Because he had logged on in person, Angel dispelled the mist illusion attached to the private room, restoring it to its original state.
As the illusion vanished, windows appeared on the walls as well.
Through the half-open windowpanes, Angel looked at the building opposite. Previously, Vera's Doodle surveillance had been on that building, but now the Doodles were gone. Only purplish-red holographic projections remained, creating one advertisement after another amid shifting light and shadow.
As the advertisements changed, a time display of 06:30 appeared on one side of the building.
About every half hour, there would be a holographic time prompt.
Nearly every building in Modern City capable of holographic projection had this setting.
It served in place of a "clock tower," reminding pedestrians in the city of the time.
When he saw that it was half past six, Angel suddenly thought of Hua Yuan. Now that Hidden Waters and Companion Star Lake were connected again, had she left the Underwater Church yet?
With that question in mind, Angel activated his God's-eye view and looked toward Hidden Waters.
What he saw made Angel freeze.
Hua Yuan was still in the Underwater Church, except she was taking off her thigh-high stockings.
Angel: "???"
What was she doing?
At first, Angel watched in complete confusion, but he soon understood Hua Yuan's maneuver.
Hua Yuan gestured for Cherry to hold her thigh-high stockings. Then, barefoot on one foot, she stood on the cold, damp ground and summoned the "Fashion Magic Book."
Hua Yuan muttered under her breath as though chanting a spell.
Along with her rambling incantation, streams of radiance poured from the magic book and drilled into the thigh-high stockings.
The next second, the stockings changed from black to flesh-colored.
"How is it?" Hua Yuan asked.
Cherry vigorously shook her head. "No,