Secret anD Seek I - Déjà Vu Template (Pages 29 - 36) —- When I came back to my senses, B-ko was calling to me from the doorway of the classroom. “…… Ah, yes, I am! Sorry about that.” “……?” Grabbing my bag, I jogged out into the hallway. The entire time that we walked home, and even after everyone went their separate ways, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The doll that I had loved when I was young…… Why had I loved Ririka so much? And, where could she be now? … Why… had I stopped playing with her? I felt that I was very close to remembering, but in the end, I couldn’t. What was tingling feeling in my chest……? Once I reached home, I searched in all the places where the doll might be. In the back of my closet, in the storeroom……However, no matter where I looked, I wasn’t able to find her. —Where in the world could Ririka have gone……? * The following day after school, I met up with B-ko and headed for the old school building as usual. Going up to the second floor and opening the door to what had originally been the music room, we saw that someone had already arrived. “…… Oh? You seem awfully angry today.” It was C-ta. He was probably talking about B-ko looking angry. B-ko did seem rather uptight due of the rumor that had spread throughout the school today. “…..Can’t you do something about that childhood friend of yours?” B-ko and I put down our bags and sat down in our usual seats. “Ahh, that rumor, you mean? Isn’t it a masterpiece? As usual, it’s the best.” “….Why you….” The moment B-ko stood up, we heard the sound of the door opening again. “…. Hey.” ——It was A-ya. “No, it’s not just ‘hey’….I don’t really care about your bad tastes, but would you stop using people as your topics?” “….What’re you talking about?” “…… Just like yesterday, don’t act you like don’t know. The rumors are only getting worse!” B-ko was desperately trying to suppress her anger. “Look, don’t call smoke where there’s no fire. I only meant it as a little prank.” “….Why you…” “If someone happened to see you right now, won’t they think you’re an impostor?” “I’m serious, if you don’t stop now .” “…… Anyway, there’s something that I’ve been thinking about recently.” Just as B-ko was closing in on A-ya, he suddenly spoke up. “It might just be my imagination, though, or it might actually be an unnatural phenomenon.” “….Unnatural phenomenon?” B-ko, who has risen from her seat, sat back down again, facing A-ya. “That’s right… Lately, when I wake up in the morning, I’m certain that I can feel someone’s gaze on me.” “Are you sure… it’s not just your family?” “My parents leave early in the morning, so it can’t be them.” “Then, is it like someone’s watching from outside?” “That’s not it… How should I put it—I can feel the gaze of a third party… It’s almost as if someone’s looking down at me from outside of this world…… Of course, when I turn around, there’s no one there. This kind of thing has been happening frequently.” “…..Huh…” “Maybe it’s something like a ‘zashiki-warashi’….” “If it’s ‘Mearry-san,’ you’d be getting phone calls, right?” “Hmmm…” A-ya took a breath, and then continued. “There’s something else that’s also been on my mind.” “What is it?” “The other day, we did Kokkuri-san, didn’t we? The three of us: B-ko, C-ta, and I…” “Yeah….” “—The following day, I started to feel someone’s gaze on me…. That’s why… Perhaps this has something to do with the “Bookmark of Demise, is what I’ve been thinking. “……” “……” “……” “……” —“The Bookmark of Demise.” According to what we’d heard from A-ya, the “Book of Demise” and the “Bookmark of Demise” seemed to be hidden somewhere within this school. In the book, each and every urban legend in this world is written down, and when the book is opened to the page the bookmark is placed on, that urban legend is said to become a reality. It didn’t seem possible from just the rumors. However, to us, there was an important reason why this rumor was different compared to others. ——It would seem that this book and bookmark really do exist. About ten years ago, the year that this old building had become unused, an inexplicable murder case occurred at this school. This is a fact that can even be found in newspapers from that time. No matter which teacher you ask, they’ll only give a vague answer about it. However, among the students of this school, it’s a famous story that everyone has heard at least once. The reason why most students know about this incident, despite it being from so long ago, is because it’s been handed down like a ghost story. —That incident…It is because they had obtained the “Bookmark of Demise.” In this way, the rumor about the Bookmark of Demise is often talked about along with the incident from ten years ago. But, in the wake of A-ya’s discovery of the diary, our activities had suddenly became lively. ——That discovery was “a diary from ten years ago.” An exchange diary belonging to the students from ten years ago, who had gathered “occult stories” in this old school building, just like us. Many of those stories were ones we had never heard before. And within those were mentions of the “Book of Demise” and “Bookmark of Demise,” urban legends that have been told in this school. They had obtained these two items, and …… ——died. Before this, we’d only get together about once a week, sometimes not even meet at all, but lately, almost every day, there was at least one person in this classroom. A few days ago, it seemed that they had actually tried doing Kokkuri-san, according to the rules written in the diary. Although I hadn’t been there at the time, just when they started to try it out, they were hit by a very strange sensation and stopped halfway because of their fear. Today, all the members in the old building were gathered. “…… Anyway, the last attempt at ‘Kokkuri-san’ failed.” A-ya spoke those words and continued further. “Failed ….?” “We weren’t able to obtain the “Book of Demise” or the “Bookmark of Demise,” right?” “…… It’s true that we didn’t do it as it said in the rules… but …” The classroom was filled with silence. I expected what his next words would be, and simply thought them to be truly irritating. “…… Let’s do it one more time.” Omg, D-ne is narrating~ Source: renna-translations.tumblr/post/65729366605/secret-and-seek-i-deja-vu-template-pages-29-36 Dood
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