Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume1 Chapter7 (section)

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After hearing Kuroda say the exorcism was unsuccessful, Bou-san snickered. 

"Forget about Ayako. I exorcised the ghost so now there should be no problem. There're no ghosts here anymore." 

"What's up with you saying 'forget about Ayako'?" said Miko-san. 

"It's the truth." 

"Don't take the credit from me." 

"There's no need to." 

...Here they go again. Do you two only get along when you're insulting Naru? 

Those two just can't help but bicker. Turning around, I noticed John was looking up at the ceiling. 

So I raised my head to look at the ceiling too. 

Hmm? What's that? A stepping sound? 

Footsteps from the second floor... 

Noticing me and John, Miko-san and Bou-san looked up at the ceiling as well. 

Stomp stomp stomp... 

Someone's running up and down. 

Bou-san stood up. "What kind of sound is it...?" 

"Sounds like someone running..." Miko-san replied, looking at us. 

Everyone's here. Naru wasn't here in the beginning. But, who's making that sound...? 

As the footsteps came closer and closer, we all stood up. 

There was a platform in the middle of the stairs, and from there the stairs spiraled down. We were on the first floor so all we saw when we looked up were the railings. 

Step. Step. Step. The footsteps were on the stairs now. They were coming down, towards us. Step. Step. Step. Whoever was making the sounds must be on the platform now, so I looked up and saw... 

Everyone else looked up too, but then the footsteps stopped. 

The room was filled with silence. 

In a rush Bou-san ran up the stairs, looked at the platform, then came down. 

We asked, "Was anyone there?" 

"...No." 

"Well, what about those footsteps we heard?" 

"Maybe we heard wrong." 

"Heard wrong? How can we hear wrong? I was listening very carefully." 

"......" 

"Didn't you say the exorcism was successful? Aren't you a professional? Aren't you different from a 'little girl'? Then what was that sound just then?" I asked Miko-san. 

Miko-san stared at me. 

"It's just the wind." 

Bastard. Would Naru use a sorry excuse like that? When you guys were dissing Naru back there, he didn't make any excuses! 

Furious, I glared at Bou-san and Miko-san. They turned away. 

At this time, the sound of a door opening and closing came from the second floor. 

Bang! Bang! 

It sounded as if the building would come crashing down. 

Then came the ghostly sounds. Such rough footsteps... It sounds like an army is up there, running around. Every door in the building banged, opening and closing by itself. 

The floor started to sway. 

Suddenly the flourescent light we put up earlier on the ceiling cracked open, and little pieces of glass fell. 

We scrambled away into the entrance hall and corridor. 

I stood in the entrance hall, then turned around and saw the shoe cabinet swaying. A loud cracking sound came from it. 

I pushed against the shoe cabinet to keep it from falling. Not sure why I did though. But it's probably because I was scared it'd fall. 

As I pushed against the shoe cabinet, I realized it was warm. Warm as hot water. 

...Didn’t Naru say something like this earlier? 

Objects that poltergeists touch will be warm to the touch... 

Wobbling and swaying, the shoe cabinet fell on me. I tried to block it, but it was too heavy and I soon crumbled under its weight. 

I screamed. 

...And then, I couldn't feel anything...