Chapter 66: The Cutthroats

The marvelous tangerine color sky has now turned dark. The streets are now decorated beautifully with lantern lights and bell all over the places. Most people are wearing their captivating winter kimono that wrapped with a beauteous obi belt, waiting on the side while looking up at the brick path up to the mountains, for the coming down of the monks to blessed the places. Even the distant shrine and temple are in majestic lights.

Sages students were also excitedly waiting at the side with the crowd. However, some of the attentive ones notices, particularly Alice, about how their Professor Shen troubled by something, and that is Zitrey’s group doesn’t show up yet. It was obvious as he keeps looking at his cellphone. Alice suggested that they should report it to the police, but Shen answered her, ‘It will be alright, the school has taken its action. We will find them or they will be back any minute now.’ and it’s weird but she doesn’t keep nagging. She somehow knows how the professor ho