Free Web NovelChapter 1585: Chapter 473: What Is Feared
"Phone... the phone is missing..."
When she felt an empty space where the phone should have been, Sakuragi Hitomi suddenly felt a chill down her spine, as if she had seen a ghost.
"Meow?!"
Upon hearing this, Meow beside her widened her eyes and began looking around,
"Wh-when did Yan Huan get a hold of it, meow? Could it be you were hypnotized... but it shouldn’t be, as your former host you should have some resistance like Tong Yingying, meow. If you were hypnotized..."
"Indeed... if I was hypnotized, I should have sensed it."
Sakuragi Hitomi also furrowed her brows, stood up, and surveyed her surroundings,
"No matter what, we must find the phone first."
But with this slight movement, Sakuragi Hitomi inevitably felt her vision momentarily darken.
No wonder, she barely slept last night, her mind constantly occupied, and she had been running around all day, naturally putting a strain on her body.
"Ding~"
At this moment, An Le, who hadn’t received a reply on plane, was still messaging Sakuragi Hitomi.
Meow, seeing this, sensibly jumped down from Sakuragi Hitomi, saying,
"You rest and reply to An Le, meow. I’ll look for the phone. You took it out just now, I saw it. I can’t be hypnotized, so it’s definitely in the room."
"Alright, thank you so much..."
Indeed, Meow’s body is better suited for finding, and can avoid missing any nooks and crannies.
Sakuragi Hitomi took a deep breath, sat back down, and picked up the phone,
"Vice President Sakuragi, are you there?"
"..."
She initially wanted to reply, but recalled the strange message from her mother on plane just now and decided to call An Le instead.
And not with a mobile phone, but using the landline.
Plane is registered using a mobile phone, if you’re friends you can see a note with the number, but very few people call, generally they use plane voice calls, which is more cost-effective.
But Sakuragi Hitomi’s family environment is special, often needing to make international calls to relatives, hence the landline in her bedroom.
Now it’s conveniently useful.
"Ring..."
Picking up the receiver, she dialed An Le’s number, after a few clicks, An Le’s voice came through,
"Hello?"
"It’s me, An Le."
"Vice President Sakuragi! Great, you finally replied! What’s wrong with Xiao Huan now, ever since last night whenever I close my eyes, I can vaguely see Xiao Huan in the fire, in great pain..."
"Painful?"
She originally intended to explain the situation to An Le, but hearing An Le’s words, Sakuragi Hitomi paused abruptly.
"Mmm..."
An Le’s voice over the phone was nearly tearful, evidently very anxious,
"I want to rescue Xiao Huan, but he seems unable to hear me... staying in the fire, as if searching for something..."
"..."
The more she listened, the stranger Sakuragi Hitomi’s expression became.
Initially, she assumed An Le had been overthinking because he hadn’t seen Yan Huan during this period.
But no matter how much you overthink, could you conjure up such a specific nightmare?
Moreover...
Wait!
Flames?
[The burning of desire]
Sakuragi Hitomi suddenly recalled that what Meow saw, regarding Little Thumb’s ritual.
And An Le was previously Little Thumb’s host...
This means the host may sense the President’s ongoing ritual content?
That’s odd...
Neither she nor Ye Shiyu sensed anything, she could justify that, as the President possibly hasn’t started the Middle Finger’s ritual.
But now, surrounding the missing phone Ye Shiyu left behind, and the strange messages from her mother on plane, indicate the President has begun to act.
But why...
Sakuragi Hitomi pinched her chin, suddenly recalling Ye Shiyu’s expressionless face.
The only girl not monitored by Alvira, decisively handed over the phone possibly related to the ritual but didn’t inform her about the premonition, the President even faked messages to get her back...
But pondering it over, Sakuragi Hitomi suddenly understood something, her eyes momentarily widened.
"Wait... No! Meow!"
"Eh? Meow... Is Meow there with you?"
Instantly, her face changed dramatically, she quickly got up and called out to Meow.
In the landline, she had no time to address An Le’s confusion, she rushed out to find Meow.
And outside, Meow’s nose was subtly sniffing for the phone’s scent...
It’s already getting closer, to the future of the phone.
Only...
Sniffing, lifting its head, it just saw...
The black phone lying on the floor in the second-floor corridor.
Found it, meow!
"Sakuragi..."
Meow beamed with joy, about to turn and inform Sakuragi Hitomi.
"Meow! Ye Shiyu! They might have already seen the President! The President’s target wasn’t her phone at all, he faked message from mom just to get me to bring the phone back... The President’s target might be related to me!!"
But at this moment behind her, Sakuragi Hitomi had already run out of the bedroom, panting, promptly warning.
Upon hearing it, Meow was slightly stunned.
"Buzz!"
Instantly, the phone placed in the center of the corridor behind it lit up.
The lights in the entire Western-style Mansion suddenly went out, along with all smart controlled curtains automatically closing, causing the maid cleaning downstairs to glance around in confusion.
The area was enveloped in darkness, Sakuragi Hitomi couldn’t see clearly for a moment, but Meow turned around and saw everything distinctly.
In the darkness, the surface of that phone began to fracture slowly, inside the phone appeared an infinitely large void.
That is...
The sign of a barrier opening?!
Yes!
A barrier can be placed as long as it’s in an enclosed space, it’s not required to be inside a room...
