Chapter 2.2
The next day, we come to Keijo High School.
When Sakuya and Kiyoharu gathered the equipment,
Yui and I interview the student who plays the Hyaku Monogatari.
We call the student who envelops with the supernatural phenomena so far and the student who joins the game but not experience the phenomena.
We use conference rooms to conduct interviews, as well as our base. Kiyoharu, Naomasa, and Sakuya checking around the school to putting cameras and tools needed to obtain information. We only focus on locations where strange events occur. For example toilets room on the second floor, language rooms, biology room, and the classrooms used during the Hyaku Monogatari game. Meanwhile, as usual, Yui and Ayako helped me conduct interviews.
Of course the students seemed nervous and scared. But, Ayako and Yui asked them to remain calm during the interview.
"Suzuki Nana-san, you tell your friends, that when you using the restroom in the second floor, you feel like there someone inside one of the toilet room, but when someone opened the door, there no one there, it that right?" I asked the first student.
"Yes. There 5 toilet room in the second-floor restroom. After lunch, I come there to wash my hand. I'm the only one in that the restroom at that time. Then I heard the water running again and again inside one of the toilet room. It doesn't bother me, it's a toilet after all. Then, one of the students come to the restroom in the rush and using the toilets room that I think there is someone else, but there is no one here. I'm really scared!!" She said it loud and trembling voice. She then covered her face with her hands and sobbed. Ayako patted her shoulder slowly so she could feel better.
"Don't you think that it may be just the toilet is broken?" I asked again. Well, maybe it sounds outrageous, but we can't immediately conclude that the incident is the work of the ghosts.
"I...Iask the student that using the toilet because I'm concerned, but she said it's normal and nothing was broken, " she said still sobbed.
"Did that still happen to you?" Yui asked softly and smiled at her to calm her.
She nodded, "Yes. Even it's not often, it's still happening sometimes. And I'm the only one heard the sound of the water running out. Since that, I never used a restroom in school anymore,"
"When you playing Hyaku Monogatari, what the ghost story that you tell?" I asked.
"I...told them about a student who committed suicide in the toilet room in the school and haunted the toilet. I don't know any other ghost story. I heard the story from Kaname-sensei," She said. She looks more calm now.
"Kaname-sensei?" I asked while writing a note.
"Yes. He's the literature teacher. Sometimes, when he has lunch in the rooftop, he tells a ghost story to all the student. It's really interesting. I just copy the story from him," she explained.
"Its that so, " I sighed, "Next, Kimura Jun-san. You said that every time you passed the toilet on the second floor, you always hear the water faucet running even when there no one there. Have you checked it that there is no one there?"
"Yes. At first, I just passed the restroom when I want to go to the cafeteria. But, when I just come back, the water still running, so I come inside to check it, but there no water ruining. I think maybe I just misheard that, but that happens every time I pass the toilet, so I become scared. It still continues until now. Since then I never passed the toilet alone," he looks calmer. I guessed, maybe because he was a boy. Girls are usually more sensitive to supernatural things.
"When you join the Hyaku Monogatari, what is the ghost story you tell?" I asked again.
"It's about the tab water on the park that always running every midnight. The story is, that a long time ago, there is samurai that die from thirsty, because of that, he always looking for water even after he died, " he explained, "Kaname-sensei told us when we eat lunch in the rooftop. Do you think that story is true?" he looked at me.
I took a deep breath and looked at him, " Well, how do you think the samurai using faucets, when at his time faucets still not exist?" I chuckled.
"Eh? Did the ghost really that specific?" He seems surprised, but looks excited.
Even other students also look at each other. Some of them chuckled, so the room felt lighter. Ayako and Yui nodded while smiling at me. They certainly say it's a good thing. Interviewing students can be very sensitive, especially for those who have a trauma and psychological issues.
"Yes, they are, " I smiled, "Next, Yoshimoto Sayuri-san, you said when you in the middle of the class, you saw human anatomy passed the hallway the next building, it's that true?"
"Yes. But, no one believed me! I sit next to the window and I can see that clearly. But, when I tell everyone, they say I'm just making a story. I come to check out by myself, but at that time when I saw the human anatomy passes the next building, the other class using the biology room, and they said the anatomy is there," her voice is a bit trembling. A friend who sat next to her held her hand tightly.
"You often see that?" I asked.
"Almost every Tuesday. That will be passed the hallway. Since then, I always closed the curtain on Tuesday. Or I won't come to school. I'm not crazy! I really saw it very clearly!" She screams, her friend trying to calm her down. Ayako approached her to help her calm down.
"I don't say that I don't believe in you, " I took a small breath, "When you join the Hyaku Monogatari, what the ghost story you tell?" I asked again.
"It's about the anatomy that always running in the field track every night after the school over. The story told that is the student ghost who died from the accident right before he joins the marathon tournament. The ghost still regret that, so he using anatomy to run, " she explained, trying to breathe slowly.
"Is Kaname-sensei who told you the story?" I asked. I don't know why, but I feel that all the students' stories have been related to Kaname-sensei. I wonder what kind of person he is. He has an unusual hobby.
"Yes. Kaname-sensei like a ghost related story, so sometimes he tells us about the book he read or the movie he watches. I just copy the story from him. I actually don't want to join the game, but I'm just scared that everyone will give me a cold shoulder," she said it in a soft voice and with his head down. "Do you think the story is true?" she then looked up and looked at me.
I looked at her with a smile, "Well, if the ghost really regrets he died and want to run again, rather than possessed the anatomy, why don't he possesses one of the students instead, especially student from the track team. It's bad, but if I'm a ghost, I prefer to possess humans," I chuckled.
She looked embarrassed because her face turned red, "Is it really that easy a ghost can possess humans?" She asked again.
"In one condition, yes. For example, a student with a lot of stress is easily possessed," I explained. I sighed then turned my gaze to the next student. "Next, Watabe Tomotsu-san, you said that you hear a lot of voice talking in one classroom, but when you passed it, there is no one there. Which classroom?"
He looked surprised as if he had just regained consciousness, "Yes! I..It's the first year, class 1-4. I...I just come back from the teacher's room to put basketball storage room key. When I getting close to the classroom, I heard a voice like a student chatting and laughing. I..I feel strange because school is over. When I passed the classroom...there is no one there," he told me nervously.
"It still continues?" I asked, "Do other students also experience it? or maybe a friend with you at that time?"
"No. I'm always alone. But, my duty is only second Monday everyone month, so I just passed that classroom at that time. It's already two times something like that happened to me. I wonder because of the story I told. Because looks like everyone experience the same thing like what they tell. And I heard the story from Kaname-sensei too," he said with an anxious expression. He also seemed to be playing with his fingers nervously.
"Kaname-sensei again?" I said it while taking a breath and looked at Yui and Ayako who also began to look suspicious.
"The story about a group student that died in their field trip. They still don't realize they dead, so they come back to school and act like when they still alive," he said.
"Kaname-sensei sure have a lot of ghost story, huh? Next, Takahata Kasumi-san. You heard a static and laughing voice when using the language lab. What story are you tell in the game?" I sighed, "I mean what story did you hear from Kaname-sensei? You also heard it from him, right?"
She nodded, "Just like everyone, I heard the story from Kaname-sensei. It's a story about the cursed cellphone. The owner of the phone committed suicide. The cell phone has gone missing and someone found that, when she trying to using that, she heard a scary laughing voice from that cellphone, " she said in trembling voice.
I shook my head, once again took a deep breath, "What was Kaname-sensei really doing?"
"How about the captain of the soccer team who always injured his leg? I heard that he refuse to come back to school. What a story he tells?" Yui asked.
"He's the first one telling a ghost story in the game, it's a story about a boy who died from drowning. The story tells, that the boy and his friend go swimming in the summer, but suddenly the boy's leg got cramps and when he trying to ask help from his friend, his friends ruining away. He actually still be able to grab his friend leg, but the friend push him away," Aizawa-san stood up to tell the story.
I looked at Aizawa-san and nodded, "I understand," tells him that I understand. Aizawa-san then sat down again. I gave Yui notes and recordings of students who experienced strange events. I then took new notes and new recordings, "Now, I will talk to the student who joined the game but doesn't experience the supernatural phenomena,"
The student looked tense.
"Please don't worry too much. It's not good, since your school in bad condition now. Please relax and think positive," Yui smile while looking at the students.
The students nodded. They feel a bit relieved after hearing Yui's words.
Yui can always do it. She always spoke softly. Whatever she does, she always tries to do it with enthusiasm. She really likes to help others and ignores herself. If you want to be honest, in my opinion she is too naive. Girls with such characteristics are very easy to manipulate.
But, Yui was lucky. She has psychometry. When she touches someone, she will easily know which is good and what is bad. She always uses gloves in her left hand because she still can't fully control her abilities. A professional psychometrist can control their strength, so not all objects they touches will give them a vision.
I took a deep breath and looking at the students, "Then I will continue, first, Shiratori Ayame-san, You claim that the supernatural phenomena never happened to you," I asked, "Why do you think that? Did you also hear the story from Kaname-sensei?"
"I wonder why that happened to everyone, " she said, "I'm telling a story about Zhaziki Warashi that haunted my great grandparent's house. That story is continued in my family until now. We believed that the Zhaziki Warashi bring a fortune to our family since the time of my great grandparents. But, I personally never see it even once," she shook her head, "I actually never have lunch at the rooftop. But, I do hear that from another student,"
"Is that so," I more or less felt something was wrong, "Next is Sawada Noriko-san. You don't experience the supernatural phenomena and you are the manager of the soccer team, right?" I asked and looked at her.
She nodded, "Yes. What I tell is about that story my grandmother tell me when I was a kid. It's about our house Kamidama. My grandmother house enshrined Inari-sama and she always offered the rice balls,"
Sawada-san looks very confident. She stared at me sharply, telling me that she was serious. She looks very excited. I like girls of this type. Well, it's not criminal. This girl is 17 years old and I'm only 20 years old. So, I don't think it's a problem.
She continued, "One day when my grandmother still a kid, after offered the rice ball to Inari-sama, the white fox suddenly grab the rice ball and run away from the house. My grandmother trying to catch him, but she lost track and ended in the middle of the forest,"
"The white fox?" I surprised, "Inari-sama shows her form?"
Sawada-san nodding her head, "My grandmother scared and suddenly the white fox that steals the rice balls come out. When my grandmother asked him if he's an Inari-sama. He's said yes. My grandmother really grateful, but at the same time she sad because she lost the way to back home. Then the white fox said, he will send my grandmother back to her home, but as a thank he wants my grandmother offered the inari sushi at the Kamidama once a month,"
I think the story is really interesting. Yui and Ayako also seemed interested. The students must have heard about the story. But, they looked at Sawada-san enthusiastically.
She continues, "My grandmother then wakes up inside the house. So, she thinks that maybe that only a dream. But, when she looks at her kimono, it's covered with a leaf from the forest. So, my grandmother told her parents to offered the inari sushi once a month. After that, prosperity never stops on our house. That was what my grandma always told me,"
"Interesting. Both of you telling a story from your ancestors, " I said.
"About Kaname-sensei, I don't think that the story he always telling everyone is true. It's like a makeup story for me," I can see his annoyed expression, "Kaname-sensei starts telling the story since he comes to our school years ago. I actually don't understand why he keeps telling a ghost story. And all the student think that is fun. Even the Hyaku Monogatari is suggested from him. Don't you think it's strange?" She looked at me seriously.
"Why do you think it's strange?" Yui asked.
"You see, Kaname-sensei likes to tell the ghost story, right? So, he must know a lot about supernatural phenomena. Normally, he wouldn't suggest the student to playing that game. Because of the story he always tells, of course, the student will copy it on the game? Don't he even know the rule of playing that?" She took a deep breath.
I looked at him confusedly, "The rule?" I asked.
She looked at me with a surprised expression, "You didn't know that? I told my grandmother about what happened at my school. And my grandmother said you shouldn't be lying when playing Hyaku Monogatari. When you lie, it will become cursed,"
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