"Listen, I'm the top boss of a criminal organization. Our assets are beyond counting, we're richer than a nation, and our high-IQ crimes leave no trace. I've run into a little trouble, so could you lend me five hundred yen for a meal? Once I get in touch with my people, I'll pay you back a hundredfold."
Staring solemnly at the girl before him, Gu Yan spoke in a low voice. Hidden beneath his trench coat and hat, he looked especially mysterious.
The girl by the roadside glanced at the beat-up bicycle Gu Yan had just ridden over and abandoned by the road. She rolled her eyes disdainfully, then turned and walked away with a flourish.
"Hey, hey, miss! Heroine! Don't go! How about just a hundred yen? That's enough to buy me a cup of instant noodles! I'll pay you back a thousandfold! Ten thousandfold, ten thousandfold! I mean it!"
