My love index is at its maximum.

"without……"

"Are you afraid of ghosts?"

"I don't!"

"Then let's get in line."

"……goodbye!"

Chapter 280 School Trip (10)

Taiqin Film Village in Kyoto.

"The haunted house inside is said to be the scariest haunted house in the world."

Shiori Ninomiya pointed to the entrance of the haunted house, her little expression serious.

"Is this an experience that couples have to go through?" Tsukasa Tazaki said, holding a tourist map in his hand. "Under the influence of panic and anxiety, a person's subconscious reaction best reveals their inner thoughts. Is Shiori planning to test me with this?"

"I didn't think that much about it," Shiori Ninomiya blurted out instinctively. "I just wanted to enjoy the feeling of being protected by Kiki inside."

Tsukasa Tazaki patted her head: "Understood!"

"Aren't you taking Sakura in with you?" Shiori Ninomiya asked.

“No.” Tsukasa Tazaki shook his head and turned his gaze away.

On the other side of the queue entrance, as expected, Kuriyama Sakura sat alone in a chair, her demeanor cold and somewhat aloof.

Last time, the department head was terrified at the haunted house in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, and she absolutely refuses to come in again this time.

But the eldest brother...

The haunted house is visited in batches.

Tsukasa Tazaki then turned to Yui Kikawa: "Yui, are you coming in too?"

The blonde girl seemed not to hear him, gazing indifferently at the crowd behind him. After a full five seconds, she nodded like a high-latency NPC in an online game.

"it is good."

His tone was also indifferent.

Murakami Mizuiro, who was about to run to Tazaki Tsukasa's side, paused in her steps, instantly recalling the fear she had felt during her recent forced marriage.

"Hmm?" Yui Kikawa turned around, her indifferent blue eyes fixed on Murakami. "Is there something you need?"

"I...I plan to say good morning to Tazaki..." Murakami Mizuiro looked at Tazaki Tsukasa with a sorrowful expression.

Tsukasa Tazaki pretended not to hear.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go in with Murakami Mizuiro, but when he met his older brother's indifferent gaze, he felt a chill run down his spine. At a time like this, he couldn't care less about Murakami's feelings.

Soon it was Tazaki Tsukasa's turn to enter the haunted house. Excluding Kuriyama Sakura, there were a total of nine people.

The staff divided them into three groups of three at the entrance. Otherwise, if all nine of them came at once, they might get startled and cause pushing, trampling, or other accidents.

Moreover, the ghosts inside are all staff members in disguise.

If tourists get frightened and start punching and kicking the staff, three people are easier to handle than nine.

The first two groups went in first.

Tazaki Tsukasa's group waited until the very end, and then followed them in twenty seconds later.

"Is your older brother afraid of ghosts?" Shiori Ninomiya asked Yui Kikawa, her eyes gleaming with a cunning look.

"There's absolutely no need to worry about this," Yui Kikawa replied calmly, her tone full of confidence.

"Oh, oh, oh," Shiori Ninomiya said with admiration, reaching out to grab Tsukasa Tazaki's arm. "Then when we go into the haunted house later, big brother won't be so scared that he has to be carried out by Kiki like I am, right?"

"...?"

The blonde girl froze on the spot.

Ninomiya Shiori pressed on, "It can't be like that, right? Big brother is such a great person, he must be braver than Shiori-chan, right? He definitely won't be as embarrassed as Shiori-chan, right, right?"

Yui Kichikawa took a deep breath and said, trembling, "Yes..."

As he answered, Tsukasa Tazaki noticed that his older brother's face had turned somewhat green.

Ugh.

My older brother is really strong-willed.

I learned my lesson at the haunted house in Ikebukuro last time, why haven't I learned my lesson yet?

It's time to enter.

With his left hand holding Shiori Ninomiya's hand and his right hand holding a flashlight provided by the staff, Tsukasa Tazaki, with Yui Kikawa to his right, the three of them stepped into the dimly lit and narrow corridor.

The haunted house is set in the Edo period, with a dark Japanese-style corridor inside and paper sliding doors on both sides.

Specially arranged lighting guides visitors' eye, making some creepy things clearly visible.

As they passed the third room, the paper sliding door, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened, and a corpse hanging upside down was instantly dangling and swaying in front of the door.

"How scary, how scary~" Shiori Ninomiya clung tightly to Tsukasa Tazaki's arm, burying her face in his shoulder, too scared to look at those things.

“It’s fake,” Tsukasa Tazaki gently patted her back. “It’s just a prop.”

Qichuan Wei commented, "The props are too rough, far less refined than the haunted house in Sunshine City. The overall atmosphere isn't scary enough either. This first level deserves a bad review."

"Wow, that's amazing." Shiori Ninomiya lowered her head, her voice full of admiration. "Big brother is so amazing! If only Shiori-chan had your courage!"

"It's nothing."

“I’ve heard that fear comes from the unknown,” Ninomiya Shiori lifted her face slightly off Tazaki Tsukasa’s shoulder, revealing her eyes, and looked pitifully at the blonde girl: “Kikawa-san, could you walk ahead a little and scout the way for Shiori-chan?”

"no problem."

Kikawa Yui proudly tossed her long hair.

With head held high and chest out, he strode forward, radiating perfect confidence from the inside out.

next second.

The innocent country girl tiptoed and whispered in Tsukasa Tazaki's ear, "Kiki, let's walk slowly behind us and walk a little longer."

His voice was filled with the smug satisfaction of a successful scheme.

"You're getting more and more wicked ideas!" Tsukasa Tazaki hugged her waist tightly and scolded her irritably, "I need to find a way to teach you a lesson, otherwise if I keep spoiling you like this, you'll eventually get the better of me."

Ninomiya Shiori leaned against him, smiling, and said, "What is Kiki saying? I don't understand."

"I said, I want..."

"Shiori doesn't understand!" Ninomiya Shiori interrupted him, her expression becoming more serious, but still smiling. "How should I punish Shiori-chan? Like I said last time, tie my hands with a tie, and then ignore my pleas?"

Do I look like that kind of person?

"Yeah, Kiki is a bad girl!"

What's wrong with it?

"When they came to visit my family, they often insisted on marrying into our family despite our objections!"

"You don't seem to object."

“Yeah, I didn’t object,” Shiori Ninomiya smiled slyly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him. “Does that mean Kiki isn’t a bad guy, but rather an idiot?”

Tsukasa Tazaki looked down at her glistening little lips.

"Hurry up, that's how it should be..." Ninomiya Shiori took his left hand and placed it on the back of her head, saying happily, "You have to press my head down and kiss me, you understand?"

"What strange idea?" Tsukasa Tazaki subconsciously pressed her little head towards him, her black hair smooth and silky.

In the dimly lit corridor, the expression on her small face was not visible.

All one could see was a faint glimmer in her large eyes, her affection for him undisguised, as always. As he drew closer, those eyes darted around a few times, and then their owner stood on tiptoe and kissed him.

"..."

The older brother is still ahead...

Tsukasa Tazaki knew that his little cutie was definitely up to no good again, wanting Yui Kikawa to see this, but what could he do after they'd already kissed? He couldn't just push his little darling away, could he...?

Dim light, the mournful cries of ghosts, and the chanting of Buddhist scriptures filled the air.

In the empty corridor, the two groups of people from before had disappeared without a trace. Only Qichuan remained, nervously keeping an eye on the rooms on both sides, worried that something might suddenly jump out at any moment.

I took a few more steps forward.

With a loud "clang".

Suddenly, a severed arm fell from above, less than a meter in front of him, and red liquid flowed all over the ground. As the liquid flowed out, the skin of the severed arm undulated unevenly, as if insects were crawling inside.

"Hi~"

Qichuan Wei gasped and instinctively hugged her arms, which were covered in goosebumps.

"It's...it's alright, it's quite fun..."

I was a little scared.

But that's okay, it's still within an acceptable range, and the perfect girl won't be afraid because of it!

After regaining her composure, Yui Kikawa walked forward.

The moment I passed by the severed arm.

The severed arm suddenly moved, drifting towards her leg, its knuckles creeping up her shoe.

fake!

It's either remotely controlled, or it's secretly pulled by a wire!

Kikawa Yui took a deep breath, forcing herself not to look down at the disgusting thing on her foot.

Suppressing the urge to run, she steadied herself and was about to continue walking forward.

With a "whoosh".

A paper sliding door on the left suddenly opened.

A wave of cold air carrying a foul stench hit me, with a faint... smell of rotting corpses.