Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume 5 Chapter 2 (section)

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In the evening, before sundown we had more or less completed measuring the third floor and the attic, and we returned to base. After we handed the drawing to Lin-san we went for dinner. While we were completely absorbed in eating, suddenly somebody addressed us.

“Erm, Shibuya-san?”

It was the teacher from the What’s-its-name University.

Naru wasn’t there. Just as I was about to say that he was still at base, Yasuhara hurriedly raised his head.

“… yes.”

Ah, it is like that. Yeah, it’s really complicated.

“I’m really sorry to disturb you while you are having your meal.”

“It’s nothing much, please don’t mind.”

She held a cup of coffee, and sat straight next to Substitute Head Yasuhara.

“The equipment placed in the corridors are your belongings, right?” (she calls Yasuhara ‘Otaku-san’)

“Yes.”

“It really is rather scientific.”

“Passably so.”

A generous and gracious smile hung on the Sensei’s face.

“I feel that you don’t look like a strange psychic, that’s why I’ve come to ask your help.”

It was said in such a gentle tone, but aren’t the words said very unpleasant?

“I want to try holding a séance tonight. If possible, I hope to receive the help of you and everyone here.”

Yasuhara thought for a moment.

“… I understand. Let me offer our help.”

Just as Yasuhara nodded in agreement, 圣-san, seated across the table, started speaking loudly.

“If you need a medium we have some very good ones around, do you need our help?”

… Ee. Was that the medium that was turning in circles?

Sensei smiled.

“I don’t need it.”

Because Sensei used such definite lines, 圣-san appeared a little angry. However, Sensei did not appear the least concerned. She smiled at Yasuhara and continued.

“9 o’clock, is that all right?”

“Yes. And the location?”

“Because this place is too noisy, we’ll be in a vacant room somewhere nearby.”

“I understand.”

Sensei courteously bowed her head and left the Dining Room; we nodded and watched her leave.

… Can we do this, making our own decisions and agreeing to this type of thing? I really wanted to ask Yasuhara that; but圣-san was seated right across the table. At this point Naru, who had just passed by Sensei, and Lin-san, entered.

Yasuhara shot a glare at圣-san then raised his hand.

“Narumi-kun.”

“Yes, is there anything?”

Wu wu. Naru answering like this is really disgusting.

“Just now Professor Igrashi said that she will hold a séance tonight. I will attend; what about you?”

… Yeah. That was a really beautiful way of phrasing the question.

Naru thought slightly.

“Let me attend too. Anyway there aren’t any important jobs that need to be done tonight.”


After dinner and all the way until the start of the séance, all of us gathered at the base.

Naru, who had quietly followed behind Yasuhara, underwent a 180 degrees change in his attitude the moment the base’s door was closed. Using his usual arrogant attitude, he ordered Lin-san to present the floor plans for everyone to see.

Lin-san operated the computer, and the floor plan appeared on the specialized display. The floor plan that we had worked so hard to construct appeared.

“How many rooms are there?”

“Including the attic there are 106.”

One hundred… and six?! Were there that many?! No wonder it too so much of our time.

Naru stacked pointed at the display. Blue lines surrounded the floor plan which was drawn in white. “This is the buildings’ external surroundings.”

The buildings’ external surroundings. That is to say the size of the buildings’ external grounds?

“Doesn’t it completely not match?”

Naru’s cold gaze was directed at us.

“We don’t know. We really made the measurements seriously.”

Questioningly, he turned to look at Bou-san and the rest. Although everyone nodded in agreement, Naru wouldn’t accept that saying because of that. Indeed, the external measurement of the building and the outline of the floor plan did not match at all. More exaggeratedly there was 3 rooms worth of empty space between the floor-plan and the external measurements.

“Start talking. This is?”

There were some blue spaces between the rooms drawn in white. That was the parts that were left despite the measurements of the rooms not matching.

“That’s why we say we don’t know. We seriously measured it and it was just like this.”

I calmly explained the situation to Naru. This really wasn’t our fault. Naru thought for a long time, then said,

“It’s really a thorny problem.”

After saying that,

“Tomorrow repeat the measurements accurately to check.”

“Take the measurements to check.” It is not this. “Measure it for me” is more correct. Who do you think is actually doing the work here? Really.