Head of human form statue

"The last one, here it is."

Naoki stopped his bike and hugged Ogata in the back seat "Go and deliver the udon."

"Um."

Ogata pushed the glasses at the bridge of his nose, took the last of the udon out of the basket, and walked towards the apartment building.

The door opened quickly, and a pale woman in pajamas and glasses appeared behind the door.

"Hello, Ogata Udon Restaurant." Ogata said earnestly, "The udon you ordered."

"Thank you..."

The woman took the udon noodles with a hint of doubt on her face. Seeing Ogata turn and leave, she said nervously, "Please wait!"

"Um?"

The girl bowed and said, "Excuse me, can I ask you a favor?"

"Help?"

Ogata tilted his head.

"Like this…" The woman had an indescribably weak expression on her face, and whispered, "I live alone in this apartment, it's usually very quiet, but since last night, a strange voice suddenly appeared in the room. I couldn't find the source for a long time, can you help me find it?"

"In the middle of the night...there was an abnormal sound in the room..."

Ogata opened his eyes wide, his whole body was petrified in place, and his painting style was black and white.

Asking her to help guide his homework was not a problem at all, of course it was only limited to science, and it was very unlikely to investigate supernatural events.

"You are okay?" asked the woman nervously.

Ogata clenched his fists tightly, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. The ordinary apartment in his eyes had become a closed door filled with black mist and pale ghost fire. Behind the door, there was a pair of eyes peeking at her...

"Why haven't you come yet?"

A familiar voice sounded from behind, and the next moment, a hand was placed on Ogata's head, and the warm temperature woke her up instantly.

"Asakawa-san!"

After recovering, Ogata hugged Naoki's arms, like a lost child on the road, and finally saw the parents she found.

Seeing the crying Ogata, Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly "Is there a problem with the udon, if so, we can help you send a new one."

"Sorry, that has nothing to do with udon… I often eat udon from Ogata's shop, and it tastes really good." The girl hurriedly waved her hand and explained nervously, "Actually, I have something to ask her…"

The girl quickly explained the ins and outs.

"It turns out that Ogata is afraid of ghosts."

Naoki moved the corner of his mouth slightly.

Ogata is most afraid of ghosts. You ask her to help solve a ghost incident that is not known to be true or false. In the first place, you asked the wrong person!

It's like letting Furuhashi participate in the tits modeling competition, Miku is challenging the eating champion in front of everyone's eyes, it can't do it at all!

"I thought the person who sent the udon was a boy…" The girl bowed and apologized, "Sorry for scaring your girlfriend!"

Sibling?

Of course not, the names and face shapes are completely different.

Ordinary friend?

Seeing the girl hugging the boy's arm tightly, and the boy gently brushing his hair, doesn't seem like something friends usually do, right?

"You misunderstand."

Naoki explained, "Ogata and I are classmates."

"Sorry, I thought you..."

"Why did you misunderstand?" Ogata tilted his head, "I don't understand."

Why did you say I'm Asakawa-san's girlfriend?

Could it be that in other people's eyes, she and Asakawa were lovers?

Or as long as boys and girls get along well, they will be misunderstood?

It's so complicated, I don't understand it at all.

"Eh?"

The girl looked taken aback.

Naoki raised his right hand and lightly patted Ogata's head, "Don't make trouble for the customers, the priority is to solve the problem at hand."

The girl blinked, her face suddenly showing an expression of tension and anticipation, and she said in surprise, "Are you two willing to help?"

"Just me." Naoki certainly couldn't say that as an Esper, he was very interested in the existence of ghosts, "Udon doesn't taste good when it's cold."

"Thank you very much." The woman bowed in surprise, "Please come in."

Naoki walked to the entrance while looking at Naoki beside him "Ogata, you are outside..."

Ogat grabbed the corner of his shirt again.

There were tears in the corners of her eyes and her facial expression was stern, "I'm with you."

Forget it, leaving you alone outside must be a source of fear!

Naoki nodded lightly, "Then let's go together."

"Um."

...

"Excuse me."

Naoki and Ogata walked to the entrance together and greeted politely.

This apartment is a very ordinary single apartment, with an area of about 30 to 40 square meters. Although it looks a little messy... But compared to Mafuyu's apartment, it's cleaner!

"Please change your sandals." The girl took out two pairs of sandals from the shoe cabinet. "Sorry, I've been living alone the whole time, and I'm not in the mood to clean the room today, so please don't pay attention."

Naoki was bending down to change his shoes, when someone suddenly hugged his neck, and a strong milky scent wafted into his nose, mixed with the smell of udon noodles.

"There's a human head over there!"

Ogata hugged Naoki's neck tightly, as if she would turn into a koala and hang on Naoki's body for the rest of his life.

Naoki took a deep breath to make sure that he wouldn't suffocate and faint, and looking at Ogata's finger, he found a lone human head in the shadow of the light.

Naoki narrowed his eyes, "It doesn't seem wrong to say it's a human head..."

Ogata is getting scared, "It's really a human head, let's call the police!"

"Please don't call the police!" The bespectacled woman who just brought out the fruit to entertain the guests hurriedly waved her hand, her legs softened, and she almost apologized, "It's a plaster statue, not a human head!"

"I was a member of the art department in high school. This statue is the first work that I made myself. I took it back after graduation, please don't misunderstand!"

"Statue?"

Ogata had tears in the corners of his eyes, and looked at Naoki nervously.

"That's right."

No wonder his facial features are quite rough, it turns out to be the work of practicing hands.

The bespectacled woman breathed a sigh of relief, "You two can examine it carefully… No, you should examine it carefully."

Suddenly, a policeman knocks on the door, saying that she's hiding his head in his house, so she can't live much longer, right?

Naoki walked over and quickly said, "This is indeed a plaster statue."

Ogata gripped the hem of Naoki's shirt tightly, "I heard there's a very scary movie called The Horror Statue. Will it be the same as in the movies?"

Naoki mused, "It shouldn't be, there is no formaldehyde smell, and the weight is different."

Girl with glasses: "..."

Very scary.

Looks like I accidentally summoned a very scary person into the apartment, do I need to call the police first?