The second-floor corridor of the Masakage home was unexpectedly narrow.
The light switch was located midway down the corridor. Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko followed Hoshikawa Togo deeper inside by the light spilling in from the stairwell.
After only a few steps, Mouri Ran, who was afraid of ghosts, felt her heart begin to race.
Looking at the moonlight streaming in from the end of the corridor, she felt that under its chilly glow, even the porcelain jars on the balcony had turned eerie. "This place..." Why is it so narrow and dark? It's giving me the creeps... I shouldn't have followed them.
Hoshikawa Togo, on the other hand, was quite used to such things. Looking around and recalling his time living here ten years ago, he soon raised a hand and pointed ahead. "I remember that the room through that door on the right was where my teacher stayed."
As he spoke, he stopped and reached for the switch on the wall beside him. But with a click—the switch moved, yet the electric light showed no response.
"Huh? What's going on..." Refusing to believe it, Hoshikawa Togo clicked the switch back and forth, but the light remained stubbornly dark.
Not only did it fail to turn on, but suddenly, even the light from the stairwell vanished—the Villa had lost power.
Mouri Ran, who had already been a little frightened, went, "!!"
She grabbed the arms of the two people beside her. "D-Don't go anywhere! I'm scared!"
At the same time, on the First Floor of the Villa, someone else's heart was nearly leaping into his throat, just like the high school girl upstairs.
Hashimoto Maya: "..." A blackout? Why did the power suddenly go out?! Could some scheme or danger be about to appear?
In an instant, it