Chapter 91 Gambler Sequence
"Master Kavo, do you want to play cards? The kind where you bet your life..."
On the second floor of the library, next to the small table, the man in the black cloak was becoming more and more aggressive.
But the bearded old man opposite him remained calm. He pushed his glasses, turned a page of the book he was reading, and said calmly, "No. I prefer chess to poker."
After two breaths, the bearded old man closed the book and said calmly: "Your extraordinary ability is indeed quite interesting. It is so difficult to advance to the sequence, but I didn't expect it to be passed down..."
This calm response suddenly cleared the solemnity that had filled the air just a moment ago.
It really is like two old friends greeting each other.
"hey-hey……"
Hearing this, the cloaked man seemed to change his expression. The excitement in his eyes faded away like a tide, and he put on a bright smile again, as if nothing had happened.
His eyes flickered, and he said with emotion: "Master Kavo, you are even stronger than the legend says..."
Having said that, there was no trace of fear on the cloaked man's face.
It seemed that even if the person in front of him was the leader of the legendary "Ten Legends", it would be an honor to be able to gamble his life with him.
The cloaked man licked his lips and smiled like a clown , saying, "I originally wanted to make a bet with you. Even if I died in your hands, I would be satisfied. But now it seems... the time is not yet ripe."
The bearded old man said calmly, " Twenty years ago, your teacher Olatu K. Kant came to the City of Glory to have tea with me. He once told me that the strongest point of the Gambler Sequence is not the extraordinary ability, but that you can never guess what cards he has in his hand. However, your lineage always likes to gamble with your life, which is not good..."
After saying this, he turned his eyes away from the gold-embossed book cover in his hand and looked directly at the cloaked man opposite him for the first time.
If there were outsiders here, they would probably be shocked by the conversation between the two. The "Olatu K. Kant" mentioned by Kavo turned out to be the craziest "Gambling Demon" among the "Ten Legendary Demon Hunters"!
The cloaked man smiled, not caring at all, and said, "Yes, the teacher lost his life in the last bet."
The bearded administrator's wise eyes seemed to see through everything. He said, "Your ability is indeed interesting, but do you really think I can't keep you?"
"I am proud enough to be praised by Master Kavo as 'interesting'."
Far from being unhappy, the cloaked man frankly admitted that his skills were inferior to his opponent's.
He looked calm, and continued, "I have never been so arrogant to think that I can use this little skill to attack a great magician like you in this library, even if the other 'Ten Legends' have come in person, they may not be able to get the upper hand..."
The tone of the words placed special emphasis on the word "library".
The bearded administrator raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at him, and said calmly: "The biggest card in poker is not the King, nor the Ace, but the Joker, which is full of variables. What, are you going to use your Joker here?"
"As expected, no matter how clever you are, you can't hide it from Master Kavo..."
After hearing this, the cloaked man held his forehead and sighed slightly, then shrugged helplessly, "But since you don't plan to play cards with me, I won't play my trump card this time."
The bearded administrator took a sip of the black tea at hand and said, "What if I insist on letting you stay?"
The cloaked man spread his hands, with a calm expression on his face, and said: "Master, you won't."
There is no need to say too much between two smart people, as the game of words has already been fought many times.
“…”
Hearing this, the bearded administrator looked up at him again.
The wrinkles on this old face deepened, and he said with emotion: "On the road of 'Gambler Sequence', you have gone further than your teacher. But, you like to gamble on everything. Aren't you afraid of losing?"
"If you lose, you'll lose your life. Winning or losing is not important when I'm betting with someone like you..."
The cloaked man tilted his head and smiled, and the crazy gambling spirit in his tone seemed to be unable to be suppressed again.
It was as if there were two guys with completely different personalities living in this guy's body, one was crazy and hysterical, and the other was calm to the point of being inhuman, and the dual personality alternated back and forth.
In the blink of an eye, the madness in his eyes disappeared, and he returned to a calm tone and said, "But you just listened to my story, didn't you consider my plan? When you established the City of Glory, didn't you want to change the world? Now you can see that without you, the City of Glory is no different from other cities..."
The bearded administrator said, "There is nothing wrong with your point of view. But your perception is too extreme. I cannot agree with it."
He was not interested in chatting anymore and ordered her to leave: "Please leave before you ruin my mood for reading."
Listening to this, the cloaked man's pupils shrank slightly, like a poisonous snake curling up slightly when threatened. This was a conditioned reflex reaction to the sense of crisis.
After a moment, he suddenly smiled, put away the playing cards on the table decisively, and said, "Oh, that's a pity. In that case, I'll come to play cards with you next time..."
"When the time comes, I will also come to learn from Master Kavo's chess skills."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cloaked man turned around and went downstairs and left the library without any hesitation.
He walked with great determination.
At the small table, the white-bearded administrator looked normal and didn't even glance at him again.
He picked up a book again and read it carefully, just like countless peaceful days in the past.
And next to him, there was a piece of animal skin with strange words written on it.
If Ryan was here, he would naturally recognize the secret written in "Coleman" on the animal skin, which recorded an ancient legend about the "coming of the black tide".
…
After Ryan finished reading the book, he saw the bearded librarian still sitting at the small table reading when he was about to leave, and the cloaked man playing cards had left.
"See you tomorrow."
He waved his hand casually and said goodbye to this old man with whom he was only a nodding acquaintance.
In the afternoon, he planned to go back to the laboratory as usual, take the steam train back to the fifth district, pass through the familiar streets and alleys, and then go all the way down to the ground floor.
Just when Ryan reached a crossroads, Bazel, who was lurking in the dark, suddenly appeared and stopped him.
The perceptive werewolf said solemnly, "There are seven people hiding in the alley 800 meters ahead. I think you'd better not go down."
When Ryan heard this, he stopped walking immediately. He had a bad feeling in his heart and murmured, "Oh no, something might have happened in the lab!"
Few people come to this alley, so it is very unusual that seven people appeared at the same time, hiding where they cannot be seen.
The more this happened, the more Ryan wanted to return to the experiment as soon as possible, so he suggested, "Let's take another route."
With Bazel around, they easily avoided the hunters lurking in the dark.
Then he climbed along the pipe, took another route, and arrived near the laboratory entrance.
From a distance, everything there looked the same as usual, with no difference.
On the yellow paint sign, the words "POISONOUS GAS INSIDE" were still shiny.
This was repainted by Carl's Jr. not long ago.
But even after cleaning up the traces, there was still a faint smell of poison in the air. Apparently, the poison gas device in the laboratory had been triggered by the intruder.
Bazel sniffed and said, "There are five people in the laboratory, including a fourth-level expert, but Dr. Irubek is no longer inside. Judging from the way these people hide, they should be professional spies."
If he were a fourth-level expert, the poison gas equipment in the laboratory would indeed be of little use.
"Someone from the Black Water Platform of the Omar Empire?"
The first thing Ryan thought of was the threatening words that the elder of the Winster family said before leaving yesterday.
Fighting is prohibited in the "Glorious City", provided that you are not caught or have the tacit consent of law enforcement agencies.
This fifth district is the territory of the Winster family.
He couldn't help but feel a little worried about his teacher, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, "Those guys from the Winster family are playing dirty tricks..."
Unexpectedly, the worst situation still happened.
Although the people of Omar and the City of Glory did not dare to kill such a sensitive figure in the scientific research community.
But if that hot-tempered old man gets angry and insists on fighting to the death, who knows...
Bazel raised his eyebrows and looked at Ryan beside him, and said, "Those people should be waiting here for you to fall into their trap. Don't do anything stupid..."
Ryan rolled his eyes in annoyance in response .
Although he was indeed concerned about the old man's situation, he had lived two lives after all. How could he be the kind of fool who would rush into a trap when he got excited?
But now that the teacher is missing is a fact, he, as a disciple, naturally has to find ways to find out the situation.
After thinking about it, Ryan did not act rashly.
He decided to go up nineteen blocks first and visit Carl's Mechanical Repair Shop.
