"I won't be back for dinner today, you guys go back first."
After leaving the Dungeon, Takatsuki said to a few people.
Mei asked, "Is something wrong?"
"It's alright, just some minor trouble, but don't worry."
Takatsuki answered with a smile. He couldn't very well say he was planning to go to the Entertainment District.
Without arousing suspicion from others, Takatsuki bid farewell to a few people, then secretly made a few detours before heading straight to the Ishtar Familia's Entertainment District.
As night fell, the Entertainment District lit up and began its business.
Takatsuki's entry was not met with any obstruction; after all, they were open for business. He smoothly entered the Entertainment District.
Looking at the beautifully dressed women with different regional styles, Takatsuki scanned the surroundings and continued forward.
He was not here for pleasure, but with a clear purpose.
He still remembered that in the original plot, there was a girl here who had a good conversation with Bell. When he watched the anime, he didn't feel much about this character, so he almost forgot her. Even now that he remembered, he couldn't recall the girl's name, only that she was a fox-person from the Far East.
But now that Bell had lost his way forward, Takatsuki thought for a long time and finally recalled this character he had forgotten.
"No…"
Takatsuki remembered that Bell seemed to have randomly run into this girl, and then the two had a good conversation. Why couldn't he encounter her?
Along the way, Takatsuki didn't even see a single fox-person.
"Young man, come play~"
He had only paused on the street for a moment when several people approached him.
"Uh, sorry, I'm looking for someone."
He moved his feet quickly, dodging the arms that reached out for a hug, but the other party was clearly persistent: "Who are you looking for, young man~ Am I not good enough, big sister?"
Takatsuki glanced at the other person. She was clearly an ordinary person, not an adventurer. However, hearing her words, Takatsuki remembered that all the staff in the entire Entertainment District were from the Ishtar Familia, and that fox-person was too…
"I'm looking for a fox-person from the Far East. Do you know where she is?"
Takatsuki dodged the other person's reaching hands again, then directly asked the woman opposite him.
"Oh, so young master likes that kind, huh? Can't I satisfy you?"
Seeing the other party still persistent, Takatsuki knew he had asked in vain. Perhaps the other party really didn't know, or perhaps she simply didn't want to let go of her "prey." She had no intention of letting him go, so Takatsuki slipped away without a word.
Takatsuki's foot speed was naturally something a person who wasn't even an adventurer couldn't keep up with.
However, Takatsuki did not intend to leave just like that, but continued to delve deeper into the Entertainment District.
As more and more people or gods appeared around, there were also more and more people brazenly soliciting customers.
Along the way, he tried asking many people who approached him, but still found nothing. The sky was also getting darker and darker.
"Forget it, let's go back."
Takatsuki didn't want to spend the night in this Entertainment District. Unlike when he came, when he walked on the main road to see the people soliciting customers on both sides, since he decided to go back, he immediately chose a small alley nearby without a word. After all, it was still troublesome to move through crowded streets.
Then he was grabbed.
"Young man, I heard you were asking about a fox-person from the Far East?"
A hand gripped Takatsuki's shoulder tightly. He felt as if his shoulder was firmly clamped by an iron vice.
Appearing before Takatsuki was a scantily clad Amazonian woman with waist-length hair covering her right eye. At this moment, she was tightly squeezing Takatsuki's shoulder with her right hand.
"Hiss…" Takatsuki's memory slightly revived after seeing the person in front of him. He remembered the identity of the person in front of him and replied: "Yeah, is there a problem with coming to the Entertainment District to find a woman?"
"Oh~"
Aisha's grip on Takatsuki's hand loosened slightly, and she asked with a smile, "Are so many in the Entertainment District unable to satisfy you, young man?"
"In that case, how about me?"
Facing the seductive tone of the other party, Takatsuki was completely unmoved. First of all, the other party was not his type at all, and he wasn't so desperate as to need to find women in a place like this.
"No need. From your tone, you seem to know where she is. Since she's in the Entertainment District, you should satisfy the customer's needs, right?"
At Takatsuki's words, Aisha withdrew her hand, puffed out her chest, and said, "Young man, you're right. But are you really not considering me? My name is Aisha, how should I address you, young man?"
"Takatsuki, I'm not interested in others. If you don't know, then forget it."
Takatsuki casually gave his name. Takatsuki was completely unmoved by Aisha's seduction, even preparing to turn and leave.
"Don't say that. Since you're looking for a fox-person, then come with me."
Aisha suddenly agreed to take Takatsuki to find the fox-person, for reasons unknown to Takatsuki, but he didn't care. Even if she tricked him into the Ishtar Familia, he wouldn't mind.
Worst case, he'd just blow up their base.
However, Aisha seemed to have no intention of playing tricks and genuinely led Takatsuki to a building.
"The child I'm taking you to see is Sanjouno Haruhime. Although there are many fox-people in the Entertainment District, she's the only one from the Far East."
After reaching the building's entrance, Aisha stopped and extended her hand to Takatsuki.
Takatsuki casually tossed the cloth bag he was carrying into her hand.
"Young man, you're very generous~"
That one bag contained one hundred thousand. Aisha knew it was that much just by weighing it a bit and then opening the bag to glance inside.
"This isn't for just one day. How long will this money last?"
Facing Takatsuki's unmoved tone, Aisha said with some disappointment, "Ha, I thought you were a generous person, young man. One hundred thousand, that's enough for ten nights, right?"
Before Takatsuki could say anything, Aisha continued, "Young man, don't think I'm ripping you off. You should know that Haruhime used to be a princess."
Takatsuki said nothing: "Then that's it. I'll bring someone tomorrow."
"Bring someone?"
Aisha was surprised to hear Takatsuki's words: "Young man, do you mean you want to play a multi-person game?"
"No, I'm arranging it for a junior in my Familia. You'll see him tomorrow. This fee, consider it me booking her. It starts counting from today."
With that, Takatsuki turned and left. Aisha did not stop Takatsuki from leaving, or rather, she completely failed to understand the meaning of Takatsuki's actions.
"Black hair, this appearance, could it be someone Haruhime knew before?"