Chapter 257: Online Question: What is the water temperature of Tokyo Bay and how much is the price of cement?
"Drip drip~"
The sound of water drops echoed by the ear. Sakurai Saki glanced at Chika, realizing she didn't have the slightest bit of fear.
The women of the Fujiwara family, truly terrifying.
At first, he had been expecting the scene of the girl being scared and clinging to his arm, but the result was Chika remained calm as if nothing had happened.
Inside the haunted house, waves of cold wind blew from nowhere. The surroundings were arranged like a graveyard, with dim lights combined with eerie background music, creating a truly chilling atmosphere.
To be clear, Sakurai Saki was not afraid of ghosts.
The two of them continued deeper inside.
The space was only the size of a classroom, but the setting was arranged very cleverly. The classrooms of Shuchiin were quite large, so moving inside didn't feel suffocating.
Reaching the center of the graveyard area, tombstones were erected everywhere. Even though he was certain some "ghost" played by students would jump out to scare them, the feeling of unease still crept in.
Suddenly, someone grabbed his hand. Turning his head, Sakurai Saki saw Chika slightly lowering her head, her eyes looking down at the path.
'After all, she is still a girl.'
His steps slowed a little, and as they passed a certain grave, a hand suddenly reached out from the ground—a pale white hand, completely bloodless.
Sakurai Saki's heart suddenly beat a little faster.
Alright, in truth, he wasn't that good at dealing with scary things, but as a man, at a moment like this he absolutely couldn't falter.
Sakurai & Chika: ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ (*´∇｀*)♡
"Let's keep going." Sakurai Saki tried to sound calm.
"Umu." Chika clung to Sakurai Saki's arm.
She wasn't afraid at all.
Pretending to be scared was, of course, just a little scheme of a girl.
What boy doesn't like showing off bravery in front of a girl?
Behind this graveyard was a door. After stepping in and closing it, Sakurai Saki let out a sigh of relief, but before he could recover, footsteps echoed from behind.
Sometimes near, sometimes far.
As if they were just behind the door.
Knock knock!
The door was knocked a few times.
"..." Sakurai Saki froze in place.
He looked ahead into the distance.
The design of this haunted house was quite interesting—behind the graveyard was a hallway, very empty, with a door at each end.
"Seems like someone's behind us."
Chika reminded.
Sakurai Saki: "Must be staff."
Knock knock!
The knocking grew fiercer, and Sakurai Saki hurriedly pulled Chika toward the next door.
Knock knock!
The door in front was also being knocked.
Just as Sakurai Saki was wondering whether to open it, Chika reached out and pressed down on the doorknob.
She pulled the door open.
"No one's here."
"Mm." Sakurai Saki's heart had nearly skipped half a beat just now.
Above them was only faint light.
The two stepped into the second door, and as expected, there was yet another door ahead.
Knock knock.
It seemed like they had fallen into a loop. Sakurai Saki turned back, intending to close the door behind them.
His hand touched the doorknob.
Suddenly, Sakurai Saki froze.
Sakurai: Σ(°△°ꪱꪱꪱ)
In his line of sight, through the door crack no wider than a finger, a pair of blazing red eyes stared at him, and a wide, blood-smeared mouth torn to the ears gaped at him.
Sakurai Saki snapped back, trying to close the door, only to realize the other side had already gripped the opposite end of the doorknob, tugging against him.
'Fuck! Playing dirty, huh?'
Just as he was straining with all his strength—
Pop.
The lightbulb above them went out.
"!!!"
Sakurai Saki jolted in fright, quickly forcing the door shut. The staff member playing the ghost, seeing him so startled, let go of the doorknob.
"Saki-kun, what's wrong?" Chika turned to look at him.
"Nothing." Sakurai Saki panted.
Damn it, so they were waiting here—that's why no one had jumped out back at the graveyard.
A few seconds later, the lights flickered back on.
Sakurai Saki hurriedly pulled Chika away from there.
...
"How was it?" At the door, the ticket staff asked.
"Not bad..."
"This time, our haunted house applied a special recording method, which can create a 3D surround sound effect. The knocking sounds just now were actually all pre-recorded." The ticket staff smiled brightly: "There were absolutely no staff members inside, even the doors can automatically close."
Sakurai: ∘ ∘ ∘ (ᵕ—ᴗ—) ?
Wait, no staff?
"Just kidding, there is one person in charge of scaring people."
"Phew." Sakurai Saki let out a sigh of relief.
He had thought he had actually encountered a ghost.
Fujiwara Chika, however, hadn't found it scary at all, and felt a little bored.
But being able to cling to Sakurai Saki the whole way, she felt quite happy.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Huh? Saki-chan, why are you here?"
Hearing that way of addressing him, Sakurai Saki immediately knew who it was.
"Maki? Why are you here?" Sakurai Saki turned his head to look at the "lossing heroine" walking toward him.
"Hmph, what? I can't come to the middle school division's cultural festival?" Shijo Maki puffed out her flat chest, her twin ponytails swaying a little.
"No, you came alone… ah, turns out not alone." Sakurai Saki looked at Kashiwagi Nagisa approaching from afar.
"Sakurai-san, good morning." Kashiwagi Nagisa slightly bowed, politely greeting Sakurai Saki.
"Good morning, Kashiwagi-san."
"Just call me Nagisa, aren't we friends?" Kashiwagi Nagisa's smile made Sakurai Saki a little scared.
This person's chaos level was no less than Chika's.
Chika & Nagisa: (≧ω≦)人(≧ω≦)
"Chika-chan~ why are you here too?"
"Of course, because the middle school division's cultural festival is really fun."
Fujiwara Chika tilted her head, her smile nearly expressionless.
The rare time she could be alone with Saki-kun had been ruined like this.
'What should I do with these two sneaky cats?'
The water temperature of Tokyo Bay didn't seem that bad either.
Maa~ anyway, it was almost winter.
The price of cement these days didn't seem too expensive, each month she still had quite a lot left over from her 150,000 yen allowance.
Chika & Maki: ( ˶°ㅁ°) (≖ᴗ≖ ✿)
"Saki-chan, ahem, we'll head off first." Shijo Maki sensed the situation was not good.
Secretary Fujiwara was looking at her with an extremely terrifying gaze.
Could it be these two were dating? Real or fake? If Hayasaka found out, would she beat Saki-chan to death?
Shijo Maki felt she had discovered something she shouldn't have, and she was about to be silenced.
"Why leave!? Won't you come play together? Ah right, the haunted house over there is really fun!" Fujiwara Chika smiled radiantly.
"Shijo-san, don't you want to try it once with Kashiwagi-san?"
"Uh, maybe… let's not." Hearing this, Shijo Maki shuddered a few times, her twin ponytails trembling along, enough to show how frightened she was.
She was really not good at dealing with scary things.
"Ehh, haunted house? Sounds really fun, Maki, let's go together!" Kashiwagi Nagisa seized the chance to invite.
Seeing Maki trembling like that, she truly wanted to watch some more.
A few minutes later, Sakurai Saki saw the pleading eyes of Shijo Maki, but he could only helplessly avoid them.
(◠ᴗ◠✿)つ(つᗒᗣᗕ)つ ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)~~~
"Alright! Now no one can bother us anymore!" Fujiwara Chika nodded in satisfaction.
The one who could walk around the cultural festival with Saki-kun could only be me, Fujiwara Chika!