"What? We can only go in one at a time? And there are four different routes?"
Akimoto Yoichi glared at the black-robed NPC in front of him. Though the NPC was wearing a mask and a black robe, Akimoto Yoichi had clearly intimidated him.
"That's the rule of the game, sir. Please don't make things difficult for me. It's to ensure a better experience, too. I'm just a part-timer..."
The black-robed NPC sounded young, probably a college student with an innocent look in his eyes.
"Blondie, what are you worried about?" Nagase Kumari said from the side. "Are you scared? Or are you thinking of doing something bad?"
"..." Akimoto Yoichi ignored her.
He wasn't scared, of course. He just wanted to do something bad.
He'd thought he could stay with Ise Yuri and clear the attraction without any trouble, leaving the two deadweights behind.
But this haunted house had a one-person-per-route setup.
"All right, Akimoto-kun. I'll go on ahead." Ise Yuri waved at Akimoto Yoichi with a mischievous smile.
She'd picked up on what Akimoto Yoichi was thinking, but as his senior, she didn't want her junior to see her embarrassing side again.
Since they had to go in one at a time, Ise Yuri wasn't about to back down.
Watching Ise Yuri go through the door beside the black-robed NPC first, Fukayama Midori managed to pull himself together a little after the sudden sensation of weightlessness had startled him.
"Then let me go second! N-Nagase, don't worry. We'll meet up again."
Trying to salvage his image, Fukayama Midori hurried through the door as the second person.
"I don't want to be last!" Nagase Kumari said, afraid of ending up at the back.
With only himself left, Akimoto Yoichi had no choice.
He shot the nervous, frightened black-robed NPC