Ayumi unwrapped her katana and tossed the sheet onto the duffel bag she had brought the weapon in, leaving it behind in the shrine as she passed through the portal as well... Alongside those she had traveled here with, there was also the gashadokuro's lingering skull. This place still felt so strange and unnatural, but this time the middle school girl wasn't going to let it get to her. She had someone she wanted to protect, someone she wanted to rescue from this terrible place. Regardless of what happened, she wouldn't give up on that goal. No, Ayumi was determined to save Satonaka Chie from whatever horrible things they would come across. Gripping the sheathed katana in one hand, she moved forward quickly down the stairs, not waiting too much for the others behind her.

"We have to move, every moment could be another one where Satonaka-san is in danger," she said, looking back at them for only a moment as she made her way downwards, "So there's no time to waste at all!"