Zhang Chulan's original plan had been a good one, but reality was often cruel.
And wasn't it?
Although they had indeed soon found someone familiar—a Natson Guard named Alfonso, whom they had met in Z City—it was a pity that he refused to offer them any help!
He even warned them that the war on the island had officially begun. If they refused to help King Natson and continued wandering around the island, then without knowing whether they were friend or foe, the Natson Guards might attack them if they entered any important areas—and they wouldn't care whether they lived or died.
With no choice, Zhang Chulan realized that Behemoth might already have launched its attack, so he gave up on seeking help from Alfonso and instead asked where the island's so-called market was.
He planned to take a look and see whether the market really could provide anything they wanted, as the rumors claimed.
Seeing that Zhang Chulan and the others had no intention of pestering him or continuing into the island's core area, Alfonso naturally had no reason to make trouble for them. He simply and openly pointed them toward the island's so-called "market."
As for whether Zhang Chulan and the others would manage to trade for what they needed there, Alfonso didn't care. He certainly didn't offer them any useful or practical advice.
And so!
After saying goodbye to Alfonso and walking in the direction he'd indicated for over half an hour, they finally reached the market. Once they explained why they had come, they were led to a scruffy, fat old man with a blond horseshoe hairdo, and began negotiating with him for supplies and information.
"Yo!"
The man's attitude, however, wasn't very friendly.
He simply watched Zhang Chulan and the others with a mocking look