Tokyo Ghost Diary

Liz also followed the call, but unlike Hoshino Rin, she whispered "Brother" and her face turned red, and she lowered her head in shame.

In the UK, whether they are relatives or cousins, brothers and sisters basically call each other directly by their first names - and Liz's "brother" is the Japanese taught to her by Hoshino Rin. It made her very unaccustomed and uncomfortable, especially since that day, every time she faced Hoshino Gen, she would unknowingly become a little timid...

Hoshino Gen didn't know how much psychological activity Liz had caused by saying "brother", and he didn't care. He just glanced at the little loli in surprise, then looked away with a chuckle.

He looked at Hoshino Rin and asked with a smile: "I remember you said that you came here to film. Why, don't you have to work today?"

Hoshino Rin, who was originally excited to see Gen Hoshino come back, suddenly became even more excited. Her originally casual sitting posture became more upright: "Brother, let me tell you! Someone drowned in Tokyo Bay on our way here. Just outside the village, in order to attract the attention of everyone in tky02, that person deliberately dived underwater, and then did not come up for a long time. In the end, the police led the salvage team to fish out the body! Because of this Everyone was scared. The producer asked us to have a good rest today and start preparing for filming tomorrow."

In fact, Hoshino Gen didn't have much interest in exploring when this cheap sister would work. He just asked casually. The underlying meaning was that he didn't want to stay under the same roof with others. However, Hoshino Rin's current words were really arousing. piqued his interest.

Hoshino Gen sat down cross-legged on the spot and asked with interest: "Did you see what the body looked like?"

"Um...no." Hoshino Rin shook his head honestly: "The producer didn't let us watch it, and I didn't dare to watch it either."

Hoshino Gen was not disappointed, and continued to ask with a smile: "Listening to the scene you just described, were you present from the time the man dived into the water to the time he died underwater?"

Hoshino Rin thought for a while and nodded: "I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then everyone was amazed at that person's ability to hold his breath, so I kept watching."

"Were there any bubbles on the water during the process, and were there no signs of drowning and struggle?"

"...It seems, no." At this point, Hoshino Rin seemed to have realized something. She opened her eyes slightly, lowered her voice and asked Hoshino Gen in disbelief: "Brother, you mean that person...actually... Killed by a ghost underwater?"

Liz next to her couldn't understand Japanese, but when she saw Hoshino Rin's strange way of speaking, she couldn't help but glance over here, but she quickly looked away and continued watching her own TV.

Hoshino Gen smiled and shook his head: "Who knows, maybe that person dived too deep and struggled underwater and you couldn't find it, or maybe he suffered from some disease and suddenly died underwater. , being killed by a ghost is just one of the possibilities."

After saying that, he shook his head in amusement and stood up holding his knees.

He walked towards the Japanese room in the back: "I'm going to rest for a while. I won't have lunch. If you have nothing to do, don't disturb me."

"Oh, okay." Hoshino Rin blinked her big eyes and watched Hoshino Gen enter the Japanese room. It wasn't until the sliding door closed to hide her brother's figure that she looked away and picked up the TV remote control next to her to turn on the sound. lower.

......

Gen Hoshino slept until it was completely dark outside before slowly waking up. The Japanese room covered with stacked mats was also dim. He shook his head and stood up, opened the door of the Japanese room and walked out.

There were no lights on in the living room, but the door was still open.

At this moment, Hoshino Rin was sitting on the corridor under the eaves in front of the door, holding his cheeks with his hands and looking at the extraordinarily bright moon tonight. He didn't see Liz, so he might have gone to sleep.

In front of the door, Hoshino Rin heard the movement in the room behind him, and couldn't help but look back. When he saw it was his brother, Hoshino Rin showed a nice smile: "Good morning, brother."

Under the moonlight, the smile was indeed beautiful, but for some reason, it had a fragile illusion, and the beautiful pair of eyes seemed to be slightly red.

Hoshino Gen also looked at the sky outside, confirming that the jade disk emitting bright light was indeed the moon and not the sun.

He silently walked to the window nearby, sat on the windowsill, and leaned against the window frame.

Hoshino Gen didn't speak, and Hoshino Rin didn't know why, but his mood seemed to have become very low. Silence spread in the spacious living room.

Maybe a long time passed, or maybe just a moment.

After all, Hoshino Rin couldn't hold back his voice, and his light and soft voice seemed a bit low, as if he was about to cry at any time: "Brother... In the evening, the producer sent us a message telling us that Mari Na-chan was missing. But I just called her before she disappeared, and she was clearly in the room and didn’t go anywhere..."

Hoshino Rin's words were a bit incoherent and choked: "Marina is the third member of tky02... and the oldest among us. Her personality in private is actually different from that on the screen. She has no screen at all. She appears to be so lively, but she is actually quite an introvert, and she never takes the initiative to fight for resources in the group..."

"Even if she is treated unfairly, she will just endure it silently... But she is really gentle and has always taken care of other people in the group like a big sister..."

"Captain Son lost the key to the activity room. It was she who accompanied Captain Son to look for it all night. Xuena was isolated when he first joined. It was she who accompanied Xuena, spoke for Xuena, and helped Xuena integrate. Everyone, there was another time when I sprained my ankle during dance practice, and she carried me to the infirmary on her back... Obviously everyone said that good people will be rewarded, but the real dish is obviously so good. "

"Why would something like this happen to her..."

Her voice gradually became lower and lower, until she finally disappeared, and then she remained silent without making a sound.

Gen Hoshino leaned against the window frame, looking at the moon. He couldn't even tell whether he was listening to Rin Hoshino just now.

The moonlight spread quietly in the courtyard, and the faint chirping of cicadas could be heard in the distance.

After a long time, Hoshino Rin hummed a melody. It was not abrupt, but it matched the night. It seemed that this melody should have been part of the night. It was a somewhat sad piece that made people unable to help but recall it. What a melody.

She hummed and sang softly, her voice soft, softer than the moonlight.

Who is this? (We are always too late to notice)

He's lost something

フッと気づけばあなたはいない (I suddenly came back to my senses and realized you were no longer there)

Thinking out of it (leaving a beautiful memory in the air)

......

The time of the song passed quickly. In the soft melody, Hoshino Rin's tearful eyes looked straight at her brother leaning on the window sill. Then she closed her eyes and softly hummed the song "Thank you" The last word.

"When it hurts, it hurts (even if we hurt each other sometimes)"

"I still want to feel your presence"

In the lingering sound, Hoshino Rin opened his eyes, but Hoshino Gen on the windowsill was nowhere to be found.

The girl wiped the tears from her eyes.

——"Come on, brother."