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Aihi
“Masa!” Aihi and Hidekazu shouted as the blue door sucked him inside, arms first. They scrambled to try and grab him, but just as they reached him, his feet disappeared.
The grooves in the circular stone glimmered azure, twisting around like serpents in slow spirals. Even though Masanori had passed through the door, Aihi was afraid to touch the surface. They had no idea where it went or if he survived.
“What was he thinking?” Aihi cursed. “There’s something wrong with this place. How could he go through it without thinking?”
Hidekazu backed toward her. “That’s exactly the problem. I feel it, too, when I look at the door. It’s calling to us. And the ki within these walls... I’ve never felt anything like it.”
His whole body was trembling with resistance against looking at the d
