(Third update in 90 minutes.)
The urgent buzzing was not loud, but it was clear enough.
Lu Qingxue set down her cup and looked at Mu Fan. "He's here?"
Mu Fan placed the communicator on the table, letting it hum and vibrate as its frequency grew faster and faster.
"He's about to appear."
After speaking, Mu Fan raised his head and looked toward the entrance of Maple Leaf Bar.
Inside the fiery red, nature-themed bar, everything was bright and spacious.
At that moment, a figure appeared in the doorway.
The instant he appeared, a pair of mercenaries near the entrance frowned at the same time.
Because a strange smell had entered their noses.
Following the source of the smell, they saw a bizarre man draped in a black cloak, his face wrapped in purple and green strips of cloth.
Fortunately, this was Maple Leaf Bar, and everyone remembered the maxim of maintaining elegance at all times.
So the two merely gave the black-cloaked man a disgusted glance, then carried their drinks away from the entrance.
The strange man seemed completely unaware. He merely swept his cloudy eyes around before fixing his gaze on the table between Mu Fan and Lu Qingxue.
He mechanically took out another gray communicator from his hand.
The same-frequency buzzing...
Click.
He pressed the vibration button.
The communicator fell silent.
Then, as if no one else existed, he walked straight toward Mu Fan. His strange odor made countless people politely curse before carrying their glasses aside to make way.
Yes, that was right. This was Maple Leaf Bar. They had to be civilized.
Carrying a faintly peculiar scent, Mu Fan sniffed. It was somewhat similar to... the smell he had once encountered in Bai Guyue's plant-filled courtyard.
"Employer?" His voice sounded like a file scraping against