When Yamaguchi Sachiko passed by that familiar door, her grip on the suitcase handle suddenly tightened, but she didn't glance in that direction even once.
"Okay, you can go back now," she said, leaning against the door once she reached her own room and speaking to the two people who had followed her there.
The two who had followed her exchanged a glance then stood guard outside her door.
A hint of mocking scorn played on the corners of Yamaguchi Sachiko's mouth, and after not saying anything more to them, she closed the door.
Inside the room, she opened the suitcase, and as she looked at the phone lying at the bottom, her eyes darkened.
In City A, the atmosphere had been quite strange recently, especially regarding the attitude towards that piece of land outside the city; everyone was adopting a wait-and-see approach.
