Something had definitely changed inside Kisaragi Station, though he had not noticed it.
Uesugi Tetsu stared at the utterly motionless rails while gulping down spiritual energy. At the same time, he could feel the "string" in his heart connected to Two-Shaku-Sama becoming increasingly solid.
He had a premonition that if his spiritual arts attribute continued to grow, perhaps he would be able to communicate mind-to-mind with his Shikigami even across the barrier between the Everworld and the mortal world.
After pondering for a moment, Uesugi Tetsu decided that the changes might have begun the last time he passed through Isanuki Tunnel without seeing the demon horde.
Of course, they might have started even earlier.
"But Ye Chun and the train never came, which means Kisaragi Station hasn't been restarted..."
Although he had no direct evidence, Uesugi Tetsu believed Ye Chun was probably somewhere inside Kisaragi Station now—and most likely still alive.
Every sign pointed to Ye Chun being the core of the Kisaragi Station instance. Naturally, the changes were related to her.
So, what place could allow an unarmed female high school student to survive for several days in such a harsh environment, surrounded by demons?
Uesugi Tetsu entered the convenience store and found that many high-calorie foods had been taken away haphazardly.
Yet there was no one there, nor any trace of life.
That left only one place.
—The Mountain Inn.
But this Mountain Inn, which had nothing going for it except its name, was absolutely not easy to find.
Aside from getting incredibly lucky and discovering the inn directly, the only other possibility Uesugi Tetsu could think of was getting lucky enough to encounter the driver from the main Supernatural Phenomenon and have him take him there.
He could look for Katsumi and spend a great deal of