Outside the haunted house, the club president who was sitting at the booth handing out vouchers raised an eyebrow slightly when she saw Kamijou Mutsuki and Wakaba Mutsumi walking out hand in hand.
Especially the suspicious blush on a certain doll-like girl's face—something she had never seen before—and the faint pink, ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them made her even more doubtful.
Wait… you two didn't do something shameless inside my haunted house, did you?
Are boys and girls in love really this impatient?
So, does that mean Mutsumi won, and Soyo is the losing dog?
Thinking of Soyo, the girl suddenly realized something.
Weren't there three people when they went in?
Why were there only two coming out?
"Soyo… got lost."
Even Kamijou Mutsuki and Wakaba Mutsumi were a bit surprised—after they had delayed for so long, how had Soyo still not come out?
Faced with the club president's confusion, Wakaba Mutsumi replied in a tone devoid of any emotion.
"So they got separated, huh."
Why did it feel like there was a hint of personal emotion when Mutsumi talked about Soyo?
"That happens quite often in a haunted house—"
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a faint scream.
Then she saw a "female ghost" and a "vampire" running out from the staff-only passage.
"What's going on with you two?"
The girl narrowed her eyes.
She remembered—these two were among the laziest members of the club.
They usually liked sticking together, with a bit of that "yuri-ish" vibe.
"President!"
Seeing their club president, the two girls seemed to have finally found their savior and immediately rushed over.
"I have something to tell you,"
The "female ghost" wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, still a bit out of breath:
"You mustn't be scared!"
"Don't worry,"
The girl thought they were making up another excuse for slacking off and replied with a smile,
"I'm the president of the Occult Club—I won't be afraid!"
"Just now, in the haunted house, I saw… an axe-wielding killer!"
"Pfft—"
Seeing the "female ghost," still in full makeup, say this so seriously, the girl almost couldn't hold it in.
"Sorry,"
Facing her member's resentful expression, she explained,
"I just thought of something happy."
"What happy thing?"
"More people came to the haunted house today than before."
"Really?"
"Maybe you didn't notice because you were busy slacking off."
"President, I'm really not joking!"
The "female ghost" noticed the lack of trust and spoke up angrily.
"Maybe it was one of your coworkers, and you overreacted."
"Definitely not!"
The "female ghost" immediately started gesturing wildly as she explained: "Our haunted house absolutely doesn't have anything like that—I wouldn't remember wrong!"
"That killer had a terrifying face covered in blood, hacking at the wall with an axe. In the end, it even split the wall open and stared at us viciously. It's a good thing we ran fast…"
This time, the Occult Club president didn't laugh.
Because she could tell the "female ghost" wasn't lying—and there really was no such segment in the haunted house.
Wait, with Tsukinomori Girls' Academy's security, could such a suspicious person really have slipped in?
And she hadn't seen anyone strange enter the haunted house just now, either.
Could it really be some kind of supernatural incident?
Was the haunted house actually haunted?
"…An axe-wielding killer? What's going on?"
At this moment, Kamijou Mutsuki and Wakaba Mutsumi, who had been listening the whole time, walked over hand in hand.
Looking at the Occult Club president, Wakaba Mutsumi asked in a slightly worried tone.
Although she had quite a few issues with Soyo's actions today, she absolutely didn't want anything to happen to her.
"Probably… it's just haunted, I guess?"
The girl shrugged as she replied.
She still didn't quite believe that some dangerous person had gotten into the haunted house.
But for safety's sake, she still used her walkie-talkie to tell all the NPCs inside the haunted house to exit through the staff passage.
So, the only ones left inside the haunted house were the possible axe-wielding killer, and…
"Soyo hasn't come out yet."
"Soyo-chan didn't press the alarm, so she should be fine, right?"
The girl tried to reassure them.
"I'll go in and check."
In the end, Kamijou Mutsuki made the suggestion.
"Mutsuki…"
Hearing this, Wakaba Mutsumi couldn't help but frown. Although she was worried about Soyo, she was even more unwilling to let Kamijou Mutsuki take the risk.
"Don't worry, nothing's going to happen."
Kamijou Mutsuki didn't seem as concerned as Mutsumi.
He had a vague feeling that this so-called axe-wielding killer was… somewhat suspicious in a subtle way.
As everyone knows, in the MyGO!!!!! setting, if something incomprehensible happens, just look for Soyo—can't go wrong.
And right now, Soyo was inside the haunted house.
Even if something unexpected happened, he still had the system as a fallback.
"Then you go in first, I'll call security."
After thinking for a moment, the Occult Club president agreed to his proposal.
Based on the information she got from the "female ghost," the axe in the killer's hand was probably not real—otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so many strikes just to break through the wall panel.
Although Kamijou Mutsuki wasn't particularly tall or bulky, he still looked fairly strong.
And being a boy, his combat ability should be better than that of a girl.
As long as he was careful, there shouldn't be any danger.
Stepping into the haunted house once again, this time alone and facing the so-called "axe-wielding killer," Kamijou Mutsuki didn't feel much fear.
And very quickly, he found his target—a figure holding an axe, moving somewhat irritably.
Wait… don't tell me there really is an axe-wielding killer?
"Who's there?"
That figure also noticed Kamijou Mutsuki and called out.
Why does that voice sound kind of familiar?
"Soyo?"
Is that you, Soyo?
"Mutsuki-kun?"
Hearing Kamijou Mutsuki's voice, Soyo's tone was filled with faint excitement and surprise.
Then, he saw a resentful ghost, holding an axe and covered in "blood," rushing straight toward him.
If he hadn't already known the identity of this "female ghost," even Kamijou Mutsuki would probably have been startled.
And upon seeing Kamijou Mutsuki, Soyo directly threw the axe aside and threw herself into his arms.
"Waaah…"
Clinging to him, the girl tearfully complained:
"The haunted house is really so dark, so scary, so terrifying~"
"If Mutsuki-kun hadn't come, I would've—"
She even instinctively used her signature voice line.
Of course, Soyo didn't truly find the haunted house that scary.
Her courage might not be exceptional, but this level was still easy for her.
It was just that being alone inside the haunted house, she felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness and emptiness.
Especially when she thought about how she had put in so much effort planning everything, only for things to go wrong at this crucial step—it made her feel even worse for no reason.
So when she saw Kamijou Mutsuki, she couldn't control her emotions and threw herself into his arms.
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