Spider - A Nightmare Downtown (2)

C’mon, pick up the pace~. We’re almost there.

Aren’t we, like, super behind schedule? Seriously, why is it taking so long for us to get there?

If you don’t know who’s the number one reason for that, then HiMERU would be impressed.

Amagi, you kept taking detours and fooling around with HiMERU and the others, so that was likely what caused the delay.

What a pain. The distance from the cafe to the arcade really isn’t that far.

Ah. Speaking of, I think I saw the building with the arcade.

Nn? By the way, I haven’t seen any signs of Kohaku-chan for a while?

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Whoops. He was right behind me~ He was being so quiet I didn’t even realize it.

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Kohaku-chan? Can you hear me?

! A-ah… sorry, I was just a little spaced out.

Umm… Kohaku-chan, I don’t know what’s wrong but… are you alright?

We’re almost at the arcade. If you don’t want to do this⁠—

Niki-han, what are you talking about? I’m fine. I’m the same as I’ve always been.

Yupyup. My heart’s always as calm as the wind. That’s how it’s always been, and today’s not any different. Koh-koh-koh~

Uuun. If you say so, Kohaku-chan, then it’s fine…but you seriously don’t have to push yourself too hard.

It’s just one of Rinne-kun’s ideas after all. He wants our attention, so he’s been trying to pull us into his plans.

Exactly. Like I said, I’m not pushing myself.

Aah! I’m really excited for it! C’mon, let’s go!

…Here it is. That’s the haunted house…

Ohh~… It’s more serious than I’d thought it’d be. Since it’s in an arcade, I thought it’d be more kids-sized.

It’s said that the haunted house is small, but they were aiming for realism. They even asked a famous haunted house producer to work on it.

! J-Just now, did you hear a scream coming from inside there?

Ah, there it is again!

A lot of screams can be heard from inside.

Ohhh. Their reputation is the real deal, that’s great. I took time to come all the way out here on my day off. It’d be boring if a haunted house wasn’t scary.

Everyone got their tickets~? C’mon, c’mon. Let’s go ♪

⁠—Understood. Please don’t push, Amagi. Finding solid footing is uncertain since it’s so dark.

I know that a lot of these haunted houses have jumpscares and stuff~

I’m not scared, but I don’t want to get jumpscared and use up energy. I’ll just get hungry again.

Ah. H-hang on a sec⁠—

(What’s with those guys…! Aren’t they scared at all?! Are their hearts made of steel?! So that’s why they don’t have any sense of tact! I get it now!)

(Everyone’s already gone in so fast, I need to catch up… it’s okay. We’ll be in and out in a flash! It’ll only take a second, and then it’ll be over. I’ll beeee fiiiiiiine!)

(Augh… it’s pitch black! I’ve never heard of anything like this before. It’s much darker than I expected! Even the zashikirou I was in was way better than this!?)

Scaaaary! It’s pitch black. If a ghost was to pop out of a place like this, Rinne-kun would be soooo frightened~!

You say that…but Rinne-kun, you don’t look scared one bit.

Shiina doesn’t look that scared either.

I’m more scared of going hungry than ghosts.

Ah, actually, ghosts don’t look like they have anywhere to eat, so that part is kinda scary.

Unbelievable. Shiina, are you going to eat the ghosts too?

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(Wh-what’s going on… it’s true that it’s really dark. But everyone’s acting like normal, so I’m starting to feel a lot calmer now.)

(My eyes are getting used to the dark too. I’ll make it to the end in no time. I think I was just a little nervous because it’s a foreign place for me, but I wasn’t scared. This is a so-called haunted house, but this is nothing~)