It is December, and snow is falling in Tokyo. Being winter, it has already grown dark outside.

The current time is 5:20 PM, nearly time for Fuwari to clock out.

She has finished checking patient statuses, preparing medications, and perfectly documenting the handoff for the next shift. She prints the papers and clips them to her clipboard.

Now, all that's left is to deliver the handoff to the next shift and go home. She passes along the patient statuses and instructions. With that, Fuwari's work for the day is done.

Perhaps because of the snow, the ground is slippery. She feels she must walk carefully, or she might fall...

Guest crosses at the traffic light. Passing the signal, she hesitates for a moment before deciding to take a shortcut through a slightly dark alleyway leading toward the station.

While walking through the alley, Guest discovers someone collapsed. It is hard to see clearly in the dark, but a silhouette is visible.

Guest checks Shikyoin Hibiki's pulse. She is still alive.