The middle-aged man froze for a moment.
He quickly remembered something and said with a smile.
"Look at me, I completely forgot about that... Paradise passes, right? How many do you need, Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou You replied.
"How many do you have on you?"
"Uh... twenty-seven in total... After all, I only came to pay the deposit, and three were handed out earlier because of a minor issue. Of course, they definitely aren't worth enough, but afterward I'll still..."
"No need. These will do. Give them all to me now."
The middle-aged man nodded to his attendant. The young man's hands had clearly been empty before, but now he was holding a briefcase.
When it was opened, a stack of plain, unremarkable documents appeared before them.
These were things countless people fought over, killed for, and dreamed of obtaining, yet they looked utterly ordinary, like employee IDs from an industrial park.
Zhou You rubbed the surface of one of the passes. Though it looked entirely unremarkable, he could sense an inexplicable power contained within it—he could not say what it was, but the power was highly distinctive. Even if outsiders wanted to forge them, they probably could not.
He took out three of them and casually tossed them to Luo Liangde beside him. Luo Liangde fumbled to catch them, then immediately widened his eyes and said in disbelief.
"Brother Zhou, this is..."
"Consider it payment for all the running around you've done, Brother Luo. Just take them."
The middle-aged man wore an ambiguous smile.
"Mr. Zhou, you truly are generous. You just gave away three passes like that... Fine, I won't say more. If you're interested, you can leave with us..."
But Zhou You smiled again.
"Wait a moment, Mr. Dann. You've forgotten about another deal, haven't you?"
The middle-aged