"Credit card, huh..."
Shinji carefully examined the black card in his hand.
At this time, Black Light took out his own black card and let the bartender scan it.
Shinji glanced inadvertently and found that after the bartender's scan, the value on Black Light's black card rapidly changed from '9200' to '109200'.
Shinji withdrew his gaze calmly.
He was gifted a credit card with a balance of one million upon his first visit to Heimdallr, and Black Light, the introducer, seemed to have received one hundred thousand as well. This indicated that the owner of Heimdallr not only didn't reject 'Lampbearers' from other worlds entering and leaving Heimdallr, but even welcomed them very much, and was willing to pay a fee for this.
Shinji murmured inwardly: "Just don't know what level of purchasing power this one million possesses in Heimdallr..."
Black Light, who received the reward, was obviously very happy. He patted Shinji's shoulder: "Suit yourself, I saw a few acquaintances, going over to say hi."
"Go ahead!"
Shinji nodded, then looked in the direction Black Light pointed. His gaze passed through the scantily clad and posturing dancers in the dance floor, landing on a dimly lit booth in the corner. There were three people draped in black robes just like Shinji, seemingly chatting about something.
Since unintentionally entering a world about to be destroyed last time and meeting many 'Lampbearers' from other worlds, Shinji knew that black robes were the standard attire for 'Lampbearers'. Under normal circumstances, 'Lampbearers' would drape themselves in black robes to disguise themselves.
Shifting his gaze, Shinji found that there were quite a few other black-robed figures in other booths of the bar.
These black-robed figures were either whispering, seemingly discussing something; or hugging left and right, indulging in lust; or picking and choosing on a screen, seemingly trading something.
"Sure enough, it's an exchange!"
Shinji felt uplifted.
This was undoubtedly a good thing, because the more 'Lampbearers' there were, the more information he could collect about the Hegemon.
At this time, the bartender came to Shinji and asked politely: "Guest, do you need something to drink? I can recommend some of our local specialties for you!"
"Okay!"
Shinji responded casually, then sized up the bartender.
The bartender was a middle-aged man. His left eye was obviously a mechanical prosthetic eye, the focal length fine-tuning at any time, emitting slight sounds.
Shinji suddenly felt that if Sasori came to this world, he would definitely be very happy.
Not long after, Black Light returned to the bar counter. Glancing at the blue cocktail in front of Shinji, he smacked his lips and said to the bartender: "Give me a glass of 'Blue Dream' too!"
Undoubtedly, the drink the bartender recommended to Shinji was called 'Blue Dream'.
Seeing the pain of spending money flash across Black Light's face, Shinji asked: "Is there anything special about this wine?"
"You don't know?" Stunned for a moment, Black Light laughed: "Hey, this Blue Dream contains Heimdallr's latest gene repair agent. Don't look down on this small glass, one sip can immunize against at least thirty genetic diseases! If drinking for the first time, it can also increase physical fitness by at least 5%. I thought you ordered it specially!"
"Gene repair?"
Shinji picked up the glass, looking at the 'Blue Dream' inside.
Just now when the bartender deducted the bill, he deducted 10,000 points from Shinji's black card at once, making him think a glass of wine cost 10,000 points, and the one million in the card didn't possess much purchasing power.
Now knowing this glass of 'Blue Dream' actually had such strong efficacy, he had to re-evaluate the purchasing power of this one million in the card in Heimdallr.
Hesitating slightly, Shinji took a sip of the 'Blue Dream' in the glass.
The entry was somewhat spicy, like high-proof spirits, but a moment later there was a sweet aftertaste on the tip of the tongue, the flavor endless.
What he cared about was obviously not the taste of 'Blue Dream'. After drinking 'Blue Dream', he immediately inspected his body, then chuckled lightly.
Black Light, who was also tasting 'Blue Dream', saw this and asked: "How is it?"
"Not bad."
Shinji gave a casual evaluation.
This glass of 'Blue Dream' might really possess those abilities Black Light introduced, but for Shinji's current body, this glass of 'Blue Dream' had no effect. The power levels of both sides differed too much. The medicinal power contained in 'Blue Dream' could neither repair Shinji's genes nor improve his physical strength.
But for ordinary ninjas, there should be some effect more or less.
Putting down the wine glass, Shinji asked Black Light: "Can anything be traded here?"
Black Light nodded: "Hmm, weapons, drugs, energy, these most basic ones go without saying. Others like intelligence, prosthetic limbs, prosthetic bodies, warships, pets, even women and slaves, as long as you want, they are all sold here!"
Shinji asked again: "Trade with what?"
Black Light said: "The most common is barter. The price difference can be made up with points in the black card. You can also buy things directly with points, but not everyone accepts black card points. Some high-level goods can only be exchanged, or bought with 'Embers'!"
Obviously, in the circle of 'Lampbearers', 'Embers' were the most expensive currency, almost able to buy everything.
Understanding these, Shinji pondered for a moment: "If I want to collect some intelligence, who should I look for?"
Hearing this, Black Light became interested, asking: "What do you want to know? Don't look at me like that, I am one of the top few intelligence dealers in the circle!"
Shinji said: "You should have seen it, I am just a newcomer, so I want to know some basic things."
Shinji didn't ask for information about the Hegemon from the start, because he was worried that the matter of him being targeted by the Hegemon would cause rejection from other 'Lampbearers', thereby affecting his intelligence collection.
Black Light quoted a price: "Ten thousand black card points!"
"Deal!"
Shinji didn't hesitate. Anyway, the one million in the black card was gifted by someone else, spending it didn't hurt at all.
Black Light began the introduction.
Because the power level of each world was different, even as 'Lampbearers', there were various circles.
For example, the world of Heimdallr belonged to the middle-high level in the circle of 'Lampbearers'. Otherwise, the 'Lampbearer' of Heimdallr wouldn't have the confidence to establish an exchange on their own territory.
Shinji scanned the bar: "Does this place belong to middle-high level? Then what counts as high level?"
Just then, a few more figures entered the Wisher Bar. However, they were not draped in black robes, but wearing various attires.
Just when Shinji thought these people were natives of Heimdallr, Black Light beside him lowered his volume, whispering in Shinji's ear: "Those few are the high level ones!"
Shinji wondered: "Then why did they..."
Halfway through speaking, Shinji understood.
Draping in black robes was not some rigid requirement for 'Lampbearers', purely a helpless move for 'Lampbearers' wanting to protect their own information from leaking.
And these three 'Lampbearers' not draping in black robes undoubtedly indicated that they were very confident in their own strength, not afraid of their intelligence leaking at all.
Black Light continued: "I'll give you a piece of intelligence for free. I heard those few are planning to resist the Hegemon!"