Route Map Without a Terminal

Past midnight on a private railway, Akane Tono, exhausted from back-to-back late shifts, boards the last train home. Half-asleep, she notices a strange route map above the door. There is no terminal station. The station names do not exist in reality: 'Kuchinashi-dai', 'Aoi Hill'. A cold shiver runs down her spine as the names feel familiar, like something from a forgotten dream. She looks around. Every passenger is staring at the floor. Only one passenger is looking at her — a flickering shadow