Kato looked at the mysterious young man walking out of the darkness and couldn't help swallowing.

If the fear brought to him by those shadows lurking in the darkness was a slow, oppressive fear, then the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him was more like the embodiment of that fear.

In other words, it condenses those indescribable and fragmented emotions into a concrete symbol.

"You... live alone in a place like this?" Kato asked, trying to control his expression.

"How could that be? It's in the middle of nowhere." The boy seemed to think what he said was funny, and he let out a chuckle. "Of course I live with my friends. Transportation here is not convenient. If something unexpected happens, even the police may not be able to get here in time."

His expression was calm and composed, but to Kato it sounded something completely different.

——Are you telling me that this is a remote place with inconvenient transportation, so it’s useless for me to call the police?

For a moment, Kato felt like he was about to become the ghost's dinner.

His smile was uglier than his cry: "Is that so..."

However, he still had a strong desire to survive and continued, "Then is it okay for you to bring a stranger to your house? You also said that it is inconvenient to contact the outside world here, aren't you afraid that I am a bad person?"

The young man raised his eyebrows, then looked at Kato and asked, "...Are you a bad guy?"

His expression looked like a pure joke, with a bit of the levity of a teenager playing a prank.

Kato didn't know why, but he felt his heartbeat quicken as the handsome boy stared at him.

"If you are not a bad guy, there is no need for me to be on guard. If you are a bad guy, I would have become your prey the first time I saw you, right?"

The boy turned around, deliberately exposing his back to Kato, and then walked slowly in front with a lamp in hand.

It seemed that he was certain that Kato would catch up.

What Kato didn't realize was that he was the one questioning the boy, but the boy soon took control of the rhythm himself.

He has a shadow, so he shouldn’t be a ghost...right?

Should I follow him? Kato struggled in his heart.

Kato heard howling sounds coming from far away on both sides, as well as the low sounds of animals, the sound of wind, and the rustling of leaves.

Looking ahead, the boy’s figure was already covered by the swaying shadows of the trees and seemed to be disappearing in the shadows soon.

He gritted his teeth and followed.

Kato followed the boy slowly forward. Along the way, he still felt ghostly voices coming to his ears, as if they were going to penetrate into his mind.

He could only concentrate on looking at the boy's back.

...But the further he walked, the more he doubted whether his choice was correct.

If the boy is a monster, he must have other means to confuse me. Didn't I choose to follow him because of my unstable will?!

The young man suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "By the way, you better follow closely. There are man-eating beasts nearby. If there is no firelight... they might rush over and tear you into pieces as food."

The shadow of the tree fell on the corner of the boy's smiling lips, and Kato thought that the boy seemed to have seen through his hesitation just now.

He clenched his fists unconsciously, as if this could ease some of the fear in his heart.

"I, I understand."

After the boy turned around, Kato quietly turned on his cell phone, but there was no signal at this time.

His heart also sank to the bottom.

…

…

The boy led him along a dark path. The frightening noises coming from both sides from time to time forced Kato to stay alert.

He felt like he had been walking for a century, but when he turned on his phone, only five minutes had passed. However, his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

The boy suddenly said, "We are here."

Suddenly, a house appeared in front of me.

It looks like a student dormitory from the last century. Recalling the boy’s attire, could he be a student living in this old dormitory?

"Does anyone else live here?"

The boy smiled and said, "It's vacation time, most people have gone home. But there are some lower grade kids who have nowhere to go but are still here."

"What about you?"

"Me? I was worried about them, so I stayed here to accompany them. Like I told you, this place is in the middle of nowhere, so if anything happens, they'll be well cared for."

In the dormitory building, some windows emit warm orange light.

Kato also heard the sounds of people walking, moving things, and talking, but he didn't feel friendly at all, just weird.

"Come with me. I'll find an empty room for you to rest in. You can leave later in the day."

Kato said yes, but he was actually backing down in his heart.

"Or, I should..."

"Oh, by the way, the second floor is where the children live, you can stay on the first floor." The young man pushed open the door and led him inside.

Kato felt that his feet were out of control and he was forced to follow the other person inside.

The dormitory building was a simple two-story wooden house that didn't look very solid. He heard a creaking sound as soon as he stepped in. He was wailing in his heart, thinking things like "Help, help", "Am I going to die here tonight", "I haven't given money to my mother in the countryside yet".

The young man actually led him and opened a door, and the scene inside the door looked quite normal.

A small room with a single bed, a table and nothing else.

The young man looked at him without allowing him to refuse and just smiled.

"Come in."

The fear had reached its peak, but Kato could only feel his body being caught by an invisible force and thrown in.

He just felt dizzy and his vision went black.

The next second, the door slammed shut.

Outside the door, the young man who had been mysterious just now actually showed a relieved expression.

"…Finally, we got rid of this unlucky guy."

…

…

This young man is of course Jiuyuan, or to be more precise, a part of the new vest.

Kisaragi Station is a very conceptual story in itself. Anything mentioned in the story or with subsequent branches can be used by him. In other words, whether it is "a train that never stops", "a station called Kisaragi", "a gloomy and deserted road", "an unknown person who suddenly appears", etc., they are all elements he can use.

Although he encountered various situations while practicing using a new vest, he never expected to accidentally involve passers-by. The young man named Kato was probably unstable in spirit, or had some negative emotions, and was accidentally attracted into his domain.

Jiuyuan had no choice but to control him to move forward, then lead the way, bring him into the house, and finally send him out through Hanako's folding space.

As for why he had to go through so much trouble, it was simply because he was not very familiar with his new identity. If he rashly removed his abilities and brought about adverse consequences, it would be irreversible.

Although to Kato it was just an ordinary room, he had tried to use Hanako's space to connect to it. When Kato wakes up tomorrow, he will find himself in a public toilet outside.

…and my friends thought I was hallucinating because I drank too much the night before.

"Although I feel a little sorry...but there's nothing I can do. I'll give you some compensation later."

After sending Kato away, Jiuyuan entered the realm and wandered around by himself.

Looking around, this large area is the inherent territory of "Ruyue Station". He can feel that every blade of grass and every tree here belongs to him. It is a good thing that his consciousness can control them autonomously.

However, this is far from enough.

"System, does this inherent domain have any other effects? In other words, how is it different from the domain of the sorcerer?"

[System: To be precise, the master's domain is a folded space, which can coexist with the real space and will not cause pressure on the real world... It can be overlapped, but it can be done without covering the real space, which is relatively more flexible. ]

[System: Kisaragi Station and the real space are two parallel sheets of paper, but you can also choose to put them next to each other. ]

"It's just that... if I were to descend directly into the real world, the power consumption would be even greater."

[System: You can also use demonic power supplements. ]

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. As soon as he mentioned Jiuyuan, he remembered that the medicines provided in the system tasted terrible.

Although you don't drink it directly from your hand, after using it, you will feel like you have really drunk something in your mouth.

The previous demon power enhancer tasted very strange.

Every blade of grass and every tree in this realm are essentially different forms of his demonic power. He can feel that this is just a completely closed demonic power space, but other than that there is nothing special about it.

Unfortunately, the system seems unaware of this, and it is still up to Jiuyuan to try and develop his own abilities in the inherent field.

Then he tried to send his other aliases to this area, but there was still no obvious effect.

In the end he had to go into battle himself.

At this moment, a completely different change occurred.

As soon as his true self stepped into this area, he felt the demonic power in his body rapidly activating, and could even be described as boiling.

Jiuyuan walked up to the boy at Kisaragi Station. The boy looked 50% like him.

He pinched the other person's face, and then tried to mobilize the demonic power in his body——

This power is much stronger than outside.

He tried to summon the skeleton hound, but as soon as the hound fell to the ground, flesh began to grow, quickly covering the miserable white bones. In less than a second, it turned into a living hound.

It just looks a bit scary. Unlike ordinary dogs, its body is completely black and its fangs are more prominent. It is more like a dog-like monster than a dog.

The hound seemed to realize what was happening and let out a long howl of joy.

Then it came up and rubbed his calves, as if trying to please its owner.

Jiuyuan touched the hound's chin - this time it was no longer a rugged, hard bone, but a soft, living touch.

Feeling the enthusiasm of this young man, Jiuyuan fell into thought.

Well, if he summons skeletons, will they become zombies?

Does this mean that they have been promoted after being enhanced by the effect of Kisaragi Station?

However, I didn't expect that "Kiratsuki Station" was actually an auxiliary account...

And it can only be used to its maximum effect when tied to him.

Moreover, in the inherent space of Kisaragi Station, his privacy and safety can be greatly guaranteed.

It is equivalent to perfecting his "essence".

...It seems that his true form will be even more intimidating from now on?