Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume 8 Chapter 11 (section)

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...What’s going on?

When I vacantly looked around the inside of the room, Yasuhara-san and John had oddly knowing expressions. On top of that, these guys have been hanging out.

“What’s this all about?”

Ayako gave voice to my feelings.

Bou-san smiled smugly.

“Making the opaque transparent, right? That’s why I have to proceed quickly. ”

Huh?

“Well now.”

Saying so, Bou-san looked at Naru.

“The first thing I had doubts about was the name.”

I didn’t understand why. I poked Bou-san.

“...Name?”

“Shibuya of Shibuya is something that’s too good to be true.”

“Oh?”

“Mai, didn’t you think it was odd? The director who runs an office in Shibuya is named Shibuya.”

I...I didn’t think it was particularly odd.

“Isn’t it a coincidence?”

“There are only three conceivable possibilities. One: Mere coincidence. Two: He chose an office in Shibuya as a pun since his name is Shibuya. Three: It’s an alias.” 

“An alias!?”

Bou-san nodded.

“Right. If it was me or Shōnen, it would probably be a pun. But alas, that wouldn’t be like Naru-bou.”

...That’s true. Naru is the type of person who’s opposed to jokes and puns.

“It being a coincidence is the most likely. There aren’t many places in Tokyo with such prime location. It’s even possible that there’s an Aoyama-san in Aoyama and even a Ginza-san in Ginza.”

“There’s no Ginza!”

“Okay, okay. But, there was something else that bothered me.”

Bou-san said and stared fixedly at Naru.

“It was when we first met. Do you remember Naru’s words? ‘You also addressed me without honorifics just now.’”

...I remember.

That is what he said. Naru had called me “Mai” without honorifics and I complained, “Oh, you addressed someone without honorifics.” Then he said, “You also called me like that just now.”

“It was an odd line, so it left a strange impression. Mai didn’t particularly address Naru without honorifics. She only called him by a nickname. From ‘Naru the Narcissist’. —However,”

Saying that, Bou-san directed his gaze towards Lin-san.

“Lin also calls Naru so. —This is strange.”

I stared in puzzlement.

“Why?”

“Does Lin seem like the type to call his boss ‘Naru the Narcissist’? If ‘Naru’ was a nickname that came from ‘Naru the Narcissist’ as Mai said, then absolutely, definitely, most certainly, Lin, at least, would not call him ‘Naru’. —Am I wrong?”

...That’s true…

“Well, actually, we have no choice but to ask those in question, but I doubt it. So, that’s why I became slightly suspicious. —Maybe Shibuya Kazuya is an alias and his real name is Naru.”