Clothes were expensive in this world of Lord of Mysteries. A normal middle-class formal outfit, from top hat and tie to cane, cost at least 8 to 9 pounds for the full set.
Xu Yue would have to put all the compensation he had received for emotional damages into it.
A proper formal outfit could bring plenty of convenience in this world.
It could also save a great deal of trouble. It was the most basic requirement for meeting people in many settings.
But clearly, Xu Yue, who was currently scraping by in the East District, had not yet reached the point of needing that.
His entire outfit cost him 2 pounds and 15 Sule.
That was already quite respectable in the East District, far more upscale than those shabby work uniforms.
Combined with the holster faintly visible at his waist, it could deter plenty of trouble.
It was not that Xu Yue did not want to keep fishing for lawbreakers and collecting emotional-damages payouts.
But after fleecing that tavern, it was indeed inappropriate for his public identity to do that too often.
Since he wanted to experience things slowly, he had to follow some basic rules.
Besides, most of the people on the streets now were workers getting off work. There was no need to lure them into crime, and there was not much profit to squeeze out of them anyway.
Brumm Street was considered a relatively decent street in the East District because it housed the district's telegraph office and police station.
Its sewers were also well developed, and the street environment was vastly better than Xu Yue's initial location. There was even a subway station.
The steampunk-style subway station had chimneys specifically for ventilation.
Xu Yue also found a two-bedroom row house on this street. Though it