In the courtyard of the Forge Room.
The sunlight became increasingly scorching, making the weeds in the courtyard seem somewhat lackluster.
Cicadas were chirping in the trees. It was annoying.
Sunaga Takashi had never found waiting to be such a torturous affair.
When he used to wait, all he needed to do was think about Sword Dao, and he could easily get through it.
Now, Sunaga Takashi was unable to calm his mind to contemplate Sword Dao and was just worried about whether someone would come.
If his guess was wrong, he would have to check with the Public Security Section One.
But if even Public Security Section One couldn't find Ruriko, where should he look next?
Tokyo was so big, and without concrete clues, it would be difficult for him to find Ruriko on his own.
He couldn't even deny the possibility that Ruriko, as the teacher had said, simply wanted to meet someone she met online and then got kidnapped.
