Zhen Liu had honestly expected that it was going to take a long while for he and his companions to be given access to the [City of Mirrors] entry pagoda.
He had heard from the others how the Golden Gorilla Union and the Silver Jungle Dragon Shipping Company had been impeding the progress of other groups and each other through bureaucratic nonsense, establishing a literal ticket queue, for the sake of giving their respective side an edge in claiming the treasures of the [City of Mirrors].
Evidently, their claim in wanting to maintain the security and peace of the area around the wandering ruins was a partial farce.
Surprisingly though, no delays or bureaucratic nonsense had occurred for Zhen Liu and his friends.
Then again, this might've been due to the fact that they had become members of an expedition led by Kidanna, the woman who currently owns the Golden Gorilla Union.