Simulate the operation of Beebo Street

On a sunny afternoon, Dazai, who had just finished lunch, returned to the office of the detective agency humming a strange tune.Just about to lazily lie down on the couch and take a nap, but found a piece of hard cardboard lying on the coffee table.

"Eh? What is this?"

Dazai yawned, picked up the card curiously and looked at it carefully.

"...The horror legend of Leibo Street?"

Such a slogan was printed on the card in crooked blood-red handwriting. The background was a dark forest, with dead branches twisting strangely like ghosts under a blood moon.

At this time, the sunlight outside the window was pouring into the room recklessly through the glass window with the curtains wide open, it was so brilliant that people couldn't open their eyes. Of course, this small invitation letter did not play any role in mystifying.

Dazai flicked the card nonchalantly.

Kunikida, who came back to work immediately after lunch as usual, replied without raising his head while writing, "As you can see, the haunted house free experience coupon sent by Ms. Yuri from the Leibo Street restaurant."

Dazai, who was bored and in a good mood, rolled his eyes, put his hands together, and moved to Kunikida's desk mysteriously.

"Kunikida~kun, it's rare to meet such an interesting invitation, let's go on a haunted house adventure together! Working like this all the time will make you grow old very quickly~"

"Dazai, stop talking nonsense, today is a working day, and your report should have been handed in yesterday... Don't go out in style! Come back to me!"

"Don't stop me, Kunikida. Courage is a very important quality for people in a detective agency. If you go to haunted houses more often, you can enhance your courage and stay calm when facing difficulties." Dazai by the door held the invitation letter handsomely between his fingers, looking back with a smile.

"Is that so? Okay, I made a note..."

"...I lied to you."

"Too! Jae!"

With a "click", Kunikida broke the pen in his hand again.

Every time Dazai said "I lied to you" to Kunikida, an innocent pen in the world was hurt.

This is the so-called daily life of a detective agency.

Everyone is already familiar with this.

Even Atsushi Nakajima, the junior who just came here not long ago, is the same.

He ignored Dazai who was being shaken by Kunikida's neck, and picked up the haunted house experience ticket that fell on the ground during the battle.

"A haunted house? I haven't been there. The scene on the experience ticket doesn't seem so scary..."

"Dun~ You can go with me too~"

Dazai, who managed to get away with great difficulty, coughed, and took the opportunity to start fooling the innocent white tiger boy again.

"This is a very popular entertainment among young people recently, don't you want to try it?"

"Huh!? Me?"

The already round eyes of the innocent Nakajima Atsushi opened even wider.

"Or are you afraid of ghosts?"

"No, not really... The ghosts in the haunted house are played by the staff after all, and they are all intentionally scary. As long as you think about it, you won't be too scared."

"I want to go too."

The little spring mirror flower popped up without a sound, and said seriously.

"Kyoka-chan! That's great, suddenly there is an atmosphere of peace of mind." Atsushi Nakajima showed a surprised expression when he saw the girl in kimono who had signed up for the competition.

I don't know why, but I always feel that even if the tall and big Kunikida was scared and ran away crying, Kyoka would not do so.She is the kind of person who will lead everyone forward in a haunted house with a calm face.

After all, she is the most reliable underage girl in Yokohama.

"Okay! So I, Ton, and Jinghua have already signed up, and there is only one person left to be full~"

Dazai clapped his hands happily.

"Kunikida, please think about it."

"Why do you have to find me for this kind of entertainment for young people?" Kunikida stopped writing and pushed his glasses doubtfully.

"Because Kunikida-kun's screams are an indispensable and delicious condiment."

The Bandage Essence uttered very embarrassing words in a brisk voice.

"Stop talking nonsense! How could I scream!"

Kunikida, who feels his reputation has been damaged, is furious.

…I don’t know what Dazai said again, but in short, Kunikida joined the haunted house experience team in order to maintain his reputation and prove that he is not afraid of ghosts.

Is this a wise choice?

Under Kunikida's strong request, the four members of the detective agency chose a weekend to come to the newly opened holographic haunted house experience store on Leibo Street.

A dark, low-key small building, as small as the residential houses next to it.

The sign doesn't appear to have been put on yet, so it now looks like a normal building with an unusual color of paint on the walls.

"Is it a very small haunted house? There shouldn't be many scenes." Atsushi Nakajima looked up.

"Crack, click" was the sound of Izumi Kyoka chewing potato chips. Among the excited Dazai, the stiff Kunikida, and the curiously looking around Atsushi Nakajima, she was the calmest one.

"...Are there no other tourists?"

Kunikida looked around carefully, frowned and muttered to himself.

"No. Because it hasn't been officially opened yet."

Out of nowhere, Yuri suddenly appeared behind them.

Kunikida shuddered.

"Don't start getting nervous so early, you will feel very tired."

"...It's not nervousness, it's the basic quality of detective agency members to scout the environment and stay vigilant, even when they go out on holidays." He sternly denied it.

Yuri: ...I just quietly watched you make up.

Without exchanging pleasantries, she directly led everyone into the sign-in hall of the haunted house.After a pause, he said with a smile, "As a tourist of the experience batch, there will be a special small gift after coming out~"

"but--"

Yuri held up two fingers.

"There are two points to note: you can't use abilities, and you can't beat the staff and destroy the scene."

Then she took some bracelets from a drawer and gave them to them.

"What is this?" Quan Jinghua stared curiously at the white bracelet on her wrist, raised it and shook it.

"This is the logo of this haunted house tour. If you find yourself wearing it, it means that you are still in the scene of the haunted house."

"Wh, what do you mean? Wow, I'm beginning to have a bad feeling..."

Holding the only prop that was distributed in advance - a flashlight, Kunikida, who called himself a senior and volunteered to be the leader of the team, took a deep breath and pushed open the heavy door.

It was pitch black inside, with no light source.With the closing of the entrance gate, the last glimmer of light also left.The foursome were immediately engulfed in darkness completely.

The unknown ahead is unsettling.Kunikida hastily turned on the flashlight.

Contrary to expectations, only a very weak light was emitted from the flashlight, probably only enough to illuminate the outline of a small area ahead.

...If there is really something scary, it will only become more scary after being illuminated by this level of light, right?

If this kind of defective flashlight is sold on the market, it will undoubtedly be refunded.

Fortunately, there is no horror element in the current scene.

Just a corridor leading to the depths of the unknown.

They walked forward cautiously, not daring to breathe heavily, and the only sound of footsteps falling on the marble floor echoed in the empty corridor along the way.

However, as the group of four walked, they discovered that the corridor seemed to have no end.

The wall also changed from being empty at the beginning, to suspicious red stains gradually appearing, as well as broken posters with strange patterns.

"It seems to be getting colder and colder, is it my illusion?"

"I also feel that the surroundings have become cold..."

"According to this distance, we should have walked outside the haunted house long ago? From the outside, its internal space should not be able to accommodate such a long corridor."

Kunikida tried to analyze calmly, but his voice trembled for some reason.

"No, I won't really encounter a ghost hitting the wall..."

Dazai's voice was filled with excitement amidst panic.

As if they heard their discussion, in the darkness behind them, there was a sudden snickering sound.

Everyone froze.

In this case, should I go back?

Kunikida reacted, and turned the direction of the flashlight to face the back for a while.

There was nothing, and the laughter disappeared, as if it was their auditory hallucination just now.

So he could only bite the bullet and continue on the long corridor.

"Yes, is there an emergency exit option?"

"It seems that there is no explanation, and there is no exit at all here."

"Dazai, why are your hands so cold?"

Kunikida asked Dazai beside him.

"? Kunikida-kun, it's not good to joke around at a time like this."

Dazai's voice was not as relaxed as it was at the beginning, he said hesitantly, "I didn't touch you at all."

"Then who's grabbing me now——ahhhh!!!"

Kunikida's screams finally echoed in the corridor as he wished earlier.

But now no one cares about laughing at him, they are all running wildly.