Book 15: Chapter 3: A Fight Against Solitude, Part 3
The sun had set on the tenth day of the exam and it was now just past 9:00 PM.
I was in the middle of going over the final rankings for the day and the GPS screenshots I had taken when a bright light flickered against the side of my tent from somewhere outside.
“Is someone really traveling this late at night…?”
Albeit somewhat dangerous, there were groups out there who’d look to make up for lost ground by traveling to their final designated area in the dead of night.
Reflexively, I began to track the light from within my tent. Whoever it was, it didn’t seem like they were deliberately pointing their flashlight in my direction. Instead, given the light’s erratic movements, it seemed like they were scouring the general area, as if they were frantically searching for something.
With my curiosity piqued, I decided to leave my tent and find out what was going on.
In the distance, I could see the light of a flashlight sparsely illuminating the dark forest as it gradually moved further and further away from my campsite.
Sure enough, it looked like someone was desperately searching for something… or someone.
Was it Amasawa, searching for me in order to lure me into a trap of some sort?