I changed the timeline with the game.

Chapter 1129 A Gathering Place for Extraordinary Individuals Outside of Academies
But compared to his composure, Natsume Chie nervously clutched the hem of her clothes.

Although she still didn't quite understand what these things about gods and divine beings meant,
But she knew,

These things are definitely not as simple as you imagine.

Time passed by little by little, and Su Wen and Natsume Chie finally arrived in Tokyo in the back seat of a taxi.

As we passed through the tunnel, the light suddenly dimmed, and fine dust particles stirred within the carriage. It was as if we were witnessing Kawabata Yasunari's first encounter with the snow country:
The female student gazed out the window at the billboards rushing by; she saw the neon lights blurred into indistinct blobs in the rain.

I also saw the flow of people walking briskly amidst the noise and silence.

ten minutes later,

She finally saw the blue-green sign for 7-Eleven and the warm yellow lanterns of the izakaya flashing alternately in the darkness before her eyes, making her, who had just woken from her dizziness, feel a little sleepy again.
"teacher,

It gets dark so quickly in Tokyo.

"Silly boy, it's not that it gets dark quickly here, it's that you've been sleeping for too long."

Su Wen didn't look at her; he was gazing at his destination.

Accompanied by the sound of brakes,

The taxi eventually stopped in the neighborhood where the pub was located, letting the faint smell of cooking oil in the air flow into the car.

The lanterns of the izakaya swayed under the eaves.
A faded handwritten sign reading "Gochizoku" was pasted on the red lacquered wooden door, and the aroma of kelp soup and the coolness of Dassai sake wafted out from the crack in the door.

A newspaper deliveryman in a raincoat was running through the puddles, the smell of ink from the newspapers mixed with the scent of moss after the rain filling his nostrils, quietly blending with the aroma of oden from a convenience store in the distance in the twilight.

Everything seemed no different from any other small street in Tokyo.

But when Su Wen truly covered everything through the deep blue [Appraisal Vision], he suddenly discovered that the underground space deeper inside was incredibly vast.

"No wonder the Bounty Hunters Association set up an underground base in Tokyo."

Let's go, Chie.
Unlike Caroline, who was familiar with all of this.

When you step into the ranks of the extraordinary, the first lesson you should learn is actually the law of survival here.

The handsome scholar put on a half-mask and handed her one as well.

But before Natsume Chie could give a reply after hearing Su Wen's words, the hacker girl's voice rang in his ears first:

"Hello,

Mr. Rhein, what knowledge are you teaching the little girl?
There are academic schools of thought in this world, aren't there?

"Do you think you can learn anything truly useful inside an ivory tower, besides extraordinary theories?"

If all the pioneers of the interstellar age of exploration were this naive.

perhaps,

This world is about to be completely submerged in the abyss, just like the soon-to-disappear Tokyo.

“You’re right, but I also had an experience in a college like that.”

although,

It was just a not-so-pleasant memory.

She paused, then added:
"The Academy of the Dragonborn".

The next instant, the frequency of the hacker girl gradually weakened in Su Wen's perception.

As one of the frontier organizations, the Bounty Hunters Guild is often referred to as the 'Hounds' or 'Hyenas,' but as one of the massive organizations that carries the legacy of the Third and Fourth Eras, it is natural that corresponding protective measures have been taken here.

Otherwise, how would they hunt for the great treasures hidden in the Kuiper Belt, the Oort Cloud, and the local interstellar cloud?

Compared to the [Dawn System], which Su Wen more frequently used for communication, Caroline's hacking techniques were indeed unable to continue here, especially with [Deep Tokyo] in between. Therefore, Su Wen didn't say anything more.
He should have known that night at the midnight bar in New York State; he already knew it back then.

As for now,

Caroline is exhausted.

Let her rest in [Shenzhen Tokyo] for a while.

Anyway, it won't take more than a few days.
You should have the answers to everything yourself.

Whether the outcome is destruction or a fresh start.

As the two got out of the taxi,

The smoky aroma from the takoyaki stall, the electronic sounds of Ginza perfume advertisements, and the warm scent of a newly opened izakaya in a secluded alley all entered Natsume Chie's senses:

"Is this the real bustling area of ​​Tokyo?"

"You've never been here before?"

Hearing Su Wen's gentle words, the little girl shook her head vigorously.
"I've heard that you have to spend money in all sorts of places in Tokyo, but I don't have any money."

Hearing her simple answer, the handsome scholar simply smiled in the end:
"Actually, you've already seen it."

Before long, Su Wen walked to an inconspicuous gate by the roadside and placed a gold-embossed sheepskin invitation in the hand of an uncle who was leaning against the door and looked like he was drunk.

The man seemed to slightly open his eyes, which were already completely drunk:
"Where did you get it?"

"I can't remember either."

Su Wen's words contained profound meaning.

"Never mind if you can't remember, just go in."

The wooden turnstile emitted a low hum after the uncle's iris scan, and the door in front of the two slowly opened:

Thirty meters underground at the Bounty Hunters' Guild, the damp air, carrying the scents of sandalwood and gun oil, wafted towards us.

The vast, open space is as large as three baseball fields connected together, and paper lanterns hanging from the dome sway gently in the breeze.

The vast space that Su Wen saw was divided into checkerboard-like sections by rough wooden partitions.

The most eye-catching feature is the wooden bar counter in the central area, where a "Cherry Blossom Cup" sake flag hangs. The amber lights illuminate the sake cups, but even more striking is the wooden sign on the right that reads "Bounty Display Area."

More than twenty yellowed parchment sheets were fixed to the original wooden board with copper nails. Each sheet was stamped with Sir Owl's sealing wax mark on its edge, which was the highest-level mission mark certified by the association.

But the thought that his K20 journey was once listed on these bounties, and that his "Rhine Information" is still at the top of the bounty hunter's dark web website, makes him feel...
I don't have a good impression of this place.

Moreover, these are just electronic displays that look like parchment.

As for the old man leaning against the side, seeing Chie's curious expression, he couldn't help but chuckle and say:
"The Bounty Hunters Association is keeping up with the times too."

Su Wen took a few steps closer,

When he got closer to the sign and could see part of the bounty details, he adjusted his glasses.
On the left side of the parchment, a map marker for "Destroying the Tokyo Bay Abyss Emission Node" is drawn with a brush, and the bounty column clearly states "100 million yen + C-grade psionic crystal";
On the right is a depiction of a male wizard wearing a single gold-rimmed spectacle, with the note "Target is a field agent of the non-compliant organization Tide Surge Sect, employer is an undisclosed magic association".

even,

As his gaze passed over the wisteria vines hanging from the top of the sign, he could still vaguely see the warm yellow light shining through the wooden wall.

There are clearly more undisclosed bounty missions there.

But none of these are actually the key points.

As a master of psychology, he could sense the oppressive atmosphere and a hint of wariness permeating the room through the many gazes and even micro-expressions around him.
There was indeed other information here.

(End of this chapter)