Mainspring Merchantぜんまい屋

The mirror merchant hasn't returned since he entered the hutongs alone.

Kowloon's backstreets all lead to large labyrinths called "hutongs". The word "hutong" means "alley", but our hutongs are city blocks that were built so haphazardly, they choked the qi flow. The mirror merchant entered the hutongs to fix the qi flow, so if you plan to find him, ask the locksmith for help.

You're entering the hutongs? Then find the mirror merchant!

By the way, you do have an access card, don't you?

Then go hire a navigator! If not, you'll have to go alone...

Oh, well. Maybe the mirror merchant didn't venture too deep this time. The Chungking Garden gate is behind the shrimp peelers' shop. The locksmith should have unlocked it for you.

How did it go? Is the mirror merchant safe?

... Really? Thank goodness!

He's no spring chicken, so I'm grateful that you'd help him out.

Are you going back into Chungking Garden to find the mirror chamber? I've heard there are several of those chambers in the hutongs, but only the mirror merchant would know for sure.

I can shoot you an e-mail once the mirror merchant returns, but you'll need an access card to use Kowloonet.

The bagua mirror needs fixing, but so far, you're the only soul here who can confront the malice. I can e-mail you once the mirror merchant returns, but you'll need an access card to log onto the terminal. It doesn't matter whose access card it is, so long as it gets e-mail. Try looking for one in Kowloonfront.

If you're here, I take it you read that e-mail I'd sent you.

"HOR695-1T" is my User ID. If you're reading e-mails now, it's clear that you have an access card. You can also use it to hire navigators. Just find "Kowloon Navi Service" on the terminal, then press the "HIRE" button. Just remember what the mirror merchant told you: you can only enter the mirror chamber once you break the barrier.

Did you hire a navigator yet? You should, because without one, you'll never survive the hutongs!

An e-mail came in for you, but the text was all messed up and illegible. Looked creepy. Maybe you can read it?

No one controls Kowloonet per se, but no one maintains it either. That's why it's so haywire today.

All our e-mails keep glitching.

What's more, I've heard the power on Bailey Street's about to give. Are these two issues related?

Is that because the malice that was pushed from the hutongs is bleeding out here in the form of the Corpses? Well, it doesn't matter to me. I haven't... so much as wondered yet who around here might be... possessed.

Anyways, what's the deal with the screw merchant lately?

Who was that strange-looking guy? The man messing with the terminal, is he a friend of yours? Mind taking a quick look for us? If anything else goes wrong with that terminal, we'll all be sorry!

What happened? Did the Hongtou fix the terminal?

If only they didn't dress so weird...

Did you know that the Three Corpses were born from sawdust?

That's right. And the people in another district are collecting so much, it's up to their ears! Don't they realise all they're REALLY collecting is bad luck?!

Seems someone sent you another e-mail while you were in the hutongs, but did it deliver? You should check your mailbox frequently in times like this.

Put that away! If you're so bored, go read some e-mails in Kowloonfront!

Simply cleansing the hutongs won't spell out a happy ending. You've still got work to do.

Put that away! If you're so bored, go read some e-mails in Kowloonfront!

I can't believe the district just vanished into thin air like that!

I thought malice only infested our district, but it seems to be in all corners of Kowloon now.