Now That's What I Call a Saturation Attack (Continued)

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Amamiya Natsuki casually struck another match.

The bright flame warmed the heart and calmed Miss Ghost.

Shinomiya Kaguya said softly,

"Miss Takeuchi, please continue. What happened next?"

Miss Takeuchi hugged her knees. "That strange woman seemed startled by something. She covered her cheeks with both hands, turned around, and ran..."

"I was startled at the time, but I didn't think much of it. Working on Ichiban Street, you run into all kinds of weird people... After I got back to the Information Center, I continued working until I finished my shift at eleven thirty that night."

"After handing over to the next person, I went back to my apartment to rest. The whole way there, I felt like someone was following me..." Miss Takeuchi's voice was hollow. "When I got back to the apartment, I'd just finished showering and was about to step out of the bathroom when that strange woman was standing right outside the door... I don't remember what happened after that."

It wasn't that she didn't remember. It was because she was already dead by then.

Miss Takeuchi had been found by her roommate, lying at the bathroom door.

Clearly, the second time she encountered the supernatural being was when it came to kill her.

Miss Takeuchi continued,

"I still remember the strange woman's last words. She said, 'You saw me.'"

"Thank you for cooperating." They'd already asked everything they needed to, and Amamiya Natsuki had no intention of lighting another match. "Miss Takeuchi, don't worry. We'll catch the culprit."

As the match went out, the dreadful terror between life and death swept over them once more. Miss Takeuchi's body quickly blurred and trembled, as if she were about to scatter in the wind. For some reason, though, she grew solid again. Weeping, she said,

"Th-there's