(Some changes were made to the previous chapter.)
Slender beams of different-colored light landed precisely in front of the eight children.
Immediately afterward, something resembling a watch face (a pager) appeared before each of them.
For some reason, the children instinctively caught the strange watch faces that had suddenly appeared in front of them.
Taichi Yagami waved the watch-face-like object up, down, left, and right with exaggerated motions as he offered his opinion: "What is this thing?
It doesn't look like a watch, and it isn't a pager."
Hearing Taichi Yagami's complaint, the other seven children began examining the watch faces in their hands.
As though the children's gazes had triggered something, rays of light emerged from the watch faces in their hands and extended into the distance.
Strangely enough, all eight rays pointed in the same direction.
Noticing this, the children instinctively exchanged glances.
Koushiro Izumi said, "These lights seem to be guiding us over there."
Takeru Takaishi clutched the hem of Yamato Ishida's shirt and asked, "Should we follow them, big brother?"
Joe Kido said, "We still don't know what's happening to us. We should stay here and wait for the adults to find us."
[A novel app that has run reliably for years, comparable to the old version of the Book-Chasing Wonder app, and used by longtime bookworms.]
Ken Ichijouji seemed to sense something and said, "I think we should follow them."
Mimi Tachikawa said in an innocent tone, "Is Princess Mimi's fantastical adventure finally about to begin?"
After saying that, Mimi Tachikawa excitedly clasped her hands together, seemingly having completely forgotten the panic and fear she had felt just a moment earlier.
Sora Takenouchi looked at Taichi Yagami and asked him, "Taichi, what do you think?"
Hearing Sora Takenouchi's question, Taichi Yagami thought briefly before saying