Shinagawa's younger sister, Riekeiko, was utterly terrified.
She heard the screams of the surrounding crowd, frantic and chaotic, rising and falling like waves.
Though the cries were loud, they did not echo within the Resonant Mountain.
"Ah—!"
At the same time, Riekeiko also lost control and screamed aloud.
Right in front of her eyes, several eerie, malformed, impossibly elongated white arms stretched up from below the cliff, grasping the railing.
Just as her sister had said.
Something really was climbing up!
Meanwhile, her sister, Misako, was still by the railing, her body leaning dangerously outward as she peered down.
The group attending the ritual festival descended into complete chaos.
Fear was like a bomb exploding in the midst of the crowd, enveloping everyone. Neither adults nor children could resist turning to flee.
