I know.I know I 've been toooooo lazy all this time.
I remind you that I don't own Ghost hunt.
Yasuhara came in base holding pile of papers.
"Blueprints" he said and gave one folder to Lin. all the other papers he put on desk, in front of Naru.
"Do you what me to tell what's in there or will you read it all by yourselfe?"
"He will read, but you can tell us." Ayako dropped in.
"And if he will listen then he will hear too. That is if he wants to listen. So go ahead and tell as what did you fond." No one could tell if Bou was trying to encourage him, laughing or trying o insult Naru a bit.
"Then as old man wishes." Bou couldn't get use to this, even it was all the time Yasuhara came in and told this with smile on his face like today, he still was shocked of young mans ignorance.
"You will never learn to respect you elders, would you?" Bou asked gloopy.
"Oh, but I do respect you. Very much, by the way." Yasuhara said with too innocent eyes. Bou looked at him with suspicious glare.
"Stop you two!" Ayako interrupted. "I know you could talk nonsense all day, but I would like to know what's going on at this house!"
"Me too." Mai added. "And as it is dark already I would like to hear it and then go home and rest." She didn't look at Naru and didn't ask for his permission. He wasn't her boss anymore, and some part of her was in pain because of that. She loved when they all were together laughing teasing each other.
"Oh, Mai-san! You are here! And I was wondering why Naru isn't so gloompy today, and Takigava-san is back on his feet." Yasuhara smiled at her.
"Back on feet? What did you intend to tell with that?!" Bou was up of couch where he was sitting minute ago.
"What do I mean? Isn't it quite obvious? You were more in work and didn't answer my teasing, old man."
"You!"
"You see that's what I'm talking about!"
Bou calmed down and came to Mai.
"But she's my inspiration." He ruffled her hair.
"Hei!' Mai called out when Bou ruffled her hair.
"He just what to day that we all missed you very much, am I right young man?"
"Yes. Precisely."
"Would you all stop talking nonsense and get to case!" Naru was lokking at them with cold eyes.
"Yes, yes." -So with what should I start?- "Ok. This house is not so old. It's about 50 years old, but it has had quite many inhabitants. It as build for some ex-jailer and his wife. Unfortunately his wife died even before this house was ready, so he took his sister with him. After 5 years he died, but his sister disappeared. Rumored that she eloped with some man, her brother didn't like, because he was from low estate, or even previous jailbird, so in order for his own pride he committed suicide. And this part I think would interest you most. He used poison. So if you would be searching for man using poison that could be him."
"Couldn't his sister poison him? In order to escape?" Bou asked.
"I thought it so too, that's why I looked for that person. But I couldn't find any information about here. Not even her death papers."
"Maybe she changed her name, so her brother couldn't find her?" Ayako suggested.
"But then wouldn't be point of poisoning him." Bou was thinking.
"But for police? So they couldn't find her?"
"That's more possible."
"However that may be, I couldn't find her. And possibility that she would be outside country I presume is low. And to find her now Would be menegless, even if she poisoned her brother, she wasn't at this house anymore. So I looked further. Next family lived her for 2 years,but no one died. They had 2 children who what some health problems, but nothing significant. They moved out and for some 4 or 5 years house were empty. So no one knows what happened here at that time. After that this house was used as pension for mental patients for about 25 years. There were many problems. Some of patients committed suicides. Some died for unknown reasons. Two women were interesting for me there. One was said to be with tendency of killing and for first deaths they suspected her and put in basement, so she wouldn't do anything. But after few days they found her dead. They had given her food, and police discovered that she hadn't died of poison or of lack of food, but she had suffocated."
"Do you have her file?" asked Naru.
"Yes, it should be right here." Yasuhara got up from couch where he was sitting and went to Narus desk rummaged in pill of papers he had carried and tossed out one plain folder. "Here you go." He handed it to Naru. Last one took it and started to read.
"The other one," Yasuhara processed, now standing with his back at Naru and facing others," was someone more strangely. They considered her totally mad. She got in after some time after first ones death, but as her case refers she had been sitting in her room in one corner and repeating all the time that someone is going to kill them all. That it's coming for them, they should leave this house. One day she suddenly disappeared. After 3 days they fond her at basement, dead. In death certificate is written suffocating. Her file is here." He rummaged in document again and gave Naru plain folder, similar to first one.
"Those two were specific because they both were found in basement, and cause of they deaths were suffocating. Other ones who died in this house," he patted pile of document on table," died of different reasons from food poisoning to cancer."
"After they left this house mostly because personal was scared too and patients had stayed very, very few. This family live here for 7 years." Another folder in his hand," After the head f house died of pneumonia they had to leave. For 5 years here had been rent house, but all lodgers left due to random excuses." Another pat on documents.
"it seams to me thet culprit could be that sister of first inhabitant. Because seems that after them started all this." Bou –san was making calculations again.
"Lin, do we have camera in basement?" Naru cold professional voice was in it's place.
"No. we didn't know there was basement." Lin answered.
: Then we need to put one there."
Lin nodded and got up.
"Which one I should remove then?"
"Take 7-th..It's normal and there is no need for it there."
"Ok."
"I'll help you!" Mai was on her feet. Lin nodded and they left base.
"Naru. Do you have any idea who could be responsible for this?" Ayako spoke up.
"Yes,naru share some thought with us!" Bou was on Ayakos side. Only John and Yasuhara kept silent.
Naru gave them cold glare:
"I won't make theory with only this information."
"Ah, forget him." Bou turned his back to Naru. Yasuhara sat down at Mais palce. "As she's out of his sight he gets nasty again." Ayako giggled and Yasuhara was not so serous anymore and John smile. Width smile crossed Bou-sans face.
"but what do you san of my theory?" Bou was serious again. Tthat that's that sister who eloped is hunting here."
"I think that's the most sensible version." Ayako told.
"But why would her spirit be here if she eloped with her beloved?"As alwas John was most rational of them.
"True." Bou-san was lots in thoughts.
In that moment in base came in Lin and Mai. If last one seemed lost then Lins face didn't show anything. He went to his little table and started examine blueprints. Then he took pen and poked in map. Then he looked ant screens.
"Naru.,"he said still looking at blueprints." Could you come here for just a minute?"
Naru stood up and when to Lin.
"What is it?
"For first I didn't see basement doors. But I think there is no need to put one in basement." he answered on question in Narus eyes, "You see theses screens." Lin pointed at cameras that were blurry. "You see that these have unclean picture, but they intensity grows bigger. 21-th-is last one. And it's facing place where basement door should be. So I think if we even did find those doors, screen would be totally white."
"But still we need to see whats inside. Even if we don't use camera."
"Naru, I somehow have this feeling that we shouldn't open these doors." Mai had hugged her chest and seemed pale.
"There is something we just can't let out. Or something like that. I can't clearly describe this sensation,but I think we shouldn't touch those doors."
Ayako got up and placed her hands on Mai shoulders.
"It's all right. We will wait till tomorrow. Is that OK with you?"
She looked at Naru and last one nodded.
"It's late. Mai you should go home and rest. Tomorrow is your last day off,so you need to rest well. I'll escort you. And tomorrow will pick you up."
Mai looked in Ayakos eyes and nodded. They left the base and headed home.
John looked at watch and got up.
"I'm sorry but I need to leave you now. I'll be back tomorrow,but for now please excuse me."
"Ah I need to go too,so I'll accompany you Brown-san." Yasuhara stepped up and left office with John.
"We are missing something here." Bou-san suddenly spoke up after 2 minutes of silence.
"I think so too,but now I can't se what it is. Do you have any ideas Takigawa-san?" Lin turned his atention to him.
"Not a slightless." With sigh admitted spoken one. "But seems there is something with that basement, and I think this is where we should search for answers."
"Then you should check it." Naru suddenly spoke.
Bou was stunned.
"But didn't we promised Mai not to touch it? At least until tomorrow?"
"We didn't promised anything. At least you didn't."
"So you are saying I have all right to go, open it and look what's inside there?"
"That's your decision."
"Ok. Then I'm going. Lin will you come too? You know where that door should be."
Lin looked at Naru, but last one was absorbed in papers again. As Lin and Bou left the office Naru looked up, put down papers,stood up and gazed at darkness behind window. Maybe that was mistake to let them go. Mai had good intuition, so there must be reason why she said them to not go there. But exactly that's why they should check it. And if Mai wasn't here she won't have to worry. And there definitely was something. He could tell that much. But what? And where there some connection between basement, poisoned well, and malfunctioning technique? Or they all were totally different cases? If so then there were more ghost that only that woman,but if no, then connection between these all cases where was it?
So for now it's all. Next chapter will be short one again,or at least it seems so, knowing me. Thank you all for your support. That means me a lot.