Chapter 44：Crackheads want to eat swan meat (2/2)

”Wooo!” Down the block, a woman's party howl caught Ben's attention. She was dancing with a few girlfriends in the street outside a bar.

Even from this distance, Ben and Antonio could see they wore very little clothing and were attractive. A second later, the women entered the bar next to them.

Ben and Antonio looked at each other and muttered, ”The legendary sluts…”

Then…they broke into sprints!

When they reached the bar, they almost tripped over themselves. Catching their balance, they saw there was no line because it was still early, so they approached the bouncer.

The bouncer watched two panting junkies with bloodshot eyes hobbling towards him in a menacing fashion. ”...Stay back crackheads!”

Ben had to leverage his charisma in a 5 minute conversation with the bouncer to convince him they weren't junkies. Whether or not that was true was debatable…but they managed to gain entrance into the venue.

80s music and sparse laughter floated into their ears. They looked around and saw the place wasn't full yet. At the edge of the bar, Antonio spotted the group of women from outside earlier and pointed them out to Ben. The women were ordering drinks.

Now that they were closer, Ben could see these women were even more attractive than he expected. 8s or 9s at least! As Ben prepared to open them, Antonio grabbed his arm to stop him.

”Wait! If you go now, you'll get rejected,” Antonio warned.

”What do you mean?”

”Those girls are too hot, we need a more delicate approach…”

Ben blinked. ”Such as?”

Antonio smirked. ”I'll show you…” They grabbed a place at the bar and ordered ginger-ales. ”Cuz, while it's a good habit to not hesitate to open, it can also be short-sighted. Once you get rejected once, trying to reopen the same chick will be much harder. So with quality targets, consider bein' a bit more patient. You shouldn't auto-open 9s bro…Let me show you the right move here.”

Ben was eager to learn these advanced tactics.

Antonio winked at him before opening two other girls sitting at a table. He stuck into the set and soon called Ben over to join him.

Ben watched and analyzed. ”So his advanced tactic is…to settle for fatties?!?”