"Sorry, but I still have a lot of things to do here. I don't have time to go out! So, I'm really sorry!" After thinking it over, Erika directly refused the suggestion of having a private chat.
She did not know Inoue Kazuhiko at all. Naturally, she could not say there was any need to find somewhere to chat in private. What was there to talk about?
"Someone asked me to pass a message on to you," Chen Mo said after seeing Erika refuse.
Just then, a voice came over the lobby broadcast: "Head nurse Erika, please come to Room 201! Head nurse Erika, please come to Room 201! ...!"
"You see, there are many elderly people here, and quite a few of them are unwell, so I need to get back to work. I'm truly sorry!" After giving a nod and signal, Erika turned and left.
Chen Mo had just wanted to call out to her, but no sound came. As he was wondering what to do, Erika turned back and asked, "You said someone asked you to pass along a message. What was it?"
"Red Leaf Autumn, Frost Color Flowing Dan! At Kyoto Kōdai-ji, I'll wait for you this October for a Red Leaf Hunt!" Chen Mo said.
Water Bear had told Chen Mo those words. They were also the code phrase for contacting Red Leaf. In fact, Red Leaf's name had been taken from the red leaves at Kōdai-ji.
Chen Mo had not understood it at first, but after looking it up online during some free time, he learned that Japan was a country that loved red leaves immensely. In Japan, October through December was the best time each year to view them.
In Japan, viewing red leaves was not called simply looking at them, but Red