“…… Saying............ After death, the body is no longer usable...... So souls and stuff like that will come out............" Yuri rubbed where she had been poked.

"Well! There are indeed many such records............ "Qianhu said as he threw aside the iron rod in his hand and clapped his hands.

"That's what came out of my mouth............ Like this...... Hah~ Come out ............" Yuri said as she opened her mouth as if her soul would come out of her mouth.

“………… You can't see the soul with your eyes............" Qianhu said speechlessly.

"Anyway, do people really go to the underworld when they die?" The boy asked.

"I've thought about this before, if there were no hell or anything like that, and all the dead would be left in this world............" Yuri said as she carefully avoided the clutter on the road.

“…… What will happen? Qianhu asked.

"Maybe there are invisible spirits around us now............ Yuri said, looking around, as if she could see the ghosts of the three of them.

"............" Qianhu didn't speak, but his expression became a little uncomfortable, and he quickly looked around.

"If that's the case............ But it's lively! The boy laughed.

"And the invisible ones are in the happy-hour!!" Yuri continued.

"Oops............ It shouldn't be in the happy-hour............" Chido tried to deny it in a cold sweat.

After the three of them walked out of the elevator shaft, they climbed up the ladder built at the other end, intending to search the high place to have a look............

"But, especially...... Quite a few people have died in this world so far............ Wouldn't it be full of ghosts if it was as you said? Qianhu complained.

"But wouldn't it be nice to talk to the souls of the dead once in a while?" Yuri walked up a few steps briskly, then turned to Chito and the boy.

"I don't really want to talk to dead people............ I feel a little cautious............" Chido said as he tightened his clothes.

The three of them continued to climb upward, and as the position continued to get higher, Qianhu, who was afraid of heights, began to climb up vigorously in the hope of reaching the top as soon as possible.

"Ahh It's here............ The rooftop at the top. Yuri said as she stood on the edge of the rooftop after a few steps up the last few flights of stairs.

"Ha~ha~~............ It's finally here! Chiho followed Yuri, his hands on his knees, sweating profusely and panting.

"There's a door there, let's go in and take a look!" The young man waited for Qianhu to regain his breath before pointing to a door not far in front of the three of them.

The two girls nodded and followed the boy through the door.

".................. this?" The boy looked at the earthen platform behind the door that lined up like desks in a university lecture hall, and called out in surprise.

"What is this place?" Qianhu also looked at the scene behind the door with questions.

"Chi-chan! Take a look............ It's a plant! The sharp-eyed Yuri quickly ran to the edge of a row of earthen platforms and pointed to something on it.

“………… But these plants have long since withered and died! Qianhu said as he folded off a small section of the stem of the plant.

"Hey! Yuri, this one is completely dry............ Don't ............" the teenager tried to stop the curious Yuri from putting the plant in her mouth.

"Hmmm~~~~~ unpalatable!" Yuri chewed on an unknown dry plant in her mouth for a while before saying something after eating.

“…… Didn't the floating waves say? You can't eat this! Qianhu said helplessly.

"Gollum~Gollum~~ Puff! Sure enough, the water is still delicious! Yuri gulped down the water from the kettle and flushed the plant residue from her mouth into her stomach.

Qianhu and the boy were speechless for a while............

"Anyway, this building wasn't built specifically to grow this plant, right?" Chiho said as he looked at the dense withered plants on the entire slope.

"Well! It should be a more important plant, right? The boy guessed.

"But we climbed this place on purpose, and wouldn't it be a big loss if we found only these withered plants?" Yuri said as she followed the boy down the slope to a flat, wide staircase.

"Well! Isn't that a common thing............" Qianhu said clearly.

"I see there's a big room over there, let's go take a look!" The boy pointed to the hallway at the edge of the stairs.

"It feels a bit like a warehouse!" Chiho said, looking at the spired house across the hallway.

"Anyway, let's go check it out first!" With that, Yuri took the lead and walked towards the other side of the hallway.

“………… Let's keep up, too! The boy said to Chihu.

"Hmm!"

Under the leadership of Yuli, the three of them quickly walked to the door of the room that appeared to be a warehouse, and with a squeak, the door was opened by Yuli in the lead! What appeared in front of the three of them was not the warehouse imagined by Qianhu, but more like a small handicraft workshop.

"This place seems to be used for processing or something............ the boy said, looking at the amazingly large table in the center of the room, and the stools that flanked it.

"But what exactly is it doing here?" Yuri asked.

"Sa..................," Sendo said, picking up a box of things that had been placed on the cabinet by the door.

"Chi-chan, what's that?" Yuri asked, noticing what Chito had in his hand.

“………… Tobacco, Kanazawa has smoked this! Qianhu said as he took out a cigarette from his cigarette case.

"Na! Do you want to give it a try? Yuri egged.

".................." Qianhu looked at the tobacco in his hand with some interest.

The boy looked at the two girls' curiosity that he couldn't hold back, and after thinking about it, he stopped his intention to stop the two girls from smoking.

"Na! Do you want to smoke floating wave sauce too? Yuri pulled out another one and handed it to the boy.

".................." faced with the girl's kind invitation, the young man who was embarrassed to refuse silently took the cigarette in Yuli's hand.

"I remember that tobacco was to be lit with fire...... Chido said, turning out a gas stove in his pocket space and lighting it.

"That's right! ………… Then inhale the cigarette like this ............"

Three cigarettes approached the flame on the gas stove from three directions at an angle of one hundred and twenty degrees............ When the cigarette is lit, white smoke begins to emit, and the air begins to fill the air.

"Ahem, cough, ............"

The three who smoked for the first time choked on the irritating gas that entered their throats and coughed, even the teenagers who occasionally tried in their previous lives, and Chiho and Yuri even choked on tears.

"I feel like grandpa has smoked it before............ Does this really taste good? Qianhu had a cigarette in his mouth and was puzzled.

Yuri, who was also holding a cigarette, suddenly saw a picture on the table.

"Look at this!"

She handed the photo to the two people beside her.

"This is a photo............ Is the one above who used to live here? Qianhe said as he looked at the five adults and a little girl who were swallowing the clouds and mist.

"It feels like a family!" The boy said as he stuck his head out.

"Everybody's sucking it............" Yuri said as she sat down in a chair.

Probably because the body has adapted to the stimulation of tobacco, the three of them have begun to smoke smoothly, and bursts of smoke continue to gush out of the mouths of the three people............

"Chi-chan, the soul is out of the body~~" Yuri said as she looked at the smoke coming out of Chito's mouth.

"It's smoke~~ It's smoke!" Chito took the cigarette from his mouth and said.

"Actually, I might like the taste!" Yuri also took the cigarette off her mouth and said.

"You're as adaptable as ever!" Qianhu sighed.

"Hey~~~~"

"I think this tobacco tastes a little strange............ Delusion? The boy dusted off his cigarette ash and said.

"Is there one?"

"I don't know............ After all, it's my first time smoking! ………… But somehow............ Feel............ Ah~~~~~~~h

“………… I feel better! Yuri also seemed to be melted by the nicotine in the tobacco, and the whole person fell on the table.

"I feel like I can see something I couldn't see before! ………… Is it a delusion? The boy said, looking at the transparent figure in front of him.

"You~~ Who is this?"

"Huh? Who's going to ............?"

The two girls also seemed to see the same thing, and they had a little doubt............

"Hello!" The transparent figure pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette case and greeted Yuri.

"Hello!" Yuri greeted in a serious manner.

The young man rubbed his eyes and wanted to take a closer look, but found that the number of figures began to increase, and the figures in front of him changed from one to six at once. Since these figures were still a little blurry, although they looked familiar, the boy couldn't remember where he had seen them............

"Where have we met before?" Yuri asked the little girl sitting on her lap.

"Nope!" After speaking, the little girl also took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it in her mouth.

"Hey! Is this real? Yuri asked, looking up and exhaling a long puff of smoke.

“………… I guess it's a dream or something! Chido tried to touch the little girl's head and said, "After all, you can't talk to a dead person............

As Qianhu's voice fell, the figures talking to each other and the little girl on Yuri's knees slowly dissipated with the smoke............

"Chi-chan, what do you think is going on?" Yuri thought back to the strange phenomenon she had just seen and asked Chino.

“………… I think there should be a way to reach people who are no longer here...... For example, images or photographs are one aspect.................. Another aspect is probably ............"

"Are you talking about the effects of these tobaccos?" Yuri continued.

"No, I think it's our own imagination that is more powerful.................." Chido corrected.

'Aren't those plants .................. Let's do it! The young man had a cigarette in his mouth, recalling the visions he had just seen, and couldn't help but guess the true nature of the plants planted on the rooftop............