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Following Yumiko, Itsuki arrived at the door of the Paranormal Research Club.
"Eh? There's actually a club here?"
Itsuki remembered walking past this spot many times before, and she was sure she'd never noticed a club with such a weird name.
Yumiko just gave her a sideways glance, knocked twice on the door, and then pushed it open.
"…"
And then Itsuki and Yumiko were greeted by a scene that left them either speechless or shocked.
In the large classroom, only three people were present: Takumi, Megumi, and Yui. Megumi and Yui were each sitting on one of Takumi's thighs.
Takumi was taking care of both sides; his hands really did refuse to stay idle.
In her heart, Yumiko was screaming, Yui, when did you become so shameless?!
Itsuki was even more dumbfounded. These two girls are clearly different from any of the ones from yesterday!
Yet here were another two girls being extremely intimate with Takumi, and the things they were doing…
Uu! Itsuki, mortified, clapped her hands over her eyes.
"Ahem!"
Remembering that she'd brought someone with her, Yumiko quickly coughed to signal them.
Takumi had sensed their arrival long ago.
Even with Yumiko's reminder, he still waited until he'd given Megumi that last kiss before letting her go.
Megumi and Yui's faces were flushed, their soft bodies resting against his chest.
Takumi lifted his gaze to Itsuki, as if he'd been expecting her. "You're here."
The Paranormal Research Club's door had closed behind them.
Not far from that door, the four other Nakano sisters were in total chaos.
They had clearly been following Itsuki, but partway through, she'd just vanished while walking! The blonde girl had disappeared too!
Ichika reached out and pinched Nino's cheek.
"Ow! Ichika, what was that for?!" Nino jumped, grabbing her face, completely confused by Ichika's behavior.
Ichika murmured, "If it hurts, then it's not a dream. Itsuki really did vanish."
Nino glared. "Then pinch yourself!"
Yotsuba was trembling. "We didn't… run into a ghost, did we?"
A ghost. That was something not only Yotsuba was afraid of—Ichika and Nino were scared of it too.
Itsuki's weird behavior, and then her sudden disappearance—could this have something to do with some school legend, some urban legend?
Once that kind of idea popped up, it wouldn't stop. The three of them looked around in growing paranoia. Completely ignoring the fact that it was broad daylight.
Ironically, the usually soft and squishy Miku was the only one of the four staying calm right now. "We should call Itsuki."
"You're right. Let's phone her and make sure," Ichika and the others snapped back to their senses after Miku's reminder.
Ichika hurriedly pulled out her phone and dialed Itsuki's number.
Within a few seconds, the call connected. "Moshi moshi, Ichika, what's wrong?"
Hearing the voice on the other end, the four sisters looked at one another.
It was Itsuki's voice! Ichika steadied herself and asked, "Itsuki, where did you just go? We saw you walking with a blonde girl."
"Oh, oh, that was Yumiko-san. She took me to the Paranormal Research Club."
"Paranormal Research Club?" The four of them turned again to look at the place where Itsuki had disappeared. There was no sign of any Paranormal Research Club.
Yotsuba swallowed hard. "Itsuki, are you sure you're okay?"
"How could I not be? Actually, I do have something to take care of right now, so I'm hanging up. You guys go ahead and eat lunch, okay? Bye-bye."
"Beep…"
Yotsuba glanced at sharp-eyed Nino, nervous. "Um, Itsuki hung up…"
"That girl has no idea how worried we are! She's way too willful. I have to sit her down and give her a proper scolding later!" Nino was fuming.
Itsuki had barely let them say two sentences before she rushed to hang up. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was too busy flirting with a boyfriend to remember her sisters!
But hearing that Itsuki insisted she was fine, Ichika rubbed her arms. "Let's get out of here. It doesn't feel like Itsuki ran into ghosts… it feels more like we did."
"Eek!"
When they thought about it from that angle, it really did seem like they might've run into something.
The four of them bolted, not daring to stay there for another second.
Meanwhile, Itsuki—
Even though she wasn't doing anything as over-the-top as Nino had imagined with some boyfriend, she was still incredibly tense.
Not only had she just seen other people flirting, she was suddenly being surrounded by seven or eight people.
Itsuki sat stiffly in her chair. Just moments ago, several people had crawled out of the classroom's cupboards.
Among them were Yukino and Eriri, but that cupboard hadn't looked big at all—how had it fit so many people?
She might not be good at studying and might be a bit slow on the uptake, but that didn't mean she was stupid. No matter how she thought about it, it was super weird.
Yukino gave her a look. "Nakano-san, what did you come here for? Did you run into another supernatural incident?"
Marin's eyes sparkled. "A supernatural incident! What kind of supernatural incident did she run into? Is the club getting another request?"
Yumiko, who'd brought Itsuki here, was also pretty surprised.
She had more or less guessed that Itsuki must have been saved by Takumi from some supernatural incident. At the same time, she was really curious what sort of supernatural world Itsuki had bumped into.
As soon as that supernatural world was mentioned, both Itsuki and Eriri's expressions turned sour. The scene from last night surfaced again in their minds.
Megumi took in their expressions. "Eriri was there yesterday too?"
Eriri lay face-down on the desk, her expression bitter. "Yeah. That monster was just… just disgusting."
Itsuki nodded like a rabbit, clearly finding a kindred spirit. "Yes! Not only disgusting, but really terrifying too!"
Yui, standing next to Yumiko and hanging onto Yumiko's arm, tried to make small talk. "Yumiko, aren't you curious what kind of monster it was?"
Yumiko shot her a sideways glare. "Yui, I really don't feel like talking to you right now."
Yui scratched her hair, smiling shyly as she shook Yumiko's arm in apology.
"Sorry, Yumiko. I wanted to come over with you too, but T-Takumi-kun dragged me here first."
Yumiko really wanted to say that Yui had totally abandoned her for lust, but looking at the sincerity in Yui's expression, Yumiko's heart softened, and she patted Yui's hand. "All right, all right. I forgive you."
"Mm-mm-mm-mm!" Having been forgiven, Yui smiled bright as a sunflower.
Yumiko could only feel helpless. She really couldn't reconcile this Yui in front of her with the way Yui was when she was alone with Takumi.
If Yui could be like this even right in front of her, and with the way the dumpling-shaped curves of her body still left visible wrinkles in her clothes…
It was hard to even imagine what Yui might be like when Yumiko wasn't there.
Would she really be like those scenes in erotic books—eyes rolled back, tongue sticking out?
Ew!!! Just picturing it made Yumiko's skin crawl like ants were running all over her.
Miko perked up at the word monster. "It wasn't an evil spirit, was it?"
Her constant exhaustion came from dealing with evil spirits every day. The evil spirits outside would get wiped in one wave by Takumi, but it never took long for new ones to appear.
Miko had obtained the power of Time, but she still couldn't keep from being terrified when she encountered evil spirits—terrified to the point she was about to cry or even pee herself.
Yukino shook her head. "It wasn't an evil spirit. It was a monster called Tomie Kawakami."
As she spoke, Yukino glanced at Takumi. Only after he nodded did she slowly begin describing Tomie's traits.
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