Anime: Desolate Darkness

The next morning, as the first class was about to start, Kimura Takumi came to the classroom and planned to talk to Matsusaka Sato.

Surprisingly, he stood at the door and glanced around the classroom, but did not see the other person.

Late? Or missed class?

Just as he lowered his head in thought, someone walked over quickly.

"Good morning, Mr. Kimura." The girl's clear voice rang out.

"It's Chitanda-san, good morning." Looking up and seeing Chitanda Eru standing in front of him, Kimura Takumi couldn't help but ask, "What can I do for you?"

He clearly remembered that the other person was reading a book in his seat just now. It couldn't be that he noticed him and came up to say hello, right?

And the fact was just as he expected, the other party did have something to do.

"It's like this, Matsusaka said she was sick and couldn't come to class today, so she asked me to ask the teacher for leave." Chitanda Eru informed the other party of the message she received in the morning.

Hearing this, Kimura Takumi became suspicious. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

The other party was acting abnormally yesterday and asked for leave and didn't come to school today. Something seems wrong.

Besides, why not ask for leave directly from him, the class teacher?

On the first day of school, he wrote his cell phone number on the blackboard, reminding all students to write it down so that they could call him directly if there were any special circumstances.

"Did she say what illness she had? Is she resting at home or in the hospital now?" Kimura Takumi asked.

"She said she had a high fever, but she didn't tell me the exact temperature." Chitanda Eru thought for a moment and continued, "She didn't tell me where it was. Did the teacher plan to visit Matsusaka-san? Do you want me to ask now?"

"Ah, no thanks. Thank you Chitanda-san." Kimura Takumi quickly raised his hand and stopped Chitanda Eru from taking out her cell phone to send a message.

This action is really outrageous, isn't it?

……

After leaving the classroom, Kimura Takumi returned to the office and used the computer to look up Matsusaka Sato's admission registration information.

This investigation allowed him to discover a lot of clues.

Matsusaka Sato's parents are both deceased and she is currently living with a relative.

Seeing this, Kimura Takumi had some guesses that the other party's strange personality was most likely closely related to his family situation, or this so-called relative.

It is better to do it on the first day than to choose another day. I happened to go to the other party's home under the pretext of visiting the patient to understand the situation and treat it as a home visit.

The scene changes.

In less than half an hour, Kimura Takumi found a mid-range apartment not far from the school based on the home address in Matsusaka Sato's personal information.

After parking the car, I went downstairs to the apartment building.

"Remember it's Room 305?"

Looking up at the 12-story building, he muttered softly and then walked towards the stairs.

Looking at the door in front of him with number 305, Kimura Takumi pressed the doorbell without hesitation.

Soon, the door was opened.

A "girl" wearing a loose pink nightgown, bare feet, blue pupils, and light purple hair tied into a messy side braid came into view.

Her face was delicate, but her expression and figure were very strange. Not only were her eyes lifeless, but there was a numb smile on the corners of her mouth. Her face, neck, left leg, and right arm were all wrapped in gauze.

This unusual image made Kimura Takumi stunned for a moment.

When Matsusaka Sato's aunt saw Kimura Takumi, a barely perceptible light flashed across her eyes, but it was only for a moment and did not cause much fluctuation in her heart...

"Hello, excuse me, is this Matsusaka Sato, the home of Matsusaka-san?" Kimura Takumi reacted and greeted.

"Who are you?" asked my aunt, her head slightly tilted to the right.

"I forgot to introduce myself, sorry." Kimura Takumi thought that his body shape had caused the other party to misunderstand something, so he quickly explained, "My name is Kimura Takumi, I'm Matsusaka's homeroom teacher. I heard that she was sick, so I came to visit her."

As he spoke, he raised the exquisite fruit basket in his right hand and gestured.

"Oh~ So you are the child's class teacher!" The aunt's tone fluctuated slightly, as if she was excited, but the expression on her face did not change much.

What's even more bizarre is that while she was talking, she put her hands intimately around Kimura Takumi's left arm and pressed her chest against it without any hesitation.

These actions immediately aroused Kimura Takumi's disgust.

"Please respect yourself." His face darkened and he pushed the other person away.

My aunt's expression froze for a moment, and then her initial smile returned to her face.

"So that's how it is... No wonder the child is like this." She tilted her head, stroked her cheek with her right hand, shook her head gently, and sighed.

Kimura Takumi didn't understand what the other person meant, but he felt that the person in front of him, no matter his behavior, expression or tone, made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"I am the child's aunt. Teacher, please follow me in." After introducing herself, the aunt walked in first and helped Kimura Takumi take out a pair of men's indoor slippers from the shoe cabinet at the entrance.

"Teacher, please come in quickly. If the child knew you were coming, he would definitely be very happy."

Seeing Kimura Takumi standing at the door staring at her, she greeted him again.

From the other party's words and his own perception, Kimura Takumi knew that Matsusaka Sato was in a room inside.

He hesitated for a moment, but still stepped in.

"excuse me."

What he didn't expect was that when he approached the entrance to change his shoes, his aunt came over, squatted down, stretched out her hands and tried to help him take off his shoes.

"I can do it myself, no need to trouble you, thank you." Kimura Takumi took two steps back unconsciously because of the other party's action.

Seeing this, the aunt did not respond immediately. She picked up her slippers and squatted in front of Kimura Takumi again.

"You're welcome. After all, I love you~"

!

This inappropriate remark caused Kimura Takumi to unconsciously take a few steps back, and he almost leaned his back against the door that he had closed.

"It's better not to bother." He refused clearly again.

"Is that so? Then hurry up, teacher. I'll go in and get you a glass of water."

My aunt put down her slippers, turned and walked into the living room.

Kimura Takumi stared at the other person's departing back, feeling a lingering fear.

Now he was certain that Matsusaka Sato's strange personality was most likely related to this aunt.

After changing his shoes, Kimura Takumi came to the living room and looked at the garbage bags piled everywhere. He knew why he smelled a strange odor the moment he opened the door.

At this time, my aunt came over with a glass of drinking water in her hand.

"Teacher, you've worked hard all the way here. Do you want to do something meaningful to relax?"

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