Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume4 Chapter5 (section)

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The front door was open. From there I entered the school compound. 

I was empty handed. What I knew was only some half-assed exorcism techniques. With that I couldn’t possibly achieve anything.

“However, one won’t know unless one tries.”

Yes, I won’t know unless I try.

I walked through the dark corridor. First, there was one over here…

I gathered up my courage and opened the door.

When the door opened, I felt a wave of dizziness.

The equipment that should have been set up here had disappeared. Furthermore, the floor inside was completely covered with water. A dim light oscillated. The air swirled. I suddenly felt a wave of nausea.

I took a step forward into the room. Immediately my feet sank down. It was like stepping on a wet sponge.

I gathered up the seal with both hands. It was the hasty exorcism technique of an outsider like me.

“Naumaku, sanmanda, bazaradan, kan.”

As I was reciting the incantation, suddenly it felt like someone else had appeared in the room. 

The room was pitch-black. At most, I could see only the weak light shining through the corridor. Water dripped from the ceiling. My shadow vaguely appeared in the room, on the wall facing me.

“Naumaku, sanmamda, bazaradan, kan.”

Gurgle.

The mysterious, deep sound came from beneath my feet. Extending across the floor, the entire puddle of water… From the puddle not more than 5 cm deep, arose white bubbles one by one. It looked like there was someone breathing beneath the water. Water dripped off the ceiling onto my face.

“Naumaku, sanmanda, bazaradan, kan.”

I released the Acalanatha Seal and gathered the Sword Seal.

Rin (臨). – Across.

Once more, a drop hit my face and forehead.

Pyō (兵). – Down.

Immediately the bubbles beneath my feet rose up. Waves appeared on the surface of the water; as though the room too was shaking.

Tō (闘). –  Across.

Water dripped down; as though it was raining. Rain wet my hair and face; droplets fell from my wet hair. More bubbles appeared by my feet. My feet sank down.

Sha (者). – Down.

It was pouring. I felt the droplets sliding across my skin were a little warm. There was a slight odor. It was vague.

Kai (皆). – Across.

My shadow cast on the wall directly in front of me started to swell. That was no longer my shadow. Through the weak light, the droplets fell relentlessly down.

Jin (陣). – Down.

The droplets falling on my forehead rolled pitter patter towards my eye lids. Just as the water was about to enter my eyes, the vision of my right eye was dyed completely red.

Retsu (列). – Across.

Even in the dark, my hand criss-crossing continuously was also visibly red. All of it was, all these line-like things, were all blood! My entire body was drenched with blood.

Zai (在). – Down.

The shadow that floated on the wall turned back to look at me. It bent its body low and stopped there. Once more a gurgling sound could be heard, and a white object floated up by my feet. It was a pale human face. Only the tip of its nose was above the water.

“Zen (前)!”

The Sword Seal cut vertically downwards.

“Be gone!”

Instantly the floor started bubbling furiously. A man, as white as wax, stood up next to me. Simultaneously, the shadow that had been stuck against the wall flew over.

My feet was caught, I retreated backwards.

“Naumaku, sanmanda, bazaradan, kan!”

One more time. I have to continue, no matter how many times, until I succeed!

A black object cut through the air and flew towards my shoulder. In front of my eyes was a crowd of 2 dimensional wax-like figures. The blood from the room seeped into the corridor. 

“Naumaku, sanmanda, bazaradan, kan!”

The figures in front of me all suddenly raised both hands. Unconsciously I took another step backwards.

“Naumaku, sanmanda, bazaradan, kan!”

I, who had taken yet another step back as though to escape, suddenly felt a pair of hands grasp me from behind. Behind?! Before I could even think, the wax figures quickly crowded around me.

“Rin (臨)!”

I cut a straight horizontal line through the air.

The torso of the wax figures split straight open and fell down with a thump. At the same time the pair of hands behind me circled my neck to pull me down. 

--Ah ah, this won’t work – as expected if I were alone!

I had fallen and my vision was bright red because of the blood.

When I was pulled strongly over, I fell towards the wall nearer to the corridor. My breath completely stopped.

“On, kirikiri, bazaar, bashiri, hora, manda, manda, on, hata!”

Crack was the sound of hard objects colliding. A golden glow extended from the floor of the corridor into a straight line.

“Monk?!”

The Monk, who had been drawing something on the floor with his golden ritual tool, looked towards me.

The monk continued to draw lines. The blood that had spilled from the Printing Room disappeared, as though drawn through a small wound. It was like it had fallen off a precipice.

Without further ado, the Monk grabbed my arm. Just like that he carried me and left the Printing Room. At the end of the corridor was the green glow of the emergency light. Beneath the light were some familiar faces.

John, Ayako, Masako.

I was really scared to death.

As though I had been released from my bonds, I leapt in the direction of everyone. I jumped into Ayako’s open arms. Ayako caught me and fell sitting onto the floor.

“You… idiot!!”

The Monk, who had been panting at the side, now towered in front of me.

“Is this an opponent you can handle with your level of skill in exorcism? Do you really want to die that much, you big moron!!”

Getting scolded by the Monk like that, I curled up into a ball. Ayako hugged me from behind. 

“It does not matter anymore. Great, we’ve caught up with you.”

Ayako’s voice was really too gentle, I couldn’t stop my tears.

“Let’s go. We have to leave the school quickly.”

John helped Ayako and me up. Masako laid my hand on her shoulder. Her yellow kimono was instantly stained with red.

I stopped my tears. Sniffing, I was helped out of the dark school by everyone.