Ghost Hunt

Text Translation - Pages 46-54

Mai:	Thank God... Whew!
	dosa (Naru puts cables down on the table)
Naru:	Don't just stand there like an idiot. Get to work!
Mai:	I hate him!
	*****
Mai:	Whoa....
	Gasa (Naru rummages through a box in the back of the room)
Mai:	Hmmm... What's that?
Naru:	.... (Naru stares at Mai)
Mai:	Wh...what?
Naru:	It's a tape recorder. However it's a bit different and it can record sounds for up to 24 hours. With this and the mikes, we record sounds inside the building.
Mai:	What for?
Naru:	.... I dislike talking to people who don't know anything.
Mai:	Grr You knew I didn't know anything about this. If you have a problem with that, then I won't help out!
Naru:	....
Naru:	sighs We check for any rap sounds or other strange noises. We recorded the noises from outside the first floor windows all day today.
Mai:	Aa With those mikes from before.
Naru:	That's right. Tonight, we'll set a recorder from inside the room.
Mai:	You're not staying in the building overnight?
Naru:	Not yet; at least not today. If there are any ghosts, I want to check out how strong it is first.
Mai:	Hmm... you're the type who taps on a stone bridge before crossing.
Naru:	What?
Mai:	You're very cautious.
Naru:	Of course. Haunted buildings can be extremely dangerous.
Mai:	twitch (Mai jerks back slightly in fear)
Naru:	If you do something foolish you may not get the chance to regret it.
Mai:	D... don't scare me like that... Um... what's this?
Naru:	kachi-n (Naru turns his back stiffly on Mai) I don't want to talk to you.
Mai:	...Oh... I see....
Mai:	Fine... but since I don't know anything, I might make a really bad mistake... Oh dear..., this camera-like thing. Could it be a stepping stool...?
Naru:	! (Naru turns quickly) Stu...
	jiri jiri
Naru:	...it's an infrared camera.
Mai:	V! nyari (smirk)
Naru:	sighs And before you can ask, I'll tell you this one is for thermography. And this is an ultra high-speed camera. The infrared camera and high-speed cameras are used to take pictures in dark places. Thermography makes use of a heat sensitive camera giving a visual image of temperature.
Mai:	Whoa.... It all seems quite complicated.
Naru:	And I'll also tell you...
Naru:	We examine temperature by thermography. When a spirit manifests, the temperature in that area alone drops.
Mai:	Yeah yeah.
Mai:	If you understand then quit asking stupid questions and get back to work!
Mai:	Alright.
	Hummmmmm (sound of machinery humming as they're turned on) kata kata kata (Naru types something on the keyboard) jii jii (hum from the monitor) Patapatapata
Mai:	I'm back. I took the temperature readings for all the classrooms as you instructed. This digital thermometer is pretty handy.
Naru:	...Nothing really stands out... The temperature isn't unusually low anywhere. At worst would be the furthest room on the first floor but... It's not low enough to be significant.
Mai:	So there's no ghost here then?
Naru:	It's too early to tell. Ghosts are shy. So when outsiders come, paranormal activity normally stops for awhile.
	Pashi! (Naru catches the digital thermometer Mai was playing with)
Naru:	(Don't play with it).
Mai:	(Whoops.)
Naru:	In any case, there's no way to settle on a target with this. So, in the meantime.... We'll leave four infrared cameras each in the first and second floor hallways and one in the entry.
Mai:	Ge~~~ *****
Mai:	....Ow ow ow ow...
Naru:	You can go now. This is as far as we'll go today. All that's left is for the cameras to do their work.
Mai:	(My... my back) ...This isn't anything like what I expected of a medium.
Naru:	"Ghost Hunter" It's not the same thing as a medium.
Mai:	It's the same thing in my books... ...In that case, I'm off... Bye~
Naru:	Meet me by the van tomorrow after class.
Mai:	Tomorrow?

© 1998 Ono Fuyumi, Inada Shiho, Kodansha Comics
Translations © 2002 by Shadow
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