In just three days, Asaka Akie had already bought a new house: a detached villa with a small courtyard, located in Tokyo's Third Layer.
The Second Layer was safe enough, but with Fang Cheng and the others' strength these days, safety had long since stopped being a factor.
What mattered more was whether the place was convenient for getting around, so in the end, they settled on the Third Layer.
Asaka Akie was clever. She didn't foolishly waste time searching on the open market, where she could easily have been swindled.
Instead, she went straight to Kanzaki Rin for help and used the Countermeasure Department's connections to get the house at a low price.
The villa's furnishings and appliances were all new and complete, so they could move right in.
Fang Cheng said goodbye to the apartment where he'd spent years, brought only a little luggage, and moved into the villa with Asaka Akie.
The Sato siblings and Takeda Masumi moved in as well.
Takeda Masumi hadn't planned to get involved, but in the end Fang Cheng persuaded her with reason—she'd nearly had to be carried into the villa.
That evening, Fang Cheng held a barbecue in the villa's courtyard and invited all his friends over.
There weren't actually many guests; the only additions were the master-and-servant pair, Ugou Mirai and Yuguang Qingxue.
He'd also wanted to invite Tsukikage Hatsuka, so Fat Cat could meet Snow Cat and they could see if the two of them still had the nerve to claim they didn't know each other.
But Tsukikage Hatsuka had spent more than ten hours running in her exercise wheel that day and was nearly too exhausted to come, foiling Fang Cheng's plan.
A barbecue naturally called for beer, and no one was stopping them.
Even Ugou Mirai drank