Vol 13 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Ghost in Ghost
She ran desperately All that was left in herelse mattered
It was dark everywhere andin The multi-eye held no emotions Teeth like scythes sat in rows inside the opened jaw Just ih to an to doubt her current location She was in a place she didn't want to be in and had run into an unexpected ht?
Felli Loss was just a Psychokinesist, so why
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That day began with the usualarrived at the school for some time, she passed the time as usual Felli Loss didn't have any friends, yet she did not feel lonely amidst a crowd Not that she didn't want towith others
She just felt it was all right to be alone
Her classmates knew she didn't deliberately create a barrier to wall them off She would respond if they walked over to talk to her They would also make jokes with her Everyone knew she just didn't wish for others to make lots of effort to talk to her, so few came to speak with her
”Felli-san”
Hence, her words were slightly odd when she was greeted with such a kind attitude
It was after the first lesson after lunch break She was called short when she prepared to leave the roo before her She hadn't talked much with Eri Not that they had a bad relationshi+p Eri also didn't talk much
But she liked to talk to herself
”Hohoho Shall we go together?”
”Ha”
They had the same destination Felli cocked her head as she calculated the intention behind Eri's stiff sh she didn't know Eri's intention, she was sure she had some sort of purpose
”Why! Hoho, how do you know? Hoho”
”Do you know your laughter is creepy?”
”Hohoho, that can't be helped It's becolooh This started back then”
Her friends retful
”What's it?”
”Uh, actually, I've joined a club We have an activity tonight If possible, Felli-san, can you join us?”
” What does the club do?”
”A club for horror lovers”
”I refuse”
Ignoring the still gloo Eri, Felli quickly walked away
”Ah! Please wait”
Eri ran to catch up with her
”Please don't say such cold thing~”
”Youthat activity in the ruins?”
”Yes, because we're going for supernatural excursion”
”No negotiation”
”Ahah!”
She increased her speed and chased after Felli
”Don't say that The president said to bring some friends The president's order is absolute”
”I'm not interested in your situation”
”Please don't say that I I only have you as a friend outside the club”
”Then please take my name off your friend list for today”
”So cold!”
Eri cried Though the students around theloomy smile Felli sympathized with her but as the party involved, she felt embarrassed about it and so she halted her steps
But she i smile adorned Eri's face
”Hohohohoo Could you be afraid of ghosts, Felli-san?”
”Why would I? I just don't believe in things that can't be analyzed rationally”
Correctly speaking, she s that flakes of Psychokinesis couldn't analyze
”If I'm confused by information that can't be felt, I cannot accurately send out infor this, you're really scared”
”No, as I was saying”
”No h you're a Military Artist, it's understandable if there are a few things you're afraid of”
It seenity to y? Or it could be the president's Either way, none of it worked on Felli Not even Eri's strategy worked
”Hohoho”
”Just say whatever you like”
”Aaa, please wait”
Her pretense collapsed
”Don't do what you cannot do,” Felli said
”U on the floor as if she was paralyzed ”But new members must invite friends to participate If I can't do that, I'd have to play a punishame Do you find that tooyou Save hed and nodded
It was night After training at the war field, Felli changed her clothes and headed out for the
”Ah, Felli-san,” Eri waved at her It seeht not show Felli felt it must have been really horrible for her when she rejected her plea
”Is it here?”
They were next to the building of the Student Council Before Felli was an old building She couldn't tell whether the paint protecting its surface was peeling off or just barely hanging on Dirt filled the s Some ere broken No one was in the area She felt uneasy by co, and that uneasiness was intensified since the building had been abandoned for a long time
They were in thenext to the building of the Student Council was creepy, the ath Felli had visited the building of the Student CouncilBut that couldn't be helped as the building was surrounded by thick bushes It gave off a feeling of rejection Even the only road that led to the depth of the bush that Felli noalked on was overgroild grasses, repelling outsiders
Around ten people had already arrived
As expected, the Horror lovers club didn't have many members She understood the president's intention now, but according to Eri, the club had over a hundred members Besides, Eri had only entered a branch of it If all ether, there should be over one thousand of theht that's the case, only these people are seriously interested in attending the activities,” Eri told the truth while Felli stood speechless
It was useless to get nuazine was popular and the money had provided theh to organize a big event
Eri kept talking about past big events She was probably lured by the sairl with freckles around her nose For soave off a mysterious aura She in,” she said after looking at the twenty or so participants She hadn't confiranized
”First, I'll explain since we've souest”
”Hey, hey, you aren't even gonna introduce hiuest saze was on the building Perhaps he was suppressing his presence so no one noticed him Had he used Sakkei? That meant
A tall and muscular man stood out beside the president The rew
”I'uest, Vance Harudei ”
Embarrassment showed on his face
Felli was shocked, her eyes wide This tall Head of Military Arts who always accoe of soht he'd show himself in such a shadowy club No, from the way he spoke, it felt like he had joined one of the priine what the primary clubs were like these days However, Vance was really before her This was the truth For someone who didn't show much emotion like Vance to suddenly reveal a side full of hu
Not at all concerned with the strange gazes pinning hi used to be for experiinal building for the Alchemy course and has a history of about 30 years”
30 years This building had not been refurbished for other purposes since Felli entered the Acade had been abandoned for so long
”This building is not in use because of one of the experiments The records for that experi event You'd understand once you enter But since there are signs indicating the building is in risk of collapsing, please be cautious and don't get close to any dangerous areas,” he gave the typical warning to the students and continued, ”The event had not only da but it had also injured and killed several students Because of that, the Student President of that ti for the Alche but various things happened during the de of a crane to workers getting injured In the end, people alked past the building had reported seeing students eren't here anyhost interference had occurred”
(How stupid)
They all sounded like lies to Felli Just what exactly was a ghost? It never had a clear definition Legend had it that a soul existed in a huhost But what happened to a soul that had died? In the tiion, of a God that believers were devoted to before the existence of Regios, souls were believed to return to where the God resided Would the God accept the souls of present hu of believing in a God overcome the narrow-mindedness of humans? If a God would unconditionally accept the souls of non-believers, doesn't that hosts in the world? There was also another belief that the souls of stubborn people would remain after they died This meant the countless people who lived in this world, or those who had a stubborn ere not all buried in this earth? Either way, all weird ruhosts appeared in
Felli listened to Vance with disappoint”
But Eri was enjoying it
”Aaa Those people died in the explosion without realizing they had died What were their feelings as they appeared here?”
”Have you not thought of failure?” Felli said to Eri, as convinced she would iven a map and a torch The members for in order Inside, the building sh there wasn't a trace of any burnt smell, they could see the black stains left by the fire
”Wuhohoho I'm excited,” Eri said to the dissatisfied Felli She slowed down her steps, the light fro
Felli silently stared at the er zones were clearly lected This was probably done to make the participants search for their own paths The so called investigation of the strange was just a courage testing game The president looked like she was used to this She must have participated many times Felli couldn't understand how they could be so happy in this dark and dirty place, especially Eri
”Hohohohohohohohohohoho”
Eri kept laughing ”Are you scared, Felli-san?”
”How can you be so happy?”
Eri's expression showed she didn't cohost”
” That isn't an answer”
”Why? They appear in a way unknown to us living beings They chase after us and atte us to death and bring us over to that side of the world Isn't that the delicate existence of a ghost?”
”Don't you think this is rude to the dead?”
Even though she said that, it was useless against Eri
(Hurry up and finish this)
The only way to finish as quickly as possible was to walk through the building as fast as possible Felli increased her speed
”Ah, wait for me”
Eri chased after her in a fluster
Humid wind blew in past a brokenDried leaves and sand blown in by the wind filled the corridor Every step generated soft crunching sounds Many of the doors leading to what looked like research labs were opened As all documents had been lass containers had stains of yellow in the tiht happen if one were to take out the cork
”Hohoho, so interesting”
Felli ignored her and silently filled in the ate all areas in the five story high building except the collapsed areas and an individual area that had been blocked
” This is the last rooated the last room, Felli confirmed the map had been filled They had checked all areas they could enter
”Ok, let's head back”
”Still haven't nored the disappointed Eri and returned to the corridor Through the dust covering the , she could see the sharp tower of the Student Council building The tower had been turned into a clock tower Only elite Military Artists with internal Kei could see the time on the clock fro itself, everyone could see it since it was so enoriant spying at the hand of the clock She had looked at the clock before entering the forest that surrounded the old building They had been in here for two hours now
”So long”
”Hohoho, is it already that late?” Eri was shocked
”I spent so ret Let's return The president and the others have probably gone back”
Her wordsof which, we haven't seen anyone since entering the building”
”Yes”
Only three entrances were usable in this building Ten teams were formed from twenty people Two people for each teah the three entrances Two teams should have entered before Felli's teah all the possible areas from the entrance They had also checked the collapsed areas and the blocked off area They had walked through every corner of the building but why had they not e”
She didn't agree with her
”Saying it's huge cannot explain the probleame They just haven't found each other”
”Aed in it?”
This was obviously unusual Besides, this was exactly the situation that Eri had wanted to be in with such high anticipation Why didn't she think in that direction? Felli sighed with suspicion
(Well, it'd be troubleso to see an Eri shouting happily ”the ghost has finally co else Have they all been kidnapped? In this place? All of theical problem? So stupid Or maybe we've been lied to Maybe there's only the two of us here?
That was the et Vance to help for such a boring prank, Felli would have to change the way she viewed hi punctilious, he was also the erous place, how does he plan to go on if it became a problem of responsibility?” Felli said to herself and bent down to snatch out the Dite froh, hidden beneath her skirt She wasn't permitted to carry her Dite with her Almost all Military Artists obeyed the school rule If she was found out, she wouldn't escape punishh she was the Student President's sister
She snatched it out and restored it to spread the flakes around
Numerous scale-like flakes spread out fro petals
”Woah”
The power of Psychokinesis shone a pale blue in the dark Eri sighed
”Incredible”
Ignoring the Eri who still hadn't noticed she was the target of a prank, Felli began to search for other people
The inside of the building was very spacious The Alche was built to withstand all kinds of experie the building to such a level Though the paint on the as peeling off, the long abandoned walls showed no signs of rot This was the sah to resist any kind of destructive power must have been used to be able to tolerate pressure, explosion, and heat that was created directly or indirectly This h this ation round carefully She had finished checking the outside and had found a few people, but the main suspects, the club president and Vance, were nowhere to be seen This
(Perhaps they're hiding so me)
But she had yet to find them
”Really, what a waste of time” she complained subconsciously
At this time
”Huh?”
Her Psychokinesis captured an unexpected wail
Whose voice was that? She matched the voice to her memory A female, and she wasn't the club president ItThe real wailing did not co echo If there was glass in the corridor, the sound should spread to the outside of the building and not cause the glass to resonate But Felli felt the voice echoing in a place similar to a corridor The sound was located quite a distance froround?”
The round Still, it wasn't surprising if there was an underground area Where did the voice leak from? Felli sent her flake over to search for the source of the voice
Found it A set of stairs leading to the underground hid in the staircase of the first floor The floor was opened like a trapdoor The voicethe stair was dust and leftovers of sos behind the stairs and opened the door?
Soht have happened Felli couldn't believe the iround area She never thought she had an ounce of righteousness or justice in her This must be Nina's influence
(How troubleso her body fro down,” she said ”Eh?”
Eri had disappeared She was nowhere to be seen in the corridor
”Eri-san?” Felli called loudly, but her voice only echoed in the e!”
Did she run away? To where? Did she find sorudgingly and recalled several flakes to search for Eri She ran for the stairs beneath the staircase of the first floor
Felli herself did not possess the fighting strength to match a Military Artist so she had toa possible battle zone Underestimation was taboo for anyone It was especially poisonous for Psychokinesists Any error on Psychokinesisabout the death of a Military Artist who relied on the Psychokinesis in the fight
The ied in Felli's brain as she ran The air was heavier than the area she was in now, and in the diht It was the trace of Kei light A Military Artist Felli didn't have to thinksomeone
She sent the flake closer and it captured Vance's figure Kei ran on the broken wall It appeared Vance had not ju One of his knees touched the floor and he pushed himself up with his rodlike weapon Felli checked his surroundings with the flake No one was around
”Vance, stand down”
Her voice sounded from the flake Her other flakes flew out of the hole that Vance's body had ht dominated the area as explosions reverberated
Vance escaped fro the s out behind hiet to add senpai behind the name,” Vance said, covered by white dust
Felli was shocked at his first words right after his escape ”As aa prank on girls in such a dangerous place?”
His expression was bitter and sour ”As I said, I” heon?”
She had set up new flakes at the explosion point as she investigated the surroundings and voiced her question
”Just ere you fighting?”
Her flake did not catch anything after the explosions Actually, she hadn't caught anything since she started using Psychokinesis in this building Vance fought in a place e a hole in the wall all by hiely ”Didn't your flake sense it? Is that really” he said to hi a conclusion in his one Where are the others? Do they know?”
Vance lifted his head with shock on his face ”Even she's gone? Impossible Her personality should be okay”
”What?”
”daht”
”Hey Isn't that enough,” she quietly stared at hiive you an explanation”
Unbelievable
”Do you think I'd believe that?” she watched hi on the stair ”If it were the usual, you'd believe it, but this ti”
”Bad?”
”If I kneouldn't be working so hard,” he shook his head tiredly