Chapter 661: Looking for him among the crowd, suddenly looking back...
Paimon looked at everything around her and couldn't help but whispered, "Strange, why is it so quiet today? It's completely different from usual." Her voice echoed in the empty tea room, seeming particularly abrupt, as if it had been magnified many times by the silent atmosphere.
But just as she finished speaking, Taroumaru, who was sitting on the cabinet, immediately shouted at the three people, "Woof woof...Woof!" Taroumaru's shouting broke the silence, and the sound echoed in the tea room with a sense of urgency and anxiety. Its eyes were wide open, and its tail kept wagging, as if conveying some important information to them.
Paimon looked at this scene and was very puzzled, "Could it be that this is another double act?" After saying that, she shouted Thomas' name loudly in the house, "Thomas - Thomas -" Paimon's voice spread all over the tea room, but the only response she got was an empty echo, and no sound of Thomas was heard.
But there was no response, only the constant barking of Taromaru, "Woof! Woof!... Woof!" Taromaru kept barking, and the barking became more and more urgent, as if he was desperately trying to attract their attention. He jumped restlessly on the cabinet, his eyes full of anxiety and worry.
Paimon looked at this scene and was moved. Then he looked behind the cabinet and shouted, "Hey - stop hiding, I've seen you -" However, no one responded after he finished speaking. Paimon's face showed confusion and worry, "Huh? No one responded at all, where did Thomas go?"
Kong was also very puzzled when he saw this situation. In his impression, although Thomas was usually a bit lively and naughty, he was always reliable and would never be late for no reason. Today's situation was really abnormal. What happened? Kong frowned tightly, his heart full of doubts and worries.
Without hearing Thomas's response, Taromaru's voice became more urgent, "Woof woof woof! Woof!"
Paimon looked at Taroumaru who was yelling all the time, and touched his head helplessly, then looked at the two people standing behind her, "Huh? Taroumaru, who is usually so honest, seems very impatient today..." Paimon's eyes were full of confusion, and she really couldn't understand why Taroumaru had such a big change.
However, even though they searched and called out everywhere, there was no sign of Kamisato Ayaka and Thomas. For a moment, the three of them didn't know what to do, and could only helplessly sit at a table and wait. Time passed by minute by minute, and every second seemed to be torture. The three of them sat at the table, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was particularly solemn. Taroumaru was still barking relentlessly, and that cry was like a sharp knife, piercing everyone's heart again and again. Every bark seemed to remind them that something was wrong, and it might develop in a bad direction. The fear of the unknown, like a shadow, shrouded their hearts and could not be shaken off.
Not long after, the three saw Kamisato Ayaka hurriedly walking in from outside. Her hair was a little messy, with a few strands of hair scattered around her cheeks. Her usually elegant steps became hurried and panicked, as if something terrible was chasing her. As soon as Kamisato Ayaka saw the three people, she immediately walked towards them quickly, her eyes full of anxiety and worry, like a burning flame, "Have you seen Thomas?" Her voice trembled slightly, with a hint of crying, and it was not difficult to hear the deep fear hidden in her words.
Paimon heard this and looked at Kamisato Ayaka in confusion, "We thought he was with you, what happened?" In Paimon's mind, Thomas and Kamisato Ayaka were almost inseparable, like a pair of tacit partners. Now Thomas suddenly disappeared, and this sudden situation made her confused and completely at a loss.
When Kamisato Ayaka heard this, she immediately showed a panic on her face. Her face, which was originally as white as mutton-fat jade, became bloodless at this moment, just like a flower hit by frost in winter, losing its former brilliance. Her eyes widened, full of fear and anxiety, as if the whole world collapsed at this moment. "Oh no... On the way here, I heard that Thomas was captured by the people of Tianling Bugyo. I couldn't tell whether the news was true or not, so I ran over to confirm it immediately. If Thomas didn't show up here as agreed, it means that the rumor is likely to be true." Kamisato Ayaka spoke very quickly, and her words poured out like a string of cannonballs, with a hint of uncontrollable sobs. Her body trembled slightly, and it could be seen that her inner anxiety was about to break through the defense line of reason, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from clenched teeth.
"General Raiden will hold the 'Eye Hunting Ceremony' for the 100th God's Eye in front of the Thousand-armed Hundred-eyed God Statue. And the holder of the 100th God's Eye... the one who will be publicly hunted, is probably... Thomas." Kamisato Ayaka finally said what she was most worried about. After she finished speaking, she seemed to have used up all her strength and her body shook. She subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand, and her slender fingers trembled slightly, as if she was trying to hold back the tears that were about to burst out.
Paimon immediately reacted when he heard this, his eyes widened and almost popped out of his sockets. "Could it be that the "ceremony" that Thomas had heard about before, that the Tenryo Bugyo was preparing, was exactly the "Eye Hunting Ceremony" prepared for him?" Paimon felt his head go blank, as if a tangled mess was entangled in his mind and he couldn't figure it out. It turned out that the ceremony Thomas was talking about was really his own, which was a bit too coincidental.
Kamisato Ayaka heard what Paimon said and nodded heavily, "It should be... yes, the general and the people of Tianling are going to use the "Eye Hunting Ceremony" of the 100th Eye of God to prove the interim results of the Eye Hunting Order." Her voice was low and weak, as if every word was exhausted, as if the vitality was drained. Every word she said was like a knife cutting into her heart, full of helplessness and pain.
Hearing this, Kong nodded helplessly. This matter was... Looking for him among the crowd for thousands of times, but when he turned around, he found that person was himself. Is there anything more outrageous than this? Kong smiled bitterly in his heart. He originally thought it was just an ordinary party, but he didn't expect it to involve such a thing. He thought of every bit of getting along with Thomas, and his heart was instantly filled with emotion and worry.