Mysterious Disappearances #8

In "Seven Star Goddess, Part 8," Miwa grapples with the weight of her fate as those around her insist she’s not beyond saving. Meanwhile, Ren turns to the Station Attendant for answers—only to find a revelation that shifts everything he thought he knew.

In "Intermission," Ren stumbles upon a troubling change at the station—the Attendant he’s relied on for years is gone, replaced by someone who offers no help at all. Forced to seek out an old mentor from his past, he ventures into forgotten corners of the network, where silence and memory hold more weight than answers.

In "Adashino Ren," Ren confronts Kasumi about the Station Attendant’s disappearance and his possible role in helping Miwa, but the conversation shifts to Ren’s own mysterious past—his origins on this world, his ties to Oto, and the unsettling visions of a boy wearing a cat mask. The story unfolds with quiet dread, weaving memory and myth into a present that feels just out of reach.

In "The Cat Pays It Back, Part 2," Oto enlists the help of the Cat Queen to find Ren, unaware that the feline monarch’s idea of assistance involves a sudden, towering transformation. With Oto clinging on, the Cat Queen launches into a chaotic, larger-than-life chase through the streets, turning the search into a whirlwind of scale and surprise.

In "The Tale of the Ogre," a desperate father turns to a supernatural demon to shield his son—a crime boss profiting from the trafficking of human body parts—after learning a notorious vigilante is closing in. Written by an unnamed author and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story unfolds in a shadowed world where blood debts and ancient pacts blur the line between monster and man.