Tsukasa is obsessed with rumors and supernaturals. He tells his brother Amane about Hanako-san, a spirit who will fulfill his wish but he will have to pay a great price. The boys go to boy's toilet to summon her. Their wish is for bullying to stop.
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"Someone vandalized the photo album of last year's tornament," Yokoo told Sousuke. He showed the album.
Sousuke instantly recognized it. Football club asked him to take the pictures during the summer of last year. That time, the football team took second place in the prefecture.
Yokoo showed the damage done to the pictures. Someone drew wobbly long arms in the background of half of the pictures. The hands were waving, clapping and showing thumbs up.
Sousuke flipped a page and gasped.
The picture was of Kou Minamoto scoring a goal.
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"That's right, he was in the football club that year," remembered Sousuke. Minamoto was wearing their school team's shirt with a large number 3 and shorts. As Sousuke browsed through the pages, there were multiple shots of Minamoto running across entire field because of course he would.
"So I was wondering if you could fix the pictures?" asked Yokoo. "With photoshop or something."
Sousuke nodded, unable to speak.
"Spirits in the pictures?" asked Amane. Amane and Hanako-san gathered around to see the pictures.
"It's not just that," explained Sousuke. "These ghostly hands started appearing everywhere in the school. They are creepy and I wonder what they are up to."
"Look! There they are!"
Indeed, several arms of different colors popped at windowsill. They were waving at the kids.
"You should beat them with your shovel," suggested Amane.
"How harsh! These are just weak apparitions," replied Hanako-san. "They probably just want attention." She waved at the hands.
Sousuke cautiously appoached the hands. "Hello, hand. Do you want to be friends?" he asked and reached out for a handshake. The hand reciprocated and they shook hands. The hand showed thumbs up and disappeared, fading out.
"Ow. The hand is cold," complained Sousuke. This reminded him of the adventure he had with Minamoto's ghost. He opened the photo album he was holding. "Look! One of the hands disappeared from this picture!"
Now that friends knew how to deal with the hands, they proceeded to go around the school, shaking hands, playing rock-paper-scissors with them and challenging them to arm wrestling. Finally, there was just one hand remaining. It was sticking out from mirror in the boys' toilet.
Amane shook the hand, but it suddenly pulled him inside the mirror. Sousuke and Hanako-san stood there shocked. "No! Bring him back!" The mirror was showing their reflections.
Amane found himself in the mirror reflection of the school toilet. It was dark in there. The wall was covered in dark brown imprints of hands. There were also hands growing from the floor. There was an inch of water on the floor.
