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That's right... How could an ordinary amusement park possibly bury piano wires in the tunnels of a roller coaster? If that were the case, it would practically be the opening scene of a nationally acclaimed mystery anime.

……

Ai Yin stomped her feet firmly on the ground, and the feeling of being grounded made her feel at ease.

It seems that humans still have to walk on the ground... airplanes, ships, and roller coasters are all inventions of the devil.

But Aine soon noticed that Arakawa Kirika still had that same listless expression.

Hmm... this can't go on.

Ai Yin thought to herself, since it's a date, both of them have to enjoy it.

Eh?

When Ai Yin thought of those words, she suddenly paused, because she suddenly realized that those words sounded so familiar.

It seems... I said that when I had my first date with Kirika.

Never mind, it's not important.

Aine shook her head, clearing her mind of unnecessary thoughts, and then... quietly took Arakawa Kirika's hand.

"Can I choose the next project, Wuhua?"

Aine's gaze seemed a little unfocused, but she still mustered the courage to say those words.

"of course."

Hmm... Aine pouted, looking a little unhappy.

Fog flowers are always like this.

Is it "of course you can" or "of course you can't"...?

What are people supposed to do with such ambiguous remarks?

So Aine could only look at Kirika with a somewhat resentful gaze, as if silently questioning her.

Arakawa Kirika immediately realized that her wording was indeed a bit unclear, so she added a sentence.

"of course can."

Yay!

Aine clapped her hands happily, this behavior of gradually gaining more and more "authority" from Arakawa Kirika... although such an analogy might be a bit inappropriate.

But Aine's heart was indeed filled with a joy like that of a bountiful harvest.

So Aine began to plan where to take the mist flower.

Hmm... Wuhua's expression is always the same poker face, only revealing that signature wicked smile when she's bullying someone.

At that moment, Aine suddenly had an idea.

She kind of wanted to see... a different expression on Wuhua's face. It would be even better if she could see Wuhua's vulnerable side.

Driven by this ulterior motive, Aine brought Arakawa Kirika to...

Haunted house.

Arakawa Kirika's expression at this moment was truly remarkable.

She had already guessed what this pink-clad idiot next to her was thinking.

They actually tried to scare me with something like this... It's 20,000 years too early.

But Arakawa Kirika saw through it but didn't say anything, and cooperated by queuing up with Aine in front of the haunted house.

And things unfolded exactly as Arakawa Kirika had predicted.

The closer she got to the front row, the more she noticed that Ai-yin's expression was becoming abnormal.

Despite Aine's best efforts to control her emotions, Arakawa Kirika easily caught the subtle trembling in her body.

This guy... is clearly afraid of ghosts.

And do you think that just because I'm afraid of something, I'll necessarily be afraid of it?

It's still a silly dog ​​after all.

At that moment, Arakawa Kirika rested her chin on her hand, thought for a moment, and prepared to take back the words she had said earlier praising Aine for being smart.

……

"If you're so scared, why did you have to come here?"

Arakawa Kirika finally couldn't help but ask the question.

This pink-clad idiot had the nerve to say I was always forcing myself, but isn't she forcing herself too?

"Hmm... because... I wanted to cheer Kirika up too... By the way, Kirika, aren't you afraid of ghosts?"

When Aine saw that Arakawa Kirika's expression remained unchanged even as they arrived at the haunted house, she immediately realized that her plan had failed, so she simply confessed.

Do you want me to be happy too?

These words must have touched Arakawa Kirika, but her poker face was always flawless, so she didn't reveal anything at all.

Her attention was drawn to the second half of Aine's sentence.

Ghosts... what's there to be afraid of?

This question was not worth hesitating over at all, but... looking at Aine's hopeful eyes, she suddenly felt...

Simply stating "I'm not afraid" doesn't seem serious enough.

So she spoke.

"Aine, what do you think... a ghost is?"

Ah... here we go again.

Aine shook her head helplessly.

Arakawa Kirika's habit of throwing problems back at her always gave her a headache. If it were anyone else, her face would probably instantly turn into a tough guy's expression, and she would yell something.

"You're not allowed to answer questions with questions! You rascal!"

But... well, what can you do when the other party is a mist flower?

Because she was a mist flower, no matter how distressed she felt, she could only give in.

Aine's eyes suddenly hardened, and she began to think about Arakawa Kirika's problem.

As she thought about it, she rummaged through her bag for a while.

But they still couldn't find the newly bought prop.

Oh no... I forgot my pipe today, so the intelligence assessment doesn't seem to have worked.

So Aine could only stammer in response.

"Ghosts... they're just ghosts... those monsters and things that come out of horror movies to harm people."

Upon hearing this, Arakawa Kirika indeed showed a hint of disappointment, and then deliberately shook her head at Aine.

No more zeros II? Let's chat in the chat group...

Aine admitted that Arakawa Kirika's expression made her feel disappointed, but... she quickly perked up her ears, ready to hear what Kirika had to say.

"Oh? Since your understanding of ghosts comes from movies and TV shows, does that mean you think ghosts are vengeful spirits that arise after people die?"

Arakawa Kirika asked softly.

Aine frowned as she carefully considered Kirika's words, then nodded.

"That's correct."

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"Hmm...actually, that's what I thought at first too."

Arakawa Kirika's lips finally curled up slightly, which made Aine happy but also made her feel that something was wrong.

Because she had a premonition that Wuhua was about to launch into a questioning session that sounded like a research inquiry.

“But Aine, look, if ghosts are vengeful spirits born from the death of people… isn’t there a very obvious flaw in this statement?”

Aine swallowed hard. In that instant, she knew her premonition was right. It seemed that Kirika's research obsession as a "top student" had been unintentionally activated by her.

Clearly... I only wanted to find some topics to chat about casually with Wuhua at first...

Oh well, what can I do? She's Wuhua, so I'm willing to listen to whatever she says.

"It's really strange that if you can become a ghost as long as you have enough resentment at the time of death."

Once Arakawa Kirika got excited, she didn't care whether Aine was listening attentively or not, and continued talking excitedly.

"Because there are far too many people in this world who die unjustly and with hatred, far more than you can imagine. If these people could become ghosts... and even interfere with reality."

"Wouldn't our human world have long since become an inescapable hell?"

...Whether Arakawa Kirika noticed or not, Aine listened very attentively, so she immediately chimed in.

"So... Wuhua, you think that ghosts are impossible in the world?"

"That's not quite right... I just feel that the so-called 'ghosts' cannot be created by humans; they are more like an unknown phenomenon that has not yet been explored."

"Oh...it's almost my turn..."

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Aine gave a perfunctory reply and tried to steer the conversation back on track, but Arakawa Kirika, who was in the middle of a lively discussion, was clearly not going to give Aine the chance.

She quickly continued speaking.

"Oh right, I read a book before... Let me find it for you."

Ok……

Aine gave a helpless twitch at the corner of her mouth.

It seems that Wuhua won't give up until I help her figure out the truth about the "ghost".

Wuhua's personality is really quite interesting... especially her childlike stubbornness.

Arakawa Kirika is here on a date today, so even if she's a bookworm, she wouldn't bring a book with her at a time like this.