Ghost?

"Ghost?" Naoki wondered "Have you seen it?"

So far, Naoki has only seen ghosts once with Itsuki, it can be said to be very rare. Is this Sekijou very lucky?

"I've never seen one before." Sekijou shook his head, clasped his hands together, and looked around nervously, "But I can feel..."

Naoki was surprised: "You have a psychic constitution?"

"It's a body only found in kanga." Sekijou lowered his voice, "I moved into a new apartment the other day, and sometimes in the middle of the night, the TV would suddenly turn on. and the light in the fridge would turn on for no reason..."

Naoki ponders: "Bad cable connection?"

"The TV is turned off, how can the contact be bad?" Sekijou said annoyedly "I know you don't believe me, so don't say it."

"I believe." Naoki looks serious.

"Eh?" Sekijou was stunned and doubtful, "Do you really believe it?"

"Introduce myself." Naoki straightened his neck and said, "Actually I'm a part-time exorcist."

Sekijou: "...I believe in you."

"No, since there are ghosts, it is normal to have an exorcist."

...

The two returned to the activity room.

Furuhashi was reading a math reference book, but unfortunately his innate abilities were tied to his soul, not his body. Otherwise, she would be accepted into the Astronomy Department of the University of Science in a few minutes.

"Asakawa-san, good morning."

Furuhashi greeted.

"Morning."

"Asakawa-san, good morning." Ogata is also there.

The weather was getting colder, Rin and Yuika couldn't get out of bed in the morning, and coupled with the club disbandment crisis, they rarely came to play now.

Furuhashi whispered: "Sawako has peeked at me before… Did you find anything?"

Furuhashi's intuition was quite sharp.

The exchange of bodies seems to be smooth, but all kinds of small habits can't be changed for a while. Take the example of Furuhashi who usually likes to laugh. After switching bodies with Ogata who rarely has a smiling face, and often lets the three Thorn Club girls worry.

Naoki said: "Sawako was wondering if you were possessed by a ghost."

"Uh, a ghost?"

Furuhashi turned up the volume.

Sekijou looked worried. "How can you say it so easily?"

"You didn't tell me to keep it a secret." Naoki said truthfully "Sawako just told me that there seems to be a ghost haunting her newly rented apartment, and strange things happen a lot."

When meeting in danger, you must ask someone for help, if you don't speak up, no one will know.

"Sawako." Furuhashi turned her head quickly with a worried tone, "Is Asakawa-san telling the truth?"

Ogata's face turned pale, "Is there really a ghost?"

"Of course it's the truth." Naoki protested "When did I lie to you?"

Furuhashi was angry: "Don't talk."

"Yes."

"I don't know if it's a ghost, I haven't seen it with my own eyes anyway..."

Sekijou recounted the experiences of the last few days.

It turns out that the lease on his last apartment has expired, and the landlord wants to increase the rent, but Sekijou doesn't want to, so she moves into a new apartment.

After moving in, she found that strange things were frequently happening in the apartment.

For example in the middle of the night, the TV suddenly turns on.

Like the occasional sound of someone passing by.

There was also a sensor light in the bathroom which was obviously empty but suddenly came on.

"Just that." Sekijou sighed softly, "Everything else is fine… It's much more convenient to say."

She didn't want to say it before, because she was worried about being laughed at, but now Furuhashi and Ogata didn't mean to joke, she finally said what was in his heart.

"This is already very scary." Furuhashi complained, "If it was me, I wouldn't be able to stay for a day, and I would be out that night."

Ogata's face turns pale, and she nervously grabs Naoki's sleeve: "Why doesn't Sawako move to another apartment?"

"I do not have enough money." Sekijou said in a slightly depressed tone, "I checked out for no reason, and I couldn't get my deposit back, so I had to sleep on the street. "

"Why don't you go home and stay?" Sekijou wonders "I remember Sawako saying, Mom and Dad are still around."

Sekijou glanced outside the window for a moment, then whispered:

"For some special reason... I don't want to go home."

"Ricc---…cough cough." Furuhashi hastily changed his words, "Fumino, everyone's family situations are different, don't keep asking about Sawako's family matters."

"Yes." Ogata nodded lightly, "I see."

"Asakawa-san." Fumino looks at Naoki as he speaks, "Did Sawako meet a ghost?"

"It's only possible to tell after seeing the sight." Naoki said honestly. "Maybe not necessarily a ghost, there are other possibilities."

"What are the chances?" Ogata asks, "Sawako is sleepwalking?"

"I can't sleepwalk." Sekijou quickly replied.

"Sleepwalkers usually don't know they're sleepwalking." Ogata mutters to herself, "But I've never seen her living with Sawako on a school trip."

Sekijou was surprised: "During my school trip, I didn't share a room with Fumino."

Furuhashi caught Sekijou's attention, "Maybe Fumino remembered it wrong… Now what's important is the strange phenomenon in the apartment, what does Asakawa-san want to say?"

Naoki said: "Besides a ghost, it might also be man-made."

Furuhashi pondered: "Could it be that someone is playing a prank?"

"That's not necessarily a joke." Naoki lowered his tone, "It doesn't appear in news reports often, a lonely old man is at home, and then someone is secretly living in the attic..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by three girls.

"Eh?"

"That kind of thing is scarier than ghosts!"

"Impossible." Sekijou reacted the loudest, hugging his arm and shuddering, "The apartment is so small, and there's no attic at all."

Naoki said quietly: "And maybe under the bed..."

Seeing Sekijou's face turn pale, Furuhashi stretched out his right hand and lightly pinched Naoki's leg: "Don't bully Sawako."

"I am sorry."

Sekijou was indeed frightened.

Whether it's people in the apartment or ghosts, it's scary.

"Don't worry." Furuhashi consoled in a warm voice, "We will accompany you back tonight to find out what happened."

Ogata quickly said, "I'll go too."

"Did I go?" Naoki raised his hand.

"Of course we go together."

Furuhashi said without hesitation.

If Naoki doesn't leave, it will be very dangerous for the three girls to get together.

"Sorry for causing trouble to everyone." Sekijou was moved.

"Don't say things like that." Furuhashi's expression was serious, "It is proper and right for friends to help out when they encounter difficulties"

Ogata nodded and said, "Sawako is a friend for life."

...

Made an appointment to get their act together in the evening, and everyone dispersed.

Lunch break.

School canteen.

Naoki took the plate and came to sit beside the Quintuplets.

"Nino." Itsuki swallowed the food in his mouth, and asked, "How does Asakawa-san wake Ichika in the morning?"

Itsuki has thought of the right way to wake up with Ichika.

Nino twitched the corner of his mouth slightly: "...I don't know."

"Hah?" Yotsuba was curious, "Didn't Nino say that she would definitely find out?"

"Ichika woke up earlier than me this morning, and when I opened my eyes I saw Ichika sitting next to me, what can I do?" Nino complained "I didn't even have a chance to peek, don't ask me."

Miku was surprised: "Ichika woke up so early today?"

"6.30am." Ichika said with a smile "I will wake up at 6.30 am."

"Asakawa-san is amazing." Yotsuba called out "Ichika woke up earlier than Nino, the sun rises in the west."

"It's normal for Ichika to wake up earlier than Nino." Naoki complained, "But the sun can never come out from the west."

"That is why." Itsuki could only stare at Naoki, "What method was used to get Ichika up so early?"

Itsuki tried his best before, but she couldn't get Ichika to wake up earlier, and she was still thinking about it.

"This is a commercial secret." Naoki put down his chopsticks, "I don't know."

Nino curled his lips "You are guilty, if you are not afraid that I will find out, why don't you wake me up first?"

Naoki asked back, "Why should I wake you up first?"

"Because..."

Nino held back the words in his mouth.

Because last night, I was sleeping next to you, you ran into the bedroom and woke Ichika up, there was an obvious feeling of uneasiness in my heart.

Unfortunately can not say.

Two days ago, Nino said that she and Naoki had had a fight and then slept together in the blink of an eye. Did she want to lose face?

"Nino last night..."

A happy voice sounded.

"Oops."

Nino was surprised, and hurriedly looked at Ichika, she didn't come back to the bedroom last night, Ichika knew very well.

"Nino, what happened last night?" Yotsuba asked curiously.

"Nino was playing on his phone last night." Ichika said indifferently "It must be the same with Miku staying up late, so she can't get up in the morning."

Miku puffed out her cheeks: "I didn't stay up all night."

Ichika said "Then why did you wake up later than the Yotsuba and Itsuki?"

Miku: "😐"

Ichika wakes up at 6:30 a.m. before dawn, and the others sleep early and wake up early. She is in very good health. They are the first two people to wake up in the family. Nothing to compare.

Unsure about Ichika, Miku turned her head and looked at Naoki l.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Naoki proclaims his innocence.

He ate quietly and rarely said a word, so how could he be blamed?

The meal was finished in a hurry.

Soon it will be rock paper scissors session.

"Let's start rock paper scissors." Ichika took a small mouthful of dessert, "Asakawa-kun and I will be the referees, and the losers will get back together at night."

It was customary to play rock paper scissors after dinner, even Miku didn't refuse, the four sisters quickly started rock paper scissors

After a while, the result was decided.

"Nino again today." Yotsuba's voice was surprised.

"Why me again?" Nino snorted softly, "I don't want to see Asakawa stupid at all."

"Then I really won't be seeing you tonight," said Naoki.

Nino looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"Asakawa-kun, do you have something to do tonight?" Ichika is quite smart and quickly guesses the truth.

"Right." Naoki nodded, and repeated the story about Sekijou's apartment change.

"Eh?" Itsuki opened his eyes wide "Is there a ghost in the apartment?"

As soon as she heard the word ghost, Itsuki remembered the ghost of an old woman she had met in a cemetery.

"I don't know what happened, I have to look it up to find out." Naoki looked at Ichika "You go home and sleep tonight, and come back tomorrow."

Ichika nodded: "I understand."

Itsuki quickly forgets about the ghost, and Ichika returns home to sleep at night. Does that mean tomorrow morning, she will wake up Ichika again?

"Miku." Itsuki wore a serious expression and turned to look at Miku, "The task of waking up Ichika will be left to you."

Miku said speechlessly, "Why me?"

"Because only you didn't call Ichika to wake up." Nino continued the topic of conversation.

"Sorry, I can't scream." Miku said quietly "It's too cold in the morning to wake up."

...

Two classes in the afternoon passed in a hurry.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was time for school.

Naoki didn't leave in a hurry, but continued to go to the library to read and study as usual, and added a quick thinking buff to Asumi along the way.

At 4:30 pm, Naoki, Furuhashi, Ogata and Sekijou came out of the library.

"Where is Sawako living now after moving house?" asked Furuhashi.

"It's still the same direction as before." Sekijou replied, "Only a kilometer away, but even further from the swimming pool. If you want to swim…"

Halfway through speaking, Sekijou's voice suddenly stopped, and then his face turned red, clearly recalling the horrible memory of accidentally seeing the anaconda that night.

Naoki glanced at Sekijou, and changed the subject: "Are you still swimming now?"

"I don't swim anymore." Ogata didn't think much of it, and told the truth, "Since that night my pants ripped..."

Before she could finish speaking, Furuhashi quickly stood on his tiptoes and covered Ogata's mouth, "This topic is over, no one is allowed to bring it up again."

Furuhashi continued: "The weather is very cold, I haven't swam in a long time."

In fact, the cold weather was not the real reason. The real reason was that he lost weight. As soon as his confidence returned, Furuhashi immediately forgot about fitness swimming.

Swimming was tiring too, and having to run this far, it was only natural not to exercise.

A small goal for future six-pack abs... what is it?

Girls can't get abs at all, can they?

....

When walking downstairs to Sekijou's apartment, the sky was completely dark.

"I'm back."

Standing outside the apartment door, Sekijou opened the door.