"If you don't go back soon, they'll definitely think you're crying and I'm comforting you. You wouldn't want Shinju to know her older sister wet her pants because she was scared of fake blood, right?"
"...Pervert!"
After a soft mumble, Sajuna tightly shut her eyes, refusing to look at Rin Ito. Although being stared at so intently while using the toilet was a first, exposing her shameful sides in front of Rin Ito was definitely not a first.
The trickling sound of water eventually ceased. After helping Rin Ito finish gathering his 'reference material', Sajuna put her nun habit back on with his assistance. Only after confirming nothing looked out of place did she hurry back out.
Returning to the studio, Sajuna was met with everyone's gaze.
Sajuna feigned calmness, acting as if nothing had happened... Even Shinju didn't know that she was an absolute weakling when it came to gore and horror.
In front of Shinju, Sajuna always played the role of the omnipotent older sister; being afraid of horror, ghosts, or gore was obviously out of the question. That was why, even when playing The Coffin with Shinju, Sajuna forced herself to stay calm, never showing a hint of weakness.
Shinju currently believed that Rin Ito splashing the fake blood had simply startled her sister. If she knew Sajuna was this weak against horror, Shinju definitely wouldn't have agreed to Marin's invitation.
After returning, Sajuna no longer looked as nervous... After all, she had completely emptied her bladder, so she didn't have to worry about being scared into wetting herself again. This actually relaxed her quite a bit, and the others tacitly refrained from asking if she had been frightened.
"Alright... just like this. Shinju, use the fake blood to draw a smiley face near the corner of Miss Ryoka's mouth."
"Exactly. Miss Akira, lie down in the fake blood, then use the table to block your upper body. Yes... this way it looks like your upper body has been severed."
"Smile... brighter. The contrast between a young girl's smile and a bloody set makes it even more chilling."
Aside from recreating specific CGs from The Coffin, Rin Ito directed the shoot based on the storyboards he had roughly sketched earlier. Although Rin Ito didn't draw horror manga, many manga techniques were universal; when it came to using composition to build a horrifying atmosphere, Rin Ito was much more professional than them.
Beautiful, yet gory.
Besides Rin Ito, Orie, as an editor, also possessed a solid foundation in composition and offered many helpful suggestions.
The only thing Rin Ito found regrettable was that Miss Ryoka had prepared too few props. Even when Rin Ito suggested additional props he wanted to use, there wasn't enough time to prepare them; otherwise, Rin Ito was confident he could have elevated the shoot to another level.
The group kept busy until their rented studio time was almost up... After all, they needed to leave time to quickly clean up the props and the fake blood staining the floor.
After a quick cleanup, everyone gathered in the dressing room to look through Rin Ito's camera.
"Ah... this one!" Shinju pointed at the camera screen excitedly. "This scene is my absolute favorite!"
Shinju pointed at a photo of herself gripping her own neck while displaying the slash marks on her arms. The slash marks covering her forearms paired with her bright smile looked exceptionally eerie and terrifying.
"During the shoot, seeing everyone made me feel like I had entered the world of The Coffin. Thinking that this is the scenery Mila saw, it felt like a dream. Sitting around the dining table with everyone every day, I feel Mila experienced happiness from the bottom of her heart... Ugh, I'm so moved."
Staring at the camera, Shinju spoke, a smile unconsciously forming on her lips.
Although Sajuna felt it was better not to enter the world of The Coffin, seeing Shinju's expression made her feel that a whole day of terror was completely worth it.
Working so hard and putting on a brave face was all for this smile from Shinju!
However...
The more they scrolled, the more Sajuna broke out in a cold sweat...
The later photos were fine, but the earlier ones... the earlier ones included pictures of her skirt being lifted by Shinju, exposing her slutty lingerie!
It was fine if Shinju or Marin saw them, but right now, Ryoka and the others were all crowded around Shinju. If Shinju kept scrolling, they would definitely see them!!!!
They would absolutely be seen!!!!!!
As the photos on the camera progressed backward, Sajuna's heart pounded wildly. It's close... they're almost there!!!!
"Wait a moment." Sajuna grabbed Shinju's wrist with trembling fingertips. "I-It's getting late. Let's look at the rest when we get back."
"There's only a few left; it won't take long to finish looking at them." Miss Ryoka reached out and took the camera from Shinju's hands. "The ones near the beginning seem to be the ones you took separately on the other side. I haven't seen those yet."
"!!!!!"
Sajuna felt her breathing completely stop... That's exactly why I don't want you to see them!!!!
Sajuna wanted to stop her, but racking her brain, she couldn't think of a single reason to prevent Ryoka from continuing to scroll. Besides, Akira and the others were also eagerly urging to see what photos Sajuna had taken over there.
Her lips parted and closed like a fish suffocating for air, but she couldn't utter a single word.
It's over....
It's over....
It's completely over!!!!
Only ten pictures left? Or twenty?
It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!!!!
Why isn't Shinju stopping her!!!
Sajuna felt the world spinning. She could only cast pleading looks at Rin Ito, hoping he would intervene, but Rin Ito remained entirely unfazed... Right now, she wanted to faint directly to avoid facing the reality of her perversion being exposed, yet strangely, her body felt an inexplicable surge of arousal.
Ryoka: "Ah... almost there."
They're here!!!!!
Sajuna tightly squeezed her eyes shut.
"Whoa... having Shinju rest her breasts on Juju-sama's head... Ito-sensei, you really harbor a deep malice toward flat chests, don't you?" It was Miyako Honda, who was just as flat-chested as Sajuna. "To make Juju-sama take such a mean-spirited photo."
Hearing her voice, Sajuna finally opened her eyes. The photo displayed on the camera screen had skipped right past the scene of Shinju lifting her skirt to expose her lingerie.
Phew...
Sajuna let out a long breath and then glared viciously... He didn't even tell me he deleted them! No wonder Shinju was scrolling so boldly!
Rin Ito looked back at Sajuna with a beaming smile.
Deleting them was impossible; burning them into his DNA was more like it.
Normally, Shinju was the one fiddling with the camera; Sajuna didn't know much about them. Usually, Shinju would take the SD card out after getting home and transfer the photos to her computer.
Sajuna didn't know that some cameras could connect directly to a phone via a data cable. Even if the camera didn't support direct connection, a card reader could be used to copy data directly to a phone.
Rin Ito had already saved those explicit photos directly onto his phone.
After finishing viewing the photos, it was getting quite late. Ryoka and the others left the studio to head home, and Sajuna also wanted to get home as quickly as possible to change out of this lingerie and back into normal underwear, but...
"Juju-sama!" Marin grabbed Sajuna's hand, a wicked grin plastered on her face. "We still have plans for the second half of the shoot~"