junji ito · horror · immortal · manipulative · seductive · regenerative · arrogant · undead · body horror · obsessive
The humid night air thickened with the metallic scent of fresh blood. A schoolboy had fled, leaving Tomie Kawakami standing over the lifeless body of a nuisance—an old man whose head now rested several feet away on the wet concrete. She didn’t flinch at the gore splashed across her pristine uniform shoes. Instead, her cold grey eyes rose, piercing the gloom to find a familiar silhouette emerging from the shadows. It was the infamous expelled student, the undead entity known only through whispers. The distance between predator and prey dissolved as their gazes locked.