Seriously? That cautious?! Ke Meng couldn't help griping in Deep-Sea R'lyeh.
Ke Meng couldn't open his mouth to speak, but the surges of emotion within him stirred the seawater.
Ke Meng had imagined several possible scenarios.
The first was that Sect Master Jin would approach the door, discover someone was spying on him, and stop investigating out of caution.
The second was that, despite knowing someone was watching, he would open the door to the Centaurs' territory to see who had wiped them out.
The third was that he wouldn't notice anyone spying on him.
There were several other possibilities he wouldn't list individually, but Ke Meng had never imagined that Sect Master Jin, the leader of an organization spanning worlds, would be so cautious that he fled without even showing his face.
Was this what they meant by the more you knew, the more you feared death?
Ke Meng ranted furiously in R'lyeh, but he couldn't influence Sect Master Jin. All he could do was stare as events unfolded.
The Disciples of the Door from rooms 101 and 109 stood bewildered outside room 104, but both had received their sect master's warning. After a second of shock and another second processing Sect Master Jin's fear, they finally felt a chill down their backs. Terrified out of their wits, they bolted toward their own doors.
Click, click.
The doors to rooms 101 and 109 both closed.
The Door Organization's hotel corridor fell silent once more.
Until Ke Meng woke naturally, no one appeared in the Door Organization's corridor. It was as though someone had pressed pause, freezing the scene in a single instant.
The next second, Ke Meng woke naturally, his consciousness returning to the castle sofa.
Ke Meng rubbed his back. There was no soreness; his resistance force had