"...Was my place really this lively?"
Hearing another knock at the door, Bai Zhi's expression became rather subtle.
Fireworks of Romance had come to ask him about Dead Zero, while Ink-Stained Crystal had specifically come to express her gratitude. So who else would come looking for him next, and for what reason?
Had they all arranged this in advance or something?
—Bai Zhi thought this was fucking absurd.
Still, given Ink-Stained Crystal's personality, she probably would not stoop as low as Fireworks of Romance and hide in the wardrobe to eavesdrop...
After making an apologetic gesture toward Ink-Stained Crystal, Bai Zhi walked around her, went to the door, and opened it.
When he saw the figure standing outside, he froze slightly.
A petite girl stood at the door, wearing a hood and giving off an inexplicably gloomy aura. She held the brim of her hood with one hand and kept her head lowered.
"...What brings you here at this hour?"
Looking at the girl before him, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
Since she had always worn that hood, he did not know much about her. He only knew that her game id was [Wan Ci], that she was a player from the S-rank Middle-Tier Station, and that she had met West Pavilion Gardener in the Terrifying High Dome sub-region before temporarily teaming up with him.
As for everything else, he knew nothing at all. Bai Zhi did not even know what she looked like...
—Though it was worth mentioning that the girl had been secretly watching him the entire time before this.
"...Why did you leave back then?"
After a brief silence, Bai Zhi heard the girl quietly ask this strange question.
"Why did I leave?"
Bai Zhi was completely baffled.
"At the hotel, when you told me to