Old Friends

Mushroom Street was the most prosperous commercial street on Nightfall Star. Its main road was no more than ten kilometers long, yet it housed over a thousand shops.

The name Mushroom Street dated back to the street's earliest days. There were not many merchants there at the time, but a small shop serving mushroom soup became famous far and wide because of its delicious broth, and more and more people came to know of it.

The entire commercial street was brought to life by that little shop.

Later, more and more people came here to browse, saying they were going to Mushroom Street. Thus, the name stuck, while no one remembered the street's original name.

The reason the Gu Ding Pirate Crew had all appeared here was naturally the mushroom soup.

After arriving on Nightfall Star, Gu Ding had originally wanted to meet Reed right away, since they had not seen each other in several years. But no one answered when he called Reed's communicator. Assuming Reed was busy in a meeting, Gu Ding decided to take the others out for a walk.

After having Sea Emperor look into it, they found information about Mushroom Street, and so the group made their way over in grand fashion.

After strolling along the main road for a while, Gu Ding and the others quickly found the old mushroom soup shop located at the center of Mushroom Street—Magic Soup.

The shop's sign featured a three-dimensional projection of a bowl of fragrant soup, with steam curling above it.

It was not even lunchtime yet when Gu Ding and the others arrived, but there were already only a few empty seats left in the shop.

The group entered one after another, and a young waitress soon came up to greet them. "How many people?"

"Twelve,