The Kamihama Rumor Files Part 1

Chapter 3 - The Kamihama Rumor Files
Part 1: A World Where Anything's Possible

Familiar: #@(*$#*$!!
Iroha: Yaaaa!!
Familiar: #@($!?!?!?
Iroha: The day we defeated the Break Our Relationship Rule Rumor, when I learned that Tomoka-chan and Nemu-chan were hospitalized, I felt like I had finally gotten closer to Ui...
But... For the past week I haven't been able to find any new leads... as to where Tomoka-chan and Nemu-chan are...
why Ui disappeared and what she's doing now...I really haven't found anything.
Familiar: @#$*(@$!!
Iroha: Gooo!

Iroha: Haa.... haaa...haaaa...
(That being said, how I supposed to look for them...? No one remembers who Ui is besides me...Even if I went to the hospital, they won't tell me what their addresses are...
The three of them were hospitalized for a long time, so they probably don't have any friends outside of the hospital either...)
Haaaaaaah....
Momoko: That was a pretty huge sigh.
Iroha: ...Oh, Momoko-san.
Momoko: Yo. If you keep sighing like that, all your happiness will fly away.


Momoko: Ohhh, I see... So you haven't found out anything new either...
Iroha: "Either"? Does that mean...
Momoko: Mm well, I was doing the same thing, you see. Sorry I couldn't be of any help.
Iroha: N, No! I'm just glad you're searching too!
Momoko: If we actually got some results, then we could actually celebrate but... how about you, Rena?
Rena: "How"...? Unlike you, Momoko, Rena doesn't have friends so she can't ask very many people.
Iroha: .... I see, that's true.
Rena: "I see"...? Are you making fun of the fact I don't friends?
Iroha: N, n, no!? I just thought that getting information isn't that easy!
Rena: If that's the case, that's fine but... really, even Rena wants to find her for you...
Iroha: Rena-chan...
Rena: H, Hey, don't smile at me like that. It's not like it's for your sake... Well, actually, it is for your sake but...
Aaaahhh, geez! Ka, Kaede, how were things on your end!?
Kaede: Fueee!? Uh, um... I also... didn't find out anything...Ah, but but but! I heard something cool!
Iroha: something cool?

Iroha: Is that true...?
Kaede: Yeah! They say that after we defeated the Break Our Relationship Rumor, the kids that went missing returned home!
Rena: Hmmmm....Wait, whaaa...!?
Kaede: Hyahi!?
Rena: Isn't that weird? How could they come back after being caught by the witch?
Momoko: Like Yachiyo-san says, that was a thing called a Rumor, right? It's not a witch so no matter what happens, it doesn't surprise me.
Rena: Uu, that might be true but... where did you hear about that...?
Kaede: U, Um, I was talking with the kids in my neighborhood...
Rena: So you're saying that was also a rumor!?
Kaede: B, But I was thinking it might be a new lead.... since Ui-chan might've been caught up in a rumor, she might be able to come home....
No good?
Iroha: A rumor, huh....

The rumors that become reality in Kamihama.
If I take care of them, will the people who get involved with them come back?

(I wonder if something like that is possible...)

Something that doesn't seem possible...
Speaking of which, Ui did say something about that kind of stuff...
"As long as the two of you are around, anything's possible in this world, right?

Ui: The story Nemu-chan wrote was really interesting this time~
Iroha: You're right, Ui. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside~
Nemu: Seeing the two of you enjoy it makes me very delighted.
Tomoka: Ehhh---interesting--? I don't get that at all...
Iroha: Eh, realy?
Tomoka: 'Cause--it's all impossible! It's not scientific, it's not realistic at alll!
Nemu: If that were the case, then a lot of  works would disappear from history.
Even if it isn't realistic, people can find joy in many works because they're free to use your imagination.
Besides, rejecting things without accepting them simply because they're not realistic is not something a scientist in pursuit of the unknown should say.
Tomoka: Mmnnn... That might be true but it's still not interesting at all!
Nemu: If you have a change of heart and read it carefully, it should change your mind regarding the value of imagination.
Tomoka: Hmph! Literature that just has people imagining things won't be of any use to humanity, so there!
Nemu: ....... Can a scientist that won't even go near imagination or feelings be of any use to humanity?
Tomoka: Mumumu...!
Ui: I, I can't do anything so I don't get what you guys are talking about, but I think it's really amazing that geniuses like you two would be together like this.
Nemu: Of course.
Tomoka: I am amazing, aren't I?
Ui: Yeah! The novelist Nemu-chan with her imagination and the scientist Tomoka-chan who brings the imaginary to life.
Whenever I see the two of you, for some reason I think that the world is filled with the imaginary and those imaginations will always become reality.
That means, you know, as long as the two of you are around, anything's possible in this world, right?

Iroha: (In this word... anything is possible...)
(If that's the case, then rumors might really be turning into reality...)
(And Ui might be caught in one of those rumors that became real...)
(That wouldn't surprise me...)


Iroha: Okay, I've decided!
Momoko: woah! You scared me! What did you decide to do?
Iroha: I'm going to investigate rumors from now on!
Momoko: Wha, Iroha-chan, said something that Yachiyo-san would say...
Iroha: I just have this feeling that even if I keep searching like this, it wouldn't work...
In that case, I think I should look into rumors next. Do you girls know of any rumors?
Momoko: Woah, you're going to ask me? Sorry, but I didn't really believe in things like rumors so...hmmmm....
The rumor of the "old man dancing in the intersection"...Ah but I don't even know where that would be so...
Kaede: Momoko-chan, t, that's the "dancing dandy" you're talking about, right!?
Momoko: Oh yeah, that's exactly what it was!
Kaede: That's not right! That wasn't a rumor you know!? That was a thing that was in an email sent to us from the school about a suspicious person!
Momoko: Eh? Nahahaha, what that what it was? Actually, on the other hand, it left me with the impression that I ki-nda wanna see it.
Kaede: Geez, that's dangerous you know.
Iroha: Kaede-chan, do you know of any rumors?
Kaede: Eh, no, I don't really...
Rena: Rena doesn't know either, okay?
Iroha: Oh... Hm.... How should I look for rumors...?

You're given the option between mokyu (let's wait and see) or mokyu (you'll have to ask around yourself)

q: Mokyu (You'll have to ask around yourself)
Iroha: Looks like I have no choice. I'll have to go ask around myself.