Yorknew City Sightings

He transferred money to Machi and received her reply, confirming the twenty million Jenny had been received.

That evening, he boarded an airship and left the city. After several hours of travel, he arrived in the famous Yorknew City in the early morning.

Every September, Yorknew City hosts the World's Largest Auction. At that time, the entire city becomes bustling with activity, with both the underworld and law enforcement gathering.

Especially the underground auction organized by the "Ten Dons," the leaders of the World Mafia, which releases a large number of rare treasures every year, attracting major gang leaders and socialites.

Auction items include human organs, monster carcasses, technological products, and more.

This also brings calamity to the underground auction. Despite the tight gang security, it cannot stop the bloody slaughter and plunder that the Phantom Troupe will carry out next year.

In months other than September, auctions, both overt and covert, have not ceased in Yorknew City, but their scale is far from the grandness of September.

Gelman arrived in Yorknew City on January 16th. After a short rest, he did not go to any auction house. Instead, he first found the largest church in the city.

The old priest watched in astonishment as the young man, dressed in a black hunter robe, meditated in the corridor, prayed in the transept, and underwent whipping in the discipline hall.

"I've never seen anyone repent so many times at once... He must be deeply sinful, but has reformed and turned over a new leaf because of Heavenly Father, and is now a faithful believer!"

The old priest hurried forward, holding the Bible, and stopped Gelman.

"Sir, may I have a moment of your time? I would like to tell you about our Heavenly Father and Savior..."

"Ah, no thank you."

To the old priest's great disappointment, Gelman flatly refused his kindness and left the church directly.

The old priest stared blankly and bewilderedly at his retreating figure as he disappeared around the corner of the main door, not understanding where things had gone wrong.

Gelman walked the streets of Yorknew City, his fingers lightly touching the whip scars that remained on his body, and sighed softly with regret.

"It really doesn't work? Is it because I don't truly believe in God and sincerely pray?" The "stress" had not decreased at all. Instead, a few more whip marks were added to the wounds that had almost healed.

This was the first "stress relief method" he had tried, and it had ended in complete failure.

However, this was just the beginning. Gelman did not give up easily.

Thus, Gelman went to try the second "stress relief method."

Not long after, in an old-fashioned bar in Yorknew City, glasses clinked and the place was bustling with noise.

Gelman sat at the long bar counter, downed his drink in one gulp, then placed it on the table and pushed it towards the bald bartender.

"Sir, would you like another one?" the bald bartender asked tentatively.

"No," Gelman replied glumly. He had drunk enough.

At this moment, the woman who had been posing seductively nearby couldn't help but lean over, lick her lips, and her long fingernails, painted with red nail polish, provocatively scratched Gelman's hand.

"Don't be unhappy... If you have any troubles, you can tell big sister... How about this, I'll buy you another drink, but we'll have to go somewhere else, okay?"

The woman gazed at Gelman's profile with seductive eyes, anticipating his reaction.

Gelman did indeed have troubles.

He had tried gambling at the casino and heavy drinking at the bar, but the "stress" of a full 60 Points hadn't even decreased by a single digit.

Gelman turned his head to look at the fragrant woman who was almost sticking to him, and couldn't help but think in his mind:

"Do I inherently possess the traits of 'Passionate' and 'Lustful Person'? Must it come to this?"

As the woman's fingers began to grope him, he finally resisted, both mentally and physically, at the last moment and pushed her away.

"You..." The woman looked at him in surprise.

Gelman stood up and calmly met her gaze.

"Let's forget it. If I get syphilis, gonorrhea, or something similar, it will probably be very troublesome. I need a relatively healthy body right now."

The bald bartender, who had been mixing drinks, couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this.

The woman froze for a moment, then her entire face turned dark.

She immediately pointed at Gelman and cursed loudly.

No matter how handsome Gelman was, she couldn't easily forgive him for saying something like that, unless Gelman humbled himself and begged her with his actions.

Gelman, however, had no intention of apologizing. Under the astonished and amused gazes of the bar patrons, he left the place, abandoning the furious woman.

Not long after walking out of the bar, Gelman could feel the stark difference between the inside and outside.

The bar was so noisy it felt like it would shake the roof off, while it was much quieter outside.

Gelman began to stroll and walked to a wide plaza.

He had tried the simplest "stress relief methods" he could think of, one by one, except for the last one, all to no avail.

Since that was the case, Gelman had to try the third possibility.

He sat on the edge of a fountain in the center of the plaza, took out his phone, found the contact "Little Grandma," and sent a text message.

"Did you receive the 'Vermillion Bug's Chameleon Stone'?"

"I need your 'Magical Beautician Miss Cookie'."

Gelman waited by the fountain for about ten minutes, making eye contact with the pigeons on the ground for quite a while, before receiving Biscuit's reply.

"I told you your greetings and concern are too perfunctory (angry face)! But," the "gem" has been received, and I like it very much (grinning face)."

"You actually know my 'Nen ability.' It seems you've investigated a lot of my information. How scary, you're not plotting something against me, are you? (scared face)?"

"I let you get your Hunter License and gave you the Hunter exclusive website, not for you to do this kind of thing, prying into a girl's secrets (sighing face)."

It was Biscuit's signature, mischievous teasing. At least Gelman was certain that the person on the other end of the phone was Biscuit.

"I want to try the ability of 'Magical Beautician Miss Cookie'." After Gelman typed out the line, he thought about it and added, "I will provide appropriate compensation."

"Oh really? My price is very high, you know (greedy face)."

"How much?"

"Hmm... seeing as we're acquaintances, twenty thousand Jenny per session."

Twenty thousand Jenny?

Machi's "Nen Thread Stitching" cost twenty million Jenny. In comparison, Biscuit's quote was very cheap.

Gelman didn't complain. He didn't have much Jenny left in his bank account, but he had enough to pay twenty thousand Jenny.

Besides, he came to Yorknew City specifically to find the underground auction house here, planning to sell the "Lord of Crows' Monocle" to the mafia and earn a large sum of Jenny.

Thus, Gelman agreed.

"Okay. I'm in Yorknew City, when can you get here?"

Thanks to Anxi Shi for the reward.

Thanks to the book friends for the monthly tickets and recommendation tickets.