『 [ Secret code? ]
Hearing Boothill's words, Dan Heng asked.
[ That's right. ]
Boothill nodded.
[ An object can indeed help a Memokeeper establish a connection with you… But Mr. Boothill. ]
[ I hope you can inform me of the existence of any backup plans in advance next time. ]
Dan Heng expressed dissatisfaction with Boothill's concealing parts of his plan.
[ My bad, just treat it as a hab~it of mine. ]
[ I have a few lousy friends. If I revealed the whole plan to them, they'd definitely pull some stunts on me. No amount of backups would be enough… ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "Robbing the IPC?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Listening to Mr. Boothill's tone… this seems to be a common occurrence?"
Stelle: "Yeah, sounds like something he'd do."
Stelle: "But, I'm just wondering. For someone like you with wanted posters plastered all over the IPC."
Stelle: "Instead of running for your life, you stay put and wait to be caught?"
Stelle: "After all, on IPC turf, is there anyone who doesn't recognize you, a wanted criminal?"
Boothill: "Look at what you're saying."
Boothill: "I ain't stupid, don't I know how to use a disguise?"
Boothill: "Besides, those IPC dogs aren't anything special."
Boothill: "They aren't qualified to catch me!"
Paimon: "Um… I want to ask, is robbing the IPC very profitable?"
Boothill: "Why?"
Boothill: "You interested in robbing the IPC too?"
Boothill: "I don't really care about the money. The main thing is causing trouble for the IPC, that's just fudging awesome!"
Hu Tao: "Oh, so it's purely for revenge against the company…"
Boothill: "Of course, the profits are actually quite considerable too."
Boothill: "It is the IPC after all. They don't have much of anything else, just lots of money!!"
Paimon: "That's great, I also want to…"
Lumine: "Uh… Paimon, stop thinking about it!"
Lumine: "With our small physiques, if we tried to rob the IPC, we'd probably be suppressed on the spot!"
Lumine: "We'd be thrown into prison and never get out!"
Lumine: "Besides, we have no grudge against the IPC. How could we do such a thing!"
Boothill: "Hey, little Missy, don't be so rigid."
Boothill: "To a certain extent, robbing the IPC is equivalent to robbing the rich to help the poor!"
Boothill: "Rob the rich to help the poor, get it?"
Boothill: "This is the act of a hero!!"
Xingqiu: "Oh? Robbing the IPC equals robbing the rich to help the poor?"
Xingqiu: "That's getting interesting…"
March 7th: "I'm actually a bit curious about how you rob the IPC."
March 7th: "I mean, the people at the IPC aren't useless, right?"
Boothill: "There's an art to this."
Boothill: "First, you gotta carefully pick your target, then scout and observe in advance."
Boothill: "Secondly, when the time is right, you gotta strike like thunder—fast, accurate, and steady!"
Boothill: "It must be done in one go, absolutely no dragging your feet!"
Boothill: "The most critical point is!"
Boothill: "You gotta run fast enough!!"
Stelle: "Got it. The points above aren't important; the important thing is you have to run fast!"
Stelle: "Satisfy this one point, and you can try robbing the IPC."
Silver Wolf: "Hmm, you understand how to summarize for brevity."
....
『 [ How do we get into the VIP lounge? ]
Dan Heng glanced at Boothill, asking.
[ What kind of problem is that? Leave it to street wisdom. ]
Boothill appeared confident.
[ You're the lobby manager here, right? ]
Boothill took Dan Heng and arrived in front of the hotel's lobby manager.
[ That is correct. ]
[ How may I be of service to you? ]
The lobby manager bowed slightly, appearing very polite.
[ We are Nameless from the Astral Express. We came to check in, but there's been no response! ]
[ That little girl at your front desk said she'd help us contact the person in charge, but then she disappeared! ]
[ Us two brothers have been staring at each other here for half the day. No water to drink, no food to eat. What the fudge, is this how The Family treats guests? ]
Boothill's tone was aggressive, putting on a stance of demanding an explanation.
[ Your street wisdom is picking a fight? ]
Dan Heng saw Boothill's behavior and whispered a complaint.
[ This is called fighting for legitimate rights. ]
Boothill's expression didn't change as he whispered back.
[ Please calm down, gentlemen. I am aware of the situation. The hotel needs to contact Mr. Sunday first. ]
[ How about this, I will arrange seats for you in the VIP lounge with drinks. Please rest while you wait. ]
To settle the matter, the lobby manager invited the two into the VIP lounge.
[ See, didn't that work? ]
Boothill smiled at Dan Heng.
[ ... ]
[ Next time, don't call yourself a Nameless. ]
Dan Heng was somewhat speechless.
[ Whoa! Worthy of the Planet of Festivities. Even the bars in reality are this fancy. ]
After wandering around the VIP lounge, Boothill couldn't help but sigh at the luxury here.
Subsequently, the two of them arrived at the bar counter.
[ Good evening, two heroic gentlemen. ]
Seeing the two, the bartender greeted them.
[ Yeah… Brother, I reserved a bottle of Asdana White Oak here. Can you help us find it? ]
Boothill said to the bartender.
[ Asdana White Oak? ]
[ You two must be mistaken, we don't carry that wine here. ]
The bartender shook his head, indicating that this wine didn't exist at all.
[ Impossible, think about it again? ]
Boothill couldn't help but frown.
[ If someone reserved such a precious wine, I would definitely remember. ]
[ After all, a bottle of that sells for hundreds of thousands of credits… If I broke it or lost it, I couldn't afford to pay for it. ]
The bartender's tone was very certain.
[ Weird… Could it be that Memokeeper couldn't afford it? ]
Boothill started to get confused.
[ What do we do now? ]
Dan Heng crossed his arms and asked back.
[ No rush, let's have a few drinks first. ]
[ Maybe I came too fast, and she hasn't caught up yet. ]
[ Let me see what single malt juices you have here… ]
[ Well, give me a glass of Hinnom Valley 40 Years. I'll have it neat, no ice. ]
Boothill was unhurried, even having the leisure to order a drink.
[ That is the most expensive item on the wine list. ]
[ You really are a connoisseur. ]
Hearing the drink Boothill ordered, the bartender immediately gave a thumbs up.
[ Heh, might as well drink if it's free… ]
Boothill muttered under his breath.
[ Would you like anything, sir? ]
The bartender looked at Dan Hen and asked.
[ Whatever, anything is fine. ]
Dan Heng ordered casually.
[ Then I would recommend today's special, Glass Village — it's Classic SoulGlad mixed with Leboom juice. It's refreshing and suits your cool demeanor. ]
[ Please wait a moment, gentlemen. ]
After recommending a drink to Dan Heng, the bartender went to mix the drinks. 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Paimon: "This is Mr. Boothill's street wisdom?"
Paimon: "Ooh… it really works!!"
Paimon: "Hehe, learned something new. When I get the chance, I want to try street wisdom too!"
Lumine: "Ahem, this probably depends on the occasion, right?"
Lumine: "You can't just try it randomly!"
Lumine: "Otherwise, trying it means dying…"
March 7th: "This doesn't really count as street wisdom, does it?"
March 7th: "At most, it's just using social etiquette…"
Stelle: "Exactly, I didn't see any wisdom at all."
Stelle: "If you ask me, you might as well just pull out your gun and point it at his head. That would be more efficient."
Furina de Fontaine: "Like pointing it at Mr. Dan Heng before?"
Boothill: "Meow, fudge his legs."
Boothill: "If I pointed a gun at him, would I still be able to get in so smoothly?"
Boothill: "Isn't that just taking off your pants to fart?"
Dan Heng: "By your logic, I think your hijacking of the Express earlier was also an act of taking off your pants to fart."
March 7th: "Exactly!"
Boothill: "Cough cough, street wisdom has its misjudgments too."
Boothill: "It's normal!"
Boothill: "Alright, let's not talk about that."
Boothill: "Anyway, Miss Memokeeper, where's the wine I asked you to save?"
Boothill: "Why isn't it there?"
Boothill: "Could it be… You really couldn't fudge afford it?"
Stelle: "Pfft, so shameless. Asking someone to buy a bottle of wine worth hundreds of thousands of credits for you to freeload."
Stelle: "And blaming them for not buying it for you!"
Collei: "Hundreds of thousands of credits… just for one bottle… thinking about it makes it seem so expensive…"
Venti: "Ehe, sounds like a wine I absolutely can't afford."
Venti: "I wonder how long I'd have to work in the universe to afford that bottle?"
Hanabi: "Just come to the tavern directly. We have whatever wine you want to drink."
Venti: "Whatever wine I want?!"
Venti: "Yah, sounds like paradise…"
Lumine: "Oh no, I feel like Teyvat really connected to the universe."
Lumine: "Venti might just straight up become a Masked Fool."
Zhongli: "In terms of universal rationality, this drunkard bard is indeed quite suitable."
Hanabi: "What's wrong with being a Fool?"
Hanabi: "Finding amusement happily every day, isn't that great~."
March 7th: "Hmph, who wants to be a Fool with no bottom line!!"
March 7th: "You guys do all sorts of bad things just for fun, you're a bunch of villains!"
Hanabi: "Oh my, oh my, that's slander."
Hanabi: "If we Fools were really villains, we would have been hunted down by the whole universe long ago."
Hanabi: "But look, we can appear openly in the universe right now!"
Hanabi: "As for doing bad things… what bad things have I done?"
Hanabi: "Wuwuwu, don't slander people casually."
Furina de Fontaine: "Uh… what Miss Hanabi says seems kinda right."
Furina de Fontaine: "Aside from her personality seeming a bit nasty… she doesn't seem to have done anything truly evil so far?"
Hu Tao: "Not evil deeds, at most they count as pranks to tease others, right?"
Hu Tao: "And, she's always helping others… in a weird way?"
Hanabi: "See… I'm actually a good person, too.~."
March 7th: "Ah this…"
March 7th: "I can't seem to refute that…"
Stelle: "Then what about you handing out bombs?"
Hanabi: "Hehe, haven't they exploded yet?"
Hanabi: "Wait until they all explode, then it won't be too late to call me a villain~."
Navia Caspar: "But do these bombs really exist?"
Hanabi: "Hanabi guarantees, this bomb really, really exists~."
Hanabi: "It can definitely blow Penacony into flowers.~"
Hanabi: "Just you watch, hee hee."
....
『 [ Hoo-hah! This flavor... Dynamite Barbecue with Rocket Fuel... It really hits the spot! Truly the finest sherry cask-aged malt juice in the cosmos. ]
Boothill took a sip of the drink, revealing an expression of utter enjoyment.
[ Dynamite Barbecue with Rocket Fuel… Is that really a taste humans would like? ]
Dan Heng listened to Boothill's words; the expression on his face was very strange.
[ Hehe, he doesn't get it at all. ]
Boothill teased Dan Heng in front of the bartender.
[ As long as you are satisfied, please enjoy. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "Wait!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Wh… what taste?!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Why didn't I understand that?"
Boothill: "It's Dynamite Barbecue with Rocket Fuel."
Boothill: "You don't know, this flavor is top-notch!!"
March 7th: "Good grief, you aren't drinking something meant for humans!"
March 7th: "This taste must be impossible to swallow, right?"
Stelle: "If you made me drink that."
Stelle: "I'd rather drink Himeko's coffee."
Himeko: "???"
Himeko: "Stelle, does that count as praising my skills?"
Welt Yang: "Uh… I suppose so…"
Hu Tao: "Too scary. Just listening to that description makes my sense of taste go haywire."
Diona: "Alright!"
Diona: "This wine sounds unusually disgusting!"
Diona: "If I could replicate it, wouldn't I be able to fiercely strike a blow against those drunkards?"
Lumine: "But… with Diona's skills, I feel like she can't replicate such a disgusting wine at all…"
Gallagher: "Looks like this little sister's mixing skills are not bad."
Paimon: "More than just not bad, she's simply a super bartender!"
Paimon: "No matter what random, weird ingredients you give her, she can mix them into a delicious drink."
Stelle: "Oh… got it!"
Stelle: "So it's a Congenital Bartending Physique!!"
Stelle: "Not bad, once you come to the universe, you'll definitely be popular!"
Venti: "Ehe, although the taste of this Hinnom Valley 40 Years sounds a bit strange."
Venti: "But as a liquor, it might not necessarily taste bad, right?"
Venti: "After all, good wine needs to be savored carefully, and needs someone who understands it to taste its beauty."
Boothill: "Ha, this brother Venti's words really win my heart!"
Boothill: "One look at your statement and I know you're a master of drinking!"
Boothill: "When there's a chance later, the two of us gotta sit down and have a few drinks!"
Boothill: "Don't worry, my treat!"
Venti: "Ehe, since Mr. Boothill is so generous, how could I refuse?"
Venti: "Rest assured, if there is a chance, we won't go home until we're drunk!"
Lumine: "You get excited as soon as you hear about wine."
Lumine: "It's over, truly hopeless."
Zhongli: "One can only say, the name of a drunkard is well-deserved…"
....
『 [ We'll wait for that Memokeeper for half a system hour. If she still doesn't show up, we'll think of another way. ]
[ This time is enough for the two of us to properly review the current situation. In your opinion, where is the problem? ]
Boothill and Dan Heng discussed the crux of the problem.
[ The situation is indeed unclear. ]
[ Something must have happened on the Planet of Festivities, but the public does not know of it. ]
[ Presumably, someone with high authority in The Family is covering up the situation. ] 』
『 ....』