Chapter 47: Decrypt
When night fell, the drifting drizzle arrived right on schedule, blurring Shuhui Street's tangled neon lights into a hazy camouflage.
"Old Fan, can I really not be transferred to Licai?"
Because of what had happened during the day, the Fishpond Izakaya was closed for business tonight.
Gu He sat by the bar, eating a steaming bowl of beef ramen while trying to coax him.
"Selling drinks, selling my skills, selling smiles, selling beef—I'll do any of it. Please just bring it up with Miss Ayane for me. I'm really not cut out for fighting and killing. Take today, for example. I only dragged her down."
"You'll go to Licai, and you'll sell everything you have to sell," Fan Debao replied. "Otherwise, how are you supposed to upgrade your program?"
Gu He's ass clenched. He had truly stumbled into a shady den this time; he wouldn't be able to get out easily.
For now, at least, he didn't have to take part in anything.
After leaving the Koda-kai earlier that day, Miss Ayane and he had returned to the Fishpond. Old Cai was already waiting. He helped surgically reattach her severed right hand, claiming, "No big deal. Good as new."