If you come to the abandoned school building of Nonogaoka Elementary School at night after sunset, you will meet a boy who is about the age of an elementary school student.
He calls himself "Yoshida Yuta" and looks no different from a normal person. He will send game invitations to people who come here.
If you agree, he will play simple games with you like a normal child, such as hide-and-seek, rock-paper-scissors, and riddles, and wave goodbye to you before dawn.
But if you refuse, he will reveal his true ghostly identity. He might detach his own head, pass through the body of the person opposite him, or move surrounding objects out of thin air until the other person flees in panic, while he stands there laughing loudly.
He never did anything to hurt anyone, and because of this, no one could prove his existence; the adults all took it as a story made up by children.
—Until Teru Hasegawa disappeared.
And that eerie photo.
Beforehand, Masashi Yukimura had taken the time to confirm the mission request with the village chief again, and he had also seen the photo with his own eyes, which was exactly the same as what the driver had described.
If it weren't for this incident, this strange tale would have been classified as the least harmful Category C by the Bureau of Investigation.
In short, Yoshida Yuta is clearly a youkai who is close to humans. Even knowing their identities as Yumi-shi, he should have followed his own "setting" and taken the initiative to meet them.
Not to mention, they also had a truly ordinary person by their side—Matsuo Ryohei.
"Since he is unwilling to come and see us."
"Then let him 'have no choice' but to show up on his own."
Kii Kanade unfolded her folding fan with a snap and laughed.
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