Phantom Assassin, returned from the apocalypse, had slumbered too long inside the shell of an honest, loyal college student.
He could no longer wait to savor the thrill of hunting through the dark once more.
According to the information he had gathered from the Ratfolk Servants, there would only be three high-level gladiatorial matches involving Totem Power at Big Kukri's arena today.
The rest would be Ratfolk Servant Soldiers testing all kinds of bizarre new weapons and wildly imaginative new tactics.
Ninety-nine percent of new weapons and tactics were trash.
Very few spectators were interested in such boring tricks.
Ratfolk Servant Soldiers' lives were not worth much, either.
So there was no need for someone of Big Kukri's caliber to keep watch.
Around Tiger Hour, he would finish his day's work.
The Turan Civilization divided a day into twelve hours, each equivalent to two hours, each named after a fierce beast.
Tiger Hour was roughly four in the afternoon.
After work ended at that time, Big Kukri would most likely go with his companions to the taverns and gambling dens beside Blood Skull Arena to amuse himself.
Besides, he had not visited the "Sugar House" for three days.
After winning wildly and gambling recklessly, Meng Chao did not believe he could resist temptation.
By custom, around halfway through Eagle Hour, he would enter the Slums leading to the "Sugar House."
At Insect Hour, around ten at night, he would leave the "Sugar House" and return to Blood Skull Arena before his companions, pretending that he had been tempering his muscles and bones all along, training until sweat poured down his body.
The other customers, meanwhile, would usually leave the "Sugar House" later, waiting until the dead of night.
In other words, at Insect Hour, there was an overwhelming chance that