Just then, an electronic sound came from beside Senba Gari. He opened his eyes and looked over, only to find that Shadow Dog, one of the three Beast God Cubes he had sent out earlier to look for Honoka Kosaka and the others, was barking beside him.
"Hm? You found them?!"
Woof!
"Good! Lead the way, hurry!" As he spoke, Senba Gari carried his Rider Sword and quickly followed Shadow Dog's steps.
... Perspective Switch
"Thank goodness, so everyone's okay!"
Honoka Kosaka looked at everyone who had originally been separated now gathered together again, and her mood instantly brightened. Only...
"Although we're all together again, Teacher Senba is still separated from us, and..." Nozomi Tojo's words cut straight through their current situation. "We're still trapped in this weird haunted house."
Nozomi Tojo's words were like a heavy hammer striking the hearts of the other girls, calming the excitement they had just started to feel, and even making their hearts, which had finally settled, hang in suspense again.
"Then what should we do now?" Hanayo Koizumi, who no longer wanted to stay here, asked the question all the girls wanted to ask most.
"Find Teacher Senba!" Nozomi Tojo voiced what she was thinking. "This situation is way beyond our common sense. The only thing we can do now is find Teacher Senba. Doesn't the saying go, 'There's strength in numbers'? We have to find Teacher Senba, then all of us can think of a way out together. I don't know if it'll work, but it's still much better than being stuck in a situation where we can't do anything."
"Mm, I agree with Nozomi's idea." After carefully comparing it in her mind, Eli Ayase agreed with Nozomi Tojo's suggestion.
"Then how are we supposed to find Gari?" Minami Kotori asked the