After leaving the band's rehearsal space, Bai Yuze pondered where to go next. Just then, his eyes caught sight of a familiar figure.
"Ryuen? He's in Chiba too?"
Bai Yuze was a bit surprised, not expecting to run into Longyuan Xiang in Chiba. This immediately sparked a strong curiosity in him, and he decided to see where that guy, Ryuen, was headed.
Longyuan Xiang even wore sunglasses as a disguise, but in reality, his highly recognizable hair and build couldn't be hidden by anything.
Subsequently, Bai Yuze quietly followed behind Ryuen. To avoid being discovered, he specifically used his clairvoyance ability, tracking him from behind buildings.
Just as his ability was about to end and enter cooldown, Ryuen still hadn't stopped walking.
"Where is he going? Why is he in such a hurry?"
Finally, Longyuan Xiang stopped in front of a bar. He looked around, then walked straight in.
Bai Yuze, seeing this, remained still for a while. When five minutes passed without any movement, he got up and walked in.
Outside, it was a bright, sunny day, but inside the bar, it was somewhat dim, with colorful lights and noisy music affecting one's sight and hearing.
This would keep people in a state of constant excitement, and the dim environment was also suitable for pickpockets and for some people to grope others.
Fortunately, the dim environment gave Bai Yuze a sufficient advantage. Longyuan Xiang couldn't see him, but Bai Yuze's night vision allowed him to quickly locate Longyuan Xiang's figure in the bar.
Longyuan Xiang was seen weaving around the young people dancing in the bar. Someone bumped into Longyuan Xiang and was about to start a fight, but Ryuen grabbed his wrist.
After a cry of pain from the other person, Longyuan Xiang let go, and the troublemaker yelled at Ryuen.
"You just wait!"
Then he ran away. Longyuan Xiang scoffed at this and then walked into the private room area.
Bai Yuze immediately followed. At this point, a nearby waiter suddenly spoke.
"Excuse me, sir, we don't allow entry into the private room area without an invitation letter."
Bai Yuze ignored him and walked straight past. The waiter didn't react further to this.
This was actually a small test. If there really was an invitation letter, then the waiter should have stopped Ryuen when he entered.
But he didn't do that, and with the surrounding environment being so dim, even a white person could turn dark, so it was even less likely for the waiter to clearly remember everyone's face.
This indicated that there was no such thing as an invitation letter; it was just a way to fish for information. After all, Ryuen had just entered, and he followed right behind, which made the waiter suspicious.
If Bai Yuze had answered:
"What invitation letter? I don't know anything about it?"
Then the waiter would have replied:
"Is that so? Then I apologize, I'll go inform them for you."
Then Bai Yuze would have been continuously blocked outside the private room area. If Bai Yuze had directly asked:
"How did that person in front get in?"
This would have exposed the fact that Bai Yuze was tracking Longyuan Xiang, and the waiter would have immediately gone to the private room to inform Longyuan Xiang.
At that point, Bai Yuze wouldn't have found out anything. The correct approach was to simply walk past; they wouldn't dare to come up and question his identity.
It's better to avoid trouble than to seek it. Even if they caught a stalker, they wouldn't gain anything, and if they offended some big shot, they would be finished.
However, the more vigilant the bar's staff were, the more curious he became about Longyuan Xiang's actions. What secret was hidden here?
Bai Yuze walked forward, deep in thought, when suddenly a drunken woman accidentally bumped into him.
"So...sorry..."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Bai Yuze helped her steady herself. After confirming she could stand, he watched her limp away.
Once the woman blended into the dancing crowd, he continued walking forward without looking back.
After he left, the drunken woman's demeanor suddenly returned to normal.
"Hmph! Just a pauper! Only a single coin on him!"
The drunken woman fumbled with the item in her hand and spat.
She had frequented bars for years, an experienced pickpocket. She had expected to catch a big fish today, but only managed to get a single coin from Bai Yuze.
"Bad luck!"
But small money is still money, and he was about to put the coin into his wallet, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find his wallet.
"What's going on? Where's my wallet?"
First, she was confused, then bewildered, and finally panicked!
Are you kidding me! As a pickpocket, she had run into a master!
Not only had she been groped, but her wallet had also been taken!
Just then, a light shone on her, and under the light, she noticed that the item in her hand wasn't a coin... but an arcade token!
"Ouch!"
An item hit her on the head. She bent down and picked up the item; it was the wallet she had just been looking for!
However, everything inside the wallet had been emptied, and on the outside of the wallet, a small figure was drawn, smiling and making a "V" sign.
The harm was great! The insult was even stronger!
A woman's blush can say a thousand words. A drunken middle-aged man squinted at the woman in front of him and asked, confused.
"It seems I really am drunk. Even a red light is out dancing! Did the green light cheat?"
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Bai Yuze was in the restroom, counting the items he had taken from the wallet: some cash, about fifty thousand Japanese yen, a few unknown cards, and the most special among them was a black card.
The hot-stamped gold patterns made the black card appear even more noble, which made Bai Yuze curious.
Was that woman being kept by the owner of this bar? Then why was she still pickpocketing?
Unless... this black card was something she had pickpocketed from the owner...
"Whoa! That's a hot potato!"
Bai Yuze looked at the black card in his hand and suddenly had a new idea!
He returned to the waiter's side. This time, the waiter had his head down and didn't ask Bai Yuze for an invitation letter.
"Hey, young man, do you recognize this?"
"This is... a Black Gold Card! I'm sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you just now. That's my fault!"
The young waiter immediately recognized it as their hotel's supreme Black Gold Card. He hadn't expected the young man in front of him to be so impressive, and he was lucky he hadn't offended him.
"I didn't expect a card bought for 1000 yen to be so powerful!"
Bai Yuze "casually" revealed the card's origin, which made the waiter stunned for a moment.
What 1000 yen? This card's single transaction limit is not less than 1 million yen, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to see it.
Years of vigilance immediately made the waiter realize something was wrong!
"Sir, where did you get this card?"
"Huh? You don't know? It was that disheveled guy just now. He said for 1000 yen he'd get me an awesome card, and now it seems that money was well spent!"
Bai Yuze smiled, then left. Of course, he didn't really leave, but walked out of the bar to find the young man Longyuan Xiang had just taught a lesson to.
He was going to make the most of this useless card.