Surviving in a School of Ghost Stories-Chapter 44

On the gym floor, a translucent shadow stretched out like a hair.

There was blood here and there on the floor, but it was unclear whose blood it was.

The guy didn’t run away. It was as if he wanted us to run to take his ball away.

[That guy... What is he doing?]

Senior Noah was curious. I said as I ran up the stairs to the stands.

“It seems like the ball is the medium. Doesn’t it seem like he really wants me to play?”

[Now he’s calm and not surprised.]

“It’s a survival instinct.”

To be exact, it’s the power of love. The power of my love to protect Raven.

[I’ll skip the details. I think I should come up with a plan first.]

“Have you thought of something?”

[Since he’s defending himself like a translucent shadow, I think I should first try to get him to reveal his true identity.]

Even though he’s a cat, I still felt secure because Senior Noah was with me.

Senior Noah never panicked about anything.

If the problem was that I couldn’t read his mind, that was a problem, but at least he wasn’t someone who would hit me in the back of the head, and he usually knew everything.

“I have a plan in mind.”

Senior Noah snickered like a cat after hearing the plan I suggested.

“Wow. What’s with that laughter, Senior?”

[Because it’s cute. Well. That method seems okay too. And this too... ... .]

Senior Noah laughed at me by [N O V E L I G H T] saying that I was cute and added flesh to my plan.

Senior was sometimes unlucky, but he was definitely reliable enough to make me take his side unconditionally.

Thump- thump-

At that moment, the sound of the ball bouncing was heard again.

[Move. Melody.]

“Don’t order me around. That’s what I meant.”

I answered without taking my eyes off the ball. I could feel the cat’s gaze looking at me from the side, but I ignored it.

I was almost there. It was right in front of my nose.

As I reached out to the ball bouncing on the floor, a translucent shadow raised its head.

The thing had no eyes, but it felt like our eyes met.

The thing snickered.

As I said, the thing looked like a translucent shadow, so I couldn’t see its facial features, but somehow I felt like I could see its expression.

The moment I flinched at the strange feeling,

The thing just picked up the ball and bounced.

“......?!”

I almost fell over.

[Careful, Melody!]

I couldn’t help but fall because of the cat that was standing on two legs to support me from below.

Who are you going to support with that cotton bat... ...!

[Come to your senses.]

Senior Noah quickly followed the thing down the stairs. Chop chop chop- The friction sound of the cat's jelly paws echoes.

I soon followed Noah down the stairs. He went down to the multipurpose hall of the gym.

Unfortunately, my physical strength was trash.

[If I didn't have a cat's body, I could have easily dealt with him.]

"The problem is that if it's your original body, you can't see him."

[Sometimes, pretending not to know the truth and empathizing with the other person's feelings helps develop social skills, Melody.]

"Social skills won't solve this problem right now."

[The person who got a perfect score on the transfer exam seems to have a different way of thinking. Great.]

"You're great too, senior. You're the top student."

[I didn't lose a single word.]

"...Huh? Were we fighting?"

I asked because I really didn't know, but Noah looked at me with a bewildered expression.

He looked at me as if he was going to hit me, then burst out laughing.

[Okay. Let's focus on that.]

Senior Noah shook his head and turned his gaze. I also focused on the gymnasium demon again.

Since my senior was in the body of a cat, I had to play the most important role.

'I have a big responsibility.'

It would be good if Easton could help, but being a gatekeeper was also an important role in its own way, so I should do my best.

... ... ... ...

... ... ...

Huh. Huh.

I said I would do it for nothing. I should have been the gatekeeper instead...!

No matter how much I am the only one who can exterminate the demon, I can't do this!

Thump thump thump-

The translucent shadow was jumping around the auditorium, quickly bouncing the ball as if it was teasing me.

I wanted to sit down, but I couldn't.

I have to please him as much as possible so he won’t run away and stay here, and then I can wait for a chance to steal the ball.

Ugh.

No matter what, this is too hard.

I scanned the area just enough so that he wouldn’t notice. Noah-senpai wasn’t in sight.

Of course, I knew where he had disappeared to. He had his own work to do in my place.

Chalbak. Water was already piling up on the floor.

At the faucet inside the gymnasium, Noah-senpai was struggling to turn on the faucet with his cat-like body and let the water flow onto the floor.

Bang- Chalbak!

The guy who was bouncing the ball tilted his head as if he felt something strange.

Of course, I tried my best to take the ball away from him so that he wouldn’t have any other thoughts.

And after a while, the floor was filled with water and the ball wouldn’t bounce anymore.

Ch-

The ball didn't bounce and settled in the stagnant water.

And the evil spirit that saw that must have been very angry because its translucent shadow was becoming clearer and clearer.

'W-what is this?'

A huge amount of hair was filling the stagnant gym floor.

It was the gym evil spirit. Its true form was revealing itself.

[Melody. I have to move.]

Senior Noah woke me up from my daze. I came to my senses and moved.

The gym floor was covered in the guy's hair. The problem was that the guy reacted when I touched the hair.

When I stepped on the hair, it reacted immediately and tried to wrap my foot around it.

So I had to avoid it and move while stepping on the bare floor, but it was difficult to keep up with the guy at that speed.

Because I already had poor stamina, it was a bigger problem.

I'm screwed. I didn't think about this.

After running around continuously, my stamina was completely depleted and I was on the verge of collapsing.

Squeak-

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At that moment, a door opened in the direction of the gym shower room.

I turned my head in curiosity and saw a familiar face of a male student coming out of there.

The male student walking toward the multipurpose hall with sleepy eyes was definitely Dante Abe Wellington.

He soon saw me running around the hall and made a surprised face.

“Why are you here.......”

I was the one who was curious. Why on earth would Dante be here at this hour?

Slap. Slap.

He naturally turned his head at the sound of the ball bouncing on the water. He opened his eyes wide with a shocked expression.

Can I see him?!

No, no. Anyone would react like that when they saw the ball bouncing around excitedly alone.

‘Wait, now that I think about it... ... .’

I remembered that Dante was a PE student.

“You have to take the ball without stepping on the hair!”

At my shout, Dante moved almost automatically. It seemed like he was responding to the word ‘ball’.

Like a learned motor machine.

He ran fast. He must have understood the warning not to step on the hair, because he quickly moved his feet to avoid the hairs and ran at incredible speed.

Dante quickly reached the evil spirit and reached out for the ball. The evil spirit seemed to be excited and bounced the ball away from Dante’s touch.

Dante immediately turned his body to a different angle and reached out for the ball.

For a moment, they fought over taking and avoiding.

I could tell how excited the evil spirit was without even looking at his expression.

Chlap chlap chlap-

However, surprisingly, Dante continued to chase the ball without getting tired at all. He had incredible stamina and agility.

The demon seemed a little flustered because Dante was so normal when his tension dropped.

The moment when the bastard's speed slowed down for a moment.

Dante took advantage of that moment and snatched the ball away.

Kkaaaaaaah-!