Fushimi Roku was troubled by his homework, while Miyazaki Shizuka was worried sick about killing and silencing her victims. Both felt under immense pressure, though compared to Minamoto Tamako's predicament, their troubles seemed trivial.
Minamoto Tamako felt like she was in Hell.
She had died inexplicably three times: The first time she woke up, she was merely passing through the living room and was strangled by a woman sitting on the sofa; the second time, she heard the doorbell and went to greet the visitor, only to be stabbed to death by them; the third time, learning from her previous deaths, she decided to stay in the attic and not go out.
The whole world was draped in a dim, eerie, terrifying hue, with an oppressive smell of decay permeating the air.
