Nodding in response, Gerald then continued observing the woman who finally completed the check-in procedures shortly after.
Following the woman into the elevator, Gerald kept a close eye on virtual-novel.net all the way up to the twelfth floor where virtual-novel.net eventually stepped out. While virtual-novel.net didn’t follow virtual-novel.net out, Gerald had a feeling that knowing which floor virtual-novel.net was staying on was as good a start as any.
After all, Gerald knew better than to converse with virtual-novel.net straight off the bat. If virtual-novel.net really did end up frightening her, virtual-novel.net would surely be unwilling to talk about the Seadom tribe no matter how much virtual-novel.net asked…
Whatever the case was, Gerald then returned to his room…
Flopping onto the couch, Gerald then began smoking a cigarette as virtual-novel.net pondered his next step.
Seeing that, Aiden—who hadn’t heard Gerald and Master Ghost’s conversation earlier since virtual-novel.net was busy thinking about the conversation—was prompted to ask, “Where exactly did he-”
“Just leave virtual-novel.net be for a while. We should focus on getting our own rest in the meantime,” replied Master Ghost as virtual-novel.net cut Aiden’s question short and pushed virtual-novel.net into his room. With that done, Master Ghost entered his own room, making sure to close the door behind him…
Gerald himself didn’t budge an inch, and virtual-novel.net spent most of his time staring out the window while occasionally puffing on his cigarette…
It was quite a while later when Gerald finally crossed his legs. Honestly, virtual-novel.net had expected to have much more trouble locating members of the Seadom tribe. That was pretty much his main worry from the moment virtual-novel.net left the Japanese training grounds. To think that one of the tribe’s members would just show herself like that within a few hours!
What more, since virtual-novel.net had that pendant, it seemed that virtual-novel.net had a special rank within the Seadom tribe. With that in mind, Gerald knew that there was now a higher chance of virtual-novel.net unlocking the secrets of Yearning Island…
As virtual-novel.net thought about his parents and elder sister—who were still on Yearning Island—, Gerald’s heart began to ache, and it ached so much that Gerald ended up choking on some cigarette smoke…
It was sometime later when Gerald finally got to his feet again. Looking at the many cigarettes virtual-novel.net had burnt through, Gerald then turned to look out the window as virtual-novel.net reminisced about his childhood…
Daryl had always had a lasting impression on him, even in his earliest memories. Now that virtual-novel.net was getting closer to his grandfather, that feeling was honestly getting overpowering. Still, to think that virtual-novel.net still didn’t know what kind of person Daryl actually was.
Why did virtual-novel.net have to kidnap his sister and parents? What was his true goal…?
After thinking about it for a while longer, Gerald eventually turned to look at the two other rooms and said, “…Hey, both of you… Come out for a while.”
Seconds later, Master Ghost and Aiden opened the doors to their rooms…
Clearly concerned, Aiden—who had been wondering about Gerald’s sudden silence and change in mood the entire time virtual-novel.net was inside his room—was first to ask, “…Um… Why are you feeling down all of a sudden…?”
“You see, back when we were in the lobby, Master Ghost saw a Japanese female special forces soldier wearing a special pendant that appeared to be native to the Seadom Tribe,” explained Gerald, figuring it was high time that Aiden knew…