Editing Internet Shrine Maiden Tsugumi-chan:Volume1 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 5===

The next day.

Cooking class was next. Yahirodono Tsumugi couldn’t stop sighing heavily in the middle of the classroom. She didn’t want to go to the cooking classroom because of that apron.

She had expected Rainy to tease her about it, but she came at it from an unexpected angle. Gyarus were too unpredictable.

“By the way, if you’re serious about rebuilding that shrine, how much is it going to cost you?”

“…The land is still there. But just the land.”

“So you just need the building? Then will it not be that bad?”

“The torii out front will cost 20 million yen.”

The smile froze on the gyaru sister’s face.

That was actually on the cheap side for a one-of-a-kind traditional craft that required work from many different types of craftsmen.

And it didn’t end there. The shrine maiden wilted as she counted them off on her fingers.

“The front shrine will cost 130 million, the shrine office will cost 5 million, and the main shrine will cost 200 million. The shintai is a loom shuttle. Then there’s the hall of offerings, the food offering room, and the fence surrounding the vast grounds. And to truly return it to its former glory, there’s the impressive stone steps, the gravel out front, upkeep for the path to the shrine, and the stone lanterns. Oh, and let’s not forget upkeep for the pond and figuring out what to do about the sacred tree…”

“Here, have some water. I get it, just take this water and don’t wither away, you flower of a schoolgirl!!”

As she counted through it all with gloom in her dizzy eyes, she was gifted a bottle of water. A partially consumed bottle of water. When would she ever be able to rebuild the shrine? Maybe she could win first prize in the lottery eight times in a row or something?

Then Chatty (who seemed extra chatty today in cute thigh highs) approached them.

“It’s time. I managed to take a crazy and really staticky video. After grabbing your ginger pork meals for lunch, come join me in the locker room. We’ll have a ghost video party☆”

“What, is this something scary? …Hey, did you know Chatty’s the only one in our class who wears athletic bloomers for gym? Probably so she can talk about it!! But I just can’t get enough of her!!”

Tsumugi really didn’t need to know that. And the girl’s shouting voice echoed across the classroom.

“Oh, yikes! You think I like that the girl’s volleyball team the only one still wearing bloomers and knee pads!? …Who wants to be the next bloomers victim? You, come join the volleyball team!!”

She must have tripped during the excitement because Chatty herself fell to the floor.

It made quite a lot of noise.

“Ugh.”

“Hey, are you alright, Chatty? Is your right leg hurting you?”

“Want to use my cooling spray? As the beautiful manager who all the soccer team has a crush on, I know just what to do.”

After they sat Chatty down in a chair, one of their classmates knelt down in front of her and began removing her slipper.

Then Chatty seemed to realize something.

“No, wait, crazy wait!!”

She was a second too late.

Once the starch came out of the thigh of the long sock, it only took an instant. When the crouching classmate removed her friend’s thigh high along with the slipper, she saw it.



The right leg was discolored a bluish-black. Every bit of it.

And digging into the oozing wound like guitar picks were dozens of yellowed fingernails.