Chapter 333.

Chapter 333.Chapter 333. Troubling Developments: Finding a Place to Stay. (3/5)

“Uh, but before that, there’s somewhere I want to check out.”

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“Well, it’s in a ghetto area of the city.” I figured it was at least worth a shot. I doubt they’d be open right now though, but I could at least scope the place out before deciding on whether to make contact with that Faceless girl.

“What do you plan to do there?”

“Nothing much. But hotels around there should be pretty cheap.”

“Hmm... good point. The cheaper the better.”

At a red light, I pulled out the card I received from the Faceless girl and plugged the address into the maps app on my phone for directions. I memorized the route and made my way there. Fifteen minutes later we were in an unfamiliar area of the city I rarely ever visited.

The place was like night and day compared to other areas of the city. The condition of the road was in a pitiful state, littered with cracks and potholes. The curbs along the sides of the roads in the area were all worn down and heavily degraded too. There were many old buildings with graffiti plastered all over the place. Garbage and trash were littered across both the roads and sidewalks.

“This place is practically a dumpster. I didn’t even know this place existed in the city.”

“Well, it’d be a perfect place to go if you’re thinking about going into hiding though, don’t you think?”

“True. Haaaaah, it sounds like I’m some sort of fugitive on the run. How depressing.”

“I doubt they’d think to look for you here though.”

“Yeah. Those girls who enjoy luxury would never step foot in a filthy place like this or even think to look for me here, that’s for sure. But are you trying to suggest that I give up my apartment and move here? Is that the sort of plan you thought of?”

“No. I’ve got something else in mind by coming here.”

I came to a stop in front of a building. It definitely wasn’t in the best shape, but it was at least good enough to run a business out of.

Right now it was 11:00 PM, all the lights were off. As expected, they were closed and it didn’t look like anyone was around either.

“What is this place?”

“It’s a mechanic repair shop.”

“Huh? Why’d you come here? To service your bike?”

“I’ve never actually been here before. Actually, to begin with, I never thought I’d ever even have a reason to come here.”

“Yeah. Besides, there’s no saying things wouldn’t have escalated between the two of you further down the line anyway.”

I dismounted the bike, approached the door, and knocked a couple of times. I was just making sure there really wasn’t anyone around. Naturally, nobody answered.

I knocked a couple more times, but still nothing. Resigned, I decided to come back tomorrow when they were open. Well, at least I confirmed the location. It turned out to be a pointless pit stop in the end though. It was worth a shot if it meant saving some money.

Just where did that girl go at this hour? Was she just bored and felt like going for a ride? Well... she did seem like a free spirit.

I climbed back on my bike with a sigh and said, “Haaaah. Let’s go, nobody’s around. We’ll have to come back tomorrow when they’re open. We can find you somewhere to stay close by. This place seems pretty dangerous, but when you’re already escaping from something dangerous, hiding somewhere dangerous can be the best place to hide. A safe place like the police station would be the absolute first place they’d look now that I think about it.”

“Hmmm, now that you mention it, that’s true. They’d probably find us if we’d gone there first.”

“Yeah. Since there’s a gang involved, it’d probably be better to operate under the assumption they have eyes on the police station at all times. One call to that boyfriend of hers and we could have been intercepted before we even got there. We actually dodged a bullet there. Hell, when really thinking about it, they could have eyes looking out for us in other parts of the city by now for all we know. They might be watching popular hotels anticipating we might check into one. Luckily the area we’re in right now is another gang’s turf, so I doubt they’d have any eyes here.”

“Yeah. Haaaaah. It kind of feels like we’re in a movie right now.”

“A bit.”

I searched on my phone for hotels around here but was disappointed to discover there were none in this area. Well... it made sense. What hotel owner would dare set one up here?

“There’s a bit of a problem, Yuna.”

“What is it?”

“There aren’t any hotels around this area.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, see for yourself.”

I held my phone up to her and she immediately complained, “You’ve got to be kidding me, how bad is my luck?”

“Well... maybe the area’s so bad that hotels just aren’t listed or something. We could drive around a bit to see if we get lucky and come across one.”

“You’re really grasping at straws, don’t you think?”

“Haha... yeah. Let’s give it a shot though. It’d really be best to find somewhere around here for you to stay.”

“Alright.”