Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

Chapter 310 The Trembling Kisaragi Train

Kisaragi Station is one of Japan's most famous urban legends.

Legend has it that if you wait for the tram at the platform around 11 p.m., the tram will travel until midnight and stop at an unfamiliar station with a sign that says "Kisaragi Station," but the station doesn't exist on the map.

The station was deserted; my phone had a signal but couldn't be located.

The station does not exist in the real world; it is believed that the person has mistakenly entered an "other world" or "parallel space."

Sometimes it is described as a global trolley mystery, where one stop might be in Japan and the next in America.

Or you can wait directly at Kisaragi Station.

It's a typical urban legend that gets more and more complicated as it's passed down.

"..."

"Brother, that's all the information we found."

Ai Hoshino put down her phone, her tone tense.

The howling typhoon at the empty station drowned out her words.

At this moment, the two had already stepped onto this platform that only existed in urban legends.

An old, gray-white station sign stands beside the tracks, its paint peeling and faded, but the black lettering is clearly engraved as "Kisaragi Station".

It was not 11 a.m. as rumored.

The time was clearly recorded on the phone: 12 noon.

"Relax, why are you so tense?"

Mercury, dressed in beach shorts and a floral short-sleeved shirt, leaned against the bus stop sign.

They seem to be on vacation.

Hoshino Ai stood beside him, hugging her arms tightly, her starry eyes looking around.

"Brother, aren't you nervous?"

"What's there to be nervous about?"

"We're at the Ghost Story Station now!"

"Hmm, and then?"

Hoshino Ai was taken aback by his composure.

Brother, do you have some misunderstanding about "urban legends"?

She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calm: "The internet says that everyone who has seen Kisaragi Station eventually gets lost inside, and no one survives. Brother, why don't you..."

"There are no survivors. Where did the rumors come from?" Mercury put his arm around her shoulder, completely disregarding the matter.

To put it somewhat arrogantly, he is no longer the person who used to be afraid of even a slug girl.

If you encounter someone with a physics background, just kick them to death; as for those with mystical or curse-related abilities...

What a joke! Even Nefuri's rule-based substitution technique couldn't transfer to him, so what's a mere curse from a ghost story?

Let's talk to him again when we've gotten into the circle of the big shots in the rules system!

Hoshino Ai was unaware of all this, yet she unexpectedly felt safe.

His tone was much more relaxed.

"Brother, how about we get serious?"

"Don't talk, I'm coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a low tremor came from afar.

The rails began to hum.

In the darkness of the tunnel, a pale light slowly approached.

The tram is here.

It's just like any other commuter tram, with a white body, green stripes, and even the front number is clearly visible.

The tram slows down, stops, and opens its doors.

No passengers got off the bus.

The passengers in the carriage looked out the window at the dilapidated platform, their eyes filled with fear.

"There are so many people." Mercury pulled Hoshino Ai along and walked towards the car door.

The car door opened in front of the two people.

The passengers in the carriage noticed that the two men had different expressions.

A middle-aged man in a suit stared at them, his eyes wide and his lips trembling.

"Don't come up."

He issued a warning, glancing at the dilapidated platform with some confusion.

A female student next to her was clutching her schoolbag tightly, her face pale and her eyes red, clearly having been crying for a long time.

An old man was huddled in the corner, his hands clasped together, muttering something under his breath, seemingly praying for something.

There were about a dozen people in the carriage, men, women, young and old, and they all looked ashen-faced.

Mercury pulled Hoshino Ai in.

The entire tram shuddered the moment I stepped into the door.

The car door, which they had intended to close, opened again in front of them.

The sudden turn of events intensified the fear among the passengers.

He looked around nervously.

"You shouldn't have come up here," one of the middle-aged men said in a hoarse voice, but with a hint of goodwill.

Mercury ignored him and pulled Hoshino Ai to a seat by the window.

Since he was already there, he wasn't in a hurry to crush the thing.

Let's see if it's really possible to travel the world for free.

Sitting next to her, Hoshino Ai lowered her voice and said, "Brother, why does it feel like there are so many people? It's different from the station I heard about."

"Don't worry about them, just treat it as a trip." After saying that, Mercury glanced at Hoshino Ai.

Did that little guy's eyes just roll over?

……

The tram stopped for a full half hour before restarting.

Just after the tram started moving again, the female student in front of them suddenly looked up, her eyes red and swollen.

"Were you also invited?"

Her voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

Seeing that her older brother didn't seem inclined to acknowledge her, Hoshino Ai nodded at him.

The female student gave a wry smile: "That's really unlucky. We just got on this tram and encountered such a strange incident."

"A strange turn of events?" Hoshino Ai blinked, puzzled.

The female student pointed to the train door: "When you boarded, the train jolted, and then the door opened again. This has never happened at the previous stops."

"What does this represent?"

"You may have triggered some kind of rule." The female student lowered her voice, her tone filled with barely suppressed fear: "This tram will take us to strange places, and there will be some dangerous rules at each stop."

Do not get out of the vehicle until you are certain it is safe to do so.

Hoshino Ai instinctively gripped Mercury's arm tightly.

"elder brother."

"Um?"

"sorry."

"No big deal," Mercury said arrogantly.

This was both the old dean's request and his idea.

They've already become increasingly indifferent to life; if they don't find more anchors for themselves, they might really end up like Nefui said.

Walk with God.

The female student watched their interaction with a complex expression.

"You two have such a good relationship," she said softly.

"I feel very safe with my older brother," Hoshino Ai said proudly.