"The things I've discussed with you today are Lonely City's deepest secrets," Du Yuyi stood in front of the office desk at Taro Club, speaking to Jiang Shu with solemn seriousness. "I hope you won't talk about them with anyone else."
"I understand," replied Jiang Shu with equal gravity, evidently intending to etch Du Yuyi's words deeply into his memory.
"Good, if there's nothing else, you should leave now; it's getting late." Du Yuyi glanced at the time and gave the signal to leave. She still needed to use the Black Silver that Jiang Shu had brought to repair the barriers in the Deformed Area.
Jiang Shu nodded, said his goodbyes, and turned to leave, but then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he turned back to ask, "What would happen if, and I mean if, the Main Brain of Lonely City were to disappear? Would the Deformed Areas disappear too?"
"I don't know." Du Yuyi shook her head, pondering before she continued, "According to my speculation..."
