Hearing about the 'Five Years of High School, Three Years of College Entrance Exams' review books, everyone laughed.
They already understood that the ghost story Kaito told was actually a funny story meant to scare you at the beginning!
They could already guess the follow-up, although the answers varied, generally it was heading in a positive direction.
"Mou~ Kaito-san, you really scared even me."
Irisviel blinked her big eyes at Kaito, then pouted in complaint.
The others also chimed in. Akina, sitting next to Kaito, couldn't help but gently pat his thigh to express her dissatisfaction.
Sephie, sitting on Kaito's other side, smiled wryly and kept comforting Nana in her arms.
Nana was really scared of ghost stories. In contrast, Momo, sitting next to Sephie, was completely fine and even listened with interest.
"No, no, you're all wrong. This story isn't over yet!"
'You think that's it?'
'Hehe, no way!'
'If I don't scare you, I'll take my father's surname!'
Just as the story was flowing, he got into the mood, so he returned to his previous state and continued narrating.
"That day, after I burned my future practice books like burning paper..."
"Sure enough!"
"There were no more children's sounds at night. Instead, there were occasional faint adult scolding sounds and the sound of disciplining children."
"But they weren't very noticeable. During that time, I was only occasionally woken up and then went back to sleep. I also thought there would be no more children's playing sounds."
"But..."
Suddenly, the tone shifted, and everyone started to get nervous again. Kaito also showed an expression of disbelief, even lingering fear.
"A week later... the sounds of children playing came again at night."
"And this time, it was especially obvious. Even my door was knocked on several times with a 'thump thump thump', scaring me so much I couldn't sleep at all!"
"Helpless, I had to think quickly. I took my unfinished summer homework from the table and burned it again right there at the doorstep."
"Luckily, burning paper was effective. Sure enough, the sounds of children playing disappeared, replaced by faint adult scolding."
"And I went to sleep after that. When I woke up the next day, I found more than ten sheets of hell banknotes under my pillow..."
"Who put those hell banknotes there... I don't know..."
After speaking, Kaito left this cliffhanger. Kaito looked at Lala in his arms, and as expected, she was only slightly scared. But then, sensing Kaito looking at her, she looked up and smiled cutely, indicating she wasn't afraid.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
"Uwaaaaah!!!"
"???"
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew, extinguishing a small part of the campfire flame and also blowing onto each woman in their swimsuits.
Perhaps this cold wind stimulated their nervous state. With a scream, Kaito was suddenly attacked by the women around him.
Oh no, rather than an attack, it was more like they were so scared they all pounced on him.
Sure enough, when encountering something scary, the first thing they consider is the person who can give them the most sense of security.
As for the people around them?
Forget about huddling together for warmth; it would be good if they didn't compete with them for Kaito.
So Kaito was just like that held by many women, and they all fell to the ground together. Only the children and a few individuals remained seated in their places.
"Kaito, don't say anymore! It's too scary! Why were there hell banknotes under your pillow!"
The most imaginative, Shodai, was the fastest to run.
Next was Misuzu. On the surface, she seemed very brave, but when truly scared, she was really like an ordinary young girl, also seeking a sense of security.
To clarify for her:
She wasn't afraid of ordinary horror stories, and she could walk through a haunted house several times without any problem.
But the bad thing was that the storyteller was Kaito.
He narrated so vividly, as if it had really happened. The expression of lingering fear and terror was fully displayed.
Especially since everyone remembered that Kaito possessed some special abilities, like being able to foresee fragmented futures, which made them even more scared.
Only those with abilities ordinary people don't have are likely to encounter things ordinary people can't!
It's like the onmyoji they knew; only those people could see ghosts, but ordinary people couldn't!
For this reason, everyone mistakenly thought Kaito had really experienced such a thing and immersed themselves...
"Ahem, everyone, let go of me quickly..."
Being pinned to the ground.
Pain?
Doesn't exist.
But just in case, he had to pretend a little. Whether they did anything was up to them.
"Alright, everyone, don't embarrass Kaito-san."
Sephie couldn't help but remind them. She reached out and pulled on Shodai, Misuzu, and Mika, who were holding Kaito the closest. They slowly came to their senses and one by one got up with some difficulty.
"No way. I'm also afraid of hearing children playing in the living room! So, Kaito, how about you knock through the wall of our room?"
"That's too much trouble. Kaito, I want to sleep with you!"
Shodai suggested with a scared expression, but Mika was very smart and boldly made a request to Kaito.
So fast that Misuzu didn't even react, because her thought now was that her lines had been stolen by Mika!!
"Mom... can you please not be so embarrassing..."
Ako couldn't take it anymore. She reached out, grabbed her mother, and pulled her back.
At the same time, seeing that her mother also wanted to say something, Mikoto followed suit. After all, she was also afraid of ghosts...
But if she were to sleep with Kaito, or with others, she would prefer to sleep with her own mother!!
H-however...
If her mother were to sleep with Kaito, she wouldn't necessarily disagree. She could sleep with them too.
Well…
She was just there to supervise. Her mother was acting very strangely. Yes!