The lights had just come on.
"Since we've settled it, see you tomorrow."
Outside the café, Shangguan Wan'er put his witch's hat back on and waved at Bai Zhi in high spirits.
"Don't worry, no problem."
Bai Zhi gave him an OK sign, his expression utterly serious.
—One had to show basic respect to a rich woman.
"...You're really planning to help her collect Evil God Cards or something?"
After watching the other disappear from sight with a frown, Jiu Ming turned and asked.
"To be honest, I wouldn't recommend it..."
"She transferred 50,000 game points to me."
"...Meeting is fate, and helping others is a fundamental virtue."
Jiu Ming promptly changed his tune.
"Alright, get some proper rest today."
After transferring 8,000 game points each to Fireworks of Romance and the other two, Bai Zhi waved a hand.
"Decks are important here. Make sure you finish putting together your decks and complete the card library tonight."
—He had gotten a lot of explosive information from Shangguan Weier. There were some things he needed time to sort through properly.
[The Worm Race? I don't know.]
Inside the hotel room, Little Cocoon sat in a bottle cap and shook her head innocently in response to Bai Zhi's question.
[But I did sense a familiar aura from him, one that made me want to get close... though it was very faint.]
"So it really does exist... the Fate Worm, an embodiment of a concept?"
Glancing at Little Cocoon, who was sitting stiffly in the bottle cap, Bai Zhi thought for a moment before taking a Little Wooden Cube out of his Inventory.
...He had noticed that the moment he took out the wooden cube, Little Cocoon on the table instinctively tensed up.
"Let me ask you something. If this thing ate you,