Slow Start ch137

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>Today, we're having a homework session at Hana-chan's place.
>AAA~~~~~~~

>Quiet, Tama.
>~~~~UCH!!!

>>A scream from the bottom of her heart!

p2
>Aahn Geez~ Aaahn Geeeez~ Aaaaaah Geez
>How about we take a quick break?
>Yep.

>I've brought these delicious cookies as a souvenir.
>Let's all gobble these up.
>UWOOAH~ SUGAR!!

>Oh right. Shion-chan's gonna make us some sweet potatoes too.
>Eh~ Glad to hear it.
>Let's all gobble those up too.

>And then share some cookies with Shion-san.
>That's the way the world goes round.
>Okay, I'll just go deliver them.

>Shion-chan.
>Kamuri-chan has some cookies to share with you~

>Ah, Hana-chan.
>Good timing. The sweet potatoes are almost done.
>Yay~
>Everyone will be delighted~

>Ufufu♪

>>Helping out

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>Shion-chan, what's this?
>Ah.
>About that.

>It was when I went shopping about three months ago...
>Oh.

>A camera?
>I took it to the police box,
>but the owner never showed up.

>And so, three months passed,
>and this morning, I got a call from the police box.
>Would you like to have it?

>Ah, erm, well, I guess I'll take it?
>And so,

>here it is.
>Here it is...

>A camera.

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>Looks pretty old.

>But
>wouldn't a dropped camera have personal information about the owner?
>Ah, it's okay.

>It doesn't work since there's no charger,
>so nothing to worry about♪
>So why did you even accept it, Shion-chan...?
>Ah, but...

>Even if there's no battery, you can just take out the SD card, right?
>Oho.
>...

>Yep.
>Here it is.
>Oh~
>Kamu~
>You can't~
>do that~

>Hannen-onee-san.
>Can we borrow your computer?
>Y-Yeah.
>Are you sure?

>Everyone really wants to see.
>These cookies are delicious♪
>I-Is this gonna be alright...?

>Let's see~

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>...In situations like these,
>there might be some images we're not supposed to see.
>Fuhi
>Yeah. It feels like the start of an incident that sets a story in motion.

>Will the genre be horror or suspense, I wonder♪
>Eep.
>I-Is it gonna explode?

>In actuality,
>Momochi was imagining something more on the lewd side,

>but she kept her mouth shut.

>Hmm?

>It's all blurry.
>I sense a kindred spirit.
>Your photos are all blurry too, Shion-chan.

>What's this? A cat plushie?
>I think this one is probably an actual cat.

>And this one...
>Aah! Don't get too close! It might explode!
>What kind of device is that?

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>Uwah~ So cute~
>Yep.
>...Hm.

>There's a chance those blurry photos were taken by this girl.
>Ah, I see!!
>It's really emotional when you think of it like that!!
>How touching.

>And Eiko-chan thought
>it'd be horror or suspense or lewd or explosive...
>I didn't say half of those things.

>Please show some reflection!
>I'm sorry.
>Uuh, I'm sorry...
>Even Hana.

>Hmm.
>But still, this...

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>It's like a memorial compilation of event stills of a decent quality.
>Wah~
>Cute~
>Yep. Cute...
>Kyoot...
>Yeah~
>There are shichigosan photos too. [tn: Shrine visits by children aged 7, 5 and 3, hence the name]
>Hawa...

>The one who lost this must be really sad...
>All these precious photos...
>Hmm.
>I'd like to get it back to them somehow...

>Yep.

>I've got a good idea.
>Kamuri-chan?
>The right man for the right job.
>I know just the person to solve a case such as this.

>Haaaaaaaaaah~
>What's wrong?

>You know those carp streamers?
>Yeah?

>You know how on Children's Day, there will almost certainly be a little boy living in a house with carp streamers outside?
>Yeah?

>I really wish~
>they'd have something like that for the Doll's Festival too~
>Ah. Somehow,
>I just knew it was gonna take a creepy turn.

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>That way, I'd be able to tell where a little girl lives from the outside.
>Wouldn't that be awesome?
>How would you be able to tell?

>Well~
>I wouldn't know for sure, but...

>I'd just be walking around when I find a house with dolls decorated in front of it like this.

>That's scary!
>It's a haunted mansion!!!
>Gya~
>No no.

>Even without seeing something like that, I'd be able to detect a little girl's presence inside of a house.
>Isn't that just terrific?
>It's terrible!

>Ah, Amane, huh...
>Yep.
>True.
>Ama-chan would probably know about a girl as cute as that.

>Yep. She definitely knows.
>She'd have it pinned in her intracerebral map.
>What kind of person is she...?

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>Okay~
>Let's try asking Ootani-san tomorrow!
>>Printed photo
>I hope you find her.

>>The next day

>Ah.

>This is Nonoha-chan (age 3) from the Okumuras.
>Woah.
>That was dubiously quick.

>Yeah.
>I know her address too~
>You're so reliable.
>But also kinda...

>scary...
>No.
>She's just in my neighborhood.

>Ama-chan...

>It's fine. We've known each other for so long...
>Yeah.
>You don't need to cover it up!
>We're sure to understand you!
>Yep.

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>Right!?

>>Pure eyes
>Ugh...
>That's some intense faith.

>The next day
>Waaah!

>Thank you so much!
>It's fine.
>Thank you for coming all this way.
>Not at all!

>Er
>mm
>Erm

>Thanks!

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>Yep...

>She sure is cute.
>Yeah~
>I understand how Ama-chan feels.

>Nope.
>No.
>Not at all.
>That's a strange way of denying it.

>Oh yeah.
>How about we leave behind a memorial of our own?
>Yep.
>A good suggestion.

>Huh?

>What's this?
>Light reflections?
>Ah.

>It's snowing...!

>>Adding natural effects makes it feel even more like a memorial...!