This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame-Chapter 621 - 386. Unsettled Situation (4000 words)_2

As always, Teacher Qianhe had strived to maintain a positive image in front of her students, so no one raised further questions.

Actually, it wasn’t that Teacher Qianhe didn’t want to give the students a reason.

But Beichuan Si didn’t explain how to solve the manpower issue when they reached out to her.

Beichuan Si merely told her, "I will figure something out, Teacher Qianhe."

Normally, Teacher Qianhe wouldn’t have believed Beichuan Si so readily.

But this time was different. Teacher Qianhe instinctively sensed an unusual aura.

Wasn’t this setup the same as the last bravery contest?!

Also handled by Beichuan Si, the latter part of the bravery route had scared some people into fainting and even drew the police—

Though it was Teacher Qianhe who had called the police, this time...

This time it was happening inside the school.

Teacher Qianhe took another glance at Beichuan Si.

The same setup, the same plot.

Could she catch Beichuan in the act during this Kyubei Festival?

No, no, no... Perhaps he just wanted to play the role of a vengeful ghost to scare the guests.

Teacher Qianhe couldn’t help becoming suspicious again.

Meanwhile, Beichuan Si also subconsciously lifted his dark eyes.

He was a bit puzzled.

How had Teacher Qianhe been watching him so frequently lately?

"Forget it," Beichuan Si shook his head.

Beichuan Si didn’t really care whether she was watching him or not.

All he needed was to secure the role of an actor in the haunted house.

And it also meant he didn’t have to come up with excuses to explain the presence of Nishijou Kelian, Shenzhu Shihui, and others to the other students.

This way, the stage was set for Nishijou Kelian, and she should be able to have more fun.

After pondering for a moment, Beichuan Si turned his head towards Shen Gu Mirai.

On the day of Kyubei Festival, he would be in the haunted house the entire morning to assist with Nishijou Kelian’s performance and naturally wouldn’t have time to accompany her— at least not in the morning.

However, in the afternoon he could still play the role of a hands-off manager since, with Magong Yongshi around, it was unlikely that Nishijou Kelian and Shenzhu Shihui would cause any trouble.

Therefore, Beichuan Si planned to ask Shen Gu Mirai if she had any free time in the afternoon on the day of the Kyubei Festival.

But before Beichuan Si could speak, Shen Gu Mirai was already giggling foolishly.

She had been in this state for three or four days straight now; when people spoke to her, she just replied with "hehehe," and even at meal times she was "hehehe."

That behavior made Beichuan Si unable to resist twisting and pinching her face.

Given her current state, it didn’t seem like Shen Gu Mirai could hold a proper conversation, so Beichuan Si withdrew his gaze and turned to his shoulder bag instead.

A ragged little stuffed doll was poking its head halfway out of the shoulder bag.

He turned his head again.

Shenzhu Shihui and Magong Yong were floating next to him.

He didn’t know when these guys had slipped over.

Running a class meeting felt like he was dragging his whole family along.

Especially since Shenzhu Shihui was vividly explaining to Magong Yong at his side: "Simply put, haunted houses are built so that ordinary people can experience what it’s like to see a spiritual body."

"I see, so that’s what haunted houses are for."

Magong Yong nodded, silently writing the key points Shenzhu Shihui mentioned on her empty palm, then tilted her head to look at Shenzhu Shihui: "But I still don’t understand some parts. If it’s just to experience seeing spiritual bodies, why spend so much money?"

She placed her index finger against her lips, thought hard for a good while, and then spoke, not understanding: "With that much money, you could buy a lot of computers or smartphones. Aren’t there many horror movies on computers and smartphones? The vengeful spirits in those movies are even scarier than real ones. Why spend money to experience it?"

"Isn’t it just for fun? In the end, being able to see spiritual bodies is also quite inconvenient. If ordinary people suddenly start seeing spiritual bodies, wouldn’t they be scared to death?"

"Uh... the problem is that people come to haunted houses specifically asking to be scared..."

"There are people who like being scared?" Magong Yong’s pretty face was full of surprise.

As someone who had hardly ever interacted with the outside world except for in Shenzhu Village, she simply didn’t understand this modern form of enjoyment.

Seeing Magong Yong’s surprise, Shenzhu Shihui opened her mouth, then closed it.

Magong Yong, despite her poised and elegant demeanor, sometimes took minor issues too seriously.

Really, there was no need to think too much about such things!

Shenzhu Shihui subconsciously sought help with a look towards Beichuan Si.

Seemingly sensing Shenzhu Shihui’s gaze, Beichuan Si turned his head and said, "You don’t need to think so much."

Hearing this statement from Beichuan Si, Magong Yongshi nodded in agreement and softly said,

"Ah, Mr. Temple is right."

"..." Shenzhu Shihui.

Only Beichuan Si could now dismissively treat his own sister like this.

She did not know what he had fed Magong Yongshi, but she trusted him immensely.

Similarly, in front of Beichuan Si, Magong Yongshi was also very well-behaved.

Even though Yongshi forbade me from using my phone at night!

Shenzhu Shihui felt as if her role as an elder sister was a sham.

She stood there, sorrowful for quite some time before considering that her current life wasn’t too bad; she spent her days playing with her phone, and occasionally went online to scold those who criticized the Beichuan Divine Society. Her life was indeed colorful.

Thus, Shenzhu Shihui did not dwell on this issue for too long. Instead, she was more curious about tomorrow’s schedule:

"Beichuan, are we going to Kyubei tomorrow?"

Shenzhu Shihui asked.

"Yes, tomorrow is the Kyubei Festival, and just having me as a ghost performer definitely won’t be enough. We’ll need your help at that time."

Beichuan Si replied in a lowered voice.

"I understand."

The two of them were discussing below as the class meeting of 2A was wrapping up.

This time, the class meeting mainly confirmed the schedule for ghost performers and those in charge of cash handling and attracting customers.

Regarding the ghost performers, as Qianhe Kagura mentioned, all were entrusted to Beichuan Si.

"That’s it for now, class is dismissed. Those in charge of dressing up, come a bit earlier tomorrow, and don’t be late."

Qianhe Kagura clapped her hands and formally announced the dismissal.

Before leaving, she looked at Beichuan Si inconspicuously.

On the other side, Beichuan Si was also pulling on Shen Gu Mirai.

Shen Gu Mirai was still grinning foolishly.

That expression made Beichuan Si involuntarily raise an eyebrow.

He bluntly lowered his voice, "If you keep laughing like that, I won’t find time to accompany you on the day of the Kyubei Festival."

"Ah?!" Hearing this, Shen Gu Mirai snapped out of her daze.

Her expression finally normalized, the silly smile faded from her face, replaced by anxiety and indignation, "Mr. Temple, you can’t treat me like this." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Shen Gu Mirai grasped Beichuan Si’s arm in a ’snatching’ motion, "Mr. Temple, you’ll definitely accompany me on the day of the Kyubei Festival, won’t you?"

"Start by putting your things away, and we can talk as we walk."

Beichuan Si pointed to her still unorganized textbooks, speaking bluntly.

He was inevitably going to accompany Shen Gu Mirai around on the day of the Kyubei Festival.

It was a settled matter.

But...

Beichuan Si instinctively felt uneasy.

He had an inexplicable feeling.

This Kyubei Festival felt like a storm was brewing.

But what exactly would happen?

Beichuan Si couldn’t help but ponder—

Firstly, of course, was Beichuan Lin.

She said she would come to the Kyubei Festival.

Secondly, Qiuxiao Younai.

This young girl mentioned she wanted to check out Kyubei High School.

She even said, ’As a mage of the Beichuan Divine Society’s Great Ming Guangde, I naturally need to examine the school that produced the Beichuan God.’

What else could disturb the peace beyond these two situations?

Beichuan Si could not come up with anything at the moment.

But soon...

During the Kyubei Festival,

Beichuan Si realized he had severely underestimated his own connections.