The next morning they sat and watched as Masako sat in the room with the book trying to contact the spirit. John sat in the room with her and Takigawa sat in the next room waiting to see if anything would happen but nothing did, the spirit was there, but was not interested in Masako.
While Lin sat typing away at his laptop keeping an eye on the monitor that showed Masako in the library he heard a familiar voice.
'Lin-san' the faint voice spoke. He paused. And focuses on the voice
"tan-"
'No Lin, do not respond, keep typing." The voice cut him off. Keep typing? Why, he wondered but did as he was told.
'He is watching he will know I tried to contact you if you speak or act differently' she explained. He tried to respond saying he understood but was unsure how; he let his fingers do the talking as he opened a new window and typed a response.
'I understand,' he typed and waited for a response as he continued typing elsewhere.
'Good, it is not a ghost that took me but a human, I suppose you know that by now. The ghost in the library is Akagi Hikaru; he is the great grandfather of the man holding me. The book holds this man's inheritance, but he has used it as a trap instead of opening it up and reading.'
Lin typed word for word what she said hoping that it would help them later. Also his own way of acknowledging he heard her.
'Where are you? Safe?' he typed.
'In the house in a hidden room that is between the walls, kind of like Urado's mansion.' She did not answer the second question.
'Are you ok?'
'Good enough' she paused, 'weak, tired once he knows you're onto him, he may use me as a hostage; you can't let him know anything.'
'Ok, Taniyama-san, take care of yourself we will find you soon.'
'Thank you Lin-san' and the presence faded. But Lin kept typing. He was thinking typing his thoughts instead of slowing down he went faster, he searched the name Akagi hikaru and his relatives. They had a limited time, and Mai was counting on them.
Noll looked over to Lin, his demeanor had changed, his movement quickened, he knew something, why wasn't he saying anything? He stared at him. Lin's lips twisted to a slight frown. Then they went back to neutral. He needed to tell Noll but not make a scene. He paused and looked back up at the screens, he had been ignoring, no change. He looked back at the laptop.
"Maybe we are going about this the wrong way." He said making an opening. Noll raised an eyebrow, not typical Lin. He was trying to let Noll know something without others knowing, but weren't they alone?
"You have an alternate solution?"
"Check this out." he motioned to the screen where he had written things out. At the top of the screen he wrote. 'Read, do not comment.'
"I see," he read through, Lin and Mai's conversation. "This should be taken into consideration, but we will continue our current plan until you have any proof of that." He turned back to the screens. Seemingly dismissing Lin.
Lin nodded; Naru was leaving him in charge of figuring this out until it was ready to act on. He typed again although not as furiously. Researching Akagi Hikaru and his family. It was around noon time when Hara-san let up for lunch. The ghost never responded to her. He just refused.
They sat in silence eating while Lin continued to type on his computer. When Lin's eyes widened then narrowed threateningly Naru was the only one who noticed and went to look over Lin's shoulder. Reading over his shoulder Naru clenched his fist to keep control.
(A/N: a little back history that I created but have not written. I might have read the detail somewhere. When Lin and Naru came back to Japan SPR was investigated by a sting operation by the police. The police were suspicious of Oliver Davis finding his own brothers body, thinking he might have been a part of the murder. I am having the team revisit the officers who investigated them and finally cleared them.)