Yu Sheng stood motionless in the doorway, one hand still holding open the passage leading to the valley, but his eyes were fixed on the depths of the hall, staring at the staircase leading underground.
He was certain he had truly seen the Hunter just now—the old Hunter's outfit, the thick hood, the empty space beneath it. The other party had simply stood silently within his line of sight. Although it had lasted only a blink, that Hunter... had definitely been watching this way.
Why had the Hunter appeared? Was it because Little Red Riding Hood had been the last to leave, causing the Black Forest subset to remain only partially faded? Was there still something left inside this building? Or was it because... Ankaela's activity was intensifying further?
Moreover, Yu Sheng was certain that the other party had been looking at him. That mysterious Hunter... had he wanted to communicate something to him?
He frowned tightly. Just then, he saw a figure moving beside the door he had opened. Eileen came over and looked this way curiously through the doorway. "Huh? Yu Sheng, why aren't you coming over?"
"Take Little Red Riding Hood and the others and get the children settled in first," Yu Sheng said quickly. "I'll check things over here again and come back in a bit."
"Oh." The little doll nodded and didn't ask any more questions. "Then come over soon. There are a whole bunch of little kids here. I'm afraid that once they get used to things, they'll come after me. I won't be able to hold them off then..."
Yu Sheng casually agreed, then released the doorknob.
The passage leading to the valley closed in the blink of an eye. The scenery that had appeared within the doorframe vanished into thin air, leaving