Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume3 Chapter1 (section)

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"Actually—this a request from a fan of my band. She's a high school student from Tokyo..."

"Band?"

Bou-san repeated what he told me to Naru. After he heard the news, Naru looked surprised too, though his reaction wasn't stupid like mines. After saying that, Bou-san continued his announcement like a TV newsman.

"It's a request from one of my fans, Taka. She's a high school student, and there're some weird things happening at her school. I have a bad feeling about it."

Naru was silent and attentive.

"That girl said that there's a desk in her room that's cursed. In the past three months, the people who've sat in that desk all had accidents."

"...This sounds cliche," Naru remarked.

"You can't say that. This situation is different, because four people had the exact same accident."

"...Didn't Japan have the highest amount of accidents in history this year?"

"I thought you'd say that. But unfortunately, that's not the case. This isn't a simple traffic accident. All four of them were dragged by a train. Their arms got caught in the door. There have been three seat changes since September-that is, there are four people sitting in those seats, all of whom are in an accident. One person was injured slightly, but the other three sustained large injuries. Well, fortunately no one died. Don't you think this is strange?"

Naru's hard gaze showed that he was deep in thought.

"And that's not all. One of the girl's teacher used an art prep room, but then a ghost showed up and the teacher was sent to the hospital. He's still vomiting blood, but no one knows why."

My voice felt stuck in my throat.

"That's strange," I choked out.

"You think so? There seems to be a lot of strange incidents happening at that school. It's not just a simple ghost story. There seems to be other accidents and illnesses going on in ther school. That girl also said..."

Strange incidents...

Suddenly I remembered the piece of folded paper in my breast pocket.

"Hey, Bou-san. Is the school 'Yuasa High School'...?"

Bou-san looked surprised.

"What...? It is Yuasa High School. How did you know?"

Ehhh?!

I hastily pulled out that paper from my pocket and showed it to Naru and Bou-san.

"Yesterday we had three requests! All from Yuasa High School!"

Bou-san snatched the piece of paper.

"This request..."

"Naru rejected them, but I took their contact information in case you or John wanted to help."

"Was that fan of yours Itou Kiyomi?"

"Her friend saw someone do Kokkuri, and now she's possessed by a fox spirit. In the second request, Miura Satoko said a ghost touched her, and now she's having liver problems. And in the third request, a poltergeist showed up in a club meeting."

"... What's going on?" Bou-san groaned.

It's strange. For so many incidents to happen at one school. And in such a short time period too.

"It's not just a coincidence," Bou-san declared.

Naru didn't respond. He just quietly gazed ahead.

"Naru-chan, what should we do? Are you just going to ignore this?" Bou-san asked.

Naru appeared to be thinking.

"We should contact them."

That's the way to go!

Right when I was about to use the phone, the door opened. A guest is here.

"Um..." the guest muttered.

An old gentleman came into the room.

Since I was standing the closest to the door, the man handed a business card to me.

"Noboru Mikami, principal of private school: 'Yuasa High School'" read the card.

"There have been a number of strange incidents happening at my school, so I was wondering if I could request an investigation."

After hearing the principal, we couldn't help but exchange looks.