Epi.3-EX: The Man Called Saikikku Hirai

Sayuri was crouching down, murmuring, “…Uu… this is embarrassing…,” when a light thump sound reached her ears.

Misaki and Shinobu stiffened and turned toward the direction of the sound.
Sayuri also glanced that way, almost absentmindedly.

A white, faintly blurred human-shaped something drifted along the second-floor corridor, moving with a kind of breaststroke-like motion.
Before long, it planted itself precisely atop the railing and, striking a full-body pose shaped like a Y, leapt with force.
Holding that exact posture, it dropped into the entrance hall with a soft thump. That sound had been the light thump from earlier.

Misaki and Shinobu stood there in a daze, unable to grasp the situation at all.
In the midst of that, Sayuri turned bright red and shouted.

“Hey—! Cut it out!”

Apparently, that supernatural being had been imitating Sayuri.
Waving both arms in an exaggerated running motion, it disappeared down the corridor.

“Get back heeere!”

Sayuri ran after it, shouting as she went.
After the two disappeared from sight, Shinobu quietly spoke.

“…Um, that person from the other day—what kind of person is he? I thought he could see us, but… was I wrong?”

“Oh—Saikikku Hirai.”

Misaki touched a finger to her chin, making a gesture as if thinking for a moment before she answered.

“He doesn’t see anything. He just makes everything up.”

“Eh? Even though he looked so confident… really?”

Shinobu stared at Misaki with an expression of disbelief.

“For one thing, ‘saikikku’ means a person with superpowers. It has nothing to do with ghosts. …Well, he doesn’t have superpowers either, though.”

Misaki shrugged and gave a wry smile.

Later, an incident would occur—one that would come to be known as the Legendary Paranormal Photo Uproar—and naturally, Saikikku Hirai also posted a related video.
He kept talking endlessly about things that were completely off the mark, but because he had always been a man who said off-the-mark things, the viewers ended up enjoying it instead.

As a result—without causing any backlash—he went on cheerfully continuing his “ghost readings.”
Of course, still without seeing a single thing.