The buzz-cut man got straight to the point. "The Mermaid Mask is your ticket into the Mermaid Game."
Xu Huo turned to look at Shi Shuai and the others. "Is there a game like that in Fish Banquet Tower?"
The little girl and the painted woman naturally turned their gazes to Shi Shuai. He waved his hands. "Don't look at me. I don't know either."
"I do." At the far end of the corridor, the round-faced player reappeared around the corner, leaning out halfway to say, "On floors whose numbers are divisible by three, in rooms whose numbers end in three, the Mermaid Game is played at certain times. You just need to take someone wearing a Mermaid Mask inside. Usually, the Mermaid Mask is the game's stake. You can't open the door without one."
"What time?" Xu Huo asked, lowering his gaze to the buzz-cut man again.
"From eight to nine on the evening of the second day of Carnival Day." The buzz-cut man said, "I can give you the mask."
Xu Huo didn't respond. He simply looked him over.
The buzz-cut man immediately grew wary. "There's no way I can wear the Mermaid Mask. You have to be good-looking to wear one, and most of the time it's female players."
"Besides, disguising yourself with an item won't work. Someone checks before the game starts."
"So you've been there." Xu Huo said, "What exactly do they play?"
The buzz-cut man considered his answer before replying. "It's basically a bunch of players with powerful connections getting together to trade female companions, only they do it through gambling."
"The game itself is relatively civilized. They sit at a gambling table, and the people they bring along are the stakes."
"What do you mean by players with powerful connections?"
"You've probably seen