Ministry Action Records

Looking at the paper with a sense of age in his hand, Hikigaya muttered some of the contents written on it. Some of the places that seemed unfeasible were automatically ignored by Hikigaya. For example, I don’t understand why the mysterious ruins in the Pacific Ocean were put together. The span is too big. What is on the back of the moon? ? I have completely let myself go! Have you tried to stick this paper on the head of your bed during Christmas?

Throwing away the scattered thoughts in his mind, Hikigaya took a quick look at the handwriting on the white paper. It was neat and beautiful, and it was obvious that someone had carefully written down these contents with great expectation. The only fold in half and the intact paper also showed that it had been carefully preserved.

I know where there might be monsters and demons. This is the clue that Shizuka Hiratsuka took out, a piece of paper with a series of urban legends and strange places written in beautiful fonts. It is like the wish list of a little girl who is longing for adventure. The words between the lines are all filled with "I want to go to these places, I want to see these things, and it would be best if someone can accompany me."

If that little girl is Shizuka Hiratsuka, maybe I should also add that I want to fight them?

"Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka, the above content is what you wrote before, right?" Hikigaya said expressionlessly, pointing to the content on the note. The eyes of the other people who curiously leaned over to look at the note gradually became subtle, and then they looked at Shizuka Hiratsuka with a hint of pity and heartache. How long ago was this content written? Could it be that the teacher couldn't find anyone to accompany her to these places?

"Haha... this is not a project I specially prepared in anticipation of the test of courage event." Shizuka Hiratsuka scratched her head and averted her gaze. Her smile was so unnatural, but who had the heart to expose her?

"I hate typhoons the most..." Shizuka Hiratsuka murmured softly, and she seemed to become a little negative.

Sure enough, asking the Service Club to prepare for the cultural festival was just an excuse made up by Shizuka Hiratsuka. Thinking of this, Yukinoshita shook her head and sighed softly. A girl in her thirties tried every means to get her students to accompany her to adventure to some of the places on the note to see if these ghost stories really existed and make up for the regrets of the past...

Ah, the atmosphere has suddenly become so heavy, use your extraordinary thinking circuit to think of a solution, Hikigaya! Glancing at Hikigaya, Yukinoshita signaled with her eyes.

We can break the deadlock by getting straight to the point. Hikigaya communicates with Yukinoshita using magical radio waves.

Yeah! Yukinoshita nodded.

What did Yukinoshita understand?! Eriri, who was watching nearby, was confused, while Hui was calm as if she had seen through everything, and Yuigahama was still looking at him with admiration for the No. 1 snowflake in Sobu High School, and as for Shiyu...

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Honestly, Eriri was quite happy that Shiyu's eyes were on her. At this moment, she was no longer the only loser in the club. There were people who liked Eriri.

"Let's go, Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka, aren't you the one leading the way?" Just as they had agreed, Yukinoshita walked forward and got straight to the point.

"Then let's go! The nearest place written above is the Grudge House. Before the cultural festival, maybe we can go to Yuyaozhuang. It's actually a hot spring apartment, but there are rumors that ghosts appear there. We can go to the hot springs. Of course, I think some things can be done at the same time, such as the Hell Girl and this bizarre video tape that will kill you seven days later."

Shizuka Hiratsuka explained excitedly, like an elementary school student on her first spring outing, she told about her carefully prepared plan. To ordinary people, perhaps what was written on the note was a little bit suicidal. The most important thing was that it would be difficult for Shizuka Hiratsuka to meet such an incredible class of students in the future.

"G? Videotape?" The familiar words brought back memories of Eriri's youth. Could it be the same videotape? That day, she met the legendary assassin Bayek.

"You seem very much looking forward to it, Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka." Yukinoshita teased.

"No...no." Shizuka Hiratsuka quickly folded the note and put it back into her pocket.

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"This house is so small."

After taking an unusual shortcut, Eriri finally saw the rumored cursed haunted house. To be honest, she was a little disappointed. Since it was called a haunted house, Eriri originally imagined that what was waiting for her group would be a map comparable to the mansion in the famous game "Zombie Evil 7", or the complex and gloomy mansion in the first game of the series.

Okay, Eriri admitted that she had thought too much. The Grudge House was just a very common building in Japan. There probably wouldn't be any mechanisms to unlock the secrets, hidden secret doors or basements... and the satisfaction of restoring the truth step by step through fragmented clues... well... it felt so boring.

Walking forward, Shizuka Hiratsuka took out a key as a matter of course, and then opened the door of the haunted house as a matter of course. The creaky sound of the door opening, which was very typical of a haunted house, reached everyone's ears.

"No one has dared to buy this house, so I bought it at a very low price. What do you think?" Her white teeth seemed to be shining. Shizuka Hiratsuka gave a thumbs up and looked at the people behind her with a very proud expression.

"Come in... wait, don't turn on the light. I prepared a flashlight. This will create a better atmosphere." Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her hand to stop Hikigaya from turning on the light and explained. After turning on the small flashlight she had prepared, Shizuka Hiratsuka also closed the door. In an instant, the whole room was left with only one source of light.

"Do you think it would be more fun if we act separately?" Shizuka Hiratsuka said eagerly, apparently preparing to collect all the death flags in horror movies.

"Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka, in horror movies, if we split up at a time like this, something bad is bound to happen."

"Are you scared, Yuigahama?" Shizuka Hiratsuka said softly, illuminating her face from the chin with a flashlight.

"A little..." Yuigahama stammered. In fact, she leaned close to Kato Megumi after entering the room, and after closing the door, she hugged Kato Megumi's arm tightly. I...I'm not shaking.

"Shiyu...if you're scared, you can come over here." Yuigahama remembered that there was a newbie in the group, and she probably felt the same way as herself.

"Uh... Actually, I feel okay. I've fought against weird things like Buddha statues and evil ghosts before. The haunted house... I think it's okay."

Shiyu's honest answer reminded Yuigahama of the days when she first joined the game. You thought everyone was a newbie, but in fact, you were the only one in the world who didn't have a ghost armor, moonlight, or a dimension boundary breakthrough... Wow!!!

"With this house, how do you plan to split up the group..." Ying Lili complained lightly, but what she said did make sense. There were too many people! The house was too small! It was hard to create a scary atmosphere.

"Shiyu, why did you kick me?" Ying Lili asked when she suddenly felt a strange sensation on her ankle.

"No? I just pinched your waist." Shiyu looked at Yinglili in confusion.

"Oh? Let's go sit in the living room. That thing should come out again. Also... be careful if we really want to catch it." Hiratsuka Shizuka reminded in a low voice. The others nodded in understanding. Only Yuigahama looked at these guys who brought her to a real haunted house with tears in her eyes. What did that thing look like? Am I the only one who didn't see it? ?

"How do we catch it? It has no physical form, so it's easier to get rid of it." After arriving at the hall, Shizuka Hiratsuka found a seat and sat down, pointing the flashlight at the ceiling.

"Break it up into a mist and stuff it into an empty element bottle, then seal it with plastic wrap."

Looking at Kato Megumi, Hikigaya wanted to say that an old person in the family is like a treasure...but he didn't dare.

203. Kayako, who doubts ghosts

"The so-called curse is a curse cast by a person who died with strong hatred in his heart. The deep resentment gathers in the place where the deceased lived before his death. Anyone who touches this curse will die, and a new "curse" will be created, and the horrible death will continue to spread. The "curse" will always guard the haunted house and curse every visitor..."

"Kayako Saeki was the original hostess of this haunted house. It is said that she and her son were brutally murdered here by her husband Takeo Saeki, which led to the creation of this haunted house."

In the silent house, Shizuka Hiratsuka slowly narrated the story about the cursed haunted house. The brightness of the flashlight was adjusted to the dimmest. Even the crisp sound of shuffling cards did not destroy the almost perfect atmosphere of the ghost story. Shizuka Hiratsuka thought this feeling was very good. It would have been even better if she could come here with her former classmates and friends during her school days and see those girls who admired her trembling with fear because of ghost stories.

Now...let's just go all in and talk about it first. Sexy Yuigahama is dealing the cards online.

Hikigaya tapped the table unconsciously with his index finger. Although the ghost in white and long hair showed up, no one was too anxious. After all, what was going on was a war without gunpowder! Even Yukinoshita was his opponent!

Yuigahama shivered slightly, pretending not to see the pale-faced little boy hugging her thigh. He was freezing to death! Do ghosts stay in the refrigerator when they are not out to scare people? Yuigahama felt like her right leg was pressed against a large bottle of Sprite, the kind that was in a tin can and kept in the refrigerator for several days.

I can't see you...I can't see you...

While murmuring hypnotically, Yuigahama bravely continued to perform her duties as a sexy dealer, while the remaining six people sat around the table, and naturally, a few of them were sitting far away from Yuigahama.

In order to push the cards to the desired position, the plump body that was performing her duty slowly bent down. The clothes that required one button to be unbuttoned to be put on were tightly fitted to Yuigahama's body. The back and buttocks, the fitting clothes outlined an enticing curve like a paintbrush in Eriri's hand, and her white fingers pushed the playing cards forward.

The dim environment, the high school girl and the playing cards. The small flashlight that was originally intended to add to the atmosphere of a horror movie made Eriri feel that the plot was developing in a direction that she was very familiar with. That... after winning or losing, is there that kind of... project that has little to do with playing cards and makes people blush.

Eriri, who was standing right in front of Yuigahama, couldn't help swallowing her saliva. The poker card was getting rounder and rounder. No, it was getting closer and closer...

As the playing cards progressed, Eriri's eyes narrowed more and more. With a certain expectation in mind, in that vaguely visible yet unfathomable ravine, Eriri was knocked on the head by Kasumi Akiha who was standing next to her.

Ah, it turns out that I was attracted to another breast in front of the person I like, no wonder I got beaten... The slight pain in the head made Eriri realize this.

"Sorry, it's a straight flush." ​​Kato Megumi casually turned over the last card, chuckled, tore open the wrapping paper, and put a piece of chocolate into her mouth. Even though it was only six, seven, eight, nine, or ten of diamonds, a straight flush is a straight flush, which cannot be surpassed by those scattered cards and pairs on the table.

"Fifty-two cards, six people playing... Kato Megumi, how did you get a straight flush..." Faced with such an overwhelming victory, Yukinoshita couldn't help but doubt her life. The math and probability she had learned seemed fake. Could it be because of chocolate? Could this kind of food improve a person's luck?

"Hmm? Maybe in some aspects I am destined to be the winner?" Kato Hui smiled.

The winner has been decided. Hiratsuka Shizuka and Hikigaya, who had the smallest cards, went to the side to do an exercise that would make people blush. Yes, they were talking about one-finger push-ups.

"I feel like this Kayako is a bit coquettish..." Eriri whispered in Shiyu's ear. Looking at Kayako lying on the table with a ferocious face, Shiyu nodded in agreement. What a disobedient posture. What on earth is the other party thinking as a fierce ghost? You know, even the small ghosts encountered in Osaka last time fought desperately!

This was a situation that I had never encountered before. A long-lost 'guest' came to visit, but he did not cry out in fear, nor did he flee in panic. He was still able to move freely despite being entangled in a curse.

The 'guests' are playing cards... Can't they see Toshio and I? What's the special time at this moment? Kayako was puzzled, and she had this thought for the first time in a long time.

Whether he suddenly appeared from the corner before or lay directly on the table like now, no one seemed to see him... For a group of guys like this who live so happily and have friends, it would be too much if they didn't die. It would be too strange for them to be alive.

Kayako grinned strangely, and the temperature in the room suddenly dropped.

Twisting her head at a weird angle, Kayako looked at the only male among the 'guests' with a gloomy gaze, but... nothing happened. The other party just scratched his neck casually as if his neck was itchy. There was no sound of broken bones, and the neck was not twisted into a knot. Why is this happening...

Crawling forward slowly, Kayako aimed at Hiratsuka Shizuka's neck, stretched out her hands and strangled her tightly.

Ding...The flame of the lighter became the second light source in the dim room.

"Do you mind if I smoke?" Shizuka Hiratsuka asked calmly, holding a cigarette in her mouth.

"Haha, teacher, who are you asking?" Hikigaya looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka teasingly. Kayako was pinching Hiratsuka Shizuka's neck. Judging from the hateful expression on her face, she had tried very hard.

"Hmm... why did the smoke ring dissipate so early?" Looking at the smoke ring that hit Kayako's face and suddenly dissipated, Hiratsuka Shizuka asked in puzzled manner.

"Um...Xiao Hui, what are you doing, hourglass??"

Yuigahama leaned over curiously and saw Kato Megumi using playing cards to make a pattern on the table like a little child.

"This is the Seal of Arden, Yuigahama, a technique of the Witcher school. However, it is not recommended for beginners to use strange things like playing cards to arrange it. You must carefully prepare the materials for casting. This is a wrong demonstration."

Seven hourglass marks emitting purple light surrounded the room, and the two targets were pinned to the ground...

"G?"

"Did she just speak?"

A bowl of steaming hot ramen noodles can be kept at the same temperature as when it is placed in the hunter's magical backpack. Until it is taken out again, the noodles will still be as chewy as when it was first put into the bowl.

So it is not difficult to understand why there is no plastic wrap in Dora Hachiman's pocket. If Hachiman doesn't have it, it is even more impossible for others to take it out.

The evil spirits transformed by Kayako and her child Toshio Saeki were still firmly pinned to the ground by the Seal of Arden. No matter how resentful the gazes were, they could not move again. The lights in the room had been turned on, and a dim light covered the two empty elemental bottles on the table. The scene was temporarily in a rather unusual deadlock.

Although it's a bit far away, there is indeed a supermarket nearby where you can buy plastic wrap... Ah, I can't even come up with such a suggestion. Shizuka Hiratsuka turned her head away guiltily, hoping that others wouldn't bring up the topic with her.

"Um... can tin foil be used?" Hikigaya asked tentatively. The silvery-white aluminum foil was even a little reflective in his hand. It was commonly used in barbecues, and Hikigaya always had it prepared.

"Tin foil, ah, it won't be so beautiful if it's not light-transmissive." Kato Megumi sighed helplessly and could only take the tin foil. After all, there were not many choices, so she had to make do with it.

After spreading the torn tin foil flat on the table, Kato Megumi stopped her actions and stood aside.

"Okay, just stuff them both in and seal them and it'll be fine." Kato Megumi explained.

"Um...how do I put it in?" Yuigahama held the element bottle the size of a Coke can, and looked down at Kayako. No, it won't work. It's so big...it will break.

"They can turn into mist, but even if they are hammered away... Can you tune into 'Hehehe'? Hikigaya." After thinking for a while, Kato Megumi asked.

"'Hehehe'? Oh, I know what you want to do. It's a very good idea. As expected, ginger is still..." Hikigaya stopped talking in time and nodded in understanding.

Um, what are you two talking about? There is absolutely no room for you to join the conversation... Eriri roughly understood the meaning of the conversation, but what is the key hehehehe?! The name gives off an aura that can cause misunderstanding.

Eriri looked at Yukinoshita with an inquiring look, but Yukinoshita also shook her head in confusion. It seemed to be the hunter dialect, which no one else could understand without subtitles.

'Hehehe' - a very strange-tasting wine in Higurashi, made by mixing enemy skull powder and pungent blood cocktail. The scarlet wine is served in a glass, through which you can see a white skull emitting faint light from all angles. Only when this is achieved can it be a qualified 'Hehehe'. More often it is used as a prop rather than a drink. If you hold it in the wild, prey will keep chasing you, and you can only give it 'Hehehe' when it catches up with you.

"Add ice?" Hikigaya asked habitually after taking out the mixing pitcher.

"I'm not here to drink, Hikigaya."

"Yes..."

With skillful movements, it didn't take much time before a cup of fresh "Hey Hey Hey" was placed on the table. The strong smell spread instantly. Kayako and Saeki Toshio, who were pressed to the ground, paddled their limbs frantically, biting the air with their mouths, and their eyes stared at the skull soaked in scarlet wine.

Tilting her head, Eriri stared at the wine on the table, which was slowly spinning. She could always see the smiling skull in the glass... Well, does this thing have something to do with Mona Lisa?

"Don't turn it, Eriri. This is a combination of technique and membrane method." Hikigaya said mysteriously.

"Actually... I think it's just like that. Nothing attractive."