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There were four people at that table, three men and one woman. Although they were all wearing hats and masks, they took off their masks because they were drinking. They were all young people.
The woman took a sip of wine. Perhaps she didn't like the strange taste. Her intellectual face wrinkled unnaturally. Then she pushed her black-framed glasses and said, "The people in the branch are really radical and their ability to act is surprisingly strong. We just got the news that they were going to blow up the Mako Reactor No. 1, and before we could respond, they had already collapsed the Mako Reactor."
"Nayo, be careful with your words. Barret has been fired by the main council." The person who spoke was a young man with long golden hair. Unlike the girl with glasses named Nayo, he really enjoyed the feeling of drinking. After taking a big sip of wine, he continued, "But that guy really keeps his word. If he wasn't so radical, he would definitely be a capable person in the main council."
"No matter what, he has dealt a blow to Shinra's rule. This is worth celebrating. Let's clink glasses, Billy, and toast to victory." The man sitting next to him, who also had short blond hair, raised his glass.
"Come together." The woman named Nayo also raised her glass, and then nudged the youngest companion next to her with her elbow: "Polk, you come too."
The young man named Polk nodded and clinked his glass with theirs.
After finishing the drink in the glass, the man named Billy wiped his mouth casually, then turned around and shouted to the bar: "Four more beers, please."
"Okay, please wait a moment." Tifa responded. While pouring the wine, she said to the curious Shen Ye, "Have you seen them? They are from the Avalanche HQ, but Barret doesn't like them. He doesn't treat them well every time he sees them."
"Then why did they come here to drink?" Aerith asked Shen Ye's question.
"Although Barret has been fired, it doesn't affect us and we are not enemies." Tifa said with a smile, then walked over with the wine on a tray.
"Your beer!" Tifa placed the beer in front of them.
"Thank you!" Billy nodded to Tifa. After she left, he said to the man with short blond hair sitting next to him, "By the way, Zhijie, when will the people from Wutai arrive? Have you contacted them?"
The man named Zhijie was the middleman in charge of communication between the Wutai Provisional Government and the Avalanche Council. When Billy mentioned this, he frowned and said, "We did get in touch, but that was yesterday afternoon. I only know that they were in a village near Midgar. But you know, after Barrett made such a big fuss, Shinra has tightened its search on us. From last night to today, I didn't dare to turn on my communicator, for fear that it would be monitored by Shinra's intelligence department. Now I can't contact them."
"That's troublesome." Billy sighed, "Their people know nothing about Midgar, so someone must be there to receive them."
"We have to send someone to pick them up." Nayo held the beer glass, frowned at the liquid inside and said, "Who of you is free?"
"We are all free, but who can get out safely in this situation?"Zhijie smiled bitterly. "Because of Barret, Shinra is putting the blame on us. I heard people were asking about Avalanche this morning. It looked like someone from Shinra's watchdogs stationed in Sector 6, the kind they keep in the slums to monitor us."
"That's a problem!" Billy sighed again.
As he sighed, everyone fell into deep thought.
At this time, the youngest, Polk, suddenly said, "We can't go. Can we ask outsiders to help bring them in?"
"You need to use your brain when doing things, Polk. This is an internal matter of Avalanche and cannot be known to outsiders." Nayo tapped his head gently.
Polk covered his head and said, "It's just to pick someone up. There's no need to tell the other party the identity of the person you're picking up."
"But..." Nayo wanted to say something else, but Zhijie, who was sitting opposite her, said, "I think that method is feasible. It's just a matter of connecting it in anyway."
"I think it's feasible too." Billy nodded.
"Well... okay." Nayo could only agree, but then asked, "Where do we go to find someone?"
"It's easy. There are many mercenaries in Midgar. When I arrived here, I heard that a guy who called himself the Universal Helper appeared on Rubble Street - of course, we don't know where he is now, so we can find one in the bar. It seems there is one ready-made here." Billy was an intelligence collector for Avalanche. He noticed the sign hanging on the gate when he entered.
"Then how do we find him? There's no contact information on the sign." Nayo asked. In fact, she also noticed the sign.
"It's very simple. Just ask the bar owner, Miss Tifa." Billy said with a smile, "The sign is hanging on the door of the bar. She must know."
As he spoke, he picked up his beer glass and walked to the bar, and sat on the other side of Shen Ye.
"Ms. Tifa, can I ask you something?" Billy called out as soon as he sat down, while looking at Aerith who was chatting with Shen Ye. He had come here to drink many times, but this was the first time he saw her.
"Ask." Tifa nodded.
"Excuse me, where is the mercenary called Midgar City Hunter? I want to hire him to do something." Billy said, "Of course, if he doesn't have time now, forget it."
"Don't worry, he has time now." Tifa said, looking at Shen Ye: "Look, the business is coming."
"Him?" Billy was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Shen Ye: "Are you the Midgar City Hunter?"
"It's me." Shen Ye raised his glass and saluted him.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" he asked.
Billy looked Shen Ye up and down. Although he looked a bit ordinary, his nickname sounded good, so he said, "I want you to pick up two people."
"Where are you going?" Shen Ye was also stunned. Pick someone up? It sounds like we need to go out of town!
"A village outside Midgar." Billy said, "This shouldn't be a difficult task, right?"
Of course Shen Ye shook his head, but before he could say anything, Aerith said, "Leaving the city? No."
"Huh?" Billy looked at Aerith in confusion: "Why?"
"No reason, I just think it's dangerous outside the city." Aerith glared at Shen Ye: "You are not allowed to go out."
"This..." Shen Ye felt a little amused.
"It seems that your title of Midgar City Hunter is a bit empty." Billy shook his head, threw down a sentence and prepared to get up and leave. He planned to look for that universal helper.
"I'll take this job." Shen Ye suddenly reached out and pressed his shoulder, then said to Aerith, "You don't want your man to be looked down on like this, do you?"
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