An Unidentified Ghost and the Next-World Task Force – Part 06

“Hey, you there. This is private property, so don’t stare too much.”

“What?” Hikaru pretended to be surprised, but he had already noticed the two security guards approaching from the front.

“Ah, no, I wasn’t really staring or anything.”

“Where are you going? If you’re headed to the station, just go straight down this road and you’ll come out above the Toei line.”

“Oh, right. Got it.”

Hikaru bowed slightly, then turned his back on the estate and started walking away.

What was that about? They seemed pretty on edge.

Would someone really stop you just for walking along a public road?

“I guess I do look suspicious.”

He was, after all, wandering alone in the evening wearing a black face mask.

Hikaru returned to the girls.

“Find anything?” Selyse asked.

“Unfortunately, I got stopped before I could do anything,” he said.

“Stopped?”

Hikaru explained what had happened with the security guards.

“Hm. That does suggest a high level of alert,” Selyse said. “Even