The facts had been essentially ascertained.
The truth seemed to corroborate Lu Li's originally absurd and bizarre conjectures, or rather, guesses: the diary—the door—the letters, there was an inevitable connection between them.
What was despairing was that Lu Li appeared to be walking the same path as the diary's owner, James Campbell.
Lu Li did not, like a normal person, run away in panic or fall into depression. He re-read a stack of comic books and afterward, quietly sunk into contemplation.
He was contemplating the origin, process, and what was about to happen regarding the whole matter.