Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

But the snickers continued unabated.

Those malicious gazes never left her.

Then, the malice began to shift towards the only person who had protected him.

Is this teacher really alright? Getting so close to female students, isn't he perhaps harboring some ulterior motive?

[Speaking of which, she actually has a pretty good figure. Could it be something lewd? Ugh, so she's the kind of person who would exploit her womanhood.]

[Disgusting, absolutely disgusting! What kind of students are these? And what kind of teacher is this? Completely unqualified! Both of them are definitely acting strangely. Hmph, students are one thing, but how can a teacher behave like this? Absolutely awful, absolutely awful! I'm going to report this to the school administration!]

The laughter grew louder and louder, more and more deafening.

Then, the teacher disappeared.

The teacher I saw every day has now disappeared.

Where has he gone?

Will he... come back?

Was it my fault? Was it because I made a mistake?

I heard that teacher was transferred to a primary school, I think it's called Zaoli Primary School?

[Wouldn't that be even worse? You're such a primary school student, you don't understand! Why not just bury this beast of a teacher alive?! Pah!]

[Hmph, oh dear, our little guitar princess is single now. Is she going to vent her frustrations on another teacher? Or is she planning to have something happen with one of the boys in her class? Hahaha, maybe we should help her out. Let's keep her in the classroom tonight; there are a few playful boys in the next class...]

The mocking laughter continued.

When bullying becomes the norm, violence often escalates because the bully gradually comes to regard the abnormal bullying as a normal part of daily life and begins to seek more intense ways to humiliate the victim than usual.

Gao Hai closed his eyes.

He didn't look at the cries and laughter that followed the darkness, but even the indistinct sounds stirred a surge of rage within him.

These feelings... are they my own thoughts? Or do they come from someone else?

The world returned to darkness.

Everyone said she was having an affair with a teacher, and that the teacher was forced to transfer because of her. Some even said the teacher was dead and buried behind the school building.

She is still alive.

Even at this point, she was still alive and had not given up.

Gao Hai could still hear her voice.

I could hear the girl's voice, which remained resolute even at this moment.

Yes, because I made a pinky promise with my teacher.

The girl spoke softly in the empty classroom, reaching out her hand as if making a pinky promise with someone who didn't exist.

Therefore, I will live on.

I will not give up playing the instrument, nor will I give up my life.

Even if it's incredibly painful, even if I want to cry, even if I want to end it all... I will keep going.

She was crying.

She is smiling.

I will persevere until I reunite with my teacher; I will persevere until my teacher returns.

Therefore, I will continue to work hard.

I will always wait for you, teacher.

She still did not despair.

The stench of blood lingered in the school, shrouded in darkness.

I saw her in the toilet, her body with broken arms and legs.

She was standing at the top of the stairs, her body covered in blood.

And her body, which she jumped from the building.

There was also her body hidden under her bed in the dormitory building.

There's also the library, the broadcasting studio, the swimming pool... everywhere, in every place where strange things exist, there is her corpse.

Having died and been reborn countless times, she always begins with hope, only to end in endless suffering, transforming into a terrifying monster.

But... no, that's not right.

She did not despair.

She never faced despair with each death.

The power of those terrifying and bizarre creatures was a set of ghost stories passed down among the students, something that was later forcibly attached to her. The spread of these ghost stories distorted the original events, and even when she was killed, even when she was brutally tortured, she never truly despaired when death came.

Until this time.

This teacher has never existed at our school.

A teacher spoke in a serious tone.

[Do you remember that teacher's name? See, you can't even remember it yourself, can you? That's why I've said it many times: there has never been such a teacher at Yelu Mountain Middle School. There was no teacher who knew you, taught you, and then transferred to another school. Why don't you go see a mental hospital?]

The man in the principal's office frowned and looked over with suspicion.

"Have you heard? That teacher she's talking about... apparently doesn't even exist. Come to think of it, although we've seen her run to the office many times, we've never actually seen that teacher, right? Could it be... that 'non-existent person'? I think I've heard that ghost story before. How annoying, why did this idiot have to run into such an interesting ghost story?"

The students began whispering again, their gazes towards her now twisted with malice. This time, she too was nearing her death.

Yes.

So this is the place.

The birth of the first desperate Eriko Asamoto.

All of Eriko Asamoto's works have reached a point of despair.

Teachers do not exist.

Teachers do not exist.

Her teacher does not exist.

No one ever cared about her, no one paid any attention to her.

No one will greet her every morning, complain about how hard their work is, or pretend to be mature and reach out to pat her head.

No one will teach her various skills every day, comfort her in her inner pain, or help her find her direction in the future.

No one would make a pinky promise with her, agreeing to meet again in the future, or find her when she wants to leave, telling her that he still cares about her and telling her not to do that.

This person does not exist.

It was all just her own imagination from beginning to end.

No one, not even her classmates or teachers, had ever seen this person. This non-existent person only existed in her world.

She could still remember clearly everything about him.

Your teacher will believe in you; your teacher will always believe in you.

So, we've made a promise: until your teacher comes back, you must eat well, sleep well, and don't give up on your guitar or your dreams!

"Let's go get ice cream together when the teacher comes back, okay, Eriko?"

That's exactly how it should be.

I'm sorry, teacher, I failed to keep my promise.

The soil gradually buried the girl.

Everyone was laughing, laughing heartily and unrestrainedly.

They claimed to have executed the witch, to have eliminated the trash, and to have this twisted and insane behavior taken as justice.

She was completely buried in the mud, unable to breathe, and met her end in agony.

Teacher, I'm sorry.

I still want to try my best to keep my promise to my teacher.

I actually wanted to go get ice cream with my teacher again...

The girl's aura finally vanished completely.

No one knew that this was actually her first time experiencing despair, the first time that the obsession of the girl named Eriko Asamoto had turned into madness.

Neither the students, who were completely unaware of being manipulated from beginning to end, nor the self-proclaimed noble masterminds who orchestrated this tragedy, knew about this unexpected turn of events.

Therefore, the monster she became this time was completely different from the ones before.

This time, however, Eriko Asamoto is using her own name, not as a ghost or monster from a popular folktale.

All of time comes to an end here.

From this moment on, Eriko Asamoto became the core obsession of Yoruyama Middle School, the very essence of this place becoming a land of ghost stories.

The school area was the first to go berserk, with all the various ghost stories originating from Eriko Asamoto breaking through the limitations set by the researchers one after another. The school itself, having become integrated into the ghost story order, miraculously maintained its original appearance. However, the research institute that existed attached to the school was different. Once their self-righteous barriers were broken, they participated in all the research from beginning to end. Therefore, having "know all the ghost story information," they were like flames in the darkness, so clear in the eyes of the ghost stories that there was no way for them to hide.

The behind-the-scenes order of Yelu Mountain Middle School completely collapsed on that day.

Following closely behind, within the Baytos Research Institute, where the blood pool was created through the interplay of divine blood and the mirror, the power of the strange entity also spiraled out of control. The divine blood within Baytos reflected the mirror fragments within the underground base of Nightfall Mountain Middle School, causing the blood pool in Baytos to fill up. Nightfall Mountain Middle School also conjured up even more blood out of thin air, resulting in Eriko Asamoto appearing in both locations simultaneously and bringing about the end of both places.

Ulian's obsession, everything he had strived for over the years, was utterly shattered by the erupting monster. Filled with endless regret, he was forced to leave the research institute, his longing forever remaining in this dark place where only the dead remained.

With this, the first phase of the story comes to an end.

Soon after, Urian, who has taken over Bydos Academy, will bring about his own destruction, dying alongside Jonathan and becoming a monster within the instance, becoming the core obsession.

But the surface of Yeluoshan Middle School is still operating; it has not yet come to an end.

Because there are still enough unsuspecting people continuing their school life, and because the school's order, which has merged with the monster, has not collapsed, and with no mastermind behind it all, the tragedy here will continue for many, many years until one day, a big boy who has suffered endless humiliation but refuses to bow his head steps into the school and kills most of the teachers and students at the cost of his own life. This completely breaks the part of Nightfall Mountain Middle School's order that is maintained by the living, and finally, this nightmare falls into hell and stops ravaging the world.

……

Gao Hai slowly opened his eyes.

He felt that his body had become much sluggish, as if it had rusted, and had become somewhat unresponsive.