No.2 The Misaki Stairs

「ミサキ階段」
The second School Mystery is Yako's place in the Seven Mysteries. The rumor describes a world that can be entered by stepping on the fourth step of the stairs. The story goes that once you enter this world, your body will be torn into pieces. During twilight, you can see the blood of the victims dripping from the fourth step of the stair.

In reality, you will not be immediately torn to shreds. Upon entering her domain, she asks the victim to find her human parts. Which she uses to build a 'Misaki'. If the final result of the body fails to operate, she attacks the victim and turns them into dolls.

These actions, however, was done due to someone changing her rumor. Supernaturals cannot go against their rumor. From the end of volume 1 up until the beginning of volume 2, Hanako, Nene and Kou investigates the Misaki Stairs, and Hanako temporarily takes away her position as the 2nd mystery to prevent her from going out of control.

The Second School Mystery oversees the "Space" aspect of Kamome Academy.

Boundary
Her boundary has a long winding stairway extending to the sky through shrine gates and buildings. There are shrine gates blocking the way, which can only be opened by placing the requested item into a nearby box. There is an hourglass near the gate, counting down the time you have left to fulfil the task before being attacked by a pair of giant hair shears.

After Yako was removed from her seat as a School Mystery, the boundary was left abandoned. The scenery became overgrown with spider lilies. Yako is still able to access it to enter other School Mysteries' boundaries by walking up the flight of stairs.

The Yorishiro of Mystery No.2 is a pair of scissors.

The Rumor
Japanese=あなたは知っていますか その階段の破ってはいけない"決まり"のこと その階段の４段目は決して踏んではいけません なぜなら ”あちら”に連れて行かれてしまうから|-| Official English Translation=...Have you heard? There is a rule regarding that staircase that you must never break. You must never set foot on the fourth step. Why? Because...

...you will be taken to the other side. Current Representative of the Mystery