Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Hanabi Hanamaru hesitated. She didn't know how to say it. She knew that when Kai Uesugi was alone with her, he would touch her stomach, but... but she didn't want to reject him directly.

"Let's talk about it tonight..." Hanabi Hanabi pursed her lips.

Kai Uesugi could tell that she didn't want to refuse.

But what if he refused? As long as he wasn't sleeping with Kitagawa Sakakisa and the others at night, he could still sneak into her room.

"Uesugi-san, what are you two secretly saying to each other?"

"Cough cough, it's nothing."

Kitagawa Sakaki gave him a strange look: "What are you planning to do first?"

The first activity the four chose was a lake cruise, which involved paddling a swan-shaped boat around the lake.

There are cherry blossoms by the lake, but unfortunately they are not in bloom in summer, so only swans are left on the lake.

Uesugi Kai took Hanamaru Hanabi's hand and helped her stand steadily on the small boat.

Just as he was about to go down, Kitagawa Sakakisa suddenly jumped out and grabbed him:

"No! I object!"

Hanabi Hanamaru stood on the small boat and saw Kitagawa Sakakisa tugging at Uesugi Kai's sleeve.

Standing on the shore, Uesugi Kai said to him speechlessly, "Miss, Hanabi and I are a match made in heaven, why are you objecting?"

Kitagawa Sakakisa, however, said with a stubborn little expression, "You usually monopolize Hanabi-chan's time so much. I've asked her to come out and play many times, but she always says she'll stay with you. Now let me stay with Hanabi-chan."

What kind of nonsense is this?

Uesugi Kai glanced back at Hanabi Hanabu, who was sitting on the swan boat touching a swan, and then said with a strange look:

"You don't actually like fireworks, do you?"

"Yes, I like Hanabi-chan." Kitagawa Sakakisa said frankly.

"That kind of liking...?"

Which type of preference?

"That kind."

Which one?

Kai Uesugi gave up. "Alright, young lady, it's your decision."

Seeing that he had given up, Kitagawa Sakakisa happily boarded the small boat of fireworks.

Kai Uesugi sat opposite Rika Kyuu. The class president was quite good-looking, with a refreshing appearance.

"Sakakisa wouldn't like fireworks, would she?" he asked.

When Jiushi Lixiang heard his question, she laughed and said, "You're not worried, are you? Worried that your girlfriend will be stolen away?"

"To say I wasn't worried... that's impossible, but it wasn't that I was afraid of it being taken away; I was afraid that Sakakisa would bend Hanabi."

"Bend?" Rika Kuju didn't understand what Kai Uesugi meant.

"It means your sexual orientation has changed."

Rika Kyuu smiled faintly, "Uesugi, you...you don't actually think Sakaki's sexual orientation is female, do you?"

“It’s entirely possible,” Uesugi Kai realized. “You said that yourself.”

"Didn't you say that?"

Kitagawa Sakaki and Hanabi's small boat had already reached the middle of the lake in just a short while.

Uesugi Kai watched the small boat from afar, and even had a feeling that... she was going to kidnap Hanabi.

Please, you're my best friend, not my love rival.

"Uesugi! Hurry up! Let's have a race! Whoever gets to the other side first!" Kitagawa Sakakisa waved excitedly to the two who hadn't yet left the shore.

Kai Uesugi heard it.

Contest?

Ha, how naive.

......

The swan boat landed on the shore.

Kai Uesugi clapped his hands and looked at Sakakisa Kitagawa, who was panting heavily in front of him: "Still a bit slow."

"Ha~ha~you, you're a boy..." Kitagawa Sakakisa bent over, her hands supporting her knees, clearly having gone through a period of exhaustion.

"As a man, giving your all is the only way to respect women."

"Damn it, Uesugi, don't beg me when we get to the haunted house!" Kitagawa Sakakisa retorted.

"What do you want from me?"

"I beg for your protection." Kitagawa Sakakisa puffed out her small chest, standing in front of Hanabi Hanamaru with the confidence of a little boyfriend.

Kai Uesugi laughed again, "Young lady, you don't seem to have ever been to a haunted house before, have you?"

"Who, who said that! Let him stand up!"

"This is supposedly the world's scariest haunted house," Uesugi Kai continued to threaten her.

"Hmph...Hmph! What's so great about being number one in the world..."

It was unclear whether the sweat on Kitagawa Sakakisa's forehead was cold or hot.

These words didn't scare her, but they did scare Hanabi Hanabu.

She looked at Kai Uesugi with timid eyes: "Really...really do we have to go...?"

Kitagawa Sakakisa hugged her arm. "Hanabi-chan~ Don't worry, didn't we agree from the beginning? We came to Fuji-Q Highland to go to the haunted house."

"But...but Sakaki-chan must be scared too..."

"How...how could this be!" Kitagawa Sakakisa noticed Uesugi Kai's gaze was directed at her, so she deliberately puffed out her chest and then hugged Hanabi's arm to comfort her, "Don't worry, Hanabi, I'll protect you."

Kai Uesugi guessed that Kitagawa Sakakisa was clinging to her because she hadn't seen Hanabi in a long time.

How did they meet?

Kai Uesugi thought for a moment.

Oh...right.

Hanabi Hanabi made a bento for Kitagawa Sakakisa when she had no money for food, and she was so grateful that she cried tears of joy.

From then on, she liked to involve Hanabi in everything she did.

The friendship built over a meal turned out to be surprisingly strong.

It's alright. With her protecting her, Hanabi is at least safe.

On another level, could it be that the police and yakuza...Hanamaru Hanabi are now connected?

The four of them headed towards the haunted house.

.......

The haunted house is an abandoned hospital.

I heard that this place used to be a real hospital called Ciji General Hospital.

Tzu Chi General Hospital was an excellent hospital from the very beginning, with not only highly skilled doctors but also advanced medical equipment.

Therefore, many patients come here for treatment every year.

However, the hospital director was a wicked man. In order to make dirty money, he colluded with other doctors to steal patients' internal organs and sell them at high prices. Over time, no patients came to Ciji Hospital for treatment.

The hospital is filled with the ghosts of vengeful patients and the ghosts of heartless doctors.

The above is a summary of the story setting that Uesugi Kai saw on the dilapidated wall.

"棣,棣君..."

Hanabi Hanamaru looked at the dark, abandoned hospital in the distance and pressed herself almost against Kai Uesugi's arm, even tugging at his clothes with her little hand.

Kai Uesugi looked away from the notice and turned to the somewhat timid girl, saying:

"We're only just outside."

"But...but this place is really scary..."

Hanabi Hanamaru glanced cautiously at the abandoned hospital. The hospital walls were dark and gloomy, as if they had been scorched by a fire, and the broken glass outside the small rooms was covered with dirty rust.

A metallic, metallic smell wafted out from inside from time to time.

Hanabi Hanabi moved closer to him again and took his hand.

Her hands were warm and soft.

Kai Uesugi finally understood why everyone liked to bring their girlfriends here.

"If Hanabi is scared, then just follow behind me, okay?"

"Um......"

Kitagawa Sakakisa seemed startled by something. While waiting in line, she pointed to the broken glass above the hospital entrance and said, "I think I just saw a female nurse walk past..."

Kai Uesugi couldn't help but retort, "Didn't you say you weren't afraid?"

"I... I'm just reminding you! You can ask Rika if you don't believe me."

Kyuu Rika smiled elegantly: "That's right."

What else could Uesugi Kai say?

After buying the tickets, I sat outside and waited for a while.

Kai Uesugi looked at the pine forest surrounding the abandoned hospital.

The pine needles are sparse and look old, giving the impression of being in a deep mountain forest.

To be honest, it took us quite a long time to walk here from the amusement park.

It's said to be deep in the mountains and forests...

This is at the foot of Mount Fuji. In the past... this hospital would definitely have been deep in the mountains.