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"": "There was no fear. More precisely, there was none of that gnawing unease either. Times had changed, after all, and Luo Bin was nothing like the man he had once been.
Vigilance, doubts, and caution filled Luo Bin's heart.
Sweat trickled down his temples and gathered at his chin, leaving a prickling itch. When he sweated during normal activity, he barely felt it.
In a quiet moment like this, however, it became unbearably itchy. Unless he wiped it away, his whole body felt uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Fourth Master Gray swept his tail across him.
The sweat on his chin vanished.
Fourth Master Gray tilted his rat head, his rat eyes staring straight at Luo Bin.
Luo Bin felt a little relieved.
Fourth Master Gray was cautious enough. He was clearly paying close attention to their surroundings, while also watching Luo Bin.
Yet another bead of sweat ran down, this time seeping straight into his eye. Luo Bin had to blink several times before the discomfort eased.
The sensation of being watched grew stronger.
Luo Bin's brow knotted. He pushed aside every stray thought and focused entirely on the world outside the tree hollow.
The "voices" in the wind sounded increasingly like whispers.
That feeling of being watched made Luo Bin think that the things lurking in the darkness had not only discovered him, but were even discussing him.
An ordinary person would probably have been beside themselves by now, and might even have lost control and run outside...
The wind turned shrill, and the whispers seemed to grow louder.
The watching presence felt right in front of him, yet also behind him, as though it were everywhere!
More sweat streamed down, and his discomfort intensified.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Luo Bin abruptly realized something.