Chapter 322 — Faulty Information
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Every day, visitors came to Blue Town drawn by its name, and so the driver took Wei Zhao for just another tourist out for a good time. "Young man, it's fine to have some fun there, but whatever you do, don't lose yourself in it... otherwise, ah!"
"Heh, thanks. I'm only going to take a look." Wei Zhao thought this driver was decent enough to give him the warning.
The driver stopped trying to dissuade him and instead began describing the local customs and ways of Blue Town. With obviously Eastern features like Wei Zhao's, he was plainly a tourist here. "In Blue Town, whatever you do, don't offend the men in blue baseball caps. They're members of the Aqua Gang. They haunt the casinos and the brothels. The Aqua Gang is the only gang in Blue Town, and they're very powerful. Offend them, and you might not make it back!"
"I've heard of that!" Wei Zhao nodded. "By the way, driver, I'd like to ask — where is the Aqua Gang's headquarters?"
"Headquarters? What do you want to know that for?" The driver turned wary all at once.
"I want to stay somewhere far away from them. It sounds frightening, and since I'm traveling alone, I'd like to invite as little trouble as possible." Wei Zhao explained with a smile.
"So that's it!" The driver let out a breath and smiled. "The Aqua Gang's headquarters is in an old castle on the west side of town, but their true core isn't there. The castle is too conspicuous — these days it holds nothing but ordinary gang members!"
"Is that so!" Wei Zhao thought to himself: could the information be faulty? The material Xie Guangbo had given him showed that the blue castle was the Aqua Gang's headquarters! And yet, if even a taxi driver knew otherwise, had Xie Guangbo truly failed to investigate it properly?
"Heh, that's right. A cousin of mine is a member of the Aqua Gang, so I know a bit more than most! Their real headquarters is an auto repair shop in the North District. Only a handful of people know that. Ordinary folk have no idea! But you're a tourist from out of town, so there's no harm in telling you. Just try not to go to the North District!"
"All right, then I won't go." Something stirred in Wei Zhao's heart. So it was true after all! The gang's real headquarters was not much of a secret, but because this place was so far from Songshan City, all Xie Guangbo had been able to dig up was superficial information.
And information like this, never verified by investigation on the ground, would never turn up as any concrete search result online.
Wei Zhao had the driver take him into the town of Blue Town itself, then switched to another taxi and went to the North District, where he found a hotel and checked in.
Eastern tourists like Wei Zhao were hardly rare, so no one at the hotel paid him any mind. After a cursory glance at the room, Wei Zhao put on his sunglasses and left the hotel, wandering the streets of the North District at random.
An auto repair shop? Of course he would not casually inquire about such a place from passersby. That might bring unnecessary trouble — who knew whether any of these people had ties to the Aqua Gang? Wei Zhao's aim was to bring Xie Jinbiao back with him directly, not to go looking for trouble with the Aqua Gang.
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