"Rattle, rattle, rattle..."
The rain came down harder and harder.
Manager Kashiwagi drove into the city to investigate the signal problem, while the others could only kill time in the hotel's recreation room. After all, it had been raining nonstop, so there was no way they could go out to investigate. Thus, Duanmu Huai, Alice Phil, Medea, Sakuya, and Meijia could only sit on the sofa and stare blankly at the television.
"Strange. Why did we suddenly lose the signal?"
"Could it be because of the storm? Maybe lightning struck something?"
"I didn't hear anything..."
Meijia shook her head, looking puzzled, while Sakuya looked at the weather forecast beneath the television.
"But the weather forecast said there'd be a typhoon these two days..."
"Sorry, Sakuya. I was too impatient. If I'd known, I should have checked the weather forecast first."
Meijia felt rather embarrassed too. She had wanted to resolve the matter as quickly as possible, but she had forgotten about the weather—especially something like a typhoon, which could have an enormous impact on an island.
She was young, after all, and this was her first time encountering something like this, so it was perfectly normal for her to have overlooked things. The others did not say much about it...
After all, they had not checked the weather forecast either.
Aside from Duanmu Huai's group, several other staff members had also crowded into the room to kill time out of boredom. The chef was in charge of making coffee and Black Tea, while the waiters delivered food. Everyone chatted back and forth, making the room fairly lively.
"Strange..."
Only Meijia kept glancing at the clock and then looking out the window.
"It's already been several hours. Why hasn't Manager Kashiwagi come back yet?"
"Pfft!"
However, before Meijia could finish speaking,