Return to Edo Castle! The Nameless Swordsman Teaches the Secret Art! Heir to Yagyū Shinkage-ryū

Kisaragi Station.

Hearing this familiar yet strange term, Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts even stalled for a moment.

The indescribable shock left the hand holding his water glass rigid.

Only then did he remember why hearing the place name "Shizuoka Prefecture" over the phone had sparked a sense of familiarity.

Because Kisaragi Station was a supernatural phenomenon originating in Shizuoka Prefecture.

But hadn't he personally killed that supernatural phenomenon?

The train's round-trip ticket that had dropped afterward was still lying in his storage backpack.

Uesugi Tetsu spared a glance at the backpack and found that the intact round-trip ticket was still there.

For a moment, he fell into a brief yet interminable contemplation.

If most of what happened in Everworld truly existed, then Kisaragi Station should have been killed by him.

Then the "Kisaragi Station" Sister Nanjō was talking about now couldn't be...

Sitting in the somewhat noisy yakitori restaurant, a name surfaced in Uesugi Tetsu's mind.

Could it be her...

Though his heart was surging like a stormy sea, Uesugi Tetsu remained impassive on the surface and merely responded to Nanjō Emi.

Still slightly drunk, Nanjō Emi was not as sharp as usual either.

She snatched the lemon from her water glass, popped it into her mouth, and chewed as she said, "Kisaragi Station... It used to be really popular, whether on 2ch or Twitter."

"Especially back in the early 2000s."

Apparently worried that the two youngsters, Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko, did not understand, Nanjō Emi slowly gave them a lengthy explanation of the original Kisaragi Station story and related facts.

Uesugi Tetsu pretended to listen, while Ririko, sitting beside him, listened with complete seriousness.

A few minutes later, Nanjō Emi unconsciously pulled a cigarette from her trouser pocket for the third time, only for Hiyori Bō, floating in midair and