The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries (中禅寺先生物怪講義録 先生が謎を解いてしまうから。)

I wove the flower crown

AMATEUR PERFORMANCE with my mother.

AMATEUR PERFORMANCE But now I have to finish it

by myself.

Recalling the smile of my mother…

The winner is

Ukumori Ayano!

Congratulations.

Is there someone you would want to share this happiness with right now?

Um…

I want to share it with my mother.

FRIED NOODLES, DANGO

TORTOISE JELLY

Here she is.

Kanna!

Hey!

You're late!

Sorry.

I spent quite a bit of time on putting on the yukata.

My mom and I

sewed this yukata together.

You look so cute, Kanna.

It suits you very well.

Takebou.

Say something too.

Yeah.

My obi is also very cute.

What do you think?

Cu…

Cu?

What the heck?

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All of them taste so good.

I love festivals.

TORTOISE JELLY Kanna, you are a big eater.

Hey.

Did you watch that recent performance?

Of course.

Ukumori is really amazing!

Ukumori

is the girl who is very close to our classmate Iida, right?

What happened with her?

She was the winner in that performance.

Wow, that's incredible.

Not only is she brilliant in her studies, but she is also stunningly beautiful.

Not like you at all.

What did you say?

Hey!

Look there!

Chu-Chuzenji-sensei

is together with a girl?

And that girl is super cute!

Uh…

She should be his wife, right?

I heard Takekuma-sensei said it before.

A loving wife's bento!

Sorry, are you okay?

Ayano, stop there!

Sorry.

That rumor might be true.

What rumor?

I've heard that Ukumori's father might be a bit too protective of her.

I have also heard a bit about it.

He apparently mentioned to Iida

that he would never allow his daughter to marry a businessman's son!

Love between people with different social status?

Sounds like a fairy tale.

This is…

Did Ayano drop it?

Take this for me.

I'll return it to her.

O-Okay.

Hey, you!

Did a girl in a blue yukata pass by here just now?

N-No.

N-No way.

That's absurd.

Did she really go that way?

I already said it earlier, didn't I?

Iida?

But the girl over there

said she didn't see anyone.

Huh?

Anyway, I saw Ayano running towards the prayer hall!

The thing I feared has finally happened.

She must be hidden by God.

Huh?

What happened?

What's wrong?

Hidden by God?

What I said is true!

Is something wrong?

Nothing.

Did anyone mention that someone was hidden by God?

Huh? Was that voice…

Sounds interesting.

Allow me to hear the details as well,

Kibashu.

Okay, but don't get in my way.

My daughter and I

were at the festival with my subordinate.

Ayano, wait a moment!

Why are you running away?

Please stop following me!

Ayano!

Ayano!

You shouldn't go that way!

Ayano, hold on!

You are the paper wholesaler's…

Hey, have you seen Ayano?

Ayano?

She just turned that corner.

Get lost!

And then you encountered me there, right?

In other words,

she disappeared behind the main shrine.

But in that case,

she would have to climb over this fence.

For a young girl, that would be a bit difficult, right?

You must know something, right?

After all,

why did your daughter run away?

Th-That's because…

You have always got in the way of her life too much.

She would definitely want to escape.

Did

Mr. Enokizu see something?

Chuzenji-sensei.

Sensei, where are you going?

I want to take a look behind the main shrine.

Is he going to make a deduction?

But where is his wife?

Was Iida standing here before?

Yes.

Are these ashes?

Can you squeeze through this gap?

Barely.

I don't think Ayano got away here

since the witness saw her on another road.

So, you didn't notice any screams or anything unusual around that time, right?

No, I didn't hear anything suspicious.

I see.

Huh?

Um…

Don't you have anything else to say?

Like a deduction or something?

No.

You should hurry home as well.

Huh?

Hurry home?

Mr. Eno, let's go back.

Hi, Tsuchikabe.

My name is Kusakabe.

I'll let you ride in my car today.

No, my friend is still waiting for me.

Let's pretend that God has also hidden you.

What?

Please wait a moment.

This is the little bag that Ayano dropped on the road.

Thank you.

Be careful on your way home.

Okay.

It's that car.

Very dangerous.

It feels like it almost hit the house.

It didn't.

Mr. Enokizu?

Did something happen?

I suddenly have something to take care of.

Huh?

Well then, goodbye.

Kusakabe.

I also suddenly have something to take care of.

Hurry home with your friends.

What the heck?

I heard they still haven't found Ukumori.

She may have been hidden by God.

Huh? No way.

Poor Iida.

Keep it down.

Geez.

You're so bossy.

A female voice?

Sorry for the intrusion.

Sensei's wife?

You think I'm his wife?

No!

Huh? Then…

I'm his younger sister.

Younger sister?

My name is Chuzenji Atsuko.

Nice to meet you.

It should be me who says "Nice to meet you."

I've heard him talk about you, Kanna.

Why is your sister here?

I asked my sister to investigate the incident from ten years ago.

Actually, Ukumori's mother

was also hidden by God.

What?

There was also a summer festival on that night.