"Hm?"
Huai Shi was dumbfounded.
"Next, this place will become a battle between Dongxia and Yingzhou, no, Dongxia and Yingzhou," Tony said. "With my status, it's not appropriate for me to stay here."
"You're still saying you're not from the Astronomy Association?!"
"I'm just saying that it's not appropriate for me to stay here. Don't spout nonsense!" Tony's horse face was filled with innocence. "You have to be responsible for what you say."
You just won't admit it, right?
Huai Shi thought for a moment, then asked, "I have to leave too?"
"You're not on the Astronomy Association's list of participants. You're not representing the Astronomy Association … … You said you're from the Astronomy Association. Did you bring your credentials?"
"No … …"
"That's right." Tony shrugged. "It's up to you whether you want to leave or stay. However, for a low-level member like you, this opportunity is quite rare. It's best if you can grasp it. There's no need to think too much about it."
"So why did you come looking for me?"
"Aren't I going to say it now? Don't keep interrupting me, okay?"
"Fine, fine, fine. Continue."
Huai Shi picked up his teacup and glanced at Tony. He wanted to see what Tony had come here for.
"Originally, in my estimation, there were only a few favorites to win this competition: Ye Xue Ya, Ruan Qing Ye, White Five, Nanjo Kenichi … But now, everyone has left, and the unlucky ones have left. There are only three or four left."
"Now, Ye Xue Ya has already advanced. I most likely won't be able to beat him. Even if I stay, I can only be number two. However, I haven't fought with you yet … …"
He paused for a moment, and a trace of anticipation appeared in his eyes. "So, before you leave, can you spar with me?"
So you're here to look for a fight, huh?
You won't admit that you're from the Astronomy Association because of this?
Huai Shi's expression twitched.
"Inconvenient?"
As if he could see that Su Chen's Origin Substance was empty, Tony waved his hand. "It's fine. Another method is fine."
As he spoke, he took out a deck of poker cards and shuffled them skillfully. Countless cards jumped around in the hands of a horse-headed man, giving people a strange feeling.
Huai Shi shook his head. "Sorry, I won't."
A mischievous smile appeared on the horse's face, as if he had expected this. "It doesn't matter. Let's draw and see who's bigger."
What are you after?!
You ran over to my side before you left just to draw cards with me?
"Ah, as a reward for fulfilling my unreasonable request."
He suddenly pulled out a box from his pocket and placed it on the table. "Since I won't be able to use it after I leave, how about this?"
When the box was opened, there was an old round fan inside.
The surface of the fan was already badly damaged. The ribs of the fan were blackened, and there were traces of insects eating away at them. The white round fan looked dim and worn out, as if it was tattered.
Tony said, "If I'm not wrong, it should be used in the next game. It's up to you whether to keep it or throw it to the Social Security Bureau."
"Promise him."
Crow's voice sounded in his ear. "With this thing, you can sneak into the core of the Central District, the Shadow Region."
Huai Shi was puzzled. "Why would I sneak in there when I have nothing better to do?"
"There's something there that's related to your advancement. Tell me if you want to go or not."
"I promise you."
Huai Shi instantly grabbed the box and stuffed it into his arms, as if the person who was hesitating and unwilling just now wasn't him.
Tony's horse-face froze for a moment. He didn't expect Huai Shi to bend over for five buckets of rice so smoothly and freely. It took him a long time to catch his breath.
If he had known, he wouldn't have said so much …
"So, each of us will draw a card and compete, right?" Huai Shi moved his chair forward a little. "Hurry up, hurry up."
Win or lose, he got what he wanted anyway. He didn't lose anything.
"Ah, it's probably a little more particular."
Tony pondered for a moment and suggested, "Each of us will draw five cards, and then choose the flip of one of them in each round. Two out of three wins, how about that?"
Huai Shi was puzzled. "That simple?"
"Yes."
A smile appeared on the horse-face. "It's that simple."
At that moment, in Tony's hand, countless cards suddenly rose into the air. The snow-white pieces of paper, with complicated patterns on their backs, flew in all directions as if they had grown wings.
Huai Shi was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the joy in Tony's eyes. It was clearly a flash of lightning, but his words rang in his ears unhurriedly.
"If you don't hurry up, the cards will fly away." “
Lightning Reflex, activate!
Huai Shi suddenly reached out and grabbed the cards flying in front of him. But for some reason, in that almost frozen moment, he couldn't even see the face of a card.
Layers upon layers of poker cards danced in the air, perfectly blocking each other's colors and points, making it impossible for Huai Shi to make a move.
But immediately afterwards, the fluttering colors suddenly changed, transforming into dozens of small birds that mixed together in a chaotic mess. Furthermore, they were slippery and slippery, and no matter how fast Huai Shi moved, she was unable to touch them.
Seeing his stunned expression, Tony's smile became even more delighted.
When Huai Shi stopped, five birds suddenly landed in front of him and silently turned into five cards on the table.
Apart from the five cards that also landed in front of Tony, all the other cards instantly disappeared.
"What was that just now?" Huai Shi asked.
"It's a skill that I learned from a fortune-teller at the borders of Gilsey. Impressive, right? It's very pretentious when it's bluffing, but it's not worth mentioning once it's exposed. Please don't mind it. "
He lowered his head and looked at the cards in front of Huai Shi. "Can we begin?"
Comparing size?
Was it just purely a comparison of size?
Huai Shi frowned.
He reached out and casually flipped open a card with an expressionless face.
Ten of hearts.
"The first card is a ten? Rich foundation. "Tony clicked his tongue and sighed. He followed closely behind and flipped open his card.
Seven of black.
Neither big nor small, neither good nor bad.
He lost.
Then came the second round. Huai Shi reached out and flipped open another card.
Ace of hearts.
The smallest point.
"It seems that the current development is a little difficult. I need to work harder. If I stay where I am, I'm afraid I'll fall into a difficult situation."
After Tony finished speaking, he flipped open his card.
Seven of red.
It was still neither big nor small, neither good nor bad.
He won the second round.
"In other words, the final round will determine the winner?"
Tony nodded and sighed. He flipped open one of his remaining three cards: Seven of Clubs.
Three seven points in a row?
A coincidence? Or was it some kind of inevitable result?
Huai Shi hesitated for a long time. He looked down at his last three cards and chose one out of three.
He reached out and flipped open a card.
— Queen of hearts!
Best of three.
Huai Shi won.
"…"
Tony was silent and did not speak. His horse face seemed to be full of confusion.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
After a long, long time, he coughed twice and laughed awkwardly.
"Aiya, the newcomers nowadays are really scary." He nodded and sighed. "They have a bright future. After getting through the current predicament, the future is promising."
What was all this about?
Huai Shi was still confused, but he saw Tony put on his mask and sunglasses again. He got up and said goodbye as if he was ready to run away.
"Then, let's say goodbye, Mr. Huai Shi." As he spoke, he reached out and shook hands with Huai Shi. "I wish you a good ranking."
He left just like that?
After inexplicably coming to compete, he turned around and left?
What was he after!
"It was just a little joke. I hope you don't mind."
At the entrance of the art museum, Tony seemed to have a smile on his face. He raised his hand and said goodbye to Huai Shi. "I hope we can meet again somewhere else next time."
He picked up his backpack and jumped into a huge steel hand that suddenly stretched out in the void. Then, he disappeared.
He came strangely and left abruptly.
It was simply inexplicable.
Huai Shi stared at the door for a long time with a blank expression.
.
"Yes, it's me."
In the cockpit of the huge robot, Tony, who was walking to the exit area, answered a call from the outside world. "The investigation of the newcomer, Huai Shi, has been completed."
"What's the result?"
"He doesn't look like a child with ulterior motives. Instead, he's so straightforward that it's a little surprising," Tony said indifferently.
"The divination result is very normal. Whether it's the past, the future, or the present, it's all hearts. There's no spade that represents the Golden Dawn. Maybe he's a successor nurtured by some old seniors who still exist in the utopia.
You know, those old men have always disliked the way the Directorate operates, so it's normal for them to hide things from us. "
The person on the other end of the phone pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there a possibility of him being absorbed?"
Tony smiled. "It's not a problem to absorb him. Young people are quite gullible. At most, we'll just spend more money. The treatment of the technical department has always been good.
But the question is, who will absorb who in the end? "
"… This is the result of the divination?"
"In the Iron Foundry Legion, the one with the highest achievements is you, boss. Black 10. Guess what his number is?"
Without waiting for the other party to guess, Tony said straightforwardly,
"Q of hearts."
The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. Then, he sucked in a breath of cold air. "Oh my god, then wouldn't this little bastard be able to enter the central decision-making room in the future?"
"It's just a possibility. Big Brother, think about his background. Maybe he's an agent nurtured by some old monster."
Tony pinched the horse's nose and said in an envious and helpless tone, "How can we raise a Leviathan in this broken fish pond? Aren't you afraid that he'll become the next Rasputin? Please don't suddenly give me a task like investigating a powerful dragon next time, okay? I was so scared just now that I almost had a heart attack. "
"Pretend I didn't ask."
The sigh on the other end of the phone turned into a pain in the ass. "Write me a report later. Remember to cut out this part. I won't change it. I'll submit it directly. "
After a short silence, the two people on the other end of the phone sighed at the same time.
"Life is getting harder and harder..."
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