Takezawa's Ghost - Episode 24

Shinjuku, Kabukicho.

　I have never walked through this town, which is located right in the middle of the city.

　Of course, I often get off at Shinjuku Station to change trains, but I have never gone out into the city like this.

　I feel comfortable living in towns like Ikebukuro and Koenji, where there are a lot of people who don’t seem to be doing well in life.

　However, he hesitates, thinking that a loser like himself should not set foot in a town full of career women like Shinjo.

　This pathetic man made his debut in Shinjuku at the age of 30.

　The reason was to find the cabaret club where Kato Mei works.

　This may be a prejudice, but I thought of cabaret clubs in Shinjuku.

　When you get off the station, you won’t have to look hard to find a large store.

　Anyway, let’s start with these big players. We can gather information from them.

　If it’s money, don’t worry.

　Machida said to me he wanted to thank me for all that messing around recently, so I eagerly replied “money” and he gave me 500,000 yen.

　Right there.

　In cash.

　I was shocked to learn that psychics can make money.

　I also thought about giving it a try since I can see ghosts, but I put that naive thought out of my head, knowing it wouldn’t be that easy.

　Well.

　With this money, let’s head to the cabaret club!

……..

“Eh? Is today your first time at a cabaret club?”

“Yes”

“I’m surprised that the customers are so confident!”

　The one accompanying me is Maron-chan, who looks great in her red dress.

　She has a magnificent chest, and she’s lifting me like this. To be honest, I don’t mind.

　It might be a bit strange to suddenly tell her I’m looking for someone, so I decided to just chat for a bit.

　About 10 minutes should be fine.

　I’m not good at talking to people I meet for the first time, but I have to bear it for Michi’s sake.

……………

　One hour later.

“That’s right. That manga artist has been arrested several times!”

“Yes. And yet, it’s still being made into anime, which is pretty crazy!”

　We had planned on doing it for 10 minutes, but things got so exciting that it ended up lasting over 50 minutes.

　Maron-chan said she likes manga, so I asked her what her favorite works were.

I had underestimated the selection, thinking they would just be best-selling works, but I was surprised to find some interesting but obscure works, and that’s when the conversation about manga got lively.

　He is truly a communications professional.

　But I need to start gathering information soon.

“Changing the subject, though…”

“Marron-san. You have been selected.”

　A man in black clothes whispers something to Maron-chan.

　Maron-chan nodded slightly, then smiled and said, “Sorry, Takezawa-san! I’ll be back in a bit!” before leaving.

“Yeah. Good luck.”

　As I sent them off, I was impressed that this might be one of the reasons why people become so addicted to cabaret clubs.

　After having a good time like this, they go off to meet other customers who have paid the nomination fee.

　This loneliness makes the customer more willing to pay the nomination fee next time.

　While thinking that I have to be careful not to get sucked into this quagmire, my gaze still turned to the table where Maron had moved to.

　It seems there’s someone there too.

　Let’s see what kind of guy he is.

“Oh?”

　I thought the customer was an older man, but it turned out to be a young woman.

　Well, some people like the same s3x, so it’s only natural that there are customers like that.

　There’s something else that’s more surprising than that.

　Because the customer was someone I knew.

　I’ve known that since I was 10 years old.

“…Hirose?”

　There was Hirose, the girlfriend of my now deceased best friend, Naoya.