Inside the hotel.
Luciel opened the wooden window just a crack, peering out at the dark streets and silent houses.
"Luciel, what's wrong?" Mino asked curiously, poking her head forward.
Since they had returned to the hotel, she had noticed Luciel standing by the window, staring outside in silence.
Luciel quietly closed the window, walked back to the table, and sat down with a heavy look.
"We're being watched," he said in a low voice.
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On the way back, he had already sensed something was off. To confirm it, he had sent the tricolor lizards to scout the area—and as expected, someone was indeed observing them.
"Watched? Who's watching us?" Mino frowned, her rabbit ears standing straight as she strained to catch sounds from outside.
"I don't know yet," Luciel admitted, brows furrowed.
That was the problem—he couldn't figure it out. The people he had interacted with were few. Bloodbeard was already dead. That left only Yuezhu, Yue Feiyan, and Lu Chuan.
