The Fragrance of Medicine
"I've never seen another sub-district take the disappearance of Outer District Players seriously," Bubble Bean said. "There are only two possibilities. Either District 001 suffered a major loss because of missing Outer District Players, or the disappearances have already affected its development, forcing the District Government to pay attention."
The long-haired Player didn't know the details. In smaller towns like Cat Fruit Town, which were also Dungeon sites, many Outer District Players came and went, making it harder to determine whether they were missing. The law enforcement teams also didn't have enough people.
Still, people often asked the law enforcement teams to help find someone. But there were only ever two outcomes: either the matter went nowhere, or the person was found to have left of their own accord.
In other words, whenever anyone could be found, they had usually been taken to a place of entertainment. There were no other circumstances.
That didn't mean District 001 was safe. On the contrary, it meant that when an Outer District Player disappeared after an incident—with friends certain that the person couldn't have left without reason and then become unreachable—there was basically no follow-up.
There must have been plenty of cases like that. Otherwise, things wouldn't have reached the point where District 001 passed a law.
"This law and the related regulations," the long-haired Player said, "were first proposed by an Outer District Player who worked for the District Government. You can still find the relevant information on the Jixin Terminal."
Bubble Bean pulled up some of it. "It sounds nice, but the powerful often use the trick of crying thief while stealing."
As they talked, Xu Huo stood by the window, watching the Fragrance of Medicine Lamps along the street outside. After a long while, he asked,