"Sorry, I don't have enough money on me today. I'll come back and buy some tomorrow."
"O-Okay."
The shopkeeper watched him leave in astonishment, apparently not expecting an Investigator to be so poor.
Wei'en paid her thoughts no mind, wading through the disgusting sewage as he left Laos District.
Just then, a shadowy figure slowly appeared inside the bakery. "He comes here often?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly replied with respect, "He's been here quite a few times, but he wasn't with the Secret Investigation Department back then."
"Oh?"
The shadowy figure stared thoughtfully at Wei'en's retreating form. 'An Investigator who buys black bread in the slums... A strange one, indeed.'
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After making a deliberate detour through Ruer District, Wei'en lingered for a while near Krimms Cathedral in the core area before rushing back to his residence just as the evening bells began to ring.
DONG, DONG DONG...
