Chapter 314

Natsume Chikage ignored these superstitious sayings and just turned around to prepare to leave.

Before taking a step, he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head to confirm with Jinweitong:

"Tong, the giant moon school emblem standing high on the main building of the school, is professionally cleaned and maintained every month, right?"

Jinweitong nodded, confirming:

"Yes. Outsourced to a professional cleaning company, fixed schedule every month."

"Very good."

Natsume Chikage had a plan in mind and didn't say anything more, walking straight toward the old teaching building.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui followed closely like a little tail, while Jinweitong walked at the back at a leisurely pace.

Soon, Natsume Chikage took the two of them and found the captain of the Jiandao Force—Shanshan Yingshu, who was leading members in outdoor physical training downstairs.

Natsume Chikage saw that there was a special piece of equipment among the wooden swords in the Jiandao Force, and it was even a green piece of equipment, so he was pleasantly surprised.

【Decaying Wooden Sword】

【Quality: Green】

【Effect: After equipping, your comprehension in kendo increases by 1000%!】

【Introduction: The invincible me is back again!】

Natsume Chikage looked at this introduction, his face strange.

'What the hell?'

However, after pondering, he had an idea of how to obtain this special equipment.

Afterward, he explained his purpose concisely and clearly.

"The matter is roughly like this. I need to borrow a bamboo sword as a key prop to try to solve the mystery of the 'pool drowning ghost shadow' event."

Shanshan Yingshu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then let out a hearty laugh:

"Haha! Interesting! Borrowing a bamboo sword from you is of course no problem!"

He sized up Natsume Chikage with interest.

"Rather, I'm more curious about what method you, Natsume-kun, intend to use to crack a ghost story that even the teachers can't solve."

Natsume Chikage took the bamboo sword, said thank you, and then asked an seemingly unrelated question:

"In addition, I would like to ask Captain Shanshan, is your Jiandao Force's collective outdoor training near the old building like this a regular thing? Or just occasionally?"

Although Shanshan Yingshu was confused, he still answered:

"Regular sword practice is of course in the dojo. This kind of outdoor physical and basic movement training is about four times a month, not fixed. Why? Does this have anything to do with it?"

Natsume Chikage revealed a look of realization on his face, whispering to himself:

"No wonder..."

He looked up at Shanshan Yingshu, his tone candid:

"Captain Shanshan, if you are interested, you might as well come along."

"After all, this event, in a sense, was indeed caused by your Jiandao Force."

"What?!"

The smile on Shanshan Yingshu's face instantly disappeared, his eyebrows locked, and a sharp temperament unique to kendo practitioners radiated from his body, clearly extremely displeased.

"Natsume-kun, I cannot pretend I didn't hear that."

His voice sank, carrying a warning tone.

"If you are slandering our Jiandao Force as being related to this kind of ghost-playing thing without any evidence... I will absolutely not let you off easily!"

Facing his anger, Natsume Chikage just smiled calmly:

"Whether it's slander or what the truth is, you will know after witnessing it for yourself later."

After speaking, he didn't say anything more, turning around and continuing to walk toward the old teaching building.

Shanshan Yingshu stared at his back, snorted coldly, gave a few simple instructions to the members, and then strode to follow.

He wanted to see what kind of tricks this Natsume Chikage was playing.

If it was proven to be groundless slander in the end, he would definitely demand an explanation for the reputation of the Jiandao Force!

After a period of time, Natsume Chikage brought the group to the activity room of the drama force.

After briefly explaining the situation, he successfully borrowed that huge full-length mirror with rollers at the bottom.

The members of the drama force were already curious about this campus celebrity, and hearing that he was going to challenge the famous "Seven Great Mysteries," they were also full of interest, and quite a few people took the initiative to follow, intending to see what was going on.

Natsume Chikage brought everyone to the quiet hallway of the old teaching building that could overlook the swimming pool.

He directed the drama force students to push the full-length mirror to a specific position in the middle of the hallway.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui looked at all this, seemingly thinking she understood, clapping her hands and saying excitedly:

"I get it!"

"It's to reflect the scene here directly to the swimming pool, right?"

"In that case, maybe we can really create a similar shadow in the swimming pool!"

Jiandao Force captain Shanshan Yingshu crossed his arms, watching coldly.

He was already excellent in his studies and had strong scientific thinking; at this moment, after just a little observation, a mocking cold smile hooked onto the corner of his mouth.

"So, Natsume-kun, you mean that this mirror can refract the figures of the Jiandao Force members training downstairs to the swimming pool in the distance?"

He pointed to the angle of the mirror, and gestured the orientation of the open space downstairs and the swimming pool in the distance, his tone full of questioning.

"No matter from which angle you look, the angle of this mirror is fundamentally wrong!"

"To reflect the scene of the open space downstairs, the mirror must be tilted downward significantly. But with the fixed structure of this mirror and the height we are at, even if the mirror could be adjusted downward, the angle of the reflected light could absolutely not reach the position as far as the swimming pool."

"Moreover, this mirror cannot freely adjust its pitch angle at all. So your 'reflecting the figures downstairs' theory cannot stand on a physical basis, it's simply absurd!"

Classmate Tengyuan Kui was stunned by his series of professional rebuttals, saying in astonishment:

"Ah... i-is that so? It sounds so complicated..."

Natsume Chikage nodded candidly, affirming Shanshan Yingshu's analysis:

"Captain Shanshan is right. Purely from the perspective of geometric optics, this mirror indeed cannot directly reflect the image of the Jiandao Force training ground downstairs to the swimming pool."

The drama force members present looked at each other after hearing this, and doubt also appeared on their faces.

If even the first step of the reflection path was not established, wouldn't the subsequent reasoning be a castle in the air?

For a time, everyone couldn't help but have deep doubts about whether Natsume Chikage could really solve the mystery.

Jinweitong still didn't speak, just standing quietly to the side, observing Natsume Chikage quietly.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui blinked, even more confused:

"Since the mirror can't reflect the Jiandao Force downstairs at all... then what exactly are you using this big mirror for, Natsume-kun?"

Natsume Chikage didn't answer directly.

He held the borrowed bamboo sword, walked to a specific position by the hallway railing, raised the bamboo sword, and aimed the black winding rope at the end toward a direction.

Then, he explained calmly:

"Because the 'light source' that this mirror is supposed to reflect is not anyone from the training ground downstairs at all."

The bamboo sword in Natsume Chikage's hand pointed steadily into the distance.

There, the iconic giant metal moon school emblem of private Moonlight Academy was bathed in the golden sunset glow, its clean surface like a giant convex mirror, condensing the sunset light into a particularly dazzling spot of light.

Jiandao Force captain Shanshan Yingshu looked in the direction he pointed, stunned for a moment, and then thought of something.

The cold smile on his face froze completely, his pupils contracting violently due to rapid thinking.

Mirror... moving mirror... giant school emblem that reflects light... reflection... distant water surface...

The "weekly outdoor training" mentioned by Natsume Chikage earlier...

In the club, members who always found excuses to slip to this quiet hallway to "add practice" every time they had outdoor exercise...

The excitement they couldn't hide when they came back sometimes, which made him somewhat disgusted...

All the clues, all the details, at this moment, were sucked together like a magnet by the core guess of "school emblem reflection," piecing together a complete and ugly chain!

His face changed from the cold hardness of questioning to the pale astonishment in just a few seconds, finally settling into a kind of iron-blue mixed with sudden realization, anger at being deceived, and extreme shame for bringing disgrace to the club.

Natsume Chikage ignored Shanshan Yingshu's violently fluctuating emotions; he stood in a certain position, held the bamboo sword high, and began to issue clear instructions.

"Drama force students, please, now slowly push this mirror from that side along the hallway steadily."

"Classmate Tengyuan, please contact Classmate Yukimura and the others at the pool immediately, tell them they can start a video call, and aim it at the deep water area of the pool, preparing to film."

Although everyone present still had doubts in their hearts, seeing Natsume Chikage's determined expression and Captain Shanshan's changing face, they couldn't help but act according to his instructions. ===== CHAPTER 315 =====