[Welcome to the Unique Salvage—Myriad Branch!]
[Here, you will experience countless branch futures extending from "Myriad."]
[Each time you fully experience a branch, your state of mind will improve to a different degree.]
[Salvage begins!]
Uesugi Tetsu curled up in a freezing metal locker, peering outside through a narrow crack.
That thing... Kukuri should have gone far away by now, right?
No, that kind of urban legend couldn't really exist, could it?
It was the twenty-first century, after all.
The abandoned school grounds were frighteningly silent late at night. There was no moonlight, and not even the chirping of insects could be heard.
Inside the locker, with his two unconscious best friends pressed against either side of him, Uesugi Tetsu thought:
"Trying to hide in a locker like they do in games to avoid being 'hunted down'? These two are something else..."
As he thought about it, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly felt violently dizzy.
The nausea was overwhelming.
He immediately covered his mouth, barely managing not to throw up all over the two boys.
Pale-faced, Uesugi Tetsu struggled to lean against the inside of the locker and thought groggily, "In any case, I hope this isn't real. The police should hurry up and get here..."
Bang!
The next moment, someone yanked the locker open.
A girl with a small kendo pendant hanging around her neck folded her arms and looked into the locker in confusion.
"Uesugi-kun, what are the three of you doing?"
The moment Ririko spoke, Uesugi Tetsu felt his stomach churn even harder. Even while leaning against the locker, he felt as though the world was spinning.
He hurriedly pushed the two from Kumamoto outside, then ran to the window in three quick strides and vomited noisily.
Only after throwing up for a full half-minute—nearly bringing up all