Chapter 36: Deals in the Steam

After a period of discreet conversation in the sauna room, the group came out. Next came the entertainments Gape had arranged for them.

As a lesser-known second-tier city, Sabine City naturally could not compare with a metropolis in certain respects. In others, however, it was not necessarily much worse.

They had chosen to discuss matters here mainly for concealment. A private club, coupled with men almost naked in a sauna room, with steam and distorted voices, made it difficult for anyone to leave behind anything useful even if they wanted to.

After ending those conversations that might have caused certain problems, the group left. Next, they would begin returning to ordinary nightlife.

The beauty of a city lay in money everywhere and nights glittering with color. Those were things the countryside could never offer. That was precisely why large numbers of people kept gathering in cities.

In just a few short years, the urban population of Baler Federation had at least doubled in some places, and in others multiplied several times over.

The club was good, but it was only good for talking or simple relaxation. It did not provide any other services. Maintaining class was one of the most important duties of these private clubs, and they would never lightly break the rules they had set for themselves.

Sitting in the last car, Gape turned back after the driver reminded him and glanced at a car trailing behind them. His brow suddenly furrowed.

Without the driver’s warning, he might not even have sensed that someone was following them.

Private detectives were not part of Baler Federation’s judicial system. They belonged to a profession that had arisen spontaneously among the people. However, as long as they were registered, the evidence they collected could be used in various cases, provided it met judicial standards.

There was, in fact, a gap in public understanding here. Most evidence in the hands of private detectives was not gathered legally, but they knew how to fabricate supporting testimony to prove that the evidence was legal. Sometimes even the local judicial system needed to borrow their strength to fill gaps in a chain of evidence, so very few people seriously verified where a private detective’s evidence came from.