the road from here? The one with the well?" She asked as she offered a seat.
"Yes, I'd assume you have been living here, Ms. Kaori. Can you tell us more about the house? And of course the school?" Naru sat down next to Mai.
"That Inn has been abandoned for a long time. The Yamamura used to live there. Strange things happened in that house… I better not tell you anything bad about it since you're buying it."
Naru shook his head and then said. "It is much better if we are aware of the manifestations in that house and it's previous inhabitants."
The old teacher looked at him for a while; she was hesitating to mention anything about the Yamamura House. But, she realized that the man in front of her made his point.
"Well, I better be honest. The Yamamura family has been a famous family ever since Shizuko Yamamura predicted the eruption of Mt. Mihara. She has a beautiful daughter named, Sadako. Sadako was a peculiar child. I heard rumors about Shizuko leaving Sadako as a baby to die in the shore, but she couldn't leave her. Sadako is a quiet child but smart and beautiful. In one of our field trips, She told her classmates not to swim in the water. I believed she only said that because she hated the water so much. But then, to our surprise, all of the students that swam there died." Kaori looked down, she was having a hard time.
"I apologize for making you remember such horrible things…" Naru said sincerely. "May I ask what happened to Sadako?"
"She grew up and joined an acting troupe in Tokyo. I don't know what happened to her, all I do know is that she went to Tokyo."
Naru thought of it as odd to hear about Sadako growing and joining an acting troupe. It seemed impossible since the ghost in the video was a little girl.
"Now as for your children, how old are they?" Kaori smiled. Mai sighed and was about to reply, but she was soon cut off by her boss.
"An eight-year-old, and two sets of 4 years-old." Oliver Davis gave out his fake smile, Mai was about to get a heart attack just thinking of the imaginary children that they had.
"Your wife must be really strong to carry those quadruplets."
"Oh, tell me about it. They're a handful…" Mai chuckled.
"What was that about?" Mai's cheeks were red asking the question as Naru drove his way towards the old abandoned house.
"Ms. Kaori has been pushing back the press away since the incident about Sadako's prediction. I had to think of something to gain her trust." He turned the wheel.
"You should have given me a heads up. I'm surprised of what you can imagine."
"Well, It is a possibility since I am a twin."
Mai's cheek turned redder considering that there could be a possibility of them having a family in the future. She couldn't even look at Naru for a second. Naru hid his smile as he glanced at the blushing assistant. He then shook it off by ordering her.
"Open the laptop, sync in the information we just received."