Icicles hung from the eaves of the Sugamo Station front Patrol House, and the snow in front of the door had been swept away, leaving two snowmen of different sizes on each side.
A layer of fog formed on the glass windows, and white smoke rose from the ventilation pipes, suggesting it was warm inside the patrol house. Watanabe Shun rubbed his hands together, feeling as if he had come home. He pushed the door open, was momentarily stunned, then took two steps back to check the sign, which indeed read 'Sugamo Station front Patrol House'.
"What's wrong?" Fushimi Roku asked.
On the way back, he had performed an Evil Chant on Watanabe Shun. Upon learning that the two of them had risked sneaking into the Inakawa Association branch at night to save him, Watanabe Shun was so moved that he became teary-eyed.
