Crossover anime, a daily life that begins with hunting supernatural beings.

"start."

At Ayumi Shinozaki's command, all eleven people present closed their eyes and silently recited the phrase, "Please, Sachiko."

After repeating it eleven times, Sakurai, still sporting a gentle smile, finally opened his eyes.

"Has everyone silently recited it eleven times?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Ayumi Shinozaki then introduced the following rules.

"Then everyone should grab onto any part of this Sachiko paper figure."

Guided by Ayumi Shinozaki, Sakurai grabbed the paper doll's right hand, while Koyomi grabbed its left.

"Is everyone in a hurry?"

"Then let's use our fingernails to hold it in place, and then everyone tear it open together."

"preparation..."

"start!"

The moment the paper figure was torn, the sound of rain outside the window suddenly intensified, followed by a dazzling thunder that illuminated the classroom before anyone could react, even momentarily overshadowing the classroom lights.

"Everyone has worked hard. Just put the scrap of paper in your student ID or monthly pass and keep it safe."

Please carry it with you at all times.

Shinozaki Ayumi, who had also been startled by the thunder, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Once she was sure there was nothing unexpected, she also secretly calmed her tense heart for the time being.

"Can this still be used as a talisman?"

Looking at the piece of paper in his hand, the blond-haired Yoshiki Kishinuma couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"As long as we hold this piece of paper, we'll always be friends and connected."

"That's the spell~"

After receiving this answer, everyone present smiled.

Even though nothing happened, it's really great as a wish.

Everyone present silently thought this.

66. Falling into the Otherworld

"Alright, alright, everyone, it's about time to head back."

After joining in everyone's antics, Shishido Yui adopted her dignity as a teacher, clapped her hands to indicate that it was getting late and it was time to go home.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome for my family to call and explain if they got worried.

The nine people, immersed in the complex emotions of the game's end, were completely unaware of the fleeting eye contact between Sakurai and Koyomi, who were standing opposite each other.

And, unseen by them, a very ominous aura clung to them.

Then, the classroom began to shake violently.

Just like an earthquake, the desks and chairs in the classroom shook violently and fell one after another.

Because of the rain, the tightly closed windows cracked and eventually shattered due to the vibrations, and raindrops from outside poured into the classroom at that moment.

On the ceiling, the fluorescent light tube broke into pieces and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

It sent a shiver down my spine.

The tremors subsided after a few seconds, leaving behind a messy classroom and a group of people lying on the ground.

Like everyone else, Xiaoyexiao and Sakurai also slumped to the ground.

They were looking down and seemed quite frightened, their bodies trembling slightly.

Is everyone alright?

He hugged the youngest girl, Xiao Yexiao, and patted her back comfortably to ease her fear.

Yui Shishido immediately checked on the students' safety.

Before anyone could answer her, the earth trembled once more, and in the next instant, the ground where the eleven people were standing shattered, revealing a huge crater with endless darkness beneath it, as if a gaping maw had swallowed them all.

Several paper figures flew out of the shoulder bag that Xiao Yexiao hadn't had time to close, due to the high-speed fall.

It fell right into everyone's pockets.

In the very end, Sakurai, whose face was devoid of any smile, and the seemingly impatient Little Snack exchanged a glance and both fell into the pit.

There was no opportunity for communication throughout the entire process.

......

......

Is this a classroom?

He raised a question and then gave himself an answer.

"But it's not the classroom I'm familiar with."

Waking up in an extremely old room, Naomi Nakajima sat up and looked around uncertainly.

As Naomi Nakajima was thinking this, she saw her student ID lying on the ground. On one leg of the ID, a fragment of a paper figure was clearly visible to her.

Picking up the student ID with her own photo on it, she took out a corner of Sachiko's paper doll from the ID. The thunder outside the window illuminated the dim classroom.

Looking at my own image on my student ID, then at the fragments of Sachiko's paper doll...

Naomi Nakajima vaguely remembered something.

The group of students who stayed in the classroom after the school festival, ghost stories, the teacher, Mochida Tetsushi's sister, Sachiko's game, Sakurai who claims to be a first-year student at Ichinose High School and his sister, Hozuki's late-night snack, and...

The trembling classroom and the huge hole that plunged them all into.

"What exactly happened back then...?"

"I..."

Why are you here?

Although she remembered what had happened, Naomi Nakajima still couldn't understand why things had turned out this way.

Were they kidnapped?

Some of the old light bulbs flickered, and Naomi Nakajima, who had just snapped out of her thoughts, tried to stand up.

However, a sharp pain from her ankle made it impossible for her to make that movement.

"Did you... twist something somewhere?"

Indeed, falling from such a height and only spraining one's ankle while being otherwise unharmed is a stroke of good luck.

Naomi Nakajima thought to herself as she recalled that feeling of weightlessness.

Naomi Nakajima then stood up and looked around the classroom.

The first thing I saw was Shinohara Seiko, who was sleeping soundly by the window and had even started snoring.

"Shi Yizi, wake up!"

Despite the pain, she struggled to reach Shinohara Seiko's side and shook Shinohara Seiko's body forcefully.

Shinohara Seiko twitched her fingers, opened her eyelids with difficulty, and coughed several times before waking up from her coma.

"What's wrong, Naomi? Is it lunchtime?"

Some of the girls, Shinohara Seiko, were still asleep and had no recollection of what had happened. Confused, she looked at her best friend who had pulled her up.

"This isn't the time to talk about this, don't you remember?"

"After the cultural festival ended and I finished my work, I played with spells in the classroom."

Even Nakajima Naomi, who knew her best friend's situation quite well, became a little anxious and loudly reminded her of what had happened before.

Where is this place? And where is everyone?

Shinohara Seiko looked at Nakajima Naomi with a puzzled expression, but how could Nakajima Naomi, who was also completely confused at this point, possibly know what had happened?

She struggled to open the window, but to no avail, and was filled with confusion and...

fear.

why...

Things have turned out this way.

She knows nothing.

"My phone... seems to have no signal, I think..."

"This might be a paranormal location."

"Naomi has probably seen it recently, right? It's a forum about haunted places where once you go in, you can't come back."

After failing to contact the outside world by taking out her phone, Shinohara Seiko shared her thoughts.

"Hey, you're not the class monitor, don't say such terrible things."

"But why are we in a place like this?"

Naomi Nakajima rubbed her hands, which were covered in goosebumps, and felt a chill run down her spine. She forced herself to voice her doubts despite her fear.

"Maybe we've been kidnapped or involved in some kind of case."

She extended another finger, quickly putting her previous thought out of her mind, and proposed another possibility.

"Just kidding, how could such a thing happen?"

Then she waved her hand to indicate that such a thing was impossible. Shinohara Seiko did not want her best friend to be too scared and cause any accidents.

After grumbling for a moment, Naomi Nakajima took Shinohara Seiko's hand, and together they walked towards the classroom door.

As the two walked out of the classroom, they didn't notice that a little girl in red was watching them from the darkness behind them.

A chilling aura, capable of sending shivers down one's spine, silently enveloped them.

What they didn't realize was that it was in their pockets.

Two paper figures trembled slightly without being noticed, then returned to calm.