That was Nakime.
Yushiro immediately confirmed his target. That form, connected directly to the buildings, was definitely the source controlling this space.
Yushiro put away his talisman, checked his bearings, and immediately ran at full speed toward that concealed space. He stepped onto a sloping roof and pushed off, leaping toward a platform on the other side.
Just as he came within a few rooms of that space, Nakime, who was playing her biwa, seemed to notice something. Her single eye, hidden beneath her long hair, shifted slightly.
Twang-
Nakime plucked the strings of her biwa.
The clear notes rang through the space. Without warning, the floor ahead of Yushiro suddenly rose up, becoming a thick wooden wall that blocked his path.
Yushiro immediately changed direction, trying to circle around through a corridor to the side.
Nakime plucked the strings again.
The corridor instantly flipped over. Yushiro felt the ground vanish beneath his feet, and his whole body fell upward. He reacted extremely quickly, thrusting out both hands and digging his fingers into the edge of a nearby paper door, barely steadying himself.
The changes in the Infinity Castle did not stop. The surrounding rooms began rearranging themselves at tremendous speed.
Huge wooden pillars and walls moved across one another, creating a powerful force that kept pushing the area Yushiro occupied toward the outskirts.
Yushiro tried to advance against that force, but the moment he jumped onto a platform, it immediately slid backward at high speed, carrying him away from his original route.
Not only that, Nakime also controlled the buildings to attack the Kasugai Crows circling overhead and providing a view. Sharp wooden spikes suddenly shot out of the ceiling. Several Kasugai Crows failed to dodge in time and were struck down on the spot, their feathers scattering across