When she woke up, Yurika was on Koutarou's back.
“...Huh...?”
Koutarou was carrying Yurika on his back while running down a sidewalk. Their surroundings were dark, with only a weak street light to provide them with any light.
“U-Uhm...”
Yurika's memories ended with her passing out in room 106. And since she was now in the middle of the city at night while being carried by Koutarou, she was now confused.
“Where... huh? Why is Satomi-san–?”
”Koutarou, looks like Yurika woke up”
Sanae noticed that Yurika had woken up and reported that to Koutarou.
“I see. Thanks Sanae”
Koutarou turned to the side and saw Yurika blinking with her drowsy eyes while looking at her surroundings. Seeing Yurika act like normal, some of the tension built up in Koutarou was released.
“You awake, Yurika?”
“Y-Yes...”
Still not sure what was going on, Yurika nodded hesitantly. The next moment her mind cleared up and she remembered something important.
“T-That's right, Sanae-chan!! Where is Sanae-chan!?”
Yurika's memories had cut out after the part where Koutarou had told her to stop, that's why she didn't know what had become of Sanae. So Yurika looked around in search for her.
“I'm right here”
Sanae turned around so that Yurika could see her face while floating in front of Koutarou. And when Yurika saw Sanae's cheerful smile she opened her eyes wide.
“Sanae-chan!! You're okay!!”
“It's because of you. Thank you”
“T-Thank god... I wasn't sure what was going to happen for a moment...”
Relieved, strength left Yurika's body and she leaned on Koutarou.
“So, what are we doing now?”
Having calmed down, Yurika began wondering why she was outside. She had seen that everyone from room 106 was here while she had been looking around. She could tell that everyone was in the middle of going somewhere, but she didn't know why.
“We're still not in the clear yet. We're headed for the hospital”
“The hospital? Why?”
“Because Kiriha-san said so”
Everyone was on their way to the city's hospital. It was the same hospital where Koutarou had been taken after he had hit his head at work last spring.
“Sanae-chan is a ghost, but can she be treated at a hospital?”
“Who knows. She said that it would take time to explain, so we haven't heard anything yet”
Koutarou pointed towards Kiriha with his chin as he said that. Kiriha was running a little a bit behind Koutarou and the others while she was talking to someone on her phone. She hadn't explained anything to everyone else partly because she had to stay on the phone.
“We'll be there soon, so we'll find out then”
”I just hope it's not something scary...”
“I don't want that either”
“But, but, wouldn't you be scared if a ghost or something appeared?”
“I'm a ghost too you know”
“Sanae-chan is Sanae-chan. A ghost is much scarier”
“Weren't you scared of me at first?”
Koutarou was happy that Yurika and Sanae had begun carefreely chatting like normal, but his expression turned more serious once again when he saw the front gate to the hospital in front of him.
“Satomi-kun, someone's there”
Shizuka who was running next to Koutarou pointed towards the dark area right before the front gate. Since she had good eyesight, she was the first to spot what was standing there.
“You're right...”
In the darkness stood two people. From their silhouette's, it was a tall and slim man right next to a short and fat man. The two were facing Koutarou and the others, and it looked like they were waiting for them.
Could these be the guys Kiriha-san was talking to? Are they underground people?
Koutarou thought of that as he closed in on the two. The two then started moving and came out of the darkness, their faces becoming clearer for him to see. The moment he saw their faces, he spoke with a wild voice.
“Ah, those guys!?”
Koutarou had seen them before. They were the pair he had come across when he went to the beach last year.
“Satomi-kun, do you know them?”
“You know them too, landlord-san! They're the perverts from the beach!!”
“Eh!? Seriously!?”
“What!? H-He's right!! They're the perverts from the beach!!”
“Huh? Were they there?”
“They are the ones who kidnapped Sanae-sama”
“Oh yeah, you were captured by the cosclub so you couldn't come...”
They were the ghost hunters that had captured Sanae and planned to sell her. During the process, they had been unlucky enough to be mistaken for perverts.
“Koutarou, do you think they're up to something evil again?”
“Satomi-kun, could it be that they did something to Sanae?”
“Those guys! How dare they show up again!”
Since they had exposed Sanae to danger before, Koutarou and the others were incredibly hostile towards them. Because of that, Koutarou and the invaders prepared to finish off the ghost hunters for good this time.