Ghost Hunt :Encounter.The New Beginning

Chapter~~22

We started to watch the recording of the vase that we placed in the locked room. At first the vase was in the middle of the table. We stared intently.

Mai:- What're we watching this for?

Ayako:-Hey...

Suddenly the vase in the TV screen began to shake.
The vase shook and shook, then it started to slide across the table. There was no external force. It just moved by itself to the edge of the table. It shook violently, then fell and broke to pieces
Naru pressed the stop button.

Mai:-What... Was that just now?

Naru:-It's just what you saw.

Ayako:-The vase moved?

Gene:-Yes, it did move.

Bou-san:-That was a very strong poltergeist! We must exorcise it immediately...

Naru:-That would be unnecessary.<Naru noticed our confusion,then proceeded to explain> Yesterday I gave everyone an autosuggestion.It's similar to hypnotism. The autosuggestion was that this vase would move at night.

Mai:-..That light... Was like a flashlight.So that was hypnotism?

Naru:-..Basically, yes. Then I placed the vase with the flowers here, and with Mai and Mayu's help I locked the doors and windows, and hammered in the wooden planks. Afterwards I proceeded to seal the room. This way, no one would be able to enter. If someone were to enter, we would notice.

Mai:-True.If anyone broke in, they'd have to remove the wooden planks and put new ones there, but then our signatures are there.

Naru:-<Pausing momentarily, Naru looked carefully at each one of them, his eyes darker than the night sky.>Poltergeist incidents are usually caused by human beings, namely those that are thirteen to fifteen years old. But sometimes they're caused by teenage girls under a lot of stress who want to be noticed by others.

Mai:-Are you saying that could be a problem?

Naru:-Idiot.

Mai:-...Do you have to evaluate everything I say? Don't say it so bluntly like that.

Naru:-It is highly probable. However, the culprit is usually unaware of doing this.

Ayako:-What?

Gene:-In these situations, an autosuggestion will make the event actually occur.
Autosuggestion... An autosuggestion that the vase will move?

Monk:-So you're saying that the vase moved because of a human?

Naru:-Correct.

Ayako:-And not because of a ghost?So the activities happening in the old school building were also caused by a human?

Naru:-To put it simply, yes. I have not been mistaken yet.

Mai:-..Then the culprit is?

Monk:-Is...

Naru remained silent.
Someone who wants to feel important. Someone who wants to be noticed.A person with that strong desire... There was only one such person, and she was right in front of our eyes.
But...Slowly, Everyone's eyes darted towards her.

Kuroda:-....Me...?<voice became shaky at first, then firm>How can that be...!<She shook her head and Naru nodded his head.>Are you saying that it's all because of me? That poltergeist?
<Fear showed in her eyes.>

Gene:-You are the first person to talk about the old school building. For instance, you said there were ghosts of soldiers and nurses there. But the fact of the matter is, there never was a hospital here. An air raid never occurred here, and the school was never used as a hospital before.