"Why are you asking him?" The Girl in the painting stood forward, "I’m the one helping you!"

The woman chuckled, "Alright, I can also offer myself to you. Are you willing?"

"I don’t want that, being a servant is fine." The Girl insisted, "If you really don’t want to, just cash it out for me."

The woman stared at her, "People say ’Don’t expect repayment for kindness,’ you’re quite realistic."

"Didn’t you say it yourself?" The Girl extended her hand, her whole demeanor screamed, "Give me money."

Of course, the woman couldn’t go back on her word. She handed all the money she had with her, "This card contains all my savings."

"It’s all my savings," she emphasized, "I haven’t saved a single penny in the game panel, aside from commonly used props, all idle items have been converted to money which is all here."

The Girl accepted it with brightly lit eyes, but after checking the balance, her smile disappeared. She looked at the woman with an expression of "You’re this poor?" mixed with a hint of pity.

The woman’s forehead throbbed with veins, "Believe it or not, that’s truly all I have."

The Girl wanted to return the card, but the woman quickly waved her hand, "It’s yours..."

They exchanged refusals for two rounds before Xu Huo translated from the side, "Her thought is still that she’d rather have you work as her servant."

The woman gritted her teeth, "If you’re really forcing me, I’ll have to enter the game."

The Girl didn’t care about her much, she lifted the communicator up, while Xu Huo placed his hand on her shoulder, asking the woman, "Are you a local? Then you must know a lot about this district’s situation?"

The woman looked at him, seemingly relieved, "I can tell you some information under Beneath the Dimension that you can’t usually find."

"I’m looking for a place, it’s said to appear in this district." Xu Huo drew a simple fish pattern in the air, "Do you know this place?"

The woman’s eyes subtly changed, "Why are you looking for that place?"

It seems she knows about it.

"Someone gave me an invitation card, I’m planning to take a look inside," Xu Huo replied.

"Didn’t you check the info before you came? Fish Banquet isn’t a good place." The woman said, "Only two types of people enter: those with daring spirit, and those with desperate courage."

"Other than being forced or thrill-seekers, regular players find it not worthwhile."

"Beneath the Dimension seems to say it’s a good place to get rich?" Xu Huo intentionally glanced at her, "Haven’t you considered taking a chance inside? Better than fishing with beauty here."

The woman sneered, didn’t answer the question but said instead, "If you really want to go, I can give you a name. The person knows generally where the Fish Banquet entrance appears."

She shared a codename, "The Fish Banquet entrance isn’t fixed, but next time it appears at a certain place, this person will surely know, though she isn’t easy to deal with."

Saying no more, the woman took her leave from the alley with a hint of vigilance.

Her card was still in the Girl’s hand; the Girl handed the card to Xu Huo, "She’s really so poor."

Xu Huo took it and checked, there were only 20,000 White Notes.

"Indeed, quite poor. Judging by her attitude, I thought at least two million." He returned the card to the Girl.

"No wonder she resorts to stealing." The Girl said, "If I were this poor, I’d steal too."

"Stealing wouldn’t yield much money; robbing the District Government would be better, they surely have money."

"Let’s go." Xu Huo ignored her "Get Rich Plan" and went to find that middleman named "Attracting Wealth and Treasure."

The middleman was quite famous. After standing around a place she frequents, they soon heard someone mention her and chose someone seemingly approachable to inquire a bit. Xu Huo learned the basic information about the middleman.

The person is also a player, rumored to have strong background, adept in both black and white trades. The so-called middleman’s main job is networking, brokering deals, finding channels, and resolving conflicts, earning a commission from it.

However, regarding the Fish Banquet, the player didn’t know much. Just said that "Attracting Wealth and Treasure" holds some special ways of earning money. People without any alternative can give it a try, generally only open to players, occasionally seeking ordinary people, but requiring good looks and youth.

Xu Huo had the Girl disguise as Rank-C Player and improve her appearance a bit, then directly approached "Attracting Wealth and Treasure."

The middleman resides in a leisure building, with areas for tea and entertainment downstairs. When Xu Huo mentioned the middleman at the reception, the attendant was reluctant, but mentioned the Fish Banquet later, their eyes skimmed over the Girl and said, "Wait."

A minute later, someone came to lead them upstairs.

In the top-floor office, the middleman was sitting at the desk, taking care of their hands. They smiled in satisfaction upon seeing the Girl, "After seeing so many ugly things today, finally something that’s easy on the eyes. Come over and sit, sister... That guy, you go to the side."

Xu Huo was guided to a corner sofa, while the Girl sat facing the middleman.

"Sister wants to play Fish Banquet?" The middleman cut to the chase.

The Girl pointed at her throat indicating she couldn’t speak and gestured for Xu Huo to speak on her behalf.

Xu Huo was called over; the middleman didn’t even bother to lift their eyelids, coldly said, "Fish Banquet isn’t for whoever wants to go. Do you have an invitation?"

"I do, she doesn’t," Xu Huo said, "I was told you have a way, I want her to come along."

The middleman glanced at the Girl, "Do you know what kind of place Fish Banquet is? You two are...?"

"I picked her up; she’s been mute since young," Xu Huo fabricated a quick excuse, "I found a medicine that can cure her throat, I just lack the money."

The middleman smiled, whether believed or not, picked on the last two words, "Lack of money, huh, pawn for a loan would be better than Fish Banquet, you’re not locals."

"A friend told us to come here, said you have a way, even without invitations." Xu Huo’s face was blank, "If it’s not possible, I’ll find someone else."

As he said, he pulled the Girl to leave, the middleman called them back, "You can go too, but one has an invitation and one doesn’t, so you can’t take the same entrance."

"You have two choices: either both go without invitations, or pay to buy one invitation." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Xu Huo hesitated, "What’s the difference?"

"Not much difference. Invitations aren’t expensive either." The middleman chuckled, "The expensive ones you can’t afford."

"So, how much money?" Xu Huo asked again.

The middleman quoted a price, his expression subtly turned unpleasant.

"If you don’t have the money, I can help you." The middleman said, "Pawn an advanced prop, redeem it with money when you come out."

Xu Huo seemed unwilling to even part with a single prop, instead asked, "You can enter without invitation? Any risk involved?"