Ginza.

The most expensive business district in Asia.

The most prosperous area in Tokyo.

The name Ginza originated in the Edo period, when the silver coin minting office was relocated from the county government, so it was called the land of Ginza, the place where money flowed.

Civilization and the influx of the West have brought a lot of new things here, cafes, Western-style bars, steam baths, Christian churches, galleries......

Ginza has prospered rapidly since the Meiji era.

It is no longer a place name, but represents a consumer culture, high-end, brand-name, popular, taste, credit, longing, fashion.

……

Su Qi followed the address of the invitation letter.

I entered a commercial building in Ginza.

Standing in the elevator hall, I looked at the floor signs.

There are not many floors rented out in the building.

Next to the 1st floor is Mitsui Trust Bank.

The Black Gate Club is on the 9th floor.

There is also an 8-story shop called "Karune".

Carune, in French, means "notebook".

Judging from the cue board.

This is supposed to be a "nightclub".

Ginza's upscale nightclubs are famous, a place for upper-class people to socialize.

The nightclubs in Ginza are different from the Kabukicho in Shinjuku, except that they can't be accompanied by drinks and chats, and the style is relatively high-end.

The crowd and the operator behind it are also different.

Behind Kabukicho is the control of the underworld, and the background in Ginza is relatively clean and safer, because it is aimed at the upper class people.

President, special manager, doctor, lawyer, provincial official......

Their social activities, sometimes touching on more sensitive content, are not something that the people in Kabukicho can handle.

Every mom-san who can have her own store in Ginza and gain a firm foothold.

Regardless of background or ability, it should not be underestimated.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Su Qi.

Because he was underage, drinking alcohol was forbidden.

……

Su Qi entered the elevator.

Press the 9 layer button.

The elevator door was about to close, and only a slit remained.

Suddenly!

A hand came in.

Su Qi was startled.

The elevator doors slowly opened.

Stopping the elevator was a man in a top hat.

The man had a strange face.

With a smile on his face, he was as stiff as a puppet.

There is a weirdness, a madness.

In front of him, he was pushing a wheelchair.

In a wheelchair sat a skinny blonde girl in a blue and white Lolita.

Holding a half-human-sized pillow in one hand.

In one hand, he holds an old gold pocket watch with a rabbit carved on the back.

Freaky topper hat man, weird disabled girl.

Of course, there are even more terrifying things in Su Qi's eyes.

The girl's pupils had no whites of her eyes, and the all-black pupils were like cat-like green vertical pupils, terrifying and inhuman, and chilling.

The man in the top hat pushed the girl in the wheelchair, entered the elevator, looked at the floor buttons, and did not move.

Su Qi swallowed.

The elevator doors slowly close.

What's going on now?

Is there a person next to you or a ghost?

He didn't dare to say, he didn't dare to ask.

……

The elevator slowly ascended and finally stopped on the 9th floor.

During this time, the cat-pupiled girl kept staring at him, and her face was expressionless and silent.

After such a while, Su Qi turned a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he was sure that these two should not be ghosts.

The ghost's "aura of fear", the "you can see...... that rings from time to time The fragmented thought of "not being able to see ......" did not appear.

But those weird pupils don't look like ordinary people.

The other party did not press the elevator, and the destination should most likely be the same as him......

"Ding."

The elevator doors open.

Su Qi stood in the elevator for a while.

He wanted to wait for the other party to go first.

But the other party had no intention of moving.

Su Qi could only walk out with a hard head.

Leather shoes stepped on the ground, the sound of wheelchair pushing sounded behind him, and two people walked silently behind him like ghosts.

Su Qi's heart was furious.

When I got out of the elevator, there was a black door in front of me.

All black.

Pure black without a hint of variegation.

The door was ajar.

"Anyone? Mr. Andersen? ”

Su Qi knocked on the door and pushed the door in.

A patchwork of newspaper clippings suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

"Lost lamb, return to the old seal of the door."

Newspaper clippings emerge, then flames, and then burns again.

Like a welcome message? Like a prayer?

Su Qi was stunned for a moment and looked inside the door.

This is a more private club.

Classical décor.

Floor-to-ceiling glass windows, thick-knitted curtains, and large, bizarre bronze chandeliers.

The black and purple matte floors, the handmade wool carpet with dark gray weaving flowers, and the rough rough marble decorate the wall texture.

On the fireplace with the fire, two shotguns, a specimen of an elk's head, and a dartboard were erected.

On a woven rattan chair, there is a book of "The Rabble" with a tulip bookmark.

On the dark mahogany low table, a game of unfinished rich chess was scattered.

In the wine cabinet behind the bar.

Wine, tea, coffee...... Milk.

However, there are still some packing boxes for moving that have not been opened.

Looks like you just moved in.

Mr. Andersen was sitting in a leather sofa chair with a newspaper in his hand.

I heard Su Qi's knock on the door.

He smiled and turned his head to beckon Su Qi in.

"I knew you would...... Director Alice? ”

Andersen saw the person behind Su Qi.

Su Qi breathed a sigh of relief, he was a person he knew, and he was so scared.

The blonde girl nodded in response.

"Mr. Andersen."

The man in the top hat behind the girl took off his hat and saluted slightly, his face still like a frozen puppet, with a strange smile that had never changed.

"Hatter."

Hans Christian Andersen nodded back, and the hand of the cane turned slightly to Su Qi, and introduced:

"This is Su Qi, the newcomer I invited."

"This is Director Alice, the current head of the Tokyo branch of the Kuromon Club.

This is the hatter, the assistant doll of the director. ”

Dolls?

Su Qi didn't understand too much, but according to Hans Christian Andersen's introduction, he greeted the two.

"You sit here and wait."

Su Qi sat down, and the hatter pushed Alice's wheelchair into the inner office separated by the door.

Mr. Andersen followed.

What they are supposed to say.

Su Qi sat on the sofa chair and looked around, this decoration was really good.

Not for a while.

Mr. Andersen came out and went to the bar to pour two cups of brewed black tea, and Su Qi got up to help serve it.

"I've been waiting."

"I didn't have to wait long."

Hans Christian Andersen sat down with his prosthetic legs.

"You should have a lot of questions in your mind, so you ask first, and I'll talk about it."

Su Qi thought for a moment and pointed to the door.

"The Governor ......"

Andersen looked at him in surprise.

"I didn't expect you to ask this for the first question, I thought it would be about ghosts, or about collectors, or about the Black Gate."

"Subconsciously, I care, is she human?"

Su Qi did have a lot of questions in his heart, but the first thing he subconsciously thought of was the pair of oozing cat pupils just now.

"That is one of the directors of the Black Gate Club, a human whose inspiration is infinitely close to the Moho layer, and is known as the 'Ageless of Crazy Wonderland'.

Don't look at her appearance, her real age is more than two hundred years old. ”

Su Qi was stunned.

The owner is, legitimate...... Lori?

……