When Rengoku Kyoujurou found himself alone and transported to the combat arena, facing Akaza head-on, there was another person among the Nine Pillars who also encountered an Upper Moon demon alone.
This person was Kochou Shinobu.
"East! East! Head to the east!"
Karasu cawed above her head, trying to guide Kochou Shinobu to join the others.
But Kochou Shinobu didn't comply.
Instead of heading east, she slowly walked in the opposite direction as if drawn by some invisible force, arriving silently at the edge of a lotus pond without a word.
This place, too, was at odds with the architecture of the Infinite City.
It was here that the existence Kochou Shinobu had been searching for with such difficulty finally appeared.
"Ah, welcome, welcome."
He was standing on the wooden bridge over the lotus pond, holding a pair of iron fans, draped in a black cloak, with a priestlike hat on his head, and greeted Kochou Shinobu with a smile, looking like a clergyman.
