He had not even seen the evil spirit's face.
Kimura Tatsuna crouched on the ground, gasping for air. He had nearly felt like he was going to die. The sensation of having his neck choked was truly unbearable.
Still, at least he had not been scared into wetting himself.
Just as Kimura Tatsuna was about to stand up and lifted his head, he suddenly saw a familiar yet terrifying creature lying on the tracks.
Startled, Kimura Tatsuna dropped right back onto the ground...
"It appeared... She... she's on the tracks..."
Kimura Tatsuna hurriedly pointed at the tracks and shouted in terror.
But... when Kimura Tatsuna turned to look at Seele and Asou Yuna, something even more terrifying happened. Despite how loudly he was shouting... Asou Yuna and Seele seemed not to hear him at all.
It was as though he did not exist, as though he and the others were not in the same world.
When Kimura Tatsuna looked back at the tracks, he saw only... that disheveled woman with only an upper body, smiling at him eerily.
"Ahhh!"
That smile nearly scared the soul out of Kimura Tatsuna.
"Wake up..."
Kimura Tatsuna felt a sharp pain on his face, then saw Kujou Oto withdraw her arm.
"What the hell is wrong with you? You were staring at the tracks without moving. No matter how we called you, you didn't react."
Kujou Oto frowned at Kimura Tatsuna. After Seele had helped erase that curse-like voice from him, Kimura Tatsuna had simply stared at the tracks without moving, making no sound no matter how they called him.
"No... the evil spirit... The evil spirit was on the tracks. I called out to you so many times, but you just kept talking among yourselves, like you couldn't hear me at all."