"Huff... Huff... Huff..."
"Manager, Manager, we've arrived."
"Hmm? Oh, oh," roused by Aqi, Li Pan rubbed his face, "You guys wait in the car, follow my instructions, and be ready."
Then he grabbed his briefcase containing a spine, opened the car door, and jumped off the hovercar, hopping between various illegal structures and rooftop pathways, not taking the usual roads. He endured onlookers' stares as if he was insane and landed on the dirty, chaotic streets.
This was the so-called 'Commute Zone', in Neo Tokyo's era, this area used to be a suburban village in the middle of the city, a hub for subway and bus transit. The nearby six blocks were where social livestock, small industrialists, and individual business owners lived. There were small courtyards with compact apartments, lower-class residences, and large apartment buildings, teeming with a very high population density. It used to be a very prosperous area.
