Chapter 462
Yamashita Junko laughed and said to the group, "Why do you think I'm going to come here now to test my courage, when the story I just told has been circulating for fifteen years?"
"Why?" asked Junko, cooperatively, as asked the male member of the Paranormal Research Club next to her.
Junko immediately replied, "Of course it's because recently someone said there seem to be traces of 'ghosts' here!"
Junko raised her finger and pointed in the direction of the old school building. "Right there, at the site of the fire, someone saw a pale blue, humanoid figure appearing in the night! So..."
Junko raised her hand and pointed at the camera again. "Our goal today is to go inside and find out whether this pale blue, fiery humanoid figure actually exists, and what its connection is to the legend from fifteen years ago!"
As she spoke, her tone turned sinister again, and she smiled maliciously, saying, "Perhaps... the pale blue fire spirit is a combination of the resentment of those innocent people who were burned to death fifteen years ago, who knows..."
"Plop..."
Shiori swallowed hard.
She had no idea this place was so eerie before she came!
Turning to look at Reiko beside her, both girls saw a hint of retreat in each other's eyes.
Then the two started blinking at each other in secret.
The Sky Screen even cooperated by displaying subtitles one by one next to the two of them.
I think it's better to retreat.
'What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too.'
Reiko and Shiori exchanged a message by blinking at each other.
Reiko loves Magical Girls and wants to explore things related to Magical Girls, but when it comes to things like ghosts and monsters... Reiko isn't that interested!
Especially considering that the president of the paranormal club just told such a ghost story!
The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding they had cultivated over the years made them turn to Junko almost simultaneously and say:
"I think we should... eh?"
Just as the two were about to say goodbye to Yamashita Junko, they were shocked to discover that in the few seconds it took for them to turn their heads and look at each other, Yamashita Junko and her group had vanished!
Where... where is everyone?
Shiori immediately turned her head and looked to the left and right.
Behind them was the road they had come from, and ahead lay the locked school gate.
On both sides were bushes and trees that had been growing for who knows how long. Under normal circumstances, even if Yamashita Junko and the others ran into the bushes the moment the two turned to look at each other, they should at least have been able to hear the sound.
But in reality, Yamashita Junko and the others seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace right before their eyes!
"I said... Shiori, was it... that dark just now?"
Reiko noticed even more things were amiss.
She tugged at Shiori's clothes, pointed to the sky, and asked Shiori a question.
The sky, which was originally a dusky yellow, had now completely darkened.
The sky was pitch black, without a trace of light, as if a very thick layer of clouds had completely obscured it.
Not only that, but when they looked back at the path they had come from, they found that the path behind them seemed to have been cut off, and the steps leading up to it were completely hidden in darkness, as if the entire school building had been moved into a strange space.
These strange phenomena caused the two girls to instinctively move closer to each other.
"What... what's going on?!" Shiori's voice was filled with panic.
A companion who suddenly disappeared, a sky that inexplicably darkened, and a seemingly completely severed escape route.
It was a strange feeling, like suddenly finding yourself on a horror movie set, that made Shiori's body tremble slightly.
Reiko felt the same way, but at this moment, Reiko seemed to have gained even more courage. She grasped Shiori's hand, took a few deep breaths, and said to Shiori:
"Don't panic... We might have encountered some supernatural phenomenon, but... it's okay! The Magical Girls will definitely come to save us!"
"... Reiko, even at a time like this, you still believe in Magical Girls...?"
Shiori was quite helpless upon hearing this, but after Reiko's interruption, she wasn't as nervous as before.
She looked at her friend, wanting to say something, but in that instant, Tottori Shiori's eyes widened suddenly.
She grabbed Reiko's hand, pointed towards the school building, and shouted at Reiko with a tense expression:
"Rin... Reiko...! What's that!?"
"What...? Ah!"
Reiko turned her head and was also startled by what Shiori had seen.
In the direction of the old school building, among the charred floors, stood a 'girl' whose body was wrapped in bandages and whose eyes emitted blue flames.
She was rather petite, and the skin beneath the bandages seemed to be composed of cold, ghostly flames, as she floated on the ground with her feet dangling in the air.
And as the two girls looked at her, she opened her empty, colorless mouth.
"Aaaaaaahh...
Upon seeing the bandaged, will-o'-the-wisp girl appear, the tension that had been building in the two girls snapped. They embraced each other, letting out what was perhaps the sharpest scream of their lives.
(Holy crap!! Holy crap!!! That scared the hell out of me!!!)
(A ghost!? It really is a ghost!!?)
(Look at you guys, what's so scary about this guy? There's no close-up or any sudden cuts to his face, and I think he has a great physique.)
(We can't be cowards!! Aaaaaah!! Damn it! Weren't they saying there wouldn't be any ghosts in Magical Girls anime?!)
(That's right, of course, ghosts can't exist in our world... But, if it were Demons, how would you deal with it?)
(Huh? Demons...?)
(It's probably... Demons created from a fear of ghosts and monsters...)
That's right, the last thing to appear in the Sky Screen, a slightly terrifying, bandaged will-o'-the-wisp monster that looks like a ghost, is actually Demons born from humanity's fear of things like 'ghosts' and 'spirits'.
It should be the 'Ghost Demon'.
This Ghost Demon actually has Upper Rank individual, but because that Upper Rank individual is not in this world, when the Ghost Demon appeared, it only possessed the strength of Lower Rank.
Of course, since there are so many people in this world who are afraid of ghosts and spirits, the speed at which the Ghost Demon absorbs negative emotions and grows will definitely be very fast.
If Reiko and the others in the Sky Screen can't quickly eliminate the Ghost Demon in a short time...
So it won't be long before the Ghost Demon crosses the threshold to become Upper Rank being.
But then again...
Fang Ming looked at Xiao Qiu and Xiaoxia, who were huddled together and trembling, and Murong Xiaochun, who was also trembling and hugging herself in her arms, and his lips twitched involuntarily.
Fang Ming hadn't expected that Xiao Qiu and the others would be afraid of ghosts, even though they were so brave when facing the Demons.
He needs to find a way to help the Magical Girls overcome this weakness.
Otherwise, if one day the Ghost Demon actually appears in reality, the Magical Girls' fighting power would probably drop by more than half.
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However, seeing how terrified Xiao Chun and the others were, Fang Ming still asked a question:
"Xiao Chun... are you afraid of ghosts?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chun hugged Fang Ming even tighter before replying:
"Of course we're not afraid of what's in real life! But what's in the Sky Screen... we can't hit it!! Brother Fang Ming! I'm so scared!!"
After Xiao Chun finished speaking, she hugged Fang Ming even tighter, as if she wanted to pull him into her arms.
Aurora, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore. She came to Fang Ming's side and forcefully pulled Fang Ming away, saying at the same time:
"Stop making excuses to grope me! Put this man down right now!!"
"How rude! I was here first! Besides, Fang Ming is so cute, shouldn't you change how you address him? Calling him 'Fang Ming' makes him sound so old!"
"I want to! This is a title that belongs only to me! You can call me that if you dare!"
Aurora and Xiao Chun started arguing again.
Fang Ming, who was being pulled by the two men, remained calm.
Anyway, given his current physical condition, he doesn't need to worry about being dismembered by the two of them while cosplaying as Shang Yang. Let them drag him; they'll stop when they get tired...
But then again, is this why Xiao Chun and the others are afraid of ghosts...?
They're afraid because they can't reach the ones in the Sky Screen, but in reality... well, it seems there's no need to worry about the Ghost Demon that will appear in the future and weaken their fighting power.
The appearance of the Ghost Demon frightened Shiori and Reiko so much that they knelt on the ground.
The Ghost Demon, having already noticed the two, flickered as it approached the two Magical Girls trainees from the room above.
Each time the Ghost Demon flashes, blue flames appear along its path.
Clearly, the blue-flamed, humanoid figure that Yamashita Junko mentioned earlier must be this Ghost Demon!
However, the two Magical Girls did not know that this was Demons rather than a ghost. As the Ghost Demon Speed Demon approached them, the girls' fear reached its peak.
When her fear reached its peak, Shiori could no longer hold back. She picked up Reiko, who was next to her, and unleashed the speed she had been training at for a year on the track and field team, turning around and running outside!
Even though it was pitch black outside and she couldn't see anything, Shiori didn't care and just kept running.
As it ran, it let out a series of pitiful screams:
"Aaaaaah!!! A ghost!!!!! Aaaaaah!!!!"
The words seemed to materialize, appearing above Shiori's head and being left behind as she ran.
Shiori's decisiveness in running away, and the speed at which she kicked up a cloud of dust, even surprised the Ghost Demon.
The Ghost Demon, its eerie blue flames flickering in its eye sockets, stood frozen for a moment before hot on its heels, chasing after Reiko and Shiori.
(Hahahaha!! Sorry... but... Shiori's screams... hahahaha!!!)
(Keep your laughter down, it's hurting my eyes)
(Why are there subtitles for these screams? Sky Screen is so mean wwwww)
(But at least it proves that Shiori is a good girl; even when she ran away, she didn't forget to take Reiko with her.)
(Although the child was scared, he was strong and ran fast!)
(No... if they just run away like that, how are they supposed to become Magical Girls?)
(I don't know, this pace is a bit fast, this episode isn't even halfway through yet...!)
(The main character Aurora, hasn't appeared yet www)
(Main character [crossed out] -- passerby [check mark] www)
The screams of Sky Screen Reiko and Sky Screen Shiori were truly a source of amusement for the viewers in the live chat.
Of course, while the comments were full of laughter, most of them were well-intentioned.
After all, although Shiori ran in a sorry state and screamed pitifully, she didn't forget her friend. Although... given Sky Screen way Shiori resisted people, one might worry about whether Reiko's stomach could handle it, when it comes to life, these trivial matters no longer matter.
Under the Sky Screen, Reiko cast a resentful glance at Shiori:
"I'm very grateful that you pulled me along, but... is there any possibility that I could run alongside you too...?"
Although Reiko's physical abilities are not as good as Shiori's, who is a regular member of the track and field club, she can still run a certain distance.
There's no need to make her look so disheveled...
Shiori spoke with righteous indignation, puffing out her chest and saying smugly:
"You're definitely not as fast as me, so is there a problem with me carrying you? No problem! If you keep nagging, next time I'll just abandon you and let you fight the Ghost Demon by yourself!"
Seeing Shiori's tail practically wagging in the air, Reiko rolled her eyes, too lazy to argue with her signature frenemy.
But despite saying that, Reiko was very grateful to Shiori, the one in the Sky Screen who didn't forget to run with her in the moment of crisis.
Of course, Reiko was grateful to Shiori in the Sky Screen!
Inside the Sky Screen!
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"Aaaaaaahh...
Shiori's screams were still echoing.
With her potential unleashed, Shiori managed to maintain a high speed while intermittently screaming, running for almost a full minute!