Chapter 400

It was night.

Kabukicho First Street.

Neon lights arched over the intersection, casting a trembling, drunken red halo that painted the pitch-black winter night in a spectacle of spring-red and smoky-green lamp decorations. The illusionary colors penetrated the autumn street night breeze, turning it from night to day, creating a true city that never sleeps.

Haruka Yuzan took a taxi to the address Mizutani Nozomi had sent him.

It was a tavern. The patrons coming in and out each had a relaxed flush on their faces, and the warm yellow lights seemed to beckon him inside.

Entering the tavern, the constant clinking of glasses and the fragrant aroma of food made the place exceptionally lively.

Haruka Yuzan looked around and finally spotted that familiar figure in a corner of the tavern.