Ghost Hunt:Volume4 Epilogue
Epilogue[edit]
Welcome Welcome. Tokyo, Shibuya, Dougenzaka.
In the coffee shop beneath the offices of “Shibuya Psychic Research”…
Today was the party to show appreciation our efforts. We had planned to have a really great party, and celebrate the solving of our hardest case to date.
Ai ai, basically we had all told Naru and Lin-san of this event. But I guess there is no chance that those 2 will come.
“The prize for the best effort has to go to Mai this time.”
When Ayako heard the Monk’s words, she started laughing.
“Shouldn’t she be getting the reckless prize?”
“Well said!”
It was Taka and Chiaki-senpai who spoke in a cool tone. After that was Yasuhara.
“… you actually did something so reckless! I really don’t know what you are thinking Mai!”
Taka shouted at me, “Exactly. You must value yourself… or rather you should have greater self awareness, Ok…”
Taka grumbled to Chiaki-senpai, “Exactly. Hearing what they said took years off my life. If I had known she would do this type of thing I would have locked her up.”
Even Yasuhara criticized me like that.
“… Am I a dog?” I tried retorting.
Everyone spoke with one voice: “Yes!”
… Really, don’t say that so forcefully…
“Oh Mai, it’s because you lack self awareness that you bark wildly at others.”
After Ayako finished, Masako continued,
“Ai ya, the transfer was just completed. It’s only that the other party minded playing with her.”
“That was well said. Aren’t there a lot of things like this? Even when it meets a thief it doesn’t bark but wags it tail instead, an affectionate little puppy.”
The monk is really too much, hn hn.
John said one sentence “Mentioning that…” and turned to Yasuhara.
“I heard you guys held a ceremony for that first year student to pacify his spirit.”
Yasuhara nodded.
“En. The entire school all together… because the school believed that this was due to his haunting. The ceremony was organized by the student council… and I was finally able to retire.”
“Is that so? Young man Yasuhara is already a third year and was still the council president.”
The monk’s words had an inkling of dissatisfaction.
“It’s like this. It is clearly time for exams, really. Because there wasn’t a candidate to take over. In the end there would be a way.”
I tried asking, “Matsuyama… did he say anything?”
Like apologize or something.
“Nothing at all. But he will always have his own opinions. He didn’t complain much during the ceremony.”
“Not much… put like that, you are saying he did grumble a little?”
“As I said. He has reached that age; it’s not that easy to change. He probably has his own plans. What we call ‘adults’ are such creatures.”
En… Perhaps it may be.
The Monk flung the bag containing the straws to Yasuhara.
“Young people must definitely never become that type of adult.”
“Ai ya, already speaking with an adult tone.”
“If I am more mature will other people feel my charm, right?”
“Of course *heart*.”
That, hey hey?
“You, don’t send the *heart*s flying.”
“You’re very happy, right *heart*?”
… Wu. The Monk still wants to tease Yasuhara.
“But young Yasuhara, you very scared at that time, right?”
“Ah, you are talking about the time when the curse was reflected?”
“Exactly. Although you spoke very pretty words~. We’ll only talk about it here.”
Having the Monk talk about him like that, Yasuhara rolled his eyes.
“However, I believed.”
“Believed who?”
The Monk questioned. Suddenly everyone was looking at Yasuhara.
“Myself.”
… Ai ya ai ya ai ya.
“—because I don’t recall having ever done anything evil that would make me deserve to die so young.”
… en, perhaps this is right.
“Keeping it within these 4 walls, I honestly believed that regardless of what happened, I would definitely be saved.”
“… you’ll definitely live a very long life.”
“Of course, I do have plans for that.”
Said with absolute certainty, Yasuhara’s words caused the monk to cradle his head (ie, facepalm).
En, Yasuhara’s acting skills are better.
Laughing out loud, Taka forcefully tugged my clothes, and slanted his/her head.
“What about Mai?”
“Me?”
“Justice was defeated by horror, is it not like this?”
Ah…
“I don’t think so. Taniyama-san’s situation is…”
Yasuhara was the one who spoke. Then, as though they had rehearsed beforehand, everyone chorused:
“not having thought through anything at all!”
- precisely! I did not think through anything at all! Anyway I’m a person without self awareness.
The Monk used a tone of admiration and expressed his discontent.
“En, amongst all of us the one with the longest lifespan is Mai.”
“Well said.”
“Exactly.”
Can you not make use of other people as your source of entertainment?
Yes, yes. Anyway I will have a very long life.
Yeah, I’ll live a long life just to show you all. Despite wars breaking out; despite the coming of the scary demon king, I will continue to live on. If the human race goes extinct leaving only me alive, I will dominate the planet without so much as lifting a finger!
I wanted to laugh out loud with the sun setting behind me.
Taniyama Mai, age 16: although her intuition is more accurate than normal, she is still an unfortunate young woman whose rank has not improved.
Is it like this?
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