Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Volume 10 Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Translated by Niulili

Haruka Ozawa was walking towards a prefabricated building on the back of B’s university.

The wind blowing was cold. Autumn was getting deeper.

She stood in front of the deepest door on the first floor of a two-story prefabricated floor.

There was a plate named <Movie Research Club>

She came to this place many times.

“Yakumo-kun, are you there?”

Haruka asked, opening the old door.

Yakumo was sitting in a chair, in a fixed position.

With such a difficult face like it was the end of the world, he was crawling the pages of a huge book.

When he noticed Haruka’s visit, he slightly raised his face.

He was the same as usual, he stood out with a rough white shirt.

He had a well-behaved appearance, but it felt like a field because of his messy hair.

However, one thing was different from usual.

An eye patch was attached to the left eye of Yakumo.

Yakumo was not born with only a red left eye, he could also saw the soul of the dead.

With his unique constitution he could see ghosts.

Speaking of that, Yakumo has led various psychic incidents to resolution. Haruka met Yakumo, when she had an opportunity to consult him about a psychic case.

However, after the incident that happened the other day, Yakumo suffered damage to his red left eye.

It was cut off with a knife by the fugitive murderer Miyuki Nanase.

Luckily, the eye was not hurt and he only cut his eyelids. Suture repaired the wound, but Yakumo’s left eye did not recover.

According to the doctor’s diagnosis, it was psychogenic visual disorder.

In other words, it affected the mind, there was no problem with the eye itself, but there was an impairment in vision.

She didn’t know how he felt.

Yakumo had a lot of hard times because of his red left eye.

Being able to see ghosts, you could see more things than others.

The ghosts who envied this world often had some sort of prejudice. Many, but not all, are negative, with a lot of hatred.

Because he was involved in many incidents, Yakumo continued to see not only ghosts but also the work of living people.

It must have put an unimaginable burden on Yakumo’s heart.

That was not all.

Just because his left eye was red, there were many people who felt weird or scared about Yakumo.

Being exposed to such criticizing eyes, Yakumo’s heart has been deeply damaged.

So far, Yakumo has been facing it hard.

It must been painful to lose sight of your left eye, but if it remained invisible, Yakumo may be released from such a negative chain.

If you thought that way, you must thought it was fine.

However, it was Haruka’s selfish emotion, and she did not know how Yakumo himself thinks. It might be better to ask, but Haruka didn’t had the courage to do it.

“What do you want…”

Yakumo said, annoyed.

When they first met, when he took this attitude, it was quite hollow, but now she was completely used to it.

Yakumo was like this with everyone. It was strange because she thought it looked lovely.

“I came to play”

Haruka sat in a seat opposite Yakumo, speaking in an angry tone.

“You’ve been around everyday recently. Are you that free ?”

While complaining, Yakumo closed the book he had read and put it on the table.

“Yes.” Haruka replied proudly.

She was just one step away from graduation. She had decided on her place of employment and there was no lecture to be received. She was genuinely free.

The loneliness spread in the chest of Haruka.

She was happy to be able to come to see Yakumo frequently because she had the time but soon she will graduate. When this will happen, she wouldn’t be able to visit Yakumo this way.

“Do not boast”

Yakumo scratched his sluggish hair while yawning a great deal.

“I’m not boasting”

“To me, you seem to be proud”

“That’s because you are twisted.”

“I do not want to hear that from you”

“Then, who could say it ?”

“Well, your mouth improved”

“Thank you”

Haruka returned a smile.

Before, she couldn’t say something like this. It was nostalgic when she was angry with what he said.

However, this relationship was not bad.

From that time on, she felt closer and comfortable with Yakumo.

“Yakumo-kun. I have one request, is it all right?”

Haruka asked in a formal tone.

“Is it a problem again?”

“No, no. Stop thinking me = trouble.”

“It’s a fact”

“I’m telling you, but I have not brought in any trouble lately.”

Haruka hadn’t brought troubles to Yakumo at least in recent months. Generally speaking, it was mostly Gotou to begin.

No, rather, Haruka was more likely involved in Yakumo troubles.

“If it is not trouble, what is it?”

“It’s not a big deal, but … Next time, we have the last concert in our circle”

“So ?”

Yakumo had a suspicious look.

Usually, Yakumo looked ahead with excellent insight and reasoning power, but when it came to this kind of story, that did not work.

“I want you to come to listen”

“What ?”

“Because I want you to come and listen to my last concert”

“Why ?”

Yakumo slightly leaned his head.

ー So insensitive !

She wanted to scream but endured it.

Why, she wanted him to come and listen but she didn’t felt like explaining. If she did that, it was the same as confessing her secret thoughts.

However, Yakumo was not likely to nod unless she presented something clear.

While she thought about it, the door of the room opened.