Chapter 44: Self-blame
Lying on the roof, looking at the full moon hanging in the sky, why is there something wrong in his heart.
Once upon a time, he began to have such thoughts.
If you are like Mochizuki, you will grow up, you will grow old, and you will become a mature person, will you be able to stand side by side with Miss Ritsuko, and you can also be regarded by her as a person you can rely on.
And not just a child......
Since when did the energy in my body slowly flow.
Now he is not afraid that one day his energy will disappear, but he is afraid that when that day comes, he will not be able to protect Ritsuko in this world of clouds and ghosts.
Is this what Mochizuki called "ordinary feelings"?
Lu Li still didn't quite understand.
"I don't know what Mochizuki and Sukiyo are doing now......"
After turning over, he sighed softly with his hands on his pillows, not daring to make too much noise, for fear that it would disturb Ritsuko's rest.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a rustling sound in the room below him.
It's very light, but it shouldn't be the sound of Ritsuko who just fell asleep, but it still attracts the attention of Yu Li.
Whether it's the door of the house, or the window, is gently being pushed open.
I thought it would be a guest from another room going out, but the bad premonition I had when I first came to the inn came to my heart again.
recalled the strange face that the shopkeeper inadvertently revealed when he went upstairs.
He seemed more convinced that there must be something wrong with the inn.
"Miss Ritsuko, don't let anything happen to you......"
Thinking of this, Lu Li hurriedly sat up, got down from the roof, and stopped in mid-air, only to find that the window at the end of the corridor had been locked at some point.
"Damn ......"
Lu Li slammed his fist on the trunk of the tree behind him, and the leaves shook unnaturally with his force, and three or two crows tore their throats and flew out of the branches.
At that moment, he caught a glimpse of what seemed to flash quickly behind the window.
Did you get to the end of the room? Or ran out of the room?
He couldn't tell.
Some are just endless tension and palpitations.
"Ritsuko ......"
At this moment, he was so worried that he didn't care about whether it would affect the rest of the other residents, so he opened his five fingers and gently bent his fingertips at the window.
In an instant, the window leaves fell into the hands of Lu Li and shattered.
The quiet hallway was exposed to his vision, no longer oozing candlelight.
The breeze ruffled his hair and into the dark hallway.
The wind, converging.
The room that was supposed to be Ritsuko's room was open with its doors open, and the locked windows were inviting the moonlight into the room and spilling on the edge of the bed.
The quilt was a mess, and the bed that had slept on not long ago was empty.
The bed is still warm, and Ritsuko should have just left.
Her rucksack was still on the table, and it now seemed that she had not left of her own free will.
Wei Li clenched her fists, and she was a little unwilling in her heart, only a little short, could she keep it.
Why was he careless? He already felt that the inn was strange, but after just talking to Ritsuko for a few words, he actually let down his vigilance.
After hearing that there is a cloud ghost in the capital that even the ghost hunters can't deal with, he should stay by Ritsuko's side all the time, instead of letting her rest in the room alone.
This will not let the bad guys get their hands on it.
And now, where should he go to find Ritsuko?
The blood-red eyes became more and more terrifying in the moonlight, and the six-pointed star in the eyes seemed to shine brightly, and finally regained its calm.
There was a faint anger burning in his eyes.
"If you encounter any danger, you can go to the ghost hunter for help." This is what Ritsuko said to him before.
But for now, it is categorically not advisable to go to the ghost hunters for help.
He was a cloud ghost, their enemy, how could they help a cloud ghost sent to the door?
Standing in the corridor and looking at the lobby, it was very quiet, and there was no trace of the shopkeeper.
I knocked on the doors of each room, but no one answered.
The door of the inn is also well locked, not like it has been pried open.
On the avenues of the capital, from time to time you will walk by patrolling ghost hunters.
Just this time, the villain should not take Ritsuko outside, then he can only stay in this inn, but he doesn't know how to find it.
The slender nails were embedded in the palms of his hands, and the blood beads were congealed in his hands, almost falling.
As...... Destroy the entire inn......