Editing Ghost Hunt:Volume 7 Chapter 6 (section)

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There wasn’t a single tool that could be used to break the walls in the first floor classrooms.

When we went up to the second floor, the little door was no longer attached and was propped up by the side. When I passed through the entrance, I somehow felt something extremely discomforting; I, too, couldn’t identify the cause of this discomfort.

Searching the practically empty classrooms, I felt my way to the inner most classroom. There weren’t any tools here either.

“From the looks of it, we can only use the most dangerous method then—”

Bou-san’s words received a nod from Naru.

“Ah—”

Is it alright to use fire?

Just as I was thinking such and about to walk out of the classroom, Yasuhara, who was walking behind Mariko and Takaru, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

“Yasuhara?!”

Yasuhara’s expression was extremely strange.

“Oni-san (big brother), what’s up?”

When he heard Mariko’s voice, Yasuhara immediately took 2 steps back – Yasuhara was alone in the classroom now.

“What’s up, oni-san(big brother)? You’re very strange!”

Takaru said, smiling.

I called Naru and the others, who were about to go to the corridor, back.

“Naru, wait—Yasuhara? What’s up? Naru and the rest are about to leave!”

“Taniyama – the car!”

“Ai?”

“Why would there be two vehicles?”

Why—two?

Just as I was stunned speechless…

That moment, I don’t know how to describe that moment. Suddenly the classroom’s walls spat fire, engulfing Yasuhara.

It was as though somebody set the fire deliberately, it was indeed that type of sound. Blinding flames filled my vision; in a blink of an eye there was only a wall of flames in front of me.

“—Ya! – Ah!!!”

“Yasuhara?!”

“Hey!”

The classroom was filled with smoke, as was the corridor.

— Why did this happen?

– How could it? It was impossible.

“Yasuhara!!”

“Mai! Hold it! Run away quickly!”

Masako gripped my wrist.

“But, Yasuhara, he—”

“Please, don’t mess around!!”

Masako shielded her head with her hand. I looked at Masako, then at the sea of flames in front of me. I sighed a deep sigh. I called it a sigh, but I was really choking back tears.

Holding tightly on to Masako, who was holding on to me as well, I shut my eyes.

The fire continued for a quite a few minutes, then suddenly diminished, and in an instance, it was extinguished.

The lamp remained inside the classroom where the fire had taken place. There weren’t any signs of a fire, there wasn’t even any smoke. It was as though the fire that had just happened was a complete lie. But at the same time, the things that should have been there had vanished. Needless to say, Yasuhara; the junk that was scattered across the floor, the pictures stuck to the walls, and even the heaps of dust on the floor had all disappeared. It was as though someone had done a thorough cleaning, all of it – not a thing remained.

“It looks like it’s not possible to use fire.”

When I heard Naru’s cool voice, I looked blankly at him. In reality, I felt very dissatisfied inside.

– At a time like this, is this a time for such calm discussion?

“Looks to be so, ya ne ya ne!”

When I heard Bou-san’s voice, I turned. Masako also appeared to have been shocked.

“Bou-san!”

Bou-san sighed, then patted Masako’s and my head.

“Control yourselves, the two of you, do not cry!”

How could this be? Facing me, who was stunned speechless, was Yasuhara’s (tl/n: this is most probably a mistake in the Chinese raw) worried face.

“You guys must have had a shock.”

“A shock? How can you call it that?”

At this time, someone tugged my clothes.

“What’s up, Mai-nee-san(big sister)?”

“Mariko, just now…”

When I looked towards Mariko’s face, I completely forgot what I was about to say.

I looked strangely at the 3 children in front of me.




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