The Pleasure District of Luoyang.

Once a city of legendary splendor, Luoyang had lost much of its former glory, yet it remained Luoyang. The brightly lit streets still beckoned countless weary souls, drawn to the nightlife like moths to a flame.

“Ugh… I’m getting drunk.”

“Heh. You’ve gone soft! How much did you even drink?”

“Hmph. I can drink until dawn without stopping.”

“Tch. You’re all talk… Whoa! What the—”

A stumbling drunk collapsed onto the ground with a loud thud after bumping shoulders with a passerby.

“Are you insane, you fool…!” he started to shout, but his mouth snapped …