After descending the long, pitch-black staircase, a black iron door appeared before the two of them.
After they exchanged the password, the iron door slowly opened, revealing the true face of the Bounty Station to Araki.
It sounded mysterious, but the interior was actually quite ordinary. Three to five black-robed figures were flipping through stacks of bounty notices, while another person was whispering to the bald boss behind the counter, seemingly arguing over whether a mission had been completed.
However, the scar-faced boss appeared to have won in the end, and the other person left with his head hanging low.
"Boss, we want information on Shi Li!"
The more experienced Kaguya Black Bone stepped forward to negotiate.
"Shi Li? You mean Petrified Hand? That'll be one hundred thousand ryo!"
The boss held out one hand while swiftly pulling a single sheet from a thick stack of intelligence reports beside him with the other.
One hundred thousand ryo was not cheap. It was already the full reward for a B-rank mission.
But Kaguya Black Bone did not hesitate. Clearly, he had been prepared for the prices here.
"Here!"
After the money and information changed hands, the two said nothing more and hurriedly left the Bounty Station.
After they left, the boss wore a gloating smile. "Petrified Hand sure is popular. Two groups have already bought information on him today. I hope they don't start fighting. Amen!"
Land of the Moon, capital city, political minister's mansion.
The pot-bellied minister, with his curled brown mustache, lounged comfortably on a throne he had specially commissioned as a replica. One hand, adorned with five jeweled rings, held a glass of crimson wine as he sized up the three afro-haired people before him.
"I heard you have a method that can poison people without a sound.