Clearly, the balloon wasn't very intelligent. After letting out a string of meaningless laughter, it deflated. Beside the step where Xu Huo stood, a latch popped out with the words "Pull here" written on it.
With a cold laugh, Xu Huo pulled the latch as instructed. A moment later, a mechanism clicked from the spot where the balloon had just floated out, and a box slowly rose.
He walked over and opened it. As expected, a handful of confetti burst out first, showering his head. The box also began playing an extremely rhythmic dance tune on its own, while colorful little lights swayed around. They shone on his face first, then all turned toward the syringe inside the box, sealed in a transparent container.
Xu Huo picked up the syringe. There was also an instruction booklet underneath.
The first page read: "This is a poison."
He flipped to the second page: "This is a P6S version of the Perfect Potion."
The third page read: "A potion left in my care by someone calling himself Dr. Wu after he won a bet."
"It might be real, or it might be fake."
Ignoring the instruction booklet entirely, Xu Huo opened the container and took out the green syringe. He couldn't tell whether the Perfect Potion was genuine just by looking at it, of course. But no one except Dr. Wu knew he had come here to look for the Diner, and this was precisely the P6S version he needed. The booklet left by Shi Shuai also matched Dr. Wu's account, so the potion was probably real.
Fish Banquet was only one of several possible locations he had picked, albeit one with a higher likelihood. Although he suspected Shi Shuai was the Diner, that was only a gut feeling; he had no solid