Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Volume 10 Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Translated by Niulili

When Ishii entered the coffee shop, Makoto, who had arrived, sat at table at the back, and raised her hand.

He intended to come earlier than time, but apparently Makoto had arrived first.

“I’m sorry, I am late”

Ishii rushed to Makoto and dropped his head.

“There is no need to apologize because you are not late.”

“No, but…”

“Ishii-san, I think that it would be better to be selfish.”

Makoto smiled softly.

Makoto, who usually had a dignified impression, turned childlike when she laughed like this. That gap left Ishii stunned.

“That … then how is the condition of the wound?”

When Ishii asked, she laughed with a loud voice.

“Come on, Ishii-san. I heard it on the phone just before.”

“I, Is that right ?”

Although he tried to play it dumb, it was as Makoto said.

“I’m fine already. Please, do not worry.”

Makoto put her hand on her wounded stomach.

“I’m glad”

– I’m truly glad,

Ishii felt that again.

If something bad happened to Makoto, he would not be able to live. Ishii bite into the reality that Makoto was now laughing in front of him.

– Why do I think this way?

He never had such feelings for Makoto. What exactly was the true identity of this feelings ?

When he let go his thoughts, his face get hot for some reason.

“Hm… Would you like to sit down ?”

Makoto spoke.

When he realized that, the waiter was standing next to Ishii with the menu. Probably waiting for the timing to take the order.

“I, I am sorry”

Ishii sat down in the seat opposite at Makoto and ordered a coffee from the waiter.

“In fact, I have something I would like you to see today, Ishii-san”

After calming down, Makoto cut out.

Her expression was not soft as before. By that time, he was convinced that it would be a serious story.

“What is it ?”

Ishii corrected his posture.

“This”

Makoto put a tablet on the table, swiped it, and displayed a picture.

The photo was taken in a room like a living room

Something like black smoke was visible next to the large TV.

“What is this ?”

When Ishii asked, Makoto enlarged the black smoke part of the picture.

“Does it look like a human face?”

Ishii didn’t know what it was like, but looked at the monitor with his nose on.

At first, it appeared to be just a shadow, but the contours gradually came to light as if it were an old picture.

“Eeeek !”

Ishii screamed involuntarily jumping up.

Just unlucky, he hit a waiter who brought coffee. It became a catastrophe the coffee cup fell to the floor and broke, and Ishii’s shirt get stained.

He apologized, wiped the floor, a new coffee came in, and he wasted enough time for fifteen minutes.

However, thanks to that, he was somewhat calm and recovered.

“I got you surprised, I’m sorry.”

Once again, Makoto lowered her head while sitting opposite to each other.

“No, it’s not at Makoto-san to apologize. I’m sorry”

“But…”

“Anyways, that picture just before, was it a spirit picture?”

There was a sense of wanting to escape from embarrassment, Ishii returned the story to the main point.

“Yes. In fact, it was taken at my acquaintance’s house.”

“I, Is that so…”

His responding voice is high enough to be understood by oneself.

Urban legends related to paranormal phenomena were his favorite things, but when he actually dealt with it, fear would win.

Until now, he had been accustomed to being involved in a spirit-related incident many times, but he could not get used to it at all.

“In that person’s house, strange phenomena often occur. I tried to check it and tried to take a picture.”

“As a result, do you mean that ghosts have been photographed ?”

“Yes”

He understood the circumstances, but Ishii had nothing to do with it.

“Why is this photo for me?”

“I was asked to investigate the psychic phenomenon from the acquaintance, but I ’m alone, so… I know that I am selfish, but I would like to associate with you Ishii-san”

Makoto looked Ishii in the eyes.

– Is that so.

He was convinced, but there was a part he could not understand.

It was not a problem to cooperate with Makoto. He had the favor of the last case, but rather he was willing to devote himself to her.

However, if she wanted to resolve the psychic case, Ishii wasn’t well-qualified. Honestly, Ishii had no choice but to be involved.

“After that, Yakumo-shi…”

When Ishii put out his name, the expression of Makoto was cloudy.

From this reaction, did something ugly happened between Makoto and Yakumo?

“I thought about that too but…”

“What is it ?”

“He seems to have not recovered his left eye vision yet”

“Oh…”

– It was so.

In Ishii’s mind, the sight of that awful scene reappeared. Yakumo had his left eye cut with a knife in the last incident.

But he was hurt at his eyelids, but Ishii wondered if his eye were safe?

When Ishii asked about it, Makoto shook her head small.

“Yes, but …. It seems to be a psychogenic visual disorder.”

Psychogenicity meant that mental things was affecting you and you was losing sight. He heard that such things was rare, such as when you get a major injury.

“But he might be cured now.”

“In fact, after contacting Ishii-san, I tried contacting him as well. Then …”

Makoto admitted with a bitter face.

Apparently, Yakumo had already turned down because his vision had not recovered.

When it happened, Ishii couldn’t not cooperate.

“I understand. I will do what I can.”

“Thank you very much.”

Makoto smiled.